Lorna's family forest

John Dawe^1,2,3

(circa January 1742 - 26 February 1814)

Father

Joseph Dawe⁴ (cir. Oct 1713 - Jul 1800)

Mother

Elizabeth Crossman⁴ (cir. Jan 1717 - May 1743)

BMDB data

John Dawe was born cir. Jan 1742 Par. of Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

.^5,4 He was baptized on 16 Jan 1742 St Andrews, Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG; entry reads: "John Son of Joseph Dawe baptized."^4,6
John Dawe married Elizabeth King, daughter of Walter King and Ann Barter, on 20 Sep 1781 Par. Ch, Walkhampton, DEV, ENG

, entry reads: 1781 John DAWE of the par of Buckland Monachorum farmer and Elizabeth King spinster of this parish mar. in this ch by licence 20th Sep 1781 by George Jope Vicar, both signed, witnesses Joseph Dawe (could be John's elder brother or his father, the writing looks shaky enough for the latter!) and John King (assumed to be Elizabeth's stepfather, and cousin.)¹
John Dawe married Elizabeth Reed on 1 Nov 1799 Par. Ch, Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

, entry shows John Dawe of this Parish, Widower and Elizabeth Reed of this Parish, Spinster, married in this church by licence by me John Brooke, Minister, both signed, witnessed by John Reed and Mark Tuckey.^7,8,9,3
John Dawe died on 26 Feb 1814 Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

; Bur. record shows aged 71, "of Yeoland".^5,10 He was buried on 1 Mar 1814 Churchyard, Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

, H/stone "Sacred to the memory of Mr John Dawe late of Yeoland in this Parish who died the 26th Febr 1814 in the 71st year of his age."^10,5

Wills/bequests

John Dawe was named as both an executor, and a beneficiary of the will of Joseph Dawe on 9 Jan 1793 Par. of Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

.¹¹

All the other info

John Dawe was a witness to the marriage of his brother Joseph Dawe to Ann Mildren on 14 Jul 1774 Buckland Monachorum, DEV, ENG

.^7,12

Family 1

Elizabeth King (Feb 1756 - May 1799)

Family 2

Elizabeth Reed (1769 - Apr 1807)

Children

Mary Dawe^13,2 (Aug 1801 - )
John Dawe^7,14 (cir. Aug 1805 - aft. 1891)
William Dawe³ (Nov 1806 - Nov 1806)

Charts

Sampson & Joan (BLANCHARD) DAWE of Buckland Monachorum, (DEV)
BARTER
KING

Last Edited

10 Oct 2012

Citations

Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Marr. 1781 John DAWE and Elizabeth KING, from Walkhampton MF 4, extracted West Devon Record Office, Aug 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1801 Mary to John & Elizabeth DAWE, extracted from the Buckland Monachorum Baptisms, MF8, Nov 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1806 William to John & Elizabeth DAWE, extracted from the Buckland Monachorum Baptisms, MF8, Nov 2006.
GenesReunited online at http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/, Bap. 1742 John DAWE, Buckland Monachorum, extracted from SPRY tree of Will SPRY, Oct 2006.
Various, interviews / personal knowledge , Visit to Buckland Monachorum Churchyard, Aug 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1742 John to Joseph DAWE, extracted from Buckland Monachorum baptisms, Nov 2006.
GenesReunited online at http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/, DAWE/KING/REED Buckland Monachorum families, extracted from SPRY tree of Will SPRY, Oct 2006.
Baptims marriages burials index: Buckland Monachorum, DEV, Marr. 1799 John DAWE and Elizabeth REED, extracted Oct 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Marr. 1799 John DAWE and Elizabeth REED, extracted from the Buckland Monachorum Marriages, Nov 2006.
Baptims marriages burials index: Buckland Monachorum, DEV, Bur. 1814 John DAWE, extracted Oct 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
National Archives UK online at http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/, Will 9 Jan Proved 13 Mar 1793 Joseph DAWE Buckland Monachorum, DEV from Will Registers. Collection: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Date range: 13 March 1793 - 13 March 1793 Reference: PROB 11/1229/259, copy rcvd Oct 2012.
Baptims marriages burials index: Buckland Monachorum, DEV, Marr. 1774 Joseph DAWE and Ann MILDRON, extracted Oct 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
GenesReunited online at http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/, Extracted from SPRY tree of Will SPRY, Oct 2006.
Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1805 John to John & Elizabeth DAWE, extracted from the Buckland Monachorum Baptisms, MF8, Nov 2006.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

— Abraham Lincoln
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

— Cary Grant
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

— E. B. White
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

— e. e. cummings
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

— Saint Augustine
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

— Mark Twain
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau
If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

— John Cardinal
In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

— Anonymous
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

— John Adams
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

— Abraham Lincoln
History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

— ?Santayana?
What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

— Last of the Summer Wine
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

— Terry Pratchett
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

— Terry Pratchett
.. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

— Petronius (210 BC)
The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

— Proust
So just as it is not the desire to become famous but the habit of being laborious that enables us to produce a finished work, so it is not the activity of the present moment but wise reflexions from the past that help us to safeguard the future

— Proust "Within the Budding Grove"
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

— William J. H. Boetcker
Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

— Lorna
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

— George Bernard Shaw
A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

— Anon
Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

— Anon
The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

— Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

— Thomas Carlyle "The Hero as Man of Letters"

Click on the picture if you wish to thank me for any of my research/DNA work that has helped you.