Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell |
Married 6 Jan 1748/49, Crowan. Cornwall
John
Christened 28 May 1727, Germoe, Cornwall
Died ABT 1785, St Erth, Cornwall
Mary
Alias TREVARTON
Alias Mary LOBB
Christened 26 Aug 1727, Sithney, Cornwall
On browsing the Sithney OPC website, a baptism of base-born William Trevarton is recorded on 7 April 1740, mother Mary Trevarton. There is no evidence that this Mary is the mother, and indeed she would appear to be too young, but still possible.
Alias Jenifred (Jenifer) PEARCE
Christened 15 May 1749, Crowan, Cornwall
Christened 10 May 1750, Crowan, Cornwall
Buried 3 Dec 1798, Crowan, Cornwall
Mary = James DUNN > Family
Married 5 Nov 1790, Crowan Parish Church - Cornwall
Mary
Alias DONNE
Alias Mary DUNN (27 Nov 1790)
Alias Mary DONN/DUNN (1791)
Christened 25 Feb 1753, Crowan, Cornwall
Buried 1 Apr 1807, St Erth, Cornwall
James
Christened 7 Oct 1752, Crowan, Cornwall
Buried 9 May 1802, St Erth Parish Church, Cornwall
A document from the Courtney Library, Royal Institution of Cornwall listing Crowan miners and their ages in 1798 gives a James Dunn age 46, which is likely to be this person.
James Donne's signature appears on a bastardy bond from St Erth Parish dated 4 October 1780, where he is described as a tinner of the Parish of Crowan. Other signatures are Joseph Blight (father of the child) described as 'husbandman' of the Parish of St Erth and William Blight, tinner, of the town of Marazion. The mother of the child (unborn at the date of the bond) is Ann Ward of the Parish of St Erth. Reference to St Erth parish registers shows a baptism 21 Jan 1781 of Ann Ward, daughter of Ann Ward and Joseph Blight.
An entry in the Godolphin Manor Rent Book for 1802, CRO Ref: DD/GO/160, refers to 'Exors of James Donne' occupying land which is 'part of Kerthen Wood'. This tends to confirm the date of death and the association with James Donne buried in St Erth in 1802.
Christened 31 Dec 1758, Crowan, Cornwall
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