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Mary Ann was named in a 1797 indenture as still living, age 15.

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Listed as a carpenter in parish registers.

There are indentures which record Peter's lease of dwelling houses from his father Richard, who in turn was leasing them from lords of manors. In 1778 he leased the upper half of a cottage dwelling house and part of a garden in Buckland Brewer from his father. The lease was a "copyhold for lives", meaning that the property could be held by the Pasmore family until the deaths of all three of Richard's wife Jane and of his sons William, John and Peter. Such leases required an up-front sum of money, called a heriot, a yearly rental sum, payable quarterly, and various unspecified duties and produce due to the landlord when asked for.

In 1787 there was a similar lease of a house in Buckland Brewer in the Manor of Bartin to Peter Pasmore from a John Clevland and his wife. The lease is 2239 B-8/71 held in the North Devon Record Office.The other copyhold of lives names in the lease are Richard's wife Jane, his son William and Peter's 3 year old son Peter. The yearly fee is 4 shillings and two fat capons. The lease also obliges Peter to grind his corn at the Tythacott Mill in the parish of Buckland Brewer.

In September 1797 there was another lease for house and land, including outbuildings, orchards, pastures and commons ("Messuage") in Broad Parkham in the Parish of Parkham, but excepting timber and mineral rights, and giving the landlord hunting rights. In this case the lease is from a Mr. Samuel Kekewich, and no copyhold of lives names are mentioned. The indenture indicated that Peter and his family were to act as caretakers and property managers of the estate. [Written transcripts of these indentures were originally made by Lola (Passmore) Falconer.]

Peter's son, Peter, had the following marble memorial shield mounted on the wall of the Church of St. Mary and St. Benedict in Buckland Brewer:
"Sacred to the memory of Peter Passmore
of this parish who died 8th December 1808 aged 57 years
also of
Mary his wife
who died 29th September 1817, aged 70 years.
He was pious and prudent
She discreet and virtuous.
As an affectionate tribute of filial duty
their only son
erects this monument."

Peter married Mary BEST on 22 Jul 1779 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England. Mary was born about 1747; died on 29 Sep 1817 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary's birth year is obtained from her memorial plaque in the church in Buckland Brewer. There are no parish records of a Best being born in the Hartland Deanary. The only Best marriage recorded in the Hartland Deanary is that of Peter and Mary in Buckland Brewer.

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Rent accounts [B1056/2 , B1056/3 and B1056/4 in the North Devon Record Office] for Barton Manor in Buckland Brewer in 1770 1771 and 1772 show Richard Passmore paying a yearly rent of 5 shillings and sixpence. These accounts show Richard among about 25 other tenants occupying about 34 properties on the Manor.

A Dec. 9, 1778 indenture was copied by Lola Passmore Falconer. It was from Richard Pasmore, carpenter, transferring the upper part of his house in Buckland Brewer "above the entrance of the door now made use of to go in and out of the same, and also all of the eastern part of the garden belonging to the above higher part of the house leading towards Bowden Cross" to his son, Peter Pasmore. The assignment was for the remainder of a 99 year lease or until Richard's wife Jane and his sons William and John had all died. The indenture states that Richard was the lawful owner of the entire house and garden by virtue of an indenture made earlier with Richard Stevens Esq., now deceased. The consideration for the assignment was 8 pounds and 8 shillings, plus a yearly fee of 2 shillings and 9 pence.

There is a record of a 1787 will of a Richard Passmore of Buckland Brewer proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Barnstable and indexed at http://www.origins.net/NationalWills/Search/devon/showrecordsdevonwills.aspx. Unfortunately all the Devon wills of the Archdeaconries of Barnstable and Exeter were destroyed by bombing in WW2. The Buckland Brewer burial record shows Richard Passmore being buried on 13 May, 1784.

Richard married Jane WEBB on 6 Jan 1732 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England. Jane was born about 1708; died in Apr 1798 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A 1787 indenture on the Manor of Bartin named Jane as still living in that year. The Buckland Brewer burial register shows Jane Passmore, age 90, being buried on 3 Apr. 1798.

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There were many Passmore families in Devon in the 16th to 19th centuries, and it is unclear if or how they were related. An Internet document, "Passmore of Devon", by Gordon and Barbara Faulkner [www.faulkner-history.fsnet.co.uk/Passmore_frame.htm] has detailed information about a family of Passmores, starting in the 1500s, who lived in Chudleigh, Ashton, Exeter, Tiverton, and other places in Devon. Members of this family became Baptists in the 1700s, and later became members of "the Bretheren", a nonconformist Protestant sect.

Another set of Devon Passmores is chronicled in "The Pedigree of the Passmores of Passmore Hayes, Devon", by Charles E. Bernau, commissioned by Alfred E. Passmore in 1929. It is available on microfilm from the LDS Library [FHL British film 1559398 Item 5]. The village of Passmore Hayes is near Tiverton, Devon.

We have not yet been able to find a connection between our Passmores and any of these Devon Passmores.

There was a parish record of a marriage in Buckland Brewer, on 25 May, 1695, of William Parsmoor and Susanna Hisset. This was the first record of Passmores/Pasmors/Parsmoors.. and Hissets in the Buckland Brewer parish records, which went back to 1604.

It is assumed that all subsequent marriages and births of Passmores in the parish of Buckland Brewer stem from the children of William and Susanna, or of Samuel Parsmoor, who married Ann Harding in Buckland Brewer in 1704.

Possible births/parents of William:

16 Nov. 1663 to Thomas and Winnifred, Bodmin, Cornwall.
10 Sep. 1671 to Peter and ?, Beaford, Devon
12 Feb. 1673 to William and ?, Stoke Canon, Devon
23 Feb. 1673 to William and Mary, East Down, Devon

Of these locations, Beaford, Devon is closest to Buckland Brewer.

Another marriage of a William Pasmore to a Susanna Gendle was in St. Sidwell, Exeter in 1691.

Perhaps Samuel, who married in Buckland Brewer a few years after William, was a brother. The only births of a William andof a Samuel Pasmore to the same pair of parents were recorded in Hampshire in 1666 and 1672, respectively. The parents were William and Mary Pasmore, and they had at least 4 other births in Hampshire, and perhaps 3 others in Barnstaple, Devon. The records were found on line on the LDS web site, and came from non-conformist record index RG4-8.

The Buckland Brewer parish burial record shows a William Pasmore being buried on 7 Dec. 1737. This could be William himself, a son or a young grandson.

William married Susanna HISSET on 25 May 1695 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England. Susanna died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Buckland Brewer parish records show the burial of "Susanna Hisset"on 4 Sep. 1712, and of "Susanna Pasmoor" on 17 Feb. 1749. Another Susanna Pasmore is shown as buried on 29 Dec. 1752.