Events
Date of Birth: about 1656.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The age is recorded in Joseph's 1683 marriage bond.
Date of Burial: 1 March 1723/24.
Place of Burial: St Michael’s, Stone.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Christabel Whiston. Married 2 December 1677 in St Mary’s, Stafford.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register. Christabel died in 1683.
Spouse: Mary Heath (about 1663 - 1715). Married about 22 November 1683.
The parish register of Stone records the death of Mary, the wife of Joseph Davill.
Children (by Christabel):
Ann Davill (baptized 7 October 1678 in Stone - buried 2 February 1678/79 in Stone).
Ann Davill (baptized 4 July 1680 in Stone). Ann had an illegitimate daughter, Mary, baptized and buried in 1699 in Stone.
John Davill (baptized 5 March 1681/82 in Stone). John was presumably the John who was having children baptized in Stone between 1711 and sometime in the 1720s. His wives were possibly named Alice and Ann.
Children (by Mary):
William Davill (baptized 15 January 1685/86 in Stone - buried 5 May 1766 in Stone).
Evidence
Joseph’s first marriage in the parish register of St Mary’s, Stafford:
Matrimoniu[m] solemenizatu[s] fuit inter Josephus Devell et Cristabellam Whiston secundo die decembris in Ann predicto [1677]
The burial record of Christabel in the parish register of St Michael’s, Stone:
Christabela Devil ux Joseph Devil sepulta fuit die et Anno p[re]dict. [vicesi secundo die Septemb][1683]
Information from the marriage bond of Joseph's second marriage:
Date: 22 November 1683.
Bound: John Whistons of Stone yeoman
To be married: Joseph Davell of Stone (age 27) and Mary Heath of Stone (age 20).
The baptisms and burials of Joseph’s children in the parish register of St Michael’s,Stone:
Anna Devill filia Joseph Devill de Aston baptizata vics septimo die Octob [1678]
Anna Devill filia Joseph Devill de Aston sepulta fuit secondo die Februarij [1678/79]
Anna Devill filia Joseph Devill de Aston baptizata fuit quarto die Julij, post script [1680]
Johanes Devill filius Josephus Devill de Aston baptizatus fuit quinto die Martij [1681/82]
Gulielmus Devill filius Josephi Devil de Stone baptizatus fuit decimo quinto die January. [1684/84]
The burial of Joseph’s second wife, Mary, in the parish register of St Michael’s, Stone:
Maria uxor Josephi Davil de Stone sepulta erat [no date: the previous entry is 10 July and the next 13 July, 1715]
Joseph’s burial in the parish register of St Michael’s, Stone:
Josephus Davill de Stone sepultus fuit primo die menis Martij [1723/24]
References
Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry marriage allegations and bonds, 1636-1893. [Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk]
Stone, Staffordshire, St Michael’s, parish registers [digital images available for a fee at Findmypast.co.uk].