My first thoughts on this are that Robert was almost certainly the son of a William.
I already had Margaret, Robert and Ann in my database purely because of events that occurred at Towednack and, therefore, had only them.
One thing that I do not have in my Towednack records is the baptism of Robert in 1751 so I must query that.
Given that William was (almost obviously) the first child and certainly the first son does lead to the conclusion stated above.
To assist the conclusion of the old 'naming pattern' being used is the fact that children Margaret and Robert were obviously named after their parents.
There is no Tobias because there were no more sons to be given that name but there is Dorcas which suggests maternal grandmother.
I would 'consider' Ann as the name of paternal grandmother but she may have also been named after a recently deceased sibling or .....
But the starting point has to be Robert son of William in my book so I will take a look and see what I can find.
I think there was mention in the PM that there is a school of thought that Robert was from St Austell.
That may well be but it must be remembered that the Davy (var.) family was in the Towednack area quite some time before the Robert Davis in question.
In fact, I have a copy of a Will here for a Robert Davy dating back into the 1640's from memory.
First attempt - Familysearch using Robert Davey, Cornwall, 1705 +/- 20 has produced 13 results but I think, realistically, that those events from about 1705-1725 would be the most likely and taking those parameters into account we have:-
Robert DAVY bp. 24 Feb 1713 Ludgvan s/o Robert
Robert DAVY bp. 21 Mar 1716 St Austell s/o George and Joan
The same search criteria using DAVIS as a surname produced only this:-
Robert DAVIS birth Abt. 1718 ,of Towednack m. Margaret Trevurrow
The usual great help.
If the above record for St Austell is the one referred to in the PM then my humble opinion is that it should probably be ignored given there is evidence enough of the 'classic naming pattern' involved here.
Keep the record in the back of the mind but ...
Bearing in mind that I have not actually seen the original entry for the marriage of Robert to Margaret the IGI record is interesting (as is the Phillimore & Taylor marriage entry).
I would suggest that the original entry may, in fact, have been DavIE and that it has been interpreted as DavIS.
Although I have enough evidence of marriages between people of the Towednack area to people of areas probably further away than St Austell in the relevant time period I am inclined to think that the an at Ludgvan is our most likely candidate on what I have found so far.
Which brings to mind the one other possibility I had not considered when I started this note - What if Robert was the son of Robert and therefore named his first son after (maybe) a brother or uncle.
Let me see what I can find on that particular line.
Right-o my dear sleuths I have just found something very interesting but it may involve a little more work from some of you a little closer to 'home base'. (i.e. Cornishmaid and Londoner in particular
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What I have to outline here gives a 'possible' answer to the naming of ANN as a daughter of Robert and Margaret.
This is the result of information received (and partly worked on by myself) some years ago and I am sure you will see why the extra work is needed.
According to my information Robert DAVY was baptised (?) 3rd March 1663 s/o Edmond DAVIE and Joan (nee BLAKE).
Robert DAVY, of Ludgvan married
ANN KITT at Madron 16th February 1685.
I have no record of any children to this marriage however the information I received suggests that Ann was buried (?) 12th December 1706.
(The reference (?) indicates I was not told the Parish in which the events occurred.
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Following the death of ANN we have:-
Robert DAVY, of Ludgvan, married Joan d/o Richard MARRACK 19th October 1708 at Paul
Both marriages are recorded at Ludgvan.
From the marriage to Joan MARRACK there were nine children and the eldest was WILLIAM.
Robert was the fourth child and baptised at Ludgvan 24th February 1713 as mentioned early in this note.
The children, in order were:-
William bp. after 1708 m. Jane VIBERT at Gulval 1739
Henry bp. 15th April 1711 Ludgvan m. Catherine MICHELL at Ludgvan 1738
Joan bp. 16th August 1712 Ludgvan
ROBERT
Richard bp. 17th September 1715 Ludgvan (d. 'infant')
Edmond bp. 4th June 1718 Ludgvan
Richard bp. 8th August 1719 Ludgvan
Edmund bp. 5th April 1721 Ludgvan m. Grace ADAMS 1744 Madron
ANN bp. 16th July 1724 Ludgvan
Some evidence here indicating this as a more likely candidate for the Robert in question I think.
I will now transcribe the notes from my database verbatim for your perusal after which I will await comments before proceeding further.
These notes refer to ROBERT s/o Edmond and Joan:-
"Is tis the 'male' child whom Geoff McKee has baptised 3rd August 1663?
Both marriages are recorded at Ludgvan.
It is not proved that it was the same Robert Davy involed in both marriages and therefore not proved that he was the son of Edmond and Joan Davy.
Geoff McKee supplied the following notes:-
Robert Davy, gent., held land in Ludgvan, Paul, Penzance, St Ives, St Hilary, Sancreed and Penryn.
Will written 16th August 1738.
Will proved 27th October 1738.
Named:-
wife Joan
sons William, Henry, Robert, Richard and Edmond
Katherine wife of son Henry
daughter Ann
kinswomen Katherine and Mary 'daughters of my brother Nicholas Davy, decd.'
witnesses: Da. Keskeys, Jasper Band and John Polgrean.
Geoff McKee also supplied the following:-
The Will of David Polgrean, yeoman, of Marazion made 17 Mar 1760 and proved 12 May 1760 named Mr. Robert Davy of Lg; Mr. Edmond Davy his brother; Miss Ann Davy their sister; the widow of Mr Willim Davy, late of Pz, surgen, dec.; and Catherine, widow of Mr. Henry Davy, late of Lg, dec.
The Will made 9 Mar 1769 and proved 9 May 1770 of Catherine Davey of Pz, spinster, named her mother Jane and uncle Robert Davy of Lg. (She was daughter of William Davey and Jane Vibart.) Witnesses were Jane Vibart, Elizabeth Ward and Tho. Kevill."
That is all folks.
As I transcribed this for you I noted a few things that again indicate a strong possibility that this is the Robert we seek.
Please read carefully, comment and make additions where required and possible and help me outline a further plan of attack.
Over to you for now. ;D
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