People search
(married name will be ignored if broad check is ticked;
a broad check includes a search for nicknames, married names and other alternative names)Where were they from?
Search for places, see all people in the tree with events in that place, and (where added) see places marked on a map with photos, links and other information about the location.
Simon PEPPERELL
1704 - 1768 (~ 63 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
-
Name Simon PEPPERELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 6 Aug 1704 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
- From IGI
Gender Male Protestation oath 29 Aug 1723 Kingsbridge, Devon, England - A Simon Pepperell of Slapton made his mark on the oath of 1723 (at Kingsbridge); I think it can only have been this Simon. He was aged only 19 but those age 18 and over were required to sign. At the time of writing I have not yet tried to sort out the Slapton Hyne family tree but a Roger Hyne of Slapton signed just before him who may have been an uncle or cousin.
(from the FODA website)
Simon was the only Pepperell to sign. Why was this? There are a couple of possible reasons. There had been an earlier oath in 1715, those who took that were exempt from the need to take the 1723 oath. Clearly Simon would have been too young in 1715, but as only certain officeholders were required to take that one it is unlikely he is the only Pepperell aged 18 and over in 1723 not to have signed.
There was a lack of clarity about who should sign in 1723. Whilst the wording concerning the oath together with a statement from Whitehall published in the London Gazette showed that the oath should be sworn by all men and women who had not taken the 1715 oath, the penalty only concerned those who had legal rights to property. There, was, therefore no incentive for those without to take the trouble. In addition, in March 1723/4 then a new act was passed which said that women were not expected to swear; those who were expected to were just those with 'Lands, Tenements, or hereditaments, of the clear yearly Value of Ten Pounds, or upwards'. It was probably this clarification that removed the need for any Peppperells to sign.
(more details on the FODA website)
Buried 4 Aug 1768 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England [1] Siblings5 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William PEPPERELL, b. Est 1600, bur. Between 18 May 1671 and 25 Jan 1675/76, St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Mary HYNE, b. Est 1666, (probably in or near), Slapton, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Person ID I9088 All Last Modified 4 Jul 2014
Father William PEPPERELL, b. Abt 1664, Slapton, Devon, England , d. Apr 1720, Slapton, Devon, England (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Mary HYNE, b. Est 1666, (probably in or near), Slapton, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 12 Feb 1688/89 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Family ID F13 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth HYNE, b. Est 1707, d. Yes, date unknown Married 26 Jul 1730 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Children7 children Last Modified 26 Jun 2014 Family ID F6466 Family Group Page | Family Chart
-
Sources - [S295] Slapton - Parish Registers (FMP data), St James’s Church (Slapton, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Burial of Simon Peprell; accessed 2 Jun 2014 (Reliability: 3).
Under heading 'Burials in 1768' - "Simon Peprell Brother of the above Buried August - the 4th."
Archive reference: 3040A/PR/1/3
(the above entry was for 'Samuel Peprell the Elder' who had been buried on 17 April)