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Samuel SPURRELL
1773 - 1804 (~ 31 years)
Has 23 ancestors and 62 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Samuel SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 12 Feb 1773 St. Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor, Devon, England 
- From PR image (image on FMP, viewed 19 Aug 2012; start of name missing from image, probably legible near spine in PR, but I think can only be Samuel):
Under "Baptisms 1773" - "[Sa]muel the Son of Samuel & Patty Spurril was baptized Febr:y 12" (I think date was 12, could be 22)
Gender Male Died - Gravestone - gives age as 31, shows left wife and children
Buried 24 Jun 1804 St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Aug 2012):
"1804 Samuel Spurrel was Buried the 24th of June"
Samuel Spurrell (son of Samuel and Patty)
The headstone is inscribed:
In
Memory
of
Samuel Spurrell
who departed this Life
... of June 1804 aged 31 years
Farewell kind Wife & Children dear
Whom I have left behind
Unto the God of Israel's care
Who's Merciful and kind
This with 2 other adjacent Spurrell gravestones is a grade II "Listed Building"! English Heritage website entry,
British Listed Buildings entry…Siblings3 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William SPURRELL, b. Est 1690, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Anne, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I10553 All Last Modified 18 Nov 2015
Father Samuel SPURRELL, b. Abt 1742, Meavy, Devon, England , d. 28 Oct 1831, Hall Farm, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) Mother Patty REED, b. Abt 1747, Walkhampton, Devon, England , d. 27 Jul 1837, Holetown, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 90 years) Banns of marriage 22 Mar 1772 to 5 Apr 1772 Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England - Samuel Spurrill otp and Patty Reed of the parish of Sheepstor, no additional info. (from Banns / marriages register, image on FMP, viewed 18 Aug 2012)
Banns of marriage 8 Mar 1772, 29 Mar 1772, 19 Apr 1772 St. Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor, Devon, England - PR with combined banns / marriage entry - shows banns unusually (in my experience) being read at 3 weekly intervals - because in this tiny place, which was not then a parish in its own right, there was only a service every 3 weeks.
No info. given as to marital status etc.
(from Banns / marriages register, image on FMP, viewed 18 Aug 2012)
Married 22 Apr 1772 St. Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor, Devon, England - The marriage part of the combined banns / marriage entry shows that Samuel and Patty both made their marks, while Alice Reed and Peter Reed Junr. (both appear to be siblings of Patty's) signed. It would seem strange if they could write and Patty couldn't - but Samuel seems to have signed plenty of documents in Sheepstor, so I guess both could write but didn't on this occasion.
(image on FMP, viewed 18 Aug 2012)
Headstones 
The positions of the Spurrell graves in Sampford Spiney
Showing where the graves of Samuel and Patty Spurrell and several of their descendants are positioned, in relation both to each other and to the Church.
Some other descendants of theirs, including two, daughters, one being my ancestor Mary, are also buried in this churchyard, but the graves appear to be unmarked.
Family ID F4972 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Margery BLANCHARD, bap. 14 Jun 1776, St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Solloman WARNE m. 5 Jun 1809Married 16 May 1800 St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2012):
[ Register Entry} No. 624 } Samuel Spurrell of this Parish and Margery Blanchard of this Parish were Married in this Church, by Banns No. 753 this Sixteenth Day of May in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred By me John Gandy, Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between us } Samuel Spurrell, The Mark of X Margy: Blanchard
In the Presence of } John Sherman, Thos. Richards
Children2 children Last Modified 18 Nov 2015 Family ID F5027 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR image (image on FMP, viewed 19 Aug 2012; start of name missing from image, probably legible near spine in PR, but I think can only be Samuel):