The BOVEY Line

Henry Short married Ann Bovey at St Saviour's Church in Dartmouth on 22nd October 1760.  Ann Bovey  was baptised at St Saviour's on 18th February 1736/7 - the daughter of Thomas Bovey - but there is no evidence of him, or his family, in that town.

Thomas Bovey, the son of a Thomas Bovey, was baptised at Townstall Church (St Clements) on 21/1/1738/9 and it is tempting to identify him as a younger brother of Ann.

The following is based on information from the IGI but the final link - tying the Thomas at the bottom of this tree to Thomas, the father of Ann Bovey, is pure speculation.  Thomas must have been married in 1736, or earlier, and the IGI for Devon only came up with one candidate - Thomas Bovey married Hannah Philippes at Rattery on 3/5/1732.  Looking for a Thomas Bovey of the right age gave two possibilities - both from Staverton and, apparently, from two family trees:

George Bovey - wife unknown, living in Staverton

Children:

Edward Bovey - baptised 31/4/1659

John Bovey - baptised 31/10/1665

    John Bovey - wife unknown, living in Staverton

        Children:

        Edward Bovey - baptised 19/9/1698

        John Bovey - baptised 18/8/1702

        Thomas Bovey - baptised 30/5/1704

John Bovey - born c.1605, wife Sibyl, living in Staverton

Children:

John Bovey - baptised 7/10/1627

John Bovey - baptised 17/4/1631

Lawrence Bovey - baptised 28/10/1632

Thomas Bovey - baptised 14/9/1634

Sibyl Bovey - baptised 15/1/1637

George Bovey - baptised 6/10/1639

    John Bovey - wife unknown, living in Staverton

        Children:

        Elizabeth Bovey - baptised 27/2/1662

        Susanna Bovey - baptised 27/2/1666

    Thomas Bovey - married Susan Sture, 9/11/1671 at Staverton

        Children:

        Lawrence Bovey - baptised 1/10/1672

        Thomas Bovey - baptised 17/11/1674

        Samuel Bovey - baptised 11/5/1679

            Thomas Bovey - married Anne Pugsley 19/4/1711 at Staverton

                Child:

                Thomas Bovey - baptised 16/3/1712

Either of these Thomas Bovey's could be the one who married Hannah Philippes.  However, on 7/10/1729 a Susanna Bovey was born in Staverton and her father was Thomas Bovey.  While it is just possible that she was a late daughter of  Thomas and Anne (nee Pugsley) the absence of any intervening children makes this unlikely.  Her father is, therefore, much more likely to be the Thomas - son of Thomas and Susan (nee Sture) in the yellow box above, leaving the one in the green box free to marry Hannah Philippes

During the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries there was one other family of Bovey's living in Staverton, though the christian name Thomas does not appear in their midst.  This family is detailed below for completeness only.

Nicholas Bovey - born c.1635, married Agnes Irish 15/12/1657, living in Staverton

Children:

Agnes Bovey - baptised 4/9/1659

Nicholas Bovey - baptised 13/1/1661

Nicholas Bovey - baptised 19/1/1662

Clement Bovey - baptised 16/8/1664

William Bovey - baptised 15/7/1666

Elizabeth Bovey - baptised 3/12/1667

George Bovey - baptised 22/8/1669

   Nicholas Bovey - married Willmott White 5/8/1689, living in Staverton

        Children:

        Nicholas Bovey - baptised 27/7/1690

        Mary Bovey - baptised 5/8/1690 

        - the baptism date of one of these two appears incorrect

           Nicholas Bovey - married Martha Yabbecombe 23/10/1716, living in Staverton

                Children:

                Mary Bovey - baptised 3/3/1718, died 25/9/1720

                Martha Bovey - baptised 6/2/1722 

   Clement Bovey - wife unknown, living in Staverton

        Child:

        Clement Bovey - baptised 22/1/1689 

   William Bovey - married Elizabeth Parr 22/10/1689, living in Staverton

        Children:

        Margarett Bovey - baptised 27/1/1690 (or 7/1/1690)

        William Bovey - baptised 15/9/1691

        Susanna Bovey - baptised 21/3/1694

        Elizabeth Bovey - baptised 30/4/1695