bef 1653 when John was 28, he married Mary. Born abt 1629 in ?Woolfardisworthy, Devon, England. Mary died in 1721; she was 92. Buried on 5 Dec 1721 in Morwenstow, Cornwall, England.
RESEARCH NOTES
- No Neale marriages found in Woolfardisworthy [IGI/familysearch batch M05219-1] but records don’t start until the 1700’s (perhaps 1670) from this source.
- according to the OPC for Woolfardisworthy (and member of the Devon FHS): “There are no Woolfardisworthy Parish Register records prior to 1723 as the earlier records are believed to have been destroyed in a fire. However, some of the Bishops Transcripts are available. The book NATIONAL INDEX OF PARISH REGISTERS Volume 8 part 5 - the Devon section - has the following entry regards the survival of Bishops Transcripts: 1607-08, 1614, 1617, 1623, 1630-32, 1644, and the next is 1670-72 etc. .... Some of the pages are torn and others difficult to read. “ So it seems that no parish records survived for a wedding in or around 1650.