William (Pengelly) Northey (1792 - 1863)

Born 2 Dec 1792 in Germansweek, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Gordon) Northey — married 22 Feb 1814 in Germansweek, Devonshire, England

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1863 at age 70 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

William Pengelley NORTHEY, the son of John NORTHEY and Grace PENGELLEY, was born on December 02, 1792 in Parish of Germansweek, Devonshire, England, and died on January 22, 1863 in Smith Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, buried in Bridgenorth Cemetery, Bridgenorth, Ontario. He married Margaret GORDON on February 22, 1792 in Parish Of Germansweek, Devonshire, England, and they had eleven children. She was born in England.

William Pengelly Northey was born December 2, 1792, son of Grace Pengelly. This was in the time of banned marriages in England according to church law. Grace Pengelly could not marry her sister's husband John Northey even though her sister Elizabeth had died leaving a husband and 5 small children. Elizabeth Northey had died April 25, 1791.

However, Grace and John went to Plymouth and were married January 4, 1796 in Plymouth parish, and returned home legally married by law. It is believed that John Northey Jr. was the father of William Pengelly as he referred to him as "my" son in his 1816 will. In similar fashion, John Northey Sr., referred to him as "my" grandson William Pengelly in his 1803 will. In neither situations was he referred to as son of Grace Pengelly.

As a farm labourer he probably worked on land leased by the Northey family - Hennard Gifford the 60.3 acre farm leased by his grandfather in 1776, and the smaller 7.3 acre Hockaday tenement in Hennard Mill Village also leased by his grandfather, but now lived in by his parents.

The parish of Germansweek recorded a marriage February 22, 1814 between Margaret Gordon and William Pengelly Northey. This was the last time that William used Pengelly as part of his name in any public record.

William and Margaret lived with his parents in the house known as Hockadays. His parents died in 1816. William, Margaret and family remained in this tenement house until they left for Canada in 1842.

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Sources

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M1R7-B9D
2. https://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I5744&ged=plagge.ged
3. "England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK6-QL4R : 11 September 2019), William Pengelly, Germansweek, Devon, England, United Kingdom; citing Baptism, The Devon Record Office, Exeter.
4. "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC9B-BWQ : 11 August 2022), John Northy and Grace Pengelly, 1796.