Blewett, Blewitt, Bluett family
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6 November 2009 |
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Dr. Geoffrey Mann |
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geoff.mann@btinternet.com |
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The Cornish BLEWETTs are said to be derived from the thirteen
sons of Francis & Elizabeth BLEWETT of Colan. Colan is a few miles inland from Newquay and the family is
known from a memorial in the parish church and the Visitation of
Cornwall. The sons were born around
1530-1560 before the start of the parish register so their names are not
known. Francis however was the son of
Richard BLEWETT of Holcombe Rogus in Devon. The first occurrence of the name BLEWETT in Cornish parish registers shows that they were indeed originally concentrated in the area around Colan, particularly the triangle bounded by Colan Bodmin and Camelford. Of the Cornish parish registers that have survived from the last quarter of the 16C, the BLEWETT surname occurs in only six parishes, all within the C-B-C triangle. A similar story is given by the Cornwall Protestation return of
1641, which is virtually a list of all Cornish males over the age of 18. It contains only 33 BLEWETTs and 23 (70%) of these occur in the
Colan-Bodmin-Camelford triangle. Elizabeth Blewett of Colan was the daughter of Tristram
COLAN. Both Tristram and Colan were
used by the Blewett family as Christian names. These are so unusual, that their occurrence can be attributed
with some confidence to a descent from the Colan BLEWETT family. One daughter of Colan BLEWETT of Colan
was christened Blanch which is also sufficiently uncommon to identify a Colan
descendant. The parishes in which
these names have been found are listed below with the date of first occurrence:
St Tudy, St Breward, Egloshayle and Colan are in the C-B-C
triangle; Boyton is in the NE corner of Cornwall and shows that Colan
descendants were here at an early date.
Camborne, St Allen, St Just and Madron demonstrate a movement towards
the west of the County in the 17C The first mention of BLEWETT in the Paul parish register was in
1719 nearly 200 years after the family arrived in Colan. The early entries refer to the family of
John BLEWETT who possibly arrived from Padstow in 1719 (see the Paul tree). All the many BLEWETT families of Paul however are derived from
William BLEWETT bc1710 and John BLEWETT bc1740 neither of whom can at present
be related to the earlier John or to each other. Hypothetically, William could be the grandson C1713 of Thomas of
St Levan who could be the son C1640 of George of Madron who was probably
baptised at Plymouth in 1593, son of Francis. This provides a very speculative link with the Devon family
(see the St Levan tree for more detail). |
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7 William BLEWETT c1710-1781 m Elizabeth BANDS
1733 Paul [ [ [ 6 Stephen BLEWETT 1744-? fisherman m Joan CARN-PEZZACK 1765 Paul [ [ [ 5 John Carne BLEWETT 1765-? fisherman m Mary PENDER 1786 Paul [ [ [ 4 Michael BLEWETT 1794-1850 fisherman m Mary Ann BERRY 1835 Paul [ [ [ 3 Henry BLEWETT 1836-1891 sea captain m Jane WRIGHT 1860 Paul [ [ [ 2 Henry Michael BLEWETT 1866-1936 rope merchant m Helena A BROOKBANKS 1886 Stepney [ [ [ 1 Amy Janet BLEWETT 1899-1987 m Herbert H MANN 1928 Thorpe Bay Essex |
William was born around 1710, possibly in the fishing village of St Levan near Land’s End, but he married Elizabeth in 1733 at Paul and became one of the two founders of all the numerous BLEWETT families in Mousehole.William was probably a fisherman, as was his son Stephen, his grandson John Carne, and his gt.grandson Michael who were all baptised and married in the parish church of Paul, one mile inland from the harbour and village of Mousehole. No record has been found of the burial of Stephen or John Carne, and in of the hazards of fishing from small sailing ships, it is possible that they were both lost at sea. Michael was not lost at sea, but also died at a relatively early age of 56, from pneumonia. Michael’s
son Henry joined the Mousehole fishing fleet like his ancestors, but at the
age of 16, he left to begin the first of many voyages on merchant sailing
ships. He became the captain of a ship which sailed regularly to the West
Indies for 14 years between 1866 and 1880.
He moved to Stepney in London where his son Henry Michael was born. Henry
Michael sailed with his father on merchant ships several times, before
settling in Stepney as a marine store dealer and rope merchant. His business prospered and he moved to
Thorpe Bay in Essex, where his daughter Amy married the local builder who had
built his fine house on the sea front. |
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SURNAME DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE TREE
MARRIED TO: |
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BADCOCK Louisa 8Oct1838 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET James BANDS Elizabeth 24May1733 Paul CON BlewT0 BLUET William BARNES Richard 10May1794
Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Elizabeth BARNICOATE John 11Feb1736 St.Leven CON BlewT-L BLEWETT Elizabeth BATTEN Jane 15Jny1832 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Michael BECKERLEG William Hutchins 11Aug1862
Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Ann Harvey (widow) BERRY Mary Ann 29Apr1835 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Michael BODINAR Elizabeth 7Nov1871 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT John Thomas BODINAR
William 12Jun1744 Paul CON BlewT-P BLUETT Dorothy BOOTH Thomas 24Dec1881 Stepney MDX BlewT0 BLEWETT Eliza Jane BOTTREL Mary 30May1789 Paul CON BlewT6A BLUET William BROOKBANKS Helena Annie 11Jny1886 Stepney MDX BlewT0 BLEWETT Henry Michael CARNPEZZACK Joan 1Jul1765 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Stephen CARY Elizabeth 10Jul1799 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT James CATTRAN William 30Oct1794 Paul CON BlewT-R BLEWETT Mary CHOAT
Charles 23Jul1834 Paul CON
BlewT-J BLEWET Mary Carey COLE Herbert c1925? BlewT2 BLEWETT Lily COTTON Richard 1Apr1859 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Elizabeth Jane DANIEL Sarah Jane 5Feb1867 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEW1TT James DOWNING Jane 7Mar1837
Paul CON BlewT-J BLUETTT Thomas DREW Phillis 3Jny1875 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT James Pascoe DUNLOP Percy c1925 BlewT0 BLEWETT Henrietta
Lilian DUNN Dorothy 24Feb1704 Padstow CON BlewT-P BLUETT John EDDY Thomas 18Dec1881 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT Julia ELY Mary 20Jny1822 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT James GARD Sarah 17Oct1734 St.Leven CON BlewT-L BLEWETT Thomas GILBERT James 30Aug1789 Paul CON BlewT6A BLUET Nancey GRUGILIER Mary 17Feb1828 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWET John Pascoe HALSE John 23Oct1871 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Mary HARVEY Adela 11Nov1873 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Francis Richards HARVEY Charles 13Mar1806 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Julian HARVEY
Esther Ann 18Feb1854 Paul CON
BlewT6B BLEWETT Stephen HARVEY James 16Jul1835 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Jane HARVEY Jane 9Sep1861 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT James HOCKING
Sarah Ann 19Jny1863 Paul CON
BlewT6B BLEWITT James Pascoe HUFFNAM Jane 7Jun1765 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT John HUMPHRIES Elizabeth Ann 6Feb1861 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Michael HUMPHRIES Susannah 7Jun1865 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Edward Pascoe HUMPHRIES William Badcock 4Nov1869 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Mary HUMPHRIES William Henry 22Nov1869 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Jane HYDEN
Walter 15Jny1786 Paul CON
BlewT-R BLEWETT Jane (widow) JEFFREY Joseph 12Sep1870 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Naomi JELBART Loveday 19Nov1760 Madron CON BlewT0 BLEWETT William JOHNS Johanne 24Jun1868 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Stephen KEVERNE Mary Jane Adams 20Oct1870 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Richard Pascoe MACRAREY Robert 30Oct1771 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Anne MADRON Ann Harvey 3Nov1846 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Thomas MANN Herbert Henry 1926 BlewT0 BLEWETT Amy Janet MARTIN George 12Jul1711
St.Leven CON BlewT-L BLEWETT Elizabeth MATTHEWS Elizabeth 15Nov1845 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET George MATTHEWS Esther Ann 14Jul1870 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWITT William MATTHEWS Jane 23Feb1805 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWET John MATTHEWS Joan 2Nov1767 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Stephen NICHOLAS Jane 24Dec1836 Paul CON BlewT6A BLUET Benjamin OLIVERS
Elizabeth 7Oct1769 Paul CON
BlewT-J BLEWETT John OSBORN William 31Jun1819 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Mary PARSONS Frederick c1910 BlewT0 BLEWETT Helena Mary PASCOE Jane 31Jny1797 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Stephen PASCOE(PASKOW) Samson 19Nov1709 St.Leven CON BlewT-L BLEWETT Mary PAYNE Dorothy Tonkin 6Dec1863 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Richard Sterling PENDER James 23Jul1855 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Mary Gruzilier PENDER Mary 10Dec1786 Paul CON BlewT0 BLUET John Carne PENTREATH Ann 29May1814 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Michael PENTREATH Julyan 29Sep1764 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT John PENTREATH Richard 8Oct1791 Paul CON BlewT-R BLEWETT Jane QUICK John Willis Jny1850 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Charlotte Richards RICHARDS Jane 28Jul1823 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWET Stephen RICHARDS John 3Dec1843 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET Jane RICHARDS Mary 5Aug1838 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Richard RICHARDS Richard 29Jny1807 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Mary ROGERS Grace 28Oct1877 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT George Edwin ROSEWARNE William 1Apr1827 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT Elizabeth (widow) ROUFFIGNAC Mary 10Dec1790 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT John ROWE William James 23Feb1879 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT Sarah Ann SAMSON Grace Philips 1Feb1835 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT John SMITH Nicholas Davy 8Oct1843 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET Julia STRICK John 24Jul1865 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT Elizabeth STRIKE George Hannibal c1910 BlewT0 BLEWETT Alice Elizabeth
E SYMONS
Thomas 22Jun1859 Paul CON
BlewT6B BLEWETT Phillis Wright TAYLOR Charles George 18Jul1883 Stepney MDX BlewT0 BLEWETT Mary Wright THOMAS Peter 22Feb1868 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWITT Jane TONKIN P 19Jun1859 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Jane TONKIN Philip 20Jny1767
Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Mary TONKYN Valentine 14Oct1738 St.Leven CON BlewT-L BLEWETT Mary TRATH Amy 13Jny1707 Padstow CON BlewT-P BLUETT John TREDREA Elizabeth 7Nov1815 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET William VINGOE
Elizabeth Gilbert 27May871 Paul CON
BlewT6B BLEWETT Thomas Batten WEBBER William Henry 19Apr1873 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWETT Elizabeth Ellen WELLBELOVED Elizabeth c1900 Stepney MDX BlewT0 BLEWETT Charles
Alexander WHITE Arthur c1930? BlewT2 BLEWETT Joan WILKINS John 18Apr1791 Paul CON BlewT0 BLUETT Joan WILLIAMS Jane 23Feb1767 Paul CON BlewT-R BLEWETT Richard WILLIAMS Josiah Wright 21Nov1871 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT Rebecca McCoy WILLIS Julia 11Aug1816 Paul CON BlewT6A BLEWET William WILSON Nathan 19May1770 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Jane WRIGHT Jane 8Sep1860 Paul CON BlewT0 BLEWETT Henry WRIGHT Phillis 20Dec1835 Paul CON BlewT6B BLEWETT John Matthews YEAMAN Mary Ann 26Oct1834 Paul CON BlewT-J BLEWETT John |
1)
B7. Origin of William BLEWETT bc1710; was he the
son of John C1713 at St Levan?
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B6
and 5. Death of John Carn and Stephen
BLEWETT; were they drowned at sea?