The Early Glassons

[Glazin2018]

Ct et al

I have long believed that there were two separate lines of Glasson in Cornwall during the 1500 to 1700's and they eventually gave rise to many families spread far and wide.  A DNA comparison with another Glasson in NZ supported that theory.  However my conclusion did not allow for the fact that the ancestral line may well have been corrupted by various means such as illegitimacy.

So recently on the St Levan board there has been some discussion regarding Joseph and Blanch Glasson of St Levan and the possibility that Joseph was a brother to John Glasson of Madron who was the husband of Honor Perry and generally accepted to be the oldest identified ancestor of the Madron/Ludgvan/St Ives etc families.

However in the St Levan post CT added the following information:

But at Sancreed we find - Richard GLAZAN.

Let's see what we can find in the Sancreed OPRs:-

Marriages

27th September 1610 Richard Glasen m. Elysabeth

29th January 1639 Martin Maderne jnr m. Mary Glazen

Baptisms

26th November 1610 John s/o Richard Glazon

27th December 1612 Marye d/o Richard Glasen

? January 1615 Thomas s/o Richard Glason

5th December 1617 Thomas s/o Richard Glasen

2nd November 1620 Sebell d/o Richard and Elizabeth Glazon

25th May 1623 Richard s/o Ric and Elisabeth Glasan

No more until 1747

Burials

3rd February 1622 Richard Glazon

19th October 1652 Elizabeth Glasson, widow

To end of 1749

So there is clearly a gap between this family and any subsequent Glasson families that would immediately connect.

So did the Sancreed sons move away from Sancreed - the possibilities being John, Thomas and Richard?

And if they did, is it possible that they did go to Camborne where the other Glassons are found.

So to stimulate the discussion I would ask the question: given that there was an Eleanor Glasson burial at St Levan in 1694, and given that there was a Richard Glasson born in Camborne in 1639 to father John, is it therefore possible that the John, bap 27/11/1610 at Sancreed, mentioned above by CT went to Camborne and married Elinor Russell and could it be that Richard was their son?

Lannanta

[Cornish Terrier]

I, for one, would not discount the possibility of a link between Sancreed and Camborne and certainly the timeline fits ….. however a possible 'spanner in the works' is the 1634 marriage at Camborne between Willm Glasson and Joane Perry.

Of course, this 'could be' the unnamed son of Richard baptized at Sancreed in 1615 in which case he would have married at about age 18.

On the other hand, if we slip back to 1625 we find the marriage of John Glason and Elizabeth Teage also at Camborne. Now that could potentially kill the theory - or at least put a dampener on it.

BUT - the Glassons (var.) at Camborne seem to go back some time before that as per the following marriages:-

1543 - John Glasan and Battrix daughter of John Roswarne
1566 - John Glasen and Ellen daughter of Gorge Angove
1586 - Henry Glazan and Anne Hoskin
1603 - John Glazan and Mari
1604 - Christopher Glazan and Christian

This shows that there were Glassons (var.) at Camborne from almost the beginning of official parish registers in 1538 and that gives every reason to suspect they may have been there earlier.

It could be that your suggested migration was reversed and that the families around Sancreed and Madron originated up around Camborne.

CT