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Elizabeth EVANS

Elizabeth EVANS

Female Abt 1760 - 1829  (~ 69 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 445 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Elizabeth EVANS 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born Abt 1760  Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Age given at burial if accurate means born 1757 or early 1758
    Baptised 20 Nov 1760  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Apr 2018)
      "Elizabeth & Ann Daughters of John & Elizabeth Evans were baptized Nov 20 1760"
    Gender Female 
    Died 1829  Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Must have died between the birth of her last known child in 1806 and the 1841 census.
      This 1829 burial seems a likely one, though can't be sure it isn't the burial of a different Elizabeth Bailey.
    Buried 17 Mar 1829  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP)
      'Elizabeth Bailey', abode Kingsteignton, age 71
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John EVANS,   b. Est 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Father) 
    Elizabeth JORDAN,   b. Est 1732,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother) 
    Person ID I946  All | Teresa's direct ancestors
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2023 

    Father John EVANS,   b. Est 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth JORDAN,   b. Est 1732,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 8 May 1758  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Apr 2018)
    Family ID F10215  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Richard GERRET,   d. Bef 1787 
    Banns of marriage From 26 Jan 1783 to 9 Feb 1783  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 Jun 2019)
    Married 18 Feb 1783  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP)
      The Banns and marriage register entries show that Richard was of West Teignmouth, Elizabeth of Kingsteignton.


      Why I believe Elizabeth's first husband was Richard Gerret

      Assuming that she was no older than 50 when her last child was born, she can have been born no earlier than 1756, and so married for the first time between 1768 (but that young would have been exceptionally rare) and 1787.
      Checking for marriages of an Elizabeth to a Gerret in Devon in 1777+/- 10 using FMP index (as at 2 Sep 2014) throws up 2 possibles: 
      1. John Garrett marr Elizabeth Marten on 10 Nov 1783 in Abbotskerswell
      No Abbotskerswell PR images with index on FMP, looking on FamilySearch for baptisms of children of a John and Elizabeth in Abbotskerswell 1775 - 1803 there were just 2, in 1784 (so they probably were offspring of the couple who married in 1783) and in 1786. The fact that there were none after this does suggest that one of the parents may have died, although of course the couple could have moved or simply had no more children.
      If Elizabeth was baptised in Abbotskerswell she must have been baptised in 1750, but the index doesn't show where Elizabeth was living (though that needn't have been where she was born it quite likely was). A John Gerrett was buried in Abbotskerswell in 1824, aged 65, so born in about 1758 or 9, likely to be the one who married in 1783. If this burial is the John who married in 1783, then clearly his widow can't have remarried in 1787.
      2. The other possibility is the marriage in Kingsteignton of Richard Gerrett (Jerret) of West Teignmouth to Elizabeth Evans on 18 Feb 1783. This couple appear to have had no children baptised in either Kingsteignton or West Teignmouth in the period 1783-1803. There is also no sign of a burial of Richard in either parish (or any other in Devon that is currently online, 1783-1803), or a likely Richard or Elizabeth Gerrett in Kingsteignton or West Teignmouth after that date. That could indicate they had moved away. However, Richard might have died but had no burial; many mariners lived in West Teignmouth and if Richard was one he might have drowned at sea.
      Elizabeth Evans was probably the one baptised Nov 1760 in Kingsteignton, suggesting she was a couple of years younger than the age given for Joseph's wife when buried suggests, but the age recorded at burial could easily be out by a couple of years, especially likely given the date of baptism of the youngest child of Joseph and Elizabeth, so not only do I not think this is sufficient to exclude her, but I think she is the most likely candidate.
      Additionally, the Elizabeth who married Joseph Bailey inherited a cot house in Kingsteignton that had been her father's, so it is likely she was from Kingsteignton. That said, they are said to have come into possession of it about three years after their marriage, and yet there is no obvious death that would have led to this. 

      (Almost all marriages in the area will be on FMP, either as index entries from DFHS, or from PR images, so it is most likely the marriage is one of the above)

      When Elizabeth Evans married Richard Gerrett she made her mark, as did widow Elizabeth Gerrett when she married Joseph Bailey, and comparing the marks I think they are the same. Neither was a common X or + but an E, not just an E but an E with a tail, i.e. rather like an 'F' but with 3 horizontal bars instead of two. Together with the above I think we can be fairly confident that the Elizabeth who married Joseph Bailey had the maiden name Evans.
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2023 
    Family ID F6891  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph BAILEY,   b. Abt 1761, Teigngrace, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1843, Wolborough, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1787  St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Sep 2014)
      Whilst most Bailey Teigngrace entries are this family, the Joseph who with his wife Elizabeth had a family there in the C19th was not the son of this Joseph, but of Joseph's brother William.
    Children 9 children 
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F726  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1760 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsBaptised - 20 Nov 1760 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsBanns of marriage - From 26 Jan 1783 to 9 Feb 1783 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Feb 1783 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Jane BAILEY - Abt 1787 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Aug 1787 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Mary Ann BAILEY - 1789 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Samuel BAILEY - 1792 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Susanna BAILEY - Abt 1795 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sally BAILEY - 1796 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Dianna BAILEY - 1797 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Betsey BAILEY - 1800 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - William BAILEY - Abt 1802 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elizabeth BAILEY - 1806 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1829 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 17 Mar 1829 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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