BRANSCOMBE TIMELINES
The Eighteenth Century
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@1700
14 February,
St.Mary Arches,
15 July,
Withycombe Raleigh: Mary, daughter of William & Jone Brancsomb, baptised. [poss d.1701? Poss fifth & last child of
William &
3 September,
Sandford:
7 September:
Complaint regarding presence of Captain Branscomb's ship in
27 September,
Clyst St.George: Hannah Branscombe of Woodbury marries Jacob Dolling of
17 October,
St.Sidwell's,
??, Woodbury: John
Branscombe, son of Philip, christened. (IGI) [poss first child of Philip, overseer of apprentices, poss bp.1664
Woodbury, fourth child of John & Grace (Clapp - m.1656 Woodbury)? Poss
siblings: Philip (1705), Hannah (1706). John junior poss m.1720 Woodbury, Mrs
Mary Adams?]
16 December,
Sandford: Mary [S?], second child of Robert Brownscombe &
Captain Branscombe mentioned in a letter to the
Admiralty Office from J.of St.Johns,
[A John Branscombe of Topsham, ship's captain
in the
`England and Wales
at the beginning of the eighteenth century were inhabited by about 5˝ million
people - far fewer than the population of present day London ... Roughly a
third of the total population lived in south-eastern England ... It was
estimated that in many towns in the early eighteenth century half the children
born died before they were five. Consequently the total population increased
only slowly - especially up to about 1750 ... smallpox, dysentry, typhus and
consumption were widespread ... in the period 1720-50 cheap gin was consumed in
great quantities, especially in the London area. However in 1751 Parliament
greatly increased the tax on spirits, and strictly controlled their sale by
distillers and shopkeepers ... Queen Anne (1702-14) had seventeen children, yet
none reached maturity. However the death rate fell in the second half of the
eighteenth century. Consequently the population of
`Between 1697 and
1815 there are, for
`By the early 1700's there were no less
than 26 coffee-houses, and 30 taverns, where financiers of various kinds met,
mostly situated around 'londonChange Alley, at the back of the Royal Exchange, between londonCornhill and londonThreadneedle Street.'
`Nothing today
could look less like an important harbour than the mouth of the , for its tiny stream struggles with
difficulty between cliff and shingle, to reach the sea. Yet as recently as
monarchsWilliam III's reign [1689-1702], ships traded here
from distant countries. And though now the little bay is silted up, it is
admirably sheltered from rough weather...it is easy to believe that prehistoric
shipping would have found it a commodious harbour.' [4]
`Until the 1700's,
much of the paper used in
St.Thomas the
Apostle,
@1701
2 March, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Bartholomew Brunscombe baptised, son of Bartholomew
& Agnes.[7] [Bartholomew m.1701 Oakford,
24 April, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Bartholomew Brunscombe marries
10 November,
Withycombe Raleigh: Mary Branscom, daughter of William, buried.[9] [Mary poss bp.1700?, poss fifth & last
child of William &
Knowstone: Thomas
Brownscombe marries
Dawlish: poss
marriage of Thomas Branscombe and
@1702
6 March, Woodbury:
Phillip Braunscombe is an Overseer of Apprentices. [12]
5 April, Littleham: Thomas Branscom marries
29 April, Talaton: Robert Branscombe marries ayres, Agnes Ayres. (IGI) [cf:1717 Talaton, John Branscomb m. Anne Mare]
19 May,
Broadhempston,
22 July, Crediton:
Ann Brownscomb marries Thomas Jacob. (IGI)
Reign of King
William III of
Captain Nicholas Branscombe, Shipmaster, given permission
by the King to embark for
There is a reference
to a ship called the Susan & Mary
being taken as a prize by a Captain Norriss, Captain in 1703.
Woodbury Phillip Braunscombe an overseer of apprentices. (EBMI) [poss bp.1664 Woodbury, fourth child of John & Grace (Clapp - m.1656
Woodbury)? Poss children: John (1700), Philip (1705), Hannah (1706). John
junior poss m.1720 Woodbury, Mrs Mary Adams?]
@1703
14 April,
22 April, Topsham: Martha Branscome marries Renolds, Joseph Renolds. (IGI)
13 July, Newton
St.Cyres: Mark Branscombe marries helmore, Hanna Helmore. (IGI) [cf:1710 Mark Branscombe of Thorverton makes his will. Also cf:1740,
Martha Brownscombe, daughter of Mark, mason of Thorverton. Mark Brownscombe's
will administered in 1763]
9 November,
Plymouth St Andrew: George, son of George Branscum senior, baptised.[15]
23 November:
Marriage allegation between Edward Edwards of Washford Pine, cooper, and Sarah
Philp of Morchard Bishop, spinster. Bound by Peter Crapp of Kenton,
(master/mariner?)
23 November:
Marriage allegation between Peter Crapp and Elizabeth Branscombe of Dawlish,
spinster. Bound by William Sp(ring?) of Topsham, (master/mariner?), and William
Barrett of (eadam/cadam?), (master/mariner?). [16]
23 November,
Highweek: Elizabeth Branchcumb marries Peter Crapp. (IGI) [poss Elizabeth, bp. 16 November 1679, St.Gregory's, Dawlish, daughter
of Nickolas Branscame. Poss siblings: Thomas (1681), Nicholas (1685-1692?),
John (1687), (Susanna/Sarah? - 1689). Also cf:1656, Clapp/Branscombe]
3 December:
Marriage allegations between Thomas Leigh of
17 December,
Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?) James Brunscombe baptised, son of Bartholomew
& Agnes.[1] [Bartholomew m.1701 Oakford,
Thomas Branscombe
of St.Thomas's,
Foundation of
St.Petersburg, capital of the Russian empire.
A great storm hits
Eddystone
lighthouse destroyed, with its designer inside.
Dawlish: Thomas
Tripe rents the Dawlish Fishery, let by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter, for
the antient [?] rent of Ł2.13.4d with a covenant to review for a further five
years if he thinks fit.[20] [cf: typed ms. by P.R. Whiteaway, The History of Rixdale Farm, Dawlish and the
Tripe Family, WCSL Exeter]
Dawlish: poss
marriage of Elizabeth Branscombe? [21]
Littleham: poss
marriage of Jane Branscombe and Thomas Hooper? [22]
@1704
5 March, Feniton: Peter Branscomb, son of Peter, baptised. (IGI)
[Peter senior poss bp.1659, son of Peter
& Dorothy (Palmer - m.1649 Feniton)? cf:1707 for poss brother Thomas &
1724 for reference to Peter, churchwarden of Feniton]
27 March, Sandford: Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Brownscombe &
1 June, Kenton:
Timothy, son of sailor John Pearce & Jane, baptised.[23]
`The
politico-literary magazine was born in 1704, with defoe, Daniel magazines & newspapersDefoe's Review, followed by magazines &
newspapersSteele's Tatler (1709). magazines &
newspapersAddison and Steele's Spectator (1711) and magazines &
newspapersDefoe's Mercurius Politicus. They were opposed by the Tory magazines
& newspapersSwift's Examiner (1710) dominated by Swift.'[25]
@1705
12 March,
Bishopsteignton: Susanna, daughter of mariner Thomas Branscombe &
26 April,
Knowstone: The will of ? Brownscombe is proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry
of Barnstaple.[26]
5 July: Marriage
allegations between Rich Williams of Crediton, carpenter, and Sarah Brounscombe
of same, spinster. [27]
5 July,
St.David's,
7 July, Woodbury: Philip Brannscomb, son of Phil, baptised. (IGI) [poss second child of Philip, overseer of apprentices, poss bp.1664
Woodbury, fourth child of John & Grace (Clapp - m.1656 Woodbury)? Poss
siblings: John (1700), Hannah (1706). John junior poss m.1720 Woodbury, Mrs
Mary Adams?]
1 August:
Elizabeth Michell, only daughter and heir of Benjamin Michell of
16 August,
St.Dunstan's, Stepney: James, son of James, mariner of Upper Wapping &
Sarah (Martin - m.1697 Stepney)
Branscome, baptised.[30] [cf:1699 for brother John & 1707 for
brother William]
21 August,
Thomas Newcomen
[b.Dartmouth, 1663], inventor of the first effective steam pump (called an atmospheric engine), marries
Hannah Waymouth, daughter of a Malborough farmer.[32]
Littleham: There
is a gap in the registers from 1705-1743.[33]
Crediton: Jas
Brownscomb marries Gra Mathews. [34]
@1706
1 March, oodbury: Hannah Brannscombe born to Phil Brannscombe. (IGI) [poss third and last child of Philip, overseer of apprentices, poss
bp.1664 Woodbury, fourth child of John & Grace (Clapp - m.1656 Woodbury)?
Poss siblings: John (1700), Philip (1705). Hannah poss mother of John Taylor
Branscombe bp.1731 Woodbury?]
4 September,
andford: Elizabeth Brownscombe, buried. [poss bp.1704, daughter of Robert
Brownscombe
&
@1707
4 March, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Andrew Brunscombe baptised, son of Bartholomew &
Agnes.[35] [Bartholomew m. 1701 Oakford,
11 March: Abraham
Branscombe, son of John Branscombe, a pauper of Morchard [Bishop?] goes up to
21 March,
St.Dunstan's, Stepney: William, son of mariner James Branscum of
1 June, Kenton:
Mary, daughter of John Pierce [Pearce], sailor, and Jane, baptised.[38]
15 September,
Feniton: Thomas Branscomb, son of Peter, baptised. (IGI) [Peter senior poss bp.1659, son of Peter & Dorothy (Palmer - m.1649
Feniton)? cf:1704 brother Peter bp. Feniton & 1724 - Peter is churchwarden]
28 September,
St.Edmund's,
Withycombe
Raleigh: Jno Raymond esq., Overseer of the parish, authorises payment to
Fielding born; novelist, playwright,
magistrate and founder of the Bow Street Runners. (d.1754)
The will of Thomas Branscombe [mariner?] of Teignton
Episcopi [ishopsteignton], is proved in the exeterConsistory
Court of the Bishop of Exeter.[40] [Thomas of Coombe? (Combeinteignhead?) poss
son of Nicholas & Susanna, bp.1681 Dawlish? m.1702 to
@1708
19 April: Ford, locksmith, apprentice of Joshua Branscombe, is admitted to the freedom
of the city of
17 November,
St.Petrock's,
The will of Samuel Waymouth of Paynton is proved in the
Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter.[41]
Wren'sSt.Paul's
Cathedral, begun in 1675, is finished, at a cost
of more than Ł700, 000.
Knowstone: Hugh
Brownscombe marries
Rose Ash:
(Tomsin?) Branscomb marries (Lewis Baker?).[44]
At St.John's, John
Branscome is registered in a census as the master of the Exon of Topsham, bound for `Porto' with 300 quintals of fish and 3
tunns of train oil. His ship is 180 tuns burthen, with 26 men, 14 guns, 3 boats
kept.[45]
@1709
22 May, Sandford:
Elizabeth Branscomb, daughter of Robert Brownscomb &
August: William Branscomb,
later to become a sea captain of Maine & New Hampshire, is born. [m.1732 Elizabeth White? And/or (date
unknown) Prudence Page? d.16 May 1788,
Abraham Darby uses
coke to smelt iron.[47] [a key pre-requisite of the Industrial
Revolution]
The will of Edward
Waymouth of
Drewsteignton:
Edward Brounscombe marries An Small.[49]
@1710
7 May, Dawlish: Gavin Painter dies. [b.1657?] [cf:1627]
Here lyeth ye
Body of Mr
Gawyn Painter Senr of this pish
who died ye 7th day of May 1710 in ye
53D YEAR OF HIS AGE
Binford, locksmith, apprentice of Joshua
Branscombe, becomes a Freeman of the city of
Branscombe of Thorverton [mason?] makes
his will.[50] [cf:1703,
Abraham
Branscombe, son of John Branscombe, a pauper of Morchard [Bishop?], gains his
B.A. He went up to
Charles; Pearse,
tailor, apprentice of Pearse, tailor, made a freeman of
Knowstone: John
Brownscombe marries Mary Neckells.[53]
@1711
20 January,
Dawlish: Nicholas Branscomb buried? [unclear - not N.B. mariner cf:1724][54]
6 July: Marriage
allegation between John Salter of Budleigh, tanner, and Ann Branscombe of
Woodberry, spinster. Bound by Georg(ina?) Beard(on?) of Woolborough, clothier. [55][poss
An bp,1686, 12 September, Broad Clyst, (first child?) of John Brannscombe. John
poss b.1659 Woodbury, second child of John & Grace (Clapp - m.1656
Woodbury)? Poss siblings for An: William (1688), Samuel (1691), Sarah (1693),
Philip (1694)]
20 September,
Dawlish: Nicholas Branscombe of Bishopsteigton buried.[1] [poss bp.1685 son of Nicholas?]
15 November,
Littleham: James Branscombe, son of James, baptised.[57] [poss James & Magdalen (Hennocks - m.1708
William Brownescombe,
serge-weaver of Veny Tedborne, Crediton, father of James. (EPNI)
Deborah Branscomb of
`Our ships are laden with the harvest of
every climate; our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines; our rooms
are filled with pyramids of china and adorned with workmanship of Japan; our
morning draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair
our bodies by the drugs of America and repose ourselves under Indian canopies.
The vineyards of
The rate for
postal delivery in
Invention of the
Newcomen Steam Pump, or "atmospheric steam
engine".[61]
@1712
6 February:
Marriage allegations between Philip Furse of Spreyton and Mary (Batcliffe?) of
Cheriton, spinster. Bound by Simon Branscombe of Littleham, (captain/nautain?)
and Thomas Bowell of (eadem?), (nautain?). [62]
11 March: Marriage
allegations between Simon Branscombe (above) and Elizabeth Weekes of Littleham,
spinster. Bound by Moses Webber of Luppitt, agr, and John Chaplin of
John Brownscombe,
serge-weaver of Veny Tedbourne, Crediton. (EPNI)
6 May: Marriage
allegation between Mathew Hudson of Topsham, (nautain?) & Mary Branscombe
of
8 May, St.Thomas
the Apostle,
21 July: Marriage
allegations between Thomas Pooke of Knowstone, agr, and Mary Delbridge of same,
spinster. Bound by William Brannscombe of Woodbury, yeoman, and Philipp
Brannscombe of Clyst St George, yeoman. [65]
24 July: Marriage
allegations between William Branscombe (above) and Elizabeth Hart of Colyton
Raleigh, spinster. Bound by John Page of Woodbury, miller, and William Cornish
of (endem/eadem?), cordwainer. [66]
24 July,
St.Peter's,
`Newspapers have
always been looked upon with suspicion by governments and an attempt at control
and at the same time raise money was made in 1712, by the Stamp Tax. The
official minute stated there were 44, 000 newspapers published weekly - the total
combined circulation, not titles - and the tax imposed was a halfpenny on a
half sheet or less, and a penny up to a full (folded) sheet. The result was
that the `quality' papers, like the Spectator
had to close down, but the scandal sheets were buoyant enough to survive.'[67]
@1713
March: John
Branscombe arrives in
11 March,
Littleham: Simon Branscombe marries spinster Elizabeth Weekes. Both of this
parish.[70] [cf:1712, 11 March for allegations]
16 April,
Broadhempston,
22 August, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Thomas Brunscombe marries Sarah Webborn.[72] [poss children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?) Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary
(1725-1752?), Hugh (1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this
could be Thomas junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768]
James;
Brownscombe, member of the Livery Company of Weavers, recorded as voting for all four Whig
candidates in the London .[73]
Treaty of
Philip de Branscomb churchwarden of Clyst
St.George.[76] [poss bp.1694 Broad Clyst, son of Richard?]
`The churchwardens
were not only ecclesiastical officers, but they were also Civil officers. For
the civil part of their duties, they were under the Justices of the Peace of
the district. They were also locally responsible for the military affairs of
the parish. Previous to the establishment of the Militia, in 1757, each parish had to supply its
quota of trained soldiers, who had to muster occasionally, for training ...
Another part of the churchwarden's duties was the extermination of vermin such
as wild cats, badgers, foxes, otters, hedgehogs, etc.. The prices for killing
these vermin were paid by the churchwardens, and ranged from 6s 8d for a vixen
to a penny for a stoat or weasel.[77]
2 December,
Littleham: Arthur Branscombe (bp.1689 Littleham, sixth child of William
Branscombe of Exmouth & Mary (Crutchet - m.1676 Littleham)), marries
spinster Elizabeth Callard. Both of this parish.[78] [poss children of this marriage: Mary (1715),
Arthur (1718), John (1723-1723),
@1714
16 January,
Sandford: Philip Brownscomb of Crediton, & Mary Peck of Crediton, marry.[80] [son Philip bp.1724 Crediton]
7 March,
Withycombe Raleigh: Thomas Branscoom, son of James & Magdalen (Hennocks -
m.1708
25 June, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): William Brunscombe baptised, son of Thomas &
Sarah.[82] [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: Thomas (1716-1728?),
John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas senior d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this death could
be Thomas junior, bp.1719? Sarah d.1768]
1 July, St.Thomas
the Apostle,
10 July,
St.David's,
11 December,
Morchard Bishop: William Brawnscomb, son of Joseph, buried.[84]
Reign of Queen
Anne ends (since 1702). She is the last monarch of the Stuart Dynasty
(1603-1714). George I of
Crediton: John
Branscombe, serge-maker, marries Sara Pitts.[85] [cf:1719 marriage allegation]
@1715
15 January,
St.Thomas the Apostle,
3 July, Littleham:
Thomas Brancomb buried.[88] [poss m.1646 Littleham to Susanna Elson? OR
poss Thomas, second child of Thomas & Susanna (Elson - m.1646 Littleham)?]
14 October,
Littleham: Mary Branscomb, daughter of Arthur, baptised.[89] [Poss first child of Arthur and Elizabeth
(Callard - m.1713)? Poss siblings: Arthur (1718), John (1723-1723),
Jacobite Rising.
The last of the
Branscombe/Hart marriage settlements (since 1650).[90] [cf:1712 William Branscombe marries Elizabeth
Hart in
Lancelot
"Capability" Brown, landscape gardener, is born.
`A handful of
great lords, the Dukes of Newcastle, Bedford, Devonshire and some others,
received Ł30, 000 a year or more in rent, besides what they might get in
government salaries and pensions, but the bulk of the landed gentry, the real
country squires, received rentals of a few hundred pounds a year, but still
many times the average family income. It had to be so, since they were the
principal servant-keeping class, and they usually employed in their households
and home farms from about five to forty servants. The aristocracy and gentry
were not only te richest class, individually at least, but they were in the
strictest sense the ruling class. As the only group with both the leisure and
the wealth for politics in a system of government run mainly by amateurs, they
were the rulers of
The period 1600-1715
was the flowering of the south-west wool-weaving trade, centred on
@1716
30 April,
Withycombe Raleigh: William Branscoomb buried.[92] [poss husband of
13 June, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Thomas Brunscombe baptised, son of Thomas &
Sarah.[93] [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), John
(1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas senior d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this death could
be Thomas junior? Sarah d.1768]
27 December,
Ilsington [nr.Newton Abbot]: Magdalene Branscombe marries Edward Furlong. (IGI)
[formerly Hennocks, m.1708
31 December:
Inventory attached to the will of George Pike of Colaton Raleigh signed by
William Branscombe, and others.[94] [cf:1715 William Branscombe, yeoman of
Colaton Raleigh & his wife Elizabeth. Also Branscombe connections with
Drupe farm, Colaton Raleigh, from 1614-1739]
Crediton: Dor
Brounscombe marries Jn Woodyetts & Thos Brounscombe marries Jo Wills. [95]
@1717
2 January,
Morchard Bishop: Elizabeth Brawnscomb, wife of John, buried.[96]
9 February,
Withycombe Raleigh: Martha Branscombe marries Stephen Chard.[97] [or 1718? Poss bp.1698 Withycombe, poss
fourth child of William (d.1716?) &
12 February,
Talaton: John Branscomb marries Ann Mare. (IGI) [cf:1699 Thomazine Branscombe/Mare - 1790 John Branscombe m. Agnes Mare.
Also cf:1702 Talaton, Robert Branscombe m. Agnes Ayres. Poss children all bp.
Talaton: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah
(poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), John & Sarah
(1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas
(1736)?]
14 October,
Morchard Bishop:
@1718
5 January,
Littleham: Arthur Branscomb baptised.[99] [poss second child of Arthur & Elizabeth
(Callard - m.1713)? Poss siblings: Mary (1715), John (1723-1723), Elizabeth
(1725), Simon (bp.1728 Withycombe Raleigh)? According to Summers documents,
Arthur senior lived in
9 February,
Withycombe Raleigh: Martha Branscoomb marries Stephen Chard.[100] [or 1717? or 1719?]
7 March,
Withycombe Raleigh: Thomas, son of James & Magdalen Branscombe, baptised.[101] [or 1713? Magdalen (Hennox - m.1708
15 May,
Bishopsteignton: Peter Pearse marries Mary Walters of Bishopsteignton.[102] [poss parents of Elizabeth, bapt. 1722, who
may be future wife of Edward Branscombe of Dawlish?]
9 November,
St.Edmund's,
3 December,
Talaton: William Branscomb, son of John, baptised. (IGI) [poss first child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah
(poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), John & Sarah
(1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas
(1736). Poss. William d. Bampton 1751?]
William Branscombe
of Colaton Raleigh mentioned in the will of George Pike of Colaton Raleigh,
1718. (EBMI) [cf:1716]
The will of Hugh
Brownscomb of Knowstone is proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of
Barnstaple.[103]
St.Peter's,
@1719
9 February,
Withycombe Raleigh: Martha Branscoomb marries Richard Chard. Both of this
parish.[105] [duplicates of this marriage 1717, 1718? Poss
daughter of William and (
29 March, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): John Brunscombe baptised, son of Thomas & Sarah.[106] [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), John
(1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768]
9 April,
Chittlehampton: James, son of Thomas & Elizth Branscomb, christened. (IGI)
[cf:1721 possible sister Ann]
29 June,
St.Andrew's,
`Perhaps the only
real factory in early eighteenth-century England was the Lombe brothers' silk
mill on the Derwent near Derby in 1719, with its 300 throwing machines driven
by a giant waterwheel. Such modern-seeming industrial workers were not only in
a minority but scattered in small and mainly rural establishments near the
water power, the clay, the saltings, the metal ore, the woodland charcoal, and
so on, across the countryside. The majority of industrial wokers were
individual outworkers and their families, working in their own homes for a
capitalist merchant, to whose warehouse they tramped weekly with the finished
goods on their own backs or on those of donkeys or packhorses. In addition to
all these, the landless labour force supplied thousands of transport workers on
the roads and the waterways - post-boys and packhorsemen, coachmen and guards,
waggoners and their boys, bargees and `halers' [labourers who would haul boats
and barges along waterways], dockers and sailors, and many more ... '[108]
27 August:
Marriage allegation between John Brannscombe of Crediton, sergemaker, and Sarah
Pitts of same, widow. Bound by John Norris of Milton Abbot, (...?). [109][cf:1714
marriage]
31 December:
Marriage allegations between John Locke of Thorverton, mason, and Margaret
Cross of same. Bound by John Brownscombe of Crediton, husbandman. [110]
@1720
10 January,
Dawlish: John Branscomb buried.[111] Son of Nicholas & Susan. [b.30 October, 1687 - cf: 12 July IGI
Here lieth ye body of John ye son of
Nicholas & Susan Branscomb of this psh and husband of Mary
daughter of Thomas & Bethieh Adams who died January ye 6(?) Ano Doni 1720
Aged 33 years 2 months and six days
12 January,
Whitestone: Elisabeth Pierce, daughter of Thomas, is baptised.[112] [cf:1725 - double entry?]
6 February:
Marriage allegation between Charles Davis of Lympstone and Sarah Davis of the
same, spinster. Bound by Richard Suxbitch of Clyst St George, yeoman. [113]
7 February:
Marriage allegation between Richard Suxbitch and Grace Brannscombe of Woodbury,
spinster. Bound by Henry Quentin of Topsham, (nautain?) and William Stone of
7 February,
St.Peter's,
Polwhele says of
the Suxpitch family:
`...
perhaps the family of Sucpitch or Sokespitch is the only one which, from
before the Conquest to the present day [1793],
has existed without any material change of place or station. The Sucpitches
possess two small parchment grants or feoffments, which were passed before the
Conqueror's time: these curious antique charters are their only archives. The
whole series of these people, from the original down to the present descendent,
seem to have been actuated by one common disposition, to have adopted a narrow
plan, and invariably adhered to it; that is, to preserve their estate entire,
without addition or diminution: and to transmit a posterity uninterrupted in
the male line, was their highest ambition.'[115]
12 July, Woodbury:
Mrs Mary Adams marries John Braunscombe (sailor of Dawlish?).[116] (IGI) [cf:
10 January this year. Also cf:1730 for possible duplication? Poss John bp.1700,
son of Philip? Also cf: Branscombe/Adams marriages, Dawlish]
15 July, St.
Marys, Callington,
2 October,
Bishopsteignton: Peter, son of Peter & Mary (Walters? m.1718?) Pearse, is
baptised.[117] [cf:1722 for sister Elizabeth - poss future
wife of Edward Branscombe of Dawlish?]
27 October,
2 November,
Littleham: Sarah Branscomb marries James Geiles.[119] [poss bp 1693 Littleham, seventh child of
William Branscombe of Exmouth & Mary (Crutchet - m.1676 Littleham)? Poss
siblings: William (1679), James (1681), William (bp 1682, d.1728?), Simon (bp
1684, d.1741?), James (bp 1686), Arthur (bp 1689)? Sarah poss d.1720?]
Approximate year
Richard Branscombe born. Emigrated to
The Bubble Act:
Panic measure passed by parliament as a direct consequence of public scandal
caused by the collapse of the south Sea Company. The Act prohibited the
formation of joint-stock companies, unless sanctioned by parliament. It was not
very effective, and was repealed in 1825.
Dawlish: Nicholas
Branscombe, & John Branscombe of (Corksbrook?), pay church rates for property
in the parish.[120]
@1721
20? May, Dawlish:
Johanna?, daughter of John ?Branscombe?, born.[121]
29? ?, Dawlish:
(Doll?/Daff?), daughter of John Brownascombe?, born.[122] [cf:1723]
5 May, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Philip Brunscombe baptised, son of Thomas &
Sarah.[123] [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Zacharias (1722), Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768]
29 May: Marriage
allegation between Edward Haydon of
29 May,
St.Peter's,
11 June, Talaton:
Thomas, son of John Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss second child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Mary (1723), Sarah (poss d. before 1727), Sarah
(possible duplication? 1726), John & Sarah (1727, Sarah poss d. before
1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas (1736). Poss Thomas m. before
1745 Anne ?, and baptised three children at Ottery St.Mary, Peter (1745),
Elizabeth (1749), Sarah (1752)?]
14 July,
Chittlehampton: Ann, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Branscomb, christened.
(IGI) [cf:1719 possible brother James]
5 September,
Shobrooke: Dorothy Brownscombe marries Matthew Cudmore. [125]
Guy's Hospital,
Southwark, established by the bookseller Thomas Guy.
@1722
12 February, St Marys,
Callington,
22 March, Oakford
[nr.Bampton]: Zacharias Branscombe, son of Thomas & Sarah, is baptised.
(IGI) [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah
Webborn. Poss other children: William
(1714), Thomas (1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Mary
(1725-1752?), Hugh (1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this
could be Thomas junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768. Zacharias prob m.1755 Cadeleigh, Tiverton]
27 March,
Crediton: Ann Brownscombe marries John Sharland. (IGI)
20 April,
St.Peter's Cathedral,
24 May,
Bishopsteignton: Elizabeth, daughter of Peter & Mary (Walters? m.1718?)
Pearse, baptised.[126] [poss future wife of Edward Branscombe of
Dawlish? cf:1720 for brother Peter]
20 December,
Dawlish:
Abram Branscombe
instituted to the living of Eggesford,
`Perhaps the
decline of smallpox [in the eighteenth century] was a result of the discovery
of inoculation. Lady Mary Wortley Mantagu brought the idea from the
Samuel Weymouth
[Waymouth], tobacconist, apprentice of Lazarus Mecho, admitted to the Freedom
of the City of
Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders published.
@1723
2 January,
St.Gregory's, Dawlish: Susannah Branscombe [b.1689?], daughter of Susanna &
Nicholas Branscombe, mariner of Dawlish, & Andrew Norton marry.[129] [cf: Nicolas Branscombe's will, 1724. Sussana
Norton pays a church rate at Shutterton & at Esdon, in 1782/3]
5 March: Marriage
allegations between Thomas Branscombe of Morchard Bishop and
6 March,
St.Peter's Cathedral,
17 June, Talaton:
Mary Branscomb, daughter of John, baptised. (IGI) [poss third child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Sarah (poss d. before
1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), John & Sarah (1727, Sarah poss
d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas (1736)]
5 August,
Littleham: John Branscomb, son of Arthur & Elizabeth, baptised.[131] [d. October. Poss third child of Arthur &
Elizabeth (Callard - m.1713)? Possible siblings: Mary (1715), Arthur (1718),
2 October,
Littleham: John Branscomb, son of Arthur & Elizabeth, buried.[132]
5 December:
Marriage allegations between Gidley Burges of Topsham, Mariner, and Martha
Peters of same, spinster. Bound by Nicholas Brannscombe of Dawlish (hant?) [133]
5 December:
Marriage allegations between Andrew Norton of Littleham, Mariner, and Susanna
Braunscombe of Dawlish, spinster. Bound by George Gould of
24 December,
Dawlish: (Doll?), daughter of John Browinacomb [Branscombe?], born. [cf:1721]
Abraham
Branscombe, son of John Branscombe, a pauper of Morchard [Bishop?], appointed
rector of Eggesford,
Crediton: Phil
Brounscombe marries Sarah Buckingham, Sus Brownscomb marries Phil Buckingham,
& Sar Brownscomb marries Jn Jerrett. [136][cf:1741
Branscombe/Buckingham marriage in Bideford]
@1724
9 June, Dawlish:
Nicholas Branscombe, mariner of Dawlish, makes his will:
In the Name of God Amen
I Nicholas Branscombe of the Parish of Dawlish in the County of Devon marriner
being now in health and of good Memory do Make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following First I comend my soul into the hands of
almighty God who gave it me and my Body to the earth from whence it came in
hopes of a joyfull resurrection thr'o the Merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ and for all such Worldly Goods or Chattles Lands Estates as it hath
plesed God to bestow upon me and Give and Bequeath as followeth - First I do
order that my Body shall be buried in Christian Burial according to the
discretion of my Executrix hereafter mentioned Item I give unto
Item I give unto Susanna Gottbead wife of Anthony Gottbead
Twenty Shillings to be paid in Six Months after my decease Item I give unto
John Paddon son of
Elizabeth Paddon five Pounds starling to buy his Life on the
House his Mother now lives in provided I do not buy it from him before, if not
then not to have it, before he doth buy the House Item I Give unto the under
bearers of my Body to my Grave a pair of Gloves and one Shilling each Item I
give unto Mary Barker[137] formerly the wife of my Son John Branscombe[138] a plaine Silver Dish holding about a Pint of
Liquor after my buriall Item I give unto Susanna (Frinde?) the Daughter of
William (Kelly/Helly?) deceased Twenty Shillings to be paid in Six Months after
my decease Item I give unto the Poor of the Parish of Dawlish Five Pounds
Starling to be paid in Six Months after my decease As for all the rest of my
Lands Tenements Goods moveable and immoveable and whatsoever I now enjoy I Give
unto Susanna Branscombe my wife whom I make my sole Executrix of this my last
Will and Testament Revoking all other Wills and Testaments whatsoever and the
Lands I bought of James (Rood?) Esqr to goe to Susanna Nortton's
younger children after the death of Susanna my wife, that is to say the House I
now live in with the two cotts adjoining and the (Exberries?) and Windgates to
be equally divided amongst them But for Cofford in Kenton and (Cock/Cork)
street in Dawlish to continue in the right Line of the Branscombes which is my
desire
Whereunto I set my Hand and Seal this ninth day of June 1724
Nicho Branscombe
(seal)
Sealed Signed and Delivered in the Presence of
Edward Slocombe
Edward Tucker
The Mark of John
Kerswill
Note attached in 1793:
The Probate is with Sir Robert Palk Bart. the Purchaser of Cofford Estate in
Kenton and this is a true copy whereof
John Gribble John Luxton[139]
28 August,
Crediton: Philip, son of Philip Branscomb & Mary (Peck - m.1714), baptised.
(IGI)
22 November,
Talaton: Sarah Branscomb, daughter of John, baptised. (IGI) [poss fourth child of John & Ann (Mare -
m.1717 Talaton)? Poss d. before 1727? Poss siblings: William (1718), Thomas
(1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah (poss duplication? 1726), John
& Sarah (1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733),
Thomas (1736)]
24 November,
Approximate year
of birth of William Branscombe, probably in Tiverton/Bampton. [d. 1757 - husband of Sarah, father of
William, Bartholomew & James]
Daniel Defoe
begins his Tour of the Whole Island of
Great Britain. (to 1726)
Feniton: At some
stage after 1724, Peter Branscombs is churchwarden at St.Andrew's and possibly
a tenant of William Skinner (?) He is shown in the tithe-book as making 10
hogsheads of cider from a smallholding of less than 56 acres in the parish.[141] [Peter senior poss bp.1659, son of Peter
& Dorothy (Palmer - m.1649 Feniton)? If so, his sister Dorothy married
Josias Skinner in 1609. In 1614, George Skinner was rector of Feniton. cf:1704
Peter bp. Feniton, son of Peter, 1707 Thomas bp. Feniton, son of Peter. This is
the last reference to Feniton in the database. The first is in 1571, the
approximate year of birth of George Branscombe, later a butcher in Feniton, and
probably the son of weaver Osmund &
The will of Jn
Brownscombe of Cheriton Bishop, is proved.[142] [cf:1725 testamentary cause, John Brownscombe
of Cheriton Bishop. Also cf:1726 - Mary Brownscombe of Cheriton Bishop makes
her will]
Bideford:
Elizabeth Brownscombe marries ? [143]
Crediton: Sar
Brounscomb marries Jas Madge. [144]
@1725
2 June,
Whitestone: James Brinscombe marries Mary Hawkes.[145] [IGI says 1735]
29 June,
Whitestone: Elisabeth Pierce, daughter of Thomas, baptised.[146] [poss m. Edward Branscombe 1747 Dawlish?
cf:1720 - double entry? In 1634, in Whitestone, which is about four miles west
of Exeter, Agnes Branscombe marries John Pearse]
25 August,
Littleham: Elizabeth Branscombe, daughter of Arthur & Elizabeth, baptised.[147] [poss fourth and last child of Arthur &
Elizabeth (Callard - m.1713)? Possible siblings: Mary (1715), Arthur (1718),
John (1723-1723)? According to Summers documents, Arthur senior lived in
12 September,
Oakford [nr.Bampton]: Mary Branscombe, daughter of Thomas, baptised. (IGI) [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768. Mary poss d.1752]
27 October:
Marriage allegations between John Dennis of Broad Clyst, agri, and Anne
Branscombe, alias Lockington, of Whimple. Bound by John (Halfyard?) of Whimple,
Smith. [148]
28 October,
Rockbeare [nr.Whimple]: Ann Branscomb, or Lackington, marries John Dennis.
(IGI)
John Brownscombe
of Cheriton Bishop - testamentary cause.[149] [cf:1726 - Mary Brownscombe of Cheriton
Bishop makes her will]
Vivaldi completes
his Four Seasons.
Sandford: Mary
Brownscombe marries ? [150]
Pinhoe: Mary
Branscombe marries ? [151]
@1726
24 January,
Sandford: Mary [S?] Brownscombe, [1700-1778], daughter of Robert &
11 June: Elizabeth
Michell, only daughter and heir of Benjamin Michell of
August: George
Pierce sentenced by Devon Assizes to transportation to
22 November,
Talaton: Sarah, daughter of John Branscomb christened. (IGI) [poss duplication? cf:1724 Sarah]
10 December,
Dawlish: John (Branscome?) buried.[153]
Mary Brownscombe
of Cheriton Bishop makes her will.[154] [cf:1724, the will of Jn Brownscombe of
Cheriton Bishop, is made. Also cf:1725 testamentary cause, John Brownscombe of
Cheriton Bishop]
Lloyd's List
is published, a revival of the failed Lloyd's
News (1696), specialising in news of ships, voyages and merchant ventures.[155]
St.Petrock's,
@1727
1 March, Okeford
(Oakford): Hugh Brunscombe baptised, son of Thomas and Sarah.[157] [Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary
(1725-1752?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768. Hugh poss d.1751?]
10 March, Talaton:
John, son of John Branscomb, christened. (IGI) [poss sixth child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah
(poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), Sarah (1727, Sarah
poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas (1736)]
3 April, Talaton:
Sarah, daughter of John Branscomb christened. (IGI) [poss seventh child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah
(poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), John (1727),
Elizabeth (1731), Sarah (1733), Thomas (1736)]
5 June, Morchard
Bishop: William Brawnscomb, son of John junior, baptised.[159]
31 July: Joshua
Branscombe becomes a Freeman of the city of
8 August,
Crediton: Mary Branscombe marries Walter Hall. [160]
26 August,
Morchard Bishop: William Brawnscomb, son of John junior, buried.[161]
22 October,
Bampton: John Branscomb of Bampton dies, aged 64.[162] [poss bp.1664 Oakford, son of John & Ann
(Lea - m.1655 St.Peter's,
John Brownscombe
of Powderham makes his will.[163] [this is the only Branscombe reference in
Powderham, so far]
Reign of King
George I of
@1728
19 January,
Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Thomas Brunscombe buried.[164] [poss Thomas m.1713 Oakford, Sarah Webborn.
Or poss Thomas, their son, bp.1716? Poss
other children: William (1714), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722),
Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh (1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768. Sarah d.1768]
9 February,
Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): John Brunscombe buried.[165] [poss third child of Thomas m.1713 Oakford,
& Sarah Webborn. Poss other
children: William (1714), Thomas (1716-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722),
Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh (1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in January of
this year? Or this could be Thomas junior, bp.1716? Sarah d.1768]
10 April, Morchard
Bishop: Mr. John Brawnscomb buried.[166]
3 June, Morchard
Bishop: Elizabeth Brawnscomb, daughter of John, baptised.[167]
21 June, St.
Marys, Callington,
3 August,
Littleham: William Branscome buried.[168] [poss m.1676 Littleham, Mary (Crutchet?) OR
poss William, bp 1682 Littleham, third child of William Branscombe of Exmouth
& Mary (Crutchet - m.1676 Littleham)? If so, poss siblings: William (1679),
James (1681), Simon (bp 1684, d.1741?), James (bp 1686), Arthur (bp 1689),
Sarah (bp 1659, m.1683?)?]
15 August,
26 October,
Wembworthy: Mr. Abr Branscom, rector of Eggesford, marries Mrs. Ann Scott of
High Birchington.[169]
18 December,
Withycombe Raleigh: Simon Branscoom, son of Arthur & Eliz, baptised.[170] [Possible siblings: Mary (1715), Arthur
(1718), John (1723 d.1723),
Bering begins
Russian reconnaissance of
Crediton: Mk
Brounscomb marries An Smith. [172]
@1729
12 January,
Dawlish: Susanna Branscombe buried.[173] [poss. wife of Nicholas, d.1724, but cf: note
on Shutterton, below - could this date be 1730 in the old calendar?]
12 March, Morchard
Bishop: Hannah, daughter of John Branscomb, christened.[174] (IGI) [poss
mother
24 May, Crediton:
Mary Branscombe marries Abraham Fulford. [175]
5 October,
(9/15?) November,
Dawlish: John Brimmescombe [Branscombe?] buried.
Widow Branscombe
holds the estate of Shutterton in Dawlish parish, granted by Court Roll.[177] [Shutterton is at Cofton. cf:1696 - Nicholas
Branscombe holds the estate of Shutterton, in Dawlish parish.[178] Poss. father of Thomas (1681), Nicholas
(1685), John (1687), Susanna (1689) - poss. m.1677 Susanna Sawden - cf:1724
will for description of land holdings]
The hamlets around
Dawlish include Cofton, Cockwood, Middlewood, Westwood & Holcombe.
Crediton: Jn
Brounscomb marries An Tape. [179]
@1730
29 March,
Crediton: Elisabeth Branscombe marries William Challacombe. [180]
12 July, Woodbury,
First issue of The Gentleman's Magazine, including
obituaries of the rich and famous. Marriages came later, and births later
still.
In Kenton, George
& Mary, George & Margaret, William & Ann and John & Anne Pearce
suddenly appear in the parish registers, baptising children.[181] [cf:1707]
Dodbrooke?:
Estimated year of birth of William Branscombe. [m. about 1750 Dodbrooke to Agnes C-? They have five children: Mary
(1753), William (1755), James (1758), Richard (1759) & Samuel (1761), all
baptised in Dodbrooke]
Approximate year
of birth of Elizabeth Shapley, later first wife of Samuel Branscombe of
Highweek. Died Highweek, 1772.[182]
Dawlish: Thomas
Prowse becomes Vicar of St.Gregory's to 1789)
Abraham Branscombe
of Teignmouth, a fishing captain who owns his own vessel, is said to be
flourishing in the 1730s. [
@1731
1 January,
Woodbury: John Taylor Branscombe, son of Hannah, christened. (IGI) [No father listed - cf:1706 for birth of
Hannah, daughter of Phil. cf:1762 for marriage of John of Clyst St.George, to
Sarah Howell of Woodbury]
20 March, Morchard
Bishop: Dianisha, daughter of John Branscomb, christened. (IGI) [Dionysia m.1769 Exeter, Henry Westcott]
25 April, Talaton:
Elizabeth, daughter of John Branscomb, christened. (IGI) [poss eighth child of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss
siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah
(poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726), John & Sarah
(1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Sarah (1733), Thomas (1736)]
August: John
Pearse sentenced by Devon Assizes to transportation to
25 August, St
Marys, Callington: Mary, dughter of John Branscomb and Mary his wife, buried,
aged 6. [185]
1 October,
Chittlehampton: Thomas Branscombe marries Mary Gilford. (IGI) [cf:1738 Thomas, 1740 William - poss
children?]
29 December,
Jethro Tull's Horse-Hoing Husbandry published, giving
first public details of the seed drill he invented in 1701. `[It] was not only
the first practical drilling machine produced in England but the first
important step towards the elimination of manual labour in farm operations in
Britain.'[187]
Autobiographical
account of
Captain Arthur
Branscombe is the commander of the Molly
of
Crediton: My
Brounscomb marries Thos Ballamy. [189]
@1732
10 April: Marriage
allegation between Nicholas Branscombe of Ilsington, farmer, and Elizabeth
Stephens of same. Bound by Richard Bethell of
13 April, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): James Brunscombe marries Jone Carpenter.[191] [poss children: Bartholomew (1733), James
(1740). Jone prob died, 1741]
25 December, St.
Marys, Callington: Elizabeth Branchcombe buried. [192]
Abraham
Branscombe, rector, instituted to the living of Chawleigh,
William Branscomb,
ship's captain of
Ilsington:
Nicholas Branscombe, farmer? [195]
@1733
7 February,
Talaton: Sarah, daughter of John Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss ninth child of John & Ann (Mare -
m.1717 Talaton)? Poss siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before 1736?),
Mary (1723), Sarah (poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication? 1726),
John & Sarah (1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731), Thomas
(1736)]
3 May, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Bartholomew Brunscombe baptised, son of James and
Jone.[197] [James m.1732 Oakford, Jone Carpenter. Poss
other child: James (1740). Jone prob d.1741]
July: Elizabeth
Pearce sentenced by Devon Assizes to transportation to the American colonies.[198]
16 September,
Witheridge: Andrew Brownscombe marries Elizabeth Mogford.[199]
The will of John
Branscombe of Morchard Bishop is administered in the Consistory Court of the
Bishop of Exeter.[200]
Kay's Fly Shuttle.[201]
Approximate year
of birth of Frances Southcott of Morchard Bishop, d.1808. [wife of serge-weaver Abraham Branscombe of
William Branscombe
is the commander of the brig Charming
Sally (75 tons) of
@1734
23 May,
Branscombe: Margret Waymouth marries George Oatten. (IGI)
26 May, St.Mary
Magdalene,
23 July, Morchard
Bishop: Anne, daughter of John Branscomb, christened. (IGI)
26 August,
25 December,
The will of John
Brownscombe of Crediton is proved, in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of
Exeter.[205]
Parish register
entries from this year are required to be in the Marriage Act form, requiring
immediate signatures by parties & witnesses, and usually including
professions of parties.
@1735
8 April, Crediton:
Alice Brownscombe marries Will Anstey. (IGI) [cf:1777 Thomas Anstey bp. Dulverton, son of John & Elizabeth
(Branscombe)]
2 June,
Whitestone: James Brinscombe marries Mary Hawkes. (IGI) [or 1725?]
First practical
ship's chronometer produced.
Richard Branscombe
arrives in the
`Many a young man
worked for passage-money to the Colonies, by going as an indentured servant.
After the indenture was over, he was free to ask for a land grant, and bounty.'
Approximate year
James Branscombe of Bampton is born. [d.1809
- Sir James, lay sheriff of
Approximate year
Samuel Branscombe is born, possibly in
Highweek, Newton Bushel or Wolborough. He was a tanner in Kingsbridge,
but may have been an inn keeper originally, owning The Miller's Wheel in Newton Abbot until it was destroyed by fire
in 1791. Samuel marries Elizabeth Shapley in Highweek, in 1758, and they have at
least four children: John (1760), Samuel (1764), William (1765), Richard
(1767).
Crediton: Jn
Brounscomb marries Han Campe. [207]
@1736
3 February,
Withycombe Raleigh:
12 February,
Littleham: Mary Branscom marries Joseph Wood.[209]
23 February,
St.David's,
13 March, Petton
(Bampton): Hugh Branscombe marries Elizabeth Hill. (IGI) [cf:1737, Hugh Branscombe of Bampton makes his will. Also cf:1743, The
will of Hugh Brownscombe of Bampton administered. There is no record, so far,
of the baptism of Hugh. Also cf:1692 & 1751, Hugh Brownscombe of Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?), buried. Also cf:1727, Hugh Brunscombe baptised,
Oakford, son of Thomas & Sarah]
10 May,
St.Edmund's,
5 September,
Talaton: Thomas, son of John Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss tenth and last child of John & Ann
(Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss siblings: William (1718), Thomas (1721, d. before
1736?), Mary (1723), Sarah (poss d. before 1727), Sarah (possible duplication?
1726), John & Sarah (1727, Sarah poss d. before 1733?), Elizabeth (1731),
Sarah (1733). Thomas poss m.1756 Anne Shepherd in Whimple?]
25 September,
Littleham: Mary Branscom buried.[212]
28 December, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Elizabeth Brunscombe marries John Cook.[213]
Anti-Irish riots
in
@1737
24 January,
Sandford: Robert Brownscombe buried. [poss m.1698
27 March, St.Mary
Steps,
August: William
Pearse sentenced by Devon Assizes to transportation to the American colonies.[214]
11 November,
Morchard Bishop: Abraham, son of John Branscomb, christened. (IGI) [poss. m.1758 Frances Southcott of Morchard?
d.1824 Morchard? John poss a sergemaker?]
Hugh Branscombe of
Bampton makes his will.[215] [cf:1736, Petton (Bampton), Hugh Branscombe
marries Elizabeth Hill. Also cf:1743, The will of Hugh Brownscombe of Bampton
administered. Also cf:1692 &
1751, Hugh Brownscombe of Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?), buried]
Sir Robert Walpole
is Prime Minister. Samuel Johnson, and David Garrick, travel to
Chittlehampton:
Thomas Branscombe marries Mary Gilford.[216] [cf:1731 - marriage of Thomas & Mary?]
Earl Kennedy
papers note a marriage licence issued to Philip Branscombe, farmer of Woodbury,
in this year.
@1738
6 January,
Chittlehampton: Mary Branscombe, daughter of Agness, baptised. (IGI)
4 February,
Dawlish: Robert Branscombe & Mary Dorson of Sandford marry. [cf:1739 for bp. & poss death of son
Edward, Dawlish]
May: John Wesley
experiences his "conversion".
18 June,
St.Andrew's, Holborn: Sarah, daughter of William & Jane Branscomb of
Saffron Hill, baptised.[217] [poss William, son of James & Sarah (Martin
- m.1697 Stepney), bp.1707 St.Dunstan Stepney, m.1734 Jane Robinson, St.Mary
Magdalene,
24 July,
Chittlehampton: Thomas Branscombe, son of Thomas & Mary, baptised. (IGI) [cf:1731 Thomas Branscombe m. Mary Gilford.
Also cf:1740 possible brother William]
Captain Arthur
Branscombe (flourished c1733-59) is commander of the sloop John (20 tons - built & registered in
@1739
13 January:
Henshaw Halsey Esquire of Gaddesden, dies. Charles Halsey, sixth son of Thomas
and eldest surviving brother of Henshaw, inherits the estate.[219] [Charles d.1748]
3 March, Dawlish:
Edward, son of Robert & Mary (Dorson of Sandford m.1738?) Branscombe, born.
Baptised 6 March.[220] [poss d.16 March?]
16 March, Dawlish:
Edward Branscombe buried.[221] [poss son of Robert & Mary?]
3 May, Ottery
St.Mary: The Court Leet & Court Baron of the Hundred and Manor of Ottery
St.Mary, held before Thomas Southcott, Steward. Thomas Branscombe is sworn in
to serve as a juror. `At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the manor
courts, having for the most part lost control over agricultural processes after
the enclosure and partition of the common fields, found themselves responsible
for much of the local government now (1913) performed by County & District
Councils. The great increase in traffic throughout the land had drawn attention
to the condition of the roads and bridges, and the old manorial courts
struggled ineffectively either to discharge or to rid themselves of these
constantly increasing demands on their resources - demands that had their
origin in causes external to the interests of the localities affected thereby.'[222] [Thomas poss bp.1721 Talaton, son of John
& Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? cf:1745 Ottery, Peter, son of Thomas &
Anne Branscombe, christened]
Admiral Vernon RN,
captures the
Branscombe family
deeds for Drupe, Colaton Raleigh, 1614-1739. (EPNI) `Drupe Farm (now transformed into holiday cottages) was, in
1330, the home of William atte Thrope. In 1388 it was called Thorp and became
Droope in 1679. The name is interesting in being the only example of the Old
English Thorp (roughly, a dependent
or outlying dairy farm belonging to a village or manor) which has been noted,
in
Approximate year
that Richard Branscombe of
Captain Arthur
Branscombe (flourished c1733-59) is commander of the Hope on a voyage from
Crediton: Fra
Brounscomb marries Thos Lee. [225]
@1740
30 January,
Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): James Brunscombe baptised, son of James.[226] [James m. Jone Carpenter in Oakford, 1732.
Other poss child: Bartholomew (1733). Jone d.1741]
9 February,
Dawlish: Elizabeth Bromblocombe [Branscombe?] & (Richard? Cador?) marry.
12 February,
Chittlehampton: William Branscombe, son of Thomas & Mary, baptised. (IGI) [cf:1731 Thomas Branscombe m. Mary Gilford.
Also cf:1738 possible brother Thomas]
4 April, Dawlish:
Mary Branscombe buried.[227] [wife of Robert?]
29 June, St.Mary
Steps,
6 July, Topsham:
John Pearce marries Sarah Branscombe. [cf:Charles
Pearse - plumber with premises in
Martha
Brownscombe, daughter of Mark, mason of Thorverton. (EPNI) [cf:1710, Mark Branscombe of Thorverton [mason?]
makes his will. Also cf:1703,
Jethro Tull dies.
Approximate year
of birth, poss Great Marlow, Bucks., of Bartholomew Branscomb, later tin-plate
worker and Freeman of the City of
Arthur Branscombe
of Topsham, a ship's captain who flourished in the
Pinhoe: Nicolas
Braunscombe marries An Mathews.[230]
@1741
7 April,
Littleham: Simon Branscom buried.[231]
18 May: Samuel
Waymouth, apprentice of Abraham Gilberd [Gilbert?], druggist, admitted to the
Freedom of the City of
26 May, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Jone Brunscombe buried, wife of James.[233] [prob Jone Carpenter, m.1732 Oakford. Poss
children: Bartholomew (1733), James (1740)]
5 June,
St.Marychurch, Tormoham: Mary Banstone [Branscombe?] buried. [died?]
8 June, Dawlish:
Mary Banscome [Branscombe?] buried.
October: David
Garrick first comes to public notice as Shakespeare's Richard III, at Goodman's
Fields Theatre,
`So enormous was
the acclaim for Garrick's performance, one observer commented that 'there are a
dozen dukes of a night at Goodman's Fields, sometimes.' Throughout the winter
of 1741-2, Garrick's presence ensured that this little
`The opening of
the
Bideford: William
Brownscomb marries Sara Buckingham.[236] [cf:1723 Branscombe/Buckingham marriages in
Crediton]
@1742
15 March, St.Mary
Steps,
30 March,
Thorverton:
The underground
"Chamber" at Royston discovered.
`The years of
peace under Walpole, chief Minister between 1721 and 1742 [saw] a steady
improvement in the standard of living, and this ... led to a greater demand for
food, clothing and other commodities.'[239]
@1743
2 May: John
Waymouth, apprentice of Peter Clarke, ironmonger, admitted to the Freedom of
the City of
Abraham
Branscombe, rector, surrenders the living of Chawleigh,
17 May, Chawleigh:
Abraham Branscombe is buried.[241] His will is proved in 1745? [242]
17 July,
St.Pancras,
July: John Pearse reprieved (probably from death sentence, or burning in the hand) by
Thomas Branscombe, late of
Morchard Bishop, an insolvent
debtor discharged from prison.
Wm Jewell of
Langford Bodwill,
Dawlish manorial
records - miscellaneous volume of presentments, 1743-49.[244]
The will of Hugh
Brownscombe of Bampton is administered.[245] [cf:1737, Hugh Branscombe of Bampton makes
his will. Also cf:1736, Petton (Bampton), Hugh Branscombe marries Elizabeth Hill.
Also cf:1692 & 1751, Hugh Brownscombe of Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?),
buried]
John Wesley
preaches for the first time at Axminster, where methodism was already long
established, having been brought there by a soldier. From Axminster came the rash
of small socities, including Branscombe, in the early nineteenth century.[246]
Approximate year
of birth of John Branscomb, poss buried
Littleham: There
is a gap in the baptism registers from 1705-1743, and in the burial registers
from 1678-1743.[248]
Captain Arthur
Branscombe is commander of the Sea Nymph
of
Dawlish: Agn Brouncombe
marries Rbt Tripe. [250]
@1744
3 February,
Dawlish: Robert Branscombe & Sarah Voysey marry. [by banns] [251] [poss second marriage for Robert? cf:1740
Mary Branscombe buried]
17 May, St.Mary
Steps,
2 September, All
Hallows-on-the-Walls,
Richard Branscomb
of
Captain Arthur
Branscombe is commander of the Sea Nymph
of
@1745
Jacobite Rebellion
(to 1746).
6 March, Ottery
St.Mary: Peter, son of Thomas & Anne Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [Thomas poss bp.1721 Talaton, son of John
& Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Peter poss. marries 1767 Ottery St.Mary?
Poss siblings: Elizabeth (1749), Sarah (1752)?]
14 May, Tiverton:
Hannah Branscombe marries William Cummins. (IGI)
18 August, St.Mary
Steps,
Abraham
Bremscombe, clerk of Chawleigh, makes his will.[254] [poss. former rector of Chawleigh cf:1743]
Crediton: Jn
Brounscomb marries My Bolt. [255]
@1746
16 April:
`By the eighteenth
century, the word `discipline' covered the whole complex business of priming,
loading, cocking, presenting and firing the `Brown Bess' infantry muskets to
the beat of a drum, a ritual which if carried out perfectly, left British
red-coats invulnerable to direct assault, as at Culloden, but when bungled left
them, as an OED citation says, `fit only for the contempt and slaughter of
their enemies', as at Falkirk the year before.'[256]
29 June,
St.Pancras,
"Black
Friday". The day the Bank of England was nearly bankrupted.[257]
The capture of
Battle of
Negapatam, Indian sub-continent.
Charles Halsey,
sixth son of Thomas and holder of the estate of Great Gaddesden since 1739, is
Sheriff of Hertfordshire.[259] [d.1748]
All Hallowes,
@1747
William Stith, History of The First Discovery and
Settlement of Virginia, published.
17 February,
St.Andrew's, Colyton: Ann, daughter of William & Sarah Branscombe,
christened.[261] [no record of their marriage. Poss sibling
Sarah (1751)]
11 March, Cheiton
Fitzpaine: Anna, daughter of William Brownscombe, christened. (IGI)
21 April (IGI says
22nd), St.Benedict & St.Peter, Paul's Wharf,
17 August,
`Captain Branscombe,
7 September,
`Captain Branscombe,
12 October,
`Captain Branscombe cleared for Newfoundland.'[266]
16 September: Philip
Branscombe makes his will.[267] [The will is proved in
23 December,
Dawlish: 5th great-grandfather Edward Brownscombe marries Elizabeth Pearse, by
banns.[268] [Elizabeth poss bp.1725 Whitestone, daughter
of Thomas, or bp.1722 Bishopsteignton, daughter of Peter & Mary? Children:
Anne (1748), Robert (1750), Edward (1752),
Ann Starling's
great-aunt Mary Merrygame marries Thomas Fox. Mary Fox is a witness at Ann
& Edward Branscombe's marriage, in 1817. Ann & Edward's fourth child,
born in 1823, is called Thomas Fox Branscombe.
Lord Lovatt is
beheaded on Tower Hill, for Jacobitism - the last execution on this site, in
use since the fourteenth century. A stand holding 1000 spectators collapses.
Elizabeth
Branscombe called "daughter" in Nathan White's will [Maine & New
Hampshire].[269] [cf:1732 William Branscomb, ship's captain of
Garrick begins 29
year reign as actor-manager at
Benjamin Robbins,
mathematician & specialist in the principles of gunnery, delivers a pioneer
paper on ballistics to the Royal Society.[271]
Approximate year
of birth, according to burial age on headstone in Dawlish in 1824, of John
Branscombe. [Poss marries Agnes Pike in
1781 in Dawlish. Poss father of John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866),
Anne (1787-1787), Sarah (1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne
(1798), Captn. William (1803)]
Crediton: My
Brounscomb marries Wm Baker & Jn Brounscomb marries Sus Caunter. [272]
@1748
17 January,
Dawlish: Richard Pearse marries Mary Borrow.[273]
March: Edward
Pearse sentenced by Devonshire Assizes to transportation to the American
colonies.[274]
6 April, nr
10 April, Dawlish:
Mark Tapper marries Margaret Voysey.[276]
24 June, Morchard
Bishop: John Brawnscomb buried.[277]
1 August, Salcombe
Regis: Eliz, daughter of James & Eliz Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss m.1747 St.Benedict, Paul's Wharf,
17 October,
Dawlish: Anne Brownscombe, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth (Pearse - m.1747
Dawlish) born. Baptised on 29 October.[278] [Siblings: Robert (1750), Edward (1752),
31 October,
St.Mary Major,
`The age of wide
improvements on the roads is usually said to have begun with the spread of the
turnpikes, after 1748.'
John Branscombe of
Bampton makes his will.[280]
Tobias Smollett's
first novel, The Adventures of Roderick
Random, is published.[281]
Approximate year
of birth of James Pearce, who died at Venbridge Farm, Kenton, in 1831.[282]
Chittlehampton:
James Brownscombe marries Agnes Gould.[283]
Captain Arthur
Branscombe is commander of the Portugal
Merchant (100 tons, 14 men, 2 guns) of
@1749
February: Anson,
at the Admiralty, reforms command structure of fleet, and issues new Fighting Instructions.[285]
27 March, Colaton
Raleigh: Sarah Branscombe marries John Hellier. Over the next 20 years, they
produce at least five children, the first in October 1749, the last on Boxing
Day, 1769.[286] [cf:1799 Sarah Hellier]
24 April, Dawlish:
John Beard, son of John &
25 April,
St.George's,
27 April,
May?: Henry
Fielding publishes Tom Jones and
becomes a
7 May, St.Mary
Steps,
8 May, Okeford
(Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Agnes Brownscombe buried.[289] [poss Agnes Lake, m.1701 Oakford,
Bartholomew. Prob children: Bartholmew (1701), James (1703), Andrew (1707)]
24 May, Ottery
St.Mary: Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas & Anne Branscombe, christened. (IGI)
[Thomas poss bp.1721 Talaton, son of John
& Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss siblings: Peter (1745), Sarah (1752)?
2 September,
St.Paul's,
Elias Newcomen,
second son of Thomas [b.1663,
The strategic
@1750
3
January, Littleham: Elizabeth Branscomb, daughter of William Halse, baptised.[290] [cf:1752
Elizabeth Branscomb buried]
March,
The
order book for
Richard
Branscomb made oath that about fourteen or fifteen years since he imported
himself directly from the Kingdom of Great Britain into the Province of Maryland
and from thence into this Colony where he served a part of his servitude and
that this is the first time of his proving such Importation which is ordered to
be certified.
Fred Tubbs comments:
Other
entries in the court records had similar wording for other individuals; they
imply that a number of residents of
2
July, Dawlish: Fourth great-grandfather Robert Brownscombe, son of Edward &
Elizabeth (Pearse - m.1747 Dawlish) born. Baptised Dawlish, 22 July.[292] [becomes
father of our branch and William Waymouth's branch. Died, 1801. Siblings: Anne (1748), Edward (1752),
27
September,
`By
1750, the furnesses of the ironmasters were well-established near the woods of
the
`The
beer called Porter emerged in the middle of the eighteenth century, and
remained Britain's most popular ale until after the First World War, when drinkers'
tastes shifted to bitter.'
Though
Philip
Branscombe of Colaton Raleigh makes his will.[294] [this is
the last mention of Colaton Raleigh in connection with Branscombes. The first
is 1614. cf:1752 the will of Phillip Branscombe is proved in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury]
`In
1750 most tools used by the farmer were made either locally by the village
smith or carpenter or, in a cruder form, by the farmer himself.'[295]
Dodbrooke?:
Approximate year of marriage of William Branscombe, founder of the Kingsbridge
line, to Agnes C ? [children: Mary
(1753), William (1755), James (1758), Richard (1759), Samuel (1761) - all bp.
Dodbrooke]
Year
of birth of Charles, one of at least five sons of ship's captain William
Branscomb & Elizabeth (White - m.1732), possibly in
Richard
Branscomb emigrates to
Simon
Branscomb, ship's captain of
The
manual chain ferry across the Exe at
Philip
Branscombe of Topsham, a "bye boat keeper" in
@1751
11
August, St. Andrew's, Colyton: Sarah Branscombe, daughter of William &
Sarah, baptised.[301] [poss
sibling Ann (1747)]
21
August, Bampton: William Branscombe aged 33, buried. His wife Sarah died in
1796.[302] [poss b.
ABOUT 1724 Bampton/Tiverton? Poss father of William, Bartholomew & James?]
12
September,
14
September, St. John's, Newfoundland: A letter to Arthur Branscombe states that
Ł105 is due to Elizabeth Branscomb of Exmouth, Devon, from Arthur, as heir of
his late father Arthur Branscomb.[304] [Earl
Kennedy believes this is Arthur, b.1689 and his son Arthur, b.1718]
16
September,
Approximate
year of death of Simon Branscombe of Exmouth, a small merchant and ship's
captain who owned a fishing plantation in
20
October, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Hugh Brownscombe buried.[307] [poss
seventh child of Thomas m.1713 Oakford, & Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Mary
(1725-1752?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768]
Approximate
year Arthur Branscombe born, somewhere in
W.
Hogarth paints[?] Gin Lane;
Tobias
Smollett publishes The Adventures of
Peregrine Pickle.[311]
"I.C."
carves their initials into the window surround at Edge.
Approximate
year of death of Arthur Branscombe, bp 1689 Littleham, lived in
@1752
23
February, St. George,
10
April, St. Marys, Callington: Thomas Branscombe m. Jane Holyday. [315]
22
April, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Mary Brownscombe buried.[316] [poss
sixth child of Thomas m.1713 Oakford, & Sarah Webborn. Poss other children: William (1714), Thomas
(1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias (1722), Hugh
(1727-1751?). Thomas d. before 1768, poss in 1728? Or this could be Thomas
junior, bp.1716. Sarah d.1768]
20
May: Elizabeth Branscomb, only child of James of Exmouth & Elizabeth (Heard
of Bridgewater - m.1747
24
June, Ottery St. Mary: Sarah Branscombe daughter of Thomas & Anne,
baptised. (IGI) [Thomas poss bp.1721
Talaton, son of John & Ann (Mare - m.1717 Talaton)? Poss siblings: Peter
(1745),
1
July
3
August, Aylesbeare,
23
August, Colyton: William Branscombe Farrant, son of Elizabeth Farrant,
baptised. [cf:William & Sarah
Branscombe in Colyton from at least 1747 to at least 1751. Also cf:1777 William Branscombe m. Mary
Lang]
24
August, St. Sidwell's,
2-14
September: Until 1752, the year began in
15
October, Littleham: Elizabeth Branscomb buried.[320] [poss
wife of Arthur (Callard - m.1713) or their daughter, bp.1725 Littleham? OR
Elizabeth, daughter of William Halse, bp.1750?]
16
October: Henry Waymouth, apprentice and son of Samuel Waymouth, tobacconist,
admitted to the freedom of
1
December, Dawlish: Edward Brownscombe, son of Edward & Elizabeth (Pearse -
m.1747 Dawlish) born. Baptised 22 December.[321] [d.1822?
Siblings: Anne (1748), Robert (1750),
24
December, St. Andrew's,
The
will of Joshua Branscombe of
The
attempts of the French to carve out a colonial possession in
The
will of William Bartlett, clerk, of Hole-in-Branscombe, is administered.
The
will of William Branscombe of Doddiscombsleigh is made in the Principle
Registry of the Bishop of Exeter.[326] [cf:1782
John]
@1753
A Summary, Historical &
Political, of The First Planting of British Settlements in North America, by William Douglass, published
in
5
January,
17
January,
22
March, Pilton [
5
April: Foundation charter for the establishment of the
7
July,
8
July, Aylesbeare: William Branscombe, son of John & Elizabeth, baptised.
(IGI) [poss first child of John &
Elizabeth (Perriman - m.1752 Aylesbeare)? Poss siblings, all bp. Aylesbeare:
John (1756), Anne (1758)]
22
July, Morchard Bishop: Thomas Branscombe buried.[332]
9
September, Dodbrooke: Mary, first child of William Braunscombe & Agnes (? -
m. ABOUT 1750 Dodbrooke?), baptised.[333] [siblings:
William (1755), James (1758), Richard (1759), Samuel (1761) - all bp. Dodbrooke]
27
October, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: Joseph, son of Joseph & Elizabeth Mortimor,
baptised.[334] [brother
of Charlotte, bp.1767, future wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Wolborough)]
Marriage
Act ends marriage by unlicenced ministers and regularizes the calling of banns.[335]
Approximate
year of birth of (Captn.) Philip Leigh junior, probably
@1754
3
March, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Bartholomew Brownscombe from Stoodley
(Stoodleigh, nr. Bampton?) buried.[336] [poss
b.1733 Oakford, first child of James & Jone (Carpenter - m.1732 Oakford)?
Or poss m.1701 Oakford, Agnes Lake?, or poss their son, bp.1701 Oakford]
13
March St. John's Chapel, Stepney: Simon Branscombe, a bachelor aged 25 of St.
John's parish, Wapping, marries Alice Stabman, a spinster aged 21 of St.
George's, Stepney, by licence.[337] [possibly
b.1728 Withycombe Raleigh, son of Arthur & Elizabeth?. Their child Elenor
b.1755]
13
April, St. Mary Steps,
The
Hardwicke Marriage Act causes a separate register to be kept, for marriages.
The use of printed forms and the signing of the entry by both parties became
compulsory.
Henry
Fielding dies.
@1755
31
March, Cadeleigh [Tiverton]: Zacharias Branscombe marries Elizabeth Middleton.
(IGI) [poss bp.1722 Oakford, fifth child
of Thomas & Sarah (Webborn - m.1713 Oakford). Possible child of this
marriage,
20
April, St. George-in-the-East, Stepney: Elenor, daughter of Simon & Alice
Branscombe, baptised.[338] [Simon
Branscombe of St. John's parish m. Alice Stabman, Stepney 1754]
23
April, Dawlish: Sarah Branscombe is buried.[339] [cf:1756]
27
April, St. Andrew's,
July
15, Dawlish: Sarah Branscombe buried? [cf:23
April above]
3
August, Crediton: Ann, daughter of Mark Brownscombe, christened. (IGI)
26
August, Morchard Bishop: Anne Branscombe, daughter of Hannah, buried.[341] [Hannah
bp.1729, fourth child of John & (Elizabeth)?]
14
September, St. Andrew's,
20
October, Dodbrooke: William, second child of William Braunscombe & Agnes (?
- m. ABOUT 1750 Dodbrooke?), baptised.[343] [siblings:
Mary (1753), James (1758), Richard (1759), Samuel (1761) - all bp. Dodbrooke]
Of
2339 children received into care at the London Workhouse, Bishopsgate, in the
five years since 1750, only 168 are still alive.
The
will of James Brownscombe of Crediton is proved in the Consistory Court of the
Bishop of Exeter.[344]
Samuel
Johnson's Dictionary of the English
Language published.[345]
Approximate
year of birth of Nicholas Branscombe, baker of
Approximate
year William Branscombe, grandfather of John Hinam Branscombe, is born,
probably in Bampton, to William & (Sarah?). [William senior died, 1752]
@1756
5
January, Whimple: Thomas Branscombe marries Anne Shepherd. (IGI) [Thomas poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John
& Anne (Mare, m.1717 Talaton)? Poss children: William (1757), Sarah (1759),
Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John (1765), Anne (1768), Robert (1770),
Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776)]
2
February,
2
March, Aylesbeare,
23
April, Dawlish: Sarah Branscombe buried. [cf:1755,
23 April - duplication?]
17
September,
19
October, Broadhempston,
13
November, Dawlish: Elizabeth Branscombe, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth
(Pearse - m.1747 Dawlish) born. Baptised, St. Gregory's, 28 November.[349] [Siblings:
Anne (1748), Robert (1750), Edward (1752)]
@1757
16
January, Whimple: William, first child of Thomas & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756
Whimple) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [Thomas
poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss
siblings: Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John (1765), Anne (1768),
Robert (1770), Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776)]
3
March,
10
March, St. Marys, Callington: Mary Branscombe buried. [351]
10
May,
6
June, Clyst St. George: William Branscomb of Clyst St. George, marries
Elizabeth Chapple, widow, also of Clyst, by licence. Witnesses: Katherine &
John Baker.[353] [These
witnesses appear on many of the parish marriage records. William &
Elizabeth may have had just one child, William, bp.1762 Clyst. A William d.1790
Clyst. An
6
June,
10
July, Cheriton Fitzpaine: Elizabeth, daughter of William Branscombe,
christened. (IGI)
`The
Militia was established in 1757 [Militia Bill], and the Napoleonic Wars caused
a great number of men to be drawn for the Militia. Persons drawn who were
unwilling to serve, had to get a substitute; it appears that most people of
note in Dawlish obtained, or tried to obtain, substitutes. In a great number of
cases, substitutes had to be got from other parishes.'[354] [cf:1758]
The
will of William Branscombe of Bampton is administered.[355]
After
the capture of
James,
Lord de Saumerez, later Captain , then Admiral, born
Arthur
Branscombe of Topsham, a ship's captain who flourished in the
Arthur
Branscombe of
@1758
6
February,
26
March, Dodbrooke: James, third child of William Braunscombe & Agnes (? - m.
ABOUT 1750 Dodbrooke?), baptised.[359] [siblings:
Mary (1753), William (1755), Richard (1759), Samuel (1761) - all bp. Dodbrooke]
11
April, St. Gregory's, Dawlish: Robert Branscombe, husbandman, marries
12
April, Aylesbeare: Anne, daughter of John & Elizabeth Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [poss third child of
John & Elizabeth (Perriman - m.1752 Aylesbeare)? Poss siblings, all bp.
Aylesbeare: William (1753), John (1756).
cf:1787 for next Aylesbeare ref. Susanna, daughter of William & Mary
Branscombe, christened]
15
May, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent), Newton Abbot: Samuel
Branscombe, sojourner, marries Elizabeth Shapley of Wolborough (by banns?).[361] [Samuel
poss marries second wife, Mary Call in 1772, the year
18
June, Cheriton Fitzpaine: Elizabeth Branscome, daughter of Zachery, christened.
(IGI) [possibly Zacharias (b.1722
Oakford) & Elizabeth (Middleton - m.1755 Cadeleigh)?]
25
June, Whitestone: James Hexter, son of Emanuel & Thomazin, is baptised.[362]
27
June, Topsham: Ann Branscombe, widow of Topsham parish, marries Norrilurau
Polman, gentleman, also of Topsham, by licence. Norrilurau signs with a mark.
Ann may also sign with a mark, but there are two scrawled signatures; Ann Polnam and Ann Brons...? Witnesses are Samuel Morriss and Elizabeth Southcott.[363]
August,
30
August,
3
September, Morchard Bishop: Elizabeth Brancom, widow, buried.[366]
22
September, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: John Mortimor, son of Joseph & Elizabeth,
is baptised.[367] [brother
of Charlotte, bp.1767, future wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Wolborough)]
7
December,
27
December, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe of
The
Militia Bill of 1757 is amended to allow militia captains to accept volunteers
instead of the ordinary militiamen who were compulsorily furnished pro rata by each parish. Parishes
balloted for men to serve for three years in the Militia, but those who were
chosen could pay someone else to serve for them. This happened quite frequently
and indeed the substitute might only serve a year and then get someone else to
substitute for him. They travelled about the country as any Army regiment might
do, but they did not serve outside the
Frederick
Halsey of Great Gaddesden, deceased, eldest brother to the present member for
the county, listed in The Gentleman's
Magazine as a former member of the Royston Club.[373]
@1759
16
January: Public first admitted to the
James
expels the French from
Captain
James serves at
18
February, Whimple: Sarah Branscombe, second child of Thomas & Ann (Shepherd
- m.1756 Whimple), baptised. (IGI) [Thomas poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John
& Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss siblings: William (1757), Thomas
(1761), Richard (1763), John (1765), Anne (1768), Robert (1770), Elizabeth (1772),
Mary (1776)]
3
June, Talaton: William, son of Mary Branscombe, christened. (IGI)
13
June, St. George, Middlesex: Alice Branskum marries James Johnson of Wapping.[375]
3
August, Dodbrooke: Richard, fourth child of William Braunscombe & Agnes (?
- m. ABOUT 1750 Dodbrooke?), baptised.[376] [siblings:
Mary (1753), William (1755), James
(1758), Samuel (1761) - all bp. Dodbrooke]
George
Frederick dies. [b.1685]
4
October, St. Andrew's,
13
November,
5
December, Clyst St. George: Thomas Suxpitch buried.[378]
@1760
25
January,
18
February, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (Independent), Newton Abbot: John, first child of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton Abbot, d.1772 Highweek) Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [John m.1787 Mary
Mountstephen? buried 1828 Highweek? siblings:
Samuel (1764), William (1765), Richard (1767-1771)]
7
April, Farringdon: Mary Branscomb marries William Shorland. (IGI)
7
April, Tiverton: Ann Brownscombe marries John Oxenham. (IGI)
20
August, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: William, son of Joseph & Elizabeth Mortimor
[Mortimer?], baptised.[380] [brother
of Charlotte, bp.1767, future wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Wolborough)]
25
October, Kensington: King monarchsGeorge II dies. (reigned since 1727). monarchsHis grandson George III ascends the throne (to 1820).
britainWheat
prices in
The
British win control of east
`Of
the 50 years after 1760, more than half are, for
Approximate
year of birth, Agnes Pike, later wife of John Branscombe. [m.1781 Dawlish, d.1836]
Elizabeth
Branscombe called "cousin" in Margaret Reed's will, widow of Hugh
Reed [Maine & New Hampshire].[381]
The
will of John Branscombe, of Callington, proved in the Archdeaconry of Cornwall.[382] [poss
m.1719 Plymouth St Andrews, Mary Harris? Poss children: John (1720), Richard,
(1722), Thomas (1728)?]
The
will of John Brownscombe of Bampton is administered.[383]
Joseph
Massie publishes a broadsheet entitled: A
Computation of the Money that hath been exorbitantly Raised upon the People of
Great Britain by the Sugar Planters, in One Year from January 1759 to January
1760; shewing how much Money a Family of each Rank, Degree or Class hath lost
by that rapacious monopoly ... Leaving aside the polemic which is its main
reason for being, it contains important statistics for the population of
Britain which are thought to be reasonably accurate, a full forty years before
the first census. `If we multiply Massie's 1, 471, 600 families by four and a
half, which is thought to be the size of the average family at that time, we
get a figure for the population of England and Wales in 1760 of 6.6 million,
and this is confirmed by modern estimates, which all range between 6.5 and 6.7
million ... it was a poor society, as one would expect when almost everything
had to be made by hand and manhandled to its destination with only the help of
wind and horse. The national income he estimated at Ł60.9 million, which was
only Ł47 6s per family, or about Ł9 10s per head a year ... yet by the
standards of that time England, if not Scotland, Wales or Ireland, was a rich
country, and the average income was somewhat higher than those of Holland and
France, the next richest, and far higher than the countries of southern and
eastern Europe ... But the national wealth was not shared out equally ... there
was an enormous difference in wealth between the ruling few and the many poor.
At the top there were the aristocracy and gentry, a tiny class of landlords,
18, 070 families, scarcely more than one in a hundred (1.2%) who shared
according to Massie, one seventh of the national income (14.3%). At the bottom
the mass of the `lower orders' or `labouring poor', nearly three fifths of the
population (866, 000 families, 58.9%), shared little more than a quarter of the
income (25.7%). But in other European countries this bottom layer, though
constituted rather differently, of subsistance peasant farmers rather than
mainly landless labourers, would have been much larger - three quarters of the
population in France, four fifths in most of eastern Europe, nine tenths or
more in Russia - and even poorer. The great difference in
Approximate
year (Sir) James Branscombe commences as a lottery office-keeper, according to
the obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine,
December 1809.
@1761
8
February, Dawlish: George, son of John & Hannah Beard, baptised. (IGI)
1
March, Whimple: Thomas Branscombe, third child of Thomas & Anne (Shepherd -
m.1756 Whimple), baptised. (IGI) [Thomas senior poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of
John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss siblings: William (1757), Sarah
(1759), Richard (1763), John (1765), Anne (1768), Robert (1770), Elizabeth
(1772), Mary (1776)]
17
April, Tiverton: James, son of Bartholomew & Elizabeth Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss
siblings: Betty (1763), Mary (1766), Sarah (1768). James poss m.1785 Tiverton,
Rachel Andrews?]
23
August, Dodbrooke: Samuel, son of William Braunscombe & Agnes (? - m. ABOUT
1750 Dodbrooke?), baptised.[385] [siblings:
Mary (1753), William (1755), James (1758), Richard (1759) - all bp. Dodbrooke]
24
October, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: Mary, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth
Mortimor [Mortimer?], baptised.[386] [buried
the same month. Sister of Charlotte,
bp.1767, future wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Wolborough)]
The
capture of
@1762
21
March, Clyst St. George: Elizabeth Branscomb buried. William, son of William
and Elizabeth Branscomb, baptised. (Nicholas Roe, Rector)[389] [poss
William & Elizabeth (Chapple - m.1757 Clyst? This may have been their only
son and
13
April, Morchard Bishop: Joseph, first or second child [cf:1759] of Abraham [serge-weaver] & Frances (Southcott - m.1758) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss m.1785
Christian Morrish. Joseph poss m. Frances Horwell after Christian d.1810?]
7
June, Clyst St. George: Marriage of Richard Westcott & Hannah Suxpitch,
both of Clyst. Witnesses: W. Branscombe & John Baker.[390] [Baker
appears regularly as a marriage witness. cf:1720 Grace Branscombe m. Thomas
Suxpitch,
25
June,
12
September,
`Captain Branscombe arrived in
28
November, Plympton St. Mary: Anthony Beard, ropemaker of
26
December, Clyst St. George: Banns of marriage between John Taylor Branscomb
[bp.1731?], of Clyst St. George, and Sarah Howell of Woodbury.[394] [married,
January 1763, Woodbury]
Approximate
year that Robert Branscombe [direct ancestor], aged 12, begins work as a common sailor
on merchant vessels.
`Water
transport, whether on natural or artificial navigations, was enormously cheaper
than land. As Adam Smith pointed out, `Six or eight men ... by the help of
water- carriage, can carry and bring back in the same time the same quantity of
goods between London and Edinburgh, as fifty broad-wheeled waggons, attended by
a hundred men, and drawn by four hundred horses.''[395]
@1763
20
January, Woodbury,
6
March, Whimple: Richard, fourth child of Thomas & Anne (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [Thomas
poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss
siblings: William (1757), Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), John (1765), Anne
(1768), Robert (1770), Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776)]
7
March, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent), Newton Abbot: Samuel, son
of Samuel & Eliz Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss second child of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton
Abbot, d.1772 Highweek). Siblings: John (1760-1828?), Samuel (1764), William
(1765), Richard (1767-1771)]
3
April, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): James Brownscombe buried.[396] [poss
b.1740 Oakford, second child of James & Jone (Carpenter - m.1732 Oakford),
or could be James senior?]
28
April,
30
May, Tiverton: Betty, daughter of Bartholomew & Betty Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [
12
June, Morchard Bishop: Joseph Branscombe buried.[398]
The
will of Joseph Branscombe of Morchard Bishop is proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter.[399]
7
August, St. Anne,
27
September,
Withycombe
Raleigh?: Approximate year of birth of Sarah Haymen [d.1843], who marries
William Branscombe in 1793 and becomes grandmother of William Branscombe,
tinsmith of Mudgee.[402]
Seven
Years' War; ends; the British britainAdmiralty de-commissions many vessels.
The
Treaty of
`The
empire could be said to owe its existence largely to
Edward
of Shrivenham draws up a map of manorial lands and properties owned by
the Goddard family, in and around
The
will of Mark Brownscombe of Tiverton is administered.[403] [cf:1740,
Martha Brownscombe, daughter of Mark, mason of Thorverton. Also cf:1710, Mark Branscombe of
Thorverton [mason?] makes his will. Also cf:1703, Newton St. Cyres;, Mark Branscombe marries helmore, Hanna Helmore]
The
will of Thomas Branscombe of Bishopsteignton is proved.[404]
@1764
20
February, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent), Newton Abbot: Samuel
Branscombe, second child of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton
Abbot, d.1772 Highweek), baptised. (IGI) [siblings:
John (1760-1828?), Samuel (1763), William (1765), Richard (1767-1771)]
10
May, Morchard Bishop: Hannah Branscombe, widow, buried.[405] [cf:1766]
29
May, Morchard Bishop: John, second or third child of Abraham Branscombe & Frances (Southcott - m.1758), christened. (IGI) [cf:1759]
Dawlish
parish records
`Paid for Charity Painter for bringing
from the hospital and for the lent of wheels to draw her on ... 5s 6d'.[406]
15
August, St. Andrew's,
19
August, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: Mary, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth
Mortimor [Mortimer?], baptised.[408] [sister
of Charlotte, bp.1767, future wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Wolborough)]
23
September, Woodbury,
22
November, St. Nicholas, Shaldon: Charlotte, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth
Mortimor, baptised.[409] [future
wife of William Branscombe (bp.1765 Newton Abbot)]
Captain
William [from
30
November,
For
a long series of years even till the Revolution, the sovereigns of
and
elsewhere, fit for a mast for the service of the royal navy. Such
trees,
growing outside the townships granted before the 21st of September,
1722,
were branded with the "broad arrow," and no man might dare cut them
down,
even on his own land, under heavy penalty. Large ships brought to
our
shores goods we were forbidden to provide for ourselves, and carried
away
cargoes of our best pines. What wonder then, that, as the exactions
of
object!
Such
a ship, with a valuable cargo, was wrecked on
night
of
weather,
but owing to the pilot's ignorance of the coast. The ship drove
on
to the sands a little to the south of the present line of fish-houses
on
the north beach, whence the crew, without much difficulty, go ashore.
The
pilot, Capt. Willliam Branscomb, afterward settled in this town, and
became
the third husband of Prudence Page (nicknamed "Old Prue"). [412]
Approximate
year of birth, possibly in
Earl
Kennedy says George Davis of
@1765
9
March, Deptford:H.M.S. Invincible launched. A third rate,
74-gunner. (Robert Branscombe was to serve on.)
30
April, Littleham: Eleanor Branscomb, spinster, marries Thomas Caperl by banns.
Both of this parish. Witnesses Robert Howard and John Baker.[414] [poss
Eleanor bp.1729 East Budleigh, daughter of Philip & Eleanor? Siblings:
Sarah (1724), Mary (1731), Samuel (1734)]
14
July, Whimple: John, fifth child of Thomas Branscombe & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple), christened. (IGI) [poss. m.1791 Alice Mitchell, at Broad Clyst, then settled in Whimple?
Thomas poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John & Anne (Mare, of Talaton m.1717)?
Poss siblings: William (1757), Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763),
Anne (1768), Robert (1770), Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776). John & Alice's
poss children: Mary Ann (1793), Alice
(1795), Betty (1798), William (1801), Thomas (1803), Petronella/Peternella
(1806), Henry (1808), Sarah (1811), all bp. Whimple]
23
July, Wolborough Street Independent Salem Chapel, Newton Abbot: William
Branscombe, third child of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton
Abbot, d.1772 Highweek), baptised. (IGI) [siblings:
John (1760-1828?), Samuel (1764), Richard (1767-1771)]
11
September, Ottery Saint Mary: Agnes Branscombe marries parsons, John Parsons. (IGI) [cf:1752 for last
Ottery ref]
24
September, Week Street Independent,
@1766
16
January,
2
April, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe and William Mortemer [Mortimer?]
witness the marriage of Roger Western and Catherine Webber (widow).[416]
2
April: Richard Bingham of Melcombe Regis marries Miss Sophia Halsey of Great
Gaddesden.[417]
25
April, Tiverton: Mary Branscombe, daughter of Bartholomew & Eliz, baptised.
(IGI) [poss siblings: James (1761), Betty
(1763), Sarah (1768)]
2 June,
Morchard Bishop: Hannah Branscombe buried.[418] [cf:1764 - fourth child of John &
(Elizabeth?), bp.1729?]
31
July, Honiton: The English Food Riots of 1766 begin in
John
Slade, ship-owner sea-captain and merchant of Poole [1719-1792] with an
expanding commercial cod-fishing empire in Newfoundland, siezes a fishing-room
at Fleur de Lys Harbour, north of Cape St. John, built by Devon ship's captain
William Branscombe. `Aggressive and persistent, by the 1760s Slade had expanded
his business. Between 1764 and 1770 he owned and operated three to four ranging
between 40 and 80 tons and averaging 60, and deployed cod-fishing crews in
Twillingate, Fogo and
[There are references to a William Branscombe
of Topsham and
@1767
13
January, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe [serge-weaver] and John Godbear witness the marriage of William Rice
and Mary Hodge.[422] [cf:1841
census - Betty Rice b.circa 1771 & Grace Branscombe, of Dulverton. John
Hodge marries
18
February, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent), Newton Abbot: John Branscombe marries Mary Mountstephen. (IGI) [cf:1787 -
IGI wrong?]
22
February, St. Mary Magdalene,
26
April, Wolborough Street Independent Salem Chapel, Newton Abbot: Richard
Branscombe, son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton Abbot),
baptised. (IGI) [Richard d.1771,
Elizabeth d.1772 Highweek, Highweek. Siblings: John (1760-1828?), Samuel
(1764), William (1765)]
29
April, Ottery Saint Mary: Peter Branscombe marries Mary Trude.[423] [Peter
poss bp.1745 Ottery St. Mary, son of Thomas & Anne? cf:5 November this year for baptism of their
first child,
13
July, St. Andrew's,
19
August, Powderham: Mary, daughter of John & Mary Pearce, baptised.[425] [cf:1771]
17
October, Woodbury: William Branscombe marries Ann Granger. (IGI) [cf:1823 or 1825 Whimple, William Branscombe
m. Elisabeth Granger]
31
October, Plymouth: James Bowden, aged 42, born and living in in Dartmouth,
starts a period of just over seven months as master of the Nancy of Plymouth, plying the coasting trade
("a'coasting").[426]
5
November, Ottery Saint Mary: Elizabeth, daughter of Peter & Mary Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [poss
first child of Peter & Mary (Trude), m.29 April this year? cf:1771 for
baptism of second child, Thomas]
14
December: Samuel Branscombe, blacksmith, son of Joshua Branscombe, becomes a freeman of the city of , by succession. [This appears to
be the last mention so far of a Joshua in
Hargreave's
Spinning Jenny.[427]
@1768
17
January, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Sarah Brownscombe, widow, buried.[428] [poss
Sarah Webborn, m.1713 Oakford, Thomas Brunscombe? Poss children: William
(1714), Thomas (1716-1728?), John (1719-1728?), Philip (1721), Zacharias
(1722), Mary (1725-1752?), Hugh (1727-1751?). Husband Thomas may have been
buried Oakford, 1728?]
26
February,
13
March: Elizabeth Branscomb, only child of James of Exmouth & Elizabeth
(Heard of Bridgwater - m.1747
May:
A list of M.P.s in The Gentleman's
Magazine includes Thomas Halsey of Great Gaddesden. [cf:1784]
14
May: Joseph Mortimer, mariner of St. Nicholas, Ringmore, makes his will. [proved
29
May, Whimple: Anne, sixth child of Thomas Branscombe & Anne (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple?), christened. (IGI) [Thomas
poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss
siblings: William (1757), Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John
(1765), Robert (1770), Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776)]
29
May, Tiverton: Sarah Branscombe, daughter of Bartholomew & Elizabeth,
baptised. (IGI) [poss siblings: James
(1761), Betty (1763), Mary (1766). Sarah m. John Rossiter]
14
June, Plymouth: James Bowden, aged 42, born and living in in Dartmouth,
completes a period of just over seven months as master of the Nancy of Plymouth, plying the coasting
trade ("a'coasting").[432]
16
August, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe [serge-weaver]
and penny, Thomas Penny witness the marriage of pope, John Pope and elworthy, Betty Elworthy.[433]
31
August, New Hampshire Administration of the estate of Simon Branscomb, mariner
of
Redbourn:
Fourth great-grandfather Edward Halsey born. [m.1790 Redbourn, to Sarah Pratt. Children: Thomas (bp.1790), Ann
(bp.1792), Edward (bp.1793), James (bp.1798), Charlotte (bp.1801), William
(bp.1802), Phoebe (bp.1806), Elizabeth (bp.1809), John (bp.1809), Lucy
(bp.1810)]
Bere
Ferrers: Approximate year of birth of
Captain
James leaves
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, a rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate.[435]
Ottery
St. Mary: Ann Branscombe buried.[436]
@1769
3
January, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe [serge-weaver] and William Steer witness the marriage of
James
's improved steam engine & Arkwright's water frame.[438]
3
June, Otahiti: Cook, Captain James Cook observes the transit of Venus.
27
July,
6
October,
The
Royal Clarence, Cathedral Yard,
Approximate
year of birth, probably in Exmouth, of Nancy (Perriam), who served on HMS Orion at the
Approximate
year of birth, probably in Exmouth, of Captain George Perriam, who died in
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 6s 3d, two rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[442]
@1770
Approximate
time when Robert Branscombe, aged 20, is a boatswain on theTwo Sisters. [a schooner called Two Sisters of
3
January, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe and John White witness the marriage of
18
February: Captain Cook, in Endeavour charts Otago coastline to the south of Oamaru. Names
12
March: Thomas Lenox Frederick commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.[445] [cf:1776]
6
May, Powderham: John, son of John Pearce, buried.[446] [cf:1782]
18
May, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Bartholomew Brownscombe buried.[447] [poss
b.1733, first child of James & Jone (Carpenter - m.1732 Oakford)? Or poss
m.1701 Oakford,
18
May,
19
May,
June:
A large Spanish force from
11
July, St. Andrew's, Holborn: James, son of James & Frances Branscomb of
Holborn, baptised.[450] [could
be James, lottery office-keeper? & Frances Harrison, married 18 May this
year?]
26
July, Clyst St. George: William, son of John & Sarah Branscombe, baptised.[451] [Poss
John Taylor Branscombe & Sarah (Howell - m.1763 Woodbury)? cf:1774 for baptism
of sister Sarah. Possibly, this is the William Branscombe who marries Honor
Leigh,
28
October,
30
September, Whimple: Robert, seventh child of Thomas Branscombe & Anne (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple), christened. (IGI) [Thomas poss. bp.1721 or
1736, son of John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss siblings: William
(1757), Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John (1765), Robert
(1770), Elizabeth (1772), Mary (1776)]
2
December,
Henry
Waymouth, formerly a tobacconist apprenticed to his father Samuel, is now a
haberdasher with premises in
Approximate
year when three brothers, William, Henry & Arthur Branscombe, settle in
Mail
carts are introduced for the first time in 1770s, to replace the tradition
post-boys on horsesback. [cf:1711]
St.
Saviour,
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 6s 3d, two rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[455]
@1771
30
March, Powderham: Anne & Elizabeth, daughters of John & Mary Pearse,
baptised.[456] [cf:1767
& 1773]
7
April,
24
May, Ottery St. Mary: Thomas Branscomb, son of Peter & Mary, baptised.
(IGI) [poss second child of Peter & Mary
(Trude - m.1767 Ottery St. Mary). cf:1767 for baptism of first child, Elizabeth]
27
June, Highweek: Richard Branscombe buried.[458] Aged 4 years, the son of Samuel &
Elizabeth Branscombe.[459] [Elizabeth
Shapley - m.1758 Newton Abbot, d.1772 Highweek, Samuel's first wife. Other
children: John (1760-1828?), Samuel (1764), William (1765)]
29
September, Topsham: Elizabeth Branscombe marries Thomas Elliott. (IGI) [cf:East Budleigh
1763 - Sarah Elliott apprenticed to Thomas Branscombe]
3
October,
Dawlish;
parish appoints a female sexton, cumming, Ann Cumming.[460]
`Of
the long-lasting political papers, the Public
Advertiser (formerly the London Daily
Post and later the Public Ledger)
was most important. Run by Henry Woodfall, pere
et fils, it scoopedthe pool by printing Letters
of Junius, penetrating political criticisms anonymously written, attributed
to Sir Phillip Francis or possibly Dr.Wilmot, these increased Advertiser sales from 47, 000 to 84, 000
a month by 1771.'[461]
Spanish
end their occupation of the s, after threats of war from
John
launches the
Dawlish:
Mrs Sainthill pays 5s, two rates, for the Branscombe
estate, on the east side.[462]
@1772
Lord
declares, in the celebrated
Somersett case, that britainslavery could not exist, under English law.
5
February,
16
February, Whimple: Elizabeth Branscombe, eighth child of Thos & Anne
(Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple), baptised. (IGI)
[Thomas poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of
John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss siblings: William (1757), Sarah
(1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John (1765), Anne (1768), Robert (1770),
Mary (1776)]
2
April,
25
June, Highweek: Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758 Newton Abbot), first wife of Samuel
Branscombe, dies, aged 42 years.[465] [Children
: John (1760-1828?), Samuel (1764), William (1765), Richard (1767-1771) cf:
26
June, Highweek: Elizabeth Branscombe buried.[466]
13
July: cook, Captain James Cook sets sail for the south via the Cape of Good Hope from Plymouth, in theResolution (462 tons-112 crew), with theAdventure, under Captain Tobias (336 tons-81 crew).
14
August, St. Andrew's,
18
August, Topsham: Samuel Branscombe marries Elizabeth Cook. (IGI)
19
November, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent) Newton Abbot: Samuel
Branscombe of Highweek marries Mary Call of Wolborough.[468] [poss
second marriage of Samuel, m.1758 Elizabeth Shapley (d.1772 Highweek) cf:1687
James Colle servant to Thomas Branscomb of
2
December, Sandford: Susanna Brownscomb, [died 1806] & William (Barclay/Barely?), [died 1784],
marry. [Susanna's first husband was
badcock, William Badcock]
Bartholomew Branscombe of Tiverton, miller. (EPNI)
Lysons'
say Edge Barton; is in disrepair and the chapel desecrated.[469]
The
Pantheon in
`The
early 1770s were marked by a rapid economic recovery after the spasmodic
recessions of the 1760s. The result, in 1772 was a credit crisis, which
threatened to engulf the East India Company. The Company was the victim of the
excessively high expectations which investors continued to entertain of
`In
1772 a naval cutter, the Gaspée, in
persuit of smugglers, had been caught and destroyed by a party of
Approximate
year of marriage of John Branscome & Sussanah Meader, of Piddletown,
Dawlish:
Mrs Sainthill pays 6s 3d, two rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[473]
@1773
2
January, Ottery Saint Mary: Charles, son of Peter Branscomb & Sarah, christened. (IGI) [cf:1771 for
last Ottery St. Mary ref - bp. of
second child of Peter & Mary (Trude - m.1767?). Poss second marriage for
Peter? Charles poss m.1799 Venn Ottery, Sarah Hellier? Poss Peter Branscombe's
widow buried Ottery, 1773?]
12
January, St. Luke's, Old Street, Finsbury: Sarah Branscombe marries John Pool.
(IGI) [this is the first entry for
Finsbury in the current database, and the last until 1828]
9
February: James Branscomb (38) admitted to the Freedom of the City of
7
March,
13
June (or January/July?), Powderham: George, son of John & Mary Pearse,
baptised.[476] [cf:1771,
1775]
19
June, Bow Presbyterian (now Mint) Meeting House,
's second voyage to the .
charts
The
Stock Exchange opens, in
June/July
14
July: `The brokers and others at new Jonathan's came to a resolution that,
instead of it being called New Jonathan's, it should be called the Stock
Exchange, which is to be wrote over the door.'
Hole was sometime the inheritance of de
la Hole but afterwards came to de la Holcomb, in whose family it
continued seven descents. Hole was, in 1773, in possession of the
16
December, the Boston tea-party: `The Tea Act of 1773 reduced the duties on tea
re-exported to the colonies, with the object of making British tea cheaper than
its smuggled competitors in America. Whether this was done primarily with a
view to the expansion of the [East India] Company's trade, or whether [Prime
Minister Lord] North deliberately sought to bring about American submission to
the remaining duty on tea imports, is not entirely clear. In retrospect the
provocation seems imprudent ... The Sons of Liberty in Boston saw it as a
deliberate attempt to impose an otherwise nominal duty ... On 16 December they
unceremoniously boarded the first tea-ships to arrive in Boston, and dumped
their cargo in the harbour. Their action was applauded in the other colonies
and would have been widely imitated if the Company had not wisely refrained
from landing tea elsewhere ... from a British sta
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 2s 6d, one rate, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[479]
@1774
1
February, Clyst St. George: Sarah, daughter of John & Sarah Branscomb, baptised.[480] [poss
John Taylor Branscombe & Sarah (Howell - m.1763 Woodbury)? Sarah junior
poss m.1800
16
March,
April,
Barnet: Samuel Bartlett, wheelwright, is declared bankrupt.[482]
14
April, Topsham: Robert Branscombe [direct ancestor] joins the Alfred of
Scottish
scotlandmining-bondage prohibited, by law.
29
June, St. Edmund's,
23
August, St. Mary's,
25
September, Atherington: Mary Brownscombe marries William Gill. William, a
husbandman, was the son of George Gill, and baptised in 1753.[485] [there
are still Brownscombes in Atherington, in the 1851 census]
`A
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, deed bundle contains a sad letter of 1774 from John
Ireland, a soldier serving with the East India Company, explaining that his
fellow recruit, William Riley, who had inherited a farm in the parish, had died
of cholera.'[486] [cf:Robert
Branscombe's sickness 1781]
Approximate
year of birth of Catherine (Branscombe), d.1835 Dawlish, aged 61.
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, a rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[487]
Ottery
St. Mary: Thomas Branscombe of Affington, buried.[488]
@1775
9
January: William Branscombe. (EPNI)
12
January, Kenton: James Pearce, husbandman of Kenton marries Mary (Luckcombe?
Luscombe?) of Kenton, by banns.[489]
14
January,
11
February,
`It
paid the Horsehay Iron Company in Shropshire as late as 1775 to send pig iron
down the Severn, round the Welsh coast and up the Dee to Chester, instead of
the fifty miles by road, and Cambridge undergraduates to send their trunks from
London by sea to King's Lynn, and up the Ouse and Cam, rather than the
fifty-one miles by road.'[1]
26
February, Powderham: Margaret, daughter of John & Mary Pearce, baptised.[492] [cf:1773,
1778]
17
April, Kenton: William Pearce, mariner of Dawlish, marries Mary Pearce of
Kenton, by licence. Witnesses John Teague [cf:11 February] & John Bond.[493]
28
April, Plymouth: William Bowden, aged 25, born and living in Dawlish, joins the
crew of the brigantine Longbrook of
Plymouth, as a seaman, under its master Nicholas Sainthill [cf: widow Sainthill of Dawlish 1780],
aged 29, for a voyage from Plymouth to the West Indies and Carolina, returning
in October. William's last ship was a "West Indiaman".[494]
22
June, Highweek: Samuel Branscombe, [tanner?], marries Ann Quick, spinster, by
licence.[495] (IGI) [Samuel
m.1758 Elizabeth Shapley (d.1772 Highweek) & poss m.1772 Mary Call.
Children of this marriage: Mary (1776-1784), Ann (1778-1784), Samuel
(1780-1805) & Philip (1782-1795). According to Ann's will in 1811, she has
two brothers, William and Samuel Quick]
17
August, Holy Trinity,
23
August: The Proclamation of Rebellion issued by
20
October,
Richard;
Branscombe of Brunswick County, Virginia, dies. [b.Devon circa 1720? or
Callington,
James Watt and Matthew Boulton begin their steam engine business, in
The
Gurney family of
`Wool was an important product until the third quarter of the
eighteenth century ... the wool obtained was carried to Exeter, which was an
important cloth-making city ... seems to have been of little importance, and it is noteworthy that the
fish used for feeding the poor in the poorhouse was obtained from other
parishes.'[498]
Ottery
St. Mary: Samuel Coleridge born in the family home next to St. Mary's church.
Approximate
year of marriage, probably in
@1776
15
January, Gittisham: John Branscombe marries Mary Payne of Ottery St. Mary.[499]
26
January, St. Andrew's,
14
March,
WE the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will, tothe utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, withARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies,
against
the United American COLONIES [501] [cf:
6
April:HMS Spy launched, Limehouse. (Robert Branscombe served on)
10
April, Deptford: HMS Spy begins
sea-victualling and wages.[502]
28
April, Ottery St. Mary: Elizabeth Branscombe marries causley, William Causley. (IGI) [poss bp.1749,
Ottery St. Mary, daughter of Thomas & Anne Branscombe. cf:1745 for brother
Peter, 1752 for Sarah]
6
May, Highweek: Mary Branscombe, first child of Samuel & Ann (Quick - m.1775
Highweek), baptised.[503] [d.1784.
siblings: Ann (1778-1784), Samuel (1780-1805) & Philip (1782-1795)]
2
June, Whimple: Mary, ninth and last child of Thomas & Anne (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [Thomas
poss. bp.1721 or 1736, son of John & Anne Mare of Talaton m.1717? Poss
siblings: William (1757), Sarah (1759), Thomas (1761), Richard (1763), John
(1765), Anne (1768), Robert (1770),
24
June: Branscombe, baker by apprenticeship, entered into the Freedom of
Exeter.
30
June, St. George,
4
July: American Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
`We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable rights...'
American
slogan: `No Taxation Without Representation'
War
with American colonies and
`
11
October: Lieutenant Thomas Lenox Frederick promoted to Commander, Royal Navy.[504] [cf:1779]
23
October, (Great Marlow, Bucks?): John Branscombe senior dies, aged 76.[505]
25
December, St. James, Clerkenwell: Jonathan Branscombe m. Hannah Thorne.[506] [cf:1787
Tiverton, Mary Branscomb m. James Thorne]
By
30th. of December, there were 18, 366 seamen in in British ports and depôts, of
which 7, 816 had been raised since the general 'press of 28th.October.
Adam
Smith publishes Wealth of Nations. It
raises the discussion of economic affairs to a new plane. `In it he showed how
the fixing of wages and prices and the obstacles to trade in certain
commodities and to certain countries were seriously hindering the production of
real wealth. He pointed out that if manufacturers were free to fix the rate of
wages by bargaining with workers, and to sell at whatever price they could get,
they would naturally reduce their prices as much as possible, in order to
increase their trade. They would also make their workshops as efficient as
possible. Such freedom would therefore result in a tremendous increase in
production and trade, and the whole nation would be better off, with lower
prices of things they had to buy, and more employment. Now that trade was so
much more widespread, instead of being very localized, it was possible for
certain districts to specialize in producing the goods for which they were best
fitted, and the total quantity of goods produced would be much greater. The
wider the area of trade, the greater the advantage of such specialization, and
the greater the prosperity to be obtained by unhindered trade.'[507]
`According
to Adam Smith, the coal trade between
James
Saumerez R.N. commissioned as a Lieutentant. [to 1781]
`In
1753, the total [news] papers sold annually in
Dawlish:
Elizabeth Branscombe marries Richard Tripe? [cf:1643][510] [possibly
b.1756, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth (Pearse), sister of Robert? Richard
Tripe was born 1743, died 1791. They had at least five children baptised in
Dawlish: John (1752), Mary (1776-1786), Gavin (1779), Elizabeth, (1780), John
(1785).[511] Also cf: typed ms. by P.R. Whiteaway, The History of Rixdale Farm, Dawlish and the
Tripe Family, WCSL Exeter]
`In
1776 some spinners destroyed one of Arkwright's mills near
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 2s 6d, one rate, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[516]
A
celebrated case brought by the Crown against a boatman who had resisted
impressment. The Lord Chief Justice handed down the opinion that the 'press was
inescapable, and that `private mischief had better be submitted to, than that
public detriment and inconvenience should ensue.'
@1777
18
January, St. Andrew's, Colyton: William Branscomb, sojourner, marries Mary
Lang. Witnesses John Down and William Wishlade.[517] [cf:Elizabeth
Lang, married Joseph Mortimer 1753? Also William Branscombe & Sarah baptise
two children in Colyton, 1747 & 1751. Poss parents of George (1778), Mary
(1781), William (1784), all baptised Farringdon?. William may have been born in
Colyton, a son of William & Sarah, but if so there is as yet no sign of his
baptism. He could also be William Branscombe Farrant, son of Elizabeth Farrant,
bp.1752 Colyton?]
7
March, Ringmore, Shaldon: Mariner Joseph Mortimer dies. Will made
30
March, Okeford (Oakford - nr. Bampton?): Honour Branscombe buried.[519]
6
April,
5 July,
20
September,
28
September, Morchard Bishop: Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham & Frances
(Southcott - m.1758) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [d.1799. Abraham & Frances' third or fourth child. cf:1759]
29
December,
Able
Seaman [able-bodied seaman]: `Fully qualified seaman`[522]
In
times of peace,
A
complaint in the official Muster Roll by John Sturgeon, Master of the
N.B. The great
number and variety of men entered and discharged in the above period, many of
whom remained on board but a short time, owing to the Impress and other causes,
renders it almost impracticable to mention their names, etc..[524]
31
December: Thomas Anstey born at Highercombe near Dulverton,
Cook's
third voyage to the Pacific.
`At
the beginning of 1777, thanks to the ordered made ready in British yards in the
second half of 1776, the problem of French naval preparations seemed to be
under control.'
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[527]
@1778
26
January, Morchard Bishop: Abraham Branscombe, George Grant and John Churchill,
Rector of Eggesford, witness the marriage of Robert Leach, widower, and
Elizabeth Davy, widow.[528] [cf:Abraham
Branscombe, rector of Eggesford 1723-32]
February:
Treaty signed between American rebels and France.
`The
American victory at
11
February,
12
February,
14
April, Highweek: Ann Branscombe, daughter of Samuel & Ann (Quick - m.1775
Highweek), baptised.[532] [d.1784.
siblings: Mary (1776-1784), Samuel
(1780-1805) & Philip (1782-1795)]
17
April, Powderham: Hannah, daughter of John & Mary Pearce, baptised.[533] [cf:1775]
16
June: H.M.S. Spy, sloop of 14 guns,
with a complement of 125, wrecked at
Approximately
11 of
`...
after
11
October, Farringdon: George, son of William & Mary Branscombe, christened.
(IGI) [poss William & Mary (Lang -
m.1777 Colyton)? Poss siblings: Mary (1781), William (1784), both baptised
Farringdon. Poss George the fisherman of
12
October, St. Johns, Newfoundland: Robert Branscomb, a supernumery aboard HMS Proteus since June, when his own ship,
HMS Spy, was wrecked on the
Newfoundland coast, is tranferred, at St. Johns, to the crew of HMS Invincible, where he serves until
January 1779.[536]
Beer:
Jack Rattenbury born this year. One of the most notable of
Approximate
year of birth of Sarah (
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[537]
@1779
3
January, Holy Trinity,
30
January, Spithead: Able seaman Robert Branscomb is transferred from the ship's
company of HMS Invincible, with which
he has served since October, to HMS Burford,
Captain Peter Rainier.[539]
HMS
Burford: 3rd rate, 70 guns, 162 x
44.5'. Launched at
The
February 5, 18, & March 2nd musters of HMS Burford are in
11
February, Powderham: Mary Pearce is buried.[540] [cf:1767]
14
February: Captain James Cook killed,
All
musters for HMS Burford in March
& April are at sea. Robert has charges of 19s 1d for slops and 4s 4d
farthing for tobacco.
(30
April/27 July?), St. George,
All
musters for HMS Burford in June &
July are at sea.
20
June, Newfoundland?: Arthur Branscombe is named among a large number of
"American prisoners" belonging to General Sullivan, taken aboard HMS Licorne, for victuals only, at
two-thirds allowance. Discharged to HMS Proteus
on 23 June. [cf:5 August]
24
June: The will of Joseph Mortimer, mariner of St. Nicholas, Ringmore, made
`... my share in the new
clay house at Hackney, in Kingsteignton.'
Another
third part goes to daughter Elizabeth. Remainder of all rights in above, with
certain property in Kingsteignton, to son Joseph and his heirs forever. Residue
to said wife, Elizabeth Mortimer, who is Sole Executrix.' [William & Charlotte's daughter, Charlotte, married Edward Granville]
[541]
5
August, Newfoundland?: Arthur Branscombe, "American prisoner" held
aboard HMS Proteus since June,
discharged back to HMS Licorne, for
transport to Halifax [a British naval
base], where he is discharged to "Bellognes"(?)[542] [This
could possibly be the "
9
August, St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
23
August,
7
September: HMS Burford, with Robert
Branscombe aboard, calls at Simons Town [
30
September: HMS Burford anchored at
All
October musters for HMS Burford are
held at
29
November, Dawlish:
12
December, prob
30
December, Silverton: Sarah Branscombe marries James Thomas. (IGI)
First
iron bridge across the
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 6s 3d, two rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[548]
@1780
The
January 23 and 31 musters on board HMS Burford
are held at Madras Roads.
All
February and March musters of HMS Burford
are held in
18
February, Highweek: Samuel Branscombe, son of Samuel (b.1761) & Anne (Quick
- m.1775 Highweek), baptised.[550] [siblings:
Mary (1776-1784), Ann (1778-1784) & Philip (1782-1795). Samuel poss m.1803
Paignton? d.1805. Father of Samuel, born 1805 in
11
March, Witheridge: The will of Andrew Brownscombe is proved in the Court of the
Archdeaconry of Barnstaple.[551]
7
April: Jorgen Jorgensen born,
2-8
June: The Gordon Riots. `The most ferocious riots
10
November, Littleham: Mary Brandscombe Horn is buried.[552] [cf:1836
9
December, Mangalore: Four prisoners taken by HMS Burford, on which Robert Branscombe is serving. They are discharged
on 27 December, in
15
December, Paignton: William, first child of William Prowse & Elizabeth
(Saunders - m.1779
`After
1780, it could be said, the improvements of Estates became fashionable among
wealthy landowners.'
`The
development of heavy industry was one especially marked feature of British
industrial activity, after 1780. It was a true industrial revolution,
distinguished by sudden and momentous innovations and rapid developments,
linked with the names of individuals.'
`Between
1780 and 1800, there was a kind of canal mania...in those twenty years, the
greater part of the present canal system was built.'
`One
of the most remarkable things about [the industrial revolution] was a rapid
growth in the population. Unfortunately we have no reliable figures before the
first census of 1801, but there was a careful estimate made by Gregory King in
1695. He gave the population then as 5.5 million for
Possibly
the increased use of cotton helped to get rid of typhus. Because wool is not
easy to wash, and cannot be boiled, it stayed dirty and lice thrived in it. In
the later part of the eighteenth century cheap cotton goods became common, and
cotton is easy to wash, while boiling it is the best way to clean it. Washing,
particularly boiling, killed lice and checked the spread of typhus.'[554]
Thomas
Branscombe of Hanwell, Middlesex, pays duty on 3 male servants.[555] [cf:1805,
Mr. James Branscomb of Hanwell]
James
Branscomb (45), Common Councilman of the City of
John
Branscombe, an agent for the firm of Sparke, Hutchings and Sparke of Dartmouth,
flourished in
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, owned by the widow Sainthill [cf:1775 Captain Nicholas Sainthill], valued at Ł1.15.0, is occupied
by Ann Martin.[558]
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 6s 3d, two rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[559]
`It
is recorded by Rev. John Evans, in The
Juvenile Tourist, published in 1818, that: "... when no longer able to
find refuge for the busy craft among their native rocks, the inhabitants of
Sidmouth set on foot a liberal subscription [before 1780] and with it erected a
quay at Torquay, and hence their vessels, boats, and craft of every description
take shelter from the tempest there in time of distress, without paying the
customary duties which are exacted of all others.'[560]
`In
the late eighteenth century the ranges of manufactured domestic goods was still
narrow and the demand for them restricted. The low incomes of the majority of
the population made this inevitable. In the countryside, the greater part of
the ordinary labourer's wages was spent on food. Skilled labourers and those
living near the competitive labour market of the larger towns in the North of
England were better off, but they too had to practise the most careful
housekeeping if wages were to be stretched to cover more than the bare
essentials of living. Ordinary country people grew as much food as they could
in cottage gardens or allotments; they made at least some of their own clothes
and furniture, and made them to last. When they needed to buy something they
usually bought it close to home, and often from the local craftsmen. Their
purchases included a few manufactures: chiefly hand-tools, domestic utensils
and personal bric-a-brac slowly acquired out of savings; from the extra money
earned, perhaps, at harvest-time, or bought on credit.'[561]
@1781
7
February: muster of HMS Burford held
in
15
March, Littleham: Susanna, daughter of James and Sarah Brandscomb, is baptised.[562]
21
March: HMS Burford takes on a large
number of carpenters with Indian names ("
The
HMS Burford musters of April 8, 15
& 22 are held in
1
April,
`...
the most prestigious church in New York ... like all Anglican, Trinity was
primarily loyalist prior to 1783, and its most prominent Rector, the Rev.
Charles Inglis, was attainted and left New York with many of his parishioners.'[565]
13
May, Farringdon: Mary Branscomb, daughter of William and Mary, baptised. (IGI)
[poss William & Mary (Lang - m.1777
Colyton)? Poss siblings: George (1778), William (1784), both baptised
Farringdon]
Battle
of Porto Novo, Indian sub-continent.
The
8 June muster of HMS Burford is held
at Madras Roads, those of June 15 & 22 are at sea. On June 30, the muster
is held at Porto Nova Roads. Those of July 8, 16 & 23 are held "off
Nigapatnam" [Negapatam] The muster of July 31 is held at (Tranqueliar?)
[Trincomalee? Trichinopoly?] Robert Branscombe is marked "Ss" (sick?)
for all June & July musters. If sick, he is one of a dozen crew sick during
this period.[566]
13
June, Topsham: William Branscombe, mariner, marries spinster Jane Pain, both of
the parish, by banns. They both sign their names, although Jane's surname looks
like Payen. The signatures of the two
witnesses are hard to read; they look like M. John(es?) & W. (Hood/Flood?).
[567] [poss
children, all bp. Topsham: William Payne (1783), Sophia (1788), Harriet (1793),
Robert Bradford (1797)]
20
August, St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
All
August & September musters of HMS Burford
are held "off Nagou Patnam" [Negapatnam] Robert Branscombe is marked
"Ss" (sick?) for all musters.
6
September,
October
6: HMS Burford takes on
"Seapoy" (a ship name?) prisoners at Nagore (?) many have single
names: Andaman, Kanama, Marana, Asura, Guonar. There are many Dutch names also.
Discharged
November:
The muster rolls of HMS Burford show
an influx of Malay volunteers. [also January '82]
14
November: Prisoners taken at (Negapomam?) [Negapatam] by HMS Burford. Discharged
21
November, Dawlish: John Branscombe, labourer of Dawlish, marries Agnes Pike,
spinster. She signs with a mark, the witnesses are James Hexter and John
(Francher?).[571] [Hexter
witnesses most marriages at about this time - churchwarden? John poss b. about
1747, if it is he who dies in Dawlish in 1824, aged 77? In which case he is aged 34 at this
marriage, and fathers his eighth and last child, William (1803) at age 56! Poss
children: John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787), Sarah
(1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne (1798), Captn. William
(1803)]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, owned by the widow Sainthill [cf:1780] and Edward Litton, valued at Ł2.4.4, is occupied by Ann
Martin (Ł1.15.0) and Edward Litton (Ł0.9.4).[572] [cf:1834
Daniel Litton]
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[573]
James,
Lord de Saumerez, promoted from Lieutenant to Commander, in the Royal Navy. [to
1782]
`By
1781, confronted by a hostile coalition of France, Spain and the Dutch
Republic, threatened by the `armed neutrality' of the Baltic powers, and
overstrained by the need to defend an empire stretching from Canada to India,
Great Britain was forced to surrender control of North American waters.'[574]
Littleham:
The daughter of James & Sarah Branscombe is baptised.[575]
@1782
January:
The muster rolls of HMS Burford show
an influx of Malay volunteers.[576]
3
February, Broadhempston,
26
February,
18
March, St. Marychurch Tormoham: Elizabeth Beard Branscombe, daughter of William
& Susanna Branscombe, born. Baptised 28 April.
21
March,
April:
H.M.S. Russell commanded by James
Saumerez.
4
April, Highweek: Phillip, son of Samuel & Ann (Quick - m.1775 Highweek)
Branscombe, baptised.[580] [d.1795.
siblings: Mary (1776-1784), Ann (1778-1784), Samuel (1780-1805)]
23
April, St. Gregory's, Dawlish: Elizabeth Branscombe, spinster of Dawlish,
marries William Warren, sojourner labourer of Dawlish. Witnesses are James
Hexter and Edward Branscombe.[581] [poss.
b.1756 daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Pearse), sister of Edward, Anne &
Robert? cf:1776 Tripe marriage. Also cf:1815 will of William Warren of
Bishopsteignton proved]
30
April, Dawlish: James Hexter, carpenter of Dawlish, [b.1758?] marries Anne
Martin, spinster of Dawlish. Witnessed by James Hexter and William Dade. [An Ann Martin is shown as occupying the
Branscombe Estate in Dawlish, at this time, but also in 1783]
13
May, Dawlish: John Branscombe, first child of John & Agnes (Pike - m.1781
Dawlish), born. Baptised St. Gregory's, 26 May.[582] [d.29
December, 1795? Poss siblings: Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787),
Sarah (1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne (1798), Captn.
William (1803)]
June:
The bodies of some Dutch sailors are buried on Dawlish Warren following a naval
battle between a privateer and HMS Defiance.
They are later washed up onto the beach at Exmouth on
27
June, Powderham: John Pearce is buried.[584] [cf:1770]
July:
the muster rolls of HMS Burford show
a number of deaths from action at sea.
[Admiral?
General?] Suffran captures
15
July,
The
August & September musters for HMS Burford
show Robert Branscombe is marked "Ss" (sick?) on the 8, 16 & 24th
of August, then normal lettering resumes. His slops column shows Ł2.16.9d,
tobacco: Ł1.3.4d farthing. The August 8 & 16 musters are held in
8
August, Holy Trinity,
16
September,
The
October & November musters of HMS Burford
show Robert present as normal throughout. That of 8 October is held at
War
with American colonies ends. (?) (cf:1776)
The
French blockade of
Seckmaton's
Estate, Dawlish, owned by Painter, valued at Ł2 6s 8d, is occupied by Nicholas
Voisey.
Harris's
Estate, Dawlish, owned by Litton, is occupied by Thomas Pike.[591] [cf:1831 Daniel Litton]
Dawlish:
Susanna Norton pays church rate for properties at Shutterton and Esdon.[592] [poss
m.1823 Susannah Branscombe, daughter of Nicholas?]
Dawlish:
The widow Sainthill pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[593] [this is
the last mention of the widow Sainthill in relation to the Branscombe estate.
The next ratepayer is Mr Woolcombe, 1783/4]
James,
Lord de Saumerez, promoted from Commander to Captain , in the Royal Navy. [to
1801]
December:
Robert Branscombe is present for the December 8th muster of HMS Burford, but then marked "Ss"
(sick?) for the remainder, through to the end of January '83. The December 8th
muster is held at sea, the rest in Bombay. 60-70 crew members are on the sick
list, in this period. Several are marked as having died in hospital, during
throughout this Asian tour.[594]
Watt's
rotary steam engine.[595]
John
Branscombe of Doddiscombsleigh makes his will in the Principle Registry of the
Bishop of Exeter.[596] [cf:1756
William]
@1783
1
January, Topsham: William Payne Branscombe, son of William and Jane (Pain -
m.1781 Topsham?), baptised. (IGI) [at his
marriage, William senior is described as a mariner of Topsham. Poss siblings, all bp. Topsham: Sophia
(1788), Harriet (1793), Robert Bradford (1797)]
The
February & March musters of HMS Burford
show Robert Branscombe marked "Ss" (sick?) then written off the books
altogether, invalided. His ticket number is #AK 1961.
5
March, Trinity Church parish, New York: Henry Branscomb christened. (IGI) [prob son of Arthur & Rachel (Lafurgie),
although the IGI says Henry's parents are Anthony & Rachel. Henry d.
before 1851, probably Ontario.[597] cf:1776 brother Nathaniel born,
1781 brother Arthur baptised]
14
March, Bombay: Robert Branscombe is discharged infirm from the crew of HMS Burford, to Bombay Hospital. [Until 18
March?] His slops bill is Ł2.12.1d, and his tobacco bill is Ł1.9.8d.[598]
`From
the earliest days of the East India Company a Marine Medical Service existed
for the medical requirements of the company's and personnel; this company had
maintained a hospital at Madras since 1664; in 1676 another had been
established at Bombay and in 1707-8 a further one at Calcutta.'[599]
3
April, St. Stephen's, Exeter: William Branscombe of Exeter Holy Trinity,
marries Mary Tucker by licence.[600] [possibly
first marriage of William the lawyer, bp.1759 East Worlington, first child of
Abraham, serge-weaver of Morchard Bishop & Frances (Southcott - m.1758)?
cf:1784 bp of William Tucker Branscombe in Exeter. William's second marriage
1793 to Elizabeth Hawke?]
Richard
Bache, pewterer of London. (to 1805)
12
June, Broad Clyst: Ann Branscombe marries Richard Williams. (IGI)
15
June, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster: John Branscomb marries Mary Ann
Garner. (IGI)
24
June, Halberton: Elizabeth Branscombe marries James Bray. (IGI)
Arthur
Branscombe [d.1825], his wife Rachel (Lafurgie) and their three sons Nathaniel,
Arthur & Henry, depart New York on board the William, for Parrtown (St. Johns), New Brunswick. By June, 1784,
they have settled at Lots #12 & 13, The Range, Grand Lake, New Brunswick,
Canada.[601] [A
Loyalist, he fled, or was driven out of, the American states]
`...
British troops finally left [New York] after seven years along with a mass exodus
of loyalists headed primarily for Nova Scotia. More than 29, 000 loyalists left
the city in 1783, and possibly 11, 000 had left earlier.'[602] [Cole
cites an article by Robert Ernst, "A Tory-eye View of the Evacuation of
New York", in "New York History", Vol.64 (1983), p.393]
American
War of Independence ends with the Treaty of Versailles. Despite being a defeat
for Great Britain `it ensured that the new United States developed as an
English-speaking nation ... During those years the British founded a new empire
in India. The emergence of independent princes upon the ruins of the Mughul
Empire forced both the French and British East India Companies to intervene in
local politics to protect their commerce. Here again sea power was decisive.'[603]
14
July, Exeter: Richard Crook, indicted for misdemenour, enters his Traverse to
try the same at the next Sessions as under:
P. Richard Crook Ł10
Nicholas Branscombe of St. George, baker Ł10 [604]
[cf:1776 Ann Crook; Branscombe, daughter of
Nicholas & Elizabeth (Harris - m.1775 Exeter), christened, Exeter]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is valued at Ł2.4.4, and occupied by Ann Martin
(Ł1.15.0) and Edward Litton (Ł0.9.4).[605] [cf:1831
Daniel Litton]
Dawlish:
Mr Woolcombe pays 10s for the Branscombe
estate, on the east side.[606]
Cort's
puddling process for iron smelting.[607]
Greensville
County, Virginia: John & Thomas Branscomb listed.[608]
Dawlish:
Rbt Branscombe marries Jo Branscombe. [609] [cf:1784]
Woodbury:
Samuel & William Branscomb are the owners of houses in the parish,
according to the land tax assessment 1783. [610]
@1784
3
February, Topsham: William Branscombe marries Johannah Radford. (IGI) [poss. Johanna of Whimple, aged 98, widowed
mother of Betsy Bending of Ottery St. Mary in 1851 census? If so, daughter
Elizabeth (Betsy?) is bp.1789 in Ottery St. Mary & marries tailor Richard
Bending there, in 1821. Keith Matthews in the Earl Kennedy papers says William
was a `victualler' cf:1771, St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland,
Betty Branscomb, widow of Arthur Branscombe of Topsham, marries Henry Radford]
18
February: Thomas Halsey Esquire of Great Gaddesden, M.P. for Hertfordshire,
marries Miss S. Crawley of Cheshunt, youngest daughter of the late J. Crawley
Esquire, of Stockwood, Bedfordshire.[611]
24
February, St. Stephen's, Exeter: William Tucker Branscombe, only child of
William and Mary (Tucker - m.1783 Exeter), baptised. (IGI) [William junior may be listed in the 1803
Exeter militia lists as an unmarried accountant. He marries Betsy Lake in
Exeter, 1809. Their first child, Henry Lake, is baptised in Falmouth. By 1815
the family is living in London]
10
March: H.M.S. Burford is in Cape
Town. According to the muster rolls, the ship was at sea from at least 7 February,
until arriving at Cape of Good Hope, in the week of 21 February. It departed
there in the week of 24 March, arriving Spithead (Portsmouth) in the week of 11
June.[612]
27
March: John Waymouth, merchant, son of John Waymouth, ironmonger, admitted to
the Freedom of the City of Exeter by succession.
31
March: Joseph Norrington of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, haberdasher,
apprentice of Henry Waymouth, admitted to the Freedom of the City of Exeter.
4
April, St. Luke's, Chelsea: Mary Ann, daughter of John & Mary Ann
Branscomb, baptised.[613]
22
April, St. Mary le Bone, Middlesex: Bartholomew Branscomb, bachelor, marries
Susanna Bonet, widow. Witnesses: Jno & Mary Moore.[614] [this
may be Bartholomew, tin plate worker and freeman of the City of London, eldest
son of John Branscomb senior of Great Marlow, Bucks., & Frediswed (Bruere)?
Batholomew is said to have married Mrs.Susanna Barret, née Maybrick, a niece of
Mrs.Barney of Great Marlow, on 23 April 1784.[615] Poss son Robert, tin-plate
worker, b.1786 Middlesex? Founder of the Oxford line]
May:
A list of new Members of the House of Commons printed in The Gentleman's Magazine includes Thomas Halsey (re-elected in his
former seat).[616]
5
May, Dawlish: 4th great grandfather Robert Branscombe, mariner of Dawlish,
marries
24
May: Rev. John Anthony Foote A.M., Vicar of Branscombe, dies aged 67. A
memorial in Bere Ferrers church also mentions his wife, Jane, second daughter
of Walter Radcliffe Esq., who was buried at Bere Ferrers in April 1770.
19
June, Dawlish: Joseph Branscombe, second child of John and Agnes (Pike - m.1781
Dawlish), born. Baptised 4 July.[618] [Joseph
becomes a master mariner, and marries Hannah. Poss siblings: John (1782-1795?),
Anne (1787-1787), Sarah (1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne
(1798), Captn. William (1803). 1861 census - Joseph Branscombe, widower, aged
74, born Dawlish, living at Little Weston Farm, Dawlish]
4
July, Dawlish: Joseph Branscombe, son of Joseph & Agnes, baptised.[619] [This is
probably Joseph son of John & Agnes cf:19 June above]
1
August, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster: Sarah, daughter of William &
Sarah (Bagwell - m.1774?) Branscombe, baptised.[620] [cf:1781
George & 1779 Elizabeth - poss siblings?]
22
August, Farringdon: William, son of William Branscombe & Mary, baptised.
(IGI) [poss William & Mary (Lang -
m.1777 Colyton)? Poss siblings: George (1778), Mary (1781), both baptised
Farringdon]
24
August, Holy Trinity, Exeter: Matilda Branscombe, daughter of Samuel &
Elizabeth, baptised. (IGI) [Baptised
privately.[621] cf:8 Aug 1782, Amelia - poss
sibling? Also cf:1777 & 1787, Matilda bp. Exeter, dtr of Samuel &
Elizabeth]
15
September: Vincenzo Lunardi ascends in a balloon from the Artillery Ground,
Moorgate, the first to do so in Britain.
`Lunardi had inflated his
red and blue silk balloon watched by a crowd of thousands including the Prince
of Wales. He started at daybreak, but it wasn't until past two that he got on
board with a cage of pigeons, his dog, a cat and picnic. He got off the ground
with very little trouble, but in his excitement trod on his cage of pigeons and
set them all free. Soon after take-off, he realised that he had left all his
instruments on the ground, apart from his thermometer, but he just opened a
bottle of claret and settled back. He fell asleep for some time, and awoke to
find himself covered with frost. Ice on the balloon brought it down ... at
Welham Green, but the indefatigable pilot took off again after leaving his
half-dead cat with peasants. However, after reaching a hight of around twelve
thousand feet, Lunardi decided he had had enough. The balloon came down once
more, this time at Standon. But here locals were wary, convinced he was the
Devil. Only one brave young girl, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Brett, came
forward to help him. Soon after, two friends of Lunardi arrived in the field
after galloping on horseback all the way from the launch field in London. They
accompanied him to the Bull Inn at Ware to celebrate his lone flight across the
Hertfordshire countryside ... A year later, MP Arthur Giles Puller Youngsbury
erected a stone monument on the spot in the landing field [Standon].'[622]
He
landed 40 miles away in North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
`Lunardi off-loaded a cat which was suffering
from the cold to local nine-year-old Mary Butterfield before continuing his
journey.'[623]
9
October, Highweek: Mary, daughter of Samuel Branscombe & Ann (Quick -
m.1775 Highweek), dies, aged 8 years.[624]
28
October, Bursledon: Fifth Rate H.M.S. Crescent
launched. [Robert Branscombe served on]
8
November, Highweek: Ann, daughter of Samuel Branscombe & Ann (Quick -
m.1775 Highweek), dies, aged 6.[625]
Pitt's
India Act of 1784: `... by which ultimate power over the administration of
Bengal would pass from the [East India] Company's Court of Directors to the
Crown's new Board of Control, which consisted of no less than three nor more
than six members of the British cabinet.' [The Company's lease on Bengal,
Bombay & Madras continued, though diminished][626] [cf:1858]
A
great landmark in postal services. `John Palmer introduced his first mail coach
on the road to Bath. Dover followed a year later, and the days of the post-boys
were numbered. Postmasters increasingly ceased to be innkeepers and became
public servants. Riding was contracted out where possible, and revenue rose
steeply...'[627] [cf:1711]
The
peal of five bells at the parish church of Dawlish is recast into a peal of
six.
@1785
1
January, Blackfriars: John Walter publishes the first edition of the Daily Universal Register, the precursor
of The Times.
7
January, Northam, Devon: Elizabeth, daughter of William & Jane Branscom,
christened. (IGI)
14
January, Dawlish: Robert Branscombe, first child of fourth great-gra
31
March: HMS Burford sold.
22
April,
11
September, St. Marychurch: William Branscombe, sojourner, marries Anne
Sydenham, sojourner, by banns.[630]
4
October,
5
October, Tiverton: James Branscomb marries Rachel Andrews. (IGI) [James, a miller, poss bp.1761 Tiverton, son
of Bartholomew, miller of Bampton & Elizabeth?. Only child: Sarah (1786 Tiverton). Sarah m.1808 Tiverton, Robert
Pring, baker. cf:1821 will of Bartholomew]
25
October, Morchard Bishop: Joseph Branscombe marries Christian Morrish
(1765-1810), by banns. (IGI) [serge-weaver,
bp.1762, son of Abraham & Frances (Southcott - m.1758). Marjorie Thomas
says this marriage took place in West Worlington]
29
November, Meppershall, Bedfordshire: Samuel Bransom marries Sarah Curtis.[631] [first
reference in the database so far of the Bedfordshire branch. cf:1788 - two of
their six children baptised in Meppershall were registered as Branscombe]
Cartwright's
power loom. Steam first applied to cotton spinning.[632]
Edward
Gattey of
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Rood, valued at Ł1.15.0, and is
occupied by Ann Martin.[633]
`The
oldest of the present `nationals' was started as The Daily Universal Register in 1785, becoming The Times in 1788, and was a radical paper to begin with. Its first
proprietor, John Walter, spent some time in gaol for his free comments on the
royal family.'[634]
Approximate
year of birth of George Hambridge, sentenced to transportation for life at
Oxford Assizes, 1805.[635]
Dawlish:
The Occupiers pay 16s 3d, six rates and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[636]
@1786
25
March, Tiverton: Ann Branscomb marries Thomas Beck. (IGI)
29
March, Morchard Bishop: Mary, first child of Joseph Branscombe & Christian
(Morrish - m.1785), christened. (IGI) [d.
1789. Siblings: John (1787), William (1790), Abraham (1794), Elizabeth &
Frances (1795), Thomas (1799)]
6
July, Tiverton: Sarah Branscomb, daughter of James & Rachel (Andrews -
m.1785 Tiverton), baptised. (IGI) [poss
m.1808 Tiverton, Robert Pring, baker? cf:1821 will of grandfather Bartholomew,
miller of Bampton]
7
July, Dawlish: Death of Col. Robert Jackson, of the East India Company Service
at
24
July, St. Marychurch: William Branscombe, son of William & Anne (Sydenham),
baptised.[638]
11
September,
10
October,
19
October,
Dawlish:
The Occupiers pay 5s, two rates, for the Branscombe
estate, on the east side.[642]
@1787
15
February, Bampton: William Branscombe marries Sarah Passmore.[643] [William
poss. b.1755, son of William & Sarah - Parents of Sarah (b. about 1789)
& John of Pall Mall (b. about 1791), James (b. about 1798), William? Gra
18
February, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent) Newton Abbot: John Branscombe of Highweek, marries Mary Mountstephen of Wolborough by licence.[644] [son of
Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758) bp.Wolborough 1760. Buried Highweek
1828? Mary b.1762, d.1834, buried Highweek. cf:1767 - IGI duplicates? Children
of this marriage; John (1789), Samuel (1791), Richard (1793), Philip (1796),
3
March, Hertford: Benjamin Bartlet, F.R.S., Quaker, dies of dropsy, aged near
70. Formerly an eminent apothecary at
3
April, Plymouth: William Sparke, aged 16, seaman of Tormoham, is paid off after
a ten month voyage to Newfoundland on the brig Plymouth of Plymouth, under Master Jno Bully.
William's previous ship was the Alarm.[646] [cf:1785
- Thomas Sparke]
19
April, Dawlish: Anne Branscombe, third child of John & Agnes (Pike - m.1781
Dawlish), born. Baptised 6 May.[647] [Poss.
dies this year. Poss siblings: John
(1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Sarah (1790-1849), Catherine
(1793-1855), John (1796), Anne (1798), Captn. William (1803)]
16
May,
6
May, St. Gregory's, Dawlish: Anne Branscombe, daughter of John & Agnes
(Pike - m.1781 Dawlish), baptised. (IGI) [d.December?]
1
June: H.M.S. Orion launched,
Deptford. (Robert Branscombe to serve on, from 1793)
First
Fleet sails to
11
September, Morchard Bishop: John, second child of Joseph & Christian
(Morrish - m.1785) Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [siblings: Mary (1786), William (1790), Abraham (1794), Elizabeth &
Frances (1795), Thomas (1799)]
12
September, Tiverton: Mary Branscomb marries James Thorne. (IGI) [cf:1776
21
October, Aylesbeare: Elizabeth & Susanna, daughters of Wm & Mary
Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [William
poss bp.1753 Aylesbeare, second child of John & Elizabeth (Perriman -
m.1752 Aylesbeare)? Susanna poss m.1814 Axmouth, Jeffery Jefford?]
25
October,
11
November, St. Gregory's, Dawlish: Elizabeth Branscombe, second child of Robert
&
7
December, Newton Abbot: Mary Branscombe, daughter of John & Mary, baptised.[650] [According to an Australian descendant,
Dawn Woods, Mary married Charles Crews at Highweek on
30
December,
30
December, Dawlish: Anne, daughter of John Branscombe, buried.[651] [bap.
May? Poss daughter of John & Agnes (Pike - m.1781 Dawlish? Poss siblings:
John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph
(1784-1866), Sarah (1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne
(1798), Captn. William (1803)]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is valued at Ł1.15.0, and occupied by Ann Martin.[652]
James
Branscomb (52), Common Councilman of the City of
Dawlish:
Mr Woolcombe pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[654]
Chudleigh:
Edw Brownscombe marries My Hurdon. [655]
@1788
6
January, St. Pancras,
26
January: First Fleet lands, Port Jackson, under Commodore Arthur Phillip.
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, owned by Woolcombe, value Ł1.15.0, occupied by Ann
Martin.
Painter's
Estate, Dawlish, valued at Ł0.2.4, is occupied by Thomas Pike.[656]
7
April, Meppershall, Bedfordshire: Samuel, son of Samuel & Sarah Branscombe
or Bransome, baptised.[657]
4
May, Ottery St. Mary: William Branscombe marries
11
May, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green: George Branscomb marries Elizabeth Muggleton.
(IGI) [poss children: William John
bp.1791 St. Botolph-without-Aldgate, Martha bp.1793, St. Vedast,
16
May, Maine & New Hampshire: Captain William Branscombe dies, aged 78 years
and 9 months.[659] [cf:1766 William of Fleur de Lys?] [see
also
25
September, Topsham: Sophia Branscombe, daughter of William & Jane (Pain -
m.1781 Topsham?), baptised. (IGI) [poss
siblings, all bp. Topsham: William Payne (1783), Harriet (1793), Robert
Bradford (1797)]
9
October,
James
Branscomb (53) [d.1809] of 11 Holborn is a Common Councilman of the City of
Approximate
year of birth of Mary Branscomb, in
Dawlish:
Mr Woolcombe pays 2s 6d, one rate, for the Branscombe
estate, on the east side.[661]
@1789
3
January, Wolborough Street Salem Chapel (independent) Newton Abbot: William
Branscombe of Highweek marries Charlotte Mortimer of Wolborough by licence.[663] [Charlotte
bp.1767 Shaldon, sixth and last child of mariner Joseph Mortimer of Ringmore
& Elizabeth (Lang - m.1753). William possibly b.1765 Wolborough third child
of Samuel & Elizabeth (Shapley - m.1758)? Children: William (1790
Wolborough),
22
January,
17
March, Morchard Bishop: Mary Branscombe, first child of Joseph & Christian
(Morrish - m.1785), is buried, aged 3.[665]
29
April, Clyst St. George: William Branscomb, an infant, buried. [poss son of William & Ann? cf:1790, poss
sister Sarah?]
Cox
explores
4
June: The Recruiting Officer
performed, at Sydney Town.
5
June, Bishopsteignton: Mary Branscombe brought from Teignmouth and buried.[666]
2
September, Ottery Saint Mary: Elizabeth, daughter of William &
10
September, Rockbeare: Sarah Branscombe marries William Bridle. (IGI)
26
September, (Holy Trinity)
15
November,
31
December, Highweek: John Branscombe, first child of John & Mary
(Mountstephen - m.1787 Wolborough), baptised.[669] [siblings;
Samuel (1791), Richard (1793), Philip (1796),
Approximate
year of birth of Ann/e (Bowden? or Waymouth? or Webber?)
Approximate
year of birth of Hannah ?, wife of Joseph Branscombe. [d.1831]
The
French Revolution (to 1790).
Thomas
Prowse, vicar of St. Gregory's, Dawlish, since 1730, dies. `Besides being
vicar, he seems to have been in many ways the legal advisor of the parish. All
through his long vicariate we notice his beautiful handwriting in the parish
accounts, and he seems to have superintended all the events taking place.'[670]
Approximate
year of birth of Sarah Branscombe, daughter of William and Sarah, probably in
Bampton. [cf:1841 census. Poss sister to
John of Pall Mall, b. about 1791 Bampton]
Dawlish:
William Ralfe takes over from Thomas Prowse as Vicar of St. Gregory's (to
1807).
Dawlish:
Mr Woolcomb pays 3s 9d, one rate and a half, for the Branscomb estate, on the east side.[671]
Approximate
year of death of George Davis, merchant of
@1790
1
February, Redbourn: Fourth great-gra
7
February,
24
February, Dawlish: Sarah Branscombe, fourth child of John & Agnes (Pike -
m.1781 Dawlish), born. Baptised, St. Gergory's, 14 March.[673] [d.1849.
Poss siblings: John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787),
Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne (1798), Captn. William (1803)]
March:
H.M.S. Sirius wrecked, at
13
March, (Wolborough/Highweek?): William, first child of William Branscombe &
Charlotte (Mortimer - m.1789 Wolborough), baptised.[674] [William
senior is possibly an inn keeper at "The Miller's Wheel", Newton
Abbot, destroyed by fire in 1791? Siblings:
24
March, Morchard Bishop: William, third child of Joseph & Christian (Morrish
- m.1785) Branscombe, baptised. (IGI) [siblings:
Mary (1786), John (1787), Abraham (1794), Elizabeth & Frances (1795),
Thomas (1799)]
4
July, Clyst St. George: Sarah, daughter of William & Ann Branscombe,
baptised. R. Rous, curate.[675] [cf:1789
poss brother William died as an infant?]
12
July:
25
September,
26
September,
15
October: Mrs. Branscombe [Frances Harrison - m.1770?] of the Holborn lottery
office, dies.[678] [cf:1788 - 11 Holborn?] [first?] Wife of James
Branscomb lay sheriff of
`State
lotteries had flourished since 1694 ... [they were] accused of fostering the
English vice of gaming, especially among the lower classes. The national
lottery was certainly popular. Minimum tickets had been reduced from Ł20 to Ł10
[in the 1770s], bringing them well within the purchasing power of the middle
sort. Tickets were sold in small shares at prices easily afforded by all but
the indigent. The sudden celebrity which went with a big win always aroused
great interest. In 1767 for example, when a small tavern-keeper in Abingdon won
the first prize, and scattered largess among his neighbours, he enjoyed a brief
blaze of glory. Some important changes were made at about this time. Until 1768
prizes took the form of government stock. Thereafter they were paid in cash, enhancing
their appeal to the man on the street. Still more influential was the decision
to raise the first prize from Ł10, 000 to Ł20, 000 and to cancel the value of
the tickets which drew a blank, thereby converting the lottery into a simple
game of chance in which the stake might be lost altogether ... Lottery tickets
were paid for by instalments and there was great trafficking in them, with City
brokers characteristically inventing their own vocabulary to describe them:
`light horse' were tickets on which only the first instalment had been paid,
`heavy horse' were fully subscribed tickets. The draw itself took up to
forty-two days and speculating in tickets increased as it progressed. It was
held in some state at the Guildhall and the number and prizes drawn each day
were widely reported. In the last days of the draw, with a diminishing number
of tickets still known to be in play, excitement would reach fever pitch. In
this excitement the ticket-holders were by no means the only interested
parties. For the office-keepers whose business was trading in lotteries it
offered an interesting range of `insurances'. Where a ticket-holder paid a
premium to cover himself against the failure of his ticket it was conceivably
proper to describe the procedure as insurance; but in many cases such premiums
were merely further wagers on a given number coming up, regardless of whether
the office-keeper or the investor had the ticket in question. Nominal sales of
goods such as handkerchiefs, trinkets, and even beef dinners, were made with
these premiums to legitimize or enhance their attractions. Fraudulent practices
were commonplace and there were many brokers whose object was literally to stay
a step ahead of their winners. One of the master criminals of the age, Charles
`Patch' Price, was a practitioner of lottery frauds. He escaped conviction for
many years before being condemned for a felony in 1786, when he committed
suicide rather than submit to the noose. Parliament periodically tried to
eliminate the worst practices but with little success. Most of those employed
to sell this form of gaming were merely the agents of wealthy, faceless
capitalists: the metropolis and Home Counties swarmed with these `morocco men'
(so names from the wallets which they carried). When the net was cast it
generally caught only these smaller fry, whose imprisonment was in any case
rendered painless by their paymasters. In all this it is easy to understand the
success of the lottery. The sports on which so many Englishmen customarily bet,
horse-racing, boxing, cock-fighting and cricket, were local events. Only the
legislature could make betting a truly national sport. It was small wonder that
the moralists blamed rulers, as well as the ruled, for the corruption of the
times.'[680]
26
November, Clyst St. George: Margery, wife of Robert Suxpitch, buried.[681] [cf:1833
Thomas their son buried aged 65. Another son was a captain "of
6
December, Meppershall, Bedfordshire: Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel & Sarah
Branscombe/Bransome, baptised.[683] [poss.
marries James Gray of Holwell, 1809? - or is the Elizabeth Brandsom, aged 59
born in Meppershall, listed in the 1851 census for Meppershall?]
8
December, Morchard Bishop: John Branscombe marries Agnes Mare, by banns.
Witnesses are John Mare, Hugh Davy and Peter Tucker.[684] [Peter witnesses all marriages
in Morchard at this time. Marjorie Thomas says this marriage took place in
12
December, Clyst St. George: William Branscombe buried.[686] [poss
m.1757 Elizabeth Chapple? Poss father of William, bp.1762?
Death
of Adam Smith
Industrial
Revolution under way.
`Hooken
Cliff, between Branscombe and Beer Head, is the first of the great landslips of
A
series of spectacular fossil discoveries are made, between 1790 and 1830, by
Mary Anning and her family. They found fossils of marine and flying reptiles in
the rocks around Lyme Regis in
Lease
of tenement, Witham [
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, and occupied by Peter Andrews.[688]
`From
the 1790s, a common form of relief was the Speenhamland System, inaugerated by
Berkshire magistrates, in which low wages were supplemented by small
allowances, calculated in accordance with the size of families and the price of
bread. Labourers were entitled to relief in parishes in which they had a
settlement, the money being raised by means of a tax levied on local property
owners.'[689]
Bartholomew
Branscombe of Tiverton subscribes to Dunsford's Tiverton.[690] [prob
Bartholomew, miller of Bampton, d.1821]
The
mutiny on the Bounty. A handful of
mutineers, with their Tahitian mistresses, settle on uninhabited
The
Year
of baptism of Thomas Halsey, first child of fourth great-gra
John
Winthrop's Journal. Description of
the
Dawlish:
Mr Wellcombe pays 5s, two rates, for the Branscombe
estate, on the east side.[693]
@1791
28
January, Dawlish: Edward Branscombe, third child of Robert &
19
February: John Hitt, baker, apprentice to Nicholas Branscombe, admitted to the
Freedom of Exeter.
13
March, St. Botolph-without-Aldgate,
May,
Said Philip Pratt of St.
George, paperstainer Ł40
Nicholas Branscombe, of St. George, baker Ł20
Joseph Hunt of
Adjourned to Monday 16th
inst.[696]
`William
Strong is contracted to light, trim, snuff, supply, maintain & repair 131
lamps erected and to be erected for enlightening the streets and suburbs of the
City of Exeter @ Ł1.3.5d per lamp.
To be lighted from August 1st to August 1st (except three days before and three
days after each full moon) and so to continue every night burning from sum
setting to sun raising.'[697]
9
May, Clyst Honiton: Anne Branscombe marries John Guppy. (IGI)
15
May, Highweek: Samuel Branscombe, second child of John & Mary (Mountstephen
- m.1787), baptised.[698] [siblings;
John (1789), Richard (1793), Philip (1796),
7
July, Newton Abbot: William Branscombe, innkeeper, loses his inn, The Miller's Wheel, to fire. Sixteen
other dwellings were destroyed. William's loss is estimated at Ł2000.[699] [possibly
William bp. 1765
11
July,
9
September, St. Marychurch, Tormoham: John, son of George & Sarah Beard,
born. (baptised 2 October)
21
September, Kenton: Edward Brownscombe and John (Bond?) witness the marriage of
6
October,
24
October, Broad Clyst: John Branscombe marries Alice Mitchell. (IGI) [John; poss bp.1765 Whimple, fifth child of
Thomas Branscombe & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple)? Poss children: Mary Ann (1793), Alice
(1795), Betty (1798), William (1801), Thomas (1803), Petronella/Peternella
(1806), Henry (1808), Sarah (1811), all bp. Whimple]
Sunday
12 November, Great Marlow, Bucks: Frediswed Branscomb dies, aged 92.[703] [b.1701,
17 Nov.
13
November, Topsham: Jane Mary, daughter of William & Mary Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [poss m.1813 Exeter,
John Bishop?]
December:
Charles Babbage born, Elephant and Castle. (Devised the principles of modern
computing.)
2
December,
From
the early 1790's Dawlish began to attract summer visitors.[705]
Michael
Faraday born.
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, and occupied by Peter
Andrews.[706]
Bampton:
Approximate year of birth of John Branscombe (son of William & Sarah?) who
becomes a tea & wine merchant, in
William
Branscombe & his wife Charlotte (Mortimer - m.1789 Wolborough) have moved
to Kingsbridge from Newton Abbot and now own and occupy an estate or property at
Dodsbrooke, Kingsbridge assessed at 18s., later Ł1.1.8d land tax, and valued at
Ł9 per year if let [to 1830]. His stock-in-trade [tannery] is assessed at 3s.,
then 3s 6d., later 5s [to 1828, when his sons John & Henry take over].[707] [possibly
William was an inn keeper in Newton Abbot prior to this? He may be the William
whose inn, "The Miller's Wheel", burned to the ground in earlier in
1791?]
Kingsbridge:
Birth of Elizabeth, second child of William Branscombe & Charlotte
(Mortimer - m.1789 Wolborough).
A
sketch of Exeter Post Office, dated this year, has a note attached from the
artist:
`Post Office, adjoining Cathedral, kept by
Jackson, postmaster ... Mr. John Clench (afterwards host of the New London Inn)
was a clerk therein. An old woman named Branscombe and her two daughters
carried out and delivered letters ...'[708]
[cf:1792 Samuel Branscombe, letter-carrier to
Dawlish:
Peter Andrews pays 3s 9d, one and a half rates, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[709]
Simon
Branscombe of Highweek, leather tanner, is said to have flourished in the
period 1790-1840. At the same time, William Branscombe of Kingsbridge, leather
manufacturer, is said to be exporting most of his production to
@1792
27
February, St. Mary's, Islington: Mary Branscomb, spinster, marries widower
Richard Moore, by banns. Both of this parish. Married by Thomas Walker. They
both sign their names. Witnesses: John Powell and Sophia Profitt. [711]
1
March: John Brownscomb entered on the muster roll of HMS Orion, on loan from HMS St.
George to 24 December.[712]
11
March, Morchard Bishop: Mary, fourth child of Joseph & Christian (Morrish -
m.1785) Branscombe, baptised. (IGI)
29
July, Kingsbridge: Ann, third child of William Branscombe & Charlotte (Mortimer
- m.1789 Wolborough), christened. (IGI) [d.1852
[713] Siblings:
William (1790 Wolborough), Elizabeth (1791), Charlotte (1794), Henry (1806 -
Kingsbridge?), John (1808). There was
also a seventh child, Catherine, mentioned as a sister in the 1851 will of Ann,
as yet unaccounted for]
11
October,
11
November,
16
November, Plymouth: Edward Bowden, seaman of Plymouth, finishes a twelve month
stint on the brig Fleece, under
Master Henry Smith, on the Plymouth - London service.[716]
John
Pearce holds the estate of Langdon, in Dawlish parish.[717]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, and occupied by Peter
Andrews.[718]
24
December: John Brownscomb on loan from HMS
St. George to HMS Orion
transferred to HMS Nemesis.[719]
Approximate
year of birth of Robert Branscombe, d.1865 Littleham. [poss. Robert Bradford Branscombe, son of William & Jane (Pain -
m.1781 Topsham), bap.1797 Topsham?]
Year
of baptism of Ann Halsey, second child of fourth great-gra
Bruni
D'Entrecasteaux discovers the mouth of the Derwent.
The
first macadamised road across
17
May,
Also:
"News From Botany Bay", an eye-witness account by an overseer of
convicts, native to
Dawlish:
Mr Esias Willes pays 3s 9d, one and a half rates, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[721]
poss year of death of Arthur Branscomb of
@1793
January:
Bruni D'Entrecasteaux explores the Derwent as far as the first rapids.
6
January, St. Vedast,
7
January, Tiverton: Sarah Branscombe marries William Rossiter. (IGI) [Sarah bp.1768 Tiverton, fourth child of Bartholomew,
miller of Bampton, & Elizabeth. Bartholomew's will of 1821 says her husband
is John Rossiter of Tiverton]
17
January, Exeter: Samuel Branscombe, letter-carrier to Exeter post office,
gaoled for overcharging on 11 October 1792, is found not guilty, and released.[723] [cf:1791,
1792]
4
February,
9
February, Exmouth: Robert Branscombe of Dawlish, aged 42 [direct ancestor],
volunteers to join the crew of
Quartermaster:
`petty officer in charge of steering, signals, hold-stowing, etc.'[726]
There
was more than one quartermaster on a ship of the line. One rôle was to bring
sailors to be punished and tie their hands to gratings for flogging. Others
were stowing the ballast and provisions in the hold, coiling the cables on
their platforms, overlooking the steerage of the ship, keeping the time by the
watch-glasses and, in turn, overlooking the purser's steward in the delivery of
his provisions. Quartermasters also had Mates, and they were paid at the same
rate as a Boatswain's Mate on a third rate vessel (Ł1.12s p.a. in 1799).[727]
21
February,
9
March, Holy Trinity,
16
March: Four French prisoners are entered into the ship's company of
15
April, Withycombe Raleigh: William Branscombe marries Sarah Hayman/Haymen.[731] [Grandfather
of William Branscombe, tinsmith, d.Mudgee 1895? [732] Fourth great-grandfather of
Robin Holmes of
5
May, Whimple: Mary Ann, first child of John & Alice Branscombe, christened.
(IGI) [John; poss bp.1765 Whimple, fifth
child of Thomas Branscombe & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple)? Poss m.1791 Alice Mitchell, in Broad
Clyst? Poss siblings: Alice (1795), Betty (1798), William (1801), Thomas
(1803), Petronella/Peternella (1806), Henry (1808), Sarah (1811), all bp.
Whimple]
26
May, Branscombe: The old Register of St. Winfred's, long in the keeping of
(Magistrate) John Stuckey, is surrendered by him to the vicar, Mr. Kingman, in
a `lacerated' state.[733] [it is
rebound in six volumes, in 1810]
`With
the aid of the Register, complete pedigrees of the families of Bartlet,
Braddick, Bucknell, Clapp, Ford, French, Mecho, Payton, Perryman, Parrott,
Tucker, Veryard, Westcote, Wheaton, Whitmore and others can be easily
compiled.'[734]
29
May, Dawlish: Catherine Branscombe, fifth child of John & Agnes (Pike -
m.1781 Dawlish), born. Baptised 16 June.[735] [cf:1851
census - d.1855 - spinster. Poss siblings: John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph
(1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787), Sarah (1790-1849), John (1796), Anne (1798),
Captn. William (1803)]
27
June, Great Gaddesden: The Reverend Mr. Perry marries Miss Halsey, youngest
sister of the late Thomas Halsey Esquire, formerly M.P. for Hertfordshire.[736]
7
July, Dawlish:
12
July, Plymtree: An entry in the Plymtree Overseers' accounts states that
one
guinea was paid to "Counsellor Tonkin for his opinion about
Davey's
settlement", and the following one says, "Mr Branscombe for
attending
the Castel, and Mr Tonkin" - 13s.4d.
[The 'Castel' was
Exeter
Castle, where the Quarter Sessions were held, and the
assumption
is that Davey had been refused settlement, either in
Plymtree
or another parish which wanted to sent him to Plymtree, and
the
Justices in Quarter Sessions were being asked to decide]. It would therefore seem
that "Mr Branscombe" was some kind of lawyer, probably based in
Cullompton or
29
September, St. Saviour,
20
October: `At the beginning of the war with Republican France ... Saumerez was
knighted for his capture of the frigate Reunion,
36 guns, off Cherbourg, an encounter in which his own ship, the Crescent, suffered no casualties.'[739]
25
October,
27
October, Topsham: Harriet, daughter of William Branscombe & Jane (Pain -
m.1781 Topsham?), christened. (IGI) [poss
siblings, all bp. Topsham: William Payne (1783), Sophia (1788), Robert Bradford
(1797). Harriet probably m.1819 Topsham, Thomas Garlick. She and her husband
are witnesses at her brother Robert Bradford's wedding to Amelia Clare, 1821]
3
November, Highweek: Richard Branscombe, third child of John & Mary
(Mountstephen - m.1787), baptised.[740] [siblings;
John (1789), Samuel (1791), Philip (1796),
3
November, Exeter Cathedral: Robert Branscombe buried.[741] [cf:1794
31
December,
Lieutenant
John Hayes, of the East India Company, names the
`On
the ancient seat of Edge Barton, formerly an abbey, was a few years since a
very handsome chapel, now converted into a barn.' [743]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, and occupied by Thomas
Willis.[744]
The
Reverend Richard Polwhele publishes the first volume of his History of Devonshire in three volumes
(to 1806). He says the
Sir
Robert Palk is the purchaser of the Cofford Estate in Kenton, formerly owned by
Nicholas Branscombe, mariner of Dawlish.[746]
Thomas
Browson of Thorverton makes his will.[747]
Board
of Agriculture set up. Whitney's cotton gin.[748]
Year
of baptism of Edward Halsey, third child of fourth great-gra
Outbreak
of war with
-the
"Revolutionary War" to 1801
-the
"Napoleonic Wars" to 1815
The
City of
Dawlish:
Mr Esias Willes pays 3s 9d, one and a half rates, for the Branscombe estate, on the east side.[749]
@1794
7
January, Kingsbridge: Charlotte, fourth child of William Branscombe &
Charlotte (Mortimer - m.1789 Wolborough), christened. (IGI) [m.1831 Stoke Damerel, draper Edward
Granville. Siblings:
William (1790 Wolborough), Elizabeth (1791), Ann (1792), Henry (1806 -
Kingsbridge?), John (1808). There was
also a seventh child, Catherine, mentioned as a sister in the 1851 will of Ann,
as yet unaccounted for]
25
February, Morchard Bishop: Abraham, fifth child of Joseph & Christian
Branscombe (Morrish - m.1785), christened. (IGI) [siblings: Mary (1786), John (1787), William (1790), Elizabeth &
Frances (1795), Thomas (1799)]
7
March, Withycombe Raleigh: John, son of William Branscombe & Sarah (Haymen
- m.1793 Withycombe), christened. (IGI) [Sibling:
Mary Ann (1796), mother of William, tinsmith of Mudgee. John becomes a
carpenter & joiner/builder, marries first wife Elizabeth Seward 1816, &
second wife Mary Ann ? after the 1851 census and before he died in 1872, in
Exmouth.[751] Children:
Henry (1817) & Charles (1819), both builders. Henry d.1876 in Victoria,
Australia]
13
May, Bere Ferrers: Richard Branscumbe marries Elizabeth Culwill, widow.[752] [Elizabeth
recorded in the 1851 census as a widowed visitor in the household of Thomas
& Elizabeth Keen, of Fore Street, Bere (Ferrers/Alston?)?]
25
May: Diana Mortimer, widow, of Ringmore, St. Nicholas (Shaldon), makes her
will. `To brother Nicholas Watts, and brother-in-law John Mortimore, leasehold
dwelling house, interest to pay the rents to daughters, Diana, wife of John
Hugo of Newton, and Mary Mortimer. To said daughters and to daughter-in-law
Elizabeth Mortimer, six guineas each for mourning. To sister Elizabeth Fox,
Ł2.2s. Residue to son William Mortimer and his heirs. Witnesses Henry Bulley,
James Crockwell and Mary Owens.' [proved 10 April 1794][753] [Diana
Hugo is mentioned in the 1851 will of Ann, third child of William Branscombe
& Charlotte (Mortimer)]
1
June: H.M.S. Orion, Captain John
Thomas Duckworth, takes part in Lord Howe's action, "The Glorious First of
June", a battle in the north Atlantic between the British and French
fleets. It is the first major sea encounter of the Revolutionary War
(1793-1801).
H.M.S.Invincible is also present, under
Captain the Honorable Thomas Pakenham. Both commanders were awarded a Gold
Service Medal, citing the defeat of the French fleet, the capture of six sail
of the line and one sunk.
`The
first naval battle of the [Wars of the French Revolution] between the fleets of
Great Britain and France took place 400 miles west of Ushant (Ile d'Ouessant),
off the Brittany peninsula. The French admiral Louis Villaret de Joyeuse, with
the Brest fleet of 26 warships, was escorting a convoy of grain across the
Atlantic when he was intercepted by a British squadron of equal size under
Admiral Lord Richard Howe. After four days of skirmishing, the two hostile
fleets clashed in a decisive action on June 1st. Six French were captured and
one was sunk, but the merchantmen slipped away safely to harbour at Brest.
Howe's squadron was too battered to pursue.'[754]
All
those present at this battle were entitled to a medal, but this was not granted
to lower ranks until 1840, and then only to survivors. `The medal roll contains
a few curious and unusual claiments. One of these ... is Daniel Tremendous
McKenzie, of HMS Tremendous, whose
rating at the time of the battle was given as "Baby". D.T. McKenzie
is not shown in the muster book for June 1794, but Daniel McKenzie, a.b., aged
27, is. The latter was in all probability the father. Although it was contrary
to the regulations, it is a well-known fact that the wives of some members of
the' companies did accompany their husbands to sea and were present in actions
against the enemy. The master's log contains no reference to a baby having been
born aboard prior to the action; this is not surprising, as such items of
interest were not, at that date, inserted in the log. The only place where one
might expect to find it would be the surgeon's journal, but most of these have
long since disappeared. The claim was allowed.'[755]
21
June, Dawlish:
14
July, Exeter: William Branscombe, gentleman, Undersheriff of the City of
Exeter, files his certificate [of sacrament], takes the oaths, makes his
declaration, and signs the Roll in open court.[757] [probably
William, attorney, possibly bp.1759 East Worlington, first child of Abraham,
serge-weaver of Morchard Bishop & Frances (Southcott - m.1758). m.Elizabeth
Hawke 1793. becoming a freeman?]
10
August, Exeter Cathedral: Elizabeth Branscombe, daughter of Robert, buried.[758] [cf:1793
Exeter Cathedral, Robert buried]
19
October, Stoke Damerel: Ann, daughter of Peter & Ann Sterling [Starling?],
baptised.
Bartholomew
Branscombe of Tiverton, serge-maker & father of James. (EPNI) [Bartholomew is a miller of Bampton?]
The
French Republican army invades the Netherlands, and seizes the Dutch fleet. A
satellite government is set up; the Republic of Batavia.
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, valued at Ł1.15.0, and
occupied by Thomas Willis.[759]
Exeter,
St Mary Major: Edward Brownscombe marries My Sanders. [760]
Exeter,
St George: My Brounscombe marries Geo Houghton. [761]
@1795
9
January, Stoke Damerel: Sally Branscombe, daughter of Richard & Elizabeth,
baptised. (IGI)
8
February, Torbay: H.M.S. Crescent is
in Torbay. Robert Branscombe [direct ancestor] is present on board, as a
Quartermaster.
22
February, Stoke Damerel: Charlotte Hornabrook Branscombe, daughter of Richard
& Mary Ann Branscombe, christened. (IGI) [cf:13 Nov 1796, Amelia - poss sibling?]
19
March: Robert Branscombe [direct ancestor] joins the crew of H.M.S. Orion under Captain James Saumerez. He
is one of some 81 crew who make the transfer from H.M.S. Crescent, along with Saumerez.[762]
26
March, Portsmouth: Jno Knighton of Dawlish, aged 10, joins
the complement of H.M.S. Orion as a
Boy, 3rd Class.[763]
1
May, Portsmouth: Robert Branscomb joins the crew of H.M.S. Orion as a Boy, 3rd Class.[764] [poss.
son of direct ancestor Robert Branscombe, Quartermaster on the same ship?]
23
June: H.M.S. Orion, under Captain
James Saumarez, takes part in Lord Bridport's action against Admiral Villaret
de Joyeuse, off île de Croix, Brest.
3
July, Highweek: John Branscombe, son of John & Ann, baptised.[765] [first
and only mention of this couple in Highweek in the 1700s]
9
August, Highweek: Philip, son of Samuel Branscombe & Ann, dies, aged 3.[766] [bp.1782
Highweek, fourth child of Samuel & Ann (Quick - m.1775 Highweek)]
11
August, Highweek: Philip Branscombe buried.[767]
Cape
Town, formerly a Dutch colony, is occupied by the English.
18
October, St. Mary Woolnoth, London: James Branscomb marries Sarah Jackson.
(IGI) [could be James, lottery
office-keeper. If so, he would have been aged about 60, and possibly into his
second marriage! Or it could be his son, James, born 1770 and aged 25? Sarah
would have been about 18 - d.1847, Dame Sarah, widow of Sir James]
16
November, Greensville County, Virginia: Robert Branscomb marries Elizabeth
Ingram.[768] [cf:1791
Greensville Co., Edmund Branscom m. Annie Ingram. Also cf:1799, Greensville
Co., Nancy Branscom m. Gaskins Ingram]
22
November, Whimple: Alice, second child of John & Alice Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [John; poss bp.1765
Whimple, fifth child of Thomas Branscombe & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple)? Poss m.1791 Alice Mitchell, in Broad
Clyst? Poss siblings: Mary Ann (1793), Betty (1798), William (1801), Thomas
(1803), Petronella/Peternella (1806), Henry (1808), Sarah (1811), all bp.
Whimple]
21
December, Morchard Bishop: Elizabeth & Frances, sixth and seventh children
of Joseph Branscombe & Christian (Morrish), christened. (IGI) [siblings: Mary (1786), John (1787), William
(1790), Abraham (1794), Thomas (1799)]
29
December, Dawlish: John Branscombe, son of John & Agnes (Pike - m.1781
Dawlish), buried.[769] [b.1782
- aged 13. Poss siblings: Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787), Sarah
(1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Anne (1798), Captn. William
(1803)]
Nicholas
Voisey holds the estate of Shiverstone, in Dawlish.[770]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, valued at Ł1.15.0, and
occupied by Thomas Willis.[771]
A
British naval force under [Admirals?] Keith & Craig attack the Cape colony
of the Dutch.[772]
Speenhamland
system of Poor Law payments.[773]
Oxford:
birth of Eliza(beth) Talboys, later wife of Robert Branscomb, tinman of
Birmingham.[774] [m.1819
Oxford]
In
1795 there are two Impressment centres in Exeter, and one each at Dartmouth and
Lyme.
@1796
14
January, Dawlish: John Branscombe, sixth child of John & Agnes (Pike -
m.1781 Dawlish), born. Baptised 31 January, St Marychurch, Tormoham.[775] [Poss
siblings: John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787), Sarah
(1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), Anne (1798), Captn. William (1803). IGI
says John was baptised 31 Jan in Dawlish]
7
February, Highweek: Philip Branscombe, fourth child of John & Mary
(Mountstephen - m.1787), baptised.[776] [siblings;
John (1789), Samuel (1791), Richard (1793), Elizabeth (1797)]
22
March, Withycombe Raleigh: Mary Ann, daughter of William Branscombe & Sarah
(Haymen - m.1793 Withycombe), baptised.[777] [or 22
May?]
28
April, St. Marychurch, Tormoham: Ann Tapley Beard, daughter of George &
Sarah Beard, born. (baptised 24 May)
2
May, Bampton: Sarah Branscombe, wife of William (d.1751) dies, aged 67.[778]
22
May, Withycombe Raleigh: Mary Ann, daughter of William & Sarah (Haymen -
m.1793 Withycombe) Branscombe, baptised. (IGI) [Or 12 May? [779] Or 22 March? Sibling: John
(1794). cf:1814 Venn Ottery, Henry Hayman Branscombe, son of Mary Ann
Branscombe, christened - no father listed. Mary Ann marries Beavis in 1827, is
mother to William Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee? [780] 3rd great-grandmother of Robin
Holmes of High Wycombe?]
18
July, St. Bride's, Fleet Street: Mary Branscomb marries George Forster. (IGI)
William
Branscombe of Exeter makes his will.[781] [probably
William, attorney, poss. bp.1759 East Worlington, first child of Abraham,
serge-weaver of Morchard Bishop & Frances (Southcott - m.1758). m.
Elizabeth Hawke 1793]
25
August, Exeter: William Branscombe, attorney, dies.[782] [if he
is the first child of Abraham & Frances, he would be only 37 years old]
22
September: Notice to creditors & debtors - Abraham Branscombe, serge-maker
of Morchard Bishop, executor of attorney William Branscombe's will.[783] [Abraham
may be William's father, aged about 59]
6
November, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire: John Bransfield or Bransome marries Mary
Smith.[784] [cf:1806
daughter Charlotte baptised Bransfield or Branscome]
9
November, St. Gregory's, Dawlish: William Branscombe, fifth and last child of
Robert &
13
November, Stoke Damerel: Amelia, daughter of Richard & Mary Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [cf:22 Feb 1795,
Charlotte Hornabrook - poss sibling?]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, valued at Ł1.15.0, and
occupied by Thomas Willis.[786]
The
will of Sarah Branscombe, widow of Bampton, is proved.[787]
THE
EXETER POCKET JOURNAL 1796 [788]
Mrs Branscombe, baker,
Stepcote Hill
[poss Elizabeth (Harris), m.1795 Holy
Trinity Exeter, Nicholas Branscombe? Parents of Ann Crook Branscombe cf:1776.
Ann Crook m.1801 Exeter, William Pim, who is a witness at the marriage of Susan
Branscombe, daughter of Edward & Ann (Starling) Branscombe, in Exeter,
1838. The Exeter house, shop and bakehouse of Branscombe is up for sale in 1792]
@1797
14
February: H.M.S. Orion, under
Saumarez, engaged in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. A number of the captains, including
Saumarez, receive the King's Gold Medal for brilliance.
`The
second naval battle of the [Wars of the French Revolution] took place ... after
Great Britain had been driven out of the Mediterranean and now faced the
hostile fleets of France, Spain and the Netherlands. On February 14th, the
British admiral, Sir John Jervis, with 15 of the line, was sailing 25 miles off
Cape Saint Vincent on the southwest coast of Portugal. Here he encountered a
Spanish fleet of 27 vessels under Don Jose de Cordoba, sailing for Cadiz, in
two sections. The main Spanish section of 18 turned northward. Without waiting
for orders, Commander Horatio Nelson (later Lord Nelson) doubled back to lead
the attack against this larger group. Four Spanish with three thousand prisoners
were taken without the loss of a British vessel and only 300 casualties. For
this notable victory Jervis was made Earl of Saint Vincent and Nelson a Knight
of the Bath.'[789]
20
February: Captain Thomas Lenox Frederick promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue.[790] [cf:1799]
22
March, East Budleigh: Charity Branscombe buried.[791] [m.1760
Thomas of Whimple]
16
July, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire: Hannah, daughter of John & Mary Bransfield,
baptised.[792] [cf:1809,
Charlotte, daughter of John & Mary Bransfield or Branscome of Sharnbrook]
23
July, Topsham: Robert Bradford Branscombe, son of William & Jane (Pain -
m.1781 Topsham?), baptised. (IGI) [born
1792? - m.1821 Topsham, Amelia Clare - d.1865 Littleham? OR becomes an
ironmonger with premises in Old Fish Street, City of London? cf:1841 census
& marriage 1842. Poss siblings,
all bp. Topsham: William Payne (1783), Sophia (1788), Harriet (1793). Harriet and her husband are witnesses at
Robert's marriage, when Robert is described as a rope-maker. By the 1851
census, he is working as a mariner, like his father]
August:
Troops on board the convict transport Lady
Shore, bound for N.S.W., mutiny in the south Atlantic, seizing the vessel
and its cargo. Thirty of the crew escape in a longboat to Rio.
29
August, St. Andrew's, Holborn: Walter, son of James and Sarah Branscomb of
Holborn [m.1795?], baptised.[793] [this
may be James, lottery office-keeper, who would have been aged about 62 or James
his son, 27. Sarah was about 20 at this time. Walter could be Walter James, the
solicitor of 1 Wine Office Court, poss m. about 1832]
30
September, Highweek, Newton Bushel: Elizabeth Branscombe, fifth child of John
& Mary (Mountstephen - m.1787), baptised.[794] [siblings;
John (1789), Samuel (1791), Richard (1793), Philip (1796). Elizabeth marries
Richard Beard, a photographic artist born in East Stonehouse about 1802.
cf:1851 census St. Pancras]
19
November, Dawlish: John Hodge marries
December:
Dr.George Bass leaves Port Jackson on a voyage that results in the discovery of
Bass Strait.
The
Harbinger is launched, in Quebec.
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, valued at Ł1.15.0, and
occupied by Thomas Willis.[795]
Sarah
Branscombe born in Devon. (She is married in Fremantle, in 1833) [796]
Sailors
of the English fleet mutiny at Portsmouth and The Nore.
@1798
Bass
and Flinders discover Bass Strait. On January 2nd., they round Wilson's
Promontary, then they circumnavigate Van Diemen's Land. On February 25th., they
arrive back in Port Jackson with the news.
25
February, Whimple: Betty, third child of John & Alice Branscombe,
christened. (IGI) [John; poss bp.1765
Whimple, fifth child of Thomas Branscombe & Ann (Shepherd - m.1756 Whimple)? Poss m.1791 Alice Mitchell, in Broad
Clyst? Poss siblings: Mary Ann (1793), Alice (1795), Betty (1798), William
(1801), Thomas (1803), Petronella/Peternella (1806), Henry (1808), Sarah
(1811), all bp. Whimple]
1?
March Dawlish: Anne Branscombe, seventh child of John & Agnes (Pike -
m.1781 Dawlish), born. Baptised, St. Gregory's, 18 March.[797] [Poss
siblings: John (1782-1795?), Captn. Joseph (1784-1866), Anne (1787-1787), Sarah
(1790-1849), Catherine (1793-1855), John (1796), Captn. William (1803)]
21
March, East Stonehouse [Plymouth]: Richard Branscombe marries Mary Ann Jury.[798] [Richard
poss third child of John Branscombe & Ann (? - m?), bp.1772 Plymouth. Poss
siblings: Ann (1764), Elizabeth (1767)? Richard & Mary Ann may have moved
to Southwark and baptised: Richard Thomas (1803), Amelia Elizabeth (1805), John
Ould James (1807), William Edward Butler (1819?]
24
April, Morchard Bishop: John Branscombe and Samuel Tucker (by mark), witness
the marriage of John Bennet, resident, and Elizabeth Lock.[799]
24/25
June: Joseph Hunt, paperstainer.[800]
1 August: The Battle of
Aboukir Bay. ("The Battle of the Nile") The French fleet in the
Mediterranean is destroyed. Napoleon is trapped, with his army, in Egypt. `The
Battle of the Nile was England's greatest sea victory since the destruction of
the Armada.' Second-in-Command to Admiral Nelson is Captain James Saumarez, on
board H.M.S.Orion. Also on board;
Robert Branscombe, Quartermaster and, almost certainly, his 13 year-old son
Robert.
`Although
Great Britain had won the only two naval battles fought early in the [Wars of
the French Revolution], Ushant II and Saint Vincent Cape II, its naval forces
were markedly inferior in strength to the combined navies of France, Spain and
Holland. Thus in the summer of 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte was able to dash across
the Mediterranean to Egypt, occupying Malta on the way. Doggedly, Admiral Sir
Horatio Nelson, with 13 British, set out to hunt down the French fleet. He
found the 13 French, plus four frigates, of Admiral Francois-Paul Brueys
anchored in a two-mile line in Abu Kir (Aboukir) Bay, at one of the mouths of
the Nile River, on August 1st. Late in the afternoon, Nelson attacked the enemy
line sending four inshore along one side while he led the attack down the
offshore side in his flagship the Vanguard.
Thus each French vessel was subjected to a simultaneous cannonade from both
sides. The British swept past the surprised line before Brueys could re-form
the French into a better battle position. In the all-night battle, every French
warship but two was captured or destroyed, including the flagship, L'Orient, on which Brueys was killed.
The
victorious British admiral was made Baron Nelson of the Nile. Nelson's
overwhelming victory cut Napoleon's communications with France, and doomed the
projected French conquest of the Middle East. Thus it ranks as one of the
decisive battles of the 23-year French Revolutionary Wars.'[801]
Brueys
flagship, LOrient, was, at 2,700
tons and with 120 guns ranged over 3 decks, a formidable fighting machine. When
it caught fire and exploded, 800 crew died.
`When
LOrient exploded at about 10:30 pm,
flames and smoke were visible from Alexandria, nine miles away. The blast was
the most melancholy but at the same time the most beautiful sight I ever
beheld, according to Samuel Grant, Purser in Goliath. One Captain Berry reported an awful pause and death-like
silence for about three minutes ensued, when the wreck of the masts, yards,
etc., which had been carried to a vast height, fell down into the water, and on
board the surrounding ships. ... One of its victims, the 10 year-old son of
the ships commodore, was immortalised in the poem The boy stood on the burning deck ... The battle continued until about
3am. Two French ships escaped (Guillaume
Tell and Genereux), the rest were
captured or destroyed. [802]
Casabianca, by Felicia Hemans (1793 - 1835)
The boy stood on the
burning deck
Whence all but he
had fled;
The flame that lit the
battle's wreck
Shone round him
o'er the dead.
Yet beautiful and
bright he stood,
As born to rule the storm;
A creature of
heroic blood,
A proud, though
child-like form.
The flames rolled
onhe would not go
Without his
Father's word;
That father, faint in
death below,
His voice no
longer heard.
He called aloud'say,
Father, say
If yet my task
is done?'
He knew not that the
chieftain lay
Unconscious of
his son.
'Speak, father!' once again he cried,
'If I may yet
be gone!'
And but the booming
shots replied,
And fast the
flames rolled on.
Upon his brow he felt
their breath,
And in his
waving hair,
And looked from that
lone post of death
In still yet
brave despair.
And shouted but once
more aloud,
'My father! must
I stay?'
While o'er him fast,
through sail and shroud,
The wreathing fires
made way.
They wrapt the ship in
splendour wild,
They caught the
flag on high,
And streamed above the
gallant child,
Like banners in the sky.
There came a burst of
thunder sound
The boyoh! where
was he?
Ask of the winds that
far around
With fragments strewed
the sea!
With mast, and helm,
and pennon fair,
That well had
borne their part
But the noblest thing
which perished there
Was that young
faithful heart.
Felicia
Dorothea Browne Hemans father was George Browne, a Liverpool merchant. Her
mother, Felicity Wagner, was the daughter of the Austrian and Tuscan consul to
Liverpool. Felicia was born on September 25, 1793, in Liverpool. She was the
fifth of seven children. When her father's business failed about 1800, the
family moved first to Gwrych, an isolated Welsh seaside house; then, in 1809,
to St. Asaph, Wales. Felicia was a clever child who began to read at an early
age and did so voraciously from the well-stocked family library. She read
novels and poetry, learned several languages, and studied music, primarily
under the direction of her mother. According to her sister, Felicia "could
repeat pages of poetry from her favourite authors, after having read them but
once over." When she was eleven or twelve she spent two successive winters
in London, where she was awed by the paintings and sculptures. Her first book
of Poems was published in 1808. It was remarkable work to come from a
fourteen-year-old, but it received some harsh
reviews. A postumous commentator stated: "... our little heroine was
exposed to the lash of a public critic - a useful animal enough, but one whom
the superstitious infallibility of print exalts to a divinity."
Orion casualties: 13 killed, 29
wounded. Those killed were a Captain 's Clerk, 11 Seamen and a Marine. Among
the injured were Captain Saumerez, Boatswain Peter Sadler, Midshipmen Philip
Richardson, Charles Miell & ? Lanfesty.[803]
`A
woman named Nancy Perriam helped the surgeon in the cockpit of the Orion. She never forgot the young
midshipman, a protégé of Captain Saumerez, who was brought below with his arm
blown out of its socket.'[804] [cf:1853,
Nancy, a native of Exmouth and then aged 84, is given a pension of Ł10 a year
by the Lords of Admiralty. She was described as having supplied the guns with
cartridges. Another woman, called Salter, of Devonport, a relative of Mr. Youd,
tidewaiter of Exmouth, aged 79, also claimed the same services. cf:1816
Exmouth, approximate year of birth of Joseph Perriam, future husband of Susanna
Mary Branscombe, b.1821 Topsham to Robert & Amelia (Clare). Also cf:1851
census]
After
the Battle of the Nile, Saumerez headed for Gibralter with the prizes. Detained
off the island of Malta by light airs, he demanded the surrender of the French
occupying forces, but the commander refused. So before leaving, Saumerez
delivered captured French weaponry to the resistance fighters, who subsequently
overthrew the French.[805] After Gibraltar, Orion returned to Portsmouth, via Lisbon.[806]
Among
those present at the Battle of the Nile were two women who later applied for
the General Service Medal, issued in 1840. Despite a recommendation from Queen
Victoria that all survivors present at the battle should be awarded the General
Service Medal, regardless of sex, their application, and others by women, were
refused, on the grounds that it would lead to innumerable further applications,
there being a large number of women present in the fleet during the period
1794-1811.[807]
4
October, Exeter: `The news of Nelson's victory of the Nile occasioned
rejoicings and illuminations at Exeter and other places in Devon.'[808]
`The
sum of Ł38, 436 was raised for the benefit of the sufferers [of the Battle of the Nile] at Lloyd's
Coffee House, under John Julius Angerstein, who was a maritime underwriter and
chairman of Lloyd's from 1790-96. He was responsible for distributing these
funds ... After the Battle of the Nile, rewards and testimonials were showered
upon Nelson, and the "Nile Committee" at Lloyd's Coffee House,
wishing to offer Nelson a personal tribute of gratitude, voted the sum of Ł500
for the purchase of a service of silver plate.'[809]
An
insurrection in Ireland fails, as the English navy prevents military aid from
France getting through.
October:
Governor Hunter sends Bass and Flinders back to survey the Strait. They
circumnavigate Van Diemen's Land. In November, they discover Port Dalrymple. In
December, they anchor at Risdon Cove. They return to Port Jackson on January
12th, 1799.
2
November, St. Bride, Fleet Street: Peter Branscomb marries Mary Gurney. (IGI)
6
November, Greensville County, Virginia: Zachariah Branscomb marries Mazey
Towns.[810]
Log of Captain Saumerez
aboard HMS Orion
Monday, 26 November, Portsmouth: HMS Orion arrives at Spithead, from Lisbon,
and is quarantined.
Thursday, 29 November, Portsmouth: Fresh beef delivered to HMS Orion, quarantined
at Spithead. `Saluted the Duke de Havre with 15 guns on his leaving the ship.'
Friday, 30 November, Portsmouth: Fresh beer and water delivered to HMS Orion,
quarantined at Spithead.[811]
Friday, 7 December, Portsmouth: `Answered signal for court martial.'
Saturday, 15 December, Portsmouth: HMS Orion departs for St. Helens, Jersey.
Saturday, 22 December: HMS Orion moored in Hamoze.[812]
2
December, St. Benedict & St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London: Jonathan
Branscomb buried, aged 55.[813] [poss
born c1743?]
The
Branscombe Estate, Dawlish, is owned by Fortesque, valued at Ł1.15.0, and
occupied by Thomas Willis.[814]
Approximate
year Elizabeth (Seward?) is born, possibly in Payhembury. Elizabeth Seward
married John Branscombe of Withycombe Raleigh in St. Sidwell's, Exeter, in
1816. She may also have been the 53 year old widow who was an aunt in the
household of John Bastin in Charles Street, Withycombe Raleigh, at the time of
the 1851 census. If this proves correct, the assumption by Robin Holmes that
William Branscombe and Sarah Haymen, who married in 1793 in Withycombe Raleigh,
are his ancestors, and those of William of Mudgee, may need revision.
`It
is difficult to say how effective inoculation was in cutting down deaths from
smallpox and probably the really hopeful change only came after 1798 when
Jenner discovered vaccination. By this method the patient is given an injection
of cowpox germs which are most unlikely to hurt him, but will make him immune
to smallpox for at least some years.'[815] [cf:1722 - discovery of inoculation]
Approximate
year of birth, probably in Bampton, of James Branscombe, son of William &
Sarah (Passmore - m.1787 Bampton). Father of Susan? Siblings may include:
Eliza, Sarah, Francis (draper), Thomas, William, Robert, John (tea dealer),
& Richard (farmer/lime merchant)? James d.1827 Bampton.
Year
of baptism of third great-grandfather James Halsey, fourth child of fourth
great-gra
John
Branscombe of
A La Ronde, Exmouth, is built for two
@1799
January:
Robert Branscombe is discharged as a quartermaster on H.M.S. Orion, at the age of 49, through
infirmity. The whole ship's crew is paid off at this time. The next muster
seems to be March 1801, with a new captain and crew.
1
January, Morchard Bishop: Thomas, eighth child of Joseph & Christian Branscombe,
baptised. (IGI) [siblings: Mary (1786),
John (1787), William (1790), Abraham (1794), Elizabeth & Frances (1795)]
12
January: Bass and Flinders arrive back in Port Jackson, having circumnavigated
16
January, Venn Ottery: Charles Branscombe of Ottery St. Mary, marries Sarah
Hellier.[817] [Charles
poss. bp.1773 Ottery St. Mary, son of Peter Branscomb & Ann Davies? cf:
John Hellier m.1749. Poss children of Charles & Sarah: Mary (1799), Ann
(1802), William (1804) - all bp. Venn Ottery, Sarah (1805),
14
February: Thomas Lenox Frederick, Rear-Admiral of the Blue, promoted to
Rear-Admiral of the Red.[818] [cf:8
November]
April:
The will of Elizabeth Branscombe of
11
April,
14
April, Venn Ottery: Mary Branscombe, daughter of Charles & Sarah, baptised.
(IGI) [prob Charles of Ottery St. Mary
& Sarah (Hellier - m.16 Jan this year, Ven Ottery. Poss siblings: Ann (1802), William (1804) - both bp. Venn
Ottery, Sarah (1805),
2
May, Dawlish: Elizabeth Branscombe buried.[821] [née
Pearce m.1747 Edward? OR their daughter b.1756?]
14
June, Dawlish:
8
August,
9
October, Dawlish: Robert Branscombe buried.[824] [aged 15, son
of Robert &
8
November: Thomas Lenox Frederick, Rear-Admiral of the Red, dies.[825]
22
November, St. Clement's, Townstall,
26
November, Morchard Bishop: Elizabeth Branscombe, third or fourth child of
Abraham & Frances, is buried, aged 22.
26
November,
Isaac
Branscombe of
Income
Tax first introduced in
Combination
Acts passed.[827]
Adam
Weymouth a ship's master in the Napoleonic Wars fleet. Two other Weymouths are
listed as officers.[828]
Approximate
year of marriage of Richard Bowden Beard [b.1773
The
will of John Bastin of Cullompton is administered.
By
the end of the eighteenth century, the wool-weaving industry in the south-west,
centred on
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