Bpt as ‘s. of John & Ann Caslake’124 Marr to Anne Stocker at Seaton in 1718 as ‘Carslake, Mr John of Branscombe’227 “18 June 1718 Settlement on marriage of John Carslake Jnr (son & heir apparent of John Carslake the Elder of Branscombe) with Miss Anna Stocker of Culliton: John Carslake Senr settles Berry farm which is then held of the Dean & Chapter for the lives of John Carslake the Elder & his sons John Carslake Jr and William Carslake”Abstract of deed found in volume of Carslake handwritten notes; the abstract does not name any property10, 175 Marr 1725 as ‘Mr John’124 Abstract of deed found in volume of Carslake handwritten notes “7 & 11 July 1725 Settlement & Bond on Marriage of John Carslake Junr (son of John Carslake the Elder of Berry) to Elizabeth daughter of Andrew Holwell of Faringdon. These deeds refer to John Carslake Junr as being son & heir apparent of John Carslake the Elder and mention William Carslake and Henry Carslake of Sydmouth as being other sons of John the elder”10, 175
Abstract of deed found in volume of Carslake handwritten notes: 16 Jan 1744 Conveyance of a Mortgage Debt on the Wiscombe estate from John Carslake of Branscombe to Henry Carslake of Sidmouth “his cousin German” [=1st cousin]10,175
Other documents refer to his Will dated 4 Apr 1749, giving Lower Watercombe at Branscombe to his wife Elizabeth [Holwell}10,212,175
Bur as ‘Carslake, John, Gent.’124
Was he the father of John Carslake who d. 1822? - apparently not, as after his brother William died, their sister Mary’s descendents were William’s only next of kin. (see notes on William)10,175