Born about in Tavistock, Devon, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Metters) Courtis
— married
7 Mar 1815 in Beer Ferrers, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Courtis) Skewes
Died
at about age 67
in Bere Alston, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Thomas Courtis Metters was baptised at Tavistock 2 December 1787 [1].
- Marriage
- Entry Bere Ferrers entry #51 reads Thomas Courtis Metters Batchelor of the Parish of Tavistock and Mary Metters Spinster of the Parish of Beerferris were married in this Ch by Banns with consent of their parents this seventh Day of March 1815 by me Henry Hobart Rector, both signed. Wit by Jno Curtis and Susan With?ridge? [2]
- England and Wales Census, 1841
- Name Thomas Courtis
- Event Place Beer Ferris, Devon, England
- Residence Note Fore Street
- Gender Male
- Age 50-54 Birth Year 1787-1791 Birthplace Devon
- Registration District Tavistock
- Parish Beer Ferris County Devon
- Page Number 9 Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 240/7
- Thomas Courtis M 50-54 Devon
- Mary Courtis F 55-59 Devon
- Jane Courtis F 13 Devon
- Mary Dawe F 20-24 Devon
- Susanna Manning F 18-22 Devon
- Richd Jackson M 30-34 Devon
- Citing this Record [3]
- England and Wales Census, 1851
- Name Thomas Courtice
- Event Place Beerferris, Devon, England
- Registration District Tavistock
- Residence Note Fore Street
- Gender Male Age 63 Marital Status Married
- Occupation Retired Farmer
- Relationship to Head of Household Head
- Birth Year (Estimated) 1788 Birthplace Tavistock, Devonshire
- Page Number 8 Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 1883 / 36
- Thomas Courtice Head M 63 Tavistock, Devonshire
- Mary Courtice Wife F 64 Beerferris, Devonshire
- Mary Courtice Grand Daughter F 1 Beerferris, Devonshire
- Ann Manning Servant F 16 Milton Abbot, Devonshire
- Citing this Record [4]
Thomas Courtice died in 1854 in Bere Alston [5].
The will of Thomas Coutis Metters of Bere Ferrers was proved in 1855 [6]
Sources
- ↑ Parish Register Abstract, Parish of Tavistock, at FindMyPast.co.uk, base born son of Elizabeth Metters
- ↑ Baptims marriages burials index: Beer Ferrers, DEV, Marr. 1815 Thomas Courtis METTERS and Mary METTERS, extracted Feb 2006 (Baps 1813-1839 Marr 1754-1837 Burials 1813-1837), Deanery of Tamerton CD.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQTT-YP2 : 3 August 2016), Thomas Courtis, Beer Ferris, Devon, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJ4-Z4W : 27 July 2017), Thomas Courtice, Beerferris, Devon, England; citing Beerferris, Devon, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ England and Wales Civil Registration Index, 1854 D Quarter in TAVISTOCK Volume 05B Page 265, aged 68
- ↑ Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999, Parish of Bere Ferrers, Devon, at FindMyPast.co.uk
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