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Deserters from the Tavistock, or Third Devon Local Militia, May 1812
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post Thursday, My 21, 1812;
Issue 2433 (Gale Document No Y32300652403)
Transcribed by
Lindsey Withers
DESERTERS from the TAVISTOCK, or THIRD DEVON LOCAL MILITIA
MAY, 1812
Exeter, 31st Dec., 1800
No | Names | Parishes | Age | Size | Complexion | Colour of Hair | Trade | Remarks |
1 | John Ware | Tavistock | 25 | 5 11 | Dark | Dark | Labourer | Supposed To be in Newfoundland |
2 | James Williams | Abbot's Bickington | 30 | 5 11 | Black | Brown | Ditto | Ditto in Bideford |
3 | Thomas Tonkin | Tavistock | 30 | 5 7 | Dark | Ditto | Ditto | |
4 | John Beare | Ditto | 37 | 5 2 | Brown | Light Brown | Mason | Ditto in Jersey |
5 | Samuel Date | Mary Tavy | 5 5 | Fair | Miner | Ditto in Jersey | ||
6 | John Hoar | Pyworthy | Farmer | Ashwater | ||||
7 | Richard Hockaday | Bridestow | Labourer | Lately seen in Bridestow | ||||
8 | Henry Brook | East Putford | 28 | 5 6 | Fair | Brown | Labourer | Supposed to be at sea |
9 | John Smale | Poughill | 25 | 5 6 | Brown | Black | Labourer | |
10 | Thomas Collaford | Tavistock | 30 | 5 2 | Fair | Dark | Labourer | Supposed to be at sea |
11 | John Higgins | Broadwoodwidger | 25 | 5 5 | Dark | Dark | Labourer | |
12 | Samuel Dart | Tavistock | 5 0 | Fair | Dark | Carpenter | Supposed to be in London | |
13 | Edward Strike | 5 2 | Labourer | |||||
14 | Thomas Oxenham | Milton Damarel | Labourer | |||||
15 | James Noalling | Mary Tavey | 5 1 | Miner | ||||
16 | William Willcocks | White Church | 5 6 | Fair | Dark | Gardener | Supposed to be in Exeter | |
17 | Thomas Watson | Tavistock | 5 7 | Fair | Dark | Supposed to be in Kidderminster | ||
18 | William Martin | Tavistock | 5 7 | Fair | Dark | Tailor | Supposed to be in London | |
19 | William Turner | Tavistock | 19 | 5 6 | Dark | Dark | Smith | Supposed in Plymouth Dock |
20 | Robert Piggins | Ashburton | 5 4 | Dark | Brown | Supposed in Bovey | ||
21 | Daniel Box | Tavistock | 36 | 5 5 | Fair | Carpenter | ||
22 | Walter Trelore | Lidford | 5 6 | Dark | Miner | |||
23 | John Johns | Tavistock | 5 8 | Carpenter | Supposed in Plymouth Dock | |||
24 | Joseph Kinsey | Montgomery | 33 | 5 6 | Dark | Black | Miner | Supposed in Wales |
25 | Thomas Kent | Peter Tavy | 45 | 5 2 | Dark | Black | Labourer | Supposed in Plymouth Dock |