Richard Sowton
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Charity Metter
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Richard Lakeman
(1778-1830)
Joanna Tickle
(1779-1860)
Emanuel Sowton
(1806-1858)
Maria Lakeman
(1814-1884)
John Sowton of Calstock
(1844-1899)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Jane Bell

  • Rosa Ann Sowton
2. Mary Jane Wilkinson
  • Florence Maria Sowton
  • Alice Maud Sowton
  • John Alfred L. Sowton
  • Henry Wilkinson Sowton
  • Raymond Charles Sowton

John Sowton of Calstock

  • Born: 1844, Bere Ferrers, Devon, England 1
  • Married (1): 1867, Tavistock District, Devon, England 2
  • Married (2): 1875, Tavistock District, Devon, England 3
  • Died: 22 Jun 1899, Bodmin, Cornwall 4
  • Buried: 27 Jun 1899, Calstock, Cornwall 5

  Research Notes:

From 1851 through 1871, John Sowton was lodging with his aunt Ann Bradley in Calstock Cornwall.

In 1881 John Sowton (36) of Beerferris Devon, grocer &c., and wife Mary J. (28) of Calstock Cornwall, were living in Providence Place, Calstock. Present were aunt Ann J. Bradly (77) of Kent [sic], widow, annuitant, children (born in Calstock): Rosa A.* (10), scholar, Alice M. (2), John A. L. (1).

* daughter of John's first marriage to Jane Bell.

In 1891, John Sowton (46) of Beerferris Devon, grocer, and wife Mary J. (38) of Calstock, were living at 3 Providence Place, Calstock. Present were children (born in Calstock): Florence M. (14), scholar, John A. L. (11), scholar, Henry W. (9), scholar, Raymond C. (1), aunt Ann J. Bradley (86) of Blackawton Devon, widow, living on her own means.

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John Sowton of Calstock died aged 54 years (burial record).

John Sowton of Calstock Cornwall died 22 Jun 1899 at Bodmin. Probate London 10 July to Mary Jane Sowton, widow. Effects £25.

  Marriage Information:

John married Jane Bell in 1867 in the Tavistock District, Devon, England 2. (Jane Bell was born about 1843 in Northumberland, England and was buried on 30 May 1872 in Calstock, Cornwall 6, aged 29 years. )

  Marriage Information:

John also married Mary Jane Wilkinson, daughter of Henry Wilkinson and Jane, in 1875 in the Tavistock District, Devon, England 3. (Mary Jane Wilkinson was born about 1853 in Calstock, Cornwall and died on 21 Jan 1923 in Neath Rd., Plymouth, Devon, England 7, aged 71 years.)

Sources


1 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Tavistock district, 3rd Quarter, vol. 9, p. 461.

2 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, 3rd Quarter, vol. 5b, p. 637.

3 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, 4th Quarter, vol. 5b, p. 680.

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), p. 164.

5 Cornwall OPC.

6 Calstock Parish Registers, Burials, p. 328, no. 2617.

7 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Plymouth district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5b, p. 330; The Western Morning News and Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, Saturday, January 21, 1923.


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