James WILLCOCKS

Abt 1812 - 1855  (~ 43 years)

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• Name	James WILLCOCKS
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Abt 1812	Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
  	From the 1851 census where shown as aged 38
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1841 to 1851
  	Ag lab
  	Living at Lower Lake, Meavy in 1841 and in Horrabridge (Buckland Monachorum parish) by 1845, still there 1851; probably working very close to these locations.
  Died	Mar Q 1855	Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
  	Can't find James in the 1861 or 1871 census, so this was probably his death: GRO ref: Willcocks, James q1 1855 Tavistock RD 5b 331; GRO online index shows age at death as 50. The burial entry both adds weight to this - and detracts from it. It was in Horrabridge, consistent with where he lived; it gives his age as 50, somewhat older than suggested by the census. I still think it is probably him, with the age wrong (somewhere).
  Buried	21 Jan 1855	Wesleyan Chapel, Horrabridge, Devon, England
  	From DFHS index (on FMP, viewed 10 Nov 2012)
  Origins
  Notes	(Research):A James Willcocks was shown as the lessee of a house (unnamed, with land - 26 perches), owned by Sir Ralph Lopes, in the tithe apportionment for Buckland Monachorum (see the FODA website). This also shows the occupier as William Petherick, who the 1841 census shows as an ag lab, living at Cuxton Cottage.  However, there was another James Willcocks, a butcher, living in Buckland Monachorum parish in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses; not only that, but he lived in the Cuxton area and it seems probable that he was the lessee of the cottage. Not only does the location of the cottage suggest it, but a butcher would usually be better off than an ag lab and therefore more likely to be leasing property. (I guess the 2 James may have been cousins - both gave a son the unusual name Ambrose, this James in 1831, the other bapt 1836)
  Person ID	I11694	All
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2018

  
  

  Family	Mary JURY,   bap. 21 Aug 1808, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England ,   d. Jun Q 1879, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1831	St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England
  	From DFHS index of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 10 Nov 2012) Willcocks, James to Jewry, Mary (there appear to have been two Willcocks = Jury families having children at the same time in Tavistock RD which makes it more difficult to discover if this couple had children who died in infancy and are missing from the censuses)
  Children	6 children
  1. Ambrose WILLCOCKS,   b. Abt 1832, Devon, England ,   d. Dec Q 1878, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age ~ 46 years) ▻ Emily FLOYD  m. Jun Q 1855   2. William WILLCOCKS,   b. Abt 1835, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Richard WILLCOCKS,   b. Jun Q 1838, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Susanna Jewry WILLCOCKS,   b. Mar Q 1840, Meavy, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Jewry WILLCOCKS,   b. Abt 1842, Meavy, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Walter WILLCOCKS,   b. Mar Q 1844, Meavy, Devon, England ,   d. Sep Q 1926, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F5282	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Abt 1812 - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England  Married - 23 Sep 1831 - St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England  Child - Ambrose WILLCOCKS - Abt 1832 - Devon, England  Child - William WILLCOCKS - Abt 1835 - Devon, England  Child - Richard WILLCOCKS - Jun Q 1838 - Devon, England  Child - Susanna Jewry WILLCOCKS - Mar Q 1840 - Meavy, Devon, England  Child - John Jewry WILLCOCKS - Abt 1842 - Meavy, Devon, England  Child - Walter WILLCOCKS - Mar Q 1844 - Meavy, Devon, England  Buried - 21 Jan 1855 - Wesleyan Chapel, Horrabridge, Devon, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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