Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell

LIDSTONE

Parents

Joseph LIDSTONE = Priscilla HARDY

Married 31 Mar 1766, Chivelstone, Devon

Joseph

Christened 5 Nov 1744, Stokenham, Devon
Died 1825, Dartmouth, Devon

Priscilla

Alias Priscilla LIDSTONE
Born 1744, Chivelstone, Devon
Died 1810, Dartmouth, Devon

Children

Reuben

Born 1766, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1810

Joseph

Born 1768, Stokenham, Devon
Died 1857, Dartmouth, Devon

Thomas

Born 1770, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 13 Jul 1856

Priscilla

Alias Priscilla MORRIS (1793)
Born 1772, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1855

Sarah

Born 1774, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1823, Dartmouth, Devon

Elizabeth

Born 1777, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1777, Dartmouth, Devon

John = Clarissa THOMAS > Family

Married 3 Jun 1803, Stoke Damerel, Devon

John

Born ABT 1778, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 20 Jan 1866, Stoke Damerel RD, Devon
Buried Stoke Damerel Churchyard

Clarissa

Alias Clarissa LIDSTONE
Born Stoke Damerel. Devon
Christened 8 Aug 1782, Stoke Damerel, Devon
Died 4 Dec 1860, Stoke Damerel RD, Devon
Buried Stoke Damerel Churchyard

Joana

Alias Joana BRIDGMAN (1810)
Born 1782, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1856

Ann Smith

Alias Ann Smith BODLEY (1806)
Born 1783, Dartmouth, Devon

Nancey

Born 1784, Dartmouth, Devon
Died 1856

George

Born 1785, Dartmouth, Devon
Died ABT Jun 1839, Totnes RD, Devon

Samuel

Christened 11 Jun 1788, Ford Chapel Independent, Chivelstone
Died 1855

Family

 From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)

"CHIVELSTONE, a small village, nearly 6 miles S.S.E. of Kingsbridge, has in its parish 591 souls, and 2696 acres of land, extending southward to the romantic sea cliffs between Start and Prawle Points, near Start Bay and the mouth of Kingsbridge or Salcombe haven; and including the fishing village of Prawle, and the hamlets of Ford and South Allington. Prawle has about 312 inhabitants, and a coastguard station; and below the cliffs is a tract of fertile land. Thos. Newman, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the parish is freehold, belonging to N. Pitts, Esq., and several smaller owners. Mr.Pitts has a handsome mansion at South Allington. The Church (St. Sylvester) is an ancient fabric, with a tower and five bells, but only one usable. It was repaired about 30 years ago, when new windows were inserted. The old rood loft remains, and the pulpit is formed out of a solid block of wood. The living is a perpetual curacy, consolidated with Stokenham vicarage, there being neither parsonage nor glebe here. The tithes were commuted in 1842, the vicarial for £164.10s., and the rectorial for £137. Here is a small Bible Christian Chapel, and at Ford is an Independent Chapel, which was built in 1750, and enlarged in 1818, and is now under the ministry of the Rev. Wm. Miles of Frogmore."

Ä number of Lidstones are listed in the 1841 census (but no Hardys). The Lidstones are as follows:

Eleanor LIDSTONE, 30y, South Allington
Elizabeth LIDSTONE, 8y, South Allington
Elizabeth LIDSTONE, 20y, Lodger, East Prawl
Elizabeth LIDSTONE, 60y, South Allington
Nathaniel LIDSTONE, 65y,Tailor, South Allington
Richard LIDSTONE, 15y, Ag Lab, South Allington
William LIDSTONE, 30y, Tailor, South Allington



Chivelstone Parish Map
Chivelstone Parish Map