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Kezia PIKE
1829 - 1917 (88 years)
Has 68 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Kezia PIKE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1829 Stokenham, Devon, England 
Baptised 18 Oct 1829 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - Shown as daughter of John and Susan, abode Torcross, father a Fisherman
Gender Female Occupation 1851 Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England Dressmaker Occupation 1861 Lee, Kent, England Servant - house servant to a mast maker Charles Ferguson and his family
Residence From 1881 to 1891 The Hill, Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England No occupation - "Independent" - The house is not named on the 1881 census, but as they are in the same place in the census entries, i.e. immediately before the hotel it seems reasonable to suppose they were living in the same house.
With her sister Susan (next entry to their brother Wm Henry & his wife in 1881)
Bequest 1884 Two freehold dwelling houses garden and orchard called “Heads and Barrables” situate in Stokenham - Her uncle Thomas Efford Issell directed that following his wife's death:
"I give and devise my two freehold dwelling houses garden and orchard called "Heads and Barrables" situate in Stokenham aforesaid unto my said Niece Kezia Pike (subject and chargeable as aforesaid with the payment of the sum of Fifty pounds to the Children of my Nephew Thomas Issell)"
Residence 1901 Somerye, Chillington, Stokenham, Devon, England - Another household were also shown as at Somerye, though shown as a separate house.
Adjacent entries were Holly Lodge on one side and Shorneywell on the other.
Died 26 Dec 1917 Chillington, Stokenham, Devon, England Probate. 15 Feb 1918 London, England Calendar entry - Pike Kezia of Chillington Devonshire spinster died 26 December 1917 Probate London 15 February to John Henry Pike grocer.
Effects £2612 13s. 10d.
Buried St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - With gravestone, with sister Susan; gives her age as 80
Siblings5 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Michael PIKE, b. Est 1692, South Hams, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Agnes COOKER, b. Abt 1685, Stokenham, Devon, England, d. Feb 1730/31, Stokenham, Devon, England (Age ~ 46 years) (2 x Great Grandmother) Notes - with grandmother Mary Pike in 1841 census in Torcross; with parents (Torcross) in 1851; in Lee, Chislehurst, Kent (1861); with father & 2 siblings in Torcross (1871); living in Torcross with sister Susan (1881, 1891); living byself in Stokenham parish 1901 - at "Somerye" - amongst Chillington entries.
1911: still in Somerye Cottage, Chillington, living by herself (signed the form in a shaky handwriting - the form clearly filled in by someone else)
No occupation after 1871: "Independent" (1881), "living on own means" (1891), "Private means" (1911)
"Kezia was a religious zealot who knew the bible off by heart. Would make her nephew John Hy. Pike read it all day on Sundays when he stayed with her. Ruined his eyesight and he became a non-believer! Interred (with her sister Susan) Stokenham, Kingsbridge, Devon." (info from John May)
Person ID I760 All Last Modified 15 Jul 2014
Father John PIKE, b. 1789, Stokenham, Devon, England , d. 8 Oct 1874, Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England (Age 85 years) Mother Susan ISSELL, b. Abt 1796, Stokenham, Devon, England , d. 2 Jul 1866, (probably), Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 24 Oct 1815 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 24 Nov 2014)
"John Pike of this Parish Bachelor
and Susan Issell of this Parish Spinster
were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
Parents this Twenty Fourth Day of
October in the Year One thousand eight hundred and Fifteen
By me Benjn Beynon Minister
This Marriage was John Pike
solemnized between us Susan Issell
In the Joanna Roper
Presence of William Issell"
(all signed)
Witnesses were Susan's brother William and his wife-to-be (though it was another two years before they married)
Family ID F352 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 1829 - Stokenham, Devon, England 
Baptised - 18 Oct 1829 - St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England 
Occupation - Dressmaker - 1851 - Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England 
Residence - No occupation - "Independent" - From 1881 to 1891 - The Hill, Torcross, Stokenham, Devon, England 
Residence - 1901 - Somerye, Chillington, Stokenham, Devon, England 
Died - 26 Dec 1917 - Chillington, Stokenham, Devon, England 
Probate. - Calendar entry - 15 Feb 1918 - London, England Buried - - St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Kezia's uncle, Thomas Efford Issell
Kezia was left two freehold dwelling houses garden and orchard called “Heads and Barrables” in Stokenham, minus £50 which was to go to 3 children of her cousin Thomas Issell.
(All this after the death of Kezia's uncle Thomas's wife, which occured in 1884)