69. Briefs Relating to Devon.—The following briefs are copied out of the Register of Hartburn Parish, in the co. of Northumberland:—
| Sept 9 1711 | Collected upon a Brief for Loss by fire at Ide in the County of Devon the sum of one shilli five pence ¾ the whole Loss amounted to the sum of 718£ the aforesd Collection at present in the hand of Jno. Robinson Clerk afterwards Recᵈ the 17 June 1713 at Morpeth By Jno. Crutchley Coll. |
| May 9 1714 | Collected upon a Brief for a Loss by fire in yᵉ Parish Church of St. Mary Church in yᵉ County of Devon the Sum of Two shill: Tenpence halfpeny the whole Loss amounting to yᵉ Sum of 1392£ 0s. 00. Recᵈ June yᵉ 15 1714 by Tho: Burton Coll. |
| June 20 1714 | Colected upon a Brief for Loss by fire at Witheridge in the County of Devon and for Chilton in the County of Berks the Sum of one Shilling & Eightpence the whole Loss of Both amounted to yᵉ Sum of 1116£ Recᵈ by Tho. Burton Colʳ Novʳ 3ʳᵈ 1714. |
| Octo. 3ᵈ 1714 | Collected upon a Brief for Shipwash Church in the County of Devon the Sum of two shilling one peny ½ the whole Loss amounted to yᵉ sum of 1155£ Recd by Tho. Burton Collʳ Novr 3 1714. |
| 1717 | Collected upon a Brief for a Loss by fire att Ottory St. Mary in yᵉ county of Devon the Sum of Seven Shillings and four pence the whole Loss amounted to yᵉ Sum of 4466£ Recd by ——— ———.
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70. Haydon Family.—Can anyone give information regarding a family of Haydon, living at Crediton early in the eighteenth century. The head of the family was, I believe, a serge weaver, whose Christian name was Nathaniel, and who is buried in the parish church. He had several children; the son of the eldest, Rebecca, born in 1737, married the daughter of the Rev. John Rudall, Vicar of Crediton. This Rebecca Haydon married one ——— Harvey (?) who was Paymaster Sergeant of the Devon Militia in 1796. He got into trouble during the war with France whilst Purser of H.M.S. Arethusa, and changed his name to his wife's maiden name in order to escape, and from him I am descended. What I want to know is the name of this man and to obtain information as to Rebecca's parents and ancestors. I know there were Haydons in Crediton in the sixteenth century, possibly younger branches of the Cadhay family. I also know that Nicholas Haydon (1620-1676), the eighth son of Nicholas Haydon of Cadhay, married Anne Trosse of Exeter, whose mother was named Rebecca, and that he called his eldest daughter after her. As this name had never before appeared in the family, it seems a fair inference that my Rebecca came from the daughter of Nicholas.
34, Union Park, Boston, Mass.N. W. J. Haydon.
