This page lists those members of the Willcock 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 Willcock, but several other spellings appear in earlier records. Please contact Chris and Linda Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.
Our Willcock ancestors lived in Devon, in and around Buckland Monachorum. Several generations of Willcocks can be found in the records for Buckland Monachorum, although the name also occurs in other nearby parishes. The earlier generations in our tree came from Sheepstor. Although very few records survive from before 1691, we believe that we have traced the line back to Simon Willcock of Sheepstor. Many 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.
We have now added a second Willcock page which lists members of other Willcock families who lived in the same part of Devon. Some of these we know are connected to our own Willcock tree, but their lives have not been researched in much detail. Others may possibly be related, but we have not yet found the link.
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Simon Willcock Buried 1720/1 (Jan 24) Sheepstor | |
| We have identified only one of his children... | |
| Walter Willcock Baptised 1690/1 (Jan 13) Sheepstor Married 1723 (May 15) Sheepstor (children listed in table 1) Buried 1781 (Jul 20) Sheepstor | Ann Barter Baptised 1696 (Jul 28) Sheepstor Buried 1769 (May 31) Sheepstor |
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Simon Willcock Baptised 1723/4 (Feb 4) Meavy Married 1755 (Jul 12) Walkhampton Buried 1756 (Oct 19) Sheepstor | Jane Light |
| Walter Willcock
Baptised 1727 (Dec 19) Sheepstor Married 1750 (May 1) Sheepstor (children listed in table 2) Buried 1806 (May 2) Buckland Monachorum | Mary Morrell Baptised 1729/30 (Feb 22) Widecombe Buried 1812 (Jan 9) Buckland Monachorum |
| James Willcock
Baptised 1732/3 (Jan 29) Sheepstor Married 1759 (Jul 26) Staverton Buried 1806 (Oct 28) Buckland Monachorum | Mary King Baptised 1733/4 (Jan 31) Staverton Buried 1813 (May 23) Buckland Monachorum |
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John Willcock
Baptised 1751 (Apr 29) Meavy Married 1776 (May 15) Buckland Monachorum (children listed in table 3) Died 1839 (Apr 17) Buckland Monachorum | Mary Creber Baptised 1757 (Sep 16) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1825 (May 4) Buckland Monachorum |
| Ann Willcock Baptised 1756 (Jun 11) Meavy Married 1783 (Jun 27) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1808 (Jun 1) Buckland Monachorum | Thomas Carswell Buried 1819 (Mar 9) Buckland Monachorum |
| Mary Willcock Baptised 1761 (Apr 14) Buckland Monachorum Married 1780 (Apr 19) Buckland Monachorum | William Hambly |
| Joan Willcock Baptised 1764 (Apr 15) Buckland Monachorum Married 1789 (Jul 15) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1830 (Jun 27) Walkhampton | Peter Holmes Buried 1802 (May 3) Walkhampton |
| Margaret Willcock Baptised 1765 (May 28) Buckland Monachorum Married 1790 (Oct 27) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1797 (Jun 18) Buckland Monachorum | Walter King Baptised 1766 (Mar 19) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1822 (Oct 3) Buckland Monachorum |
| Elizabeth (Betty) Willcock Baptised 1767 (Dec 27) Buckland Mon Married 1790 (Feb 16) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1855 (May 18) Plympton St Mary | Richard Worth |
| Sarah Willcock Baptised 1770 (Jun 19) Buckland Monachorum Married 1796 (Nov 2) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1848 (Dec 25) Buckland Monachorum | John Toop Buried 1834 (Apr 23) Buckland Monachorum |
| Walter Willcock Baptised 1773 (Apr 13) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1790 (Apr 4) Buckland Monachorum |
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John Willcock Baptised 1778 (May 25) Buckland Monachorum Married 1803 (Dec 2) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1808 (Jul 11) Buckland Monachorum | Elizabeth Reed |
| William Willcock
Baptised 1780 (Nov 3) Buckland Monachorum Married 1808 (Apr 8) Eggbuckland (children listed in table 4) Buried 1844 (Dec 18) Revelstoke | Ann Dawe* Baptised 1777 (Aug 15) Holbeton Buried 1855 (Feb 20) Revelstoke |
| Walter Willcock
Baptised 1782 (Nov 17) Buckland Monachorum Married 1807 (Feb 3) Tavistock (children listed in table 5) Died 1865 (Mar 1) Buckland Monachorum | Mary Gill Baptised 1783 (Jun 17) Tavistock Died 1859 (Jun 4) Buckland Monachorum |
| Mary Willcock
Baptised 1785 (Jul 27) Buckland Monachorum Married 1807 (Nov 3) Buckland Monachorum Died 1873 (May 22) Buckland Monachorum | Walter Andrews* Baptised 1782 (Oct 25) Shaugh Prior Died 1864 (Mar 10) Meavy |
| Henry Willcock Baptised 1787 (Nov 14) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1842 (Dec 9) Buckland Monachorum | |
| James Willcock
Baptised 1790 (Jan 24) Buckland Monachorum Married 1816 (Apr 22) Buckland Monachorum (children listed in table 6) Died 1836 (Mar 18) Buckland Monachorum | Jenny Seccombe Baptised 1792 (Dec 27) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1862 (Dec 11) Buckland Monachorum |
| Simon Willcock
Baptised 1793 (Jun 19) Buckland Monachorum Married 1817 (Apr 3) Kilkhampton, Cornwall (children listed in table 7) Buried 1821 (Jun 21) Buckland Monachorum | Mary Mill* Baptised 1796 (Aug 21) Marhamchurch, Cornwall Buried 1851 (Oct 3) Plymouth |
| Richard Willcock
Baptised 1796 (Aug 7) Buckland Monachorum Married 1820 (Feb 14) Brixton (children listed in table 8) Died 1870 (Apr 3) Buckland Monachorum | Sarah (Sally) Hake* Baptised 1797 (Dec 26) Brixton Died 1885 (Dec 1) Buckland Monachorum |
| Ambrose Willcock*
Baptised 1800 (Jun 29) Buckland Monachorum Married 1821 (Mar 29) Kilkhampton, Cornwall Buried 1865 (Mar 10) Buckland Monachorum | Sophia Vinson Baptised 1797 (Sep 10) Kilkhampton, Cornwall Buried 1874 (Mar 17) Tavistock |
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John Crossman Willcock*
Baptised 1809 (Jan 25) Brixton Buried 1869 (Feb 15) Buckland Monachorum | |
| Anne Dawe Willcock
Baptised 1811 (Jan 16) Brixton Married 1835 (Jun 30) Brixton Buried 1866 (May 21) Revelstoke | William Hoskin* (or Hosking) Baptised 1806 (Jan 8) Eggbuckland Buried 1873 (May 30) Revelstoke |
| William Willcock*
Baptised 1812 (Oct 13) Brixton Died 1865 (Dec 24) Plymouth | |
| Joseph Dawe Willcock
Baptised 1814 (Oct 19) Brixton Married 1843 (May 23) Brixton (children listed in table 9) Buried 1889 (Aug 8) Newton Ferrers | Mary Gillard Baptised 1815 (May 2) West Alvington Buried 1892 (Jun 21) Newton Ferrers |
| Mary Creber Willcock*
Baptised 1816 (Aug 19) Brixton Buried 1889 (Oct 15) Buckland Monachorum | |
| Elizabeth Willcock*
Baptised 1818 (Nov 4) Brixton Buried 1888 (Aug 13) Buckland Monachorum | |
| Ambrose Willcock
Baptised 1820 (Sep 15) Brixton Married 1851 (Apr 13) Plymouth Charles (children listed in table 10) Buried 1910 (Apr 7) Buckland Monachorum | Jane West* Baptised 1831 (Oct 23) Brixton Buried 1921 (Jul 5) Buckland Monachorum |
| Henry Willcock*
Baptised 1824 (Jan 25) Brixton Buried 1886 (Jan 26) Buckland Monachorum |
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William Willcock Baptised 1808 (Jul 13) Buckland Monachorum | |
| Walter Willcock*
Baptised 1811 (Dec 10) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1880 (May 22) Newton Ferrers | |
| Henry Willcock*
Baptised 1813 (Sep 22) Buckland Monachorum Married 1845 (May 17) Whitchurch Buried 1855 (Jan 7) Buckland Monachorum | Jane Oxenham Baptised 1816 (Jun 10) Mary Tavy Died 1887 (1st Qtr) Liskeard, Cornwall |
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James Willcock* Baptised 1817 (Nov 25) Buckland Monachorum Married 1850 (Jun 11) Plymouth Died 1869 (2nd Qtr) Holborn, London | Selina Ward Baptised 1823 (Aug 14) Buckland Monachorum Died 1901 (2nd Qtr) City of London |
| Jane Willcock*
Baptised 1819 (Mar 8) Buckland Monachorum Married 1847 (Nov 3) Buckland Monachorum Buried 1893 (Aug 8) Landulph, Cornwall | Benjamin Snell Baptised 1811 (Feb 15) Landulph, Cornwall Buried 1894 (Nov 30) Landulph, Cornwall |
| Caroline Willcock*
Baptised 1820 (Feb 21) Buckland Monachorum Died 1892 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth | |
| John Willcock Baptised 1823 (Feb 12) Buckland Monachorum | |
| Simon Willcock
Baptised 1825 (Feb 7) Buckland Monachorum Married 1854 (Jul 26) Plymouth (children listed in table 11) Died 1873 (Jan 15) Plymouth | Mary Ann Gloyn Baptised 1829 (Aug 12) Plymouth Died 1893 (Mar 30) Devonport |
| Mary Willcock*
Baptised 1827 (May 2) Buckland Monachorum Married 1851 (Mar 8) Plympton Buried 1904 (Apr 12) Kelly | Simeon Palmer Westcott Baptised 1821 (Feb 19) Saltash, Cornwall Buried 1893 (Oct 25) Kelly |
| Sophia Vinson Willcock*
Baptised 1830 (Mar 17) Buckland Monachorum Married 1852 (Sep 25) Plympton Died 1903 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth | John Stapleton |
| William Henry Willcock*
Baptised 1833 (Jan 30) Buckland Monachorum Married 1864 (2nd Qtr) Manchester, Lancs Died 1911 (3rd Qtr) Manchester, Lancs | Ellen Smalley Born 1843 (4th Qtr) Manchester, Lancs Died 1907 (3rd Qtr) Manchester, Lancs |
| Edgar Willcock*
Baptised 1834 (Jan 29) Buckland Monachorum Married 1861 (Jan 10) Gulworthy, Tavistock Died 1874 (Aug 1) at sea | Elizabeth Bevan Baptised 1834 (Sep 17) Lifton Died 1904 (1st Qtr) Wood Green, London |
| Edwin Willcock*
Baptised 1834 (Jan 29) Buckland Monachorum Married 1860 (Jun 14) Port Glasgow, Renfrew Died 1880 (Mar 24) Surabaya, Java | Helen Drysdale Melville Baptised 1837 (Jan 1) Port Glasgow, Renfrew Died 1923 (Apr 1) Kilcreggan, Dumbarton |
| Ambrose Willcock*
Baptised 1836 (May 15) Buckland Monachorum Married 1878 (2nd Qtr) Bognor, Sussex Died 1915 (2nd Qtr) Norwood, London | Clara Bramwell Born 1850 (1st Qtr) Bognor, Sussex Died 1917 (2nd Qtr) Norwood, London |
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Mary Mill Willcock Born 1818 (Aug 2) Brixton Married 1849 (Feb 10) St Helens, Lancashire | James Walbrook |
| Ann Willcock*
Born 1820 (Oct 11) Brixton Married 1843 (Jul 25) Plymouth Charles Died 1895 (1st Qtr) Chelsea, London | Thomas Harfoot Baptised 1820 (Dec 31) North Hill, Cornwall Died 1868 (3rd Qtr) Isle of Wight |
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Mary Willcock Baptised 1820 (Sep 10) Bickleigh | |
| Jane Willcock*
Baptised 1823 (May 23) Bickleigh Married 1854 (Mar 22) Devonport Married 1861 (3rd Qtr) Launceston, Cornwall Died 1884 (4th Qtr) Plymouth | Thomas Rennie John England Jenkyn Buried 1867 (Apr 16) Launceston, Cornwall |
| Elizabeth Hake Willcock*
Baptised 1826 (Feb 15) Bickleigh Married 1849 (Sep 27) St Budeaux Died 1884 (1st Qtr) Stonehouse, Plymouth | Edwin Cornelius Sloggett (or Sluggett) Baptised 1826 (Sep 27) Plymouth Died 1908 (1st Qtr) Plymouth |
| George Willcock*
Baptised 1828 (Feb 20) Bickleigh | |
| Married 1854 (Nov 28) Kingsbridge | Henrietta Bennett Baptised 1831 (Mar 20) Kingsbridge Buried 1873 (Dec 11) Plymouth |
| Married 1879 (Jul 9) Devonport Died 1905 (Dec 15) Hamilton, Ontario | Louisa Kate Wilton (née Pink)
Born 1852 (Jan 4) Stonehouse, Plymouth Died 1933 (Jul 23) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Caroline Willcock*
Baptised 1831 (Feb 14) Bickleigh Married 1853 (Dec 12) Tamerton Foliot Died 1893 (4th Qtr) Islington, London | William Houghton Died 1871 (4th Qtr) Islington, London |
| Lucy Willcock*
Baptised 1833 (Mar 6) Bickleigh Married 1856 (Jul 16) Tamerton Foliot Died 1903 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth | Samuel Vinning Stoyle Baptised 1830 (Mar 28) Plymouth Died 1880 (3rd Qtr) Tamerton Foliot |
| Emma Willcock*
Baptised 1835 (Oct 18) Bickleigh Married 1854 (Dec 13) Tamerton Foliot Buried 1858 (Jan 10) Plymouth | Richard Dann Buried 1858 (Feb 8) Plymouth |
| Sampson Willcock*
Baptised 1837 (Dec 31) Buckland Monachorum Married 1860 (4th Qtr) Sevenoaks, Kent Living in Chichester, Sussex at 1871 census | Mary Ann Dutton |
| Sophia Willcock*
Baptised 1841 (Aug 15) Buckland Monachorum Died 1894 (4th Qtr) Plymouth |
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Emma Willcock* Baptised 1843 (Dec 27) Newton Ferrers Married 1868 (Jun 10) Holbeton Died 1908 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth | Henry Chaffe Baptised 1842 (Nov 29) Newton Ferrers Buried 1886 (Dec 15) Newton Ferrers |
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William Willcock*
Born 1852 (Feb 1) Plympton Living in Exeter at 1901 census | |
| Eliza Willcock Born 1853 (Feb 13) Plympton | |
| Ann Willcock*
Born 1854 (May 30) Plympton Married 1885 (Sep 15) Buckland Monachorum Died 1893 (4th Qtr) Bulley, Gloucs | John Glanville Spry Baptised 1852 (Oct 15) Buckland Monachorum Died 1921 (2nd Qtr) Tewkesbury, Gloucs |
| Jane Willcock*
Born 1856 (Jan 13) Plympton Married 1888 (Apr 15) Bigbury Died 1936 (1st Qtr) Plympton | George Coker Baptised 1839 (Oct 6) Bigbury Died 1907 (1st Qtr) Rattery |
| Ambrose Willcock*
Born 1857 (May 22) Plympton Married 1895 (Jan 29) Buckland Monachorum Died 1948 (1st Qtr) Buckland Monachorum | Mary Elizabeth James Baptised 1857 (Sep 20) Bere Ferrers Died 1939 (2nd Qtr) Buckland Monachorum |
| Mary Willcock*
Born 1859 (Sep 22) Plympton Living in Crownhill, Plymouth at 1911 census | |
| Elizabeth Willcock*
Born 1861 (Dec 7) Plympton Married 1898 (Mar 22) Buckland Monachorum Living in Stroud, Gloucestershire at 1911 census | William Thomas Ward Baptised 1866 (Jun 22) Buckland Monachorum |
| John Willcock*
Baptised 1865 (Aug 6) Plympton Living in Charles, Plymouth at 1891 census | |
| Henry Willcock*
Baptised 1868 (May 21) Brixton Married 1897 (May 24) Plymouth Died 1933 (2nd Qtr) Crownhill, Plymouth | Harriet Stephens West (née Sherwill) Born 1852 (Dec 16) Wembury Died 1916 (1st Qtr) Crownhill, Plymouth |
| Joseph Henry Willcock*
Baptised 1874 (May 24) Buckland Monachorum Married 1895 (Oct 7) Horrabridge Died 1962 (1st Qtr) Plymouth | Cicely Toop Born 1871 (3rd Qtr) Plympton |
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James Willcock
Born 1855 (2nd Qtr) Compton, Plymouth Married 1881 (Oct 17) Hastings, Sussex Died 1947 (Aug 1) Marazion, Cornwall | Sarah Turner* Born 1855 (1st Qtr) Sheering, Essex Died 1928 (Aug 16) Marazion, Cornwall |
| Mary Annie Willcock
Born 1857 (3rd Qtr) Devonport Married 1880 (Dec 7) Devonport Died 1931 (Oct 3) Devonport | William (Thomas) Abbott* Born 1851 (Dec 23) Tiverton Died 1881 (Nov 8) on naval service |
| Edgar Gloyn Willcock
Born 1859 (Jul 11) Devonport Married 1892 (Feb 22) Devonport Died 1930 (Jul 16) Devonport | Caroline Gay* Born 1859 (4th Qtr) Plymouth Died 1945 (Sep 25) Plymouth |
| Caroline Willcock
Born 1863 (2nd Qtr) Devonport Married 1886 (Aug 30) Devonport Died about 1890 in South Africa | Fred Prynn* Born 1862 (1st Qtr) Devonport Died 1944 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth |
| Elizabeth Jane Willcock
Born 1867 (Feb 25) Devonport Married 1898 (Aug 29) Devonport Died 1910 (Aug 15) Plymouth | William Albert Venn Born 1873 (Apr 7) Devonport Died 1920 (Jun 24) Plymouth |
| Sophia Ernestine Gloyn Willcock
Born 1869 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth Married 1896 (Jan 12) Devonport Died 1934 (1st Qtr) Bournemouth, Hants | George Henry Thomas Trethewy* Born 1870 (Jan 22) Devonport Died 1964 (2nd Qtr) Poole, Dorset |