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John BOYCE (1804 - 1871)

Clockmaker

b. 20 Jul 1804 at Cockington, Devon

m. (1) 02 Dec 1828 Jane WARD (1801 - 1851) at Shaldon, Devon

m. (2) 16 Mar 1857 Grace DUNN ( - 1882) at St Mary Major, Exeter.

d. 19 Dec 1871 at Teignmouth, Devon aged 67

Near Relatives of John BOYCE (1804 - 1871)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John HAWKINGS	abt 1745
Grandmother	Mary ASHFORD
Father in Law	William Coas WARD	1769	Wolborough, Devon	1847		78
Mother in Law	Ann SHALDON	1769	E. Teignmouth
Father in Law	Richard DUNN
Mother in Law	Martha Bazzil (Basil)			Y
Father	John BOYCE	1745		1816	Torquay	71
Mother	Elizabeth HAWKINGS	1774	Diptford, Devon	13 Aug 1852		78
Step Mother	Eleanor GOAD
Self	John BOYCE	20 Jul 1804	Cockington, Devon	19 Dec 1871	Teignmouth, Devon	67
Wife	Jane WARD	1801		27 Jan 1851		50
Wife	Grace DUNN			15 Nov 1882	East Teignmouth
Daughter	Sarah Jane BOYCE	05 Jan 1829	Shaldon	1873		44
Son	Edmund William John BOYCE	06 Dec 1830	Shaldon, Devon	1910		80
Son	Arthur BOYCE	30 Jan 1833	Shaldon, Devon	14 Oct 1896		63
Daughter	Maria BOYCE	30 Jan 1834	Shaldon	1913		79
Son	William Ward BOYCE	17 Oct 1836	Shaldon, Devon	20 Apr 1920		83
Daughter	Ann Ward BOYCE	15 Mar 1838	Shaldon, Devon	1917		79
Daughter	Harriett Jane BOYCE	21 Nov 1840	Shaldon, Devon	1920	Wolverhampton	80
Son	John Hawkings BOYCE	20 Nov 1842	Shaldon/Teignmouth	14 Oct 1895	Mortonhampstead	52
Sister	Elizabeth BOYCE	13 Feb 1803	Cockington, Devon	1845	Tormorham	42
Sister	Mary BOYCE	1806	Cockington, Devon	06 May 1806	Buried Cockington Died an infant	0
Sister	Ann BOYCE	05 Apr 1807	Cockington, Devon	1873		66
Son in Law	Albert Henry TAYLOR	1832		1878		46
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth REEVE	1839	Heavitree/Wonford, Devon	25 Jun 1911	Bath	72
Daughter in Law	Mary Jane Clark(E)	08 Jun 1831	Kenton, Devon	1874	Teignmouth?	43
Daughter in Law	Florence Hook COLE	1842	Shaldon, Devon	27 Feb 1935	Devon	93
Son in Law	George PAYNE	1843	Teignmouth
Son in Law	Charles Albert H S PARSONS	abt 1839	Wolverhampton	1915	Wolverhampton	76
Daughter in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	John Richard Edmund BOYCE	1862	Exmouth	1863	Exmouth	1
Grandson	William Edmund BOYCE	18 Jun 1864	Exmouth?	21 Jun 1941	Exmouth	77
Grandson	Richard John BOYCE	1866	Exmouth	11 May 1911		45
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Selina Elizabeth BOYCE	1871	Exmouth?	1873	Exmouth?	2
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Arthur BOYCE	07 Jul 1875	Exmouth	07 Jan 1942	Looe	66
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Jane BOYCE	1858	West Teignmouth	17 Oct 1932	Plymouth	74
Granddaughter	Harriett Ellen BOYCE	1863		1867		4
Granddaughter	Annie Frances BOYCE	1868	West Teignmouth	07 Apr 1903	Plymouth	35
Grandson	Arthur John George BOYCE	13 Sep 1870	Exeter Rd West Teignmouth	01 Mar 1922		51
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Harry James PARSONS	1870	Wolverhampton	1915		45
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Eva Jane PARSONS	1878	Wolverhampton	1900	Wolverhampton	22
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Edith BOYCE	10 Jul 1880		1917		37
Grandson	John BOYCE	1883	St Thomas	1884	Mortonhampstead?	1
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Edgar BOYCE	1887	Mortonhampstead	Feb 1887		0
Grandson	William Edmund BOYCE	1888		Mar 1900		12
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Aunt	Mary HAWKINGS	1771	Diptford, Devon
Niece	Ann Ward DENLEY	abt 1822	Shaldon	1891		69
Niece	Sarah Jane DENLEY	abt 1824	Shaldon
Nephew	William Ward DENLEY	1827	Shaldon
Nephew	John DENLEY	1831	Shaldon	1918		87
Nephew	Henry DENLEY	1833	Shaldon	1881		48
Sister in Law	Ann WARD	abt 1789	East Teignmouth	1874		85
Brother in Law	William WARD	1790		1878		88
Sister in Law	Sarah WARD	1793	West Teignmouth	1871		78
Sister in Law	Typhena DUNN	1804	Nymet Tracey, Devon	Y
Sister in Law	Elizabeth DUNN	1806	Nymet Tracey, Devon	Y
Brother in Law	Richard DUNN	1808	Nymet Tracey, Devon	Y
Sister in Law	Martha DUNN	1814	Nymet Tracey, Devon	Y
Brother in Law	John DUNN	1816	Nymet Tracey, Devon	Y
Brother in Law	John PERRING	1800		Y

Events in John BOYCE (1804 - 1871)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
		Clockmaker
20 Jul 1804		John BOYCE was born	Cockington, Devon	Note 1
10 Aug 1804		Christening	Cockington Devon
1816	12	Death of father John BOYCE (aged 71)	Torquay	Note 2
02 Dec 1828	24	Married Jane WARD (aged 27)	Shaldon, Devon	Note 3
05 Jan 1829	24	Birth of daughter Sarah Jane BOYCE	Shaldon	Note 4
06 Dec 1830	26	Birth of son Edmund William John BOYCE	Shaldon, Devon	Note 5
30 Jan 1833	28	Birth of son Arthur BOYCE	Shaldon, Devon	Note 6
30 Jan 1834	29	Birth of daughter Maria BOYCE	Shaldon	Note 7
17 Oct 1836	32	Birth of son William Ward BOYCE	Shaldon, Devon	Note 8
15 Mar 1838	33	Birth of daughter Ann Ward BOYCE	Shaldon, Devon	baptism?
21 Nov 1840	36	Birth of daughter Harriett Jane BOYCE	Shaldon, Devon	baptism?
20 Nov 1842	38	Birth of son John Hawkings BOYCE	Shaldon/Teignmouth	baptism
27 Jan 1851	46	Death of wife Jane WARD (aged 50)		Note 9
13 Aug 1852	48	Death of mother Elizabeth HAWKINGS (aged 78)
16 Mar 1857	52	Married Grace DUNN	St Mary Major, Exeter.	Note 10
19 Dec 1871	67	John BOYCE died	Teignmouth, Devon	Note 11

Note 1: born 20 July and baptised 10th August 1804 son of John and Elizabeth ex FMP PR

Note 2: The Devon Wills Index has John Boyce, Torquay (Tomorham) 1833 by Administration at the probate court Totnes source DDR2 ref 26/485f.81. John Boyce of Torquay buried Tormoham 9 Feb 1815 -16 aged 70 ex FMP PR.

Note 3: The DFHS Marriages confirm the marriage of John Boyce to Jane Ward at Shaldon on 12/2/1828. The register of St Nicolas Shaldon gives the marriage by banns of John Boyce to Jane Ward 12 Feb 1828, the witnesses William C Ward & Elizabeth Boyce (sister) John Boyce married Grace Dunn by licence on 16 March 1857 at St Mary Major, Exeter. The marriage certificate gives John as of age, widower, watchmaker, residing at East Teignmouth, son of John Boyce watchmaker. John senior is not given as deceased. This establishes that there was a previous generation of watchmakers and fits with the establishment of the Boyce watch making business around 1798. Grace Dunn was given as of age, spinster, living at St Mary Major, Exeter, daughter of Richard Dunn, farmer (again not given as deceased). The witnesses were Thomas and Emma J Avent. The Avents are in the 1861 census living at South Street, St Mary Major, Exeter: Thomas Avent, aged 49, jeweller, and Emma J, his daughter, aged 24. John Boyce and Thomas Avent were obviously linked through the jewellery and clock trade.

Note 4: baptised 15 Jan 1829 Shaldon ex DFHS and FMP PR

Note 5: baptised 25 Dec 1830 Shaldon ex DFHS

Note 6: baptised Shaldon 19 May 1833 ex DFHS

Note 7: baptised 16 Nov 1834 Shaldon ex DFHS

Note 8: baptised 6 Nov 1836, Shaldon ex DFHS

Note 9: 1851 Jane Boyce, wife of John died on 27th January 1851 at Wellington Row, East Teignmouth of Phthiosis tuberculosa - the death certificate gives her age as 50 years in agreement with John's bible. Registered March 1851 Newton Abbott 10 116

Note 10: John's second marriage in 1857 to Grace Dunn makes it clear that his father was a watchmaker. The father is not recorded as deceased however he must have been dead as John's mother Elizabeth died in 1851 and she was a widow.

Note 11: Date ex Wills and Probate. Left under £100, proved by his wife Grace.

Personal Notes:

A family bible is signed at the front J Boyce Shaldon 1827 (the year before his marriage). The DFHS Marriages confirm the marriage of John Boyce to Jane Ward at Shaldon on 12/2/1828. Her surname Ward is used for two of their children. She may have been Sarah Jane as the birth of John Boyce is recorded on Familysearch as 1805 at Cockington, spouse Sarah Jane married about 1828. The bible lists of dates of birth of their children: Sarah Jane Boyce born January 5th 1829 Edmund William John Boyceborn December 6th 1830 Arthur Boyce born January 30th 1833 Maria Boyce born October 25th 1834 William Ward Boyce born October 17th 1836 Ann Ward Boyce born March 15th 1838 Harriet Boyce born November 21st 1840 John Hawkings Boyce born November 20th1842 Three deaths are also noted: Jane, the wife of John Boyce and the mother of these eight children died 27th January 1851. Aged 50 years John Hawkings Boyce died 14th October 1895 Arthur Boyce died 14th October 1896. John must have moved the short distance from Cockington to Shaldon sometime between 1804 and 1829 as the 1851 census gives the birthplace of all children as St Nicholas (Shaldon). He was certainly there in 1830 as he is given as watch and clock maker at Shaldon by Pigot in 1830 (William Ward , blockmaker is also recorded). 1841 census, John Boyce, 37 (watchmaker), his wife Jane (40), and their children Sarah J (12), Edmund (10), Arthur (8), Maria (6), William (4) Ann W (2) and Harriett (6 months) are recorded at St Nicholas (Shaldon). In the same census for St Nicholas there is a Sarah Ward aged 35, housekeeper living with Sarah Boyce aged 12, which fits exactly with the Boyce bible. The entry immediately above Sarah Ward is William Ward aged 70, a blockmaker. It is very unlikely that there were two Sarah Boyces aged 12 living in the same village and both associated with Sarah Ward. The most likely explanation is that they were counted twice. The family had moved to Teignmouth by 1842 as his youngest son John Hockings Boyce was born in Teignmouth that year. Pigot 1844 & White's Directory 1850 give John Boyce watch and clock maker at 2 Wellington Row, Teignmouth. 1851 Census John and his children were living at 2,Wellington Row, Teignmouth. His eldest daughter Sarah aged 22 is described as his housekeeper; John's sons Edmund William John (20) and Arthur (18) are described as assistants in the trade. The other children were Maria 16, William Ward 14, Ann Ward 13, Harriet 10 and John H, 8. There were no Boyces living in Shaldon in the 1851 Census but there were 3 other Boyce households in Teignmouth. 1857 Second marriage to Grace John Boyce married Grace Dunn by licence on 16 March 1857 at St Mary Major, Exeter. The marriage certificate gives John as of age, widower, watchmaker, residing at East Teignmouth, son of John Boyce watchmaker. John senior is not given as deceased. This establishes that there was a previous generation of watchmakers and fits with the establishment of the Boyce watch making business around 1798. Grace Dunn was given as of age, spinster, living at St Mary Major, Exeter, daughter of Richard Dunn, farmer (again not given as deceased). The witnesses were Thomas and Emma J Avent. The Avents are in the 1861 census living at South Street, St Mary Major, Exeter: Thomas Avent, aged 49, jeweller, and Emma J, his daughter, aged 24. John Boyce and Thomas Avent were obviously linked through the jewellry and clock trade. 1861 Census John Boyce (John A) was still living at Wellington Street, East Teignmouth, (Street and Row seem to be interchangeable): BOYCE, John, Head, married, age 56, Watch & Clockmaker, born Cockington BOYCE, Grace, Wife, age 47, born Bow BOYCE, Maria, Daughter, unmarried, age 26, Milliner, born Shaldon BOYCE, William, Son, unmarried, age 24, Watch & Clockmaker, born Shaldon BOYCE, Ann, Daughter, unmarried, age 22 Dressmaker, born Shaldon BOYCE, John Hawkings, Son, unmarried, age 18, Watch & Clockmaker, born East Teignmouth Dwelling Place: Wellington Street. Sarah, Edmund and Arthur had left home and Harriet is not mentioned. Clock making was clearly in the blood for all four sons were in the trade. 1871 Census John and his second wife Grace were living at 2 Wellington Street, Teignmouth with John's son Arthur. John Boyce died 19 Dec 1871 aged 67 having made his will in favour of his second wife Grace. He left under £100, ex Probate records . His death was registered Dec 1871 Newton Abbott 5b 97 and he was buried in Teignmouth cemetery. Some of the family remained at Wellington St until at least the late 1890s and at some stage the property was sold to the Extence family who are still in the antiques and clocks business but have sold 2 Wellington St.. I spoke to one of the family Leigh Extence who confirmed this http://www.dervalantiques.com/about.htm .

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