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Grace SOPER (1767 - 1827)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William CHOWNE (1789 - ) Elizabeth CHOWNE (1794 - ) John CHOWN (1796 - 1847) Ann CHOWNE (1807 - )	Grace SOPER (1767 - 1827) + William CHOWNE (1764 - 1834)

b. abt 1767 at Exminster, Devon, England

m. 21 Jan 1788 William CHOWNE (1764 - 1834) at Exminster, Devon, England

d. 22 Apr 1827 at Exminster, Devon, England aged 60

Children (4):

William CHOWNE (1789 - )

Elizabeth CHOWNE (1794 - )

John CHOWN (1796 - 1847)

Ann CHOWNE (1807 - )

Grandchildren (9):

Isabella CHOWN (1818 - 1889), Richard CHOWN (1821 - ), Henry CHOWN (1822 - ), Elenor CHOWN (1823 - ), Thomas CHOWN (1826 - ), Henry CHOWN (1827 - ), William CHOWN (1830 - ), Edwin CHOWN (1832 - ), Harriet CHOWN (1835 - )

Events in Grace SOPER (1767 - 1827)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1767		Grace SOPER was born	Exminster, Devon, England
21 Jan 1788	21	Married William CHOWNE (aged 24)	Exminster, Devon, England		2
1789	22	Birth of son William CHOWNE			2
1794	27	Birth of daughter Elizabeth CHOWNE			2
30 May 1796	29	Birth of son John CHOWN	Kennford, Devon, England
1807	40	Birth of daughter Ann CHOWNE			2
22 Apr 1827	60	Grace SOPER died	Exminster, Devon, England

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 14 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 3 (Marriage)

- Notes: Their older brother William Chowne 1764 was a yeoman and churchwarden who lived until 1834. Just four days before the First Fleet landed at Botany Bay, he wed Grace SOPER of Exminster. From 1789 to 1809 they had five sons and six daughters. Their eldest son William 1789 was married at Alphington in 1815 to Elizabeth Chown, daughter of Elizabeth nee Rowe and Charles Chown. William and Grace's daughter Elizabeth 1794, wed a cousin John Chown Lear- while Ann Chown 1807 married John ESWORTHY in 1805. It is tempting to think the name has been misspelled! William and Grace's fourth child JOHN 30 May 1796 is very important because he is the nexus in the Chown/Bowcher/Townsend family story.

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