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Personal data John Discombe 

  • He was born in the year 1797 in Kenton, Exeter, Devon, England.
  • He was baptized on July 16, 1797 in Kenton, Exeter, Devon, England.
    Name: John Discombe
    Record Type: Baptism
    Baptism Date: 16 Jul 1797
    Baptism Place: Kenton, Devon, England
    Religion: Anglican
    Father:
    John Discombe
    Mother:
    Elizabeth Discombe
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Broadhembury, Honiton, Devon, England.
      Name: Elizabeth Discombe Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Gender: Female Where born: Devon, England Civil parish: Broadhembury Hundred: Hayridge County/Island: Devon Country: England
      Registration district: Honiton Sub-registration district: Honiton Neighbors: Piece: 224 Book: 7 Folio: 7
      Page number: 10 Household Members Age
      John Discombe 45
      Elizabeth Discombe 40
      John Discombe 9
      Robert Discombe 7
      Elizabeth Discombe 3
    • in the year 1851: Broadhembury, Honiton, Devon, England.
      Name: John Discombe Age: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Discombe
      Gender: Male Where born: Broadhembury, Devon, England Civil Parish: Broadhembury County/Island: Devon
      Country: England Registration District: Honiton Sub-registration District: Honiton ED, institution, or vessel: 15a
      Neighbors: Household Schedule Number: 33 Piece: 1863 Folio: 355 Page Number: 8 Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Discombe 58
      John Discombe 16
      Richard Discombe 16
    • in the year 1861: Strand, Starcross, Kenton, Exeter, Devon, England.
      Name: John Discombe Age: 64 Estimated Birth Year: 1797 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Discombe
      Gender: Male Where born: Kenton, Devon, England Civil parish: Kenton Ecclesiastical parish: Starcross
      Town: Starcross County/Island: Devon Country: England Registration district: St Thomas Sub-registration district: Kenton ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Neighbors: Household schedule number: 41 Piece: 1392 Folio: 117
      Page number: 6 Household Members Age Relationship
      John Discombe 64 Head
      Elizabeth Discombe 73 Wife
  • He died March 1868 in St. Thomas, Devon. England, he was 71 years old.
    Name: John Discombe
    Age: 70
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Death Registration Place: St Thomas, Devonshire, United Kingdom
    Death Date: Mar 1866
    Inferred Death Place: Devonshire, United Kingdom
    Volume: 5b
    Page: 66
  • A child of John Discombe and Elizabeth Kissiah
  • This information was last updated on December 7, 2022.

Household of John Discombe

He is married to Elizabeth Sprague.

Their notice of marriage was on April 18, 1824 in St. Andrew, Broadhembury, Honiton, Devon.

Name: John Discombe
Record Type: Marriage Banns (Marriage Bann)
Marriage Banns Date: 18 Apr 1824
Marriage Banns Place: Broadhembury, Devon, England
Residence Date: Abt 1824
Residence Place: Broadhembury St Andrew
Religion: Anglican
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Spouse:
Elizabeth Sprague
They got married in the year 1824, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Discombe  1832-1914 
  2. Robert Discombe  1835-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Discombe

Thomas Discombe
± 1727-1800
Mary Ann Hill
± 1731-1798
John Discombe
± 1757-1837

John Discombe
1797-1868

1824

Elizabeth Sprague
1800-1846

John Discombe
1832-1914
Robert Discombe
1835-????
Elizabeth Anne Discombe
1837-????

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    Christening day July 16, 1797

    • The temperature on July 16, 1797 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1797: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 21 » A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
      • March 2 » The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
      • April 17 » Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
      • June 28 » French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands.
      • July 25 » Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
      • October 11 » The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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