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[Langley Vale Sue]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as – Richard Seldon

Date and place of birth – about 1756, Landkey, Devon

Names of parents – Christopher and Jone (Joan) Seldon

Date and place of baptism – 20 April 1756, Landkey, Devon

Details of each of his or her marriages – to Grace Seldon, 4 April 1789, Landkey, Devon.

Occupation(s) – Ag Lab

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Both sons, born 1793 & 1797, were born in Landkey, Devon.

Date, place and cause of death – about 1820, probably in Landkey, Devon

Date and place of burial. - not found yet

Details of will / administration of their estate - unknown

Memorial inscription - unknown

This is the link to my thread about Richard’s son Richard Seldon.
http://genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=6796&highlight=richard+seldon

[ElizabethHerts]

Have you seen this, Sue?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=821-4825&cid=-1#-1

Search for "Seldon" to get there more quickly.

Quite a few Seldons are mentioned, including Christopher.

[ElizabethHerts]

Also this:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=821-1085a&cid=-1#-1

[ElizabethHerts]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7420675&queryType=1&resultcount=1

There is this will but the place is rather further south than Landkey. Worth bearing in mind, though.

Edit - I think you can rule that out!

[ElizabethHerts]

I don't know the relationship of Thomas Seldon to Richard but this could be interesting:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7418814&queryType=1&resultcount=8

This (from above) seems to explain somewhat:

CHARLES, BARNSTAPLE. 48/25/4/2/5 29 March 1805

Contents:
45 George III
Assignment of leases for 2000 years and 1000 years.
(1) Elizabeth Seldon of Landkey, widow, relict and administratrix of Thomas Seldon, deceased.
(2) John Seldon of Bratton Fleming, yeoman, Christopher Seldon of Landkey, yeoman, Robert Cawsey of Pilton, yeoman, and Mary his wife, and Richard Seldon of Landkey, yeoman (John, Richard and Christopher Seldon, and Mary Cawsey, being next of kin of Thomas Seldon, who died intestate).
Moiety of a sixth share of Thorn Park, in Charles Parish.
Consideration: 5s., and undertaking by (2) to assign to (1) 2 leases for 500 years and 1000 years, of a moiety of a field near Maidenford in Barnstaple Parish.


I'm not sure about the dying intestate bit, though!

[ElizabethHerts]

A couple of burials:
Surname: Seldon
Forename: Richard
Age: 73
Year: 1829
Month: Jun
Day: 27
Notes:
Parish: Landkey
Town Or City:
County: Devon
Record source: Devon Burials
Data provider: Devon Family History Society

There is also this one in Okehampton:
Surname: Seldon
Forename: Richard
Age: 69
Year: 1827
Month: Aug
Day: 07
Notes:
Parish: Okehampton
Town Or City:
County: Devon

Both fit in time-wise, but the top one more likely.

[ElizabethHerts]

I have found something on the death duty registers:

Intestate - Richard Seldon
Name and Residence of Administrator or Administratrix - Grace Seldon, Landkey
Court where granted - Bd? Exeter
Vol. 2 Folio 486

[Langley Vale Sue]

Thank you Elizabeth. I'll have a look at all that now.

[ElizabethHerts]

Probably Grace's baptism:

Name: Grace Selden
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 23 Feb 1765
Baptism/Christening Place: LANDKEY,DEVON,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Richard Selden
Mother's Name: Grace

[ElizabethHerts]

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/customsearchresults.asp

I hope this link works for Seldon baptisms at Landkey.

No it doesn't - so this is the batch number to search.

C051291

[ElizabethHerts]

Sue, what did you think of the will and baptisms? Do you think it is your man?

[Langley Vale Sue]

It may well be 'my' Richard. The trouble is, there were/are so many Seldons in Landkey, and the names seem to be interchangeable, it's difficult to be certain. :confused:

Most of my information this far back came from a 4th cousin once removed of my husband, who had done extensive research in Devon personally. I will try to contact him to see if he has progressed further with his research as he is more local than I am. I do also have hard copies of his research, most of which I haven't transferred to my FTM as it wasn't a direct line, so I must check them as well.

Thank you for your help & suggestions, it's made me look at Landkey baptisms again and I've found some more relatives.

[Langley Vale Sue]

I don't know the relationship of Thomas Seldon to Richard but this could be interesting:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7418814&queryType=1&resultcount=8

This (from above) seems to explain somewhat:

CHARLES, BARNSTAPLE. 48/25/4/2/5 29 March 1805

Contents:
45 George III
Assignment of leases for 2000 years and 1000 years.
(1) Elizabeth Seldon of Landkey, widow, relict and administratrix of Thomas Seldon, deceased.
(2) John Seldon of Bratton Fleming, yeoman, Christopher Seldon of Landkey, yeoman, Robert Cawsey of Pilton, yeoman, and Mary his wife, and Richard Seldon of Landkey, yeoman (John, Richard and Christopher Seldon, and Mary Cawsey, being next of kin of Thomas Seldon, who died intestate).
Moiety of a sixth share of Thorn Park, in Charles Parish.
Consideration: 5s., and undertaking by (2) to assign to (1) 2 leases for 500 years and 1000 years, of a moiety of a field near Maidenford in Barnstaple Parish.


I'm not sure about the dying intestate bit, though!

Richard had brothers named Thomas, Christopher & John. I haven't got Thomas' marriage so I don't know if his wife was Elizabeth though. More investigation needed I think! The name Cawsey rings a bell too, although there's nothing on my FTM for that name. Time to go back to the scraps of paper I think :)

[SimonWKing]

Hi, how far did you get with Richard as he is one of my direct ancestors? I do have some records.