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John SPURRELL
1779 - 1869 (~ 89 years)
Has 23 ancestors and 117 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name John SPURRELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised Jun 1779 St. Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Aug 2012):
Under heading "Baptisms 1779" - "John the son of Samuel & Patty Spurril baptized _ _ _ Jun[e - could be July]" (date missing in image as too near curve by spine of register)
Gender Male Occupation Shoemaker - Although shown everywhere as a shoe maker, John's resulting skills in leather-working were used more widely; the accounts for Eylesbarrow Mine in Sheepstor show that in 1814 John was paid for making "leather materials".
Perhaps he also made miners' hats, since these were also made of leather. (It was the steel helmets used in WW1 that led to a wider use of steel in hard hats for safety) And he must surely have made miners' boots - and probably Bal Maidens' shoes as well.
Died Sep Q 1869 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England - GRO ref: Spurrell, John, aged 90, q3 1869 Tavistock RD 5b 256
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 I10556 All Last Modified 14 Nov 2017
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 1 Mary NICHOLLS, d. 25 Mar 1810 Married 27 Mar 1804 Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
John Spurrel, shoe maker = Mary Nicholls at Walkhampton,
one witness was a Samuel Spurrel so am pretty sure it was this John.
Children2 children Last Modified 28 Aug 2012 Family ID F5012 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Patience WESTINGTON, d. 12 Dec 1850, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England Married 4 Apr 1811 St. Constantine’s Church, Milton Abbot, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Aug 2012):
"John Spurell of the Parish of Walkhampton widower and Patience Westington of the Parish of Milton Abbot Spinster were Married in this church by Licence this fourth day of April in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred and eleven by me John Jago Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us { John Spurrel
{ mark of l l Patience Westington
In the Presence of mark X of John Westington
William Olver"
Children7 children Last Modified 4 May 2013 Family ID F5014 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Aug 2012):