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Unusual Combination of Names

On the internet the other day there was a mention of someone with the name Field Flowers GOE.  Ever since I first rang the church bells at Tealby I have had an interest in one of its nineteenth century vicars; down by the churchyard gate is the grave of Rev. Field FLOWERS.   Immediately I thought with a name like that this has to be a relative.  Whilst I always assumed that his first name was at one time a surname I never quite got around to taking a good look at it.  Luckily for me along comes John YOLLAND from Aukland, NZ who points out that a Rev. Field  FLOWERS was the great uncle of Rev Field Flowers GOE and it seems that he was the Vicar of Sibsey for some time.  A Field FLOWERS who became a Reverend  was born in 1772, and was the son of French FLOWERS and Frances FIELD -  so that is where the FIELD comes from? His son also became a Rev. Field FLOWERS and born in 1800 later  to become Vicar of Tealby.  In 1830 his son was named Field and so became the third in a line of Flowers called Field.  The link to the GOE family comes from Frances FLOWERS, who was born in 1776 and she was the sister of the eldest Rev. Field FLOWERS.    She  married the  Rev Bartholemew GOE around  1796, with their second son being born c1798 and named Field  Flowers GOE .  he later became a solicitor in Louth, and is shown on  the 1851 census as Mayor of Louth. His sister Elizabeth GOE born 1800, married Rev John YOLLAND from Devon on 26 Jun 1827 while he was curate at Anderby, Lincs. This last piece of information is the link to John of NZ.  It seems that reverence runs in the family.
The name GOE does not appear in the book but there are a couple of candidates for an origin.  How would you say bough? Something like bow as in bow-wow.  Mind you this is usually as in cough if its spelt GOUGH.  The other possible origin is from the Gael gobha who was a smith and ends up as GOW.
Happily Yolland is in the book.  This is a Devonshire name and meant the dweller on the old cultivated land.  In 1275 you would found John de la Yaldelonde living quite contentedly in Devon and there were a number of mentions in the 13th and 14th centuries of similar names.  Names such as de la Yalelande in 1238, Attenoldelonde in 1244, and Yeallelond in 1333.
See you in Monks Way on Saturday.
Bits and Bobs
The will of William RHOADES of Holbeach. Died May 1822. Will signed 23 Dec 1820 and a codicil was added 6 Sep 1821. his wife Elizabeth COOPER RHOADES.William and Elizabeth had three children while he was married to someone else, but when wife 1 died he married Elizabeth Cooper and had four more children.
Beneficiaries – Daughter-Elizabeth; wife of York BETTS; Son-Charles RHOADES; Grandsons-John Cooper RHOADES, John OLDHAM, William Rhodes OLDHAM, Edwin OLDHAM, William Rhoades OLDHAM; Granddaughters-Levina RHOADES, Elizabeth RHOADES.
Mentioned in reference to boundaries of property and tenants, James SPALDING,      William MAYNARD, William COOKE, John DIXON, Wm EUDALE, Thomas GOTT, Edward CLARKE,            Mary Rowe, Edward HARMAN, John MACKNESS, John BERRIDGE, Sarah CRUST, Joannah FARROW, Thomas ASHBY
Trustees and executors - Robert Boothby HA(SS?)(LL?), Thomas AYLIFF; Will Witnesses - Elizabeth HARVEY, Geo HARVEY, Wm NEWTON clerk to Wm HARVEY; Codicil witnesses - Simon MILLS, Alfred MILLS, W NEWTON Clerk to ?HARVEY sol. Holbeach.
All this from just one will.