17th century. Yorkshire
Information supplied by my researcher, Heather Perkins
DEVAS
1573 Peter de Vas registered at the Dutch Church, Colchester Huguenot Society 1602 Peter Devas buries infant Leeds Parish Church
DEAVERS and variants (DEAVARS, DEFARS, DEWARS, DEAWARS)
1630 John DEAVERS, pewterer, born, place unknown
1665 Ester , daughter of above, buried. All Saints Pavement, York
1668 Susanna, daughter of above, buried, All Saints Pavement, York
1669 unnamed infant daughter of above, buried, All Saints Pavement, York
1669 Sept 6th, Jane, wife of John DEAWARS, buried
1672 Elizabeth, daughter of John Dewars, baptised 28 April
1676 Isabell DEFARS, wife of John DEFARS, buried 23 February
No connection found with Cawood Devases.
No more can be discovered about John Deavers' ancestors. I pursued the matter at the time with John Malden, who when at the Castle Museum investigated the pewterer to no avail.
DEVIS and DIVERS
Information supplied by County Archivist Northallerton:
1605 Stephen, son of Robert Devis, husbandman of Kirkby Stephen Westmorland, was aopprenticed to Humphery Flavell, joiner, for 8 years. His name does not appear on the Freemen’s Roll, and he cannot be traced further in the York City records.
1613 Nicholas Devis, brazier. York Freemen’s Roll, admitted. Noy entered in the apprenticeship register. A search has not revealed his name in the City House books or Minute Books
From Boyd’s Marriage Licences
1625 Rudolph DIVERS marries Isabel Bradforth, Rothwell
1635 DEVIS, Christopher marries Elizabeth Sharpe, Romaldkirk
1636 DIVERS Rads married Elizabeth Hall, Rothwell
From Thoresby Society Registers (printed) Leeds, and from Howder Register
1655 November 5th Robert Richardsonn of T- married Elizabeth DEVIS of Kirkgait
1668 John DEVIS of Swinefleet married Katherine Parke of Howden
1671/2 February 10 John Tillison married Jane DEVIS of Scarcroft
1677 John son of John DEVIS of Howden, buried
1679 Penelope, daughter of John Devis of Howden, buried
DAVY/ DAVYE/ DAVIE
Cawood Register 1649-1677
Note 1649, some entries obliterated; 1653, 54, and 67, some baptisms obliterated; 1669 some burials obliterated
Thomas DAVYE d. 1656 marr. Anne d.1657
They had 4 children: Elizabeth baptised 1651, William baptised 1652, Richard baptised 1655 and Joseph baptised 1656, died 1657
Elizabeth, bap 1651 William bap 1652 Richard bap 1655 Joseph b. 1656, d 1657
DEYVAS
A family existing at least as early as 1340, to whom there are numerous references, ranging from Cornwall through to York.
1220 Walter DEWYAS rector of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in York ( from Cal. Chart. R. 1257- 1300, p 449) Bailiwick of York
1346 Nicholas Deyvas in company with others made off with a ship and its cargo of 155 tuns of wine from the port of St Ives
1470 Thomas Deyvas generosus, member of the Corpus Christi Guild at York.
Early 16th Century John DEYVAS parson in Northants
Victoria York County History Vol III pp. 260 and 261
Sources
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research (University of York), St Anthony's Hall, York, YO1 2PW
The Late Canon Peter Binnal, Lincoln Cathedral
The Huguenot Society
Boyd's Marriage Licences
Victoria County HistoriesS Sartin, late curator Preston Art Gallery, biographer of Arthur Devis
1. Abraham DEVAS - International Genealogical Index, IGI Gender: M Christening: 26 Jan 1718 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
2. Abraham DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 23 Nov 1740 Saint Katherine By The Tower, London, London, England
3. Alexander Jensen DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 17 Feb 1825 Cuby With Tregony, Cornwall, England
4. Alice DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 16 Aug 1723 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
5. Ann DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 13 Sep 1798 Cookham, Berkshire, England
6. Bertha Katherine DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 3 Mar 1852 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
7. Charles DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 27 Jun 1825 Dulwich College, Dulwich, London, England
8. Charles Frederick DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 5 Apr 1826 Saint George, Camberwell, London, England
9. ELIZABETH DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 5 Dec 1602 Knutsford, Cheshire, England
10. Edith Frances DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 8 Nov 1855 Bromley, Kent, England
11. Edmund DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 18 Mar 1717 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
12. Edward Thomas Holden DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 12 May 1859 Boulton, Derby, England
13. Elinor DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 21 Mar 1741 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
14. Elisabeth DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 10 Jun 1743 Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England
15. Elizabeth DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 7 Apr 1723 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
16. Elizabeth DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 24 Jan 1724 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
17. Elizabeth DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 27 Jan 1781 Sutton In Holderness, Yorkshire, England
18. Ester DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 10 Jan 1733 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
19. Esther DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 30 Oct 1726 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
20. Frances DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 13 Jan 1808 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England
21. Helen Rowena DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 12 Jun 1867 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
22. Helene DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 22 Sep 1745 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
23. Henry DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 25 May 1724 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
24. Horace DEVAS - IGI
Gender: M Marriage: Abt. 1862
25. Horace DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Birth: Abt. 1842 Of Aston, Derby, England
26. Horace DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 19 Feb 1857 Aston-On-Trent, Derby, England
27. Horace DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Birth: Abt. 1842 Aston, Derby, England
28. Hubert Edwin DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 13 Aug 1853 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
29. James DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 21 Apr 1742 Saint Katherine By The Tower, London, London, England
30. Jaques DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 25 Dec 1720 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
31. Jaques DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 24 Mar 1728 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London, London, England
32. Joane DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 29 Sep 1626 Piddlehinton, Dorset, England
33. Jocelyn_ Francis Charlton DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 6 Aug 1859 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
34. John DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 30 Oct 1768 Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
35. John DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 10 Feb 1771 Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
36. John DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 9 Feb 1719 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
37. John DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 29 Nov 1724 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
38. Laura DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 18 Oct 1864 Bromley, Kent, England
39. Leonora Anna DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 3 Jul 1854 Bromley, Kent, England
40. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 23 Nov 1740 Saint Katherine By The Tower, London, London, England
41. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 23 Nov 1744 Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England
42. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Misc: Abt. 1774 London, England
43. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 1795 London, England
44. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 4 May 1812 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England
45. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 21 Jan 1741 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
46. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 6 Apr 1777 Sutton In Holderness, Yorkshire, England
47. Mary DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Birth: 1774 London, England
48. Mary Blanche DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 10 May 1850 Long Ditton And Tolworth, Surrey, England
49. Sarah DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Marriage: 31 Jan 1792 Cookham, Berkshire, England
50. Sarah DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 22 Nov 1747 Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England
51. Sarah DEVAS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 2 Jan 1774 Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, London, England
52. Thomas DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 3 Jul 1824 Saint Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England
53. Thomas DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 21 Dec 1769 Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
54. Thomas DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 25 Oct 1813 Saint Mary, Lambeth, London, England
55. Thomas DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 19 May 1875 Saint James, Westminster, London, England
56. Thomas DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 29 Sep 1741 Cawood, Yorkshire, England
57. Thoms. DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 4 Aug 1775 Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, London, England
58. William DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 31 May 1809 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England
59. William Frederick DEVAS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 16 Jun 1847 Long Ditton And Tolworth, Surrey, England
DEVERS Results of Search of IGI database (11/2000)with annotations in square brackets
1. John DEVERS - IGI - Gender: M Christening: 28 Aug 1744 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: John Devers m: Sarah]
2. Sarah DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Christening: 3 Feb 1782 Selby, Yorkshire, England [f: John Devers m: Sarah]
3. Alice DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Marriage: 18 Jul 1875 Saint John, Preston, Lancashire, England
4. Georgius DEVERS - IGI - Gender: M Marriage: 11 Nov 1722 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [m. Jana Knowles ]
5. John DEVERS - IGI - Gender: M Christening: 27 Oct 1723 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: George Devers ]
6. Sarah DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Christening: 2 Mar 1627 St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England [f: Richard Devers m: Hester ]
7. Alice DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Christening: 12 Dec 1729 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Henry ]
8. Ann DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Christening: 5 Sep 1745 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Stephen ]
9. George DEVERS - IGI - Gender: M Marriage: 31 Jan 1760 Ryther, Yorkshire, England [m: Jane Denton ]
10. JANE DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Marriage: 1623 Saint Mary, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England [ m: Henry Coulman ]
11. Stephen DEVERS - IGI - Gender: M Christening: 12 Jan 1715 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Henry Devers]
12. Jane DEVERS - IGI - Gender: F Marriage: 8 Feb 1624 London, England [m: Ellis Price]
Results of search on Devers in continental Europe
1. Catherine DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Marriage: 10 Feb 1711 Saint-Germain-En-Laye, Seine-Et-Oise, France
2. Catherine DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Marriage: 10 Feb 1711 Saint-Germain-En-Laye, Seine-Et-Oise, France
3. DERKJE MARIA DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Birth: 11 Jan 1869 Burgerlijke Stand, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
4. DURKJE MARIA DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Birth: 11 Aug 1875 Burgerlijke Stand, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
5. HERMINE GERARDINE DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: F Birth: 7 Jan 1870 Burgerlijke Stand, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
6. JEAN DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Marriage: 28 Dec 1897 Euville, Meuse, France
7. Jean Marie DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Marriage: 4 May 1872 Lyon, Rhone, France
8. Jean Marie DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Birth: 19 Sep 1816 Avrilly, Allier, France
9. Jean Marie DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Marriage: 4 May 1872 Lyon, Rhone, France
10. Jean Marie DEVERS - International Genealogical Index Gender: M Birth: 19 Sep 1816 Avrilly, Allier, France
11. Lambertus DEVERS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: M Birth: Abt. 1712
12. Maria DEVERS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: F Birth: Abt. 1716
DEVARS Results of Search of IGI database ( 11/2000)with annotations in square brackets
1. Alice DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 15 Feb 1735 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: George Devars]
2. Ann DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 6 Jul 1737 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Henry Devars]
3. Duke DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 27 Mar 1747 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Stephen Devars]
4. Elisabeth DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 13 May 1739 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: George Devars]
5. George DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 6 Dec 1733 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Henry Devars]
6. George DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 22 Apr 1735 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [m: Elizabeth Swale]
7. Henry DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 12 Nov 1730 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [m: Mary Waller]
8. James DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Birth: 28 Jun 1870 Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland [m: Catherine Devars, no father cited]
9. Jane DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 28 Mar 1736 Cawood, Yorkshire, England 10. Johis DEVARS - IGI [f: Henry Devars]
Gender: M Birth: 23 Mar 1873 Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland [m: Catherine Devars, no father cited]
11. Joseph DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 12 Feb 1727 Cawood, Yorkshire, England[f: George Devars]
12. Margaret DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Birth: 6 Jun 1867 Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland[m: Catherine Devars, no father cited]
13. Mary DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 12 Feb 1727 Cawood, Yorkshire, England[f: George Devars]
14. Mary DEVARS - IGI Gender: F Christening: 4 Sep 1750 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Stephen Devars]
15. Thomas DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 9 Jul 1727 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Henry Devars]
16. William DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Marriage: 8 Oct 1854 Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland [m: William Connolly
17. William DEVARS - IGI Gender: M Christening: 20 Feb 1748 Cawood, Yorkshire, England [f: Stephen Devars]
DEVIS Results of Search of IGI database ( 11/2000)
About 850 hits on IGI, casual scrutiny shows none obviously linked to Cawood: needs further investigation
DEFARS Results of Search of IGI database ( 11/2000)
No hits on IGI
Deyvas Results of Search of IGI database ( 11/2000)
No hits on IGI