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| Husband: | William Lawrence PITTS (1839-1898) | |
| Wife: | Jane Ann HORTON (1846-1926) | |
| Marriage | Sep 1886 | Plymouth, Devon, England1 |
| Name: | William Lawrence PITTS2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William Elliott PITTS (c. 1813-1845) | |
| Mother: | Katherine LOYE (c. 1820-1840) | |
| Birth | 20 Sep 1839 | Stokenham, Devon, England3 |
| Baptism | 10 Oct 1839 (age 0) | Stokenham, Devon, England4 |
| Occupation | Yeoman/Farmer | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 1) | Bishopsteignton, Devon, England5 |
| Village | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 11) | Stokenham, Devon, England6 |
| Maybe Muckwell Farm. No address recorded | ||
| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 11) | scholar; Stokenham, Devon, England6 |
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 21) | Stokenham, Devon, England7 |
| Kellaton Farm House | ||
| Occupation | 7 Apr 1861 (age 21) | Learning Farming; Stokenham, Devon, England7 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 31) | Stokenham, Devon, England8 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 31) | Farmer of 116 acres; Stokenham, Devon, England8 |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 41) | Stokenham, Devon, England9 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 41) | Farmer of 120 Acres employing 2 men & 2 boys; Stokenham, Devon, England9 |
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 (age 51) | Stokenham, Devon, England10 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Occupation | 5 Apr 1891 (age 51) | Farmer; Stokenham, Devon, England10 |
| Occupation | Farmer11 | |
| Death | 12 Jan 1898 (age 58) | Stokenham, Devon, England12 |
| Probate | 9 Mar 1898 | Exeter, Devon, England |
| William left total effects to the value of £900.11.4d. Probate was granted to son John. | ||
| Burial | ||
| Name: | Jane Ann HORTON2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Samuel HORTON (c. 1812-1848) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth SANDOVER (1812-1880) | |
| Birth | 18 Oct 1846 | Wembury, Devon, England13,14 |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 4) | Wembury, Devon, England15 |
| Gabber, Plympton St Mary | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 16) | Plymouth, Devon, England16 |
| 25 Southside Street, St Andrews | ||
| Occupation | 7 Apr 1861 (age 14) | General Servant Only a possibility this is the correct Jane Horton.; Plymouth, Devon, England16 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 24) | Holbeton, Devon, England17 |
| Luxon, Holbeton Jane is in service with farmer John Stranger Forde |
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| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 24) | General Domestic Servant; Holbeton, Devon, England17 |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 34) | Stokenham, Devon, England18 |
| Start, Stokenham Jane is with her brother Samuel and his family at Start. |
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| Census | 5 Apr 1891 (age 44) | Stokenham, Devon, England10 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 54) | Stokenham, Devon, England19 |
| Muckwell Farm | ||
| Occupation | 31 Mar 1901 (age 54) | Farmer; Stokenham, Devon, England19 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 64) | Kingsbridge, Devon, England20 |
| Rack Park, Kingsbridge Jane is living alone |
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| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 64) | Private Means; Kingsbridge, Devon, England20 |
| Census | 19 Jun 1921 (age 74 yrs 8 mns) | Kingsbridge, Devon, England21 |
| 5 Derby Road | ||
| Occupation | 19 Jun 1921 (age 74) | Farmer, retired; Kingsbridge, Devon, England21 |
| Death | 18 May 1926 (age 79) | Kingsbridge, Devon, England |
| Probate | 28 Sep 1926 | London, England |
| 5 Derby Road, Kingsbridge Probate granted to Mary Trobridge Horton, spinster, and Sydney Samuel Horton, farmer. [sister, and nephew] Effects valued at £587 10s 9d. |
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At the 1851 Census William was staying with his Uncle John Prettyjohn Pitts and his Grandmother Sara in Stokenham.
The three daughters were all unmarried at Muckwell farm in 1901.
Mrs Jane Ann is still at Muckwell according to Kellys 1902 Directory, but by 1906 it is being farmed by William Henry Widger.22
6 Aug 1884 Western Morning News
A traction engine drew two trucks containing upwards of one hundred children to the Start Lighthouse over the road from Stokenham on the Bank Holiday. The engine is owned by Mr. Pitts of Muckwell and Mr Bucknell of Kellaton. This was the first occasion on which it had been used, and as the kind of locomotion is quite new to the district considrable curiosity was manifested in the progress of the novel party.
L. Pitts advertised in the Western Times on 7 & 14 Aug 1891 for a traction engine driver to take charge of a six horse threshing set on a round. Liberal wages were offered.
Jane's brother Samuel was farming at Start, Stokenham in 1881, and Jane was living with him and his family
In 1901 after William's death, William Edmund Partridge, 41, born in Woolfardisworthy, was Farm Manager, living at Muckwell. Was this a connection that resulted in Ann and husband living at Woolfardisworthy? Though the farmer next door was James Partridge
In 1902 Partridge married Kate Pitts
In 1902 Kellys had Mrs Jane Ann Pitts, farmer at Muckwell.
20 June 1905, Stokenham, South Devon
Valuable Freehold Farm and Estate to be Sold By Auction
Messrs. Bourne and Sons have received instructions to sell by auction at the King's Arms Hotel, Kingsbridge on Wednesday 21 June 1905 at 3.30pm all that valuable and highly-desirable freehold estate known as "MUCKWELL", now in the occupation of Mrs Pitts, situate in the parish of Stokenham, in the county of Devon, comprising a well-built detached residence (south aspect), with pleasure garden and walled garden in front, good and convenient homestead and outbuildings and about 114 acres, 3 roods and 32 perches of good pasture, meadow, orchard and arable land.
This desirable estate adjoins good roads, lies in a sheltered position close to the sea and is situate 7 miles from Kingsbridge and 2½ from Stokenham.
The land is in a good state of cultivation, and is noted for the excellence of its orchards.
To a person fond of sporting, and desiring a good investment this estate offers an opportunity rarely to be met with. For viewing apply on the premises and for particulars and plans, to the Auctioneers at Totnes.
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21 Sep 1905. A clearance sale at Muckwell Farm of bullocks, horses, implements, furniture etc was advertised for this date for Mrs. Pitts. Clearly this marked her departure from the farm to live in Kingsbridge.
Western Times, 21 July 1899
FOR SALE: Six horse-power portable threshing set (cheap) - Apply Pitts and Bucknell, Muckwell, Stokenham, Kingsbridge.
| 1 | Free BMD Marriage. Plymouth 5b p520. Cit. Date: Q3 1886. |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Free BMD Marriage. |
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| 5 | Text From Source: Name Age Occupation Where Born William Lawrence Pitts 1 |
| Newton Abbot, Chudleigh HO107/219 Folio 7 Page 9. Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 6 | Text From Source: Census England 1851 Address: Maybe Muckwell Farm. No address recorded Place: Stokenham, Devon, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Sarah H Pitts,Head,Wid,F,65,Annuitant,Ugborough, Devon, England, John Prettyjohn Pitts,Son,Unm,M,39,Land Proprietor,Stokenham, Devon, England, William Lawrence Pitts,Grandson,Unm,M,11,scholar,Stokenham, Devon, England,( his parents are both dead by then.) Jane Jeffery, 18 from Stokenham was a house servant. |
| 7 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Cole Head Mar 55 Farmer of 300 acres employing 7 men and 3 boys Stokenham, Devon Elizabeth Cole Wife Mar 38 Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon Philip Cole Son Unm 9 Scholar Start - Stokenham, Devon William Cole Son Unm 8 Scholar Start -Stokenham, Devon Ann Elizabeth Cole Loye Step-daughter Unm 18 Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon William Lawrence Pitts Lodger Unm 21 Learning Farming Stokenham, Devon |
| RG9/143 Filio 57 Page 6 Kingsbridge Stokenham ED 5. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 8 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Lawrence Pitts Head Mar 31 Farmer of 116 acres Stokenham, Devon Ann Elizabeth Cole PittsWife Mar 28 Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon John Prettejohn Pitts Son Unm 6 Scholar Stokenham, Devon Kate Pitts Dau Unm 3 Stokenham, Devon Ann Gillard Grandmother-in-law W 74 Annuitant Stokenham, Devon |
| RG10/2100 Folio 56 Page 2 Kingsbridge, Stokenham ED5. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 9 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Lawrence Pitts Head Mar 41 Farmer of 120 Acres employing 2 men & 2 boys Stokenham, Devon Ann Elizabeth Cole Pitts Wife Mar 38 Farmers Wife Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon John Prettejohn Pitts Son Unm 16 Stokenham, Devon Anna Elizabeth Cole Pitts Dau Unm 9 Scholar Stokenham, Devon Letitia (Lettie) Isabella Pitts Dau Unm 6 Scholar Muckwell - Stokenham, Devon Kate Pitts Dau Unm 13 Scholar Stokenham, Devon |
| RG11/2181 Folio 52 Page 2 Kingsbridge, Stokenham ED 2. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 10 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Lawrence Pitts Head M 51 Farmer Stokenham Jane Ann Pitts Wife M 44 Wembury, Devon, England Anna Elizabeth Cole Pitts Dau S 19 Domestic Assistant Stokenham Nicholas Samuel Pitts Son S 6 Scholar Stokenham |
| Class: RG12; Piece: 1716; Folio 4; Page 2, ED1. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 11 | Text From Source: 1911, Marriage solemnized at St Swithun parish church in the Parish of Sandford in the County of Marriage No: Ancestry,com Ashplant Family Tree Media Gallery When Married: 23 Sep 1911 Name and Surname: Nicholas Samuel Pitts and Emma Kathleen Wright Age: 26 and 33 Condition: Bachelor and Spinster Rank or Profession: Farmer and - Residence at the time of Marriage: Higher Town Farm, Lapford and Sandford Father's Name and Surname: William Lawrence Pitts (Deceased) and Lewis William Wright Rank or Profession of Father: Farmer and machine maker Married in the church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, By Licence by me, Geo. T LLewellin (vicar). This Marriage was solemnized between us, Nicholas Samuel Pitts and Emma Kathleen Wright in the Presence of us, Frederick John Pickett, Nellie Louise Wright, Lewis William Wright |
| 12 | Free BMD Birth. |
| 13 | Free BMD Marriage. Plympton StMary 9 page 425. Cit. Date: Q4 1846. |
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| 15 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Elizabeth Sandover Head Mar 39 Farmer of 100 acres employing 5 labourers Cornwood, Devon Mary Trobridge Horton Dau Unm 17 Cornwood, Devon Ann Horton Dau Unm 14 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Samuel Thomas Horton Son Unm 8 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Trobridge Horton Son Unm 6 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Jane Ann Horton Dau Unm 4 Scholar Wembury, Devon, |
| HO107/1877 Folio 106 Page 11. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 16 | Text From Source: Census England 1861 Address: 25 Southside Street, St Andrews Place: Plymouth, Devon, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Jane Ann Horton,Servant,Mar,F,16,General Servant,, She was a servant for James Gall, Eating-House Keeper and his family. There is just a chance this is our Jane, as she is in service,as in her 1871 census, and no place of birth is recorded, whilst all other Jane Hortons have the wrong place of birth. The age is a bad match however |
| 17 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Jane Ann Horton Head Mar 24 Domestic Servant Wembury, Devon, |
| Plympton, Yealmpton ED 1RG10/2105 Folio 8 Page 7. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 18 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Samuel Thomas Horton Head Mar 38 Farmer of 376 acres employing 4 labourers 3 boys 2 women Wembury, Devon, Emma Horton Wife Mar 33 Sheviock, Cornwall Katie Roseveare Horton Dau Unm 8 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Sidney Samuel Horton Son Unm 7 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Mary Trobridge Horton Dau Unm 5 Scholar Wembury, Devon, Laura Horton Dau Unm 3 Stokenham, Devon Emily Horton Dau Unm 1 Stokenham, Devon Jane Ann Horton Sis Unm 34 Wembury, Devon, |
| ED 5 RG11/2181 Folio 58 Page 13. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 19 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Jane Ann Horton Head M 54 Farmer Wembury, Devon, England Kate Pitts Step-Daur S 33 Stokenham Anna Elizabeth Pitts Step-Daur S 29 Stokenham Letitia Pitts Step-Daur S 26 Stokenham Nicholas Samuel Pitts Stepson S 16 Stokenham John Prettyjohn Pitts Uncle S 89 Stokenham William Edmond Partridge S 41 Farmer (Manager) Woolfardisworthy |
| Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 20 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Jane Ann Horton Head Mar 64 Private Means Wembury, Devon, England |
| RG14/12884 RG78/743C RD274 SD4 ED2 SN21. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 21 | Text From Source: Census England 1921 Address: 5 Derby Road Place: Kingsbridge, Devon, England Name,Relation,Age,Sex,Marr/Orph'd,Birthplace,Nationality,Education,Occupation,Employment,Place of Work,Chd <16,Children's Ages Jane Ann Pitts,Head,74y 8m,F,Widowed,Wembury, Devon, England,,,Farmer, retired,,,, Trobridge Horton,Visitor,76y 8m,M,Widowed,Wembury, Devon, England,,,outfitter, shopkeeper, retired,,"San Remo", 53 St Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland,, There was a private nurse living there - Emma Middleton, 48, from Norfolk. |
| 22 | 1851 Census. |