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Henry Francis Pengelly SPRY
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Name Henry Francis Pengelly SPRY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 1 Jan 1827 St. Peter’s Church, Peter Tavy, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image in members' section of DFHS website, viewed 28 May 2016)
"Jan the 1st 1827., Henry Pengelly, parents Thos. & Mary Bultell SPRY, abdoe Sortridge, father's occupation: Farmer, ceremony performed by: W Macbean"
Gender Male Education 1841 St. Aubyn Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Schooling - At the time of the census Henry and his brother John were two of five pupils living in the home of schoolmaster John Jonas and his family (wife and 7 children). Also present was one live in servant.
Residence 1856 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
- According to his marriage certificate
Residence 1861 Bedford Cottage, Peter Tavy, Devon, England
- With Henry and Mary and their daughters Mary and Amy were living in a 'cottage' with two house servants and a groom. Bedford Cottage was listed immediately before Sortridge House, presumably it was near the latter.
Residence 1871 Sortridge House, nr Horrabridge, Peter Tavy, Devon, England
- Sometime between 1861 and 1871, possibly when Henry's mother died in 1865, Henry and his family moved into Sortridge House.
At the time of the 1871 Henry and his wife Mary had with them daughters Mary and Amy, son Francis, a governess and two domestic servants.
Died Dec Q 1888 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
Cause: Fit of apoplexy - GRO ref: Spry, Henry Francis P q4 1888 aged 60 Tavistock RD 5b 248
Died while attending the opening of a new school in Horrabridge.
Buried 20 Oct 1888 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 May 2016)
"Henry Francis Pengelly Spry No. 94, abode Whitchurch, buried October 20th, aged 60 years, ceremony performed by S W Featherstone Vicar & W. A. G. Gray, Vicar of Meavy."
Obituary 23 Oct 1888 Western Morning News - Describes the descent of Sortridge down the family from Judge John Glanville and Alice née Skirrett to Henry.
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas SPRY, b. Abt 1780, Whitchurch, Devon, England
, d. Between 1851 and 1861 (Age ~ 71 years) (Father) 
Sarah LEE, b. Abt 1762, d. Mar Q 1847, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 85 years) (Grandmother) 
Person ID I21633 All Last Modified 28 May 2016
Father Thomas SPRY, b. Abt 1780, Whitchurch, Devon, England
, d. Between 1851 and 1861 (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Mary Bulteel PENGELLY, bap. 14 May 1791, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England
, d. Mar Q 1869, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England
(Age ~ 77 years) Married 6 Sep 1817 St. Peter’s Church, Peter Tavy, Devon, England
- From DFHS index
Family ID F8553 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Toop MONK, b. Abt 1830, d. Mar Q 1898, Windsor Reg Dist, Berkshire, England
(Age ~ 68 years) Married 16 Apr 1856 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 May 2016)
Shows Henry Francis Pengelly Spry, aged 28, Bachelor, Gentleman, resident Stoke Damerel, father Thomas Spry, Gentleman married
Mary Ann Toop Monk, aged 25, Spinster, resident Tavistock, father William Monk, Auctioneer.
Married by License, by Wm Gilbard, both Henry and Mary Signed, witnesses Grace Alger and George Strange, both made their mark.
GRO ref: SPRY, Henry Francis Pengelly to MONK, Mary Ann Toop q2 1856 Stoke Damerel RD 5b 539
Children4 children Last Modified 28 May 2016 Family ID F8554 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image in members' section of DFHS website, viewed 28 May 2016)

