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Descendants
of Benjamin Yeo and Grace Oake of Bradworthy, Devon
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Many
thanks to Martyn for allowing me to include his photograph
Martyn
is researching the descendants of his great x5 grandparents
Thomas Yeo of Bradworthy (1671?1724) and Elizabeth Gist
(1681?1758) in Australia, Canada, France, South Africa,
the UK and the USA. He welcomes emails to martyn@yeofamily.net
from anyone also interested in any part of this line and
is keen to share information. Martyn also has an interest
in the direct line back from Thomas Yeo of Bradworthy. He
is an active participant in the on-line discussion group
at www.groups.yahoo.com/group/yeoonenamestudy/
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Letter
from Carole de Rose - Carole
also descends from Benjamin and Grace Oake
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Thanks
to Carole for the charming old photograph of Blanch
Elizabeth Yeo ne Fossey
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I have
just found your web site and I'm sure when I've progressed
a little further with my own research it will be veryuseful
to me and maybe I'll be able to make a contribution. Having
recently retired I'm at last getting down to some family
research. The Yeos were my mother's side of the family,
originating in Devon as I understand it, and looking at
the proliferation of Devon locations on your site this seems
probable, but her immediate branch of the family lived in
East Sussex, mainly the Seaford area. My mother died two
years ago at the age of 96. I know her grandfather was a
Walter Ashton Yeo born in London in 1854 and I am waiting
for certificates from the FRO to be able to take this back
further.. Carol de Rose
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Benjamin Yeo 1711/12 - 1772
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.. +Grace Oake
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.. 2 Thomas Yeo 1764 - 1834
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+Grace Ashton - 1841
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3 Thomas Yeo 1797 - 1845
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........... +Mary Cole 1797 - 1878
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........... 4 Laurence Ashton Yeo 1821 - 1873
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................ +Eliza 1821 -
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5 Walter Ashton Yeo 1854 - 1904
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.................... +Blanche Elizabeth Fossey 1858 -
1935
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6 Walter Laurence William Yeo 1880 -
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+Florence Annie Baxter
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7 Florence Elizabeth Yeo 1905 -
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............................. +Percy Fawcett Wade
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............................. 8 Carole Wade
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Bradworthy with the church in the background |
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Plaque in Bradworthy Church |
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| Monumental Inscription for Benjamin Yeo died 1825 |
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Monumental Insciption for Mary ne Wade, wife of Benjamin. She died in 1846 |
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Direct
Descendants of Benjamin Yeo
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1
Benjamin Yeo 1772 - 1825
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.. +Mary Wade
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.. 2 William Yeo 1798 -
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....... +Mary Routley
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3 William Yeo 1831 -
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+Caroline Fry 1833 - 1893
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4 William Fry Yeo 1857 - 1944
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................ +Sarah Ann Tucker 1878 - 1918
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............... 5 Owen Yeo 1903 - 1981
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.................... +Maud Sanders 1900 -
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.................... 6 Maureen Yeo 1930-2001
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Comments
by Sheila Yeo
Last
Saturday, 21st February, 2004, I visited Bradworthy
for the first time and found the whole experience
awe-inspiring. The Church Yard was full of very old
graves relating to many of the Yeo and Westaway families.
My records on the Yeo family's Bradworthy roots go
back to 1399 when a Robert Yeo held Atworthy, in Bradworthy.
Whilst
there I bought a beautiful book on Bradworthy in the
Twentieth Century written by Cecil Collacott, Tom
and AIan Cann, Angela Yeo & Phil Mayhall. Included
in it were many photographs of Maureen Yeo, daughter
of Owen & Maud (photograph on the left), who of
course is a direct descendant of Benjamin Yeo & Mary Wade. Sadly Maureen died in 2001, so this is
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Janelle's
Tree
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Thomas Yeo 1590 - 1659
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.... +Mary Hamlyn
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2 John Yeo 1624 - 1707
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+Joan Rowland
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...... 3 Thomas Yeo - 1724
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............. +Elizabeth Gist
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........... 4 Benjamin Yeo 1711/12 - 1772
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................. +Grace Oake
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............... 5 Benjamin Yeo 1772 - 1825
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...................... +Mary Wade
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.................... 6 William Yeo 1798 -
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.......................... +Mary Routley
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........................ 7 Barnabas Yeo 1844
- 1901
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............................... +Sarah Edmunds
- 1919
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8 John Yeo 1870 - 1944
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................................... +Mary
Jane Hotten
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9 Ivy Yeo 1900 -
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+Frederick Warwick
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Heather Warwick
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+Gordon Bragg
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11 Janelle Bragg
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Paul's
Comments
From: "paul dunnTo:
Sent:
Monday, April 08, 2002 8:52 PM Subject: yeo ancestry
Hello,
stranger. I don't think I've written you before (although
it's hard sometimes to keep track of that), so let me introduce
myself. My name is Paul Dunn, and I have been trying to track
the ancestry (and collateral lines) of my great grandmother,
a Jane Yeo, born 1848 in Ontario and married John Dunn 1876.
It appears (and I don't have conclusive evidence for this
yet) that she was (perhaps) the daughter of a John Yeo, born
Nov 1813, in Devon, England. (Bradworthy, perhaps.) I have
bits and pieces, but I know that when John and Jane got married,
John Yeo, T G Yeo, Ellen Ashton Yeo, and Silas Bond were the
witnesses. The Yeos appear to be living at the time in Brant
County, Ontario, and John Dunn lived in Grey County (Big Bay
or close by). Any info you have would be greatly appreciated,
and I certainly would be happy to share what I have in return.
(One point of interest... someone posted a tree with a William
Yeo from Holsworthy, Devon, born 1834. If my suppositions
are correct, Jane had an uncle William christened in 1838,
Bradworthy, Devon. I know there are a couple discrepancies,
but I also know the dates are FAIRLY close, and Bradworthy
and Holsworthy appear to be about 7 miles apart.) Anyway,
any info would be appreciated. Hope this letter is not an
intrusion. Paul Dunn
Paul's
lineage
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1 Thomas Yeo 1590
- 1659
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.. 2 John Yeo
1624 - 1707
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....... +Joan Rowland
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...... 3 Thomas
Yeo - 1724
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........... +Elizabeth
Gist
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...........4 Benjamin
Yeo 1711/12
- 1772
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Oake
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............... 5 Benjamin Yeo 1772 - 1825
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....................+Mary Wade
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....................6 Benjamin
Yeo 1809
- 1863
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.........................+Patty Boundy Ashton 1811 - 1870
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Mary
Jane Yeo 1847 -
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