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Elizabeth JUSTHAM
1739 - Abt 1815 (76 years) Has 26 ancestors and 690 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Elizabeth JUSTHAM Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1739 Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - (assumed from baptism)
Baptised 12 Jun 1739 St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - PR entry shows "Elizabeth Jutson", dau of Stephen and Thomasin
Gender Female Miscellaneous 1747 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Orphaned - When she was aged just about 8 Elizabeth lost both of her parents, one dying in May, the other in June. Two grandparents remained alive, her maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother, but the former died shortly after, in July the same year. One of her 6 siblings had died the previous year, the others (if still living) were aged from 1 to 15; the remaining sibling closest to her in age, John, was certainly still living, but at some point moved down to Falmouth. I suspect this was an arrangement made by the Buckland overseers - I have seen a reference to them sending boys as apprentices to Falmouth, not quite at the right time for John but it would explain him being there rather than in Buckland. Hopefully Elizabeth, bereft of so many close family in a short time, received the support she needed from her remaining grandmother. It may not be unrelated to her need for closeness that the year after her grandmother died, when Elizabeth was 16, she gave birth to an illegitimate son.
I wonder what happened to the family?
Residence 1815 Lillipit, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - Elizabeth was living in this hamlet at the time of her death
Died Abt Jan 1815 Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - (assumed from burial)
Buried 4 Feb 1815 St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England [1] - From DFHS index of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 1 May 2013)
Shows Elizabeth Merrifield, of Lillipeek [Lillipit] - just south of Milton Combe, Milton being where Elizabeth's son died (and may have spent his working life) and where her grandson and possibly most of her family lived.
Crucially, the burial entry shows her as aged 76, i.e. suggesting she was born about 1738-9, and so tying in with the age suggested by her baptism.
Siblings 3 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch Anthony JETSHAM, b. Est 1630, d. 1665 (Age ~ 35 years) (Great Grandfather)
Margarett, d. Mar 1737, Meavy, Devon, England (Grandmother)Person ID I1154 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 10 Jan 2024
Father Stephen JUSTHAM, b. Abt 1706, Meavy, Devon, England , d. Abt May 1747, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England (Age ~ 41 years) Mother Thomasina NORTHMORE, b. Abt 1710, Meavy, Devon, England , d. Jun 1747, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England (Age ~ 37 years) Married 19 Oct 1731 St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England Family ID F897 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Richard ? PIKE ?, b. Est 1736, (probably), Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown Relationship Abt 1756 Unmarried: no evidence of a long-term relationship - The overseers accounts for Buckland Monachorum show payments made to care for Elizabeth and her son, but there is no evidence of trying to establish who the father of her child was, nor of forcing a father to support his son.
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children + 1. Richard Pike JUSTHAM, b. Abt 1756, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England , d. Jan 1826, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England (Age ~ 70 years) ▻ Ann GUBBINS m. 31 Jul 1779; Alice NUTE m. 5 Nov 1780Last Modified 17 Aug 2019 Family ID F896 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Peter MEREFIELD, d. Yes, date unknown Married 24 Apr 1769 St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England - From DFHS index of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 1 May 2013) and on Dartmoor Press (DP) CD
Merefield, Peter to Jutsham, Elizabeth; DP info shows both were sojourners of the parish rather than longer-term residents.
Not only was Justham (including variants) not a common surname, but the burial of an 'Elizabeth Merrifield' back in Buckland Monachorum ties in with this Elizabeth (she was the right age, and living in the same part of the parish as her son and grandson lived in), adding weight to my suggestion that this was her marriage.
The marriage register for marriages 1754-1812 is not available on FMP. The BT entry can be seen on FamilySearch:
"Peter merefield and Elizabeth Jutsham both sojourners were married in this Church by Banns the 24th day of April 1769"
No children found of this marriage - looking at baptisms in Devon, surname beginning Mer*, as on FMP on 1 May 2013. Also none on DP 'M' CD.
Last Modified 16 Mar 2023 Family ID F5667 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 1739 - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Baptised - 12 Jun 1739 - St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Miscellaneous - Orphaned - 1747 - Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Child - Richard Pike JUSTHAM - Abt 1756 - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Married - 24 Apr 1769 - St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England Residence - 1815 - Lillipit, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Died - Abt Jan 1815 - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Buried - 4 Feb 1815 - St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend
Sources - [S198] Buckland Monachorum - St. Andrew’s Church - m/f images, St. Andrew’s Church (Buckland Monachorum, Devon), Burial of Elizabeth Merrifield; DE/REG/57873/1-18 (Reliability: 3), 26 Aug 2013.
[Name] Elizabeth Merrifield, [Abode] Lillipeek, [When buried] February 4th, [Age] 76, [By whom the Ceremony was performed] Rd Reed.
Under heading "Burials in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum in the County of Devon in the Year 1814" - change to 1815 part way down page in left margin.