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The Gloyn Family in Devon

This page lists those members of the Gloyn family whose origins we are researching. Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, or have been supplied by other researchers and not personally verified by us. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy. In our line the usual spelling is Gloyn, but the name appears as Gloyne in many records. Please contact Chris and Linda Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.

This Gloyn family lived in the area around Holsworthy in north-west Devon. The earlier generations were found in the registers for several nearby parishes. We have traced the line back to the marriage of John Gloyn and Joan Gilbert in 1714, but we have not found any earlier ancestors in the surviving records. Our Gloyns moved from Pyworthy to Plymouth around 1800, where the later generations were found.

Some of the names below are linked to a more detailed record in the on-line family tree (people marked with an asterisk do not have a full record). When you click on a link, the linked record will be displayed in a separate window. There you can see the family relationships as we understand them, together with notes on what we have found in parish registers, census returns and other records. All the places named below are in Devon unless otherwise indicated.


John Gloyn
Married 1714 (Apr 27) Bradford
  (children listed in table 1)
Buried 1720/1 (Feb 12) Cookbury

Joan Gilbert
Baptised 1693 (Dec 3) Bradford
Buried 1720/1 (Mar 9) Cookbury

1. Children of John Gloyn and Joan Gilbert

Francis Gloyn
Baptised 1715 (Apr 7) Cookbury
Married 1749 (Mar 27) Bradford
  (children listed in table 2)
Buried 1788 (Apr 1) Thornbury


Grace Martin

Buried 1785 (Jul 7) Thornbury
Elizabeth Gloyn
Baptised 1719 (May 26) Bradford
John Gloyn
Baptised 1720/1 (Mar 9) Cookbury

2. Children of Francis Gloyn and Grace Martin

Mary Gloyn
Baptised 1750 (Sep 3) Bradford
John Gloyn
Baptised 1752 (Aug 9) Bradford
Married 1777 (Mar 31) Milton Damerel
  (children listed in table 3)
Buried 1827 (Apr 29) Cookbury


Grace Batten
Baptised 1757 (Nov 17) Bradford
Buried 1837 (Aug 12) Holsworthy
Francis Gloyn
Baptised 1755 (Aug 31) Bradford
James Gloyn
Baptised 1758 (Mar 19) Cookbury
Married 1784 (Mar 25) Pyworthy
  (children listed in table 4)
Buried 1829 (Jun 21) Plymouth


Elizabeth Jordan
Baptised 1765 (Jan 16) Clawton
Died 1840 (Oct 28) Plymouth
Grace Gloyn
Baptised 1761 (Jul 5) Cookbury
Married 1781 (Dec 25) Holsworthy


John Kest
Buried 1784 (Feb 17) Holsworthy
William Gloyn
Baptised 1766 (Jul 21) Cookbury
Buried 1785 (Jul 12) Thornbury

3. Children of John Gloyn and Grace Batten

Grace Gloyn
Baptised 1777 (Nov 23) Cookbury
Elizabeth Gloyn
Baptised 1788 (Feb 5) Cookbury
William Gloyn
Baptised 1785 (Dec 30) Cookbury
Married 1814 (Nov 16) Thornbury
Several children baptised in Cookbury
Buried 1856 (Sep 30) Cookbury


Joanna (Ann) Saunders
Baptised 1797 (Feb 12) Thornbury
Buried 1877 (Jun 11) Cookbury
Francis Gloyn
Baptised 1792 (Feb 5) Cookbury
Married 1817 (Feb 7) Holsworthy
Died after 1871 Ontario, Canada


Wilmot Cornish
Died 1866 (Aug 6) Ontario, Canada
Susanna Gloyn
Baptised 1794 (Sep 7) Cookbury
Married 1817 (Mar 24) Holsworthy

Buried 1879 (Feb 28) Bradworthy


John Cornish
Baptised 1790 (Dec 5) Sutcombe
Buried 1864 (Jan 31) Bradworthy
Mary Gloyn
Baptised 1803 (Jul 31) Cookbury
Married 1834 (Mar 27) Holsworthy
Died 1851 (Apr 15) Ontario, Canada


William Venner
Died 1902 (Jun 24) Ontario, Canada

4. Children of James Gloyn and Elizabeth Jordan

William Gloyn
Baptised 1792 (Oct 14) Pyworthy
Married 1822 (Jan 14) St Andrew, Plymouth
  (children listed in table 5)

Married 1851 (Feb 15) St Andrew, Plymouth

Died 1857 (Mar 28) Plymouth


Elizabeth Sherrell
Baptised 1793 (Mar 1) Pennycross
Died 1841 (Jun 26) Plymouth
Mary Cudlip*
Baptised 1798 (Jul 22) Devonport
Died 1872 (Sep 3) Plymouth
Mary Gloyn
Baptised 1790 (Aug 1) Pyworthy
Married 1812 (Nov 8) St Andrew, Plymouth
Buried 1834 (Jul 13) Plymouth


William Spong
Buried 1815 (Jun 28) Plymouth
Elizabeth Gloyn*
Baptised 1795 (May 10) Pyworthy
Buried 1852 (Dec 2) Plymouth
Francis Gloyn*
Baptised 1803 (Jan 23) Plymouth
Married 1831 (Jan 4) St Andrew, Plymouth
  (children listed in table 6)
Died 1872 (Jun 10) Plymouth


Jane Harding
Born about 1810 St Pinnock, Cornwall
Died 1879 (Dec 8) Plymouth
Grace Gloyn*
Baptised 1803 (Jan 23) Plymouth
Married 1830 (Apr 20) St Andrew, Plymouth
Died 1890 (1st Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth


Charles Williams
Died 1879 (3rd Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth
John Gloyn*
Baptised 1808 (May 8) Plymouth
Married 1833 (Jul 9) St Andrew, Plymouth
  (children listed in table 7)
Died 1880 (1st Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth


Elizabeth Steer
Baptised 1804 (Apr 1) Modbury
Died 1873 (3rd Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth

5. Children of William Gloyn and Elizabeth Sherrell

James Gloyn
Baptised 1824 (Jun 27) Plymouth
Died 1847 (4th Qtr) Plymouth
John Gloyn*
Baptised 1827 (Jan 14) Plymouth
Married 1857 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
Several children born in Plymouth
Died 1875 (Jul 12) Plymouth


Ann Knight
Born about 1836 St Germans, Cornwall
Married James McKnight then Edward Flynn
Died 1917 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
Mary Ann Gloyn
Born 1829 *(Aug 12) Plymouth
Married 1849 (Apr 17) Stonehouse, Plymouth


Married 1854 (Jul 26) Plymouth
  (children listed on Willcock page)
Died 1893 (Mar 30) Devonport


Thomas Cater Matthews Start
Born 1829 (Jul 21) Plymouth
Buried 1849 (Nov 4) Plymouth
Simon Willcock
Baptised 1825 (Feb 7) Buckland Monachorum
Died 1873 (Jan 15) Plymouth
Joseph Gloyn*
Baptised 1835 (Jun 26) Plymouth
Died 1873 (Apr 27) Plymouth

6. Children of Francis Gloyn and Jane Harding

James Gloyn
Baptised 1833 (Feb 10) Plymouth
Married 1857 (Apr 23) Lifton
Several children born in Plymouth
Died 1897 (Jul 29) Plymouth


Sarah Stacey
Baptised 1837 (Jan 25) Lifton
Died 1891 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
William Gloyn
Baptised 1834 (Dec 28) Plymouth
John Gloyn
Baptised 1838 (Jan 21) Plymouth
Francis Thomas Gloyn
Born 1843 (4th Qtr) Plymouth
Married 1868 (Sep 24) Charles, Plymouth
At least two children born in Plymouth

Married 1875 (Nov 8) St Andrew, Plymouth
Several children born in Plymouth
Died 1904 (Jul 12) Plymouth


Thirza Medland
Born 1841 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1875 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
Harriet Smallridge
Born 1849 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1929 (Jul 7) Plymouth
Albert Charles Gloyn
Born 1846 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
Married 1868 (Aug 16) St Andrew, Plymouth
Several children born in Plymouth
Died 1887 (Feb 5) Plymouth


Grace Redding Burt
Born 1847 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1930 (Apr 13) Plymouth

7. Children of John Gloyn and Elizabeth Steer

James Gloyn
Baptised 1834 (Jun 1) Plymouth
Died 1847 (4th Qtr) Plymouth
Samuel Gloyn
Baptised 1836 (Oct 16) Plymouth
Married 1859 (Mar 9) Egg Buckland


Married 1872 (3rd Qtr) Devonport
Several children born in Stonehouse, Plymouth
Died 1898 (4th Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth


Hannah Roberts Colmer
Baptised 1837 (Mar 26) Egg Buckland
Died 1870 (4th Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth
Hannah Husband
Born 1846 (3rd Qtr) St Blazey, Cornwall
Died 1913 (2nd Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth
John Gloyn
Born 1838 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth
Buried 1864 (Jul 31) Plymouth
Eliza Gloyn
Born 1845 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
Married 1866 (Mar 19) Charles, Plymouth

Died 1925 (1st Qtr) in Plymouth area


Andrew Hodge
Born 1844 (1st Qtr) Egg Buckland
Died 1923 (2nd Qtr) in Plymouth area
Jane Ann Gloyn
Born 1847 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1920 (1st Qtr) in Plymouth area

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