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Part 2: Henry Tippett (c1758 - 1817)
Marriage to Joyce Full
Henry Tippett (c1758 - 1817) was the son of William and Mary Tippett. He was baptised 14 January 1758 at St George’s Church, Modbury. It is not known what occupation Henry had. He married Joyce Full (c1751 - 1827) 21 January 1782 in Modbury. They had four children: John, Mary, Mary and William.
Henry died in 1817, aged 59, and was buried 29 March at St George’s Church. Joyce died in 1827, aged 76, and was buried 04 February 1827 at St George’s Church.
Children of Henry and Joyce
More information about John (c1780 - 1858) appears in Part 3.
Mary (c1785 - 1785) was baptised 06 February 1785 at St George’s Church. She died the same year and was buried 31 October 1785 at St George’s Church.
Mary (c1787 - 1789) was baptised privately 23 March 1787 and the event recorded in the St George’s Church parish register. It is not known why she was baptised privately as none of her siblings were. She lived a little longer than her namesake but died two years later and was buried 03 February 1789 at St George’s Church.
William (c1791 - 1867) was baptised 04 February 1791 at St George’s Church. William worked as a tailor, making and/or repairing clothes. His wife was Mary (surname unknown) (c1789 - 1859). It is not known when they married or where but by the birth of their second child they were living in nearby Kingston. However they continued to have all their children baptised in the Modbury parish church. They had eight children: William (1812 - ?), Marianne (c1814 - ?), Elizabeth (c1817 - ?), Sarah (c1819 - 1880), Eliza (1821 - 1821), Henry (1822 - c1900), Charlotte (c1825 - 1890) and John (c1832 - 1878). It is uncertain what the children’s level of education was: Sarah and Henry could sign their names when they married but Charlotte could not.
Henry followed in his father’s footsteps and became a tailor. John also started his working life as a tailor. However he enlisted in the army when he was 22 and fought in the Crimean War (1853-1856) with the 34th Regiment of Foot. They arrived in December 1854 and Private John Tippett was involved in the fighting at Sevastopol which the Russian army held. John survived the terrible winter conditions with its lack of rations and inadequate shelter. After returning to England, his regiment was sent to India to quell the Indian Mutiny against British rule (1857-1858). The 34th were at Cawnpore and Lucknow (made infamous by sieges, massacres and bloody reprisals). [1] In 1865, still in India, John was discharged but transferred to the 28th Regiment of Foot where he served at garrisons in Malta and Gibraltar. He was discharged for a second time in 1876. He had survived 21 years of service but was not in good health: he collapsed and died two years later while collecting his army pension in Modbury.
Mary died in 1859, aged 70, and was buried 10 January at Kingston Parish Church. William died in 1867, aged 76, and was buried 04 April at Kingston Parish Church.
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Footnotes
[1] 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot webpage, National Army Museum (www.nam.ac.uk/explore/34th-cumberland-regiment-foot)
