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Parish Church: St. Michael & All Angels

St. Michael & All Angles, Shebbear

Parish Register Transcriptions

Baptism 1818 - 1845

BLIGHT
Grace
d of Samuel and Grace (daughter of John and Mary PRIDHAM) of Frithelstock, Yeoman, born 1833
31 July
1834
William
s of James & Jane (daughter of Thomas and Jane POWLESLAND) of Newton St. Petrock, Husbandman, born 17-Oct-1835
22 Apr
1836
Louisa
d of ditto (daughter of John and Mary SANDERS) of Frithelstock, Yeoman, born 6-Aug-1836
5 Sept
1836
Daniel Sanders
s of William and Grace of Frithelstock, Yeoman
10 June
1839
Grace Greed
d of Henry and Grace of West Putford, Cordwainer
23 Feb
1840
Samuel
s of Samuel and Grace PRIDHAM of Frithelstock, Farmer.
2 Dec
1841
Ann
d of Thomas and Mary of Langtree, Labourer
2 Jan
1842
John
d of Henry and Grace of West Putford, Shoemaker
23 Jan
1842
William Henry
s of Thomas and Elizabeth of Shebbear, Cordwainer
25 Dec
1842
Betsy
d of James and Jane of Newton St. Petrock, Labourer
26 Mar
1843
John
s of ditto of Shebbear, Labourer
13 Sept
1843
Jane
d of John and Ann of Shebbear, Thatcher
18 Sept
1843
James
d of Henry and Grace of West Putford, Cordwainer
17 Mar
1844

Transcribed by Martin & Susie BLIGHT, 28-Apr-2000 at Barnstaple Record Office

Transcriptions from headstones in St. Michael's Church

Graveyard rambles by me in May 1999 revealed the following BLIGHT headstones.

Rhoda BLIGHT, Wife & Mother, 20-Mar-1965, aged 79

William Henry BLIGHT, son of Carrie Ayre, 19-Mar-1890, 2 yrs 4 mths

Carrie AYRE, Wife of Alfred AYRE, 15-Jan-1942, aged 73

Alfred AYRE, 22-Apr-1954, aged 86

Leonard Claude BLIGHT, 27 May 1980, aged 58

George BLIGHT, 21-Oct-1998, aged 73

Lottie BLIGHT, wife of Frederick James, 10-Oct-1968, aged 79. Husband Frederick James, 14-Jan 1970, aged 74

Thomas P. BLIGHT, 11-Apr-1914, aged 93

Sidney BLIGHT, Aug 16 1917

Clarence Anthony BLIGHT, Sep 28 1918

Frederick, Horace, William, 1914-1918 War (Plaque inside church)

Frederick George BLIGHT, 21 Oct 1998, aged 73

John BRIGHT, 8 Jan 1889, aged 71. Ann wife of John BLIGHT, 25 Nov 1876, aged 59

Other names: ACKLAND, AYRE, BALSDEN, BROCK, COLLACOTT, GROCKER, HAWKING, HEARN, HOCKING, LARKWORTHY, MILL, NETHACOTT, PAIGE, PALMER, SANDERS, SPEARMAN, SQUIRE.

Ann, wife of Richard Perkin, Mar 15 1879, rebecca his wife, 31 May 1882

S. BLIGHT & CA BLIGHT, 1914-1918 War (war memorial outside church)

Transcriptions from headstones in Shebbear Lake Methodist Church

George Harold BLIGHT, 10-Jul-1974, aged 67

(Transcriptions by Martin & Susie BLIGHT, 27th April 2000)

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