Buckland Brewer, Devon - History and Genealogy

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Comment by Linda Janet Hall on March 3, 2016 at 3:59am

I think it's going to take a bit of untangling! There is another William Cole who was baptised in Northam 28 May 1747, parents William and Hannah, but I can't find a likely marriage. There is also a William Cole, wife Ann, in Appledore, who could perhaps be the William born in Buckland Brewer in 1775. However the censuses and the burial record are somewhat inconsistent both as to age and place of birth.

1841 Park Hill Cottage, Diddywell, Northam; William Coles 60, ag lab, Ann Coles 50, son William 20 and daughter Ann 14.

1851 Myrtle Street, Appledore; William Cole 76, labourer, born Buckland Brewer, daughter Ann C Cole 24 born Northam. 

1861 Myrtle Street, Appledore; William Coles 90, labourer, born Northam, Ann Coles 77 born Northam.

1864, 3 Nov St Mary's, Appledore; burial William Cole 98.

1871 Market Street, Appledore; Ann Cole, widow 91, born Littleham. 1877, 29 March St Mary's, Appledore; burial Ann Cole 97.

So here we have a tentative link to Buckland Brewer, with William Cole in 1851 listed as born there. If this is all the same person, clearly no one was sure about how old he was! I' d welcome your thoughts.

Comment by Janet Few on March 3, 2016 at 12:41am

I agree the children do seem to fit. There is also Moses in 1773. Certainly needs more investigation. It seems unlikely but there are cases of two children with the same name surviving in a family. William and Ann are buried in Buckland Brewer, so if there is another William and Ann buried in Northam it is definitely two couples. Ann could be married as Hannah/Joanne/Susanna.

Comment by Linda Janet Hall on March 2, 2016 at 5:47pm

Thanks Janet. This is what I wasn't sure about. The dates of baptism seemed to fit nicely - I've got William 1775, George 1778, John 1780 and Ann 1781 in Buckland Brewer, then Thomas 1783 and John 1786 in Huntshaw and finally Betty 1788 and Richard 1791 in Northam. I had assumed the first John had died; looking for a death was my next task! But maybe it's back to the drawing board!

Comment by Janet Few on March 2, 2016 at 3:10pm

Hello I think you may have two families mixed up Linda. I agree that  there doesn't seem to be another suitable marriage of a William Cole and an Ann but William Cole and Ann Evans just seem to have had the 5 children in Buckland Brewer - one of these is a John born c. 1780 who marries Kitty Stevens and stays in Buckland Brewer. The marriage entry in 1810 wouldn't give father's names - normally just the names of the couple themselves.

Comment by Linda Janet Hall on March 2, 2016 at 2:30pm

Hello, I've just joined this group as I've been researching my Cole family ancestors and I have just found that there seem to be lots of Cole generations in Buckland Brewer. I started from Sarah Matthews Cole in Appledore, who married Thomas Glover, master mariner, in Northam in 1840. Her parents were John Cole, shipwright, born Huntshaw 1785, died Appledore 1863, and Catherine Matthews, born Westleigh 1783, died Appledore 1861. They married in Barnstaple in 1810, and I only have the Northam banns record for this; I really need to go to the record office to look at the marriage entry and see if it gives an occupation for John's father. I know from John's baptism record that his parents were William and Ann Cole and I found a marriage for William Cole and Ann Evans in Buckland Brewer in 1773. They seem to have had 4 children in Buckland Brewer, then 2 in Huntshaw and then 2 in Northam. If my deductions are correct, William's parents were Henry Cole and Elizabeth Lee, and Henry's parents were Richard Cole and Mary Wakely. If anyone knows about the Coles and can tell me whether I'm right or wrong, I'd be very grateful. Thanks.

Comment by Janet Few on April 12, 2015 at 7:32am

Buckland Brewer History Group have published a new edition of W H Roger's History of Buckland Brewer, written in the 1930s. See https://bucklandbrewerhistorygroup.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/rogers-... for details.

Comment by Janet Few on March 8, 2015 at 2:41am

Buckland Brewer History Group https://bucklandbrewerhistorygroup.wordpress.com will shortly begin work on a rural history of Buckland Brewer and surrounding areas, covering the period 1800-1970. We shall need help. Do you have photos of Buckland farms that we could use? Do you have information about rural life in our area that you could share via an interview? Could you help with the history of a particular farm? Can you suggest a topic that we might cover (we already have some ideas!)? We shall also need volunteers to do research and to write notes or text for the various sections of the proposed book. There will be more details in our May newsletter but don’t wait until then to get in touch.

Comment by Janet Few on January 31, 2015 at 12:06pm

Buckland Brewer History Group have uploaded their first video, designed to help those tracing the WW1 servicemen from the parish. We hope to upload something else soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EZiewRzQA&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Janet Few on December 20, 2014 at 3:44am

Buckland Brewer History Group are getting together volunteers to trace the history of the 81 men on our First World War role of honour. Please take a look at the list on our website to see if you can help https://bucklandbrewerhistorygroup.wordpress.com/data/buckland-at-war/

Comment by Janet Few on September 6, 2014 at 6:00am

Buckland Brewer History Group is hoping to establish a group to have discussions/share presentations via Google+ - do get in touch if you are interested

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