Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell |
Born 17 Oct 1777, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Christened 26 Apr 1779, Stoke Damerel, Devon
James = Mary HOBBS > Family
Married 16 Jun 1801, Stoke Damerel
James
Christened 26 Apr 1779, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Died 18 Mar 1852, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Buried 24 Mar 1852, Stoke Damerel, Devon
James Spry, butcher, listed in Cumberland Street in Pigot's Directory of 1822
A copy of James Spry's will is held in the Devon Record Office at Exeter (Ref 1078/IRW/S/1229. The will was made on 23 Dec 1847. It appoints son John Spry as executor and leaves to him the bulk of the property owned by James Spry, including houses 88 Cambridge Street, the public house called 'The Union Inn', 12 St. John Street, and 2 Cumberland Street. His wife Alice Spry receives an annuity of £20 and the income in rents from the lettings. In a codicil, a second son William Spry is mentioned who gets £50 and James Spry's silver watch!
Mary
Alias Mary SPRY
Born ABT 1789
Buried 17 Mar 1822, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Christened 1 Jan 1781, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Christened 18 Mar 1783, Stoke Damerel, Devon