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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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6 Stephen BLEWETT 1744->1770
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1m Joan CARNPEZZACK 1765 2m Joan MATTHEWS 1767 |
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Stephen was baptised in Paul parish church in 1744, and became a fisherman like most men of the parish. He married Joan CARNPEZZACK at Paul when he was just 21. A son was born five months later, but his mother died and was buried on the same day that her son was baptised. Two years later, Stephen
remarried Joan MATTHEWS and they baptised two daughters Joan and Elizabeth at
Paul. Stephen was only 25 when Stephen’s second wife died 50
years later at the age of 77; the absence of any further children after |
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C=Christened
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age DATE
SB JC |
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JM ???c1771
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Stephen christened privately at Paul Stephen & Joan CARNPEZZACK m
at Paul; Stephen a seafaring man son John Carne christened at Paul, mother dead Joan wife of Stephen BLEWETT buried on same day as christening Stephen remarried Joan MATTHEWS; Stephen was a fisherman dau Joan christened at
Paul dau Elizabeth C at Paul ?Stephen died at sea? Joan of the Poor House buried at Paul |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
C
Stephen is a relatively uncommon name, and this is the only suitable C at Paul, or in the IGI, and it gives him an age of 21 at first marriage. The private baptism suggests a sick child, but there is no Stephen buried at Paul until 1856
John
Carn-5 was baptised at Paul on
m
Stephen is
not a common Christian name and identifies this marriage with confidence. From the records shown below however it is known
that Joan died before her son was baptised in December of the year they were
married. Two years later, a further
marriage of Stephen took place:
m
Although
Stephen was not noted as a widower, it seems almost certain that this is the
same Stephen. Only one baptism of
Stephen is in the Paul register before the first marriage in 1765, the timing
is correct for a remarriage, and it is known for certain that the first Joan
died.
the following sequence of records from
the Paul register, identifies three children of Stephen, one by his first wife,
and two by his second:
m
C
B 4Dec1765 Joan wife of Stephen BLEWETT
m
C
C
there is no burial of a Stephen BLEWETT
in the Paul registers until 1856, which is too late for this Stephen. As he was
a fisherman, it is possible that he was lost at sea.
Two burial
records of Joan occur in the Paul register, which almost certainly refer to the
wives of Stephen
B 4Dec1765 Joan wife of Stephen BLEWETT
B
CARN-PEZZACK;
the only suitable IGI C of Joan is on