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The Seccombe Family in Devon

This page lists those members of the Seccombe family whose origins we are researching. Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, or have been supplied by other researchers and not personally verified by us. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy. In our line the usual spelling is Seccombe, but several other spellings appear in earlier records. Please contact Chris Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.

Our Seccombe ancestors lived in Devon, in and around Buckland Monachorum. Several generations of Seccombes can be found in the registers for Buckland Monachorum, although the family actually lived in Horrabridge for many years. We have traced the line back to the marriage of John Seccombe and Emme Martin in 1706, but we do not know anything about earlier generations. Some of the maternal lines have also been traced in Buckland Monachorum and the surrounding area.

Some of the names below are linked to a more detailed record in the on-line family tree (people marked with an asterisk do not have a full record). When you click on a link, the linked record will be displayed in a separate window. There you can see the family relationships as we understand them, together with notes on what we have found in parish registers, census returns and other records. All the places named below are in Devon unless otherwise indicated.


John Seccombe
Married 1706 (Sep 24) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed in table 1 below)
Buried 1752 (Feb 20) Buckland Monachorum

Emme Martin
Baptised 1683/4 (Feb 25) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1771 (Mar 14) Buckland Monachorum

1. Children of John Seccombe and Emme Martin

Honour Seccombe
Baptised 1713 (Jun 20) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1738 (Dec 26) Buckland Monachorum

Married 1748 (Sep 3) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1764 (Mar 4) Buckland Monachorum


William Dapson
Buried 1744/5 (Jan 28) Buckland Monachorum
Samuel Hitch
Buried 1780 (Jan 31) Buckland Monachorum
Ann Seccombe
Baptised 1715 (Jun 11) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1733 (Dec 4) Buckland Monachorum
John Seccombe
Baptised 1717 (Oct 28) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1787 (Sep 5) Buckland Monachorum
Digory Seccombe
Baptised 1719 (Dec 14) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1746 (Aug 6) Sheepstor
  (children listed in table 2 below)
Buried 1788 (Dec 13) Buckland Monachorum


Joan Willcock
Baptised 1725/6 (Feb 17) Sheepstor
Buried 1809 (Oct 29) Buckland Monachorum
Emme Seccombe
Baptised 1722 (May 22) Buckland Monachorum
Molly Seccombe
Baptised 1724/5 (Jan 12) Buckland Monachorum

2. Children of Digory Seccombe and Joan Willcock (see table 1 above)

Ann Seccombe
Baptised 1748 (Sep 14) Sampford Spiney
Married 1770 (May 9) Walkhampton
Buried 1820 (Mar 24) Walkhampton


John Worth
Buried 1824 (Dec 3) Walkhampton
Elizabeth Seccombe
Baptised 1750 (May) Sampford Spiney
Married 1782 (Oct 12) Stonehouse, Plymouth


John Williams
John Seccombe
Baptised 1752 (Mar 30) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1776 (Nov 27) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed in table 3 below)
Died 1828 (Dec 6) Horrabridge


Rachel Skinner
Baptised 1755 (Aug 28) Buckland Monachorum
Died 1817 (Sep 19) Horrabridge
Mary (Molly) Seccombe
Baptised 1758 (Oct 24) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1786 (Apr 27) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1826 (Apr 2) Buckland Monachorum


Samuel Tooker
Buried 1819 (Jun 27) Buckland Monachorum
Joan (Jenny) Seccombe
Baptised 1761 (May 31) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1783 (Jun 20) Walkhampton
Buried 1791 (May 18) Ermington


Christopher Lethbridge
Buried 1827 (Apr 11) Ermington
Emme Seccombe
Baptised 1766 (Mar 19) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1785 (Dec 21) Harford
Buried 1841 (Apr 4) Ivybridge


Richard Tozer
Buried 1832 (Apr 24) Harford

3. Children of John Seccombe and Rachel Skinner (see table 2 above)

John Seccombe
Baptised 1778 (Jan 28) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1831 (Jul 6) Buckland Monachorum
Mary Seccombe
Baptised 1779 (Oct 6) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1808 (Aug 4) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1817 (Aug 29) Buckland Monachorum


Anthony Pearse
Buried 1849 (Aug 3) Walkhampton
James Seccombe
Baptised 1781 (Dec 26) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1822 (Aug 29) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed in table 4 below)
Buried 1830 (Jul 18) Buckland Monachorum


Grace Took*
Baptised 1791 (Nov 27) Stowford
Buried 1870 (Jan 30) Buckland Monachorum
Richard Seccombe
Baptised 1785 (Feb 6) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1820 (Feb 13) Buckland Monachorum
Elizabeth Seccombe
Baptised 1787 (Nov 5) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1809 (Jun 6) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1830 (Nov 10) Tamerton Foliot


Thomas Pearse
Buried 1848 (Nov 16) Tamerton Foliot
Rachel Seccombe*
Baptised 1789 (Oct 16) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1816 (Aug 25) Buckland Monachorum

Buried 1850 (Nov 1) Buckland Monachorum


Thomas Southwood
Baptised 1788 (May 14) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1861 (Jan 14) Plympton
Jenny Seccombe
Baptised 1792 (Dec 27) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1816 (Apr 22) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed on Willcock page)
Died 1862 (Dec 6) Tavistock


James Willcock
Baptised 1790 (Jan 24) Buckland Monachorum
Died 1836 (Mar 18) Buckland Monachorum
Samuel Seccombe
Baptised 1795 (Feb 17) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1825 (Aug 7) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed in table 5 below)
Died 1875 (Mar 9) Plymouth


Sarah (Sally) Pengelly
Baptised 1803 (Jul 9) Tavistock
Died 1873 (Jun 23) Plymouth
Sarah (Sally) Seccombe
Baptised 1797 (Jul 31) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1823 (Jan 1) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1838 (Dec 6) Buckland Monachorum


William Blowey
Died 1866 (Jan 25) Plymouth

4. Children of James Seccombe and Grace Took (see table 3 above)

Rachel Skinner Seccombe
Baptised 1823 (Jul 25) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1847 (Jun 28) Devonport
Buried 1857 (Sep 30) Plymouth


James Hall
Died 1878 (May 31) Devonport
John Seccombe*
Baptised 1826 (May 7) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1862 (Sep 29) Buckland Monachorum
  (children listed in table 7 below)
Buried 1883 (Feb 8) Buckland Monachorum


Harriet Clist
Baptised 1829 (Nov 22) Ottery St Mary
Buried 1908 (May 2) Buckland Monachorum
Elizabeth Seccombe
Baptised 1829 (Feb 22) Buckland Monachorum
Died 1866 (Oct 28) Plympton

5. Children of Samuel Seccombe and Sarah Pengelly (see table 3 above)

Mary Ann Seccombe
Baptised 1826 (Jan 15) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1874 (Jan 11) Buckland Monachorum
John Seccombe*
Baptised 1827 (Dec 25) Buckland Monachorum
Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1871 census
Rachel Seccombe*
Baptised 1829 (Dec 27) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1864 (Jul 10) Buckland Monachorum
James Seccombe*
Baptised 1833 (Jul 21) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1860 (Nov 7) Whitechapel, London
  (children listed in table 6 below)
Buried 1911 (Jan 14) Manor Park, London


Mary Day
Baptised 1837 (Mar 5) Rattery
Died 1874 (4th Qtr) Stepney, London
Emme/Emma Seccombe*
Born about 1835 Buckland Monachorum
Married 1866 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth


Married 1872 (4th Qtr) Plymouth

Married 1881 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1897 (4th Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth


Stephen Edward Emmett
Born 1845 (3rd Qtr) Stoke Climsland, Cornwall
Died 1872 (Feb 27) Plymouth
James Bowden
Died 1879 (Jan 9) Plymouth
Samuel Andrews
Jane Seccombe*
Baptised 1839 (Oct 13) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1861 (1st Qtr) Plymouth
Died 1896 (3rd Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth


John Thomas Smith
Born 1838 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool

6. Children of James Seccombe and Mary Day (see table 5 above)

James Seccombe
Born 1863 (Feb 5) Whitechapel, London
Married 1889 (Jun 29) Stepney, London
  (children listed in table 8 below)
Died 1919 (Aug 23) Hornchurch, Essex


Alice Hawkins
Born 1864 (4th Qtr) Stepney, London
Died 1937 (Jan 11) Shirley, Hampshire
William Seccombe
Born 1865 (Jan 22) Whitechapel, London
Married 1895 (4th Qtr) Uxbridge, Middlesex

Died 1932 (Jun 22) Thundersley, Essex


Ellen Rose
Born 1855 (Mar 8) Uxbridge, Middlesex
Died 1942 (2nd Qtr) Uxbridge, Middlesex
Alice Maud Rachel Seccombe
Born 1868 (Jan 11) Plymouth
Married 1900 (Apr 14) Bromley, London

Died 1906 (4th Qtr) Poplar, London


James Edward Pounds
Born 1874 (3rd Qtr) Poplar, London
Died 1926 (2nd Qtr) Poplar, London
Edward Ernest Seccombe
Born 1870 (3rd Qtr) Hammersmith, London
Died 1931 (1st Qtr) West Ham, London
Bessie Seccombe
Born 1872 (Oct 23) Stepney, London
Married 1898 (4th Qtr) West Ham, London

Died 1926 (3rd Qtr) Romford, Essex


Frederick Herbert
Born 1865 (4th Qtr) Old Ford, London
Died 1935 (2nd Qtr) West Ham, London
George Seccombe
Born 1874 (Nov 23) Stepney, London
Married 1900 (Apr 15) Canning Town, London
  (children listed in table 10 below)
Died 1957 (4th Qtr) Canning Town, London


Rosina (or Rosanna) Wood
Born 1875 (4th Qtr) Plaistow, London
Died 1909 (4th Qtr) Canning Town, London

7. Children of John Seccombe and Harriet Clist (see table 4 above)

Rachel Skinner Seccombe
Baptised 1863 (Oct 7) Buckland Monachorum
Buried 1884 (Dec 29) Buckland Monachorum
Fred James Seccombe
Baptised 1869 (Feb 10) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1894 (Oct 9) Brentor
  (children listed in table 9a below)
Married 1909 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth
  (children listed in table 9b below)
Died 1944 (Sep 28) Buckland Monachorum


Mary Elizabeth Minhinnick
Baptised 1876 (Jun 28) Lamerton
Anne Louisa Rickett
Born 1885 (Jan 11) North Tamerton, Cornwall
Died 1978 (Dec 28) Buckland Monachorum
Helen Grace Seccombe
Baptised 1871 (Oct 22) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1897 (Jul 31) Buckland Monachorum

Died 1936 (Nov 23) Plymouth


Joseph Edmund Oliver
Born 1872 (Jul 6) Torpoint, Cornwall
Died 1958 (1st Qtr) Plymouth

8. Children of James Seccombe and Alice Hawkins (see table 6 above)

James Horace Seccombe
Born 1892 (Oct 24) Stepney, London
Married 1920 (Sep 11) Shoreditch, London

Died 1976 (Feb 29) Hornchurch, Essex


Marie Plumtree
Born 1894 (Aug 9) Hornchurch, Essex
Died 1980 (Dec 30) Hornchurch, Essex
Gladys Blanche Seccombe
Born 1900 (Aug 10) Hornchurch, Essex
Married 1925 (1st Qtr) Southampton, Hants

Died 1970 (1st Qtr) Bournemouth, Hants


Sydney Harry Victor Stockwell
Born 1898 (Jul 8) East Ham, London
Died 1986 (Sep 5) Southampton, Hants

9a. Children of Fred James Seccombe and Mary E Minhinnick (see table 7 above)

Alice Gertrude Rachel Seccombe
Born 1895 (4th Qtr) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1916 (1st Qtr) Plymouth


Married 1952 (3rd Qtr) Tavistock area

Died 1961 (2nd Qtr) Tavistock area


William Elias Steer
Born 1865 (1st Qtr) Exbourne
Died 1945 (2nd Qtr) Tavistock area
Thomas Galfred Latimer Simmonds
Born 1900 (Feb 3) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Died 1976 (1st Qtr) Plymouth

9b. Children of Fred James Seccombe and Anne Louisa Rickett (see table 7 above)

Blanche Rosetta Seccombe
Born 1909 (Aug 9) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1939 (Oct 25) Buckland Monachorum

Died 1991 (Apr 1) Yelverton


Horace Valentine Willey
Born 1910 (Feb 14) Tavistock
Died 1982 (Aug 9) Buckland Monachorum
John Frederick Seccombe
Born 1910 (Sep 24) Buckland Monachorum
Married (date and place unknown)

Died 2011 (Nov 4) Watford, Hertfordshire


Elizabeth (Betty) Stewart
Born 1918 (Mar 29) Dunfanaghy, Donegal
Died 2003 (1st Qtr) Watford, Hertfordshire
Ethel Seccombe
Born 1914 (Feb 20) Buckland Monachorum
Married 1941 (Apr 9) Plympton

Died 1997 (Mar 10) Banchory, Aberdeenshire


Robert Joseph James Atkin
Born 1921 (Sep 18) Milford Haven, Pembroke
Died 1992 (2nd Qtr) Cardiff, Glamorgan

10. Children of George Seccombe and Rosina Wood (see table 6 above)

George Henry Seccombe
Born 1902 (Apr 4) Canning Town, London
Married 1965 (3rd Qtr) Blackburn, Lancashire

Died 1981 (Jun 20) Blackburn, Lancashire


Alice Brogden (née Ryan)
Born 1897 (Sep 12) Blackburn, Lancashire
Died 1978 (4th Qtr) Blackburn, Lancashire
Sarah Seccombe
Born 1906 (Apr 15) Canning Town, London
Married 1932 (Jul 30) Plaistow, London

Died 1990 (1st Qtr) Plaistow, London


Herbert Harold Augustus Bowler
Born 1901 (May 5) Poplar, London
Died 1973 (Apr 5) Poplar, London
Rosina Seccombe
Born 1909 (Jan 19) Canning Town, London
Married 1927 (Oct 2) Canning Town, London

Died 1971 (1st Qtr) West Ham, London


Thomas Benjamin Payne
Born 1906 (Mar 2) Mile End, London
Died 1978 (Mar 1) Poplar, London

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