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name of Huxham. His father acquired a small estate in the 
parish of Staverton, and at his death left his son to the care of a 
Mr. Edgley, a dissenting minister of Totnes, who educated his 
ward for the medical profession, and introduced him to the 
Dissenters of Plymouth, where the death of Dr. Hankyn had 
made an opening. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, 
and was the author of several medical works, some of which are 
in the library of this Society. Dr. Huxham married first at 
St. Budeaux, 10th May, 1717, Ellen Corham, daughter of William 
Corham, gent., by his wife Ellen, daughter of Thomas Rich, gent. 
(She was baptised at Plymstock, 27th Feb., 1689.) It may be 
worthy of notice that this lady's father, William Corham, gent., 
was married at Plymstock, 22nd March, 1680, to Ellen, daughter 
of Thomas Rich, gent., by his wife Ellen, daughter of William 
Bogan, gent., of Little Hempston, near Totnes, the marriage being 
recorded in the registers of Little Hempston, 8th Oct., 1655, 
as Thomas Rich, son of Thomas Rich, gent., of Plymstock, and 
Ellen, daughter of William Bogan, gent., of Gatcombe, in Little 
Hempston. Dr. Huxham married secondly at St. Andrew, 
Plymouth, 10th Oct., 1731, Elizabeth Harris, eldest daughter of 
John Harris, gent., and Ann his wife. This lady died 27th 
July, 1742, aged 46 years. John Huxham, m.d., f.r.s., died at 
Plymouth, and was buried at St. Andrew, 11th Aug., 1768. 
By his will, dated 26th Oct., 1767, he left certain money, together 
with a rent charge out of the land and houses he had purchased 
in Compton Gifford from John Morshead, Esq., and others, and 
lands and tenements in Plymstock, which he had purchased from 
Captain J. Ans, in trust to his good friends, John Herring, of the 
parish of Bickleigh, county Devon, apothecary, Charles Yonge, 
surgeon, and William Veale, apothecary, both of Plymouth, for the 
use and benefit of his daughter Ellen. This money he augmented 
by a codicil, 1st July, 1768 ; and after the payment of some legacies 
to his trustees and servants, he made his son, the Rev. John 
Corham Huxham, residuary legatee and executor, who proved the 
will in the Principal Probate Court, 10th Sept., 1768. 
30. Edmund Pollexfen, of Kitley, Quarterly arg. and az., in the 
first and fourth a lion ramp. gu. ; Pollexfen : imp. per fess in chief, 
Az. three crescents or, in chief a fess of the second charged with as 
many hurts ; Harris, of Plymouth : in base, Arg. a chev. sa. and 
