Peggy (Langmaid) Geake (1770 - 1845)

Born 1770 in Lansallos, Cornwall, England

Wife of Thomas Geake — married 25 Jul 1793 in St Germans, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1845 at about age 75 in Devonport, Devon, England

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Biography

Peggy was baptised March 29, 1769 or 1770 in Lansallos, Cornwall, England. She is the daughter of Henry Langmaid and Elizabeth Soby.

She married twice widowed Thomas Geake on July 25, 1793 in St Germans, Cornwall and they had 9 children born between 1794 and 1809.^[1]

Her husband Thomas died in November 1834 in St Germans, Cornwall.

1841 CENSUS - Princes Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon ^[2]

Susan Johns 70 Devon

Mary Johns 14 Devon

Peggy Geake 70 Not in county

Peggy died on September 11, 1845 in Devonport in the parish of Stoke Damerel, Devon and is recorded upon his Memorial Stone as In Sacred Memory.^[3]

Burial Record

Day Month 17-Sep

Year 1845

Parish Circuit Or Chapel Germans, St. ^[4]

Forename Peggy

Surname GEAKE

Age 75

Residence Johns Street, Devonport

Source: Exeter Bishops Transcripts

Family Mentioned in Her Will

(Will probated in 1846)

• GEAKE, John - son
• GEAKE, Amelia - granddaughter = d/o John Geake
• WEBB, Mary - dau
• WEBB, Grandchildren - Thomas, Catherine, Edmund, Mary - children of Mary WEBB
• WEBB, Catherine - dau
• LANE, Elizabeth - dau
• STOTT, Susan - dau
• GEAKE, Catherine - granddaughter = d/o William Geake

Research Notes

Many online trees have Thomas Geake and Peggy Langmaid as being the parents of Llewellyn Thomas Hockridge Geake and his sister Jemima Lydia Hockridge Geake, baptised 1829 and 1836 respectively in Stoke Damerel, Devon with Thomas being listed as a baker at the first baptism and a butcher at the second.

Since Peggy's husband Thomas Geake died in November 1834 in St Germans, Cornwall it seems strange that they would have travelled all the way to Stoke Damerel to have children of their old age baptised!

It seems as though Peggy would not only have been too old at age 60-61 to begin having children again after a 20 year gap but that she would have had any new children with her in the 1841 Census when she was 70 years old and living in Stoke Damerel -- but she doesn't.^[2]

In addition to all of this, Peggy does NOT mention Jemima or Llewellyn in her Will which was probated in 1846 when they would still have been minor children. She DOES mention her living daughters, the children of her daughter Mary Webb, the daughter of her son John as well as her son William. (Her daughter Peggy Langmaid Geake Tebbutt married in 1837 in Australia and died 2 years later.) ^[5][6] (MacKechnie-21 17:25, 30 December 2021 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXJL-MLW), Thomas Geake and Peggy Langnead, 25 Jul 1793; citing St. Germans, Cornwall, England, reference item 31, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,471,742.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQTB-4PH : 24 May 2019), Peggy Geake in household of Susan Johns, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JMW-ZFJ), Peggy Geake, 1845; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/burials/
5. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 2029
6. ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.