| SMERDON, Lydia |
Born: 27 May 1796, Ashburton, Devon
Baptised: 27 May 1796, Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1
Died: 29 Mar 1874, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon
Census: 1841, Ashburton, Devon 2
Census: 1851, Ashburton, Devon 3
Census: 1861, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 4
Census: 1871, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 5
Married: 17 Aug 1824, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon, William Pope 6
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes
Notes:
Jan Wood records I found that Mary Ann had a younger sister named Lydia Smerdon Harris, born in Totnes in Feb 1821, and baptised in 1823 together with the next baby born in the Harris family. She would have been named after her mother's sister Lydia Smerdon, who married a miller named William Pope and spent her life in Ashburton Lydia POPE nee SMERDON was therefore left a widow at the age of 32, but she never remarried. After her husband died, she and her son leased out Belford Mill, as a woollen mill and factory, first to woollen cloth manufacturer Richard CARLILE, then to Thomas COUSINS, and after that it was leased to Richard CAUNTER. 1851 Lydia POPE was aged 54, and was living back at Belford Mills with her son William Henry POPE, aged 25 and working as a miller, with the assistance of a live-in male servant. Nearby in Belford Cottage lived her son John POPE with his wife, who was a descendant of the SMERDONS of Elliots Hill, Buckland in the Moor, and their two young sons. The marriage between John POPE and his wife Susannah Murch nee SMERDON linked together the SMERDONS of Ashburton and the SMERDONS of Buckland in the Moor, and so their descendants could claim descent from the two separate SMERDON family lines. She was buried in Ashburton churchyard in the graveplot next to her husband William, and his parents and brother.
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Lydia Pope 45 Devon Wm Pope 16 Devon Thos Pope 13 Devon
only one door away from her married sister Eliza EALES
HO107/1871/342/p 7 Civil parish: Ashburton County: Devon Registration district: Newton Abbot Sub-registration district: Moreton Hampstead ED: 5d Address: Belford Cottage John Pope Head 24 Butcher Devon, Ashbutron Susan A Murch Pope Wife 26 ditto John Smerdon Pope Son 1 ditto William Pope Son 2 MO ditto Address: Belford Mills Lydia Pope Head Widow 54 ditto Willm Henry Pope Son 25 Miller ditto William Gaylor Serv 22 Miller ditto
Nearby in Belford Cottage lived her son John POPE with his wife
Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: 4 Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 4 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire EALES, Eliza Head Widow F 58 1803 Fundholder Ashburton Devon POPE, Lydia Head Widow F 64 1797 Fundholder Ashburton Devon POPE, William H Son Unmarried M 35 1826 Landed Proprietor Ashburton Devon
Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 4 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire EALES, Eliza Head F 68 1803 English Fund Holder Devon Ashburton POPE, Lydia Head F 74 1797 English Fund Holder Devon Ashburton POPE, Wm Hy Son M 45 1826 Land owner Devon Ashburton and Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 3 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire BECK, Nathan Head M w 77 1794 Retired Chemist Devon Ashburton BECK, Susan H Daughter F 45 1826 Girls Day School Devon Ashburton FERRIS, Emma L Granddaughter F 13 1858 Devon Ashburton
Her sisters Eliza and Charlotte and her brother William SMERDON were the family witnesses
| SMERDON, Mary |
Baptised: 15 May 1765, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Mary Rowe
Notes:
her history is not known by Jan Wood There was only one Mary SMERDON married in Ashburton parish church between 1775 and 1795, and that was thought to have been the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth SMERDON
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| SMERDON, Mary |
Born: 20 Oct 1787
Baptised: 6 Nov 1787, Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1
Died: 1856
Census: 1841, Fore St, Totnes, Devon 2
Census: 1851, Fore Street, Totnes, Devon 3
Married: 15 Nov 1804, Ashburton, Devon, Richard Harris 4, 5
Banns were called for the marriage of Mary SMERDON and Richard HARRIS on three successive Sundays - 11th, 21st and 28th of October 1804 - at Ashburton parish church. Mary SMERDON, of the parish of Ashburton, spinster, married painter and glazier Richard HARRIS, a bachelor also of the same parish, by banns at Ashburton parish church on 15th November, 1804, when she was aged 17 years old, five months before their oldest child Mary Ann was born. The Reverend John Lane KITSON, Vicar, performed the ceremony. Witnesses were Mary's brother Thomas SMERDON Junior, and parish clerk Josh. MUDGE
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes
Notes:
she left a will which was proved by her son Thomas Smerdon HARRIS at Exeter. Under this will she left all of her belongings and her estate to this son.
Source: 6
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Piece: HO107/213 Place: Coleridge -Devon Enumeration District: 1 Civil Parish: Totnes Ecclesiastical Parish: Totnes Folio: 7 Page: 9 Address: Fore Street Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born HARRIS Richard M 61 Painter Devon HARRIS Mary F 54 Devon HARRIS Prudence Mary F 22 Devon HARRIS Thomas Smearden M 20 Devon HARRIS Henry M 12 Devon HARRIS William M 5 Devon BROWN Catherine F 68 Outside Census County BROWN Susan F 28 Milliner Devon LIGHT Jane F 12 Devon Page: 8/10 NORMAN Maria F 12 Devon LIGHT Walter M 6 Devon
The 5 year old grandson William HARRIS, who was the illegitimate son of their daughter Charlotte
Reg. District: Totnes Sub District: Totnes Parish: Totnes Enum. District: 2A Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Totnes Address: Fore Street, Totnes County: Devonshire HARRIS, Richard Head Married M 71 1780 Painter & Glazier Ashburton Devonshire HARRIS, Mary Wife Married F 63 1788 Ashburton Devonshire HARRIS, Prudence M Daughter Unmarried F 31 1820 Totnes Devonshire HARRIS, Thomas S Son Unmarried M 27 1824 Painter & Glazier Totnes Devonshire HARRIS, William Grand Son Unmarried M 15 1836 Printers Ap Totnes Devonshire
daughters birth
| SMERDON, Mary Anne |
Born: Jun 1845, London 1
Died: Dec 1920, Nottingham 1
Census: 1851, 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex 2
Census: 1871, Graham Road, St John Hackney, London, Middlesex 3
Census: 1881, 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex 4
Census: 1901, Sherwood Station, Nottingham 5
Census: 1911, Station House Mapperley Rise Nottingham 6
Married: Mar 1883, Islington, Charles Edward Baker 7
Father: William Michael Smerdon
Mother: Mary Anne Harris
Notes:
Her 2 daughters married 2 Falkners at the same time - there is no easy way of telling who married who and which children belonged to each marriage - only the people existed, not necessarily the correct relationship!
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Smerdon Mary Anne Births Jun 1845 E London 2 208
Name: BAKER, Mary A Registration District: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Year of Registration: 1920 Oct-Nov-Dec Age at death: 75 Volume No: 7B Page No: 424 or less liekly Name: BAKER, Mary A Registration District: Newark, Nottinghamshire Year of Registration: 1919 Oct-Nov-Dec Age at death: 74 Volume No: 7B Page No: 468
19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex HO107/1505/585/p25 Registration District:Hackney Sub District:Hackney EnumerationDistrict:25 Ecclesiastical Parish:Saint Philips Dalston Civil Parish:Saint Johns Hackney Municipal Borough:Tower Hamlets SMERDON, William Head Married M 44 1807 Cigar Maker & Fundholder Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, Mary Ann Wife Married F 46 1805 Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, Susan Daug F 8 1843 Scholar London Middlesex SMERDON, Mary Ann Daug F 5 1846 Scholar London Middlesex HART, Elizabeth Servant Unmarr F 25 1826 House Servant Whitechapel Middlesex
Graham Road, St John Hackney,London, Middlesex RG10/322/90/p8 Registration District:Hackney Sub District:Hackney EnumerationDistrict:10 Civil Parish:St John Hackney SMERDON, William Head M 63 1808 Devon SMERDON, Mary A Wife F 63 1808 Devon SMERDON, Mary A Daug F 24 1847 London SPIGGS, Elizabeth Servant F 35 1836 London
73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex RG11/276/51/p40 Registration District:Islington Sub District:Islington Civil Parish:Islington SINERDON, William Head Married M 74 1807 No Occupation Ashburton Devon SINERDON, Mary A Wife Married F 74 1807 No Occupation Ashburton Devon SINERDON, Mary A Daug Single F 29 1852 No Occupation London Middlesex SINERDON, Lydia H Visitor Widow F 60 1821 No Occupation Tanes Devon SINERDON, Kate B Servant Single F 21 1860 Dom Serv London Middlesex
Reg. District: Nottingham Sub District: Bulwell Parish: Nottingham Enum. District: 1 Ecclesiastical District: St Ann with St Jude City/Municipal Borough: Address: Sherwood Station, Nottingham County: Nottinghamshire BAKER, Charles E Head Married M 45 1856 Station Master Onexham Denbighshire N Wales BAKER, Mary Ann Wife Married F 55 1846 Bishopsgate London BAKER, May S A Daughter Single F 17 1884 West Humberstone Leicestershire BAKER, Grace S Daughter Single F 15 1886 West Humberstone Leicestershire
Reg. District: Nottingham Sub District: Bulwell Parish: Nottingham Enum. District: 4 Address: Station House Mapperley Rise Nottingham County: Nottinghamshire BAKER, Charles Edward Head M 55 1856 Married 28 years Railway Station Master Wrexham Co Dennigh BAKER, May Ann Wife Married F 65 1846 Bishops Gate London BAKER, May Alice Sophia Daughter Single F 27 1884 Humberstone Leicester BAKER, Grace Sneirdon Daughter Single F 25 1886 Humberstone Leicester BAKER, John Leslie Adopted Son Single M 1 1910 Sts Peters Leicester
Smerdon Mary Anne Marriages Mar 1883 Islington 1b 333 Baker Charles Edward Marriages Mar 1883 Islington 1b 333
| SMERDON, Richard |
Baptised: 29 Feb 1768, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1
Died: Jul 1835, Ashburton, Devon
Buried: 16 Jul 1835, Ashburton churchyard 1
Married: 24 Nov 1791, Ashburton parish church, Devon, Sarah Cockey 1
witnesses were Sarah COCKEY'S sister Mary HEXT nee COCKEY and her brother-in-law Thomas HEXT, who had been married in the January of the year before, as well as the parish clerk Thomas HAMLYN
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Mary Rowe
Notes:
Jan Wood records that he left a Will, wtitten 27 Aug 1832 (copy in Devon Record Office's Inland Revenue Wills Series collection) proved 16 November 1835 by his executor, his son John Cockey SMERDON, yeoman farmer. Richard left £130 to his daughter Mrs Sarah BECK and also land in trust for her - a field or close of land near Gulwell Bridge in Staverton, to be held by [her first cousin] Thomas HEXT the Younger of Ashburton, yeoman, and his heirs, in trust for his daughter Sarah for her life and after her death in trust for her heirs. All the residue of his estate was left to his son John Cockey SMERDON. Unfortunately, John Cockey SMERDON died himself, less than three years later. Inland Revenue Wills Series, 1812-1857 [Devon Record Office, Exeter] His and Sarah's grave is close to that of their son John Cockey and almost next to that of brother Thomas and his wife Ann Bennett They had at least 6 children between 1792 - 1809
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aged 67
| SMERDON, Richard |
Born: 8 Apr 1794
Baptised: Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1
Died: 25 Jan 1877, Topsham
Occupation: Customs and Excise officer, 1831
Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 2
Census: 1851, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire 3
Occupation: Superannuated Officer Of Excise, 1851
Census: 1861, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire 4
Occupation: Superintendent Officer Of Excise, 1861
Census: 1871, Fore Street, Topsham, Devonshire 5
Married 1: c. 1824, Maria
date and place of their marriage is not yet known
Married 2: Mar 1840, Gloucester, Maria Jewesbury 6
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes
Notes:
He became an Excise Officer, working for Customs and Excise like his brother Thomas SMERDON, his brother-in-law John STRAWBRIDGE, and his nephews Richard Smerdon EALES and Thomas SMERDON Junior their first known child was baptised in Castle Street Independent Chapel, Launceston, Cornwall 1831, at his father's will he was described as an Excise Officer living in Bristol His will was proved on 30 April 1877 at the Principal Probate Registry in London by his widow, Maria SMERDON, who had moved north to her old home town, to live at 9 Montpellier, Brunswick Square East, in the city of Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Richard SMERDON'S effects were valued at under £2,000 (National Probate Calendar)
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baptised on an unspecified date
Reg. District: Gloucester Union Sub District: St Nicholas Parish: St Catherine Enum. District: Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Gloucester Address: Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester County: Gloucestershire SMERDON, Richard M 45 1796 SMERDON, Maria F 35 1806 Gloucestershire SMERDON, Richard M 15 1826 SMERDON, Thomas M 14 1827 Gloucestershire SMERDON, Eliza F 10 1831 Gloucestershire
Reg. District: Saint Thomas Sub District: Topsham Parish: Topsham Enum. District: 5D Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: High Street, Topsham, Devonshire SMERDON, Richard Head Married M 56 1795 Superannuated Officer Of Excise Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, Maria Wife Married F 45 1806 Gloucester Gloucestershire SMERDON, Eliza Daughter Unmarried F 20 1831 Bristol Gloucestershire
Reg. District: St Thomas Sub District: 5 Topsham Parish: Topsham Enum. District: 7 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: High Street, Topsham, Devonshire SMERDON, Richard Head Married M 66 1795 Superintendent Officer Of Excise Ashburton Hampshire SMERDON, Maria Wife Married F 55 1806 Gloucester JEWESBURY, Ann Boarder Widow F 65 1796 Income From Rents Gloucester
Reg. District: St Thomas Sub District: Topsham Parish: Topsham Enum. District: 7 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: Fore Street, Topsham, Devonshire SMERDON, Richard Head M 76 1795 Superintendent Officer Of Excise Devon Ashburton SMERDON, Maria Wife F 65 1806 city of Gloucester
Smerdon Richard Marriages Mar 1840 Gloucester 11 339 Jewesbury Maria Marriages Mar 1840 Gloucester 11 339
| SMERDON, Richard |
Born: 1812, Ashburton, Devon
Baptised: 11 Mar 1812, Ashburton, Devon 1
Father: Thomas Smerdon
Mother: Susanna Ireland
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| SMERDON, Richard |
Born: 1826
Died: 1867, London
Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 1
Father: Richard Smerdon
Mother: Maria
Notes:
chemist and druggist apparently leaving him with just one child - a daughter. Fortunately, she married, but I don't think that her children left any descendants. marriages? Smerdon Richard Marriages Jun 1846 Totnes 9 619 Smerdon Richard Marriages Sep 1848 Plymouth 9 454 Smerdon Richard Marriages Dec 1849 Barnet 6 895 Smerdon Richard Marriages Sep 1855 Newton A 5b 181 Smerdon Richard Marriages Dec 1855 Kensington 1a 116 Smerdon Richard Marriages Dec 1860 Stoke D 5b 655 Smerdon Richard Marriages Dec 1860 Stoke T 5b 655
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Reg. District: Gloucester Union Sub District: St Nicholas Parish: St Catherine Enum. District: Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Gloucester Address: Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester County: Gloucestershire SMERDON, Richard M 45 1796 SMERDON, Maria F 35 1806 Gloucestershire SMERDON, Richard M 15 1826 SMERDON, Thomas M 14 1827 Gloucestershire SMERDON, Eliza F 10 1831 Gloucestershire
| SMERDON, Sarah |
Baptised: 16 Oct 1795, Ashburton, Devon 1
Died: Jun 1862, Newton Abbot, Devon 2
Census: 1841, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 3
Census: 1851, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 4
Census: 1861, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 5
Married: 29 Mar 1821, Ashburton, Devon, Nathan George Beck 6, 6
Father: Richard Smerdon
Mother: Sarah Cockey
Notes:
I believe that (1851 census) Sarah Smerdon b1838 Ashburton niece staying with them is the daughter of John Cockey Smerdon
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Name: BECK, Sarah Registration District: Newton Abbot, Devon Year of Registration: 1862 Apr-May-Jun Volume No: 5B Page No: 96
Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire BECK, Nathan M 45 1796 Devon BACK, Sarah F 45 1796 Devon BACK, Emma F 15 1826 Devon BACK, Susan F 15 1826 Devon BACK, Sarah F 9 1832 Devon BACK, George M 5 1836 Devon BACK, Lavinia F 3 1838 Devon MUGFORD, Sarah F 55 1786 Devon BLACK, Sarah F 20 1821 Devon
Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 5B Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire BECK, Nathan Head Married M 56 1795 Druggist Tiverton Devonshire BECK, Sarah Wife Married F 55 1796 Ashburton Devonshire BECK, George Son M 15 1836 Druggists Assistant Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, Sarah Niece F 13 1838 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire FERRIS, Bertha Grand Daughter F 3 1848 Ashburton Devonshire WILLIAMS, Jane Servant F 18 1833 House Servant Broadhempston Devonshire and page 7 Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 5A Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire FERRIS, Emma Head Married F 26 1825 School Mistress Ashburton Devonshire BECK, Lavinia Sister F 12 1839 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire FERRIS, Alfred B Son M 1 1850 Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, John E Cousin M 12 1839 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire MAYE, Jane Servant Unmarried F 19 1832 Genl Serv Ashburton Devonshire
Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: 4 Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 3 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire BECK, Nathan Head Married M 67 1794 Retired Chemist Tiverton Devon BECK, Sarah Wife Married F 65 1796 Ashburton Devon BECK, Susan H Daughter Unmarried F 35 1826 Governess Ashburton Devon BECK, Lavinia Daughter Unmarried F 22 1839 Linen Drapers Assistant Ashburton Devon JONES, Mary J Boarder F 11 1850 Scholar Ashburton Devon KNIGHT, Jane Servant Unmarried F 24 1837 House Servant Staverton Devon Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: 4 Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 3 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire and Page 14 BECK, George Head Married M 25 1836 Chemist & Grocer Ashburton Devon BECK, Sarah N Wife Married F 29 1832 Ashburton Devon BECK, Nathan G Son M 2 1859 Ashburton Devon BECK, Joseph S Son M 1 1860 Ashburton Devon BECK, Sarah Daughter F 0 (2M) 1861 Ashburton Devon SKINNER, John W Brother In Law M 20 1841 Apprentice Ashburton Devon SERJEANT, Lydia Servant F 17 1844 House Servant Ashburton Devon and page 10 RG09/1405/69/P 10 Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: 4 Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 5 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire FERRIS, Thomas Head Married M 40 1821 Tailor & Draper Employing 2 Men & 3 Boys Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Emma Wife Married F 36 1825 Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Gertrude B Daughter F 13 1848 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Alfred B Son M 11 1850 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Lucy Daughter F 9 1852 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Sarah H Daughter F 7 1854 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Lewis G Son M 5 1856 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Emma L Daughter F 3 1858 Scholar Ashburton Devon FERRIS, Henry P Son M 1 1860 Ashburton Devon
| SMERDON, Sarah |
Baptised: 19 May 1837, Asbhurton, Devon 1
Census: 1851, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 2
Father: John Cockey Smerdon
Mother: Nancy Edwards
Notes:
She could have died Smerdon Sarah Deaths Mar 1857 Newton Abbot 5b 88 Smerdon Sarah Deaths Mar 1859 Newton. A 5b 117 because the Sarah/William Green marriage does not show up in the 1861 census
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Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 5B Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire BECK, Nathan Head Married M 56 1795 Druggist Tiverton Devonshire BECK, Sarah Wife Married F 55 1796 Ashburton Devonshire BECK, George Son M 15 1836 Druggists Assistant Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, Sarah Niece F 13 1838 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire FERRIS, Bertha Grand Daughter F 3 1848 Ashburton Devonshire WILLIAMS, Jane Servant F 18 1833 House Servant Broadhempston Devonshire and page 7 Reg. District: Newton Abbot Sub District: Ashburton Parish: Ashburton Enum. District: 5A Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Ashburton Address: East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire FERRIS, Emma Head Married F 26 1825 School Mistress Ashburton Devonshire BECK, Lavinia Sister F 12 1839 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire FERRIS, Alfred B Son M 1 1850 Ashburton Devonshire SMERDON, John E Cousin M 12 1839 Scholar Ashburton Devonshire MAYE, Jane Servant Unmarried F 19 1832 Genl Serv Ashburton Devonshire