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Post by melanie on Apr 5, 2010 20:47:00 GMT -5
Hello all, my name is Melanie Bennetts and I have been researching my Cornish family for quite a long time. My Bennetts roots are in St Hilary, but I suspect some of the earliest ones many have come from Gulval. I also have a Grenfell ggrandmother from St Justs and I have become hooked on trying to extend that line as far back as I can. Her name is linked with the Hattams, Warrens, Nicholls and Bones. So if anyone is interested, I have a tree mapped out for our connection with them. regards, Melanie.
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Post by davidkingmartin on Apr 6, 2010 7:34:35 GMT -5
Melanie:These may not be any of yours,but.... Carrie Bennetts,probably "of St Day" and "from Newbridge area", first wife of John Martin (1874-1949), Ludgvan. Died in pregnancy while decorating a room. John subsequently marr.Florence J Berryman. Resident (1891) in Gulval area. Source: family papers.John knew me when I was a toddler.
Katherine Bennetts (no dates), died Gulval, marr. Joseph Glasson (b1721) on 6 Jan. 1745,Madron.I cannot authenticate that info.which is "nicked" off Ancestry.co.
David
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Post by melanie on Apr 8, 2010 20:40:19 GMT -5
Hi David,
thanks for the contact. I don't think Carrie can be related, but I don't know about Catherine. My earliest Bennetts was a Christopher who married an Ann in 1689 in St Hilary. Since there is no earlier record of his birth or parentage, I suspect he may have come from Gulval, where a Richard Bennetts m Mary Downing and had a Christopher in 1656. There is no further record of him that I can find. But all my Bennetts after Christopher lived in St Hilary til they started migrating to Australia in the 1860s. However, I think that many early Bennetts moved from Madron to Ludgvan and Gulval before they appeared in St Hilary in the 1700s. Several names, such as Hannibal and MArtin, can be found in several of these places at around that time.
Its marvellous that you had some contact with your John, born 136 years ago! I think that sort of thing really makes history personal.
Melanie.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 9, 2010 1:28:00 GMT -5
Hi Melanie - something for you to keep in mind regarding Christopher.
Apart from some BTs it seems the register of Baptisms For St Hilary may no longer exist for events prior to about 1697.
Whilst Christopher may have come from Gulval I would certainly be hesitant to ignore St Hilary because no record has been found for him.
In the 1641 Protestation Return there were two Bennett signiatures so there is evidence the family was there.
And in 1664 Thomas Bennett is taxed on two Hearths whilst John Bennett is taxed on one.
As Christopher was married in 1689 he may well have been a son of Thomas or John.
Perhaps the names of his children may offers some clues.
CT
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Post by melanie on Apr 9, 2010 2:17:47 GMT -5
Yes, I thought that Richard and Mary were a possibility because of his children's names: Mary 1690, Margaret 1693, Elizabeth 1696, Joanna 1698, Richard 1701, Margaret 1705 and Christopher 1708. Further, if my Christopher was the one from Gulval, his g'mother was probsbly Margery Martin who married another Richard Bennetts in 1630! I think that Richard's family may have spread across from Madron.
I have no Thomas's in the St Hilary Bennetts's, but there are plenty of Johns. In the 1800s there was a John and a Richard in every generation. I don't discount Christopher being born in St Hilary, there are possibilities, I just can't quite connect, again I think the previous generations of Bennetts drifted in from Madron and or Gulval.
Melanie.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 9, 2010 2:32:01 GMT -5
I am certainly not discounting the possibility of a move across from Gulval or Madron but just when that occurred might be the question.
I neglected to mention that the two Bennetts who signed the Protestation Return in 1641 were Richard and Martin.
But the fact that Christopher had only two sons with the first named Richard is a fair indication that this may have been his father's name.
There was a Rechard Bennats buried at St Hilary 22nd October 1689 who may be interesting and then another Richard in 1718 and then 1730.
I presume that the Christopher buried in 1729 is yours?
If you have not done so already I would suggest having a look at what Wills might be available for the family at St Hilary.
CT
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Post by melanie on Apr 9, 2010 4:05:59 GMT -5
Yes, I think that Christopher is mine. Probably the father, but I have not found anything about the son either. There were a lot of Christophers in Camborne, but they seem to be all tied up. The 1641 Richard sounds hopeful. I haven't seen any wills for Bennetts in st Hilary. If you know of any I would love to hear about them. How do I search for them? On the net, I have only found the ones on Cornish genealogy database. I'll certainly have to check up on those Richards. I have tried to piece together all the different Bennetts trees from Perranuthnoe, Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval and St Hilary and I have a Rachard c1665 possible sibling to Christopher who married in 1685? and possibly had Ronald, Prudence, Susanne,Henery and Riachard. There was also a Reginald around that time and it seemed possible that John, Alexander and Henry were brothers and had a Reynold as a cousin.
I have a huge amount of data but putting them together in the correct families is a nightmare.
Melanie.
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Post by melanie on Apr 9, 2010 4:16:22 GMT -5
And, of course it's mostly from IGI so its dubious.
Melanie
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 9, 2010 4:22:20 GMT -5
Melanie - your best option to see what Wills might be available is the following link which is for the Cornwall Record Office Catalogue:- crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tclA name like Bennetts can be spelt many different ways as I am sure you are aware so you may have a lot of options to try. However this link should take you directly to the search box where you have a couple of options. 1. enter a surname and view all records pertaining to that name 2. enter a Parish and do likewise Those are the two options I normally use and if you scroll through you will find the Wills. It is just a matter then of hopefully finding one that you want, noting the details and then ordering it. Another one to try is The National Archives:- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.aspYou need to play around it bit to navigate to some things but it is worth it. But for what you want I would suggest that you click on the 'Shop Online' button at the right of the top toolbar. On the next screen another toolbar will show the button 'DocumentsOnline' at the top left. Click on that button and the next screen will have options for 'Wills' where you can see what might be available. If you find a Will you are interested in you can then fill in a purchase order with payment details and you can have your document within about 10 minutes. I found a couple of interesting Trewhella Wills that way and had them in no time. CT
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Post by melanie on Apr 10, 2010 0:13:44 GMT -5
Thanks CT.
The second one I'm pretty sure I have played around with, but the first is new and I shall get right on to it.
Melanie
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Post by cowdogsam on Apr 11, 2010 11:52:53 GMT -5
Your other option with the Cornwall Records Office search is to search by reference.
For Wills they are done by the first letter of the surname, so to search for a surname begining with B in the RefNo field type:
AP/B
That will bring up all surnames beginning with B. To search another surname, just change the last letter to whatever it needs to be, keeping the AP/ infront of it.
You can narrow it down further by combining it with a parish in the top field of the search.
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Post by melanie on Apr 12, 2010 8:17:44 GMT -5
AP/B, right, will do. Thanks
Melanie
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