Name, approximate year of birth of 1767, country of birth of England, date and place of death and burial, from Peter (Pete) G M Dale of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Added here in February 2014. Pete is related to the Olivers in Devon. Pete's great great great grandfather was John Batten (Battin) b. 1793, sister of Ruth Batten who married James Oliver b.1805. Ruth and James emigrated to New Zealand in 1841.

At the time of marriage, John’s occupation was “Sojourner” [temporary resident] in the parish. At the time of death his occupation was “Labourer”.

From a newspaper cutting from the “Exeter Flying Post” dated 13 June 1839:
“On Saturday last at Pyworthy on the body of John Batten, aged 72 who whilst at work in a quarry there rasing stones, the side of theb quarry fell in upon him, and killed him on the spot, he was taken out from under the stones and rubbish in about ten minutes after the accident happened in a mutilated state”.

Full date and place of birth from Pete Dale’s updated family tree as at 1 March 2020.