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Genealogy Report of Prowse line

This branch of the Prowse family comes from the Ugborough/Loddiswell area of the South Hams

Generation No. 1

 

1. WILMUS1 PROWSE was born Abt. 1610. He married CHRISTIANA WYNDEATT June 24, 1637 in Ugborough.

 

Children of WILMUS PROWSE and CHRISTIANA WYNDEATT are:

2. i. THOMAS2 PROWSE, b. June 10, 1638, Ugborough.

ii. KATHERINE PROWSE, b. 1639.

iii. ROGER PROWSE, b. 1642.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. THOMAS2 PROWSE (WILMUS1) was born June 10, 1638 in Ugborough. He married BARBARA.

 

Children of THOMAS PROWSE and BARBARA are:

3. i. ROBERT3 PROWSE, b. May 02, 1657, Ugborough.

ii. THOMAS PROWSE, b. April 10, 1660, Ugborough.

iii. KATHERINE PROWSE, b. February 04, 1664/65, Ugborough.

iv. THEOPHILUS PROWSE, b. November 15, 1666, Ugborough.

4. v. ELIAS PROWSE, b. April 09, 1672, Ugborough.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. ROBERT3 PROWSE (THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born May 02, 1657 in Ugborough.

 

Child of ROBERT PROWSE is:

i. GRACE4 PROWSE, b. 1680.

4. ELIAS3 PROWSE (THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born April 09, 1672 in Ugborough. He married AGNES SNOWDON January 20, 1694/95 in Loddiswell, Devon.

Notes for ELIAS PROWSE:

Not sure about Elias' parentage, but originating from Ugborough seems most likely.

 

Children of ELIAS PROWSE and AGNES SNOWDON are:

i. ELIAS4 PROWSE, b. February 24, 1698/99, Loddiswell, Devon.

ii. ELEANOR PROWSE, b. January 01, 1701/02, Loddiswell, Devon.

iii. GRACE PROWSE, b. January 01, 1701/02, Loddiswell, Devon.

iv. AGNES PROWSE, b. May 29, 1706, Loddiswell, Devon.

v. EDWARD PROWSE, b. January 11, 1707/08, Loddiswell, Devon.

vi. SOLOMAN PROWSE, b. January 20, 1711/12, Loddiswell, Devon.

5. vii. ANDREW PROWSE, b. April 13, 1714, Loddiswell, Devon.

viii. ARTHUR PROWSE, b. September 03, 1717, Loddiswell, Devon.

 

Generation No. 4

 

5. ANDREW4 PROWSE (ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born April 13, 1714 in Loddiswell, Devon. He married GRACE BOUNDS July 20, 1738 in Loddiswell, Devon. She died 1773 in (source George Moore).

 

Children of ANDREW PROWSE and GRACE BOUNDS are:

i. GRACE5 PROWSE, b. September 25, 1739, Loddiswell, Devon.

6. ii. ANDREW PROWSE, b. March 22, 1740/41, Loddiswell, Devon; d. 1815, (source George Moore).

iii. ROGER PROWSE, b. January 21, 1742/43.

iv. CATHERINE PROWSE, b. January 20, 1743/44; d. December 04, 1817; m. JOSEPH BOWDEN, 1773, Loddiswell, Devon.

v. ELIZABETH PROWSE, b. March 03, 1745/46, Loddiswell, Devon.

vi. ELEANOR PROWSE, b. October 18, 1749; m. JAMES WORDEN, September 30, 1774, Loddiswell, Devon.

vii. ROGER BOONDE PROWSE, b. January 18, 1753.

viii. AGNES PROWSE, b. March 02, 1755, Loddiswell, Devon.

ix. SARAH PROWSE, b. September 02, 1758.

 

Generation No. 5

 

6. ANDREW5 PROWSE (ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born March 22, 1740/41 in Loddiswell, Devon, and died 1815 in (source George Moore). He married ANNE HADDY May 05, 1766 in Loddiswell, Devon. She was born 1746 in Loddiswell.

More About ANDREW PROWSE:

Burial: 1815, Loddiswell churchyard

 

Children of ANDREW PROWSE and ANNE HADDY are:

i. ANNE6 PROWSE, b. 1769, Loddiswell.

7. ii. ANDREW PROWSE, b. May 09, 1769; d. November 18, 1834.

iii. CATHERINE PROWSE, b. July 05, 1771; m. JAMES COLES, September 23, 1791, Loddiswell, Devon; b. Churston Ferrars.

iv. JOHN PROWSE, b. September 25, 1774.

v. GRACE PROWSE, b. February 15, 1778, Loddiswell, Devon; d. June 04, 1851; m. MATTHEW PEPPERELL, June 25, 1805, Loddiswell, Devon.

More About GRACE PROWSE:

Burial: Loddiswell churchyard

vi. JOHN PROWSE, b. September 16, 1781, Loddiswell, Devon.

vii. ANN PROWSE, b. January 05, 1783; m. JOHN BOWDEN, February 14, 1804, Loddiswell, Devon.

8. viii. JOHN PROWSE, b. February 18, 1787.

ix. JENNY PROWSE, b. June 28, 1789, Loddiswell, Devon.

 

Generation No. 6

 

7. ANDREW6 PROWSE (ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born May 09, 1769, and died November 18, 1834. He married RACHEL MURCH April 16, 1795 in Loddiswell, Devon.

More About ANDREW PROWSE:

Burial: 1834, Loddiswell churchyard

 

Children of ANDREW PROWSE and RACHEL MURCH are:

9. i. JAMES7 PROWSE, b. October 23, 1796.

ii. MARY ANNE PROWSE, b. November 25, 1798; m. JOHN GILLARD, September 10, 1820.

10. iii. SOPHIA MURCH PROWSE, b. November 15, 1801, Loddiswell, Devon; d. January 16, 1866.

11. iv. ANDREW PROWSE, b. July 01, 1804, Loddiswell, Devon.

12. v. JOHN PROWSE, b. October 11, 1807, Loddiswell, Devon.

13. vi. THOMAS PROWSE, b. March 25, 1810, Loddiswell, Devon; d. June 29, 1853.

vii. SARAH PROWSE, b. December 25, 1812, Loddiswell, Devon.

viii. WILLIAM PROWSE, b. October 12, 1816, Loddiswell, Devon; d. 1839.

Notes for WILLIAM PROWSE:

Apprenticed to John Denbow

 

More About WILLIAM PROWSE:

Burial: October 25, 1839

ix. JANE PROWSE, b. September 10, 1820, Loddiswell, Devon.

8. JOHN6 PROWSE (ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born February 18, 1787. He married JOANNA.

Notes for JOHN PROWSE:

1851 census - tailor, living in Loddiswell

 

Children of JOHN PROWSE and JOANNA are:

i. CHILD 67 PROWSE.

ii. CHILD 5 PROWSE.

iii. ROBERT PROWSE, b. 1826.

Notes for ROBERT PROWSE:

1851 census - ag lan

iv. JOANNA PROWSE, b. 1809.

v. JOHN PROWSE, b. 1815.

vi. ANN PROWSE, b. 1818.

Notes for ANN PROWSE:

1851 census - dressmaker

 

Generation No. 7

 

9. JAMES7 PROWSE (ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born October 23, 1796. He married ELIZABETH GILLARD June 07, 1820 in West Alvington Devon.

Notes for JAMES PROWSE:

All sources re James Prowse taken from Julian Wright and George Moore

1851 census - ag lab at loddiswell

 

Children of JAMES PROWSE and ELIZABETH GILLARD are:

14. i. JANE8 PROWSE, b. October 08, 1820; d. December 17, 1885, Buckfastleigh.

ii. ELIZABETH PROWSE, b. 1823; d. 1847; m. GEORGE GILLARD.

Notes for GEORGE GILLARD:

1851 census: Living as a 30 year old widower with his sisters family in Kingsbridge.

 

iii. JAMES PROWSE, b. June 05, 1825.

iv. MARY ANN PROWSE, b. January 10, 1827; d. June 03, 1892, Buckfastleigh; m. SANUEL WRIGHT, 1881; b. Lambeth.

v. SARAH PROWSE, b. December 25, 1829; m. ADAM MURCH, June 10, 1851; b. Plymouth.

vi. JOHN PROWSE, b. 1831; m. ANN; b. Holberton.

vii. SUSAN PROWSE, b. March 30, 1834.

Notes for SUSAN PROWSE:

Alive in 1851

 

viii. ELIZA PROWSE, b. June 12, 1836.

Notes for ELIZA PROWSE:

noted on 1851 census

ix. THOMAS PROWSE, b. July 08, 1838; d. 1850.

More About THOMAS PROWSE:

Burial: March 11, 1850

10. SOPHIA MURCH7 PROWSE (ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born November 15, 1801 in Loddiswell, Devon, and died January 16, 1866. She married JOHN GUEST.

Notes for SOPHIA MURCH PROWSE:

1851 census: Living with husband John and their children in Kingsbridge' He was a carrier.

 

Children of SOPHIA PROWSE and JOHN GUEST are:

i. SARAH8 GUEST, b. 1831.

ii. EMELY GUEST, b. 1840.

iii. JOHN GUEST, b. 1842.

iv. ELLEN GUEST, b. 1845.

v. CLIRA GUEST, b. 1849.

11. ANDREW7 PROWSE (ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born July 01, 1804 in Loddiswell, Devon. He married ANN ROACH OR BEACH January 10, 1827 in Loddiswell, Devon. She died Bef. 1851.

Notes for ANDREW PROWSE:

see notes on Elizabeth - he was widowed by the 1851 census and worked as an ag lab whilst his family looked after the children that needed looking after.

 

Children of ANDREW PROWSE and ANN BEACH are:

i. CHILD 38 PROWSE.

ii. CHILD 4 PROWSE.

iii. CHILD 5 PROWSE.

15. iv. ELIZABETH PROWSE, b. 1838, Loddiswell, Devon.

v. CHARLOTTE PROWSE, b. Abt. 1842.

Notes for CHARLOTTE PROWSE:

See notes on Elizabeth

 

12. JOHN7 PROWSE (ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born October 11, 1807 in Loddiswell, Devon. He married (1) ARMANELL LUSCOMBE. He married (2) JANE. She was born Abt. 1810.

Notes for JOHN PROWSE:

ag lab in Loddiswell in 1851 census

More About JOHN PROWSE:

Burial: May 12, 1887

 

Children of JOHN PROWSE and JANE are:

i. CHILD 28 PROWSE.

ii. ALICE PROWSE, b. September 24, 1837.

13. THOMAS7 PROWSE (ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born March 25, 1810 in Loddiswell, Devon, and died June 29, 1853. He married SARAH LIDSTONE May 05, 1840. She was born 1815.

Notes for THOMAS PROWSE:

1851 census - stone ripener at quarry. (Cornworthy)

Notes for SARAH LIDSTONE:

1851 census: Living in Allaleigh Village, Totnes (District of Cornworthy) with family

 

Children of THOMAS PROWSE and SARAH LIDSTONE are:

i. JANE8 PROWSE, b. 1842.

ii. THOMAS PROWSE, b. 1843.

iii. MARY ANNE PROWSE, b. 1847.

iv. ROBERT PROWSE, b. 1849.

 

Generation No. 8

 

14. JANE8 PROWSE (JAMES7, ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born October 08, 1820, and died December 17, 1885 in Buckfastleigh. She married THOMAS BISHOP.

 

Children of JANE PROWSE and THOMAS BISHOP are:

i. CHILD 19 BISHOP.

ii. CHILD 2 BISHOP.

15. ELIZABETH8 PROWSE (ANDREW7, ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born 1838 in Loddiswell, Devon. Married William Clarke July 3 1859 in Bridgetown Free Chapel (marriage cert).

Notes for ELIZABETH PROWSE:

Not to be found in Devon during the 1851 census. By then her mother had died and her father, Andrew, then aged 46, was working as a farm servant in West Alvington, Devon. Her younger sister, Charlotte, was lodging with the Gillard family at Loddiwell, Kingsbridge - near to her father. Regarding the Gillards, I think that Andrew's elder sister, Mary Anne, probably married John Gillard. Mary Anne's age, and place of birth on the census fit in with this. So, Charlotte was lodging with her aunt and uncle (who was an ag lab).

 

Child of ELIZABETH PROWSE is:

16. i. JOHN AP9 CLARKE, b. March 11, 1861, Bridgetown, Devon; d. June 29, 1912, Morriston, Swansea.

 

Generation No. 9

 

16. JOHN AP9 CLARKE (ELIZABETH8 PROWSE, ANDREW7, ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born March 11, 1861 in Bridgetown, Devon, and died June 29, 1912 in Morriston, Swansea. He married CHARLOTTE PASCOE April 10, 1892 in St Davids Church Morriston. She was born April 06, 1864 in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, and died in Morriston, Swansea.

Notes for JOHN AP CLARKE:

The 1881 census has John living at home, at 17 Fore St, Berry Pomeroy, Devon. He obviously moved to Wales shortly after 1881 to meet and marry Charlotte Pascoe.

 

Child of JOHN CLARKE and CHARLOTTE PASCOE is:

17. i. MARY ANN10 CLARKE, b. March 18, 1893; d. June 18, 1934, Morriston, Swansea.

 

Generation No. 10

 

17. MARY ANN10 CLARKE (JOHN AP9, ELIZABETH8 PROWSE, ANDREW7, ANDREW6, ANDREW5, ANDREW4, ELIAS3, THOMAS2, WILMUS1) was born March 18, 1893, and died June 18, 1934 in Morriston, Swansea. She married DAVID REES JONES March 24, 1913 in Morriston. He was born February 20, 1892 in Morriston (Midland Terrace), and died June 18, 1934 in Morriston, Swansea.

 

Child of MARY CLARKE and DAVID JONES is:

i. CHARLOTTE CLARKE11 JONES, b. January 01, 1925, Morriston, Swansea; d. March 01, 2000, Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall

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