Cornish Will Abstracts 1851 - 1854


Cornish Will Abstracts 1851 - 1854

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Nicholas - Woolcock




Margaret Nicholas, East Looe  widow of John Harris Nicholas, Commander in the Navy
 
  written: 11-Dec 1844
  proved: 7-Sep 1852
  pages: 571/573 
	died: 7-13-1852
	
  son - William Keigwin Nicolas, East Looe Lieutenant in the Navy
  mentions - Castle Street in East Looe
  mentions - Thomas Crart, Solomon Welsh, John Christopher
          ??? Hunking
  5 sons - John Tout Nicolas, Paul Harris Nicolas
        William Keigwin Nicolas, Sir Nicolas Harris Nicolas,
        Charles Henry Nicolas
  mentions - "my sons spell their names "Nicolas", I spell mine "Nicholas""
  witnesses - William Tickell, East Looe Attorney at Law
         Sarah Langmaid 

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Thomas Henry Osborne, Camborne "bachelor an Infant"
 
  Admon
  proved: 22-Aug 1853
  pages: 409
  died: 5-Jun 1853
	
  father - William Osborne
  bonds -  Almond Edwin Paull, Camborne accountant
           William Edwards, Camborne miner

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Harriett Parks, Newlyn in Pydar  widow & administratrix of William Parks, decd
 
  written: 13-Mar 1852
  proved: 28-May 1852
  pages: 305/?
  died: ? ?
	
  father - Samuel Lawry, guardian of -
  son - William
  witnesses - Thomas B Harris, Robat Stephens

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John Pascoe, Penzance High bailiff
 
  Admon
  proved: 16-Jun 1852
  pages: 382
  died: 1-Dec 1851
	
  Jane Pascoe, widow
  bonds -  Hodgson Pascoe, Penzance watchmaker
           William Pascoe, Penzance chandler

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John Couch Pascoe, Landulph yeoman
 
  Admon
  proved: 26-Dec 1851
  pages: 66
  died: 17-Nov 1851
	
  son - Thomas Couch Pascoe
  bonds -  William Wymond, Landulph gentleman
           William Symons, Hat? Gentleman

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Thomas Pascoe, Gwennap dairyman bachelor
  Admon
  proved: 16-Dec 1851
  pages: 54
  died: 21-Nov 1851
  sister - Ann Penna, widow
  bonds -  Joseph Pascoe, Gwennap yeoman
           Richard Penna, St Agnes farmer

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Richard Peters, Padstow mariner bachelor
 
  Admon
  proved: 13-Dec 1853
  pages: 531
  died: 11-Sep 1853
	
  sister - Nancy Hawken
  bonds -  Thomas Blaming, Padstow yeoman
           Silas Pope, Padstow blacksmith 

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John Pope, Germoe miner
 
  Admon
  proved: 16-Jun 1852
  pages: 388
  died:  1832
	
  son - John Pope
  bonds -  Richard Nicholls, Germoe yeoman
           James Pope, St Erth miner

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Matthew Reynolds, Redruth innkeeper
  
	Admon
  proved: 3-May 1853
  pages: 177
  died: 14-Dec 1852
	
  Elizabeth Reynolds
  William Nickell, Redruth auctioneer
  George Bray, Redruth cattle dealer

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John Richards, Gwennap miner
        (about to leave England for a Foreign Country)
 
  written: 25-Jul 1849
  proved: 25-Feb 1853
  pages: 103/104
  died: 27-Oct 1852
	
  mother - Elizabeth
  brothers & sisters
  youngest brother - Joseph  less than 21
  cozon - James Bawden, Greebraws Mines
  Mr John Paddon, Consolidated Mines
  witnesses - Wm Downing, Jas Nancarrow

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Richard Richards Senr, Ludgvan miller
 
  written: 26-Oct 1852
  proved: 23-Nov 1853
  pages: 497/500
  died: 16-Feb 1852
	
  friends - Nicholas Richards, Paul farmer
  Nathaniel Williams, Ludgvan miner
  son - James
  wife - Jane
  daughter - Mary Richards
  mentions - Saving Bank at Penzance
  3 sons - John, Nicholas, William
  mentions - Joseph Burt, William White, William Burt
  son - Richard
  grand son - John Richards, son of son John
  grand daughter - Mary Richards, daughter of son John
  daughter - Jane Pollard
  mentions - Ann Edyvean
  witnesses - William Edwards Smith, Ludgvan
              Gideon Warren Semmens, Ludgvan 

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Anne Roberts, Penzance  widow
 
  written: 10-Mar 1853
  proved: 4-Jul 1853
  pages: 336
  died: 31-May 1853
	
  requested - body to be decently intured in St Marys chapel yard,
        Penzance & a flat granite stone placed over grave
  Elizabeth Bryant, Penzance widow 
  Humphry Roberts, Breage
  mentions - late husband's gold spectacles
  Trustees or Managers of the Penzance Dispensary
  friends - Thomas Grylls, Penzance carpenter
       William Roberts, St Ives painter & glazier
  mentions - Messrs Bolithos Bank
  Mary Roberts, widow of late husbands brother 
   Humphry Roberts, decd, Goldsithney
  William & Peter Roberts, St Hilary -
         the sons of late husbands
         brother Peter Roberts, decd
  witnesses - Thomas Jacka, Mary Grylls

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Joseph Roberts, St Austell tinner

  written: 28-Dec 1853
  proved: 10-Jan 1852
  pages: 91
  died: 3-Jun 1851
	
  sons - Joseph, Simon
  witnesses - Wm Roberts, Henry Udy Roberts

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Joseph Roberts, Gwennap miner
  
	written: 8-Mar 1853
  proved: 24-Nov 1853
  pages: 503/504
  died: Aug 1853
	
  Mr Benjamin Guy, grocer of Carharrick in Gwennap
  eldest brother - John
  youngest sister - Mary Jane Warren
  witnesses - James Halse, Thomas Brown

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William Roberts, Trembeath, Mawgan in Pydar yeoman
  
	written: 14-Dec 1848
  proved: 25-Jan 1854
  pages: 594/599
  died: 11-Aug 1853
	
  daughter - Harriet, wife of William Horsewell
  daughter - Louisa (unmarried)
  son - William
  daughter - Jane, wife of Thomas Hicks
  daughter - Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hoblyn
  daughter - Maria, wife of George Hawke
  daughter - Catherine, wife of Richard Hicks
  daughter - Eliza, wife of Nicholas May
  daughters - Mary Ann, Sarah, Amelia
            (unmarried)
  son - Francis
  witnesses - Tho Whitford, St Columb Solr
              Henry Whitford, his clerk

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William Robarts, Ludgvan yeoman
 
  written: 13-Nov 1835
  proved: 8-Mar 1854
  pages: 655/656
  died: 13-Nov 1835
	
  wife - Elizabeth Millett Robarts
  4 sons - William, Tobias, Richard, John
  witnesses - Richard Odgers, John Odgers
           
John Robins, Feock labourer

  Admon
  proved: 3-May 1852
  pages: 450
  died: ? ?
	
  Elizabeth Robins, widow
  bonds -  Thomas Vincent, St Clements printer
   John Vincent, St Clements

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James Rogers, Gwithian mason
 
  Admon
  proved: 12-Jul 1853
  pages: 349
  died: 3-Jun 1853
	
  son - James Rogers
  Ann Rogers, widow - first renounced the
          right of administering
  bonds -  Thomas Williams, Gwithian miner
           John Bond, Gwithian tailor

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Henry Rowe, St Blazey mason
 
  Admon
  proved: 26-May 1852
  pages: 304
  died: 21-Jun 1851
	
  Jane Rowe, widow
  bonds -  William Rundle, St Blazey auctioneer
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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James Rundell, Toldue Farm, Lanlivery
 
  written: 1-Feb ?
  proved: ? ?
  pages: 530/?
  died: ? ?
	
  wife - Elizabeth
  daughter - Ann Richards
  2 sons - Hender Rundell, James Rundell

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John Burn Rundle, Luxullion mariner bachelor
 
  Admon
  proved: 8-Dec 1851
  pages: 41
  died: 8-Dec 1849
	
  father & next of kin - Nicholas Rundle
  bonds -  Thomas Gatty, Bodmin watchmaker
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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James Sandow, Uny Lelant yeoman
 
  Admon
  proved: 21-Feb 1852
  pages: 155
  died: 19-Nov 1851
	
  son - James Henry Sandow
  Mary Sandow, widow - First renounced
  bonds -  William Nicholas the younger, Lelant yeoman
           William Sandow, Lelant yeoman

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Timothy Smart, Redruth innkeeper
 
  Admon
  proved: 3-Aug 1853
  pages: 376
  died: 1-May 1853
	
  Nancy Smart, widow
  bonds -  Francis Luke, Redruth gentleman
           John Luke Middleton, Redruth draper



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Mary Solomon, St Mary's Truro widow
 
  Admon   
  proved: 25-Oct 1853
  pages: 457
  died: 8-Aug 1845
  son - Thomas Solomon
  bonds -  Elijah Samuel Davey, Truro ropemaker
           Edward Bartlett Solomon, Truro scrivener

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Stephen Sparnell, Golant, St Sampson   (partial)
  
	written: ? ?
  proved: ? ?
  pages: 460/?
  died: ? ? 
	
  wife - Ann
  eldest son - William
  second eldest son - John
  witnesses - Mark Thomas, W C Hockin

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Edward Stacey, St Gennis miller bachelor
 
  Admon
  proved: 23-Jul 1853
  pages: 362
  died: 14-Jul 1853
	
  sister - Martha, wife of Nicholas Penpound
  bonds -  Francis parsons, Bideford Veterinary surgeon
           Thomas Huxham, Bideford road surveyor

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Jane Stevens, Penzance  widow
 
  written: 6-Feb 1849
  proved: 26-Jul 1853
  pages: 366/367
  died: 20-Jun 1852
	
  son - John Bramwell Sutherland Stevens
  mentions - Penzance Shipping Company
  daughter - Eliza Stevens
  witnesses - Richd Millett, W H Richards

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John Stephens, Kenwyn miner
 
  Admon
  proved: 14-Apr 1852
  pages: 256
  died: 23-Feb 1846
	
  nephew - William Ferris
  bonds -  John Ferris, St Clement innkeeper
   John Rearce, St Agnes innkeeper

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John Stevens, Phillack farmer
 
  written: 19-Feb 1848
  proved: 6-Aug 1853
  pages: 376/378
  died: 21-Feb 1853
	
  daughter - Catharine Quick
  sons - John, William, Andrew
  daughter - Jane (unmarried)
  wife - ?
  witnesses - Richd Nicholls, Treglissan
              Elizabeth Nicholls, Treglissan

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Mary Stephens, Truro  spinster
 
  written: 1-Mar 1850
  proved: 24-Jan 1854
  pages: 593/594
  died: 20-May 1853
	
  niece - Mary Trethewan
  mentions - No 17 Castle St, Truro
  nephew - Christoher Stephens
  niece - Alice Tremain
  witnesses - Silvanus James, John James

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Robert Stevens, Penzance saddler (second grant - will & bond)

  written:
  proved: 6-Mar 1854
  pages: 654/655
  died: 5-Jan 1848
	
  will left unadministered by Jane Stevens,
       now also deceased
  Jane Farguhausen, daughter & administratrix
          of will of Jane Stevens, decd
  bonds -  Thomas Colliver, Truro yeoman
           William Hender, Truro yeoman

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William Stephens, Crowan mainer
 
  written: 17-Apr 1846
  proved: 16-Feb 1853
  pages: 86/87
  died: 24-Aug 1850
	
  wife - Honor
  Samuel Stephens Richards
  witnesses - John Woolcock, Henry Jenkin

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Humphry Symons, Wendron yeoman
 
  written: 29-May 1851
  proved: 3-Apr 1852
  pages: 221/223
  died: 5-Feb 1852
	
  wife - Mary
  witnesses - Geo Wm Wood, Richard Pryor

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John Symons, Constantine farmer
 
  written: 9-May 1853
  proved: 31-May 1853
  pages: 244/246
  died: 17-May 1853
	
  sister - Argent, wife of Nicholas Peters
  Martha, wife of Thomas Hill
  mentions - Mr Joseph Hendy & his wife
  brother-in-law - William Matthew
  3 brothers - Henry, William, James
  sister - Catherine, wife of William Matthew
  witnesses - J G Plomer, Richard Kerby

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Martin Thomas the elder, Truthwell, Ludgvan farmer

  written: 9-Dec 1851
  proved: 8-Mar 1852
  pages: 189/191
  died: 3-Jan 1852
	
  wife - Phillis
  eldest daughter - Phillis Sackerly Thomas
  second daughter - Ann Thomas
  third daughter - Jane Sackerly Thomas
  3 sons - Martin(the eldest), Henry, Richard
  witnesses - John Johns, Richard Chirgwin
  appeared - Richard Chirgwin, Ludgvan gardener

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William Thomas, Gwennap alias Lanarth miner
 
  written: 10-Jan 1852
  proved: 24-Jul 1852
  pages: 480/481
  died: 15-Mar 1852
	
  Captn Robat Roach, Trsavean, Gwennap
  Mr William Truan, Gwennap blacksmith
  wife - Mary Ann
  2 sons - William, John
  witnesses - William Francis, Gwennap
              Thomas Gray

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Francis Harvey Tonking, Hayle, but now staying at Selleys Hotel, Falmouth grocer

  written: 19-Aug 1853
  proved: 23-Nov 1853
  pages: 500/503
  died: 22-Aug 1853
	
  friends - Henry Noel, Hayle Esq
            Henry Hosking, Gwenear in Lelant, yeoman
  wife - Ann
  children
  witnesses - Henry O Bullmore, Falmouth Solicitor
              R H Tonking, Hayle Druggist

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Mathew Trathen, Gulval
 
  written: 23-Aug 1853
  proved: 23-Nov 1853
  pages: 488/489
  died: 27-Sep 1853
	
  William Jillis
  daughter Ann's boy Joseph
  son Christopher's wife
  sons - Mathew, Richard, Thomas, John, William
  daughters - Alles, Elizabeth
  mentions - John Polmear, Mathew Thomas
  witnesses - Daniel Giles, John Bennett

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Henry Tregona, Illogan miner
 
  Admon
  proved: 16-Jun 1852
  pages: 395
  died: 5-May 1852
	
  Sarah Tregona, widow
  bonds -  John Solomon Bickford, Camborne merchant
           Josiah Paull, Camborne gentleman

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Richard Tregoning, Goldsithney, Perranuthnoe mine agent
 
  written: 13-May 1848
  proved: 23-Jul 1853
  pages: 358/362
  died: 12-Sep 1848
	
  Richard Wellington, Penzance gentleman
   "for & on account of the trouble
        he may have in the execution of the trusts of this my will"
  wife - Mary
  6 children - John, Joseph Tregoning
        Mary Trezise, wife of Octavius Edwards Trezise, St Just chemist
        Thomasine Tregoning
        Sarah Louisa Tregoning
        Ally Tregoning
  witnesses - Wm Cornish, Jno Fortescue Millett

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Thomas Treleaven, St Austell yeoman

  Admon
  proved: 21-Dec 1852
  pages: 39
  died: 23-Nov 1852
	
  Mary Treleaven, widow
  bonds -  James Chapman, Probus yeaman
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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James Treseder, Lanivet mine agent
 
  Admon
  proved: 30-Dec 1852
  pages: 48
  died: 1-Aug 1826
	
  son - William Treseder
  bonds -  Thomas Simmons, Killiganoon Esq
           George Simmons, Truro gentle

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Thomas Trewhella, Tregotha, Gwinear gentleman
 
  written: 10-May 1853
  proved: 22-Sep 1853
  pages: 432/433
  died: 5-Aug 1853
	
  wife - Jane or Jenefer
  witnesses - Wm Hichens, Jane Harry

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John Trezise, St Erme yeoman
 
  written: 23-Aug 1850
  proved: 21-Jul 1852
  pages: 472/474
  died: 6-Jul 1852
	
  wife - Anne
  witnesses - John Carlyon, Truro Solicitor
              William Jenkin

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Sally Truran, St Clements  widow
 
  Admon
  proved: 24-Feb 1853
  pages: 101
  died: 8-Feb 1853
	
  sister - Elizabeth, wife of Richard Pearce
  bonds -  Thomas Gatty, Bodmin watchmaker
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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John Uren, St Ives gardener
 
  written: 18-Aug 1807
  proved: 6-Feb 1852
  pages: 120/121
  died: 1-Dec 1851
	
  daughter - Jane, wife of Henry Rowe
  son - James
  witnesses - Henry Daniell, Jane Curnow

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Mary Uren, Penzance  spinster
 
  written: 30-Dec 1851
  proved: 26-May 1852
  pages: 304/305
  died: 13-May 1852
	
  Mary Farguharson, widow of William, Penzance
  Mary, wife of Thomas Uren, St Erth
  4 daughters of William & Mary Farguharson -
         Elizabeth Jane, Ellen Banfield,
         Alice Greenman, Mary Banfield
  friend - Frederick Augustus Cocks, Madron school master
  5 brothers - John, George, Henry, Thomas, James
  witnesses - William Richards, Hannah Reale

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William Uren, St Ives fisherman
  
	written: 26-Apr 1824
  proved: 21-Dec 1853
  pages: 549/551
  died: 13-Jul 1853
	
  wife - Grace
  witnesses - Richard Clark, Margery Bryant, Wm E W Tresidder

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George Varco, Lanlivery carpenter widower
 
  Admon
  proved: 16-Apr 1852
  pages: 256
  died: 15-Jan 1852
	
  son - Robert Varco
  bonds -  Thomas Gatty, Bodmin watchmaker
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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Mary Warne, St Neot  widow

  Admon
  proved: 18-Mar 1854
  pages: 682
  died: 12-Dec 1853
	
  son - John Warne
  bonds -  Wm Bate, Bodmin farmer
           John Popham, Bodmin yeoman

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Thomas Warne, Liverscombe, Linkenhorne yeoman
 
  written: 10-May 1852
  proved: 10-Jun 1852
  pages: 340/341
  died: 1-Jun 1852
	
  wife - Joan
  witnesses - Jno Moon, Callington solicitor
              Richard Hancock

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William Warn, St Austell general dealer
 
  written: 15-Dec 1852
  proved: 9-Mar 1854
  pages: 658/659
  died: 16-Apr 1853
	
  wife - Rosamond
  witnesses - John Seccombe, Timothy White

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Richard Warren, Gulval relieving officer
 
  written: 30-Sep 1851
  proved: 26-Nov 1851
  pages: 3/8
  died: 8-Oct 1851
	
  wife - Elizabeth
  son William's children
  brother - James
  friend - John Thomas White, St Just gentleman
  grand daughter - Elizabeth Pee Warren
  son - John
  witnesses - Vivian Stevens, Edward Smallbridge Trythall
  appeared - Vivian Stevens, Penzance auctioneer

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George Wearne, Camborne

  written: 22-Feb 1845
  proved: 15-Jun 1853
  pages: 314/315
  died: 16-Mar 1853
	
  Henry Noall, Hayle Foundry grocer
  Thomas Ackey Bodilly, Penzance grocer
  wife - Loveday
       if remarried - children to be taken from her
  illegitemate son - Edwin Wearne  less than 21
  other children - George, Charles, Angelina, &
        "the one my wife is now supposed
        to be pregnant with"  less than 21
  father - Richard
  mother - Bridget
  sister - Kitty Bawden
  witnesses - Richd Wearn, Zachs Wearne, James Wearne
  note - affidavit of execution by James Wearn
  note - administration (will) of food unadministered, passed at Bodmin December 1877

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Edward Whinnen, St Erth mine agent

  written: 21-Apr 1852
  proved: 8-Apr 1853
  pages: 145/146
  died: 6-Mar 1853
	
  wife - Sally formery Sally Teage
  witnesses - Richard Penberthy, Margery Penberthy

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James Whitford, Fowey carpenter
 
  written: 4-Oct 1852
  proved: 28-Feb 1853
  pages: 105/106
  died: 4-Oct 1852
	
  wife - Mary Whitford
  witnesses - Abraham Roger Illingworth, Fowey
   Hannah Oliver

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James Williams, Wendron miner
 
  written: 23-Apr 1847
  proved: 25-Nov 1852
  pages: 7/9
  died: 20-Feb 1852
	
  brother - Francis
  witnesses - Henry Roberts, William Spargo, William Roberts
  appeared - William Spargo, Wendron miner

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John Woolcock, St Just in Penwith 
 
  written: 28-Dec 1852
  proved: 1-Jun 1853
  pages: 257/258
  died: 29-Dec 1852
	
  sons - Thomas, James, Hugh
  daughter - Jane Wearne
  daughter - Elizabeth Woolcock
  witnesses - Henry Eva, Edward Nanckervis Jnr, John Johns

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Mary Ann Woolcock, Tywardreath  widow
 
  Admon
  proved: 4-Feb 1852
  pages: 117/118
  died: 31-Dec 1851
	
  Richard Woolcock, uncle & guardian lawfully
        elected & admitted of Joseph Woolcock, son - minor
  bonds -  James Richards, St Blazey farmer
           William Stephens, St Blazey mine agent

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Richard Woolcock, Calstock husbandman

  written: 6-Sep 1851
  proved: 6-Mar 1852
  pages: 187/188
  died: 7-Sep 1851
	
  wife - Maria
  daughter - Dorothy  less than 21
  brother - William
  witnesses - George Wadge, Henry Wadge
                 

 
 

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