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Thomas LIGHT 1787–1841 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Oct 1787

Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England

Death Date: 9 Jun 1841

Death Location: Modbury, Devon, England

Father: John Light

Mother: Ann Yeo

Spouse(s): Maria Ferris

Children(s): Mary Light, Reuben Light, Thomas Light, Mary LIGHT, Maria LIGHT, Anne LIGHT, Maria LIGHT, Eliza Light, Mary Light

Thomas LIGHT was born in 1787 in Modbury, Devon, England, the child of John Light And Ann Yeo. In 1841, Thomas LIGHT resided in Modbury, Devon, England. Thomas LIGHT married Maria Ferris, and had children including Anne Eliza Light, Eliza Light, Maria Light, Mary A Light, Mary Ann Light, Mary Light, Reuben Light, Thomas Light. Thomas LIGHT passed away in 1841 in Modbury, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas LIGHT was born in 1787 in Modbury, Devon, England, the child of John Light And Ann Yeo.
  • In 1841, Thomas LIGHT resided in Modbury, Devon, England.
  • Thomas LIGHT married Maria Ferris, and had children including Anne Eliza Light, Eliza Light, Maria Light, Mary A Light, Mary Ann Light, Mary Light, Reuben Light, Thomas Light.
  • Thomas LIGHT passed away in 1841 in Modbury, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Light
1763–
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
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Ann Yeo
1760–1841
Birth Location: Holsworthy, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Maria Ferris
1787–1857
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
MF

Children(s)

Mary Light
1820–1895
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
ML
Reuben Light
1818–1849
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
RL
Thomas Light
1826–1905
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
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Mary LIGHT
1815–1818
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Maria LIGHT
1813–1879
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
ML
Anne LIGHT
1824–
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
AL
Maria LIGHT
1816–1879
Birth Location: –
ML
Eliza Light
1830–
Birth Location: Cornwood, Devon, England
EL
Mary Light
1824–1895
Birth Location: Wembury, Devon, England
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Thomas LIGHT's Ancestors

Self
Thomas LIGHT
1787–1841
Birth Place: Modbury, Devon, England
Parents
John Light
1763–
Modbury, Devon, England
Ann Yeo
1760–1841
Holsworthy, Devon, England
Grandparents
Thomas LIGHT
1728–1790
Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Maragret WOOLDRIDGE
1733–1766
Modbury, Devon, England
Honor
1644–
Exeter, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas LIGHT
1696–1699
Agnes WARD
1694–1760
Elizabeth GRYLLS
1710–1721
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Leight
1657–
Temperence Emmett\Emmott
1660–1702
Alexander Ward
–1695

Thomas LIGHT's Descendants

1.
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Thomas LIGHT (22 Oct 1787–9 Jun 1841) m. Maria Ferris (12 Jan 1787–22 May 1857)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Light 1820–1895 m. Peter (Wherne) Hamling 1820–1888
    1. 1. John (Jonas) Hamling 1845–1931 m. Cecilia (Ann) Dennis 1846–1929
      1. 1. Sarah (Maud) Hamling 1879–1961 m. Vincent (Augustine) Hoskins 1870–1938
        1. 1. VINCENT (AUGUSTUS) HOSKINS 1897–1960 m. Edna (Rita) Tomlinson 1908–1992
        2. 2. Lois (Maud Frances May) Hoskins 1908–1979 m. Albert (Harold Francis) Wigney 1908–1985
      2. 2. Cecilia (Ettie) Hamling 1875–1952 m. David (Hy) Marks –1942
        1. 1. Louis (Phillip Henry) Marks 1897–
      3. 3. William (Frederick) Hamling 1872–
        1. 1. Violet (Lucy) Hamling 1908–1968
        2. 2. Eleanor (May) Hamling 1899–1899
        3. 3. Alice (Louise) Hamling 1901–
      4. 4. Selina (Cordelia) Hamling 1875–1934 m. Shirley (Alfred) Pavitt 1873–1967
        1. 1. Harold (Leslie) Pavitt 1898–1961 m. Eva (Esther Emily) Price 1899–1972
        2. 2. John (Vernon) Pavitt 1909–1974 m. Iris (Beryl) Kelton 1909–1988
        3. 3. Clarice (Ethel) Pavitt 1901– m. Andrew (Richard) Burmeister 1896–1970
        4. 4. Alfred (Leonard) Pavitt 1904–1967
        5. 5. Charles (Ernest Robeson) Pavitt 1908–1908
        6. 6. Samuel (Charles) Hamling 1894–1894
      5. 5. Cecilia (Ellie) Hamling 1874–
        1. 1. Louis (Phillip Hy) Marks 1897–
      6. 6. Charlotte (Leah) Hamling 1877–1897
        1. 1. Madden 1897–
      7. 7. Ernest (John) Hamling 1881–1959 m. Rose Treloar 1875–1949
        1. 1. Harold (Francis) Hamling 1904–1976 m. Veronica (Phyllis) Kann 1904–1989
      8. 8. Mary (Ethel May) Hamling 1883–1967 m. John (Thomas) Farmer 1867–
      9. 9. Samuel (Hodge Edgar) Hamling 1885–1959 m. Alma (Florence) Gartside 1875–1942 m. Laura (Louise) Marsh 1883–1909
        1. 1. Charles Hamling 1911–1911
        2. 2. John (James) Hamling 1913–1967
        3. 3. Agnes (Isabel) Hamling 1908–1989
        4. 4. Ernest (Edgar) Hamling 1906–1914
        5. 5. Laura (Louise) Hamling 1909–
        6. 6. Elsie Hamling 1906–1911
        7. 7. Alfred (Ashley) Hamling 1904–1946
      10. 10. Elsie (Gertrude) Hamling 1889–1959 m. William (Thomas Bartlett) Vaughan 1876–1968
        1. 1. Stanley (William) Vaughan 1910–1911
        2. 2. Thelma (Agnes) Vaughan 1914–2000
        3. 3. Alan (William) Vaughan 1921–1922
      11. 11. Henry (James) Hamling 1868–1935 m. Frances (Hannah) Hall 1869–1955
        1. 1. Cecilia (Ann) Hamling 1907–1963
        2. 2. Margurite (Caroline) Hamling 1910–1975
        3. 3. Rubina (Clarence) Hamling 1899–1977
        4. 4. Charles Hamling 1906–
        5. 5. Alice (Maude) Hamling 1903–
        6. 6. Harold (James) Hamling 1900–
        7. 7. William (Henry) Hamling 1896–1959
        8. 8. Irene (May) Hamling 1894–
        9. 9. Mabel (Thelma) Hamling 1909–
        10. 10. Eric (Edwin) Hamling 1908–1969
        11. 11. Alfred (Ashley) HAMLING 1903–1946
        12. 12. Elsie (Olive Myrtle) Hamling 1908–
      12. 12. Charles (Thomas) Hamling 1889–1968 m. Isabella (Jean) Evans 1888–1948
        1. 1. Lindsay (Charles "Lennie") Hamling 1915–1943
        2. 2. Jean Hamling 1917–
    2. 2. Henry Hamling 1843–1916 m. Elizabeth (Mary) Reilly 1849–1918
      1. 1. Harold (Edward) Hamling 1879–1952
      2. 2. William (Henry) Hamling 1871–1877
      3. 3. Mary (Clara) Hamling 1873–1948
      4. 4. Frances (Elizabeth) Hamling 1875–1875
      5. 5. James (John) Hamling 1876–1878
      6. 6. Isabel (Annie) Hamling 1883–
      7. 7. Annie (Daphne) Hamling 1892–1920
      8. 8. Eileen (Maria) Hamling 1884–1945
      9. 9. Thomas (Sydney) Hamling 1887–1887
      10. 10. Grace (Eveline) Hamling 1888–1933
      11. 11. Mary (Pansy) Hamling 1892–1980
      12. 12. Bessie (May) Hamling 1881–1919
    3. 3. Thomas (Light) Hamling 1842–1910 m. Elizabeth Tomkins 1848–1937
      1. 1. William (Alfred) Hamling 1867–1955
      2. 2. Mary (Maria) Hamling 1870–1955 m. William (John) Kennedy 1865–1920
        1. 1. William (John) Kennedy 1900–1947
        2. 2. Robert (Lewers) KENNEDY 1897–1974
        3. 3. Sarah (Davison) KENNEDY 1898–1985
        4. 4. Ernest (Herbert) HAMLING 1891–1918
      3. 3. Alice (Maude) Hamling 1874–1911 m. Archibald (Nesbitt) Geddes 1874–1958
        1. 1. Wallace (Raymond) Geddes 1904–1971
        2. 2. Hector (Ralph) Geddes 1907–1967
      4. 4. Elizabeth HAMLING 1877–1943 m. Herbert (M) Eddy 1882–1948
      5. 5. Henry (Creighton) Hamling 1879–1964 m. Elsie (Eleanor) Eddy 1888–1983
        1. 1. Nellie (Gwendoline) Hamling 1913–1998
        2. 2. Alice (Margaret) Hamling 1915–1976
        3. 3. Elizabeth (May) HAMLING 1917–1968
      6. 6. Ethel (May) Hamling 1881–1972
      7. 7. Grace Hamling 1883–1969 m. Morris (John) Eddy 1884–1941
        1. 1. William (Morris) Eddy 1913–1988
        2. 2. Sydney (Rex Tatalla) Eddy 1919–2005
      8. 8. Cora HAMLING 1885–1965 m. Daniel (Arthur) McNally 1881–1943
      9. 9. Thomas (Peter) Hamling 1872–1874
      10. 10. Mary (Elizabeth) Hamling 1867–1867
    4. 4. William Hamling 1849–1921
    5. 5. George Hamling 1851–1934 m. Susanna (Sarah Ann) Reeves 1853–1932
      1. 1. Clara (Alice) Hamling 1874–1954
      2. 2. Ada (Bertha) Hamling 1875–1967
      3. 3. Hervain (James) Hamling 1881–1960
      4. 4. Iva (Alma) Hamling 1884–1964
      5. 5. George (William) Hamling 1888–1968
      6. 6. Iris (Irene) Hamling 1896–1898
      7. 7. Eric (Edwin) Hamling 1890–1969
      8. 8. Laura (Louisa) Hamling 1879–1954
      9. 9. Edith (Maude) Hamling 1884–1982
    6. 6. Mary (Ann) Hamling 1856–1935 m. John McALLISTER 1848–
      1. 1. John (Henry) McAllister 1873–1954
    7. 7. Sussan (Wherington) HAMLING 1858–1933
    8. 8. Ann (Eliza) Hamling 1860–1948 m. Rowley (Croker) Miller 1843–1920
      1. 1. Charles (Robert) Miller 1899–1960
      2. 2. Helena (Matilda) Miller 1880–1971
      3. 3. George (Croker) Miller 1882–1972
      4. 4. Croker (Rowley) Miller 1884–1928
      5. 5. Henry (James) Miller 1886–1895
      6. 6. Alexander (Croker) Miller 1889–1960
      7. 7. Ann (Eliza) Miller 1891–1973
      8. 8. Jonathon (Wilson) Miller 1894–1968
      9. 9. Rowley MILLER 1879–1879
  2. 2. Reuben Light 1818–1849
  3. 3. Thomas Light 1826–1905
  4. 4. Mary LIGHT 1815–1818
  5. 5. Maria LIGHT 1813–1879
  6. 6. Anne (Eliza) LIGHT 1824–
  7. 7. Maria LIGHT 1816–1879
  8. 8. Eliza Light 1830–
  9. 9. Mary (A.) Light 1824–1895

Thomas LIGHT's Timeline

3 Records

1787
22 Oct 1787
Birth of Thomas LIGHT in Modbury, Devon, England
Modbury, Devon, England
1841
1841
Age 54
Thomas LIGHT resided here in Modbury, Devon, England
Modbury, Devon, England
1841
9 Jun 1841
Age 54
Death of Thomas LIGHT in Modbury, Devon, England
Modbury, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Oct 1787
    Event Place: Modbury, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 218; Book: 9; Civil Parish: Modbury; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 7; Page: 8; Line: 4; GSU roll: 241309

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Modbury, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 218; Book: 9; Civil Parish: Modbury; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 7; Page: 8; Line: 4; GSU roll: 241309

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jun 1841
    Event Place: Modbury, Devon, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index
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