Francis Small, a landowner and trader who immigrated to New England was born in the town in 1625. John Davie, tobacco merchant, was born here in 1640. Elisabeth Pepys, née Elisabeth de St. Michel, who later married Samuel Pepys, was born in Bideford in 1640: it has been said that Samuel Pepys courted his wife here. Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, and Susanna Edwards of Bideford were the last people to be hanged for witchcraft in England, in 1682. John Buck, son of George Buck, was a tobacco trader and Whig was born in the town in 1703. Political satirist John Shebbeare was born in the town in 1709. Mathematicians Abraham Donn (born 1718) and his brother Benjamin Donn (born 1729) were both from the town. Physician John Mudge was born in the town in 1721. John Beare, a farmer and mill-owner, was born in Bideford in 1820 and emigrated to Ontario. Admiral Bedford Pim was born here in 1826. The first Suffragan Bishop of Crediton Robert Trefusis was born in the town in 1843. Edward Capern (1819–1894), known as "the rural postman of Bideford", first secured a job at Bideford Post Office in 1848. He published four volumes of verse and was given a Civil List pension. Lieutenant Colonel George Braund was born in Bideford in 1866 but emigrated to Australia when he was 15. The artist and illustrator Bertram Prance was born here in 1889 and was a student at Bideford Art School. Richard Bott, a skeleton racer, who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics, was born in the town in 1900. The historian J. P. V. D. Balsdon was born in the town in 1901. Sir John Nott, the former Secretary of State for Defence, was born in the town in 1932. Cricket umpire David Shepherd, was born here in 1940, though at the time of his death he resided in neighbouring Instow. Writer Roy Kift was born in the town in 1943. The actress Joanna Tope was born in Bideford in 1944. Paul Seed, a television director and actor was born here in 1947. Crime fiction author Hilary Bonner was born in the town in 1949 and raised there. The current Bishop of Norwich Graham James was born in the town in 1951. John Richards, a musician working in the field of elecronic music, was born in the town in 1966. Conductor, pianist and composer Clarence Raybould