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Mother and child - Tawstock Devon

"Mary St John beloved daughter of Antony St John esquire of the family of St John of Bletso who married Christopher Hockin of Torrington gent

She died September 1631 ..........." probably due to childbirth as a baby lies at her feet.

Mary was the daughter of Anthony St John and Margaret daughter of John Trye of Hardwick, (? www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1F31h4 )

Se was the niece of Dorothy St John wife of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/M1J22n . She was the grand daughter of Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John of Bletso.

She m (2nd wife?) Christopher Hockin c1638 a woollen draper of Great Torrington and Frithelstock who was perhaps a widower with a son William Hockin who was his executor and a daughter Honor who m Roger Clarke twice mayor of Torrington - Christopher left £20 to the Castle School at Great Torrington - Tawstock church Devon

 

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Taken on April 2, 1996