Passmore or Pasmore family of North Molton, Devon

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12. Bapt 15 Dec 1770 North Molton s/o Philip & Margaret

He was buried on 23 December 1770 as 'Philip son of Philip Pasmore'.

Two years later his parents named their next son Philip.

He was the great grandson of 1, grandson of 2, son of 3 and brother of 13.

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13. Bapt 20 Apr 1772 North Molton s/o Philip & Margaret

He was given the same name as his elder brother.

This Philip Pasmore's marriage is:

K. 17 Jul 1801 North Molton to Elizabeth Slader (bachelor - could sign)

They married by licence and the marriage records he was a woolcomber and bachelor. She was a spinster. The witnesses were Philip Passmore [4, whose signature is the same as his 1792 third marriage] and Michael Sladen.

Their children according to an online tree were: Mary Slader 1805, Margaret 1808, Elizabeth 1810, Philip 1811, William 1813, Michael 1816 & Joan Grace 1818.

His gravestone survives and a photo was uploaded by user Rhory_G to ancestry in 2017. It states he was 'Clerk and Schoolmaster in this Parish'. It lists his date of death as 21 December 1818 and age at death of 46.

The gravestone also names his wife Elizabeth as dying on 27 August 1860 aged 84 years and their daughter Joan Grace who died in April 1820 aged 2 years 4 months.

There is an 1822 will which is in the Devon Wills index which I assume is his and there also seems to be a surviving copy:

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Reference:    1078/IRW/P/324
Description:    
Philip Passmore of North Molton, Devon
Date:    1822

If this is his, then his probate was granted 4 years after his death.

His widow's death was recorded in Trewman's Exeter Flying Post on Wed Sep 12 1860 Issue 4926 'Aug 28 at Northmolton, aged 94, Betsy, widow of Mr Philip Passmore who was for a great number of years clerk of the parish, she was the oldest female inhabitant'. The age is different to the gravestone, but shows she was known as Betsy.

He was the great grandson of 1, grandson of 2, son of 3, brother of 12 and father of 22.

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14. Bapt 28 Jul 1788 North Molton s/o John & Mary

He was a twin with William baptised the same day.

Both boys were buried on 12 August 1788 as 'Willm & Philip Passmore Twins & Infants'.

His parents may have named another son Philip after him in 1797, or they may not [see 17].

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15. Bapt 18 Oct 1789 North Molton s/o Philip & Dinah

The day after his baptism, his parents buried their eldest son Philip on 19 Oct 1789. He was therefore named after his elder brother. It is possible that he had a different name at birth and then was renamed when his elder brother died.

An online tree stated he died in 1856, but I have not checked further details of his life.

He was the great grandson of 1, son of 3 and brother of 11. 

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16. Bapt 6 Mar 1791 North Molton s/o John & Grace

His parents were John Passmore and Grace Mole who married at North Molton on 4 Apr 1790.

This Philip Passmore was buried on 7 August 1796 as 'Phillip Passmore [aged] 5'.

His parents named another son Philip in 1801 [21].

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17. Bapt 19 Feb 1797 North Molton s/o John & Mary

This Philip Passmore may have been named after an elder brother who died in 1788 [14] or he may not.

This is because a John Passmore married a Mary Kingdon in North Molton on 7 July 1788 (both of North Molton) and then a John Passmore married a Mary Moore at North Molton on 23 Jun 1793 (both of Twitching).

It appears from the dates that there are two lots of children born to these two couples which overlap as from 1793 onwards there are the following baptisms:

1 Dec 1793 John
8 Sep 1793 William
16 Jun 1794 Samuel
1 Sep 1795 William
26 Jan 1797 John
6 Dec 1797 Philip

The baptisms of William & Philip [14] in 1788 (both bur 1788), William in 1789 (bur 1789) and Jenny in 1791 presumably belong to John Passmore and Mary Kingdon, but how the other children may split between two couples would have to be a guess.

There are no infant burials of John Pasmores in North Molton between 1793 and 1797, so presumably they are from two different couples as the one baptised in 1793 was presumably still alive in 1797. It is the same situation for the Williams as there are no burials from 1793 to 1795 so the first one was presumably alive in 1795.
 
This Philip Passmore married Ann Lethaby in 1819. While this marriage is listed in the majority of online trees as being the marriage of Philip Passmore baptised in 1797 son of William and Mary, I believe this is incorrect [see 19].

I haven't researched the children of this Philip, but online trees have him as dying in 1868.

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18. Bapt 14 May 1797 North Molton s/o John & Grace

His parents were John Passmore and Grace Mole who married at North Molton on 4 Apr 1790.

This Philip Passmore was buried as an 'infant' on 24 May 1798.

His parents named another son Philip in 1801 [21].

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19. Bapt 6 Dec 1797 North Molton s/o William & Mary

His parents were William Passmore and Mary Stoneman who married on 2 July 1797 at North Molton.

Online trees have this Philip Passmore as marrying Ann Lithaby or Lethaby in 1819. I looked at the marriage and a William Passmore witnessed the marriage, so this seemed to be correct as it could match his father's signature on his own marriage to Mary Stoneman in 1797, although the witness signed as 'Wm' in 1819 not 'William'.

Philip Passmore [3] in his position as parish clark also shorted his first name to P when signing as a witness. And in fact this William Passmore who witnessed the 1819 marriage also witnessed other marriages in the parish frequently, so it seems he was a church official. He perhaps took over as parish clerk from Philip Passmore [13].

I think it may have been assumed that this Philip was the one who married Ann Lethaby because of the witness signature. In fact I believe this Philip must be the one who married Betsy Frayne in North Molton on 30 January 1824.

They had children in North Molton before moving to Limehouse in Middlesex in 1828 or 1829.

The reason I think he was this Philip Pasmore is because he named three of his children Mary Stoneman Pasmore. He clearly wanted to name a daughter after his mother.

Their children were: Mary Stoneman Pasmore 1824–1829, Robert Passmore 1826–aft 1881, Elizabeth Passmore 1828–1829, Mary Stoneman Pasmore|Passmore 1830–1832 & Mary Stoneman Passmore|Lincoln 1832-aft 1858.

The Philip Pasmore, son of William Passmore and Mary Stoneman therefore did not marry Ann Lethaby, he married Betsy or Elizabeth Frayne.

Philip Passmore was buried on 1 December 1843 aged 46 years at St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex.

His widow was buried as Elizabeth Passmore on 2 May 1847 aged 49 years at St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex.

His daughter Mary Stoneman Passmore's marriage to James Edward Lincoln in St Mary Islington in 1858 gives his occupation as her father as 'schoolmaster'.

The grandson of the son of Philip Pasmore 1747-1802 [6] moved to Limehouse from Cornwall and lived there in the 1830s. This John Pasmore married in St Anne Limehouse in 1831. It is not known if he could have ended up there due to his Devon family links, but as his grandmother was a Stoneman [6's mother], there was perhaps a double Pasmore and Stoneman connection.

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21. Bapt 11 Oct 1801 North Molton s/o John & Grace

This Philip Passmore was buried on 26 March 1802 as 'Phillip Passmore (infant)'.

His parents had named another son Philip in 1791 who died in 1796 [16].