Rowling/ Rawlin/ Rowlinge/ Rowlen/ Ralinge

[cathy]

Hello all,

Well, I have been looking into the family of Blanch Rowlinge who married William Rogers at Sancreed on 26/1/1694. Going through the Sancreed registers for 1600 onwards it seems there are a lot of possible spellings for Blanch's ancestors!! I imagine this is quite common?

I am working on the idea that Blanch was Blanch, daughter of Thomas Rawlin and Nane, baptised at Sancreed on 19/5/1658. Guessing that Thomas and Nane may have married at Sancreed I found a marriage for Thomas Ralinge and Nane Randall on 29/11/1655. Possible siblings for Blanch include the following:

Willyam - Son of Thomas Rowlins and Nan bap at Sancreed, 19/10/1656
Aves - Dau of Thomas Rawlinge and Nan bap at Sancreed, 18/8/1667

Also possible are the following however there would be quite a gap and the Mother's name is not quite the same:

Elizabeth dau of Thomas Rawlin and Ann bap at Sancreed, 1673
Cordelia dau of Thomas Rawlin and An bap at Sancreed, 26/8/1677

Now, here is the interesting thing . On 24/11/1666 I found a burial at Sancreed for Blanch Rawlin, dau of Thomas! This suggests she died at the age of 8. There are no further records to suggest that they had another daughter called Blanch however my only light at the end of the tunnel is a Will for a Thomas Rowling of Sancreed which was proven on 19/10/1709, this makes sense as there is a burial record for a Thomas Rowling at Sancreed on 2/2/1708.

Does anyone know if I can get a copy of that Will posted to me? I found it at the Records Office and while I'm not far from Truro I don't get up there that often!

I searched the Madron registers and had no luck finding any Rowlings's but will keep plugging on. Any suggestions would be gratefully received - I think there must have been another Blanch born after the first one died. The first one would have been at least 36 when she got married meaning she had her last child and died at the age of 52, not impossible but unlikely?!

Going back a bit further the only Randall I can find baptised in Sancreed is that of Annes Randall, base child of John Randall and Annes Gibes on 28/3/1634 . A bit more digging required but a possibility for Nane? A possibility for Thomas is the one baptised at Sancreed on 21/10/1630, son of John Rawlings.

Any hints on how to get hold of that Will and surname spelling tips would be gratefully received!

Cathy

[Cornish Terrier]

Cathy - you can order the Will from the CRO and there should be no problem having it posted to you. You should be able to order it online:-

crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl

This link gives you the Search page so to find what you want you need only fill in two of the boxes:-

In 'Any Text' type SANCREED
In 'RefNo' type AP/R

This will give you a list of Wills for Sancreed and you will find Thomas Rowling at number 7 which appears at left as a Bold number.

Click on that number for further details such as number of pages etc.

CT

[gatp63]

Dear Cathy and CT,

I am very interested in this line of research. I agree Blanch b circa 1658 is too old to be the mother of children born as late as 1712.

The will of the possible father of our Blanch could be very revealing. Thanks for information on how to get copies of these documents.

Good luck

Glenn

[cathy]

Hello Glen,

I was hoping you would see this!! ;D

I am waiting to get a few Wills to request from the CRO although they seem to be few and far between when I look for them! I'll let you know if I get hold of it!

Cathy

[myghaelangof]

Hello Cathy,

Looking at Phillimore the 1694 marriage is recorded thus:

Wm. Rogers & Blanche Rowlinge (John)

What does the "John" refer to? The previous entry for July 1694 is listed thus:
Wm. Hanne (Hand) & Ann After. (Arthur)
I can see why someone may have added Hand and Arthur, but cant see how Rowlinge becomes John!

Have you looked at the original entry in case it gives you any clues? ie Blanch dgr of John, or Blanch formerly John (prior names not normally recorded in those days)

Mike :-)

[Cornish Terrier]

'bout time you poked your head in again Mike!

I don't know what Canon Taylor was drinking at the time he made his transcription for Phillimore but the entry in the PR reads:-

Wm Rogers & Blanch Rowlinge married Jan 26

There is nothing that looks like it should be John and nothing extraneous in the entry.

CT