Introduction
Bickle ~ First Generation
| 1. | George
BICKLE Born c1633. See notes below; he was almost certainly descended from George c1560-c1630. Marr (1) 15 Jan 1677 at Marystowe, Devon to Mary CHOLWILL. "George BICKELL [BICKLE] and Mary CHOLLWILL [CHOLWELL] were marryed the 15th. of Januarye 1677" (ref http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Marystowe/MarystoweMarriages1654.html) She was dau of John Cholwill, owner of a freehold estate at Cholwill; the estate passed in 1707 to the heirs of Mary (who had died by then) and her sister Honor. Mary was bur 5 Feb 1692/3 OR 9 Jan 1694/5 at Marystowe, died of small pox. Marr (2) 21 Sep 1697 at Marystowe to Hannah BRIDGEMAN. "George ...ICKELL [faded/penmanship, probably BICKELL, BICKLE] and Hannah BRIDGMAN were marryed the 21[st.] day of September 1697." (ref http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Marystowe/MarystoweMarriages1654.html) George bur 11 Mar 1729/30 at Marystowe, Devon, England "aged almost one hundred". All information reference Alan.J.C.Taylor 1997: 'Bickell of Milton Abbot' (courtesy Eric Marshman). George is #52 in his reference work. "The surviving Marystowe parish registers commence only in 1654, and although the earliest Bishop's transcript is dated 1611 there is no continuous record from that time. It is therefore not possible to be certain of the relationships between the various Bickells mentioned in earliest records relating to Marystowe. Fortunately, we can make certain plausible and not unreasonable assumptions. Manyof the surviving records relate to the tenement of Thorne, which Richard Thorne gave to the parish in 1445 to be let to provide income to help maintain the poor. The tenement was vested in half a dozen or so ratepayers as trustees, essentially the parish's yeomen farmers. Every 25 years or so the survivors of one generation's trustees handed the trust on to their successors, normally their sons and heirs. The successive Bickells - and that is how most of them were spelt at this time although Bickle was also used - who acted as trustees of Thorne were probably also successive heads of a yeoman family established in the parish. The first recorded Bickell was George who lived c1530 - c1600. He was one of the trustees who leased Thorne to tenants in 1594, and relinquished his trust in 1598 to successors including John Bickell, probably his son, c1560-c1630. ..." FROM WHOM FRED SHADE IS DESCENDED. |
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| Children of George and Mary: | |||
| 1. | John BICKLE bap 1680 at Marystowe, Devon | ||
| 2. | John BICKLE born c1683 | ||
| 3. | George BICKLE bap 1686/7 at Marystowe, Devon |
Revised 21 Aug 2011