Tree 304
Generation 1
Family 0524
head Philip MICHELMORE 
b 167x
m 11Nov1707 Buckfastleigh, WARREN
bur 25Nov1712 Buckfastleigh (Philip senior)
sp Florence WARREN
chr 28Jan1672/73 Buckfastleigh, "daughter of John WARREN"
1698 @ 24 ^ Buckfastleigh with parents John & Agnes
m 11Nov1707 Buckfastleigh
son Philip MICHELMORE
chr [17Nov1708] Buckfastleigh
chr [23Jan1711] Buckfastleigh
Tree 304
Generation 2
Family 0727
head Robert MICHELMORE
chr [23Jan1711] Buckfastleigh
23Jul1736 Exeter: marriage license issued to Robert MICHELMORE of Buckfastleigh, yeoman, and Mary KNOWLING, spinster
m [10Aug1736] Buckfastleigh
1736-1777 yeoman/freeholder ^ Buckfastleigh: eligible for jury duty 
1762 hundred constable
bur 8Apr1775 Buckfastleigh
sp Mary KNOWLING
b 171x
m [10Aug1736] Buckfastleigh
dau Mary MICHELMORE
chr [28Dec1736] Buckfastleigh
m 8May1757 Holne: Richard STRANGER; Mary MICHELMORE; witness Robert MICHELMORE
bur 6Feb1813 Holne
chr [3Apr1739] Buckfastleigh
Tree 304
Generation 3
Family 0485
head Robert MICHELMORE
chr [3Apr1739] Buckfastleigh
8/9Oct1767 signatory to indenture relating to intended marriage of Thomas SYMONS and Grace CALLARD (Robert MICHELMORE the younger, yeoman of Buckfastleigh)
m1 5Oct1773 Buckfastleigh, SEARLE
1774-1783 freeholder ^ Buckfastleigh: eligible for jury duty (Robert jun/ Robert)
9/10Nov1792 demandant [plaintiff] in lease of Lovercombe
?1799 ^ Staverton
m2 25Jul1802 Buckfastleigh: Robert MICHELMORE, widower; Thomazin GILES
bur 1Apr1826 Buckfastleigh @ 87 ^ Ashburton
d 15Nov1826 @ 87; bur Buckfastleigh. Named on same memorial [on the wall of the parish church]: his wife Grace and his daughter Mary BOVEY
sp1 Grace SEARLE
(b 1744)
m 5Oct1773 Buckfastleigh
bur [26Feb1791] Buckfastleigh (Mrs Grace MICHELMORE)
d 26Feb1792 Buckfastleigh @ 48
d 26Feb1792 @ 48; bur Buckfastleigh
son Robert MICHELMORE
chr 13Mar1775 Buckfastleigh
?bur 29Dec1780 Buckfastleigh
?bur 9Dec1798 Buckfastleigh
dau Mary MICHELMORE
chr 19Apr1775 Buckfastleigh
m 12Sep1791 Buckfastleigh: John BOVEY ^ Staverton; Mary MICHELMORE; witness Edward BOVEY; by licence
son Robert Michelmore BOVEY
b 8Feb1792
chr 18Sep1793 Buckfastleigh
3Dec1819 farmer @ 27: emigrated to South Africa aboard Chapman
10Apr1820 disembarked in Algoa Bay, Cape, South Africa
m 182x
son Robert Michelmore BOVEY
(b 1833)
1861 farmer @ 26 b Buckfastleigh ^ Chagford, visiting his partner Richard L BERRY, son of his father’s sister Susanna BERRY
9Apr1863 granted commission as Ensign, 9th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
28Jun1864 arrived New Zealand to take charge of Austerfield station on the Ashburton river; dismissed 20Aug1868 , claimed wrongful dismissal 15Mar1869 (Robert Mitchelmore)
m 29Jun1870 Swanscombe, Kent: Robert Michelmore BOVEY, father John BOVEY [sic]; Emily Margaret RUSSELL, father William Edward RUSSELL
m 1870.2 Dartford, Emily Margaret RUSSELL (Robert Mitchelmore)
m 29Jun1870 Swanscombe: Robert Mitchelmore BOVEY ^ Buckfastleigh; Emily Margaret RUSSELL, youngest daughter of the late W E PURNELL of The Mansion House, Swanscombe
dau Mary Michelmore BOVEY
b 1873 NZ
1875-1880 freeholder ^ Prebbleton NZ
1881 farmer of 301 acres @ 47 b Buckfastleigh ^ Baddaford House, Staverton
1889-1893 farmer ^ Baddaford, Landscove, Buckfastleigh
1891 farmer @ 59 b Buckfastleigh ^ Baddaford Barton, Landscove, Staverton (Robert M)
1901 retired farmer @ 68 b Buckfastleigh ^ Broadhempston (Robert M)
d 1905.1 Newton Abbot @ 71
d 1Mar1905 Down, Broadhempston: probate granted 27Mar1905 Exeter to William Butland MANN, gentleman, farmer, estate ₤1850 8s
d 1869 Cape, South Africa (Robert Mitchelmore BIVER)
dau Susannah BOVEY
b 8Feb1792
chr 18Sep1793 Buckfastleigh
m 28Aug1816 Ashburton, John BERRY
dau Mary Michelmore BERRY
chr [14Oct1823] Chagford
d 2May1835 Chagford @ 11
bur 9May1835 Chagford (Mary Mitchiermore)
1851 proprietor of land, widow @ 59 b Staverton ^ Mill Street, Chagford. Also in household: her son Richard L BERRY, partner of her nephew Robert Mitchelmore BOVEY
d 1864.3 Crediton @ 71 (Susanna)
son Thomas Michelmore BOVEY
(b 1793) Buckfastleigh
m 10Jul1823 Moretonhampstead, Mary HOLMAN (Thomas MITCHELMORE)
son Thomas Michelmore BOVEY
(b 1824) Moretonhampstead
m 1849.1 Newton Abbot, Elizabeth ??
1851 farmer 39 acres @ 26 b Moretonhampstead ^ Fore Street, Moretonhampstead (Thomas). Also in household: mother Mary and sister Fanny
son James Michelmore BOVEY
(b 1854) Moretonhampstead
1861 @ 6 b Moretonhampstead ^ Court Street, Moretonhampstead with parents (James)
1861 farmer 41 acres @ 36 b Moretonhampstead ^ Court Street, Moretonhampstead (Thomas)
1881 farmer @ 56 b Moretonhampstead ^ Middle Stonecombe, Moretonhampstead (Thomas)
1891 farmer @ 66 b Moretonhampstead ^ Middle Sloncombe, Moretonhampstead (Thomas)
1901 farmer @ 76 b Moretonhampstead ^ Stoncombe, Mortonhampstead (Thomas)
d 1910.4 Newton Abbot @ 85
d 27Dec1910 Sloucombe, Moretonhampstead @ 85
bur 31Dec1910 North Bovey
dau Fanny Michelmore BOVEY
(b 1826) Moretonhampstead
1851 @ 24 b Moretonhampstead ^ Fore Street, Newton Abbot with brother Thomas
m 1854.2 Plymouth, William BROWNING [1881: tailor]
m 16Apr1854 Plymouth St Andrew: William BROWNING, tailor @ 32 ^ 12 Buckwell Street, father William BROWNING, tailor; Fanny Michelmore BOVEY @ 27 ^ 10 Tavistock Street, father Thomas BOVEY, miller
son Thomas Bovey Michelmore BROWNING
b 1867.1 Plymouth (Thomas Bovey M)
1891 tailor @ 24 b Plymouth ^ 39 Old Town Street, Plymouth Charles with parents (Thomas)
m 1894.3 St Thomas, Kate MURCH (Thomas Bovey M)
m 31Jul1894 Exeter St Thomas: Thomas Bovey Michelmore BROWNING, tailor @ 27 ^39 Old Town Street, father William BROWNING, tailor; Kate MURCH @ 25 ^ 4 Brunswick Street, father Joseph MURCH (deceased), carriage proprietor
1901 tailor & outfitter @ 34 b Plymouth ^ 61 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth (Thomas B M)
1911 tailor @ 44 b Moretonhempstead ^ 61 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth with son Thomas
1919 ^ 60 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth
d 1947.2 Plymouth @ 80
1881 @ 54 b Moretonhampstead ^ 39 Tavistock Road, Plymouth Charles (Fanny)
1891 @ 64 b Plymouth ^ 39 Old Town Street, Plymouth Charles (Fanny M)
1892 husband William appointed executor to will of William
1901 @ 74 b Plymouth ^ Plymouth with son Thomas
1911 @ 84 b Plymouth ^ Plymouth with son Thomas
d 1916.3 Plymouth @ 89
d 17Aug1916 60 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth: widow; probate granted 30Aug1916 to Thomas Bovey Michelmore BROWNING, tailor
dau Elizabeth Michelmore BOVEY
b 13Oct1831 North Bovey
1851 dressmaker @ 19 b Buckfastleigh ^ Bowden Mills, North Bovey with father (Elizabeth)
m 1860.2 Newton Abbot, Richard PASSMORE (Elizbeth)
1861 @ 29 b North Bovey ^ Pound Street, Moretonhampstead
1881 @ 49 b North Bovey ^ St Pauls Road, Wolborough
d 5Sep1911 Toronto ON
son James MICHELMORE
b 1838.4 Newton Abbot
d 1865.4 Newton Abbot @ 27 (James Michelmore BOVEY)
1851 miller & farmer of 22 acres @ 57 b Buckfastleigh ^ Bowden Mills, North Bovey (Thomas)
d 1867.1 Newton Abbot @ 73 (Thomas)
d 6Jan1867 Hookney Farm, North Bovey: farmer; probate granted 10Apr1867 Exeter to Mary Bovey MITCHELMORE ^ Hookney Farm, his widow, and John Bovey MITCHELMORE ^ Hookney Farm, son, estate under £300
son John BOVEY
chr [25Oct1798] Buckfastleigh
m [31Aug1826] Buckfastleigh, Elizabeth WIDGER
1827-1836 yeoman/gent ^ Buckfastleigh
dau Mary Michelmore BOVEY
chr 15Mar1827 Buckfastleigh
1851 assistant @ 22 b Buckfastleigh ^ Peartree, Ashburton with parents (Mary)
d 1873.4 Totnes @ 47
d 14Oct1873 The Cottage, Buckfastleigh @ 47, "eldest daughter of the late John BOVEY"
d 15Oct1873 Buckfastleigh: probate granted 25Mar1874 Exeter to Elizabeth BOVEY of Buckfastleigh, sister, estate under ₤100
son Albert Michelmore BOVEY
chr 24Jun1834 Buckfastleigh
1851 yeoman 9 acres @ 53 b Buckfastleigh ^ Peartree, Ashburton
d 1869.4 Totnes @ 71
d 3Nov1832 @ 58; bur Buckfastleigh
sp2 Thomazin TOZER
b 1744
m1 1Aug1783 Buckfastleigh, William GILES of Ashburton
m2 25Jul1802 Buckfastleigh, MICHELMORE, "widow"
bur 17Apr1810 Buckfastleigh
It is not known why the date on the memorial does not agree with the burial record.
One of these burial records refers to Robert 0487 [Tree 16].
Mary had no less than 13 children and grandchildren with a middle name Michelmore.
In relation to average earnings, Robert jnr’s estate would have been the equivalent of about ₤750,000 today.
Thomas Michelmore BOVEY's wife Mary has become Mary Bovey MITCHELMORE in the probate report. In relation to average earnings, Thomas’s estate would have been equivalent to about £175,000 today.
In relation to average earnings, Mary’s estate would have been equivalent to about ₤50,000 today.
