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John SIMONS
1810 - 1872 (~ 61 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John SIMONS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born - Shown as aged 45 in the 1851 census but 52 in the 1861 census; was he trying to appear older than his wife in earlier years?
Baptised 18 Mar 1810 St. Mary’s Church, Tamerton Foliot, Devon, England 
[1] Gender Male Residence 1841 Dimethorn, Whitchurch, Devon, England - With his wife and 3 children (James, Mary and John)
Occupation 1841 Whitchurch, Devon, England Ag Lab - Still an ag lab at the time of the 1851 census, but in Horrabridge - the meeting place of 4 parishes; could easily have worked in any (or all) of them
Residence From 1851 to 1871 Horrabridge, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - The family may still have lived in Horrabridge in 1861. The census return for that year only shows the parish, Buckland Monachorum, but they were in Enumeration District 5C, and the description of this shows that is was the part of the Parish East of the turnpike road, from Jump (near Bickley) to Bedford Bridge. This included Horrabridge, as well as a number of other settlements ('Elford Town' - now Yelverton); it did not include Buckland Monachorum village (formerly 'Church Town') nor Milton Combe.
With the family in 1861 was a lodger, Salley Angove, a 62 year old widow born in St Just, Cornwall.
Now alone, John and Patience were certainly living in Horrabridge (the Buckland part of it) in 1871.
Chancery Court dispute 7 May 1852 Bill of complaint 
Siblings in conflict over John Vogwill’s will
Transcription of the bill of complaint brought by Thomas King and his wife Betsey, formerly Betsey Simons, against her brother, John Simons.Occupation 1861 Labourer on Turnpike Road Occupation 1871 Horrabridge, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England Farm Labourer Died Jun Q 1872 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England - Between 1871 and 1881 - John was in the 1871 census but his wife a widow by 1881. The only entry in or near Tavistock RD of a John born 1805 - 1815 is:
GRO ref: SYMONS, John q2 1872 aged 64 Tavistock RD 5b 241
Siblings1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
John SIMONS, d. Bef 1845 (Father)
Sarah NANKIVILL, bap. 27 Apr 1754, Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England, bur. 6 Feb 1790, Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England (Age ~ 35 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I13740 All Last Modified 8 Nov 2018
Father John SIMONS, d. Bef 1845 Mother Johana VOGWELL, b. Abt 1780, Devon, England , d. Abt 8 Jan 1850 (Age ~ 70 years) Married 7 Jan 1806 St. Mary’s Church, Tamerton Foliot, Devon, England - From the Vogwell website (transcript thanks to Helen Price)
The above refers to several children but gives no data. Looking through all the Symons (and variants) children baptised in Tamerton, 1806-1826, there only seem to be 2 children of this marriage, the two who were later in dispute over their grandfather's will.
Family ID F4878 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Patience MUZZLEWHITE, b. Abt 1806, Tavistock, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1898, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 92 years) Married 23 Oct 1832 St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England [2] - First 3 children of the marriage born pre the start of birth registration, i.e. in the years covered by the DFHS transcripts. Only these 3 with John and Patience in 1841, so it looks like if any others were born by then they had not survived infancy. Grace was the only child with them in 1851 and 1861, so there were probably no others who survived infancy.
(The John and Mary Ann Symons, baptised in Lydford in 1848 and 1850, were the children of another John Symons and Patience, the ones who married in 1847, John being a tailor from Lewtrenchard - occupation shown on his marriage entry and the children's baptism entries)
Children4 children Last Modified 9 Apr 2014 Family ID F6397 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S271] Tamerton Foliot - Parish Registers (FMP data), St Mary’s Church (Tamerton Foliot, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Baptism of John SYMONS; accessed 9 Apr 2014 (Reliability: 3).
Under heading "Baptisms 1810" - "March 18. John Son of John & Joan Symons was Baptized R Spranger" - [S272] Tavistock Parish Registers (DFHS index - transcribed data), Devon Family History Society, accessed 9 Apr 2014), Marriage of John SIMONS and Patience MUZZLEWHITE. (Reliability: 3).
Shows John SIMONS and Patience MUZZLEWHITE
- [S271] Tamerton Foliot - Parish Registers (FMP data), St Mary’s Church (Tamerton Foliot, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Baptism of John SYMONS; accessed 9 Apr 2014 (Reliability: 3).