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Alexander HORTON
1810 - 1871 (60 years)
Has 25 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Alexander HORTON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 13 Dec 1810 Cornwood, Devon, England 
- Age at death (given on gravestone) suggests 1808-9 but age in 1851 census is given as 40, 50 in 1861, which agrees with this birth and baptism.
Shown as born Cornwood in 1851 and in Ermington in the 1861 census.
Baptised 1 Jan 1811 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Ermington, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 11 Jan 2013):
under heading "Baptizms Continued in the year 1810" - "Alexander son of Phillip & Jenny Horton Born Decr 13 Janry 1" (archive ref: 904/5)
Gender Male Occupation From 1841 to 1851 North Hele, Cornwood, Devon, England Farmer - Shown as 'Higher Hele' when his son John was baptised in 1850
In 1841 with his wife Frances and children Elizabeth, Matthew, James, Alexander and Edward (n.b. son Philip was not present, nor was he in 1851).
Also in the same house as the family but shown as separate from them (divided by single slash in census) were John Steavens, John Blackler, Saml Barons(?) and Mary Trimer(?), all 3 being ag labs and an F.S. [female servant].
In 1851 Alexander was shown as a Farmer of 260 acres employing one man (from census). One man sounds little help for this size farm, but there were also 4 children who had left school who were living at home, a daughter and 3 sons, and 3 servants were living with the family - a house servant and 2 farm servants, the latter aged 11 (Richard(?) Symons) and 20 (Joseph Crispen). The 11 year old seemes not to have been counted as employed; he may have been a Parish apprentice
Occupation 1861 Win Green Farm, Cornwood, Devon, England Farmer Residence 1871 Factory Lane, Ermington, Devon, England - Alexander was shown as a retired farmer, and none of the children still at home (William H., Emma, Lydia and Harriett were present on census night) was shown with an occupation
(Next but one entry was Factory Yard, so the family appear to have been living the factory end of the lane)
Died 8 Sep 1871 Buried St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England - Gravestone -
"Sacred
to the memory of
Frances T Horton
wife of Alexander Horton
who
departed this lfe
the 14th May 1845
aged 32 years
(epitaph difficult to read)
Also
Alexander Horton
who departed this life
on the 8th September 1871
aged 62 years."
Siblings5 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Haly HORTON, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Elizabeth VEALE, b. Abt 1736, d. 19 Aug 1820 (Age ~ 84 years) (Grandmother)Person ID I12168 All Last Modified 26 Aug 2018
Father Philip Maddick HORTON, b. Abt 1777, bur. 23 Apr 1846, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years) Mother Jenny NORTHMORE, bap. 7 Jul 1780, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England , d. Aft 1841 (Age ~ 61 years) Married 19 Dec 1799 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Feb 2014):
"Philip Horton of this Parish
and Jenny Northmore of this
Parish Spinster were
Married in this Church by Banns
this nineteenth Day of December in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and ninety nine by me Duke Yonge Vicar
This Marriage was { Philip Horton
solemnized between Us { Jenny Northmore
In the { Haly Horton
Presence of { Solomon Northmore"
[all signed]
A Philip Horton had married a Jenny Norris in Cornwood in 1784 ('Philip and Jenny senr'); it is clear they were still having children when this Philip and Jenny started having a family. That Philip was a husbandman at the time of the marriage, but seems later to have been a carpenter. He had died by the time the censuses started, but his son Philip was a carpenter.
The children to work out (baptisms at Cornwood unless shown otherwise):
1. Arthur 1801 and Jenny 1801. Arthur's father shown as a carpenter, Jenny's as a farmer.
Decision: Philip and Jenny senior had had a dau Jenny in 1793; looking at marriage and census records that Jenny appears still to have been living so it seems most probable that this couple were the parents of Jenny.
Also, the cumulative evidence point to the other Philip being a carpenter.
2. Richard 1802 and Elizabeth 1802
Decision: this couple probably the parents of Eliz; a Richard was a witness to Peggy's marriage; being from a large family she was more likely to have a sibling as a witness than some sort of cousin.
(Also P and J senior had already had a dau Eliz; I haven't worked out if she was still living; they'd also subsequently had a Betty who was still living, but may have seen the names as different ones)
3. Phillip 1805 Ermington and John Oct 1804
Decision: Phillip died in 1827 (PR shows age as 22, this is only Philip to fit) - his abode was shown as Fardle, where this Philip and Jenny farmed so he would seem to be their son. Also, it's this Philip and Jenny who seem to have had several children from now on baptised at Ermington.
4. Peggy Dec 1806 and Mary Jan 1807 Ermington
Decision: this couple parents of Mary.
i. Ermington suggest that
ii. 'Jane Horton' who was probably Jenny senior was living in same house as Peggy and her husband (Elias Smerdon) in 1841
iii. When Peggy and Elias married her father was shown as Philip Horton, carpenter.
(P and J senior had a dau Mary baptised 1791 - not yet worked out if still living)
5. Haly 1808 Ermington
Decision: son of this Philip and Jenny.
Ermington suggests that, also P and J senior had son Haly bapt 1789; censuses suggest he was still living in at this time.
(Jenny senior probably getting a bit old now ot have children)
6. Alex 1811 Ermington
Decision: son of this Philip and Jenny.
i. Alexander gave his son Philip the middle name Maddick, only otherwise found in the this Philip.
ii. That son of Alexander seems to have been with this Philip and Jenny at the time of the 1841 census.
iii. P and J senior had son Alexander who was still alive at the time of the 1851 census.
7. Arthur Trobridge 1814
Decision: son of this P and J - with them at the time of the 1841 census.
8. John 1816
Decision: son of this P and J. His marriage PR entry shows him as the son of Philip M HORTON, farmer. No other Philip with middle initial M who could have been the witness is known of.
9. Frances Northmore 1818
Decision: having this Jenny's maiden name as her middle name suggests she was the daughter of this couple; also, a Fanny was with them at the time of the 1841 census who would fit as this Frances.
Family ID F5421 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Frances Tingcombe NORTHMORE, bap. 20 Apr 1813, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England , d. 14 May 1845 (Age ~ 32 years) Banns of marriage From 1 Aug 1830 to 15 Aug 1830 Cornwood, Devon, England - "... Alexander Horton and Frances Tincombe Northmore ... William Oxnam Vicar"
(no mention of age or parents consent etc.)
(from banns register image on FMP, viewed 11 Jan 2013)
Married 4 Sep 1830 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England - From DFHS index of PR entries (on FMP, viewed 11 Jan 2013)
Children8 children Last Modified 20 Feb 2016 Family ID F5417 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Grace CORBER, b. Abt 1818, Cornwood, Devon, England , d. Between 1861 and 1871 (Age ~ 43 years) Married 29 Jul 1847 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Cornwood, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Feb 2014):
Alexander Horton, of full age, Widower, Farmer, resident Cornwood, father Philip M. Horton, Farmer to Grace Corber, of full age, Spinster, no occupation given, resident Cornwood, father Benjamin Corber, Farmer.
Married by Licence, by W F Sanders, Rector of Harford; Alexander and Grace both signed, witnesses William Barons and Suhe(?) Corber (also both signed)
There were also marriages of an Alexander Horton of Cornwood in Ermington (1817 to Jenny HOOKE) and Plympton St Mary (1818 to Mary Ann HEAD); all three Alexanders can be found in the 1851 census from which it is clear than it was this Alexander who remarried to Grace. (In 1851 census there is a - Cornwood-born Alexander in London, wife Mary Ann, aged 56 - ties in with the Plympton marriage, and another still in Cornwood, Alexander aged 63 with wife Jane; seems like the one who married in Ermington).
Alexander's 2nd marriage was to the 2nd cousin of his 1st wife. The first child was baptised 5½ months after the marriage (although not an indecent time after Frances' death - the marriage was over 2 years later). Maybe she had moved in as housekeeper to look after the motherless children of Alexander's 1st marriage after he was widowed, or even earlier to help with them and nurse her cousin before her death; the youngest child was only 3 months old when Frances died. This relationship meant that Northmore was not only his first wife's maiden name, but also that of his 2nd wife's mother. This may be why it was given as a middle name to a child by his 2nd wife.
Children8 children Last Modified 20 Feb 2014 Family ID F6304 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Age at death (given on gravestone) suggests 1808-9 but age in 1851 census is given as 40, 50 in 1861, which agrees with this birth and baptism.