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Elizabeth EVANS
Abt 1760 - 1829 (~ 69 years) Has 2 ancestors and 445 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Elizabeth EVANS Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1760 Kingsteignton, Devon, England - Age given at burial if accurate means born 1757 or early 1758
Baptised 20 Nov 1760 St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 Jun 2019)
Married 18 Feb 1783 St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England - 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 , d. 14 Dec 1843, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Married 12 Aug 1787 St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England - 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