Kneebone and Glasson of Marazion

[lelant]

My ancestors include Joseph Kneebone (b abt 1753) and Honor Glasson (b ?), son Francis Kneebone (b abt 1783), Joseph, Honor, Thomas. Joseph snr and Francis were cordwainers of Marazion. I wonder if anyone knows of their ancestry, or if they had any other children.

[Cornish Terrier]

Welcome Aboard Lelant!

Very glad you have joined us and we will see what we can do help.

I may be a little pressed for time of the coming days but will have a quick look tonight and see what I can find.

I presume you have some details of generations following those you have mentioned?

Would be advantageous if you could fill in some detail along the way and keep involved with this 'project'.

Also good to have feedback about what anyone might find that is potentially of interest.

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

Have had a bit of a glance through a few things so time for some comments.

Between 1702 and 1782 there appear to be no marriages for the KNEEBONE family and even then there are only three from 1782 until 1812.

This suggests that the family was certainly not a St Hilary family.

I can find only the five children for Joseph and Honor with an earlier daughter named Honor who appears to have died young. (Not found the burial yet.)

There was another family having children baptised at St Hilary at a similar time - Henry and Jane KNEEBONE.

They married at Ludgvan in 1788 and also had some of their children baptised in that Parish.

What struck me about the families of both Joseph and Henry is that both named a son 'Francis' and both also named a son 'Thomas'.

I can find no link to a Francis Kneebone as a possible father for these however I do have an opinion:-

IGI records the marriage of Thomas KNEEBONE and Prudence TAMBLYN at Crowan 16th February 1754. (This marriage is not in Phillimore and nor is it on the OPC site.)

Henry s/o Thomas and Prudence bp. 23rd April 1758 Crowan
Joseph s/o Thomas and Prudence bp. 31st October 1756 Crowan

This may be the link.

I also noted a steady spate of KNEEBONE marriages at Crowan all the way through Phillimore.

That is all I can offer for the moment but will try to look further into this in the next few days.

CT

[Mal]

Ah the Kneebone family, I have an ancient Kneebone with whom I have had no luck in tracing... will get back on this later.

One thing to bear in mind Kneebone derives from CARNEBWEN so try other variants of the name, at least at a long shot.

[Mal]

I have just checked, Anne Kneebone who marries William Penprase in Helston, 1611.

[lelant]

Thanks for the help!

Cornish Terrier - I have tried IGI (=familysearch.org I think) and can't find the marriage of Thomas KNEEBONE and Prudence TAMBLYN at Crowan 16th February 1754. I am fairly new to this research so I'm probably doing it wrong. Certainly this marriage, and the similarly-named children, is a strong indicator, expecially if there are no other Kneebone marriages close by (Crowan being very close to St. Hilary).


Kneebone tree summary

Joseph Kneebone (abt 1750) m Honor Glasson at St. Hilary 1782
Children:
Francis, Joseph, Honor, Thomas. Baptised at St. Hilary.

I am descended from Francis, who married Elizabeth John (I have lots of detail on her ancestry, from St. Just) in 1810 in St. Hilary.
They had these children:
Elizabeth, Mary, Francis, William all baptised in St. Hilary.
I think there was another child of Francis and Elizabeth John:
James John Kneebone, baptised in St. Just 07APR1816

I have been unable to get back further than Joseph Kneebone (abt 1750) or Elizabeth Glasson.

[Cornish Terrier]

Hi Lelant - briefly, I found he marriage simply by doing a search for the marriage of any Thomas Kneebone and the results in IGI gave me a list of which there was just one that really seemed to be close enough both in time and geography to be a match.

That entry showed the bride as Prudence TAMBLYN so I checked Phillimore and it was not there.

This is not unusual and I have discovered several entries missing from that document.

This is no blight on Phillimore!

Some marriages have surfaced in later years having been found in places or documents that were probably, for whatever reason, not available at the time.

Some of these might have been Bishops Transcripts and others possibly in documents that may not have been copied to the PR when they should have.

However, the marriage is there and, of course, it needs to be checked at the CRO.

I have only had a brief look at this family for you but I see that other members are already getting involved so I am sure we will find some further answers for you between us.

Everything from now on will probably be discussed in the St Hilary section where I see the query has been moved.

CT