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The Willcock Family in Devon

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.


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

1. Children of Walter Willcock and Ann Barter

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

2. Children of Walter Willcock and Mary Morrell

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

3. Children of John Willcock and Mary Creber

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

4. Children of William Willcock and Ann Dawe

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

5. Children of Walter Willcock and Mary Gill

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

6. Children of James Willcock and Jenny Seccombe

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

7. Children of Simon Willcock and Mary Mill

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

8. Children of Richard Willcock and Sarah Hake

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

9. Children of Joseph Dawe Willcock and Mary Gillard

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

10. Children of Ambrose Willcock and Jane West

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

11. Children of Simon Willcock and Mary Ann Gloyn

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

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