This is in response to a 2003 posting. You have some names incorrect regarding women who married into the Hext line in and around Lydford, Holne, and Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon.
Ellen Langworthie married Richard Hext 2 Nov 1652 in Widecombe.
Agnes Goswell married Thomas Hext in Holne on 27 Sep 1706.
John Hext married Susannah NORRISH (my family)not Morrish on 15 Sep 1775 in Widecombe. He also married Mary Hext 5 Jul 11786 in Widecombe.