Hi again,
         I can confirm you are on the right track with Mary Parslef and John Damerell (just about as many variants of this latter name as yours) as they are both related to Wingate. Mary d/o Robert & Mary Parslef (also appears as Parsley) baptised at Dodbrooke 20/03/1836 and born 01 Mar, father a labourer & Mary his wife nee Damerell. Mary Damerell is born & baptised here, d/o Robert & Elizabeth Damerell nee Jeffries and Robert is a son of Michael who married Sarah Merrigane at Kingsbridge hence the I.G.I. is useful here for both the marriage and the children of Michael & Sarah Damerell. Thus Robert their son is a brother to Sarah who married John Wingate in Dodbrooke. Robert & Elizabeth Damerell, nee Jeffries have a Robert who married Elizabeth March (possible link with Jane March who married William Wingate) and they had a son John Damerell who is the lodger with Edwin in Lambeth 1851. Hope this is of interest? Best wishes Bob.

Hi and thanks very much for the information. I am researching the interaction between Damerell and Wingate etc in the parish of Dodbrooke because, as you have also, Sarah Damerell etc married John Wingate here, she the daughter of Michael & Sarah nee Merrigame. Baptised at Kingsbridge (see I.G.I) her father Michael was of Loddiswell when he married Sarah Merrigame at Kingsbridge (see I.G.I.). Michael Damerell was actualy baptised at East Allington son of Michael & Elizabeth Jane, and Michael senior was also baptised here, s/o John & Priscilla Damerell nee Jarves. Thus we can get back to 1688 at East Allington with the marriage there of John Damerell & Priscilla Jarves but still looking for their origins. Thanks again Bob Shephard.

I have now transcribed the Inventory of Mary WINDEATT née KNOWLES of the Totnes tree (grandmother of Francis Knowles WINDEATT) and given her a page of her own, here:

http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/windeatt/totnes/mary_knowles.htm

Sandra

Edited by author 19-11-2009 21:00
Hi Dave

Thanks for getting in touch. A family tree I have shows an Agnes WINGET (married John DART in 1801) as the sister of Robert WINGET (born perhaps 1787) who is at the head of the TORQUAY tree - details on that page:

http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/windeatt/tree-torquay.htm

as you can see Robert WINGET was married in June 1810 in Churston Ferrers.

I have not researched this family myself and am not sure why Agnes was added to the tree as Robert's sister but certainly Robert's grand-daughter was named Jane DART Windeatt (born 14/11/1848 - see http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/windeatt/bmd/births1837.htm for a transcription). That could be entirely coincidental - however it could suggest a continuing family connection. Against this theory, however, is the apparent lack of any of Robert's descendants being given the name Agnes which would be strange. However, again, this family moved on out to Brixham - amongst other places - which would suggest that she may well be connected to the Torquay tree.

Do you know when she died? If she died after 1837, there might just be a death certificate which would give a Date of Birth? I couldn't see her listed in the 1841 census on Ray Osborn's pages though - have you tried looking for her on the 1841?

If you get no further then I could certainly suggest some parishes where you could start looking for baptism records - based on what we know of this family's likely movements. However, this would be a slow process given that probably quite a lot of them are not indexed.

Possibly someone else who has researched these trees more closely may be able to help more?

Sandra W

No-one trying to research my family has been able to identify AGNES WINGET (my ggggrandmother) who married John Dart at Churston Ferrers, Devon, 14th April 1801 (she was a sojourner in that parish), and after his death in 1811 remarried, to John Skelley at Brixham St Mary, Devon, 15 Nov 1814.
The IGI gives a baptism at Landulph, just across the Tamar in Cornwall, 22 Oct 1769, parents Thomas & Agnes Winget, but I could not find that on the Bishop's Transcript in the Exeter record office, and anyway the date seems a little early.
Does this ring any bells please ?

Thanks Andrew, I have updated the link on my ORIGINS page, and slightly changed the wording of the paragraph:

http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/windeatt/origins.htm#winniate

My website on the Winnett surname has changed address. It is now at www.winnettorigins.com

Thanks,

Andrew

Hi again Mike

Thanks for the information on Sarah Ellen - I should have checked my mail before I posted the message to the board! Sorry. Thanks again. Sandra

p.s. while I'm here, I can mention that Phil told me about an inventory for sale on eBay and I have bought it. I will transcribe it and add to the site and then send it to the Totnes Museum to put with their other Windeatt documents. It is an inventory of the goods of Mary Windeatt, the wife of William Fabian of the Totnes tree. Her maiden name was KNOWLES and she was the grandmother of Francis Knowles WINDEATT of whom there has been some correspondence below.

She appears in the West Country Poets book - here's a transcription:

http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/poets/Windeatt_M.html

Thanks Phil.

Sandra W

Hi Mike

Thanks for getting in touch and for the compliments about the site. I would be *very* interested in any more information you have about Sarah Ellen because, until you got in touch, we didn't know what had happened to her after her first marriage. I assume you have seen the little bit that we do know on William's page:

http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/windeatt/horra...williampg.htm#ellen

Curious about the 1911 census - I haven't seen it. I wonder if she could have died - or perhaps it was discovered that she had been counted elsewhere. Do you know if she ever had any children?

Could you contact me via email (at the bottom of most pages). I can't promise to answer very soon because I have some exams coming up but they will all be over after 13th October - when I hope to get down to some family history backlogs that have mounted up.

And apologies to everyone else who is awaiting replies from me . . . I will be getting in touch in a bit . . .

(Sarah) Ellen Windeatt (born 1857) married my great grandfather John Cooke (born 1846) in Manchester, 1905. It was the second marriage of both.
The 1911 census is interesting because, although Ellen is recorded in the census, her details are then crossed out (but still legible enough to identify her) - but you wouldn't find this recorded in any transcript or index. Perhaps she was working away from home that day? I would be happy to provide more details on this family.
By the way - I am impressed with the excellent Windeatt web site.
Mike

Anna / Val thank you for responding to my queries on Francis Knowles Windeatt and his descendants. I would greatly appreciate any information no matter how small re his time with the 5th Devons. Val I will contact the Totnes image bank. Again many thanks.

You may remember that last year I wrote an account of the men who had received the Freedom of the Borough of Totnes which included Francis Knowles Windeatt. He received this award, along with three other Totnes men, on their return from volunteering for the Boer War. I have just finished an account of some of their experiences in South Africa, the reacion of the people at home and those of the volunteers. This does include letters written by Mr Windeatt that were published in the local newspaper at the time and some sent to Totnes Grammar School and published in their magazine which really kept Totnes informed.
If you are interested it can be purchased from Totnes Image Bank for £5 plus £1 postage in the UK.

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francis knowles windeatt is my husband davids grandfather who was mayor of totnes,edward solicitor totnes ,lt col john knowles windeatt devonshire regiment was david,s father he died a few yrs ago we have three sons the eldest jonthan and twins nicholas jeremy, jonathan is married we have two grandchildren alexander, thea ,nora john,s widow lives in exeter david has two sisters jenny and jane i have updated our family tree dating back to 1500, wewere shown around totnes museum especially by the curator