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Elizabeth LASKEY
1762 - 1831 (~ 68 years)
Has no ancestors but 8 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth LASKEY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 7 Oct 1762 All Saints’ Church, Moreleigh, Devon, England 
- Seems likely to have been this Elizabeth as none in Blackawton and various resources suggest it was not a common surname in the area
Gender Female Buried 14 Apr 1831 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From DFHS index of PR entries - on Totnes Deanery CD; gives age as 71
On the SH website -
LAVERS Elizabeth 14-Apr 1831, aged 71, abode Town
From DFHS index of PR entries - on Totnes Deanery CD: the above, plus an Elizabeth bur 2 June 1821, aged 67. I suspect the 1831 death was the Eliz who marr this Richard, the 1821 dth (of an Eliz b c 1753-4) was the one who mar the other Richard - for reason see notes at bottom of Richard's page.
Person ID I12255 All Last Modified 20 Mar 2013
Family Richard LAVERS, b. Abt 1757, bur. 7 Oct 1834, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 77 years) Married 11 Jan 1789 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England [1] - From DFHS index of PR entries - on Totnes Deanery CD
Confusingly, one Richard Lavers married an Elizabeth in Blackawton in 1788, and another married an Elizabeth in 1789; both then had children born in Blackawton and were both buried in Blackawton in 1834!
One Richard appears to be the son of Robert; I don't know the identity of "the other" but I am guessing he might be the son of Robert's brother John. But he could well have been a distant (or close) cousin from another parish.
From the age given in the burial register entries of the 2 Richards, this, "the other" Richard was the older, born c. 1757.
I am now fairly confidant that Richard the son of Robert marr Elizabeth Granville. At first it seemed probable that Robert, the son of one of the Richards, was probably the grandson of Robert, and as he gave the name Granville as a middle name to one of his children it seems clear his mother was the Elizabeth nee Granville. Now I have also found that Robert senr's brother Bartholomew mentions Richard's son Robert in his will as "of Devonport" which ties in with what I know of Robert junr and confirms he was the grandson of Robert senr.
That leave this "other" Richard as the one who married Elizabeth Laskey.
From the age given in the burial register entries of the 2 Elizabeths, one was born c. 1753/4, the other c. 1759/60.
Both could have married either Richard but it seems most likely that the older Elizabeth married the older Richard - else there would have been an age difference of c. 12 or 13 years between one couple - with Elizabeth being older.
But if the Elizabeth Laskey was the one baptised in Moreleigh then it would seem she was the younger. And with a child baptised 1807 she is unlikely to have been born as early as 1753/4.
Children of this marriage
I am guessing each Richard name a son after his father and then one after himself. The daughters with a middle name Laskey are surely Elizabeth Laskey's daughters, so that leaves George and William. Bartholomew, a brother of Richard-the-son-of-Robert, metions his brother Robert's sons (alive in 1844) as Robert, Richard and George.
That just leaves William!
If Elizabeth Granville was born 1753/4 it would be quite likely she would not have had children after 1794, while it would be unlikely that Elizabeth Laskey would have had children in 1789 and 1791, then no more till 1800, so I have guessed William was the son of Elizabeth Laskey.
Children5 children Last Modified 31 Oct 2013 Family ID F5450 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 7 Oct 1762 - All Saints’ Church, Moreleigh, Devon, England 
Child - John LAVERS - 1789 - Blackawton, Devon, England 
Married - 11 Jan 1789 - St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England Child - Richard LAVERS - Abt 1791 - Blackawton, Devon, England Child - William LAVERS - Abt 1797 - Blackawton, Devon, England Child - Elizabeth Laskey LAVERS - Abt 1800 - Blackawton, Devon, England Child - Mary Laskey LAVERS - Abt 1807 - Blackawton, Devon, England Buried - 14 Apr 1831 - St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S199] Blackawton - St Michaels Church - m/f images, St. Michael’s Church (Blackawton, Devon), Marriage of Richard LAVERS and Elizabeth LASKEY 1789; DE/REG/57869/1-16 m/f 10 (Reliability: 3).
"Banns of Marriage between Richard Lavers & Elizabeth Laskey were published on the 21st & the 28th Days of December 1788 & the 4th Day of January 1789 by me Thoms. Adams Vicar
No 244
The Said Richard Lavers of this Parish Husbandman and the Said Elizabeth Laskey of this Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this Eleventh Day of January in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine by me Thoms. Adams Vicar.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us { The mark of + Richard Lavers
{ The mark of + Elizabeth Laskey
In the Presence of { Joseph Roberts
{ Thomas Hyne"
(Thomas Hyne was a witness at most marriages at this time and was probably Parish Clerk)