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Thomazin ALFORD
Est 1675 - 1758 (~ 83 years)
Has no ancestors but 13 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Thomazin ALFORD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1675 - Estimate of date based on date of marriage. Marriage entry does not indicate marital status, so Thomazin could have been a widow and not born an Alford.
No baptism of a Thomasin Alford (or Elford) found likely to be this Thomazin. There was a Thomasin Elford bap in Milton Abbot in 1667, daughter of Abraham, but a Thomasin Elford also married there in 1685.
Shown as 'of Soarton' (I assume meaning Sourton)
PRs for Sourton only survive from 1722, but some earlier BTs survive. I have looked so far from 1675 to 1689 and found no Alford entries, although Alford was quite a common name in this area (Okehampton, South Tawton, Milton Abbot etc.)
Later there clearly were Alfords in Sourton.
In 1662 a Benjamin Alford had a son (also Benjamin) baptised in Okehampton. I wonder if he could have been Thomazin's father or grandfather - was that why she named a son Benjamin (a name not otherwise found amongst the Cleaves / Hammetts in Widecombe).
Gender Female Residence 1700 Sourton, Devon, England 
- At the time of her marriage
Misc. 1746 Gift from Will of Sampson Jerman - "By the Last Will & Testamt: of Sampsn
Jerman Decd. There was Ten shillings
Given yearly to a poor widow woman
of this parish and this year we give it
To Thomasin Cleave."
Buried 29 Sep 1758 St. Pancras’ Church, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England - Since Thomasin seems to have been widowed quite early in life, with several young children, it would seem likely she would have remarried, but no such marriage has been found.
There were burials of Thomasin Cleaves in Widecombe in 1713, 1726 and 1758. The 1713 burial can be ruled out as being this Thomasin as the PR entry shows her as 'daughter of John Cleve'.
(The only burial of a Thomazin Hammett was 1703, which can probably be ruled out as her husband Joseph had children after this date, and whilst the children's baptism PR entries do not name their mother, there is no sign of a possible remarriage of Joseph).
Details of the 2 burials, one of which was probably this Thomazin (both from PR entries, images on FMP, viewed 10 Jul 2021):
"11 Thomasin Cleave the second of December buried" - under heading 'Burials 1726'
or
"Thomasin Cleave Widow September 29th" - under heading 'Anno Domini 1758'
At present I have had a quick look but not found another Thomasin Cleave (or Hammett) by birth or marriage who could have been the other one buried in 1726 or 1758. (This includes searching on FMP with their tool to search in other parishes within 10 miles of Widecomb, for any marriage of a Cleave and variants to a Thomasin and variants.
It therefore seems most likely that this Thomasin died in 1758; the Thomasin who died in 1726 could well be a single woman for whom no other records survive; she might well have been a daughter of this Thomazin and husband Joseph.
Person ID I33083 All Last Modified 19 Jul 2021
Family Joseph CLEAVE, b. Est 1679, bur. 13 Feb 1711/12, St. Pancras’ Church, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England (Age ~ 33 years) Married 3 Nov 1700 Holy Trinity Church, Gidleigh, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Jul 2021)
"Joseph Hammet of Widdicomb and Thomazin Alford of soarton, were marryed _ Novem. 3d"
No records of baptisms in Widecomb between Feb 1702/03 and Nov 1704 survive; it seems likely that Joseph and Thomazin would have had a child at this time, given the smaller gaps between their other children than between Joseph and Samuel.
The Thomazin who was buried in 1726 may well have been their daughter.
Children6 children Last Modified 19 Jul 2021 Family ID F1529 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Estimate of date based on date of marriage. Marriage entry does not indicate marital status, so Thomazin could have been a widow and not born an Alford.