Tabitha Ford (d. bef. 1735): Family Heritage

Female - Bef 1735

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Her life

Name	Tabitha Ford [1]
Gender	Female
Residence	26 Sep 1730	Beer, Seaton, Devon, England [1]
Death	Bef 1 Jan 1735/6	Beer, Seaton, Devon, England [2]
Burial	1 Jan 1735/6	St Gregory’s Church, Seaton, Devon, England [2]
Burial		Burial Record: Tabitha Mellis (1736)
Person ID	I2326	Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake \| Westlake family
Last Modified	12 Nov 2026

Family Alexander Mellish d. Bef 7 Sep 1746, Seaton, Devon, England [1, 3, 4]

Marriage 26 Sep 1730 St Gregory’s Church, Seaton, Devon, England [1]

Children

	1. Stillborn Mellish, b. Bef 29 May 1731, Seaton, Devon, England d. Bef 29 May 1731, Seaton, Devon, England (Age < 0 years)
+	2. Elizabeth Mellish, b. Abt 1733 d. Bef 27 Jun 1819, Beer, Seaton, Devon, England (Age < 86 years)

Family ID F715 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Nov 2026

Event Map

	Residence - 26 Sep 1730 - Beer, Seaton, Devon, England
	Marriage - 26 Sep 1730 - St Gregory’s Church, Seaton, Devon, England
	Child - Stillborn Mellish - Bef 29 May 1731 - Seaton, Devon, England
	Death - Bef 1 Jan 1735/6 - Beer, Seaton, Devon, England
	Burial - 1 Jan 1735/6 - St Gregory’s Church, Seaton, Devon, England

[S2436] Marriage Record: Alexander Mellis and Tabitha Ford (1730), 26 Sep 1730, Seaton and Beer marriages 1730, 3292A/PR/1/5. (Reliability: 3).
[S2437] Burial Record: Tabitha Mellis (1736), 1 Jan 1735/6, Seaton and Beer burials 1735, 3292A/PR/1/5. (Reliability: 3).
[S2424] Baptismal Record: Mary Wastlake (1769), 2 Apr 1769, Seaton and Beer baptisms 1769, 3292A/PR/1/6. (Reliability: 3).
Elizabeth is called “daughter of Alexander Mellish” in the baptism of her daughter Mary. Her mother is not named: Tabitha is taken to be her mother because Elizabeth’s ages at her baptism in 1764 (29) and her burial in 1819 (86) put her birth in 1733-1735, within this marriage, and no second marriage of Alexander is found.
[S2439] Burial Record: Dead-born Child of Alexander Mellis (1731), 29 May 1731, Seaton and Beer affidavits 1731, 3292A/PR/1/5. (Reliability: 3).
The entry names Alexander Mellis as the father of a dead-born child. The mother is not named: the affidavit was made eight months after his marriage to Tabitha.