http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb/ Message board for those researching ancestors from Stockland, East Devon, England http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27996 Hi- Huntshayes Farm is now owned by Mr Walsh and his family, the majority of the land is now gone but approximately 20 acres is left. http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27994 Hallo Sean, Try Stockland Bristol in Somerset. AA http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27995 Hallo Elaine, The Davy family were amongst the most prolific in Stockland. From 1640 to 1834 there were over 300 Davy baptisms. For me to help you will need to be more specific. Sorry. AA http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27991 Duckham Family, what details do you require in relation to this surname ? Regards Sean Dunn http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27992 Trying to locate missing letter and deeds records from before 1851; lost but found in 1931 at the Family of Duckham at Manor Farm, Stockland. May have been sent to Attorney Mess RS. Kecley & Howell, Beattyville, Kentucky. Copies may have been submitted in Estill County,KY court proceedings. Listed below news cutting covering story: DUCKHAM MILLIONS SOMERSET DISCOVERY TO FATHOM MYSTERY Western Morning News – 03rd June, 1932. A discovery made in West Somerset is stated to have considerable bearing on the claim to the fortune known as "The Duckham millions," In August of last year the aid of Western antique dealers was sought in the hope of tracing an ancient chest, in which certain papers relating to the family were known to have been kept up to as recently as 1922. It is now stated that Mrs. C. G. Duckham, a farmer's wife, of Stockland, Somerset, while looking through her late father-in-law's possessions, who died 12 months ago, aged 93, has discovered the papers in an old wooden box. Mr. C. Chamberlain, of Barnstaple, who as a grand-nephew of Thomas Duckham claims to be a rightful heir to the estate, thinks that now the papers have come to light there seams every prospect that the chain of evidence necessary to the establishment of the claims to the fortune will be completed. The fortune, founded in Kentucky by Thomas Duckham, is estimated at £7,000,000 and there were originally about 150 claimants. Last year, however, when Mr. A. S. WILLIAMS, of Newport, Mon., acting as agent plenipotentiary of the claimants, visited Plymouth in connection with the claim, it was understood there were about 30 claimants. http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27993 has any one any information on the Davy family living and working in Stockland. Some of the family left and went to London working and owning a coach building company any information would be of great help thanks http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27990 Hallo John, I doubt that the hamlet of Heathstock is much different today from the time when Rawlin Mallock held property there. I don't live there but I can see it from my window. It lies about a mile from the village of Stockland at an altitude of about 465 feet just to the west of and below the summit of Beacon Hill at a few feet higher. The hamlet overlooks the valley of the Corry brook. It really is a beautiful outlook. It is essentially rural with little if any developement, apart from updating and rebuilding. In 1851, just after Mallock sold the estate, there were 16 households in the hamlet. Today, the electoral register lists half that number. There may be some properties unoccupied as in common with a lot of rural Devon, second homes and holiday cottages have become popular. You can see the sea, about 12 miles away, on a clear day. On to the past, Rawlin Mallock owned, as listed in the tithe apportionment of about 1840 the Heathstock Estate comprising Heathstock House & Barton with just over 61 acres of pasture & arable. He also held part of Cummins Farm, another 50 acres more or less, complete with farmhouse, a farm adjoining Heathstock. Both of these holdings were tenanted, Richard Denning at Heathstock & William Chapple at Cummins. At one time Heathstock had a pub and a school but all are now gone. Glad to help, regards AA. P.S. You talk of a combined station of 120,000 acres - Stockland parish is something a little under 6,000. http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27988 William Mallock of Axmouth, the earliest recorded member of the Mallock family, married Agnes, daughter of William Newberry of Stockland in the late 1400s. Their descendant John Willoughby Mallock (1828-1879) settled in Canterbury, New Zealand in 1851 and named his sheep station Heathstock after the hamlet or farm of that name in Stockland. His grandfather Rawlin Mallock of Axminster owned land in Stockland in the early 19th century - presumably Heathstock. http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27989 Can anyone tell me about the hamlet or farm called Heathstock in Stockland? John Willoughby Mallock (1828-1879 established, in 1854, a 42,000 acre sheep station in Canterbury, New Zealand, and named it Heathstock. In 1859 he and his brother George Arden Mallock went into partnership with the Lance brothers James and Henry, whose father was rector of Buckland St Mary. They added the neighbouring run called Horsley Down, the combined station covering 120,000 acres. Rawlin Mallock of Axminster, John and George's grandfather owned land in Stockland in the early 19th century. http://www.stockland.org.uk/sgmb.pl?a=post;ser=27986 Hello, I have Esau Turner in my family, he is the brother of Maria Turner born 1823, who married Samuel Scadding. I'd love to know more about the family, especially whether there are any graves for the Turner or Summerhays families in Stockland. Kind regards, Elissa