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John PIPER

Male Abt 1783 - 1865  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name John PIPER 
    Birth Abt 1783  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 8 Jun 1783  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1841  South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1851  South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Jul 1865  South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 8 Jul 1865  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I646  FHC006 - White Tree
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2018 

    Father Edward PIPER   d. Feb 1818, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Dorothy CLEVERDON,   b. Bef 20 Mar 1745, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1796, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1768  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace BARRETT,   b. 1781, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1855, South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. William PIPER,   b. 1808, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1851 (Age > 44 years)
     2. Jane PIPER,   b. Abt 1809, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1891, Sharp St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
     3. Grace PIPER,   b. Abt 1810, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1813, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 3 years)
     4. Susan PIPER,   b. 23 Aug 1813, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1901, Francis St, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     5. John PIPER,   b. 1816, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1826, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     6. James PIPER,   b. 1818, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1911, 22 Fyans St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     7. Charles PIPER,   b. 1824, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1907, South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • 1841 Census for Bradworthy, South Newland:
      John Piper, age 50
      Grace Piper, age 60
      Susan Francis, age 5, maid servant
      [John and Grace's age is incorrect, though ages were rounded on the 1841 Census. Susan was their grandaughter - only 5! - daughter of Joseph andJaneFrancis]

      1851 Census for Bradworthy, South Newland:
      John, head, age 67, farmer of 30 acres, born Bradworthy
      Grace, wife, age 70, born Kilkhampton
      Charles, son, age 28, farm labourer, born Bradworthy
      Anna, daughter-in-law, age 46 [sic], farm labourer's wife, born Hartland
      John, grandson, age 4, born Bradworthy

      The South Newland farm was on land owned by the Earl of Stanhope and comprised nineteen and a half acres and was leased to John Piper. JohnandGrace's daughter Jane married Joseph Francis in 1830 and they farmed on the property Kimworthy only half a mile away, also leased to John Piper.

      Bradworthy Monumental Inscription:
      "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom"
      Sacred
      to the memory of
      GRACE,
      late Wife of
      JOHN PIPER
      of the Parish:
      who departed this life on the 11th
      of May in the year of our Lord
      1855. Aged 73 Years.
      "READER
      Prepare to meet thy God"
      ALSO to the Memory of the above
      named JOHN PIPER, who
      was called into Eternity on the 5th
      day of July A.D. 1865.
      Aged 79 Years.

      John's death was reported in the Geelong Advertiser, 28th September 1865:
      Piper - On the 5th July, at Bradworthy, Devonshire, England, Mr John Piper, aged 80 years, father of Mr James Piper, Barrabool Hill.
      His end was peace.