53 High Street Barnstaple England Millinery and Corset shop of Ann Chugg Seager and Mary Chugg Sisters of Philip Chugg

108 Pilton Street A previous owner: Mary Chugg - sister of Philip Chugg

Pilton Street and High Street in Barnstaple England.

Heanton Punchardon relative to Barnstaple, England.  The Chugg family lived in both locations.

Heanton Punchardon Church and Cemetery where the Chugg family is buried.

Re: John & Mary Chugg John Chugg - Carpenter of Heanton Died 1831 lies in Block A Row A Plot 7 Wife Mary Rogers Chugg Died 1867 lies in Block A Row A Plot 7 Children: Philip Chugg - Baptised 21-May-1815 in Heanton Ann (Chugg) Seager Died 1901 Buried in churchyard - whereabouts unknown Mary Chugg Died 1906  lies in Block A Row A Plot 6 John Chugg Died 1845 lies in Block A Row A Plot 5 (1823 - 1845) Susanna Rogers  Married John Rogers 18-Feb-1841   Died 01-Jan-1845 aged 31 lies in Block A Row A Plot 7(with parents) Headstone inscribed Susanna but all records show Susan At time of death most of family living elsewhere and returned to Heanton to be interred. John (Senior) Heanton Mary Barnstaple Ann Pilton Mary Tawstock John Barnstaple Susan Bishops Tawton Regards Derek Holland

John Chugg and Mary Ann Rogers:

John's parents:  Philip Chugg and Sarah Mules 

Married Mar 30,1772. 

Philip was born in East Down in 1745. (Arlington, Southeast of East Down.)

Philip Chugg's (b 1745) parents were:

Family of Nicholas Chugge b. 1451

Note: There is a generation gap here. 

Family of Henry Chugge 1387 - 1427  note Henry is dead before children are born. Missing parent here....

NOTE: There is a William Chugge of 1448 of Sampford Courtenay, a fisher, who owed a debt to Baron, John, of Exeter, a merchant. This 1448 William Chugge may be the Willelmus Chugge born 1433. It may be possible that this William Chugge is in the descendancy.

It is possible that this portion of the family lived around Sampford Courtenay in the 1300's and 1400's and Hatherleigh. 

One, John Chugg thought to be brother of Robert of Heavitree b. 1520, but perhaps John was a Sampford Courtenay Chugge who had a daughter Alice born January 24th 1579 in Sampford Courtenay. 

At this same time, one William Chugge of Hatherleigh, a husbandman, was brought up on trespass charges in 1516 under the list of charged under Henry VIII  CP 40/ 1013.

It may be possible that we have William Chugge of Sampford Courtenay 1448 as father of  William Chugge of Hatherleigh 1516, as father of John Chugg of Sampford Courtenay born around 1520, who in turn was father to Alice Chugge of Sampford Courtenay born in 1579.

50 years later we have Richard Chugge in Sampford Courtenay. 1629 through 1648.

Family of Richard Chugge 1352 see image below:

Interestingly, there is a much earlier recorded Chugge , William Chugge on the tax roll of Winckleigh Hundred in 1332. This village actually paid a tithe to Heanton Punchardon  where many generations of our ancestors lived and our ggg grandparents are buried.. The images below document the existence of William Chugge:

Other Chugge members that could possibly be related:

Court records for the Manor of Hatherleigh, close to Winkleigh identify the presence of 

William Chugge  in 1518 and 1519.

Later, there is the record of John Chugg, Freeholder of North Lew on the tax records for 1733. North Lew is close to Hatherleigh. Hatherleigh had to pay tax to Heanton Punchardon too.  All locations are a distance south of Barnstaple.

Earlier there is also reference to  William Chugge of Winkleigh 1332, Richard Chugge of Winkleigh, Nov. 3, 1395, and slightly south of Bideford and Barnstaple in Frythelestoke, John Chugge- tonsurat(monk) from Exeter in May 24, 1390.   Winkleigh is very close to Hatherleigh and North Lew, as well. These locations are 18 miles from Barnstaple and 23 miles from East Down. (Relatively close).

It is entirely possible that the oldest patriarch of the Chugg family that exists would be William Chugge of Winkleigh, taxpayer on the Ley Rolls of 1332. I say this because Richard Chugge, thought to be our oldest ancestor, from Winkleigh, born in 1352. 

Heanton Punchardon Churchyard  - burial location of Chugg parents and siblings of Philip Chugg of Hull, Quebec and the first Chugg family member in Canada.  ( Headstone spells parents as Jugg even though the death certificates and children's names are Chugg.)

John Chugg - son of John Philip Chugg and Mary Rogers Chugg  (note father Philip is also listed as John and may be John Philip Chugg [see Ann's marriage certificate.])                  - sibling of Ann Chugg Seager, Mary Chugg, Philip Chugg April 23, 1845 Barnstaple, England: John Chugg Male- aged 22 Years. Gardener. Died of brain fever (7 days). John Evems in attendance, High Street Barnstaple.

Entry of Marriage: August 9, 1852  The Independent Chapel, Barnstaple, County of Devon, England Thomas Teager (sic: Seager) 38 years bachelor Lace Twister of Union Street Barnstaple  Father's name : Thomas Teager (Seager) - Wool Comber Ann Chugg 35 years spinster Stay Maker of High Street Barnstaple. Father John Chugg - Carpenter Witnesses Ann Kingston and Mary Chugg Certified copy 2/22/2007

Mary Chugg died May 16, 1867 High Street Barnstaple, England.  Age 89 years of old age - no medical attendant. Mary Baker present at death - High Street, Barnstaple, England. Registered May 18th 1867. Mary Rogers Chugg and Philip Chugg (Carpenter) were the parents of: Ann Chugg Seager Mary Chugg Philip Chugg John Chugg MARY ROGERS   Female      --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Event(s):  Birth:   Christening: 08 MAR 1778 Heanton Puncharden, Devon, England    Death:   Burial:      --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Parents:  Father: JOHN ROGERS Family  Mother: ANNE      --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Messages:  Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.      --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Source Information:  Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:     C051051 1597 - 1835 0917142 Film 0933257 Film       Sheet: 00         --------------------------------------------------------------------------      PHILIP ROGERS   Male      --------------------------------------------------------------------  Event(s):  Birth:   Christening: 01 MAY 1791 Heanton Puncharden, Devon, England    Death:   Burial:      --------------------------------------------------------------------  Parents:  Father: JOHN ROGERS Family  Mother: ANN    Mary Rogers Chugg:     Parents could be John Rogers and his wife Anne. Siblings could be :  Lucy Rogers born 27 Aug 1775 in Heanton to John and Anne Rogers  Elizabeth Rogers born May 23 1784 in Heanton to John and Anne Rogers  Ann Roger born Sept 17 1788 in Heanton to John and Ann Rogers  Philip Rogers born May 1, 1791 in Heanton to John and Ann Rogers  John Rogers born April 22 1795 in Heanton to John and Ann Rogers

1841 Census of England - Barnstaple Bottom of Page: Ann Chugg age 30 Staymaker born in England Mary Chugg age 22 Milliner born in England Philip Chugg age 25 Wheelwright John Chugg age 15 Wheelwright apprentice

18.1.07 Dear Michael Your e mail was passed to us from Mr Mark Stowell. We are Mike and Lesley Passmore and have lived happily at 108 Pilton Street for over 32 years raising our family of three sons. We attach a photo of our cottage, Pilton Street and photos of Barnstaple High Street showing 53 High Street which is now a sports shop. We were contacted about 20 years ago by a visiting Canadian couple who also had links with the Chuggs who lived here. We have exchanged Christmas cards since then up to the last few years and their address is as follows:  Mr & Mrs C Barber  25 Cawder Drive NW  Calgary Alta  TRL 0LB  Canada They managed to contact Helen & Bill Chugg who descend from your family. They live and work locally and you can contact them on: selectedantiques@aol.com or phone: 01271 321338 mobile: 07866 024831 (with international code). They know their ancestors were farmers, We hope this information helps you obtain more information of your Devon roots. Just a few points: Barnstaple is a small market town. Pilton is a village on the edge of Barnstaple. 108 Pilton Street was originally two cottages knocked into form one good sized home but cannot be described as a large house. The cottages date back to Tudor times and have been altered over the years. We found an original very large stone fireplace together with beams and handmade brick internal walls. The wood in the walls was taken from Rolle Quay where the ‘tall ships’ were made and have grooves in them where they would fit against other wooden beams. We have a piece of green glass which was known as ‘poor man’s glass’ and has a bulls eye and would have been off cuts of the process used to make glass hundreds of years ago. The cottage has lots of character and is a very comfortable, warm home. Good luck with your search.

Images of Barnstaple - High Street 1903 at the time when Mary Chugg was alive.  Also photo of 1935.