JAMES HARVEY

Born: February 16, 1822 (Torbryan parish records, estimated from the St. Mary the Virgin burial records).
Married: Jane Dambrill Withycombe, Sept.14, 1848 (Anglican Cathedral marriage register), Charlotte Lennox in 1874 (estimated from children's birthdates, from St. Mary the Virgin church baptism records).
Died :December 18, 1888, 65 years old (St. Mary the Virgin church burial records).

Death record of James' first wife and estimated birth date from Mildred Howard collection, vol.3 James may have had children by Jane, but they were not recorded at St. Mary the Virgin, as were his later children.

According to Pearl Benson, James Harvey was a stone-mason, and helped his brother Richard build the church of St. Mary the Virgin. He and Richard presumably emmigrated from Devon together. According to Pearl, he never had any children by his first wife, Jane. I assume the "James & Charlotte Harvey" whose children are registered at St. Mary's are James Harvey and Charlotte Lennox, as Pearl informed me this was the name of his second wife.

That the James who died in 1888 is the RIGHT James is based on the age (65) at time of death - which corresponds closely with the Torbryan baptism records. The death record says James lived on Hamilton Street.