Migration of “Dashper’s” in England Earliest records - Little Hempston, Ipplepen, Stoke Gabriel & Paignton.

Migration of “Dashper’s” in England

• Earliest records - Little Hempston, Ipplepen, Stoke Gabriel & Paignton

Domesday Book

• Listed separately as having Manors - Ipplepen, Little Hempston, Paignton, Brixham, Cockington, Tormohun. Dittisham, Dartington

• But not - Stoke Gabriel

Earliest Mention of a “Dashper”

• Richard Dayshper who was a juryman at an inquest in Totnes before 1500

• The next record is found in Subsidy Rolls in 1524 of a William Dashper of Ipplepen assessed at £6. (Tax was 6d (2.5 new pence) in the pound)

Early Dashper’s

• Earliest male baptism - Wilmott in Stoke Gabriel 1544 son of Thomas

• Earliest male marriage - John to Joan Churchward in 1545 Stoke Gabriel

• Earliest male burial - Thomas 1559 in Little Hempston

New Research

• Within last month further Dashper Families have been found in Ipplepen

• Research by Christine Jones found a William having a family in Ipplepen between 1563-1580

New Research

• Subsidy roll of 1581 shows that William Dashper of Ipplepen was assessed at £8 (Tax @ 2/8d in the £) or 13p.

• Mentioned in Muster Rolls of 1569 as a billman

Dashper’s found in Surrounding Towns and Villages

• Early 17th century - Paignton, Brixham & Churston Ferrars

• Late 17th century - Berry Pomeroy, Exeter and Totnes

• Middle - late 18th century - Tormohun and Cockington

Parish Locator

• Little Hempston - all early Dashper’s are within a 5 mile radius

• Berry Pomeroy 0.9 miles south east

• Dartington 1.2 miles west

• Ipplepen 2.8 miles north by north east

• Marldon 3.2 miles east by north east

• Stoke Gabriel 3.6 miles south by south east

Parish Locator

• Little hempston - within 10 miles

• Brixham 8.1 miles east by south east

• Cockington 5.0 miles east

• Dartmouth 7.8 miles south by south east

• Paignton 5.1 miles east by south east

Three Main Trees

• Dartmouth - the smallest

• Cockington/Torquay/London

• Eggbuckland/Tavistock - the largest

Dartmouth Tree

Dartmouth Tree

• Settled around Dittersham and Dartmouth ?Did they originate from Exeter

• Trade - farmers, butcher - owned shops in Dartmouth

• Wealthy

• All made wills

Dartmouth Tree

• 110 years in the Dartmouth area• William born 1761 moved to London before

1820 but there are no known living descendants• Between 1842 - 1844 remaining Dashper’s

moved to Southampton - WHY?• Remained in Southampton and still have

descendants there, several of whom are here with us today

Eggbuckland/Tavistock Tree

The Story Begins With Ipplepen

• Prosperous village - Thomas Dashper assessed at £6 (tax @ 6d in the £) in 1524

• X roads for trade

• Near pack horse trail leading from Ashburton to Paignton

• Surrounding area was agricultural land

Eggbuckland/Tavistock Dashper’s

• Edward married Joan in 1675 in Ipplepen

• Mainly agricultural labourers and trades associated with the land

• Made no wills

• Remained in Ipplepen for 150 years

Eggbuckland/Tavistock Dashper’s

• Between 1783-1786 William Dashper born 1755 was the first known Dashper to move away from Ipplepen. He settled and died in Eggbuckland/Knackersknowle, possibly working as a wheelwright for the troops stationed at Crownhill fort, probably until the Napoleonic wars end in 1815

1790-1810

• Press gangs were in force

• A few Dashper's remained in Plymouth area

• William (b.1784 son of William) moved his family to Tavistock in 1811 which had become a prosperous stannary town

Tavistock

• Up until 1850 there was little movement from this branch. They stayed around the Tavistock area

• Ample work - mines

• Coming of the railway

First Movement From Tavistock• Agnes Dashper (born 1820) bet 1842 - 1848

moved to London

• Her descendants (my branch of the tree) settled in Reading Berkshire

• Flourishing town known for biscuits, bulbs and beer. This branch remained here until 1930’s

• Birthday of a Dashper today

1860’s - A Time of Change

• Gilbert moved his family to Lincoln ( Mark Dashper of NZ)

• Thomas moved his family to Durham (Gloria and Linda)

• John Dashper emigrated to Australia (Graeme Wallis)

1880’s - More Moves

• Pockets of Dashper's appearing all around England

• Berkshire, Oxfordshire, West Midlands, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield, Worksop

• Many of you here descend from these Dashper’s

1890 - 1920

• Less movement

• People stayed in their groups

• Aftermath of WW1 brought further changes

• Slump in employment

• Transport became easier

• Emigration was on people minds again

1940

• WW11 - scattered the Dashper’s again

• Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire

• London & suburbs - did they ever meet up with other Dashper’s

Present Day

• Conclusion

• Dashper descendants throughout the country

• Once settled though they tend to remain in the area

• Until this research started no one knew there were so many

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