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Bridford
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1 George Wills - married Sarah Holman at Bridford 5/8/1730
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2 John Wills baptised 22/1/1730
3 Mary Wills baptised 3/11/1735 - possibly buried 31/12/1741
4 George Wills - baptised 8/1/1739
5 Robert Wills - baptised 18/2/1741
6 Mary Wills - baptised 1/11/1744
2 John Wills - wife Elizabeth
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7 George Wills baptised 20/12/1752. Married Mary Mortimore 12/11/1776
8 Robert Wills - baptised 22/12/1754. Moved to Moretonhampstead and married Jane Langbridge
9 Joseph Wills - baptised 19/2/1757
10 William Wills - baptised 16/10/1759
9 Joseph Wills - married Sarah Diamond 10/6/1781
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11 Mary Wills baptised 25/12/1782. Buried 3/10/1792
12 Joseph Wills - baptised 2/1/1785
13 William Wills - baptised 4/4/1787
14 Robert Wills - baptised 18/4/1790. Wife believed to be Sarah
15 Sally Wills - baptised 5/10/1794
16 Maria Wills - baptised 20/1/1799
13 William Wills - wife Sarah
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17 Mary Ann Wills baptised 1817. Buried 1891
18 Betsy Wills - baptised 1819. Married Joseph Browning.
19 Maria Wills baptised 1822. Married John Chown
20 Eliza Wills baptised 19/9/1824. Buried 8/4/1904
21 Joseph Wills - baptised 21/1/1827
22 William Wills - baptised 17/1/1830. Buried 16/6/1858
23 Miriam Wills - baptised 18/12/1832. Buried 9/6/1838
24 Emma Wills - baptised 18/12/1836
25 Richard Wills - baptised 18/12/1836. Buried 21/6/1848
26 Helen Wills - baptised 24/3/1843
21 Joseph Wills - married Ruth Yendall c 1855; married Priscilla Scanes c. 1870
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27 William Wills baptised 14/1/1856. Buried 13/7/1867
28 Caroline Wills - baptised 7/4/1857
29 Joseph Wills - baptised 19/12/1858. Buried 19/9/1875
30 Ellen Mary Wills - baptised 14/10/1860. Buried 1895.
31 Albert Wills - baptised 3/8/1862
32 Hannah Wills - baptised 23/8/1864
33 Philip Henry Wills - baptised 1866
34 Sarah Julia Wills - baptised 1874. In 1901 Census an Asylum Nurse
35 Eva Wills - baptised 1876
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4 George Wills - wife Susannah (probably Susannah Pitman 22/4/1761
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36 George Wills - baptised 1763
37 Sarah Wills - baptised 1766
38 Mary Wills - baptised 1768. Buried 22/5/1779
39 William Wills - baptised 1772
40 Betty Wills - baptised 1775 - married John Bolley 23/9/1800
41 John Wills - baptised 1780. Buried 1797
5 Robert Wills - married Phoebe Sawdy 1/1/1765
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42 Joanne Wills - baptised 1766
43 William Wills - baptised 1767. Buried 1783
44 Elizabeth Wills - baptised 1769
45 Phoebe Wills - baptised 1771
46 Robert Wills - baptised 1772
47 George Wills - baptised 1774. Buried 1776
48 Sarah Wills - baptised 1775. Buried 1777
49 Joseph Wills - baptised 1778
50 Willam Wills - baptised 1772
50 William Wills - wife Ann (from Moretonhampstead)
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51 Elizabeth Wills - baptised 1799
52 John Wills - baptised 1800
53 Joseph Wills - baptised 1802. Buried 1802
52 John Wills - wife Mary
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54 James Wills - baptised 1829
55 John Wills - baptised 1832. married Mary Hall 1/7/1859
56 Maria Wills - baptised 1837. Married John Eaton 17/7/1869
57 Mary Ann Wills - baptised 1839. Married Samuel Youlden 15/3/1860
58 William Wills - baptised 1843
56 John Wills - married Mary Tingcombe 3/6/1782
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57 William Wills - baptised 1783
58 Mary Wills - baptised 1784
59 John Wills - baptised 1787
60 Anne Wills - baptised 1789. Daughter Anne born in 1810, married George Gibson in 1828 in Doddiscombsleigh. Anne, the mother, married Richard Caseley.
61 Joseph Wills - baptised 1792
62 Samuel Wills - baptised 1792
63 Betty Wills - baptised 1795
64 Jenney Wills - baptised 1798
57 William Wills - wife Elizabeth. Married Maria c 1825
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65 John Wills - baptised 1809
66 William Wills - baptised 1812. Buried 1812
67 Sarah Wills - baptised 1813
68 Joseph Wills - baptised 1816. Buried 1818
69 William Wills - baptised 1819
65 John Wills - married Mary Lee in Moretonhampstead 10/9/1832
Children: (born in Moretonhampstead)
70 William Wills - baptised 30/8/1835
71 George Wills - baptised 29/4/1838
72 Sarah Wills - baptised 10/4/1842
73 Mary Ann Wills - baptised 25/5/1845
74 Susan Wills - baptised 11/1/1846. Buried 4/2/1846
75 Miriam Wills - baptised 6/2/1848
69 William Wills - married Ann Wills 11/2/1844
61 Joseph Wills - wife Joanna
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76 Martha Wills - baptised 1816
77 Mary Wills - baptised 1818. Married William Sercombe 5/11/1837
78 John Wills - baptised 1822
79 Anne Wills - baptised 1823. Married William Wills (69 above)
80 William Wills - baptised 1827
81 Joseph Wills - baptised 1831
82 George Wills - baptised 1833
83 James Wills - baptised 1837
78 John Wills - married Joanna Knapman of South Tawton 3/4/1845
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84 Mary Ann Wills - baptised 1846 - buried 1862
85 Maria Wills - baptised 1848 - buried 1862
86 George Wills - baptised 1850
87 Hannah Wills - baptised 1853 - buried 1861
88 Joseph Wills - baptised 1855 - buried 1862
89 James Wills - baptised 1857 - married Ann (surname unknown) of Ipplepen.
90 Louisa Wills - baptised 1859 - married Thomas Fursdon of Exwick 10 Jun 1883
91 Mark Wills - baptised 1864. In 1901 Census a Police Constable in Bovey Tracey
80 William Wills - married Eliza of Dunsford
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92 Mary Ann Wills - baptised 1850
93 James Wills - baptised 1852. Buried 1852
94 Anna Marie Wills - baptised 1853
95 George Wills - baptised 1854
96 Elizabeth Wills - baptised 1856
97 William Wills - baptised 1858
98 John Wills - baptised 1866
99 Eliza M Wills - baptised 1875
95 George Wills - married Jessie Jane Puddicombe of Christow at Moretonhampstead 22/7/1877
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100 Evelina Wills - baptised 1878
101 William James Wills - baptised 11/3/1880 at Moretonhampstead
81 Joseph Wills - married Elizabeth Knapman of Dunsford 18/10/1855
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102 John Wills - baptised 1858. In 1901 Census an agricultural labourer in Ide
103 Frank Wills - baptised 1861. Married Thirza Saunders 6/10/1889. In 1901 Census a Waggoner for a Coal Merchant in Exeter
104 Walter Wills - baptised 1861. Married Sarah Saunders 6/4/1889. In 1901 Census a Coachman (non-domestic) in Dunchideock
105 Louisa Wills - baptised 1871
106 Henry Wills - baptised 1873. In 1901 Census a Bank Messenger in Walthamstow
82 George Wills - married Mary Georgina Tavener 25/6/1861. This may be the George - an agricultural labourer - who, as a widower, was living at Higher Slocombe, Moretonhampstead in 1891.
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107 Georgina Wills - baptised 1864
83 James Wills - married Mary Ann Knapman 11/10/1860
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108 William Wills - baptised 1864
109 John Wills - baptised 1870. In 1901 Census a Postman in Exeter
110 Florence Mary - baptised 1876
111 Alice Louisa - baptised 1878
62 Samuel Wills - married Charity Wannell in Lustleigh
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112 Anne Wills - baptised 1816
113 Sam Wills - baptised 1818. Buried 1820
114 Samuel Wills - baptised 1820
115 John Wills - baptised 1823
116 William Wills- baptised 1826
117 James Wills - baptised 1828
118 Thomas Wills - baptised 1831
119 Charlotte Wills - baptised 1833. Buried 1834
120 Charlotte Wills - baptised 1835. Married William Milton 27/3/1855
121 Charles Wills - baptised 1835
122 Charity Wills - baptised 1837. Married William Yeoman 6/4/1858
123 Joseph Wills - baptised 1839. Married Elizabeth (surname unknown).
114 Samuel Wills - married Ann from North Bovey In 1901 Census a retired Road Contractor
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124 Abraham Wills - baptised 1845 - North Bovey
125 William Wills - baptised 1848 - Lustleigh
126 Thomas Wills - baptised 1850 - Hennock?
127 WJ Wills - baptised 1867 - Hennock?
124 Abraham Wills - married Mary Ann from Throwleigh. In 1891 he was an agricultural labourer in Moretonhampstead, living at Meacombe Cottage with his family
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Elizabeth Wills - born c1869 - Lustleigh
Samuel B Wills - born c1871 - South Bovey, (Royal Marine)
Bessie Wills - born c1882 - Lustleigh
George Wills - born c1884 - Lustleigh
115 John Wills - married Ann from Paignton
116 William Wills - married Elizabeth from Abbotskerswell
Children: (born at Ipplepen)
128 William Wills - baptised 1851
129 Elizabeth Wills - baptised 1857
130 John T Wills - baptised 1865
131 George Wills - baptised 1867
132 Mary Wills - baptised 1869
117 James Wills - married Emma Cooper of Dunsford 8/2/1863.
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133 Thomas - baptised 1865 - Christow?
118 Thomas Wills - married Emma (surname unknown)
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134 Frederick - baptised 1872
135 Alice - baptised 1875
136 Arthur - baptised 1877. In 1901 Census a House Painter in Exeter
137 Emma - baptised 1879
138 Thomas Wills - wife Susannah (from Spreyton). Moved from Chagford with son William (born 1815)
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139 Thomas Wills - baptised 1818
140 George Wills - baptised 1825. Buried 1825
141 Henry Wills - baptised 1828
142 Richard Wills - baptised 1828
143 Susan Wills - baptised 1831
139 Thomas Wills - married Susan of North Bovey
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144 Fanny Thirza Wills - baptised 1860 - married William Dodd of Bovey Tracey 16/5/1889
145 John H R Wills - baptised 1863
146 Thomas Wills - baptised 1866
147 Susanna Wills - baptised 1868
148 Annie Wills - baptised 1870
149 Ada Wills - baptised 1873
150 Lucy Wills - baptised 1875
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