Wills in Devon

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England & Wales Birth Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2005

Welcome to the Devon County Section of the site.

Here are the Wills that I have listed on the site where the testator came from Devon.

I do hope that you find this site easy to navigate, and I do hope that you manage to find something that can be helpful in your research.

Best Wishes

Peter

This map shows where the county of Devon is located, I have also placed on the map many of the places where the testator of the wills came from, as I thought that this may be of help to you. The map will open in a separate window if you click on the it.

Surname of Testator	Christian Name	Town	Year Will Made	Date Will Proved	View Will	Code
ADAMS	William	Thurlestone.	1777	1777	View	A35
ANDREWS	George	Tiverton.	1803	1810	View	A27

BENNETT	Thomas	His Majesty's Ship Le Suffisante, of Plymouth.	1797	1812	View	B125
BOWDEN	Gregory	The City of Exon. (Exeter).	1708	1714	View	B57
BOYD	Robert	Kenton.	1813	1816	View	B17
BUNTER	Simon	Axminster.	1783	1785	View	B162
BYERS	Ann	Bideford, in the County of Devon. (Late of Lamphey Pembrokeshire)	1823	1829	View	B149
BYERS	Isaac	Bideford.	1797	1801	View	B152

CASH	Ann	Stonehouse, in the County of Devon.	1840	1840	View	C76

ELLERY	James Gasking	Plymouth, in the County of Devon.	1837	1837	View	E38

FOURACRE	Thomas	Plymouth.	1832	1832	View	F15
FOURACRES	John	Private Mariner, belonging to the Forty Second Company of Mariners. Quarters at Plymouth.	1755	1760	View	F14
FROST	Ann	Tiverton.	1855	1857	View	F37

HINGSTON	John	Kingsbridge.	1814	1817	View	H61
HINGSTON	Rachel	Kingsbridge.	1819	1824	View	H140
HINGSTON	William	Belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Chatham. (Father living at Dittisham)	1760	1762	View	H55
HINGSTON	William	Mariner, on Board his Majesty's Cutter the Pitt.	1766	1767	View	H58

INCH	John	Charlotte Street, of the Parish of Stoke Damerel.	1844	1844	View	I4

LYTE	The Reverend Henry Francis	Buryhead, in the County of Devon.	1847	1848	View	L64

MALLETT	Robert	Dowland.	1764	1765	View	M12
MASON	Margaret	Topsham.	1822	1823	View	M38
MORTIMER	William	Belonging to his Majesty's Ship Hussar, and of Crediton, in the County of Devon.	1767	1770	View	M42
MURRAY	Charles	Plympton.	1819	1823	View	M34

NICHOLLS	William	Bideford.	1746	1746	View	N32

PEARCE	William	Dartmouth.	1839	1843	View	P92
PETHYBRIDGE	Jonathan	The Parish of Saint David, in the County of the City of Exeter.	1849	1849	View	P67
PHILPOTT	John	Plymouth.	1766	1766	View	P43
POOR	John	Plymouth.	--	1754	View	P2

ROBERTS	Eliza Holditch	Eastleigh House, near Bideford.	1850	1855	View	R27
ROBERTS	Michael	Tiverton.	1824	1825	View	R69

SANDOVER	John	The Parish of Cornwood, in the County of Devon.	1847	1849	View	S114
STEELE	Elizabeth	South Milton.	1796/97	1800	View	S155
STEELE	John	South Milton.	1788	1791	View	S154
SYMES	William	Coxden, within the Parish of Chardstock, Dorset. (Devon).	1822	1823	View	S157

TOYE	William	The Parish of Thurlestone.	1862	1863	View	T70

UDALL	Josiah	The Parish of Stoke Damerel.	1777	1780	View	U13
UPHAM	James	Topsham.	1768/69/70	1770	View	U9

VICARY	Thomas Cornish	Great Torrington.	1836	1836	View	V16

WAKEHAM	Agnes	South Milton.	1782	1785	View	W106
WESTERN	William	City of Exeter.	1841	1841	View	W48
WILLING	James	St Georges Street, Devonport.	1854	1855	View	W87
WILLING	Thomas	The Parish of Brixham.	1757	1762	View	W77
WYATT	Jonathan	The Parish of Chardstock, in the County of Dorset. (Devon)	1770	1770	View	W109

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