John & Elizabeth Colridge of North Bovey
John COLRIDGE, born in 1826, is the only son of John & Ephratah COLRIDGE of North Bovey.
John COLRIDGE & Elizabeth DODD – Marriage registration not found. The censuses record Elizabeth's birthplace as Chagford.
The North Bovey parish register records the baptisms of 9 children to John & Elizabeth (Betsy) COLRIDGE, the first 5 noted as Wormhill, farmer and 4 as Shapley, farmer:
Elizabeth COLRIDGE – Baptism 12th February 1857 in North Bovey.
John COLRIDGE – Baptism 25th September 1859 in North Bovey.
John COLRIDGE – Burial27th October 1866 in North Bovey, aged 8. Noted as of Shapley, elder son of John & Eliz. [†]
Moses COLRIDGE – Baptism 25th September 1859 in North Bovey.
Anna COLRIDGE – Baptism 20th May 1861 in North Bovey.
William COLRIDGE – Baptism 29th June 1862 in North Bovey.
Mary COLRIDGE – Baptism 29th April 1864 in North Bovey.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE – Baptism 24th December 1867 in North Bovey.
Betsy Jane COLRIDGE – Baptism 20th June 1869 in North Bovey.
John COLRIDGE – Baptism 14th May 1871 in North Bovey. Noted as mb in Moreton.
1861 census for North Bovey
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| North Bovey Middle Wormhill Farm |
John COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE John COLRIDGE Moses COLRIDGE Mary Ann PEARDON Frank SYMONS |
36 32 3 2 13 15 |
Head Wife Son Son Servnt Servnt |
Farmer 48a Emp 1m 1b Farmer's Wife Scholar Scholar House Servant Carter |
| North Bovey West Coombe |
William DODD Ann DODD William DODD George DODD Elizabeth COLRIDGE Jane MILLER |
58 57 26 23 4 14 |
Head Wife Son Son Grndau Servnt |
Frmr 130a Em 2m & B Mrs Of House Son Work On The Farm Son Work On The Farm House Servant |
In 1861 John & Elizabeth are on Wormhill farm with their second and third children. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth is presumably with her maternal grandparents.
Elizabeth COLRIDGE – Birth registration March (Q1) 1857 in Newton Abbot.
John COLRIDGE – Birth registration September (Q3) 1858 in Newton Abbot.
Moses COLRIDGE – Birth registration December (Q4) 1859 in Newton Abbot.
There is a record of their eldest son's premature death:
Western Times, Friday 26th October 1866: Oct. 21, at Shapley, North Bovey, John COLRIDGE, after a lingering illness, aged 8 years.
John COLRIDGE – Death registration December (Q4) 1866 in Newton Abbot, aged 8. [†]
1871 census for North Bovey
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| North Bovey⧉ Shapley |
John COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE John COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE Moses COLRIDGE Anna COLRIDGE William COLRIDGE Susan Ada COLRIDGE Mary COLRIDGE Betsy Jane COLRIDGE George SAMPSON Richard BROCK Lucy TOUT |
43 38 82 14 9 8 7 6 4 2 18 50 16 |
Head Wife Father Daughter Son Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Servant Servant Servant |
Farmer of 230 acres emp 1 lab Retired Farmer Scholar [should be 11] [should be 9] [should be 8] [should be 3] [should be 6] [should be 1] |
In 1871 John & Elizabeth are recorded on Shapley farm with their 7 surviving children. [Susan and Mary appear to have been swapped around].
Anna COLRIDGE birth registration June (Q2) 1861 in Newton Abbot.
William COLRIDGE – Birth registration September (Q3) 1862 in Newton Abbot.
Mary COLRIDGE – Birth registration June (Q2) 1864 in Newton Abbot.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE – Birth registration March (Q1) 1868 in Newton Abbot.
Betsey Jane COLRIDGE – Birth registration June (Q2) 1869 in Newton Abbot.
1881 census for Devon
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| Chagford⧉ Middlecott |
John COLRIDGE John COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE Moses COLRIDGE Mary COLRIDGE Ada COLRIDGE Betsey COLRIDGE John COLRIDGE Richard MARES George PIKE |
91 55 52 22 21 18 13 10 9 22 15 |
Father Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Son |
Farmer (Retired) Farmer of 250 Acres Emp. 2 Men & 2 Boys Farmers Daughter Farmers Son Farmers Daughter Scholar Scholar Scholar Farm Servant (Indoor) Farm Servant (Indoor) |
| North Bovey⧉ Shapley |
Anna COLRIDGE William COLRIDGE |
19 18 |
Head Brother |
Farmers Daughter Farmers Son |
In 1881 John & Elizabeth along with their children and John's father are recorded on Middlecott farm in Chagford.
John COLRIDGE – Birth registration June (Q2) 1871 in Newton Abbot.
John's father's burial some years later is recorded in the North Bovey parish register and the following probate summary was also found:
John COLRIDGE – Burial 1st May 1886 in North Bovey, aged 99. Noted as of Shapley.
2 June 1886. The Will of John COLRIDGE formerly of Chagford but late of North Bovey both in the County of Devon who died 24 April 1886 at North Bovey was proved at Exeter by John COLRIDGE of Middlecott Farm Chagford Farmer the Son the sole Executor. Personal Estate £152
1891 census for Devon
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| Chagford Middlecott |
John COLRIDGE Elizabeth COLRIDGE William COLRIDGE Mary COLRIDGE Susan A COLRIDGE Betsey J COLRIDGE John COLRIDGE Reginald COLRIDGE John LEYMAN Richard MARES |
64 59 28 26 24 20 21 5 1 30 |
Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Grnson Grnson Servant |
Farmer (Employer) Farmers Son Farmers Dau Farmers Dau Farmers Dau Farmers Son Farm Servant |
| Manaton Easdon Farm |
James LEAMAN Anna LEAMAN William LEAMAN Elizabeth LEAMAN Elizabeth COLRIDGE (Infant) COLRIDGE |
43 31 15 13 60 3d |
Head Wife Son Daughter M-in-Law Daughter |
Farmer (Employer) Farmer's Son Nurse (Infant not named) |
In 1891 John & Elizabeth are still at Middlecott with 5 children and 2 grandsons (Reginald is the son of Mary, or possibly Susan Ada). Their daughter Anna is married and living in Manaton, 5 miles from Chagford, where her mother Elizabeth appears on the census for a second time. James' birthplace is given as Widecombe in the Moor.
Reginald COLRIDGE – Birth registration December (Q4) 1884 in Okehampton.
The following records of their daughters' marriages were found:
Anna COLRIDGE & James LEAMAN – Marriage registration June (Q2) 1889 in Newton Abbot.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE, age 24, spinster, daughter of John COLRIDGE, Farmer & John AGGETT, age 27, bachelor, Bell-hanger, son of William AGGETT, Bell-hanger – Marriage 28th December 1891 in the Parish Church of Chagford after banns. Both signed. Witnesses Moses COLRIDGE and Betsy Jane COLRIDGE.
Western Times, Friday 1st January 1892: AGGETT–COLRIDGE.—Dec. 28, at St. Michael's Church, Chagford, John AGGETT, eldest son of Wm. AGGETT, [church bell-hanger], to Susan Ada, fourth daughter of Mr. John COLRIDGE, Mlddlecott, both of Chagford.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE & John AGGETT – Marriage registration December (Q4) 1891 in Okehampton.
Mary COLERIDGE, age 25, spinster, residing Chagford, daughter of John COLRIDGE, Farmer & Walter Augustus BRIMBLECOMBE, age 25, bachelor, Carpenter, residing Cockington, son of George Soper BRIMBLECOMBE, Builder – Marriage 26th March 1894 in the Parish Church of Cockington. Both signed. Witnesses Herbert Sidney BRIMBLECOMBE and Mary Berry BRIMBLECOMBE.
Mary COLERIDGE & Walter A BRIMBLECOMBE – Marriage registration March (Q1) 1894 in Newton Abbot.
1901 census for Chagford
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| Chagford⧉ Middlecott |
John COLRIDGE Betsey J COLRIDGE Reginald COLRIDGE Edwin NORTHWAY |
28 31 16 48 |
Head Sister Serv Boarder |
Farmer Housekeeper Carter On Farm Assistant On Farm |
In 1901 John & Elizabeth's children and grandson are recorded in Chagford. The following North Bovey burial records were found for John & Elizabeth:
Elizabeth COLRIDGE – Burial 2nd September 1897 in North Bovey, aged 66. Noted as of Chagford.
Elizabeth COLRIDGE – Death registration September (Q3) 1897 in Okehampton.
John COLRIDGE – Burial 4th October 1898 in North Bovey, aged 71. Noted as of Chagford.
John COLRIDGE – Death registration December (Q4) 1898 in Okehampton.
The following article appeared in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette on Friday 7th October 1898:
CHAGFORD. An inquest was held at Middlecott Farm on Monday, touching the death of Mr. John COLRIDGE, aged 74, farmer, of Middlecott Farm, who found dead on Saturday morning in a pigstye. Mr. Moses COLRIDGE, of Shapeley Farm, North Bovey, deposed that his father had good health, but was very much crippled, having to use crutches. Deceased was often taken queer in the head in day-time, and this had been especially noticeable during the past two years. His father's brother's son shot himself, and one of deceased's sons was now an inmate of Exminster Asylum. … P.C. Mortimore said there was a discharged cartridge in the right barrel of the gun, and the trigger of the right barrel was between the first and second prong of a four-pronged fork. … The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from a gunshot wound inflicted by himself while in an unsound state of mind.
The following probate summary was found for John:
John COLRIDGE of "Middlecott" Chagford Devonshire farmer died 1 October 1898 Probate Exeter 3 November 1898 to John COLRIDGE farmer. Effects £748 11s. 1d.
1911 census for Chagford
| Address | Name | Age | Relation | Occupation |
| Chagford⧉ Middlecott Farm |
John COLRIDGE Edward NORTHWAY Betsy Jane NORTHWAY Edith Bessie NORTHWAY John COLRIDGE NORTHWAY Ernest Edmnd NORTHWAY Mary Grace COLRIDGE |
38 57 40 4 3 1 17 |
Head Bro-law Sister Niece Nephew Nephew Niece |
Farmer Worker on Farm Housekeeper Assistant |
In 1911 John is still at Middlecott farm together with his married sister and his niece Mary Grace who is Moses & Bessie's daughter.
Betsy Jane COLRIDGE & Edmund Rowe NORTHWAY – Marriage registration September (Q3) 1905 in Bristol.
The following death registration and probate summary were found for John:
John COLRIDGE – Death registration March (Q1) 1937 in Okehampton, aged 65.
John COLRIDGE of Middlecott Chagford Devonshire died 8 February 1937 Probate London 15 June 1937 to John COLRIDGE Northway farmer. Effects £659 6s. 4d.