See also
| Husband: | Samuel CHUDLEIGH (1782-1861) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth HOMEYARD (1786-1867) | |
| Children: | Elizabeth CHUDLEIGH (1822-1868) | |
| Marriage | 3 Jan 1814 | Stoke Damerel - Devonport, Devon, England |
| Name: | Samuel CHUDLEIGH1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Alt. Name: | Samuel CHUDLEY | |
| Alt. Name: | Samuel CHIDLEY | |
| Father: | John CHIDLEY (1740?- ) | |
| Mother: | Joanna LEIGH (1740?- ) | |
| Birth | 1782 | Colebrooke, Devon, England |
| Baptism | 26 May 1782 (age 0) | Colebrooke, Devon, England |
| Occupation | labourer | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 50) | Colebrooke, Devon, England2 |
| Coleford Samuel and Elizabeth are with daughter Maria |
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| Occupation | 6 Jun 1841 (age 50) | agricultural labourer; Colebrooke, Devon, England2 |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 68) | Colebrooke, Devon, England3 |
| Coleford Village Samuel and Elizabeth have a visitor, Ann Greenslade, aged 77, widow and pauper from Sandford |
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| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 68) | Pauper, formerly Agricultural Labourer; Colebrooke, Devon, England3 |
| Death | 1861 (age 78-79) | |
| Name: | Elizabeth HOMEYARD1,4 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1786 | Crediton , Devon, England |
| Baptism | 15 Jan 1786 (age 0) | Crediton , Devon, England |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 50) | Colebrooke, Devon, England2 |
| Coleford | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 66) | Colebrooke, Devon, England3 |
| Coleford Village | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 75) | Coleford, Devon, England5 |
| Coleford Village Widowed Elizabeth is with her 10 year old grand daughter Sarah Chudleigh, John's daughter. |
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| Death | Q4 1867 (age 80-81) | Crediton Registration District, Devon, England |
| Name: | Elizabeth CHUDLEIGH1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Daniel HEARD (c. 1826-1892) | |
| Birth | 1822 | Colebrooke, Devon, England |
| Baptism | 3 Feb 1822 (age 0) | Colebrooke, Devon, England |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 29) | Sandford, Devon, England6 |
| Rocks Court | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 37) | Sandford, Devon, England7 |
| Linscombe, Sandford | ||
| Death | 27 Dec 1868 (age 45-46) | Linscombe - Sandford, Devon, England |
| Burial | 3 Jan 1869 | Burial plot 5/432 Crediton Churchyard, Devon, England |
3. Samuel Chudleigh, aged 68 years, parish of Coleford, near Crediton, was suddenly seized five years ago with pains all over his body. On the second day he was compelled to go to bed. The doctor of the union attended him, but without any benefit. In a fortnight, being much worse, he was removed to the Exeter Hospital. While there he continued getting worse, and at the end of a fortnight requested to be sent home, as he thought he should die if he staid any longer. He was conveyed home with great difficulty, and was then confined to his bed for a year and ten months. He was again attended by the union surgeon, who, however, did him no good: indeed, often told him that his case was hopeless. During this time he suffered great pain: his legs and arms became contracted, and he felt as if they were chained together; and, the disease attacking his eyes, he lost the sight of the right. At the end of that time, however, he improved a little, and was able to leave his bed. His legs still remained contracted, and he was quite unable to move without crutches. In that state he remained for three years more, when his son, who resided at Tiverton, advised him to apply to Mr. Capern. He accordingly came to Tiverton, a distance of sixteen miles, and on the 26th February Mr. Capern mesmerised him for the first time. He felt considerable warmth in the limbs, and slept better that night than he had ever done since he was first ill. After six mesmerisations he was able to walk without crutches, and go up and down stairs in the ordinary manner, which he had though the limbs are still contracted, he is able to walk without any inconvenience, and expresses great gratitude to Mr. Capern for the good he has done him. A remarkable fact connected with this patient is that he has been practising "mesmerism" unconsciously from the day of his birth up to the present time. A popular superstition exists in Devonshire that every seventh son possesses the power of curing disease by the simple application of the hand. So firmly is this believed that persons were waiting anxiously for his birth in order to be touched by the new-born infant, should it be a boy, for the cure of their diseases. This power he exercises every Sunday only—the day of the week on which he was born. At the time of operating he mentally repeats what is believed to be a portion of Scripture; but on this point he was not communicative. He commences by making seven passes over the diseased part precisely in the mode adopted by mesmerists, decreasing the number of passes every Sunday by one until he comes to the last; always, however, taking the same time in making each lesser number of passes that he had previously taken in making the seven, so that the one pass on the seventh Sunday occupies as much time as the seven passes did on the first. Should the cure, however, not have been effected at the termination of the seventh Sunday when the last pass is made, a second course is commenced the Sunday following, seven passes being again made and the number decreased each Sunday as before. During his stay in Tiverton, whilst under Mr. Capern, he was visited every Sunday by persons suffering from scrofula, on whom he operated in his usual manner. Two of these, Mr. Upton, of Bickleigh, and Mr. Clarke, declare themselves much benefitted, and I allude to their cases as they came under my own observation. His father, being also a seventh son, practised the cure of disease in the same manner: and my patient was believed to possess extraordinary powers of healing because he was the seventh son of a seventh son. In addition to his operation, a sixpence or other piece of silver is sewn into a small bag, and that again into another, and worn round the operator's neck during the last of the seven weeks. It is then given to the patient, who wears it for the next seven weeks, and it is afterwards deposited in a box to be carefully preserved from wet or the touch of a needle. Should this not be carefully attended to, the disease will cases where, the above precautions not being properly attended to, the disease has returned.
TIVERTON, December 1850
Extract from The Mighty Curative Powers of Mesmerism proved in upwards of 150 Cases of Various Diseases by Thomas Capern. Published by H. Bailliere, London, 1851
In 1861 Widowed Elizabeth is living at Coleford with granddaughter Sarah.
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | Text From Source: Name Age Occupation Where Born Samuel Chudleigh 50 Agricultural Labourer Elizabeth Chudleigh 50 Maria Chudleigh 12 Scholar |
| HO107/215 Book 1 Page 4. Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 3 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Samuel Chudleigh Head Mar 68 Pauper, formerly Agricultural Labourer Colebrooke, Devon, England Elizabeth Chudleigh Wife Mar 66 Crediton , Devon, England |
| HO107/1887 Folio 31 Page 6. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 4 | Sheilagh Stones'tree. |
| 5 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Elizabeth Homeyard Head Mar 75 Crediton , Devon, England |
| RG9/1473 Folio 86 Page 10. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 6 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Daniel Heard Head Mar 26 Agricultural Labourer Sandford, Devon, England Elizabeth Heard Wife Mar 29 Colebrooke, Devon, England James Heard Son Unm 2 Colebrooke, Devon, England |
| HO107/1887 Folio 355 Page 13. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 7 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Daniel Heard Head Mar 35 Agricultural Labourer Sandford, Devon, England Elizabeth Heard Wife Mar 37 Colebrooke, Devon, England John Heard Son Unm 8 Scholar Rocks Court - Sandford, Devon, England William Henry Heard Son Unm 5 Scholar Preston Sandford, Devon, England Maria Heard Dau Unm 1 New Buildings - Sandford, Devon, England |
| Rg9/1475 Folio ^ Page 8. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |