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Elizabeth VOGWELL
Abt 1805 - 1880 (~ 75 years)
Has 29 ancestors and 293 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth VOGWELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1805 Whitchurch, Devon, England 
Childhood From 1805 to 1825 - Elizabeth lost her mother when aged only 4 and her father just 3 years later. As well as a sister, about 2 years her junior, she had three grandparents still alive, her paternal grandfather probably living in Walkhampton and her maternal grandparents in Sampford Spiney.
Elizabeth married in Walkhampton, so this maybe where she spent most of her childhood. Her paternal grandfather was also buried there, the year after Elizabeth was married, so he may have taken Elizabeth and Mary in. Having himself been widowed, though, when his youngest child was just 3 he had remarried about 5 years later, so Elizabeth probably had a step-grandmother to mother her*, and teenage uncles who we may imagine were more like older brothers.
Sampford Spiney Hall, which is where her maternal grandparents appear to have been living, and Walkhampton village are just over 2 miles apart, so she probably knew all 3 grandparents as well as a number of aunts, uncles and cousins well. The names of her children may indicate the importance to her of her Spurrell relations. After a son named after her husband (and her father?) was probably named after her husband's father. The thrid was named Samuel, but as well as being her Spurrell grandfather's name this was the name of a brother-in-law so we can't be sure it was after Samuel Spurrell. Jemima is probably a stronger indicator. Elizabeth had an aunt Jemima, her mother's youngest sister, just 12 the year Elizabeth was born, and who didn't marry until Elizabeth was about 20, so probably loved mothering her young orphaned nieces. (Nieces - Elizabeth's cousin Caroline, 5 years her senior, was deprived of her mother at a similar young age, and assuming she had no relationship with her father would also have been left parentless)
(* - I have not found the death of her step-grandmother so can't be sure)
Baptised 30 Jun 1805 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - From PR (seen image)
"Elizabeth, daughter of William Vogwell and Mary his wife"
Gender Female Died 4 Jan 1880 Whitchurch, Devon, England Cause: 11 months natural decay - I have cert - died of natural decay (11 mths)
Elizabeth died in Whitchurch Village - maybe she moved there after William died, or possibly just towards the end of her life: the "11 months natural decay" may well have meant she was not fit to live by herself, especially in a fairly remote hamlet. (Her daughter Jemima who registered the death also lived in Whitchurch Village, though as she had been with her parents at Pennycomequick in 1871 they probably moved together)
Death certificate for Elizabeth Vogwill Siblings1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
William VOGWELL, b. Est 1720, d. Nov 1789, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Anne, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Notes - in 1851, 61 & 1871 census; made her mark on her dau Jemima's birth cert; Jemima signed her mother's death cert.
Person ID I939 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 25 Apr 2018
Father William VOGWELL, b. Abt 1781, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England , d. Abt Sep 1812, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 31 years) Mother Mary SPURRELL, b. Abt 1776, Sheepstor, Devon, England , d. Aug 1809, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 33 years) Banns of marriage 18 Mar 1804 to 1 Apr 1804 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - 'William Vogwell of this Parish and Mary Spurrell of Sampford Spiney'
From PR (seen image)
Married 14 Apr 1804 St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England Family ID F4860 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William BAILEY, b. Abt 1802, Kingsteignton, Devon, England , d. 29 Oct 1874, Nutley Chapel, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 72 years) Married 1 Apr 1825 Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England - From the DFHS index of PR entries: shows William Bealey mar Elizabeth Vogwill (I haven't yet seen actual entry)
Whitchurch is about 28 miles from Kingsteignton, and only about half a miles less from Teigngrace. So how did William from the Kingsteignton / Teigngrace area meet Elizabeth from the Whitchurch area?
William's older sister Jane had got married in 1816 to one Henry Vogwell; Henry was the uncle of William's bride so I guess it was through his sister Jane that William met Elizabeth.
But of course this then creates the question: how had Jane from the Kingsteignton / Teigngrace area met Henry from the Whitchurch area?
Children10 children Last Modified 15 Jan 2017 Family ID F720 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Elizabeth lost her mother when aged only 4 and her father just 3 years later. As well as a sister, about 2 years her junior, she had three grandparents still alive, her paternal grandfather probably living in Walkhampton and her maternal grandparents in Sampford Spiney.