I am very happy you joined us Ken and, along with Trencrom, your input will be most invaluable.
Members such as yourselves will, I hope, make this Board one of the best available for those researching their Cornish ancestry.
I look forward to further input and no doubt be throwing some questions at you at some stage.
Actually - a question has just come to mind whilst glancing at my other computer screen.
For more than 12 years I have had a problem with the identity of one of my ancestors - a problem I believe I may now have solved.
The TREWHELLA Thread has the details but:-
25th February 1651 at St Erth was the marriage of Thomas TREWHEELA and Katherine BUSWIN
Both died at Towednack and every piece of data I have, along with Zenobia, examined indicates that these were the parents of my ancestor Martin Trewhella who married Alse Phillips at Zennor in 1688.
I have tried on a number of occasions to find more information about Katherine BUSWIN but without success.
However, in the last couple of days I believe I have stumbled on the answer.
Whilst working on some research for Tony Mitchell I had cause to check records for Phillack.
On one particular page of Baptisms a name caught my eye and I decided to pursue it. - The name was COSWIN.
I spent quite some time researching this in the aftermath of the discovery and now believe I have identified Katherine BUSWIN.
It is my beliefe (further data and proof being required) that Katherine has now been identified.
Katherine and Elizabeth COSWIN were both baptised at Phillack 21st September 1630 as daughters of John COSWIN, gentleman.
It appears, at the moment, that these may have been the only children of John and his then wife.
14th May 1632 was buried at Phillack Elizabeth 'wife of John COSWIN, a gent.'
I have found a further six children for John COSWIN (Cuswin, Coswayne), gentleman.
The first of these was baptised at St Erth in 1634 (John) whilst the remainder were all baptised at Phillack.
In one case the record showed that the child's parents were John (gentleman) and KATHERINE.
It seems obvious that I am dealing with the same man and that he was certainly married twice - to Elizabeth and then to Katherine.
However, I am yet to find either marriage.
Checking further into Phillack records shows that John was probably baptised at Phillack 30th June 1606 as son of Thomas COSWYN, gentleman.
Thomas, in turn, is probably baptised at Phillack 5th February 1580 as son of John COSWYN, gentleman.
My request, therefore, is to query whether there is any information in the Visitations about the COSWYN (var.) family.
I would like also to find the relevant marriages associated with this family as, for the moment, I can find nothing.
Ian