John Richards of Morvah and Towednack, marr. 1726

[trencrom]

Hannah Michell of Zennor married John Richards 'of Morvah" on 15/10/1726 at Zennor. They had at least 6 children: John,
Katherine,
Hannah (marr. John Curnow),
Margaret (chr. 24/4/1741 at Zennor),
James and
Martin.

John Richards senior was buried on 24/12/1753, and Hannah on 1/12/1759, both at Towednack.

Does anyone know anything of this John's ancestry?

[Cornish Terrier]

Another 'can of worms' has been opened here.

I have the marriage recorded but had only recorded children Catherine (1727), Elizabeth (1735) and Margaret (1741).

Elizabeth (I believe) married William DANIEL at Morvah in 1759 and was buried at Morvah in 1800.

I had not recorded the burials for John and Hannah (1753 & 1759 respectively) at Towednack for one very good reason.

Neither burial appears in Hoblyn's Transcript for that Parish (of which I have a copy).

Would appreciate further details on these events - please.

I had been reluctant to assign 'Hannah Richards' (m. John CURNOW) to any family given I had not enough evidence to work with.

Please provide some more information here, including further details on the remaining children of John and Hannah.

I will be most interested in pursuing this line so that I might sort out a few other problems at Zennor, Morvah and Towednack.

[trencrom]

Will check my other records -- I have a feeling I have a will or admon, or both, for this couple.

[Cornish Terrier]

That would be most appreciated Trencrom.

There was a John Richards buried at Zennor 7th November 1752.

And also a Hannah Richards, widow, buried at Zennor 1st December 1759.

I would think it more likely that these are the two burials concerned but ....

Will await your further input before I do any more with this.

[trencrom]

Thanks for pointing this out -- the docs in question give both of them as being of Zennor, so those entries will be for them.

John's admon was granted on 21/5/1754 to Hannah, widow and relict etc. He is called John R, late of Zennor.
Interesting that his inventory includes a "rite (sic) in a tin mine in the parish of St Just" valued at 2.16.0
Perhaps this is a clue to his origins?

Hannah left a will proved 12.5.1760 which describes her as "of Zennor, widdo" with bequests to the following and in this order:
son John, 5 shillings
dau Katherine, wife of John Nennis, 5 shillings
Hannah wife of John Curnow, 10 pounds
dau Margaret Richards, 30 pounds
sons James and Martin - residue and made executors

witnesses were Hannibal Thomas and Samuel Miichell
Inventory appraised by Robert Michell and Hannibal Thomas

[Cornish Terrier]

Trencrom - thank you once again for some information that I will need to work on in the coming days.

There is a bit to work through now so will have to try to take my time and do it carefully.

One thing I think I noticed though was that there was no mention in the Will of John Richards for a daughter Elizabeth married to William Daniel.

As I have burial dates for them both it must now be considered that there was another John Richards at Morvah for a while.

Will get back to you on this.

[Cornish Terrier]

Trencrom - I have tentatively begun taking another look at this problem and it is going to take quite a bit of work.

It is frustrating, and somewhat strange, that no baptisms can be found for Hannah, John, James and Martin cc/o John and Hannah Richards.

I am also still in a quandary about the Elizabeth (bp. 1735 Morvah) that I had assigned to this family.
She married William Daniel at Morvah 8th August 1759.

She does not rate a mention in Hannah's Will which indicates either she was deceased or she simply does not belong.

Her marriage took place only a couple of months prior to Hannah's demise and I have her burial as being 3rd March 1800 at Morvah.

If she does not belong to this family then it seems there was another John Richards roaming about the countryside just to confuse matters.

Will continue looking at this problem in the coming days.