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Leonard Woodcock 1799–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Apr 1799

Birth Location: St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England

Death Date: May 1885

Death Location: St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England

Father: Johnathan Woodcock

Mother: Sarah Turnear

Spouse(s): Grace Williams

Children(s): Ann Woodcock, Grace Woodcock, Martha Woodcock, Sarah Woodcock, Celia Woodcock, Selina Woodcock, Mary Woodcock, Melinda Woodcock, Leonard Woodcock

The story of Leonard Woodcock began in 1799 in St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England. Leonard Woodcock married Grace Williams, and had children including Ann Woodcock, Celia Woodcock, Grace Woodcock, Leonard Woodcock, Martha Woodcock, Mary Woodcock, Melinda Woodcock, Sarah Woodcock, Selina Woodcock. Leonard Woodcock passed away in 1885 in St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Leonard Woodcock began in 1799 in St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England.
  • Leonard Woodcock married Grace Williams, and had children including Ann Woodcock, Celia Woodcock, Grace Woodcock, Leonard Woodcock, Martha Woodcock, Mary Woodcock, Melinda Woodcock, Sarah Woodcock, Selina Woodcock.
  • Leonard Woodcock passed away in 1885 in St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johnathan Woodcock
1761–1805
Birth Location: St Martin's, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
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Sarah Turnear
1771–1841
Birth Location: St Martins, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Grace Williams
1800–1887
Birth Location: St Buryan, Cornwall, England
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Children(s)

Ann Woodcock
1827–1916
Birth Location: St Buryan, Cornwall, England
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Grace Woodcock
1831–1916
Birth Location: St Martins, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
GW
Martha Woodcock
1838–1906
Birth Location: Orford, Suffolk, England
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Sarah Woodcock
1841–1925
Birth Location: Clovelly, Devon, England
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Celia Woodcock
1847–1891
Birth Location: Abbotsham, Devon, England
CW
Selina Woodcock
1838–1898
Birth Location: Orford, Suffolk, England
SW
Mary Woodcock
1834–1891
Birth Location: Orford, Suffolk, England
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Melinda Woodcock
1843–1925
Birth Location: Clovelly, Devon, England
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Leonard Woodcock
1832–1909
Birth Location: St Martin, Scilly Isles, England
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Leonard Woodcock's Ancestors

Self
Leonard Woodcock
1799–1885
Birth Place: St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
Parents
Johnathan Woodcock
1761–1805
St Martin's, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
Sarah Turnear
1771–1841
St Martins, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
John Woodcock
1720–
Isles of Scilly (Enesek Syllan), Cornwall (Kernewek), England
Ann Humphreys
1721–1797
St. Martin's, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
Richard Turner
1721–1787
Eynesford, Kent, England
Sarah (Maria) Taylor
1724–1798
Ightham, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Humphries
1704–1778
Margaret Paul
1709–1785
Ebenezer Taylor
1697–1756
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Humphrys
1666–1758
Beaten Perrow
1669–1746
Joseph Paul
1680–1760
Margaret Rawling
1682–1748

Leonard Woodcock's Descendants

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Leonard Woodcock (4 Apr 1799–May 1885) m. Grace Williams (1800–Nov 1887)
  1. 1. Ann Woodcock 1827–1916 m. George (A) Woodcock 1814–1886
    1. 1. William (J) Woodcock 1849–1879
    2. 2. George (Treeve) Woodcock 1862–1938 m. Martha (Melinda) Ford 1862–1947
      1. 1. William (Stephen (Stephen)) Woodcock 1900–1923
      2. 2. Laura Woodcock 1895–1969
      3. 3. George Woodcock 1892–1969
      4. 4. Ethel (Mary) Woodcock 1889–1979
      5. 5. Leonard (Treeve) Woodcock 1888–1966
      6. 6. Albert (Victor (Victor)) Woodcock 1902–1924
    3. 3. Sarah Woodcock 1843–1923 m. William Gibson 1839–1926
      1. 1. Bertha Gibson 1877–1951 m. Nicholas Christopher 1869–1942
        1. 1. Ernest Christopher 1895–1981 m. Dora (Chapman) Ashford 1895–1979
        2. 2. Lewis Christopher 1896–1971 m. Olive (May) Goddard 1900–1978
        3. 3. Kate (Princeps (Katie)) Christopher 1903–2003 m. Cyril (P) McKillin 1910–1959
        4. 4. Annie (Mabel (Mabel)) Christopher 1906–1966 m. Irvine (Tennyson) Pellowe 1908–1972
        5. 5. Steven (Nicholas) Christopher 1907–1992 m. Ethel (May) Richardson 1915–2000
        6. 6. Florence (Elizabeth (Elizabeth)) Christopher 1909–2007 m. Richard (Stanley) Best 1905–1991
        7. 7. William (Gibson) Christopher 1901–1902
        8. 8. Bertha Christopher 1913–2000 m. Eric Howard 1910–
        9. 9. Norman Christopher 1917–2007 m. Edith (C M) Mumford 1915–
        10. 10. Wilfred (Gibson) Christopher 1902–1997 m. Jane (E) Jenkins 1903–1957
      2. 2. Jabez Gibson 1871–1949 m. Evangeline Tippett 1875–1967
        1. 1. Stephen Gibson 1907–1988
        2. 2. Eva (Clarice) Gibson 1909–1995
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Lillian (Lillian)) Gibson 1874–1926 m. William (Leggo) Ashford 1875–1960
      4. 4. Sarah Gibson 1879–1918
      5. 5. William (John Gibson) Jnr 1868–1946 m. Eliza (Jane) Ellis 1876–1957
        1. 1. Ella Gibson 1900–1990 m. Joseph Webb 1886–
    4. 4. Jane Woodcock 1851–1905 m. Daniel (Mac) Intyre 1842–
  2. 2. Grace Woodcock 1831–1916 m. Richard Redshaw 1813–1892
    1. 1. Dora (Melende) Brooks 1868–1925 m. William Brooks 1859–1935
      1. 1. William (Henry\Gulielmi Henrici) Brooks 1897–1960 m. Andree (Marcelle Jeanne) Briere 1899–1958
        1. 1. Robertus (Ricardus (Robert Richard) (Bobby) Brooks) Prof 1926–2001
        2. 2. William (Albert) Brooks 1931–2000
      2. 2. Joan (Margaret Irene) Brooks 1904–
    2. 2. Constance Redshaw 1866–1958
    3. 3. Henry (Morrice) Redshaw 1871–1935 m. Emily Hallam 1876–1952
      1. 1. Sydney (Hallam) Redshaw 1917–2001 m. Barbara Diller 1916–2002
      2. 2. John (Hallam) Redshaw 1901–1945
      3. 3. Joseph (R) Redshaw 1912–1991
      4. 4. Vera (Millicent) Duffield 1908–2005
      5. 5. Morrice Redshaw 1907–1986
    4. 4. Herbert (Walter) Redshaw 1863–1946 m. Ella (Mead) Pratt 1870–1908
      1. 1. Richard (Pratt) Redshaw 1893–1961
      2. 2. Margaret (Hope) Howell 1899–1956
      3. 3. James (Adelbert (Jim)) Redshaw 1901–1940
      4. 4. Grace (Hansie) Redshaw 1903–1908
      5. 5. Frances (Marie) McGrath 1904–1983
      6. 6. Myrtle (O'Dessa) Merz 1895–1975 m. Johann (Matthaeus (John Matthew)) Merz 1877–1961
        1. 1. Herbert (Matthew (Bud) Merz) Snr 1922–1984 m. Norma (Jean) Ellis 1930–2017
        2. 2. Robert (Dean) Merz 1929–2006
        3. 3. Alice (Violet) Merz 1915–2008
        4. 4. Ester (Helen) Merz 1916–2003
        5. 5. Donald (Lee) Merz 1934–1934
        6. 6. Clara (Vernice) Merz 1913–1966
        7. 7. Marjorie (Marie) Merz 1924–2006 m. Harold (Francis) Young 1925–1993
        8. 8. Dorothy (Lena) Merz 1919–2011
        9. 9. Bertha (E) Merz 1920–2020 m. Eldon (Merwin) Leffel 1920–2012
        10. 10. Ethel (Grace Merz) Butt 1916–2001
        11. 11. Carolyn (Ruth) Black 1931–2018
      7. 7. Alfred (Rueben) Redshaw 1894–1986
      8. 8. Redshaw 1897–1897
      9. 9. David Redshaw 1902–
      10. 10. Jim Redshaw 1885–1942
    5. 5. Edith Redshaw 1860–1932
    6. 6. Grace Redshaw 1864–1948
  3. 3. Martha Woodcock 1838–1906
  4. 4. Sarah Woodcock 1841–1925
  5. 5. Celia Woodcock 1847–1891 m. William Craig 1841–1886
    1. 1. Lilian (Elizabeth) Craig 1867–1941
    2. 2. Leonard (William) Craig 1864–1885
    3. 3. Charles (William) Craig 1870–1871
    4. 4. Frederick (Arthur) Craig 1872–1915 m. Emily Webb 1870–1962
      1. 1. Molly (Clarissa) Craig 1907–1998 m. Edward (Norman) Wyld 1901–1990
      2. 2. Ailsa (Emily) Craig 1895–1915
      3. 3. Ronald (Woodcock) Craig 1905–1935
      4. 4. Walter (Frederick) Craig 1897–
      5. 5. Arthur Craig 1899–1906
  6. 6. Selina Woodcock 1838–1898
  7. 7. Mary Woodcock 1834–1891 m. Peter (Ceely) Ford 1826–1899
    1. 1. Martha (Melinda) Ford 1862–1947 m. George (Treeve) Woodcock 1862–1938
  8. 8. Melinda Woodcock 1843–1925
  9. 9. Leonard Woodcock 1832–1909

Leonard Woodcock's Timeline

12 Records

1798
29 Apr 1798
Leonard Woodcock was baptized in Scilly Islands, Cornwall, England
Scilly Islands, Cornwall, England
1799
4 Apr 1799
Birth of Leonard Woodcock in St Martins, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
St Martins, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
1799
4 Apr 1799
Birth of Leonard Woodcock in St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
1826
6 Mar 1826
Age 27
Leonard Woodcock resided here in St Buryan, Cornwall, England
St Buryan, Cornwall, England
1841
1841
Age 42
Leonard Woodcock resided here in Hartland, Devon, England
Hartland, Devon, England
1851
1851
Age 52
Leonard Woodcock resided here in Clovelly, Devon, England
Clovelly, Devon, England
1851
1851
Age 52
Leonard Woodcock resided here in High Street, Bidefor, Clovelly Bidefo, Devonshire, England
High Street, Bidefor, Clovelly Bidefo, Devonshire, England
1861
1861
Age 62
Leonard Woodcock resided here in Abbotsham, Devon, England
Abbotsham, Devon, England
1871
1871
Age 72
Leonard Woodcock resided here in Abbotsham, Devon, England
Abbotsham, Devon, England
1881
1881
Age 82
Leonard Woodcock resided here in Abbotsham, Devon, England
Abbotsham, Devon, England
1885
30 Apr 1885
Age 86
Death of Leonard Woodcock in Riccards Down, Abbotsham, Devon, England
Riccards Down, Abbotsham, Devon, England
1885
May 1885
Age 86
Burial of Leonard Woodcock in St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England
St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1799
    Event Place: St Martins, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 2260; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 1341544
    [2] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 2202; Folio: 3; Page: 4; GSU roll: 834864
    [3] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1503; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542823
    [4] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1895; Folio: 503; Page: 12; GSU roll: 221046
    [5] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
    [6] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 223; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Hartland; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 5; Page: 5; Line: 5; GSU roll: 241312
    [7] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [8] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1799
    Event Place: St Martin, Scilly Isles, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Apr 1798
    Event Place: Scilly Islands, Cornwall, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1826
    Event Place: St Buryan, Cornwall, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Hartland, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 223; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Hartland; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 5; Page: 5; Line: 5; GSU roll: 241312

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Clovelly, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1895; Folio: 503; Page: 12; GSU roll: 221046

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: High Street, Bidefor, Clovelly Bidefo, Devonshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Abbotsham, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1503; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542823

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Abbotsham, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 2202; Folio: 3; Page: 4; GSU roll: 834864

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Abbotsham, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 2260; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 1341544

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1885
    Event Place: Riccards Down, Abbotsham, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
    [2] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: May 1885
    Event Place: St Helen Churchyard, Abbotsham, Torridge District, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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