Saturday 12 January 2019

Great x4 Grandfather Joseph Gliddon

My Great x3 Grandfather Joseph Gliddon (1807 - 1881), was a farm and quarry labourer, and father of eight.



Joseph Gliddon was born in 1807 in Okehampton, Devon, to Joseph Gliddon (about 42), and Elizabeth Gliddon (nee Smale).

Joseph was named for his father. He was baptied on 3rd May 1807, in Okehmapton.

Joseph was the third of four children (two daughters and two sons):


  • Betty/Betsy  1797 -
  • John  1803 -
  • Joseph  1807 -
  • Agnes  1810 -


On 25th August 1828, Joseph (21), an agricultural labourer, married Hannah Hill (25), in Northlew. Hannah was about three months pregnant when she married.

Joseph and Hannah had eight children (four sons and four daughters):


  • John  1829 -
  • Mary  1831 -
  • Elizabeth  1834 - 1836  (Two years old)
  • Ann  1839 -
  • Henry  1842 -
  • William  1843 -
  • Harriet  1846 -
  • Thomas  1850 -


All eight children were baptised in Northlew.

Around 1830, Joseph and his family moved about seven miles south east from Northlew back to his native Okehampton.

In 1836, Joseph's second daughter Elizabeth passed away in infancy, aged only two years.

1841 Census:


Around 1851, Joseph and his family moved again. They moved about three miles south west from Okehampton to Meldon. There Joseph worked as a labourer at Meldon lime quarry.

1851 Census:


1861 Census:


Joseph and Hannah took in their daughter Ann and her young illegitimate son Joseph (likely named after his grandfather). Ann later married, but the younger Joseph stayed with his grandparents.

1871 Census:


In 1881, Joseph passed away, aged seventy-three, in Okehampton.

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