Tiverton Besley

Henry

3 Aug 1670

John m. Eleanor

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I I I I

William James Margery Thomas

16 Jul 1750 12 Oct 1752 28 Apr 1757 31 Aug 1761

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

m. 2 Apr 1787

Cruwys Morchard

Jenny Taylor

abt 1765

Topsham

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I I I I I I

James William Thomas Stone Samuel Henry John

24 Mar 1788 23 Apr 1790 5 Nov 1792 27 May 1795 28 Mar 1799 4 Mar 1802

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

d. 2Q 1869 d. 2Q 1855 ? d 4Q 1838 d. 1876

Tiverton Tiverton Plymouth

m. m. m. 1816 m. m.

Exeter St Lawrence

Jane Gunningham Jane Ann Aunger Ann Maria

b. 1786 abt 1788 abt 1815 abt. 1796

St Decumans Bradninch

d. d. 2Q 1855 d. 3Q 1874 ? d. 3Q 1852

Elizabeth see below see below see below see below see Barnstaple

d. 1841-46

Tiverton

I all b. Tiverton

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I I I I I I I I I

James William Sarah Jane Elizabeth Louisa Tresher Susan Sarah Harriet

abt 1815 abt 1816 abt 1816 abt 1820 abt 1822 abt 1824 abt 1827 abt 1829 abt 1831

d. 16 Mar

d. 2Q 1908 d. 4Q 1857 1Q 1870 d. 2Q 1869 d. 3Q 1869

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

m. 3Q 1838 m. 4Q 1854

Exeter Exeter

Eliza Hall Ann Bidgood

abt 1824

d. 1Q 1850 ?

Tiverton see below

m.2Q 1858

Tiverton

Hannah

Smith

abt 1819

Widworthy

d. 4Q 1899

Tiverton all b. Tiverton

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Ann Eliza William James Samuel Hannah Bessie Catherine (Kate)

abt 1839 ?4Q 1840 2Q 1843 3Q 1846 4Q 1849 2Q 1859

d. 1891

Halberton

m. 2Q 1866 m. 3Q 1874 m. 1Q 1873

Crediton Holborn Tiverton

Mary Hepper Amelia Besley Jane E Weeks

abt 1839 b. 1Q 1839 abt 1847

Tiverton Calverleigh Thelbrigde

d. 2Q 1885

Crediton

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I I I I

William H Annie Janie Elizabeth I

2Q 1868 ? 1Q 1871 4Q 1872 I

m. 1Q 1903 I

St Thomas I

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I I I I I I ?

Annie Albert Henry J Jane "Elizabeth" Samuel John Sarah Alice Katie Bertha Ellen

4Q 1873 2Q 1875 4Q 1876 1Q 1878 1Q 1879 3Q 1881 3Q 1884

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Thelbridge

d. 4Q 1884 d. 4Q 1884

NOTES:

ALBERT HENRY J. BESLEY 1875: 1881 - 6 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 16 yrs, Agricultural labourer, living with widowed father and siblings.

ANN ELIZA BESLEY abt 1839: 1941 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 11 yrs, at home with widowed father.

ANNIE BESLEY 1873: 1881 - 7 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 17 yrs, scullery maid Desalis household, Egham, Berkshire.

ANNIE BESLEY: 1881 - 10 yrs, living with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, living with parents.

CATHERINE (KATE) BESLEY abt 1860: 1861 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 21 yrs, farmer's daughter at home. 1891 - with parents 1901 - 40 yrs, no occupation, living with father.

ELIZABETH BESLEY abt 1822: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 38 yrs, unmarried housemaid in household of Elizabeth Hole, Newport St, Tiverton. Died aged 47 years.

Probate: 5 April 1870. Letters of Administration of the personal estate and effects of Elizabeth Besley, late of Tiverton in the county of Devon, who died 16 March 1870 at Clare House, Tiverton, aforesaid, were granted at Exeter to James Besley of Tiverton, aforesaid, Farmer, the brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased, he having been first sworn.

ELLEN BESLEY 1884: Presumed daughter of Samuel and Jane. Died infancy.

HANNAH BESLEY 1849: 1851 - 1 yr, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 11 yrs, with family.

HARRIET BESLEY abt 1831: 1841 - 10 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 20 yrs, milliner, lodging in household of Patrick and Sarah Doyle, Hammett Lane, Tiverton. 1861 - 30 yrs, milliner living with father and two older sisters. Died aged 38 years.

JAMES BESLEY 1788: 1841 - James, 50 yrs, farmer, dwelling Tiverton with wife and 6 children and two male servants. 1851 - 62 yrs, widowed farmer with 4 unmarried adult kids at home, and one male servant. 1861 - 73 yrs, widowed farmer, dwelling ?Bronshill (close to Portrow) with 3 adult daughters and 1 domestic servant. Died aged 81 years.

Wife JANE GUNNINGHAM 1786:

Wife ELIZABETH: 1841 - 50 yrs.

JAMES BESLEY abt 1815: 1841 - 25 yrs, farmer, dwelling Little Ainsley with wife and two young children. 1851 - 37 yrs, widowed farmer of 80 acres, dwelling Little Hensley Farm, with 4 children , a housekeeper and two farm labourers. 1861 - 45 yrs, farmer, dwelling Gt Hensley, Tiverton, with new wife and 5 children. 1871 - 56 yrs, farmer, dwelling Ditches Farm, West Exe, Tiverton, with wife and two children - also a house and farm servant. 1881 - 66 yrs, Highway Surveyor & Farmer Of 127 Acres Employing 2 Labs & 2 Boys, dwelling Ditches & Hensleigh Farm, Tiverton with wife and daughter. Also in residence - Thomas Payne 18 farm serv, Wiliam Cockram 15, farm serv, Emma Sankabeer, 14, gen serv, and Annie Wilson a school mistress b. Scotland. 1891 - 76 yrs, farmer, dwelling Bycott Farm Halberton, with wife and youngest daughter and Annie Wilson (boarding Scottish teaher aged 38 yrs) plus 2 servants. 1901 - 86 yrs, dwelling 40 Leaf St., (married?), daughter Kate and boarder 47 year old Annie Wilson, elementary teacher. Died aged 95 yrs.

Wife ELIZA: 1841 - 20 yrs.

Wife HANNAH SMITH abt 1820: 1861 - 41 yrs. 1871 - 51 yrs. 1881 - 62 yrs. 1891 - 71 yrs. Died aged 79 yrs.

JAMES BESLEY 1843: 1851 - 7 yrs, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 16 yrs, with family. 1871 - 26 yrs, with family. 1881 - 36 yrs, Farmer of 100 acres, employing 2 labs and 2 boys, dwelling Quirkhill Farm Tiverton with wife Amelia and sister-in-law, Elizabeth B Besley. 1891 - 47 years, farmer, dwelling Quirkhill Farm with wife and her 57 yr old sister, Elizabeth, as assistant. 1901 - 55 yrs, dwelling Harpridge, Washfield, with wife and 64 yr old Rebecca Greenslade as servant.

Wife AMELIA BESLEY: 1881 - 38 yrs. 1891 - 47 yrs. 1901 - 60 yrs.

JANE BESLEY abt 1820: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 26 (?) yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 41 yrs, living with father and two younger sisters. 1871 - 50 yrs. No issue.

Husband ROBERT REDWOOD abt 1830: 1871 - 40 years, farmer of 102 acres, dwelling Wayland Farm, Westexe, Tiverton.

JANE ELIZABETH BESLEY 1876: 1881 - 5 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - Elizabeth, 14 yrs, with family.

JANIE ELIZABETH 1872: 1881 - 18 yrs, living with parents. 1891 - 18 yrs, living with parents.

KATIE BERTHA BESLEY 1881: 1891 - 10 yrs, scholar, with family. 1901 - 19 yrs, living with widowed father.

SAMUEL BESLEY 1846: 1851 - with great Uncle William and great Aunt Jane at Morgans, Tiverton. 1861 - 13 yrs, with family. 1871 - 23 yrs, with family. 1891 - 42 yrs, widower, farmer, dwelling Keyhaven Tavern House, Milford, Hampshire with 5 kids and sister-in-law Hannah Weeks as housekeeper. (Bealey in Ancestry.com). 1881 - 33 yrs, farmer of 120 acres, dwelling Prospect, Thelbridge with wife and 5 offspring plus 79 yr old, widowed father-in-law, Henry Weeks, and 35 yr old unmarried sister-in-law, Hannah. 1901 - 53 yrs, Inn Keeper and Farmer, dwelling Moon Inn, Bentworth, Hampshire with youngest daughter.

Wife JANE WEEKS abt 1847: 1881 - 34 yrs. Died aged 37 years.

SAMUEL JOHN BESLEY 1878: 1881- 3 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 13 yrs, scholar, with family. 1901 - 2 yrs, cattleman at Manor House, boarding The Village South Warnborough, Hampshire in Simpson household.

SARAH BESLEY abt 1829: 1841 - 12 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 22 yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 32 yrs (either glovemaker dwelling as a boarder in Tiverton with Ann Yates or servant in Beamish household, St David, Exeter).

SARAH ALICE BESLEY 1879: 1881 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 12 yrs, scholar, with family.

SUSAN BESLEY abt 1827: 1841 - 13 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 24 yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 34 yrs, living with father and two sisters. Died aged 44 years.

WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1816: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 35 yrs, living with widowed father.

WILLIAM BESLEY 1840: 1841 - 18 mths, living with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 20 yrs, butcher, living at home. 1871 - 1881 - 40 yrs, butcher, dwelling Jericho St., Thorverton, Devon, with wife, three children and 3 servants. 1891 - 50 yrs, Farmer, dwelling Burrow Farm House with wife, 3 children and 1 farm servant.

Wife MARY abt 1839: 1891 - 52 yrs.

WILLIAM H BESLEY 1868: 1881 - 12 yrs, living with parents. 1891 - 22 yrs, living with parents.

William m. Jane

23 Apr 1790 abt 1788

Tiverton Bradninch

? d. 5 Oct 1857 ? d. 1Q 1857

Woodsbradley, Tiverton Tiverton

all b. Tiverton

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Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Thomas Caroline Sarah William

15 Sep 1811 13 Jan 1813 abt 1815 abt 1819 abt 1824 abt 1827 abt 1829

d. 2Q 1893 d. 29 Dec 1883 ? d. 2Q 1889

1Q 1884 Fulham

I Tiverton Tiverton

I m. 2Q 1858 m. 1Q 1872 m. 4Q 1860

I Tiverton St Thomas Bristol

I John Squire Ellen Parish Elizabeth Grey

I 1807 abt 1842 abt 1836

I St Thomas Washfield/Stoodleigh

I d. 1898 d. 1Q 1891

I Avon, Glouc I

I I

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I I I I I I I I

Edwin Ridler Frederick Albert Loveday Francis Herbert Alice Thomas

26 Mar 1832 abt 1836 William Emily Henry William Cordelia "Ernest"

Burlescombe Burlescombe c. 27 Oct 1861

Bedminster Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol

1Q 1857 4Q 1861 4Q 1863 1Q 1866 1Q 1868 2Q 1870

Wgtn. Som Bristol Clifton Clifton Clifton Bristol

Holcombe Rogus

d. 3Q 1849 d. 3Q 1861 d. 2Q 1926

Tiverton Bristol Shoreditch

m. 3Q 1863 m. 4Q 1900 m. 2Q 1895 m. m. 2Q 1887 m. 1Q 1888

Bristol Fulham, Lon Portsea. Hants Fulham Fulham

Sarah Horrell Margaret Lucy Priest Emma Lizzie Faulkner

abt 1839 d. 3Q 1895 abt 1868

Wincanton Portsea. Hants West Drayton, MDX I

I m. 4Q 1896 I

I Portsea. Hants I I

I Jane Courtney I ______________________I______

I 1864 I I I I I

I Southsea I Ethel Edith Margaret Percy

I d. 1905 I Notting Hill Paddington Mary William

I I 4Q 1889 2Q 1891 Shepherds Bush

I _____________I I Fulham Fulham 2Q 1896 1Q 1901

I I I I Fulham Fulham

I Frances Violet J Frank Henry Ernest William

I 1Q 1899 3Q 1900 1Q 1893

I Landport. Hants Gosport Acton, MDX

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Emily Charlotte Albert J Florence Jane Lucy Harriet Ellen Elizabeth Walter Frederick Ada Sarah

2Q 1864 1Q 1866 1Q 1866 4Q 1868 1Q 1871 2Q 1875 1Q 1877

Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster

d. 1Q 1876

Bedminster

m. 2Q 1984 m. 2Q 1892 m. 3Q 1895 m. 3Q 1893 m. 1Q 1902

Bedminster Barton Regis Barton Regis Barton Regis

Thomas John Tom Bettis Albert Stedeford George Herbert

Sloman Slade

NOTES:

ADA SARAH BESLEY 1877: 1881 - 4 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 14 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 24 yrs, drapers assistant, living with parents.

ALBERT J BESLEY 1866: 1871 - 5 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, assistant in Pawn shop, living with parents.

ALBERT WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1857: 1861 - 4 yrs, with parents.

ALICE CORDELIA BESLEY abt 1868: 1871 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 13 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 21 yrs, dressmaker in Clallice, Eggesford - married aunt Fanny Mathews, 39 b, Eggesford in residence also.

CAROLINE BESLEY abt 1824: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 29 yrs, housemaid in Gervis household, Peter St Tiverton. 1861 - 39 yrs, servant in Fox household (cook) dwelling Tonedale, Wellington, Bath and Wells. 1871 - 49 yrs, Lodging House Keeper, dwelling Waterloo Rd, Melcombe Regis, with a servant. 1881 - 59 yrs, Lodging House Keeper, dwelling 1 Waterloo Place, Melcombe Regis, with a servant. 1901 - 79 yrs, living on own means, dwelling 1 Alma Terrace.

EDITH BESLEY 1891: 1891 - 1 month, with parents. 1901 - 10 yrs, with parents.

EDWIN RIDLER BESLEY 1832: 1841 - 8 yrs, living with grandparents.

ELIZABETH BESLEY 1813:

ELLEN ELIZABETH BESLEY 1871: 1871 - under 4 months, with parents. 1881 - 10 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, assistant school mistress, living with parents.

EMILY CHARLOTTE BESLEY 1864: 1871 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 16 yrs, Pupil Teacher, living with parents. 1891 - 26 yrs, assistant school mistress, dwelling Weare St., Bristol with 5 yr old son Hubert and sister Lucy. Husband 27 yrs, a patient in Royal Mineral Water Hospital.

ERNEST W BESLEY abt 1892: 1901 - 9 yrs, with parents.

ETHEL BESLEY 1889: 1891 - 1 yr, with parents. 1901 - 11 yrs, with parents.

FLORENCE J BESLEY 1866: 1871 - 5 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, Machinist, living with parents. 1891 - 25 yrs, boot machinist, living with parents. 1901 - 35 yrs widowed boot machinist, living with parents along with her daughter, Hilda Bettis, 7 yrs.

FRANCES VIOLET BESLEY 1899: 1901 - Violet 2 yrs, with parents.

FRANCIS HENRY BESLEY abt 1864: 1881 - 17 yrs, Gilder, with parents. 1901 - 37 yrs, Pte R Marines, dwelling 21 Cobden St., Alverstoke with wife and two young children.

Wife MARGARET LUCY PRIEST: Died aged 26 yrs.

Wife JANE COURTNEY abt 1864: 1901 - 37 yrs.

FRANK HENRY BESLEY 1900: 1901 - 7 mths, with parents.

FREDERICK BESLEY abt 1836: 1841 - 5 yrs, living with grandparents. 1851 - 14 yrs, living with grandparents. 1861 - 26 yrs, porter, boarding with Uncle William and family. 1871 - 35 yrs, sugar baker, dwelling 10 Mead St., Bedminster, Bristol, with wife and 5 children. 1881 - 45 yrs, Labourer, Dwelling 94 Mead St., Bedminster, Somerset, with wife and 6 children. 1891 - 55 yrs, Tobacco Shover?, dwelling Liverpool House, Bristolwith wife and 3 daughters. 1901 - 65 yrs, tinworker, dwelling 13 Heron Rd, Bristol, with wife, two adult daughters, and a grandaughter.

Wife SARAH HORRELL abt 1839: 1871 - 32 yrs, governess at small private school. 1881 - 42 yrs, School Mistress. 1891 - 52 yrs. 1901 - 62 yrs.

HERBERT WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1866: 1871 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, Stable Boy, with parents. 1901 - 36 yrs, engineers carman, dwelling 7 Hare Walk, Shoreditch with wife and son.

Wife EMMA abt 1868: 1901 - 33 yrs.

JANE BESLEY 1811: 1881 - 70 yrs, Needlewoman, boarding in household of George Clark, grocer, Locking Road 21, Weston Super Mare, Somerset.

LOVEDAY EMILY BESLEY 1862: 1871 - 9 yrs, with parents.

LUCY HARRIET BESLEY 1868: 1871 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 12 yrs, Monitor In Day School, with parents. 1891 - 22 yrs, dressmaker, residing with married sister Emily, Weare St., Bristol.

MARGARET MARY BESLEY 1896: 1889: 1901 - 4 yrs, with parents.

MARY ANN BESLEY abt 1815: 1851 - 36 yrs, living with parents.

PERCY WILLIAM 1901: 1901 - 3 mths, with parents.

SARAH BESLEY abt 1827: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 24 yrs, living with parents.

THOMAS BESLEY abt 1819: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 30 yrs, labourer, living with parents. 1881 - 59 yrs, Cattle Dealer, dwelling Saint Andrew St (Country House Inn) Tiverton, with wife, uncle Thomas Moore (unmarried builder aged 67 yrs, b. Okehampton, and Elizabeth Parish umarried sister-in-law aged 57, b. Okehampton. Died aged 66 yrs, Tiverton Reg. District.

Probate: 22 Jan 1884. Personal Estate £111. The will of Thomas Besley late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Cattle Dealer, who died 29 Dec 1883 at St Andrew St Tiverton, was proved at Exeter by Ellen Besley of St Andrew St. widow, the relict, the sole Executrix.

Wife ELLEN abt 1842: 1881 - 39 yrs.

THOMAS "ERNEST" BESLEY abt 1870: 1871 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 11 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, engine attendant and stoker, dwelling 8 Wharf Rd Hammersmith with wife and 2 young daughters, plus mother-in-law, Mary Faulkner. 1901 - 32 yrs, house painter, dwelling 2 Victoria Villas, Willow Vale Flats, Hammersmith, with wife and 4 children.

Wife LIZZIE FAULKNER abt 1863: 1891 - 27 yrs. 1901 - 38 yrs.

WILLIAM BESLEY 1790: 1841 - 50 yrs, farmer, dwelling Morgan Bradley with wife and 4 offspring and 2 grandchildren (both belonging to Elizabeth) and 45 yr old male servant John Bennett. 1851 - 60 yrs, farmer of 60 acres employing 1 lab. , dwelling Morgans, Tiverton, with 4 adult children and one grandson. Also Samuel Besley (great nephew - son of James and Eliza) aged 4 yrs - visitor.

Probate: 5 March 1858. Effects under £300. The Will of William Besley the elder late of Woodsbradley in the parish of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Yeoman deceased, who died 5 Oct 1857 at Woodsbradley aforesaid, was proved at Exeter by the oath of Thomas Besley of Woodsbradley aforesaid farmer, the son and one of the Executors.

Wife JANE abt 1788: 1841 - 55 yrs. 1851 - 63 yrs.

WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1829: 1841 - 13 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 21 yrs, labourer, living with parents. 1861 - 33 yrs, policeman, dwelling 1 Vine Row, Old Park Stile Lane, Bristol. St Michael, with wife, young son and nephew Frederick boarding with them. 1871 - 41 yrs, cellarman, dwelling 12 Bath Buildings, St James and St Paul, with wife and 4 cildren. 1881 - 52 yrs, Mail Cart Driver dwelling 9 Sidmouth Mews, London, Middlesex, with wife and 4 children. ? Died 62 yrs.

Wife ELIZABETH GREY abt 1836: 1861 - 25 yrs. 1871 - 36 yrs. 1881 - 44 yrs, b. Stoodleigh.

Thomas Stone m. Ann Aunger

5 Nov 1792 1816 abt 1796

Tiverton Exeter St Lawrence Exeter

d. 2Q 1855 d. 4Q 1875

Tiverton Crediton

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Ann Caroline Thomas William Charles John Augusta Fanny

abt 1820 abt 1822 abt 1826 abt 1835 3Q 1838

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

? d. 1891 d. 1Q 1902 d. 3Q 1892 d. 1Q 1894 d. 2Q 1873

Tiverton Weymouth Marylebone Evesham Guisborough

m. ?? m. 2Q 1858

Marylebone

Frances Benjamin North

Rockley Batty

abt 1824 abt 1828

Chudleigh

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Winnifred Mary Elizabeth Alice Adelaide Margaret Clara R Christopher North Rockley Fanny A

abt 1859 abt 1862 abt 1864 abt 1867 abt 1869 abt 1870

NOTES:

ANN BESLEY abt 1820: 1841 - 21 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 31 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 41 yrs, living Cheriton Fitzpaine in brother Charles house along with her widowed mother. 1871 - 51 yrs, annuitant, dwelling Village Cheriton Fitzpaine with widowed mother. 1881 - 62 yrs, living Lancashire with unmarried bother Charles John, vicar.

AUGUSTA FANNY BESLEY 1838: 1841 - 2 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 12 years, with parents. 1861 - 22 years, married with 2 yr old Winifred M. Dwelling 2 Caroline Lane, Mirfield, Yorkshire. 1871 - 32 yrs, dwelling Redcar, Upleatham with husband and 6 children, plus 3 servants. Died aged 34 yrs.

Husband BENJAMIN NORTH ROCKLEY BATTY abt 1828: 1861 - 32 yrs, curate in Christ Church, Mirfield, York. with wife, young daughter and 2 servants. 1871 - curate without cure! dwelling Cliff House, High Street, Redcar, Upleatham with wife and 6 children, plus 3 servants.

CAROLINE BESLEY abt 1822: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 29 yrs, with parents in Tiverton. 1861 - 39 yrs, cook/servant dwelling Tonedale, Wellington, Somerset. 1871 - 49 yrs, Lodging House keeper, with one servant, dwelling Waterloo Row, Melcombe Regis. 1881 - 59 years, lodging housekeeper, lodging 1 Waterloo Place, Melcombe Regis, Dorset. 1891 - 69 yrs, lodging house keeper, dwelling 4 Salisbury Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset with widowed needlewoman Mary Careter in residence.1901 - 79 yrs, living on own means, dwelling 1 Alma Terrace, Weymouth alone. Died aged 80 yrs.

Probate: Besley - Caroline of Abbotsbury Rd, Westham, Weymouth, Dorset died 5 Feb 1902. Probate Blandford 15 April to Ellen Maria Jarvis, spinster. Effects £56 13s 5d.

CHARLES JOHN BESLEY abt 1835: 1841 - 6 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 16 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 26 yrs, BA Curate, dwelling Village, Cheriton Fitzpaine. Also in residence is his widowed mother and oldest siater Ann. 1871 - 36 yrs, MA Curate of Bromley, dwelling alone at 61 Fulledge Rd, Bromley (Bur nley), Lancastershire. 1881 - 46 yrs, unmarried, Vicar Of Ellel M.A.Oxford, dwelling Vicarage, Ellel, Lancashire, with oldest sister, Ann, 62 yrs, no Occupation and niece Fanny A. BATTY, 10 yrs, b. Redcarr, York, Scholar. 1 Domestic Servant.

1891 - 56 yrs, clerk in Holy Orders, dwelling The Vicarage, Ellel, Galgate, with neice, Fanny Batty, 20 yrs, ward in chancery, living on own means, and a domestic servant. Died aged 59 yrs.

Probate: Besley - The Rev. Charles John of Evesham, Worcester, clerk, died 23 Mar 1894. Probate Worcester 30 April to Fanny Agatha Batty, spinster. Effects £1330 4s 4d.

THOMAS STONE BESLEY 1792: 1837 Directory - Alderman in Tiverton. 1841 - 45 yrs, grocer and tea dealer, dwelling Fore St. Tiverton, with wife and 5 children. 1851 - 57 yrs, grocer and tea dealer, dwelling Fore St Tiverton, with wife and 4 offspring.

Wife ANN abt 1796: 1841 - 45 yrs. 1851 - 55 yrs. 1861 - 65 yrs, widow, living with son Charles in Cheriton Fitzpaine and with her oldest daughter Ann aged 41 yrs. 1871 - 75 yrs, annuitant, dwelling Village, Cheriton Fitzpaine with unmarried daughter Ann - also an annuitant. Died aged 80 yrs.

THOMAS WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1826: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 25 yrs, Tea dealers assistant visiting Robert and Caroline Skerritt, 86 Park St, St Pancras. 1871 - 47 yrs, grocers traveller, lodging Knight household, 12 Gloucester Rd, Brighton with wife Frances. Died aged 67 yrs.

Wife

Wife FRANCES abt. 1824: 1871 - 47 yrs.

Samuel m. Ann

27 May 1795 abt 1815

Tiverton Tiverton

d. 1Q 1878 d. 3Q 1874

Newton Abbott

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Walter Samuel Ann Ellen

abt 1837 1Q 1839 ? 4Q 1840 4Q 1844

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

d. 3Q 1898 d. pre 1891

Exeter

m. 3Q 1875 m. 2Q 1875 m. 4Q 1879

Tiverton Newton Abbott Upton

Emma Swinney Drusilla Elliot William John

Markes Hoskings (nee Redway) Pembridge

abt 1849 2Q 1847 abt 1844

Bristol, Glou. Shaldon Monmouth

d. 5 Apr

I 2Q 1925

I Newton Abbott I

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Walter Charles Nellie Lucy Redway Henry Percy Charles Alfred

Ernest Arthur 3Q 1875 2Q 1877 abt 1881 abt 1883

1Q 1878 3Q 1880 Barnstaple Barnstaple N Malvern N Malvern

Tiverton Tiverton

d. 2Q 1905

Wandsworth

m. 3Q 1907 m. 2Q 1899 m. 2Q 1902

St Thomas Newton Abbott Newton Abbott

Jabez Edward George

Tucker Tucker

NOTES:

ANN BESLEY 1840: 1841 - 6 mths, with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 20 yrs, milliner, visitor in household of widow, Frances Perkins, Londonderry, Tiverton. 1871 - 30 yrs, drapers assistant, living with parents. 1881 - 29 yrs, companion to sister Ellen, who is married with 8 month old baby, in Leigh, Worcester. Niece Nellie also in residence.

1891 - 49 yrs, dwelling with younger sister, her husband and two children in Leigh, Worcester.

CHARLES ARTHUR BESLEY 1880: 1881 - 7 mths, living with parents. 1891 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 20 yrs, presumeably a clerk like older brother, dwelling Clapham, London with widowed mother and older brother. 1905 - insurance clerk at time of brothers death.

ELLEN BESLEY 1844: 1851 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 17 yrs, appentice draper, in Cobley household, Fore St., Tiverton. 1871 - 25 yrs, drapers assistant, dwelling Fore St. Lowman, Tiverton with Henry Davey. 1881 - 36 yrs. married with 8 month old Henry in Spring Vale, Leigh, Worcester. Sister Ann in residence as a companion as is niece, 5 year old Nellie Besley. 1891 - 47 yrs, living with husband, two children, 1 boarder, 1 servant and also sister Ann in residence. 1901 - 54 yrs, dwelling Malvern Links with husband and two sons - oldest a law clerk and youngest a drapers assistant.

Husband WILLIAM JOHN PEMBRIDGE abt 1844: 1891 - 47 yrs, drapers outfitter, dwelling Cowleigh Rd, Spring Vale, Leigh, Worcester, with wife, 2 children, 1 boarder, 1 servant and also sister-in-law, Ann, in residence. 1901 - draper and outfitter - own business - dwelling Richmond Rd., Malvern Links, Wor., with wife, 2 adult sons, and 1 servant.

LUCY REDWAY BESLEY 1877: 1881 - 3 yrs, with parents. 1891 - (Lucy R Bexey in Ancestry.com) 13 years, teacher in ?? school, dwelling Bridge St, Shaldon, Teignmouth with 71 year old widowed grandfather, William Redway (living on private means). 1901 - 23 yrs, School Bd Teacher, living with mother.

NELLIE BESLEY 1875: 1881 - 5 yrs, staying with Aunt Ellen and her husband in Leigh, Worcester. 1891 - 15 yrs, drapers assistant, living with widowed mother and half sister, Beatrice.

SAMUEL BESLEY 1795: 1841 - 40 yrs, innkeeper, dwelling Bridge St., Tiverton, with wife and 3 children. 1851 - 55 yrs, Innkeeper, dwelling Bridge St., Tiverton with wife, 2 daughters, niece Mary Ann aged 24 yrs, 3 servants and visitor John Besley, a 20 yr old yeoman born Sampford Peverell. 1861 - Wine, Spirits, Ale and Porter dealer, dwelling 12 George St., Tormoham, Torquay, with wife and two sons. 1871 - 75 yrs, former Innkeeper, dwelling 118 ?ion St., East Stonehouse, Devonport, with wife, son Samuel and daughter Ann. Died aged 82 years.

Wife ANN abt 1815: 1841 - 25 yrs. 1851 - 36 yrs. 1861 - 46 yrs. 1871 - 56 yrs. Died aged 59 years.

SAMUEL BESLEY 1839: 1841 - 2yrs, with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, pupil at New St., Honiton along with older brother. 1861 - 22 yrs, drapers assistant, living with family. 1871 - 32 yrs, Brewers Traveller, living with parents. 1881 - 42 yrs, coal merchant, dwelling 12 Pollimore Squ., Exeter St Sidwell, with wife and daughter Lucy, daughter Nellie with Aunties Ellen and Ann in Worcester.

Wife DRUSILLA ELLIOT HOSKINGS abt 1848: Daughter of William Redway. Previously married 1Q 1868 Newton Abbott to William Sayers Hosking who died 2Q 1871 aged 32 yrs. 1881 - 34 yrs. 1891 - 44 yrs, widowed green grocer, dwelling Exeter St Thomas, with daughter by previous marriage, Beatrice L Hoskings (22 yrs, lady's maid), and daughter Nellie. 1901 - 53 yrs, widow, living on own means, dwelling Bridge Rd Terrace, with daughter Lucy.

Probate: Drusilla Elliot Besley of Shaldon, Devon, widow, died 5 April 1925 at Bovey Tracey, Devon. Probate Exeter 30 December to Jabez Edward Tucker and George Tucker, carriage builders. Effects £1660 18s 6d.

WALTER BESLEY abt 1837: 1841 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 14 yrs, pupil in New St., Honiton, along with younger brother, Samuel. 1861 - 24 yrs, living with parents. 1871 - 34 yrs, commercial traveller to brewer, boarding in Williams household, Gold St., Tiverton. (Baley in Ancestry.com).1881 - 43 yrs, Commercial Traveller To Brewer & Spirit Merchant, dwelling St Peter St., Tiverton, wife wife, 2 young children and 1 domestic servant. 1891 - 54 yrs, commercial traveller, dwelling Rockside, Exeter St David, with wife and 2 sons and 1 domestic servant. Died aged 62 yrs.

Wife EMMA SWINNEY MARKES abt 1849: Daughter of Samuel and Susannah Smyth. 1881 - 32 yrs. 1891 - 42 yrs. 1901 - 52 yrs, widow, living on own means, dwelling 75 The Chase, Clapham London, with two sons, 2 boarders and 1 servant.

Probate: Besley - Walter of Bath Rd., Exeter, commercial traveller, died 16 Aug 1898. Administration 10 October to Emma Swinney Besley, widow. Effects £82 19s 2d.

WALTER ERNEST BESLEY 1878: 1881 - 3 yrs, Scholar living with parents. 1891 - 13 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 23 yrs, CS Clerk Medical Dept Local G Board, dwelling 75 The Chase, Clapham London, with mother and younger brother. Died aged 27 yrs.

Probate: Besley - Walter Ernest of 75 the Chase, Clapham Common, Surrey, died 29 June 1905. Administration London 7 Sept to Charles Arthur Besley, insurance clerk. Effects £443 9s 4d.

Henry ? m. Maria

28 Mar 1799 abt. 1796

Tiverton I

? d. 4Q 1838 I ? d. 3Q 1852

Tiverton I Tiverton

I all c. Halberton

______________I_________________________

I I I I I

Henry Maria Gale Mary Sarah Richard

b. 11 Jul b. 11 Oct 24 Jan 6 Aug Gale

1823 1824 1826 1830 2 Jan

c. 14 Aug c. 12 Oct 1834

d. 1Q 1892 d. 2Q 1899

St Thomas Plymouth

m. 2Q 1853 m. 2Q 1856 m. 4Q 1861 m. 2Q 1866 m. 1Q 1887

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Barton R

Arabella Samuel Elizabeth Elizabeth Ellen Besley

Chave Ferris Bidgood Easterbrook or Webber abt 1842

abt 1828 abt 1834 abt 1834

Halberton Tiverton

d. 1Q or 3Q 1865 d. 1Q 1891

I Tiverton Bristol

I ____________________I_ _ _ _ _ __________I____________________

I I ? I I I

I Louis Gale Richard Gale Edith Ralph George Bertha Jane

I 3Q 1863 1Q 1865 2Q 1867 4Q 1869 4Q 1871

I Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

I d. 2Q 1869 d. 3Q 1921

I Tiverton Willisden

I m. 1Q 1888

I Thanet

I Emma Jane Horne

I abt 1863

I Ramsgate, Kent

I I

I Edith

I 1Q 1889

I Thanet

_______________________I____________________________________________________________________

I I I I I I I I

Arabella Ann Maria Chave Henry Pullin Walter Laura Ellen Sydney Samuel Frederick

Halberton Halberton

2Q 1854 1Q 1857 1Q 1859 4Q 1861 4Q 1863 4Q 1867 1Q 1870 4Q 1872

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

d. 2Q 1886 d. 2Q 1920 d. 4Q 1889

St. Thomas Bridgwater Tiverton

m. 2Q 1884 m. 4Q 1887

St. Thomas Lambeth

Henry Cann Clara Carrington

abt 1849 abt 1861

Croydon, Surrey

d. 1Q 1929

____________________I________

I I I

Daisy Ellen Henry Charles Frank Stanley

2Q 1887 3Q 1890 2Q 1897

Stockwell, Surrey Bridgwater Bridgwater

d. 4Q 1895

Bridgwater

m. 4Q 1914

Bridgwater

Donald J McMillan

NOTES:

ANN MARIA BESLEY 1857: 1861 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 14 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 24 yrs, servant in Drewe household, Ratcliffe, Clist Hydon (husband to be also a servant in the same household). 1901 - 44 yrs, widow dwelling Little John Cres St St Thomas, Alphington with younger brother Walter and her 3 children - Sydney 13 yrs, Leopold 11 yrs, and Beatrice 7 yrs.

ARABELLA BESLEY 1854: 1861 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 16 yrs, boarder, scholar and dressmaker in household of a schoolmistress, Pound, Tiverton. 1881 - 27 yrs, dressmaker, living with parents. Died aged 32 yrs.

BERTHA JANE BESLEY 1871: 1881 - 9 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool. 1891 - 19 years, visitor in household of Samuel Ash whose housekeeper, Sarah is her great Aunt.

DAISY ELLEN BESLEY 1887: 1891 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 14 yrs, with parents.

EDITH BESLEY 1867: 1871 - 3 yrs, with family. 1881 - 13 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool.

EDITH BESLEY 1889: 1891 - 2 yrs, with family.

ELLEN BESLEY 1867: 1871 - 3 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 13 yrs, scholar, living with parents.

FRANK BESLEY 1897: 1901 - 4 yrs, with parents.

HENRY BESLEY 1799: Died pre census's.

Wife MARIA abt 1796: 1841 - 40 yrs, dwelling Lower Ford, Halberton, with 2 oldest children, 2 male and 1 female servant. 1851 - 55 yrs, farmer of 140 acres employing 3 labourers, dwelling Halberton with 4 children.

HENRY BESLEY 1823: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with mother and oldest sister, Maria. 1851 - 27 yrs, living with widowed mother and siblings. 1861 - 37 yrs, farmer 120 acres, employing 2 men & 2 boys., dwelling Ford Farm, Halberton, with wife, 3 children, 2 house servants and 2 carters. 1871 - 47 yrs, farmer (out of business at present), dwelling South Barrington St., Lowman, Tiverton, with wife and 5 children. 1881 - 57 yrs, Agricultural machine inventor, dwelling 15 Regent St., St. Thomas, with wife and 6 children. 1891 - 67 yrs, retired farmer, dwelling 15 Regent St., St Thomas with wife and three adult offspring. Died aged 68 yrs.

Wife ARABELLA CHAVE abt 1828: Daughter of Samuel and Anne Pullin. 1861 - 33 yrs. 1871 - 43 yrs. 1881 - 53 yrs. 1891 - 63 yrs. 1901 - 73 yrs, widow, housekeeper, own account, dwelling 26 School Rd, St Thomas the Martyr, Exeter with two grown up unmarried offspring - Laura and Sidney.

HENRY PULLIN BESLEY 1859: 1861 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 12 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 22 yrs, grocers assistant, living with parents. 1891 - 31 yrs, railway porter, dwelling 33 Edward St, Bridgwater, Som, with wife and 2 children. 1901 - 41 yrs, railway porter, dwelling 35 Edward St, Bridgwater, Som., with wife and 2 children.

Wife CLARA: 1891 - 31 yrs. 1901 - 40 yrs.

HENRY CHARLES BESLEY 1890: 1891 - 10 mths, with parents. Died aged 5 years.

LAURA BESLEY 1863: 1871 - 7 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 17 yrs, dressmaker, living with parents. 1891 - 27 yrs, dressmaker (employee), living at home of parents. 1901 - 37 yrs, dressmaker living on own account, living with widowed mother.

LOUIS GALE BESLEY 1863: 1871 - 7 yrs, with family. 1881 - 18 yrs, bus conductor, living with widowed father in Liverpool. 1891 - 27 yrs, master butcher, dwelling 28 High St., Margate, with wife and young daughter.

Wife EMMA JANE HORNE abt 1863: 1891 - 27 yrs.

MARIA GALE BESLEY 1824: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with mother and older brother, Henry. 1851 - 26 yrs, living with widowed mother, 2 brothers and sister Sarah.

MARY BESLEY 1826: 1841 - ? . Probably 1851 - Mary A, 24 yrs, barmaid in household of Uncle Samuel, Bridge St., Tiverton.

RALPH BESLEY 1869: 1871 - 1 yr, with family. 1881 - 11 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool. Died aged 51 yrs.

RICHARD GALE BESLEY 1834: 1841 - ? . 1851 - 17 yrs, living with widowed mother and older siblings. 1861 - 27 yrs, butcher, living with brother Henry and family. 1871 - 37 yrs, butcher, dwelling Lowman, Tiverton, with wife and 3 children plus 4 butcher's assistants and 2 domestic servants. 1881 - 47 yrs, widowed butcher, dwelling 15 Tiber St., Toxtoth Park, Liverpool, with 4 children.

1891 - 57 yrs, widower, Clerk in bird feed factory, dwelling alone in Charles St. St. James, Bristol. Died aged 65 yrs.

Wife ELIZABETH BIDGOOD abt 1834: Suspect she died after birth of baby Richard Gale.

Wife ELIZABETH EASTERBROOK or WEBBER abt 1834: 1871 - 37 yrs.

Wife ELLEN BESLEY abt 1842:

RICHARD GALE BESLEY 1885: Died aged 4 years. (Risley in Free BMD)

SAMUEL FREDERICK BESLEY 1872: (Bazley in Free BMD) 1881 - 8 yrs, scholar, living with parents. Died aged 16 yrs.

SARAH BESLEY 1830: 1841 - 10 yrs, pupil in William Grant household, Higher Town. 1851 - 20 yrs, living with widowed mother. 1861 - 30 yrs, servant in Hawkins household, Lower Morbays, Cullompton. 1891 - 60 yrs, boarder/housekeeper in house of Samuel Ash, 11 Ladywell St, Charles, Devon - visitor Bertha J Besley 19 yrs, in residence. 1901 - 70 yrs, living on own means, 11 Ladywell St, Charles, Devon. Niece Bertha Jane Besley (29 yrs, house assistant) in residence.

SIDNEY BESLEY 1870: 1871 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 11 yrs, scholar, living with parents. 1891 - 21 yrs, druggists clerk (employee), living at home of parents. 1901 - 31 yrs, wholesale druggist clerk, residing with widowed mother.

WALTER BESLEY 1861: 1871 - 9 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 19 yrs, Apprentice Tailor in household of Philip Chave and family, Halberton. 1891 - 29 yrs, Taylor (employee) living at home of parents. 1901 - 39 yrs, gardener in market gardens, dwelling Little John Cres St St Thomas, Alphington with widowed sister Annie Cann and her 3 children - Sydney 13 yrs, Leopold 11 yrs, and Beatrice 7 yrs.

Bernard Besly m. Sarah Land

10 Aug 1763

d. 1794 Topsham all c. Tiverton

___________________________I____________________________________________

I I I I I I

Mary Land Catherine William Francis John Bernard

17 Aug 1768 17 Aug 1768 25 Aug 1774 25 Aug 1774 25 Aug 1774 b. 14 Dec 1777

c. 13 Mar 1778

St. Mary Arches

Exeter

d. Jun 1821

m. 3 Nov 1796 m. 14 Jul 1796 m. 8 Oct 1796 m. 20 Jun 1808

Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton

Joanna Shaw Susanna Raddon Theresa Shaw Elizabeth Ann

I Dunsford

John 31 Mar 1784

b. 9 Apr 1800 Independent Tiverton

c. 21 Aug 1800 d. 3Q 1856

Indep., Tiverton Tiverton

d. 2Q 1868 I

Tynemouth I

__________________________________________________________________________I__________

I I I I I I I I

Margaret Francis Elizabeth Henry Bernard Samuel Elizabeth Sarah

14 Dec Ann Henry Peter Ann

12 Mar 1810 19 Aug 12 Feb 12 Jun Lichigaray 15 Jul

1809 d. 3Q 1859 1812 1814 1815 b. 5 Jul 1817 1819

d. 25 Dec Lambeth Tiverton

4Q 1873 bur. 2 Aug d. 1813 d. 1814 d. 4Q 1838 d. 1854 d. 4Q 1872 d. 1853

Tiverton bur. 6 Jan bur. 8 Jun Tiverton Cheltenham Tiverton

m. 16 Nov 1835 m. 3Q 1842

Hatherleigh St Pancras, MDX

Mary Roberts Emma Milligan

abt. 1811 abt.

Hatherleigh ? d. 4Q 1848

d. 4Q 1874 Westminster

Lambeth I____________________________

I all b. Shebbear I

_____________I_______________________________________________________________ _________I________

I I I I I I I I I I I I

Sarah Francis William John Mary Caroline George Annie Charles Elsie Bernard Charles

Elizabeth Bernard Henry 4Q 1842 3Q 1844 Jane Harris 4Q 1850 Thomas Burry 4Q 1845 James

2Q 1838 20 Jul 10 Jan 3Q 1846 3Q 1848 8 Aug 14 Dec Pancras 2Q 1847

1839 1Q 1841 1853 1Q 1844 To St James

d. 31 Jan d. 1Q 1851 Pancras Australia

d. 2Q 1867 d. 15 Mar 1Q 1889 d. 12 May d. 31 Jan

St Germans 1Q 1909 Islington 2Q 1865 1892

Cornwall St Geo Han Sq Lambeth Capri, Italy

m. or m. 16 Sep

Elizabeth 1918 Mary Melville

Caroline Stoke Canon Wallis Dickson

abt 1858

London

I I

I _______________I

I I I

Frances Dorothy Mary John Francis

Elizabeth 4Q 1879 2Q 1881

Dulwich Lambeth

Camberwell

NOTES:

BERNARD BESLY 1777:

Wife ELIZABETH ANNE DUNSFORD 1784: Daughter of George Dunsford (1751-1822) and Margaret Lichigary (1748 France - 1815). 1841 - 55 yrs, dwelling Gold St Tiverton with adult daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth , a servant and 20 yr old Frances Dunsford. 1851 - 62 yrs, widow, landed property, dwelling Bampton St, Tiverton with 2 adult daughters. Also in residence is 12 yr old niece Penelope Dunford, Sarah Ware 70 yrs widowed sister-in-law (landed property). Died aged 71 yrs.

BERNARD BESLY 1845: 1851 - Bernard Besley, 5 yrs, at Nurse along with Charles James 4 yrs in household of Elizabeth Langlois, Southampton St., Clerkenwell. Both children b. Camden Town. 1861 - 15 yrs, warehouse assistant dwelling Friday St, St Matthew, London.

Barnard Besley 24 yrs, on ship AMIE depated London, arrived Australia 10 Feb 1870.

CAROLINE JANE BESLY 1846: 1851 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 14 yrs, niece of William Roberts (bookseller and printer), 197 High St., St Petrock, Exeter. 1891 - 43 yrs, governess, dwelling 55 Charlward St, St George Hanover Sq., with cousin and domestic servant in residence. 1901 - 54 yrs., school governess, dwelling 119 Grosvenor Rd., St George Hanover Sq., with 3 boarders and 2 servants.

Probate: Besley - Caroline Jane of 119 Grosvenor Rd, MDX, spinster, died 15 Mar 1909. Probate London 8 April to Jessie Yule, spinster. Effects £239 2s.

CHARLES JAMES BESLY 1847: 1851 - 4 yrs, at Nurse along with brother Bernard 5 yrs, in household of Elizabeth Langlois, Southampton St., Clerkenwell. Both children b. Camden Town. 1861 - 13 yrs, pupil Baucrofts School, in Boarding House, Mile End Old Town, Stepney.

CHARLES THOMAS BESLY 1853: 1861 - 7 yrs, visitor in household of John Gale (59, Rector of Bradford, b. Colyton), Parsonage, Bradford.

DOROTHY BESLEY abt 1880: 1881 - 1 yrs, with parents.

ELIZABETH ANN 1819: 1841 - 20 yrs, independent, living with mother and older sister in Tiverton. 1851 - 24??, living with widowed mother and oldest sister. 1861 - 33?? yrs, governess, living with older sister Margaret in Peter St., Tiverton.

Probate: 17 Feb 1873. Effects under £200. The will of Elizabeth Ann Besly late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, spinster, who died 4 Dec 1872 at Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester, was proved at Exeter by Margaret Besley of Tiverton, spinster, the sole Executrix.

ELSIE BESLY 1844: 1861 - 17 yrs, governess, visitor in household of John P (b. Crediton) and Maria S (b. St Olaves, MDX) Hugo in Exminster, Devon. 1871 - 27 yrs, governess, in household of widow, Lucy Lord, 31 Princes Gardens, Westminster St Margarets, London.

Sole executrix of will of Aunt Margaret 1874 - Elsie dwelling Buckinghamshire.

Probate: Besley - Elsie of 12 Southwick Place, Hyde Park, MDX, spinster, died 31 January 1892 at Capri, off Naples, Italy. Administration (Limited) London 1 September Ernest Colquhoun, actuary and managerof the legal and General Life Assurance Society, London, the attorney of Bernard Besly. Effects £959 0s 9d.

FRANCIS BESLY 1810: Blundells School register - Francis Besly, 11, son of Bernard Besly, Tiverton,

Jan. 29, 1821 — Dec. 16, 1825. 1841 - 30 yrs, surgeon, dwelling Berry, Shebbear with wife and 3 children. 1851 - 40 yrs, Surgeon, general practice, dwelling Shebbear with wife and 6 children as well as 3 servants.

Wife MARY ROBERTS abt 1811: 1841 - 30 yrs, 1851 - 40 yrs.

FRANCIS BERNARD BESLY 1839: 1841 - Bernard, 2 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 12 yrs, with family. 1861 - 21 yrs, assistant surgeon, in East Rudham, Norfolk. 1871 - 31 yrs, MRCSE, lodging in Reeves household, 42 Leicester Sq., St Martins in the Field.

Marlborough Express (NZ) 1 Oct 1873 - pg 2 "On Sept 27th, accidentally drowned, Francis Bernard Besly, MRCS Eng. & Co aged 35 years, much regretted.

GEORGE HARRIS BESLEY 1848: 1851 - 2 yrs, with family. 1861 - 12 yrs, son of matron (Mary - widowed) at Royal Infirmary, 180 Waterloo Rd., Lambeth. 1881 - 32 yrs, timber merchant, dwelling 123 Cold Harbour Lane, Lambeth, Surrey, with wife daughter and two servants. Died aged 40 yrs.

Wife MARY MELVILLE WALLIS DICKSON abt 1858: 1881 - 23 yrs. 1891 - 50 yrs, widowed matron of Royal Infirmary, 180 Waterloo Rd., Lambeth with son, George. Remarried 1Q 1894 Paddington.

JOHN BESLY 1800: 1851 - 50 yrs, married, Rector of Aston Subedge, dwelling Long Benton, Northumberland by himself. 1861 - 60 yrs, widower, Vicar of Long Barton, Northumberland, visiting William Henry Besley (brother??) in Dunmore House, West St., Bradninch.

JOHN BESLY 1842: 1851 - 13 yrs, with family.

MARGARET BESLY 1809: 1841 - 30 yrs, independent, living with mother and younger sister in Tiverton. 1851 - 35 yrs, living with widowed mother and younger sister Elizabeth Ann. 1861 - 43?? yrs, annuitant, living with younger sister Elizabeth in Peter St., Tiverton. Died aged 68 yrs.

Probate: 9 Jan 1874. Effects under £200. The will of Margaret Besly late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, spinster, who died 25 Dec 1873 at Tiverton, was proved at Exeter by Elsie Besley of Chilton, in the County of Buckingham, spinster, niece, the sole Executrix.

MARY BESLY 1844: 1861 - 16 yrs, pupil in York, St Olave.

SAMUEL PETER LICHAGARY BESLY 1817: Blundells School Register. Samuel Peter Lichagary Besly, 11 y son of Mr. Bernard Besly (deceased), Tiverton, Aug. 15, 1828 - June 29, 1833. 1841 - 20 yrs, surgeon, dwelling Newman St., Marylebone with a female servant. Marriage registered twice - also 4Q 1842 Marylebone.

Book - "Index to heirs-at-law, next of kin, legates, missing friends, encumbrances, creditors or their representatives etc" index mentions Samuel PL Besley (18122) - dated 1872.

Wife EMMA MILLIGAN abt :

SARAH BESLY: Gentlemens Magazine 1853 Obits " At Tiverton, Sarah, youngest daughter of the lat Bernard Besly, esq., formerly Collector of the Customs of Exeter."

SARAH ELIZABETH BESLY 1838: 1841 - 3 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 13 yrs, with family.

WILLIAM HENRY BESLY 1840: 1841 - 6 mths, with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, with family. Died aged 77 yrs. ??????? WRONG ONE

Probate: Besley - William Henry of Stoke Canon, Devonshire, retired farmer, died 16 September 1918 at the Honors, Stoke Canon. Probate Exeter 6 December to William Henry Besley, farmer and William Burrow Trick, clerk, to guardians of St Thomas Union, Devon. E Effects £8113 9s 2d.

[no title] 213 M/T/19 - 20 1768

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Lease and Release. 28, 29 September

1. George Prescott, Charles Dingley, merchants London; Ebenezer Blackwell, banker, London; John Besley, Thomas Bidgood, sergemakers, Tiverton.

2. Abraham Badcock, sergemaker, Bampton

Consideration: £13

John Payne, labourer 2845 A-99/PO2/49 1813

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

He was born in Rackenford where his parents belonged and was apprenticed there to James Potteridge, when he was 28 he went to Tiverton and made an agreement with John Besley at £10 and served 2 years, then he lived with John Hayward in Tiverton for 9 months, he then came to Membury and agreed with Thomas Paris for 3 months at 4s a week, he made another agreement with him for 6 months at 6s a week, he then got married and has worked as a day labourer

213 M/T/72 31 December 1782

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Covenant

1. Benjamin Dickinson, Esq., Tiverton

2. John Besley, merchant, Tiverton

Title of [...] . to be proved by deeds recited in the covenant.

Premises include a brick house in or near Hampton Street.

213 M/T/43-44 28, 29 September 1814

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Related information: [See 213 M/T/143]

Contents:

Lease and Release

1. William Ackland, William Besley, George Dunsford, gents., Tiverton

2. John Radford, cabinet-maker; Tiverton.

3. Richard Henry Strong, gent., Tiverton

Consideration: £300

Premises and trust as above.

Devon Record Office: Papers relating to businesses R4/1-0/PP/8(Box 8) 1841 - 1921

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Bankruptcies of Robert Hayes (1867) and Henry Skinner of Morebath 1863

Account book of R. Besley, Fore Street, Tiverton, butcher 1875 - 6

Devon Record Office 4243M-0/T/219 1818

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Miles Barons Tenement. Lease and Release and Assignment of Term

1. Joan Veysey

2. John Nott

3. Thomas Hellings of Tiverton, gent.

3. William Besley Jnr. of Tiverton, merchant

Premises: Miles Barons Tenement

Consideration: £830 (£400 3 to 1; £430 3 to 2)

Term: 500 years

[no title] 213 M/T/73 19 January 1783

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Copy of Lease and Release.

1. John Besly, merchant, Tiverton

2. John Follett, minister; George Dunsford, merchant; James Pulling, Francis Besley, sergemakers, all of Tiverton

Consideration: 10s.

Premises include: Thorn Close, The Cleeve Withy Close, Box Close, Great Barn's Close, Wood Close, Lower Oak, Higher Oak Close, Square Close, Vine Close, Park Close, North Close, Little Barn's Close, Coydon, Two Higher Meadows.

[no title] B10/BWO/31/d 1796

These documents are held at North Devon Record Office

Contents:

Release by way of settlement and settlement, Gribble to Besley and Gribble Henry Gribble of Barnstaple, merchant = Ann Gorton of Tiverton

[no title] 4061 M/L/1 1875

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Lease for 10 years

1. James Thomas Turner of Thorverton, gent.

2. William Besley of Thorverton, yeoman

Premises: one marsh called Gratton Marsh containing seven acres and two poles being part of Exeland

Tenement

Rent: £30 p.a.

[no title] 1926 B/D/T/5/2 1807

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Related information: Enclosed with 1926 B/D/T/5/3

Contents:

Final concord

1. John Dickinson, Esq.

2. William Besley.

Ann, his wife.

Premises: land in Tiverton.

Devon Record Office 4243M-0/T/223 1821

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:

Miles Barons Tenement. Lease and Release, Surrender of a Term of 1000 years, Assignment of a Term of 500 years and Covenant to Produce Deeds

1. Thomas Hellings

2. Edward Gooding

3. William Besley Jnr. of Tiverton, merchant

4. Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty

5. Rev. William Carwithen, Rector of Exeter, St. Mary Steps

6. William Courtenay of Lincoln's Inn, Middx., esquire

Premises: four fields, i.e. Barley Croft, Long Burrow, Twenty Acres, Mussons Coppice, part of Miles Barons Tenement, in trust for augmentation of the Rector of St. Mary Steps, Exeter

Consideration: £600 (4 to 2)

With plan and schedule of deeds, 1772-1819

Besley Oddments…..

James Besley and Elizabeth had the following children baptised in Clayhanger.....

William Besly, son of James and elizabeth baptised 23rd Mar 1765

Mary 2nd Dec 1770

Sarah 30th Jan 1779

Eleanor 8th Dec 1882

Charity 6th May 1786 (mother's name given as Betty for this one)

Betty Beasley was baptised in Petton on 6th March 1762

Her parents? James Beasley and Elizabeth!

James Besley and Elizabeth Chubb marriage 1/4/1812 Bickleigh

Then there was a .....

James Besley, son of Henry Bessley and jane, baptised 1st Mar 1812

Henry Besley, son of Anne Besley, baptised 8th Jan 1792

Jenny Bessley, dau of Anne Besley, baptised 6th Oct 1786

And there is John Besley with mother Maria Besley baptised there on 1st Jan 1823

[no title] 213 M/T/41-42 21, 22 July 1784

Contents:

Lease and Release.

1. Peter Carthew, gent., Tiverton

2. John Kiddell, clerk, Tiverton

3. John Besly, merchant; Abraham Smith, surgeon; Martin Dunsford, merchant; William Acland, gent.; Francis Besly, sergemaker;

3. Abraham Hurley, yeoman; William Besly George Dunsford, merchants; George Snell, hatter; Peter Carthew the Younger, ironmonger; John Peat, sergemaker, all of Tiverton.

Consideration: 5s.

Premises on trust as above, and to include a brewing-house.

[no title] 213 M/T/70-71 26 November 1782

Contents:

Mortgage by lease and release

1. Sir John Dunke, baronet, William Mackworth, Joseph Sanders and Daniel Hamilton, Esquires, of Exeter.

2. Henrious Season, gent., Exeter

3. William Hamilton, gent., London

4. Thomas Euchmarsh, Richard Euchmarsh, merchants, Tiverton

5. John Besly, merchant, Tiverton

6. Francis Besly, sergemaker, trustee for 5., Tiverton.

Principle: £100

Term: to 6. for the residue of 1000 years in trust for 5.

[no title] 213 M/T/41-42 21, 22 July 1784

Contents:

Lease and Release.

1. Peter Carthew, gent., Tiverton

2. John Kiddell, clerk, Tiverton

3. John Besly, merchant; Abraham Smith, surgeon; Martin Dunsford, merchant; William Acland, gent.; Francis Besly, sergemaker;

3. Abraham Hurley, yeoman; William Besly George Dunsford, merchants; George Snell, hatter; Peter Carthew the Younger, ironmonger; John Peat, sergemaker, all of Tiverton.

Consideration: 5s.

Premises on trust as above, and to include a brewing-house.

[no title] 213 M/T/73 19 January 1783

Contents:

Copy of Lease and Release.

1. John Besly, merchant, Tiverton

2. John Follett, minister; George Dunsford, merchant; James Pulling, Francis Besley, sergemakers, all of Tiverton

Consideration: 10s.

[no title] 213 M/T/74 20 June 1783

Contents:

Copy of Marriage Settlement.

[Attached to 213 M/T/73]

1. John Besly, merchant, Tiverton

2. William Besly, son of 1., Tiverton

3. Ann Lichigaray, spinster, Tiverton

4. As 2. of 213 M/T/73.

Premises as 213 M/T/70

Reversion of the uses to 2. after 1. and 3. have married, and to 4. on the death of 2.

Conditions: to preserve contingent remainders and the recited limited estates.

[no title] 213 M/T/78 1802

Contents:

Copy of oath of administration of possessions of Francis Besly deceased, made by William and Bernard Besly, nephews and heirs of the deceased.

[no title] 213 M/T/87-88 6, 7 July 1819

Contents:

Lease and Release.

1. Ann Besly, widow of William Besly

2. John Follett Pugsley, ironmonger, Tiverton

3. William Turner, merchant, Tiverton

Consideration: £250

Premises include 3 fourths of Higher Meadow, Leat.

Uses to prevent any wife of 2. from claiming dower.

[no title] 213 M/T/89 7 July 1819

Contents:

Assignment to attend inheritance.

[Enclosed in 213 M/T/88]

1. William and Bernard Besly, Tiverton

2. Ann Besly, widow, Tiverton

3. John Follett Pugsley, ironmonger, Tiverton

4. John Beedell, druggist, Tiverton

Premises to be held by 1. in trust for, and attending the inheritance from 3.

[no title] 213 M/T/143 1845

Related information: See 213 M/T/41-44

Contents:

Abstract of title of Elizabeth Ann Besly to cottage and garden near Water Lane.

Reciting deeds of 1808, 1821.

Blundells School

Jo^° Besly, 8, son of Wm. Besly, gent., Tiverton,

Aug. 13, 1808 — June 30, 1817 ; eUcUd to a Scholarship

in Balioll College, Oxford, June 30, 1817.

William Besly, 10, son of Wm. Besly, gent., Tiverton.

Feb. 2, 1818 — Dec. 16, 1821.

Henry Bernard Besly, 9, wine merchant, Tiverton,

Aug. 16, 1824 — Dec. 16, 1825.

Samuel Peter Lichagary Besly, 11 y son of Mr.

Bernard Besly (deceased), Tiverton, Aug. 15, 1828 —

June 29, 1833.

Thos. Willm. Besley, ii^, son of Mr. Thos. Stone

Besley, Tiverton, Feb. 9, 1836— Dec. 19, 1840.

Charles John Beslby, 12^, son of Thos. Stone Besley,

grocer, Tiverton, Aug. 21, 1847 — Dec., 1854. N.;

elected to an Exhibition, 1853.

Devon Record Office 5234M-0/T/1 and 2 1822

Contents:

Lease and release

1. Francis Besly of Wells, druggist, surviving devisee in trust of the will of William Besly late of Tiverton, merchant, deceased, devisee in fee of the will of John Besly of Tiverton, sergemaker, deceased

2. John Hall of Tiverton, gent.

3. Henry Hewett of Tiverton, maltster, trustee for 2.

Premises: one messuage and dwellinghouse and the dyehouse adjoining, formerly in the occupation of Spurway Patey deceased, lying at the east end of the town of Tiverton bounded with the river Lowman on the east, the lands formerly of John Maunder, merchant, on the south, the lands formerly of John Cock clothier on the west and the King's highway on the north, also one garden formerly a plot of ground on which stood the malthouse of John Pepper but which was burnt down, and afterwards purchased by Spurway Patey, and also two dwellinghouses formerly in the occupation of William Bryant and John Salter as tenants to Spurway Patey, all adjoining the messuage dwellinghouse and dyehouse. The premises were purchased by William Besly in 1749, inherited by John Besly his eldest son, who bequeathed them to his son William. William left the property to his cousins Francis and Bernard Besly in trust.

Consideration: £560.

Devon Record Office 5234M-0/E/1 c.1822

Related information: [See also 5234M-I/E/1]

Contents:

Abstract of title of Francis Besly to dwellinghouses and a garden in Gold Street, c. 1749-1819 (first page missing)

London Gazette - Issue 17536 published on the 20 November 1819

By order of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors:

The petition of William Besly, late of Tiverton, in the County of Devon, Manufacturer of Yarn, but now a prisoner confined for debt in the King's-Bench Prison, in the County of Surrey.

Devon Record Office 5682M-2/T/2 1797

Related information: (See 5682M/T/1)

Contents:

Lease for one year

1. William Besly of Tiverton, merchant

2. John Wood of Tiverton, gent.

Premises: one walled garden in Barrington Street late in the possession of Elizabeth Putt deceased and Margaret Incledon or of Peter Blundell esq. deceased as their undertenant, but now of 1., bounded on the east with Barrington Street, and on the south with a garden belonging to John Weech merchant, now in the occupation of Richard Nesbit esq.

Devon Record Office 5682M-2/T/3 1804

Related information: (See 5682M/T/4)

Contents:

Lease for one year

1. James Cotty of Tiverton, gent. and Joanna his wife, William Besly of Tiverton, merchant and Joanna his wife and Charles Henry Sampson of Minehead, Somerset, esq.

2. Richard Henry Strong of Tiverton, gent.

Premises: one messuage or dwelling house or dwelling houses with the orchard and garden belonging to it in Barrington Street now in the possession of James Cotty, lying between the lands formerly of Hugh Hodge on the north, the lands formerly of Henry Jarvis, maltster on the south, Barrington Street on the west and the lands formerly of John Blundell gent. on the east.

PROB 31/1210/799 Exhibit: 1824/799. Henry Besley, farmer of Halberton, Devon. Probate inventory, or declaration, of the estate of the same, deceased.