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Robin PEPPERELL
1759 - 1805 (~ 46 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 62 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Robin PEPPERELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 8 Apr 1759 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
- From the FamilySearch website
Gender Male Residence to 1805 Owlacombe, Slapton, Devon, England - (from his gravestone)
Buried 31 Oct 1805 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 12 Apr 2024)
"oRobin Pipparal was buried Octr. 31st. 1805" - [footnote] "o drowned in the Lea"
Died 4 Nov 1805 Slapton Ley, Slapton, Devon, England Cause: Drowned in Slapton Ley - There is clearly something not quite right here; the gravestone seems to show a date of death 4 days after the burial!
So do I have the wrong burial or the wrong gravestone?
This Robin seems to have been baptised, married and buried with this name, though recorded as Robert at the time of the baptism of some of his children.
There is no clear evidence of any other Robins but was it used as a pet name for any of the Roberts? If so, could the burial be of someone else?
Although there is no other burial of a Robin and you would expect him to have been buried as Robin as at his children's baptisms his name could have been mis-recorded.
Given that the only bit of the year visible on the gravestone is the right side of the 3rd digit and the 4th digit was the year really 1805 or (as the British Listed Buildings website has it) 1795?
The gravestone has an age, which I think says 46 (only other possibility is 40). If the former then it fits perfectly with his baptism if it is this Robin and he died in 1805. I can't find any other Robert / Robin who would have been 40 or 46 in 1795 or 1805, in Stokenham or neighbouring parishes. The closest, Robin's 2nd cousin Robert, who would have been 42 in 1795, is clearly buried with his wife in Stokenham (grave and PR evidence).
Despite the discrepancy I do therefore believe that it was this Robin who was buried in 1805 and that the gravestone is his. Since the previous burial was in July and the next not until the following January it is not possible to tell if the date is likely to be wrong from the date sequence. It would be worth checking the BTs.
There may have been some uncertainty over the date of death, as Robin drowned and his body may not have been recovered immediately. Possibly he was known to have drowned on 4th October, and this date was much earlier than the monumental mason was used to and he accidentally carved November.
Siblings4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William PEPPERELL, b. Est 1600, bur. Between 18 May 1671 and 25 Jan 1675/76, St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England (Age ~ 71 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Mary TAPLEY, b. Est 1720, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Person ID I10017 All Last Modified 12 Apr 2024
Father Robert PEPPERELL, b. 1712, bur. 27 Aug 1778, St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England (Age ~ 66 years) Mother Mary TAPLEY, b. Est 1720, d. Yes, date unknown Married 23 Jul 1749 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England [1] - An infant Robert Pepperell was buried on 11 Apr 1752 - a son of this Robert?
Family ID F4798 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Ann HYNE, b. Est 1760, d. Yes, date unknown Married 29 Jan 1783 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Children7 children Last Modified 4 Jul 2014 Family ID F4797 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 8 Apr 1759 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
Married - 29 Jan 1783 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Child - Robert PEPPERELL - 9 Dec 1783 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Child - Simon PEPPERELL - 22 Feb 1786 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Child - William PEPPERELL - 1 Apr 1788 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
Child - John PEPPERELL - 24 Jun 1790 - Slapton, Devon, England Child - Samuel Hyne PEPPERELL - 5 May 1793 - Slapton, Devon, England Child - Philip PEPPERELL - 1796 - Slapton, Devon, England Child - Roger Hyne PEPPERELL - 8 Mar 1804 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England Buried - 31 Oct 1805 - St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
Died - Cause: Drowned in Slapton Ley - 4 Nov 1805 - Slapton Ley, Slapton, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S295] Slapton - Parish Registers (FMP data), St James’s Church (Slapton, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Marriage of of Robert Pepprell and Marey Tapley; accessed 2 Jun 2014 (Reliability: 3).
Under heading 'for the Year 1749' - "Robert Pepprell and Marey Tapley married July the 23d"