Grace Underdown (1718-)

Baptism
Grace Underdown was born in 1718 in Devon, England. She was baptised on the 26th November 1718 in Northleigh, Devon to parents Thomas and Grace Underdown (nee Pennington).

She was their fifth child and second daughter, named after her mother. Her elder siblings were James, Abraham, Mary and Thomas.

Death of Sister
Grace’s younger sister Sarah died at aged 26 and was buried in Northleigh on the 5th June 1748

Marriage
Grace married John Langford in Northleigh on the 25th March 1745. He was the son of John and Mary Langford and had been baptised in the church at Northleigh only 7 months before Grace. The marriage record lists John of Northleigh and Grace of Sidbury.

Grace’s husband John Langford may have had a sister called Unity and a sister called Grace, who both married in Devon around the time that children with their names from this line were born.

Children
Grace and John would raise their family in Offwell.

Why there are no children recorded for this couple before the year 1750 is not known. Eldest son John was not baptised until 5 years into the couple’s marriage.

2nd child and eldest daughter Sarah appears to have been named after Grace’s sister Sarah who had died only a few years earlier.

Death
No record has been located for the death of Grace and her husband John. There is a burial of a John Langford in Devon in 1770, but it is unknown if this was Grace’s husband.

It also has to be considered that the family I have recorded for John and Grace is not correct and refers to another John and Grace – this assumption is made by two burial entries for Northleigh – one for a John Langford Junior on 02/09/1749 and another for a John Langford Senior on 16/06/1751.

Children

 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of John and Grace Langford
 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of John and Grace Langford