Post by raywalton on Dec 14, 2011 0:46:57 GMT -5
I recently found a book called The sojourners: Descendants of Joseph Glasson and Wilmot Quick by Vaughan K Glasson. ISBN 064 6416 499.
What attracted my interest was the information about one of their children, Wilmot Quick Glasson who married Thomas Ninnes. Here is part of the story in the book about Wilmot Glasson;
WILMOT QUICK GLASSON b1813 - d1891
The first of many children to Joseph Glasson and Wilmot Quick, was their daughter Wilmot Quick Glasson. She was christened on the 31 st January 1813 in the parish church of St.Uny at Lelant. As her name indicates, she was named after her mother, as well as taking her mother's maiden name for her second name. This was an English tradition of naming the first sons and daughters after their parents or grandparents.
Wilmot Q. was the first to leave home, having married on the 22nd April 1837 to Thomas NINNES (NINNIS). Thomas was christened on 20th March 1808 in the parish of Towednack, a son of Thomas NINNIS and Mary FOX. Thomas had married Mary on the 1 st January 1801 in the parish of Ludgvan.
Wilmot Q. and Thomas Ninnes had six children:- Thomas Jnr (b1838), Wilmot (chr.22Sep1839), Wilmot (chr.lODec1840), Harriet (b1843), Mary (chr.27Mayl846), and William (b 1848). All the children were born in the parish of Uny Lelant. With two Wilmots (Willmot), the first died in infancy. All the children attended school.
Thomas Snr and family lived in the village of Ninnes Bridge, east of Polpear. Thomas, like many other Cornishmen in the village, was a miner. Mining has always been a dangerous occupation which had left many young families without a head or even without a breadwinner. Thomas died on 19th March 1855, possibly due to a mining accident.
Prior to her husband's death, Wilmot Q.'s brother, Josiah GLASSON, had made the long voyage to the colony of Victoria in Australia. Josiah's presence in the colony of Victoria may have had some influence on Thomas Jnr's decision to leave Cornwall and try his luck on the goldfields, in an attempt to provide additional income. This proved positive, and instead of Thomas returning to Cornwall, Wilmot Q. made the decision to undertake the journey to the new and emerging country, leaving behind in Cornwall her newly married daughter Willmot Warmington (nee Glasson). This would have given rise to some apprehension as Wilmot Q. was a 54 year old housekeeper at the time of her departure.
On 29th November 1867, Wilmot Q. Ninnes and her three youngest children, Harriet, Mary and William, left the port of Plymouth with some 394 passengers bound for Melbourne, Australia. They journeyed aboard the 'Southern Ocean', a vessel of 1264 tons, under the command of R. R. CRAIG. The vessel arrived in Melbourne in March 1868. They had spent Christmas Day and New Year's Day aboard the vessel.
I used Cornish OPC to find more information about Thomas Ninnes without any success. No baptism etc., no marriage to Wilmot. I found a marriage for Thomas's parents but no success locating any possible children besides Thomas. I found a baptism for a George on 12 April 1778 to a Thomas Ninnes and a Mary (no last name) but it would be guessing to think that is a brother of Thomas even though the baptism is in Towednack.
So, once again I am seeking help from anyone who might be able to enlighten me about this part of the Ninnes family. There might not be a direct link to my line but perhaps to the Ninneses that became successful cockies in the mid-North of South Australia?
What attracted my interest was the information about one of their children, Wilmot Quick Glasson who married Thomas Ninnes. Here is part of the story in the book about Wilmot Glasson;
WILMOT QUICK GLASSON b1813 - d1891
The first of many children to Joseph Glasson and Wilmot Quick, was their daughter Wilmot Quick Glasson. She was christened on the 31 st January 1813 in the parish church of St.Uny at Lelant. As her name indicates, she was named after her mother, as well as taking her mother's maiden name for her second name. This was an English tradition of naming the first sons and daughters after their parents or grandparents.
Wilmot Q. was the first to leave home, having married on the 22nd April 1837 to Thomas NINNES (NINNIS). Thomas was christened on 20th March 1808 in the parish of Towednack, a son of Thomas NINNIS and Mary FOX. Thomas had married Mary on the 1 st January 1801 in the parish of Ludgvan.
Wilmot Q. and Thomas Ninnes had six children:- Thomas Jnr (b1838), Wilmot (chr.22Sep1839), Wilmot (chr.lODec1840), Harriet (b1843), Mary (chr.27Mayl846), and William (b 1848). All the children were born in the parish of Uny Lelant. With two Wilmots (Willmot), the first died in infancy. All the children attended school.
Thomas Snr and family lived in the village of Ninnes Bridge, east of Polpear. Thomas, like many other Cornishmen in the village, was a miner. Mining has always been a dangerous occupation which had left many young families without a head or even without a breadwinner. Thomas died on 19th March 1855, possibly due to a mining accident.
Prior to her husband's death, Wilmot Q.'s brother, Josiah GLASSON, had made the long voyage to the colony of Victoria in Australia. Josiah's presence in the colony of Victoria may have had some influence on Thomas Jnr's decision to leave Cornwall and try his luck on the goldfields, in an attempt to provide additional income. This proved positive, and instead of Thomas returning to Cornwall, Wilmot Q. made the decision to undertake the journey to the new and emerging country, leaving behind in Cornwall her newly married daughter Willmot Warmington (nee Glasson). This would have given rise to some apprehension as Wilmot Q. was a 54 year old housekeeper at the time of her departure.
On 29th November 1867, Wilmot Q. Ninnes and her three youngest children, Harriet, Mary and William, left the port of Plymouth with some 394 passengers bound for Melbourne, Australia. They journeyed aboard the 'Southern Ocean', a vessel of 1264 tons, under the command of R. R. CRAIG. The vessel arrived in Melbourne in March 1868. They had spent Christmas Day and New Year's Day aboard the vessel.
I used Cornish OPC to find more information about Thomas Ninnes without any success. No baptism etc., no marriage to Wilmot. I found a marriage for Thomas's parents but no success locating any possible children besides Thomas. I found a baptism for a George on 12 April 1778 to a Thomas Ninnes and a Mary (no last name) but it would be guessing to think that is a brother of Thomas even though the baptism is in Towednack.
So, once again I am seeking help from anyone who might be able to enlighten me about this part of the Ninnes family. There might not be a direct link to my line but perhaps to the Ninneses that became successful cockies in the mid-North of South Australia?
