The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
7. Mary, married, perhaps her distant relation, a gentleman of the
same name, Christopher Hawkins, of Trewinnard, in St. Erth, barrister
at law, made sole heir of his landed property by her brother Dr.
Hawkins.
8. Jane, married James Stone, of Bundbury, Wilts.
9. Philip, married Elizabeth Ludlow, of London, represented Grampound
in Parliament, died s. p.
10. Barbara, married Mr. Hambley, of St. Columb.
Mr. Henry Hawkins, who married Barbara Scobell, had also a numerous
family.
1. Henry, died in 1723.
2. John, died in 1722.
3. Ann, married David Moyle, and left a daughter Ann Moyle, married to
Mr. Carthew.
4. Barbara, married Mr. Edward Hoblyn, of Crone, and left a daughter,
Damaris Hoblin, married to Mr. Kirkham, a Captain in the Cornwall
Militia, but not a Cornishman; ob. s. p.
5. Elizabeth, married John Hawkins, of Helston, and left Mr. John
Hawkins, who married Catherine Trewren; ob. s. p.
6. Gertrude, married Mr. Thomas Kent, and left children.
7. Grace, married John Tremayne, of Heligan, Esq. who left a son, the
Rev. Henry Hawkins Tremayne, and a daughter married to Charles
Rashleigh, Esq. of Disporth.
The Creed given by Mr. Hals, in his account of this parish, differs
materially from both subjoined to my edition of “The Creation of the
World, and Noah’s Flood,” one of which is said to be in old Cornish,
and the other in modern. All the three go to prove how utterly vague
and uncertain must be a language not fixed by some general reference
to works of authority, nor guided by the superior influence of a
Capital.
This parish contains 2552 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 2442 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 205 12 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 217 | 226 | 279 | 258;
giving an increase of 19 per cent in 30 years.
Annual value of the Real Property in £. _s._ _d._
Grampound, for 1815 854 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 274 12 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 525 | 601 | 688 | 715.
being an increase of 36 per cent.
Vicar, the Rev. John Trevener, instituted 1817.
[35] The word bethman, pronounced bedman, which is used in
Cornwall for a sexton, must evidently be derived from beth,
a grave. EDIT.
[36] Richard Lower, M. D. an eminent physician and
anatomist, was born in Cornwall about 1631, died in 1691. He
wrote several important works; among them Tractatus de
Corde; item de Motu et calore Sanguinis, et Chyli in eum
transitu.
CROWAN.
HALS.
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