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John MALLET

Male 1714 - 1788  (74 years)


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  • Name John MALLET  [1, 2
    Birth 9 May 1714  South Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Note
    • Some members of John's family lived in Petrockstowe in Devon and at least two of them were stewards to the Earl of Orford (son of Britain's first Prime Minister) followed by service to Baron (Lord) Clinton a member the Trefusis family of Heanton Satchville and Cornwall. Other family members settled in Dublin and the USA.

      According to the Land Tax Assessments of 1780, John leased a property in the centre of North Tawton called 'Goves' from John Luxmors for the sum of £0.4.0, now the site of the post office. It is believed that the property was named after a John Gove, a blacksmith from neighbouring Zeal Monachorum. His son Richard may have worked for John Mallet as a journeyman blacksmith. The property is mentioned in the marriage settlement for James Mallet of Sampford Courtenay, the son of John. [Source: Jean Shields]

      In 1848, some 60 years after his death, his great grandson Robert Mallet of Dublin, a famous Irish engineer and scientist, visited John's grave in St. Peter's churchyard in North Tawton, Devon and erected a new headstone in his memory. Robert had the stone inscribed with 'John Mallett senior of this parish son of James of South Tawton erected by his great grandson Robert Mallet of Dublin 16 8 1848' thus confirming beyond any doubt the link between James Mallett the miller of Spreyton and his descendants in South Tawton, North Tawton and Dublin, Ireland. (Information kindly provided by the Devon Family History Society). A living descendant has confirmed that the headstone existed but after being severely damaged over the years, it was removed from the churchyard.

      [Copyright 2010 - Richard Mallett. Not to be reproduced without the author's permission]
    SW Group
    UKC 1881
    Alternate Name John Mallett  [1, 2
    Alternate Name John the Blacksmith Mallet  [2
    Occupation 1753  [4
    Churchwarden 
    Occupation 1764  [4
    Blacksmith 
    Reference Number 136 
    Residence 1780  Goves, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Jul 1788  North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I9335  Southwest
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2016 

    Father James MALLET,   c. 18 Nov 1677, Morval, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1754, South Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HEAL,   b. Abt 1680   d. 3 May 1753, South Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1703  Spreyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jane CUNNETT,   b. 1 Nov 1715, Throwleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1756, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1737  Throwleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. John MALLET,   b. 14 Apr 1738, Gidleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1801, Merton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +2. James MALLET,   b. 1 May 1740, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1815, Sampford Courtenay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. William MALLET,   b. 27 Feb 1742, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1783 (Age 40 years)
    +4. Richard MALLET,   b. 23 Jul 1745, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1817, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +5. Mary MALLET,   b. 24 May 1747, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jane MALLET,   b. 10 Mar 1750, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1750, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Jane MALLET,   b. 23 Oct 1752, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1754, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +8. Robert MALLET,   b. 16 Jan 1755, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1804, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F2920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Amy SHORE,   b. 5 Feb 1722, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1794, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1764  North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • The register entry states that John Mallett senior (so not his son John born in Gidleigh) married Amy Shore by licence and he signed his name. It appears that he married Amy five years after Jane Cunnett died. When John himself died, Amy then married John's brother-in-law Richard Cunnett who was also a blacksmith.

      Witnesses were Andrew Thomas and James Hodge.
    Children 
     1. Thomas SHORE,   b. 24 May 1763, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Dec 1764 - North Tawton, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1780 - Goves, North Tawton, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jul 1788 - North Tawton, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2075] Devon FHS - transcripts Hereinafter cited as Devon FHS - transcripts.

    2. [S2258] Richard mallett, compiler, Reading, UK, Descendants of James Mallett of Spreyton, Devon, England, database, privately held by Robert Mallett, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, M23S202, M23R260, Jan 3, 2016., M23S202, M23R260.

    3. [S2110] Parish Records, Devon PRO Hereinafter cited as Parish Records, Devon PRO.

    4. [S2087] TL Stoate transcripts Hereinafter cited as TL Stoate transcripts.

    5. [S2081] Dartmoor Press Hereinafter cited as Dartmoor Press.