Lorna's family forest

Patience Pike¹

(circa April 1758 - October 1829)

Father

Robert Pyke² (say 1720 - Oct 1786)

Mother

Elizabeth UnknownSurname² (say 1720 - aft. 1762)

Relationship

4th great-grandmother of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

Patience Pike was born cir. Apr 1758 Bere Ferrers, Par. of Bere Ferrers, DEV, ENG

.^3,2 She was baptized on 29 Apr 1758 Par. of Bere Ferrers, DEV, ENG

; entry shows Patience as the daughter of "Robt & Eliz Pyke.²"
Patience Pike married Richard Matters on 17 Jul 1783 Par. Ch, Bere Ferrers, Par. of Bere Ferrers, DEV, ENG

, writing their names themselves as Richard Matters Patience Pike Wit: Joseph & Nicolas Langman (a surname that would become common in Taranaki, NZ.)¹ Patience Metters was buried on 27 Oct 1829 Bere Ferrers, Par. of Bere Ferrers, DEV

, aged 72.³

Names

In 1783 her surname was recorded as Pyke by the marriage clerk, and her married name became either Metters or Matters, both versions being found.¹

All the other info

Patience Pike and Walter Pyke Ch of St Andrews, Bere Ferrers, Par. of Bere Ferrers, DEV, ENG

, in 1752 were possibly related, as I'd like to think that Walter is Patience's grandfather, purely because I like his headstone
     "By a fall I caught my death
     Which no man knows his time nor breath
     I might have dyd as soon as then
     Had I been with chrisitian men."⁴

External links

Click here to see Patience's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁵

Family

Richard Matters (cir. 1757 - Jan 1830)

Children

William Metters⁶ (cir. Oct 1783 - )
Mary Metters+^6,7 (cir. Jun 1786 - bet. Jan 1858 - Apr 1858)
Samuel Metters^6,8 (cir. Jul 1788 - Nov 1790)
Richard Metters⁶ (cir. Apr 1789 - bet. Sep 1869 - Dec 1869)
Betsey Matters+⁶ (cir. Apr 1792 - Oct 1863)
Joseph Metters⁶ (cir. Aug 1795 - cir. Sep 1797)
Honour Metters⁶ (cir. Mar 1798 - Jun 1879)
Joseph Matters^6,9 (cir. Oct 1799 - Apr 1869)

Charts

My pedigree chart
Maternal ancestors of Lorna
Maternal timeline
METTERS

Last Edited

23 Nov 2022

Citations

Peter & Jill BILLING (24911), "METTERS, Devon: ex P & J BILLING," e-mail to L HENDERSON (1), Marr. 1783 Patience PIKE and Richard MATTERS, rcvd Jan 2000.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1758 Patience to Robert & Elizabeth PYKE, from Bere Ferrers Baptisms, extracted May 2007.
Baptims marriages burials index: Beer Ferrers, DEV, Bur. 1829 Patience METTERS, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
Various, interviews / personal knowledge , Visit to Ch of St Andrew, Bere Ferrers, DEV, Aug 2006.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct 2011.
Peter & Jill BILLING (24911), "METTERS, Devon: ex P & J BILLING," e-mail to L HENDERSON (1), Bere Ferrers Baptisms 1783-1799 to Richard and Patience METTERS, extracts rcvd Feb 2000.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 17 Jun 1786 Mary d/o Richard & Patience MATTERS, from Bere Ferrers Baptisms, extracted May 2007.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 27 Jul 1787 Samuel s/o Richard & Patience MATTERS, from Bere Ferrers Baptisms, extracted Sep 2009.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, 13 Oct 1799 Joseph s/o Richard & Patience MATTERS, from Bere Ferrers Baptisms, extracted Sep 2009.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

BMD data on all rellies

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