John & Elizabeth Colridge of North Bovey
John COLRIDGE, born in 1826, is the only son of John & Ephratah COLRIDGE of North Bovey.
John COLRIDGE's marriage to Elizabeth DODD has not been 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 was baptised on 12th February 1857.
John COLRIDGE was baptised on 25th September 1859. His burial, aged 8, was recorded on 27th October 1866. Noted as of Shapley, elder son of John & Eliz. [†]
Moses COLRIDGE was baptised on 25th September 1859.
Anna COLRIDGE was baptised on 20th May 1861.
William COLRIDGE was baptised on 29th June 1862.
Mary COLRIDGE was baptised on 29th April 1864.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE was baptised on 24th December 1867.
Betsy Jane COLRIDGE was baptised on 20th June 1869.
John COLRIDGE was baptised on 14th May 1871. 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's birth was registered in March 1857 in Newton Abbot.
John COLRIDGE's birth was registered in September 1858 in Newton Abbot. His death, aged 8, was registered in December 1866 in Newton Abbot. [†]
Moses COLRIDGE's birth was registered in December 1859 in Newton Abbot.
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 was registered in June 1861 in Newton Abbot.
William COLRIDGE's birth was registered in September 1862 in Newton Abbot.
Mary COLRIDGE's birth was registered in June 1864 in Newton Abbot.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE's birth was registered in March 1868 in Newton Abbot.
Betsey Jane COLRIDGE's birth was registered in June 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's birth was registered in June 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, aged 99, was buried on 1st May 1886. 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.
Reginald COLRIDGE's birth was registered in December 1884 in Okehampton.
The following records of their daughters' marriages were found:
Anna COLRIDGE's marriage to James LEAMAN from Widecombe in the Moor was registered in June 1889 in Newton Abbot.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE, age 24, Spinster, daughter of John COLRIDGE, Farmer, married John AGGETT, age 27, Bachelor, Bell-hanger, son of William AGGETT, Bell-hanger, on 28th December 1891 in the Parish Church of Chagford after banns. Both signed. Witnesses Moses COLRIDGE and Betsy Jane COLRIDGE.
Susan Ada COLRIDGE's marriage to John AGGETT was registered in December 1891 in Okehampton.
Mary COLERIDGE, age 25, Spinster, residing Chagford, daughter of John COLRIDGE, Farmer, married Walter Augustus BRIMBLECOMBE, age 25, Bachelor, Carpenter, residing Cockington, son of George Soper BRIMBLECOMBE, Builder, on 26th March 1894 in the Parish Church of Cockington. Both signed. Witnesses Herbert Sidney BRIMBLECOMBE and Mary Berry BRIMBLECOMBE.
Mary COLERIDGE's marriage to Walter A BRIMBLECOMBE was registered in March 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, aged 66, was buried on 2nd September 1897. Noted as of Chagford. Her death was registered in September 1897 in Okehampton.
John COLRIDGE, aged 71, was buried on 4th October 1898. Noted as of Chagford. His death was registered in December 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's marriage to Edmund Rowe NORTHWAY was registered in September 1905 in Bristol.
The following death registration and probate summary were found for John:
John COLRIDGE's death, aged 65, was registered in March 1937 in Okehampton.
John COLRIDGE of Middlecott Chagford Devonshire died 8 February 1937 Probate London 15 June 1937 to John COLRIDGE Northway farmer. Effects £659 6s. 4d.