Ebbott Markers Tresmeer Cornwall England

There are two known markers in the Tresmeer Church, Cornwall, England.

• The grave of Catherine Ebbott nee Mathew wife of Gregory Ebbott (my 3^rd great-granduncle) in the churchyard click here for more information

•  A commemorative tablet inside the church on the south tower wall for Gregory & Dorothy Ebbott (my 6^th great grandparents)

Photographer Sandra Williamson, Catherine Ebbott’s gravestone in the Tresmere Churchyard, 2012, digital image. Sandra Williamson’s private collection Ebb161

Photographer Julie Walters, Commemorative tablet on the south tower wall for Gregory & Dorothy Ebbott  in  the Tresmere Church, 2015 digital image. Sandra Williamson’s private collection [Ebb162a] (image poor quality)

The commemorative tablet is on the south tower wall for Gregory & Dorothy Ebbott inside the church. Unfortunately, at the time of photographing the lighting was poor and it was difficult to get the angles right.

The Plaque reads: -

Memory of

Gregory Ebbott
Of this Parifh, who was buried
The 26th day of May 1778. Aged 68
Dorothy Ebbott his wife was
Buried the 6th day of May 1783
Aged 66

According to the Tresmere parish church registers, the burials occurred in the following order

Gregory Ebbot was buried 19 May 1778.[i] The plaque tells us that he died at the age of 68 which suggests that he was born in 1710.

Dorothy Ebbot was buried 5 May 1783.[ii] The plaque records her age at death as 66 which indicates that she was born in 1717.

Sadly in 2016 St. Nicholas’s Church closed because so few people used it, I wonder what will become of these waypoints in our history.[iii]

Research Notes

There is a discrepancy between the burial record and of seven days on the plaque for Gregory’s death, it could be that he was not buried until seven days after his death, or as the plaque was most likely erected after his wife Dorothy’s death in 1783, the dates may have been misremembered.

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[i] "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68D3-FF8?cc=1769414&wc=3CB4-BZK%3A138123201%2C142199301%2C1582885314  : 14 April 2015); Burial of Gregogy Ebbot, buried 19 May 1778, Tresemer parish register, the only entry for 1778 on page 67; Cornwall > Tresmere > Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1574-1793 > image 39 of 41; Cornwall Records Office, Truro. 

[ii] "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68D3-JVG?cc=1769414&wc=3CB4-BZK%3A138123201%2C142199301%2C1582885314  : 14 April 2015); Burial of Dorothy Ebbot, buried 5 May 1783, Tresemer parish register, the first entry for 1783 on page 68; Cornwall > Tresmere > Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1574-1793 > image 40 of 41; Cornwall Records Office, Truro.

[iii] Tresmeer Gazette. (2019). Tresmeer.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019, from http://www.tresmeer.com/tresmeergazette.htm

The data behind 1851 Census story for the Ebbott family

Earlier today I posted another up date  for the Family history writing challenge entitled  The Ebbott Family in 1851 Census to see the full story, but behind that story is a lot of supporting data.  It takes a lot of data to build a story without which the story is just a myth or so I'm lead to believe, which is why I try to document all before beginning to write the story. Before I begin I thought it would be timely to show how I am connected to the person that I am writing about on my associated Blog "The Life of John Ebbott"

Living in Cornwall within a 5 mile radius of Tresmeer

Philip & Mary Ebbott were living in the same place where they had been in 1841 in Trerummer, Tresmeer, Cornwall, England as they were in 1841 (Cornwall Online Census Project-1851) 

(Transcript of Piece HO107/1899 (Tresmeer & Tremaine); Enumeration District 3 & 5; Civil Parish of Tresmeer accessed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51899a.html#ED3 on Friday 22 July 2005). )

1.  Philip Ebbott aged 76 a Retired Farmer

2.  Mary Ebbott, Philip's Wife aged ,68

3.  William Ebbott aged 21, their youngest son is unmarried and working as a Farm Servant was still living at home with his retired father.

Philip Ebbott has moved from his in-laws house in Trengane, Warbstow and is now living on the same property to his retired father.  In 1841, Philip had been living with his wife’s widowed mother  as a newly married couple, in Trengane, Warbstow.  Grace’s mother has retired and come with them to the farm.

(source: Cornwall Online Census Project-1851 (Transcript of Piece HO107/1899 (Tresmeer & Tremaine); Enumeration District 3 & 5; Civil Parish of Tresmeer accessed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51899a.html#ED3 on Friday 22 July 2005))

1.  Philip Ebbott,Head,M,41,,Farmer 90 Acres 4 Labs

2.  Grace Ebbott,Wife,M,,40

3.  Elizabeth Ebbott,Dau,,,9

4.  Philip Ebbott,Son,,3

5.  Grace Ebbott,Dau,,,1

6.  William Reed,Servnt,U,18,,Farm Servant

7.  Philippa Jenkin,Servnt,U,,16,House Servant

8.  Elizabeth Piper,Ma-Law,W,,66,Retired Farmers widow

Next door in the home of Mr & Mrs Daw there is an Elizabeth Ebbott who is 5 months old, a nurse child although to which Ebbott she belongs has not yet been established.

Margery (Bluett) was living with her family in Congheale, Alternon, Cornwall, England

(1851 Cemsus of England and Wales; digital images, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, "HO107/1899," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/uk). )

1.        William Bluett  38 farmer of 100 acreas

2.        Margery Bluett 29

3.        Mary Ann Bluett    12

4.        Lydia Bluett     10 scholar

5.        William Bluett  8  scholar

6.        Elizth Bluett     7  scholar

7.        John Bluett       4 scholar

8.        George Rice     21 farm servant

9.        Jame Cobbledick              17 farm servant

10.     Jane Robert      17 farm servant

Gregory Ebbott’s wife and child has returned to Tresmeer without him, possibly in 1849.

Church Town, Tresmeer and living a few doors away from Philip and Grace Ebbott.

(Cornwall Online Census Project-1851 (Transcript of Piece HO107/1899 (Tresmeer & Tremaine); Enumeration District 3 & 5; Civil Parish of Tresmeer accessed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51899a.html#ED3 on Friday 22 July 2005).)

1.        Uriah Mathew,Head,M,73,,Farmer 120 Acres 1 Lab

2.        Catherine Mathew,Wife,M,,59,,Tresmeer Cornwall

3.        Thomas Mathew,Son,U,28,,,Tresmeer Cornwall

4.        Uriah Mathew,Son,U,24,,,Tresmeer Cornwall

5.        Catherine Ebbott,Dau,M,,33,,Tresmeer Cornwall

6.        Caroline Ebbott, Grndau,,,5 who was born in West Leonia America Overseas Brit. Subj

7.        Mary Luxton,Servnt,W,,43,House Servant)

Preparing to leave Australia

Still living in Cornwall but slightly further afield having moved since 1841 is John and Sarah Ebbott who are possibly preparing to leave we Australia which he and his family finally do a year later.

John & Sarah Ebbott are now living in West Gate, Launceston St Mary, Cornwall, with their young family

(Ancestry.com, "1841 England Census," database online, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry.com.  (www.ancestry.com.au : accessed 27 Dec 2009), entry for Family of John & Sarah Ebbott, Badharick, Lines 7- 9, Civil Parish: Egloskerry; County: Cornwall;; PRO HO107/134/6; Page: 7.)

1.  John Ebbott aged,42 and a Farmer

2.  Sarah Ebbott,Wife aged 33

3.  John Ebbott aged 11

4.  Emma Ebbott aged 4

5.  William Ebbott aged 11m

Phillip, their youngest son is living with his Uncles Julius  Bone who is living next daughter to William Bone at Polhilsa, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall some 6.5 Miles (10.4 Kms) away to the North West

(Cornwall Online Census Project—1851, Transcript of Piece HO107/1899 (Part 8) (Folio 559 Page 8, Enumeration District 4a, Civil Parish of Stoke Climsland, Eccl. District of - ; Transcription/Checking Team was Mike Beck (UK), Paul Brewer (UK) and Andy Chenhall (UK); accessed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51899g.html). )

1.  William Bone,Head, single, 34, Jointly Farms 70 Acres 4 Men

2.  Julius Bone,Head,single, 33,,Jointly Farms 70 Acres 4 Men

3.  Philip Ebbott, Nephew, 8

4.  Mary Ann Lemon, Servnt, single, 23, House Keeper

Both of John’s uncles are single and jointly farming the property however according to the 1851/52 Voters List for Stoke Climsland, in the Polling District of Callington it is Julius BONE who has rents the Polhilsa  house and land as occupier[i]

Already Living Abroad

Henry Ebbott had migrated to Canada in 1846 as a Methodist Minister. (mentioned in The Canadian Almanac and Directory 1852-1853 page 41 accessed at http://www.archive.org/details/canada18525300unknuoft on 5/2/2013)

Gregory Ebbott had migrated to the US in 1845

(but his wife had returned and was living back in Cornwall with her father

Mary (Uglow) had migrated to the USA  with her husband possibly as early at 1844 to Sullivan, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States[ii]

1.        Edward Uglow 47  farmer on quite a large property

2.        Mary Uglow     46

3.        Wilmar Uglow  18

4.        Wm Uglow       18

5.        Edward Uglow 4

6.        Ellen Uglow     4

7.        Elizabeth Uglow   20

Passed away

1.        Wilmot had already passed away

2.        Elizabeth (Reed) died in 1843, the family that she left behind in Tregathman, Sithney, Cornwall with only the eldest and youngest girls leaving home, the youngest girl Charlotte has gone two doors away to live with her uncle’s family Joseph Reed.

3.        Mary Jane Fryan had died on 15 Apr 1847 and was buried in Badharlick, Egloskerry, 4 years after her only son died.

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[i] 1851/52 Voters List for Stoke Climsland, in the Polling District of Callington http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Records/parishes/Q-T/stoke_climsland_voters_list_1851_52.php

[ii] (Ancestory.com  Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Year: 1850; Census Place:  Sullivan,  Jefferson,  Wisconsin; Roll:  M432_1000; Page:  184A; Image:  365.)

Photo 3 - The grave of Catherine Ebbott nee Mathew

Tresmeer church is situated down a little dead-end road that runs into someone’s farm.

It was very peaceful wandering around reading the gravestones, the church as you would expect was sitting on top of the rise looking down over the country side, we could even see the kids playing football in the adjacent back yard

I was very excited when we located an Ebbott grave in the yard; however I had no idea who Catherine Ebbott was.  But I was soon to learn that she was the wife of my third great granduncle!  It was the only grave that I could find that had any connection to my family, in that particular churchyard, there may have been others but after a while it becomes overwhelming trying to remember all the possible connections.

Transcription of the grave of Catherine Ebbott nee Mathew.

 “In Loving Memory of

Catherine Ebbott

of this Parish

who died 24th May 1902

Aged 85 years. Thy will be done”

The person behind the gravestone of Catherine Ebbott nee Mathew

After a little research I was able to find the following - Catherine was born in 1817 as Catherine Mathew and christened in 6 Apr 1817 in Tressmeer.

In the 1841 Census I found her living in Tresmeer Church Town with her parents.

(Ancestry.com, "1841 England Census," database online, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry.com.  (www.ancestry.com.au : accessed 3 Feb 2013), entry for The Mathew family; Parish: Tresmeer; County: Cornwall Class: HO107/14/:; Page: 7)

1. Uriah Mathew,65, Farmer
2.  Catharing Mathew, 50,
3. William Mathew,25
4.  Catharine Mathew, 20
5. Thomas Mathew,15,
6. Sally Mathew, 15,
7. Uriah Mathew,13

Living not very far away from the Ebbott family in Trerimince, Tresmeer, Cornwall, England

(Source:- Ancestry.com, "1841 England Census," database online, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry.com.  (www.ancestry.com.au : accessed 1 Jan 2010), entry for Philip & Mary Ebbott & family, Tressmeer, line 19 - 24, Parish: Tresmeer; County: Cornwall; PRO HO107/134/14/: ; Page: 7.  )

1. Philip Ebbott aged 65, Farmer 
2. Mary Ebbott aged 55 
3. Wilmit Ebbott, aged 85, Ind 
4. Henry Ebbott, aged 20, Tailor 
5. Gregory Ebbott, aged 20 
6. William Ebbott, aged 11 
7. William Congdon, aged 20, Male Servant 
8. William Cory, aged 15, Servant 
9. John Reed, aged 11, Male Servant 
10. Elizabeth French, aged 15, Female Servant 
11. Mary A. Rundle, aged 20, Female Servant 
12. Henry Harris, aged 7, male servant

The Ebbott family has had a long association with the Tresmeer Church of England.  Looking through the parish records it looks as through there were several generations Gregory Abbott who was buried in the churchyard according to the parish records on the 19 May 1778 (source OPC site), unfortunately I didn't find a headstone marking any of the graves that I saw.  Gregory Abbott father in law Paul Upton was also baptised in that very church as well on 3 Nov 1679 (source OPC site). 

It was probably through this church in which Gregory Ebbott from Tremaine, met Catherine Mathew, the two churches were only 1.4 Miles/2.2 Kms travelling distance apart, if not in the church perhaps in Tresmere town centre while picking something up or visiting the tailor, Thomas Ferrett, perhaps some sort of relation of his mother(?).

The couple's marriage was announced in The West Briton And Cornwall AdvertiserF on Friday 4 April 1845 

“At Northpetherwin, on Tuesday last, Mr, Gregory EBBOTT, of Trerummer, in the parish of Tresmeer, yeoman, to Miss MATTHEW, of the same parish.” 

the church in which the event took place has yet to be identified.

The couple migrated to America sometime shortly after, and their first child Caroline was born in 1846 in Wisconsin, United States of America in the first year of their marriage, both mother and child returned possibly sometime in 1849 to England.  Catherine may have been pregnant with her second child, Elizabeth Ann (although I am unable to verify this) when she returned. It would appear that Gregory never returned to England, as he applied for a divorce in 1854.

The divorce however may not have been common knowledge back in England, as Catherine is still listing herself as married at least up until 1871.

• In the 1851 Census Catherine is living with her parents and eldest daughter, Carolene who was 5 years old. Carolene was listed in the census as being born in America. Although Catherine is listed as married her husband is not present. 

Cornwall Online Census Project-1851 (Transcript of Piece HO107/1899 (Tresmeer & Tremaine); Enumeration District 3 & 5; Civil Parish of Tresmeer accessed http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51899a.html#ED3 on Friday 22 July 2005).  

• In 1861 Catherine appears to be living by herself in the house next to her parents. 

Cornwall Online Census Project—1861 Transcript of Piece RG9/1518 (Part 2) (Folio 49 Page 8, Enumeration District 4, Civil Parish of Egloskerry, Eccl. Parish of -).

• In 1871 Catherine is still listed as married but is living by herself and listed as an annuitant 

Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.  Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871.  Class:  RG10; Piece:  2223; Folio:  62; Page: 12;

• In 1881 - Catherine is living by herself next to the Bluett family still married but still no husband listed and she is listed as retired. 

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881 Class:  RG11; Piece:  2275; Folio:  47; Page: 1

• In 1891 Catherine is 73 Living On Her Own Means

Cornwall Online Census Project—1891, Transcript of Piece RG12/1802 (Folio 43 Page 7 Enumeration District 1, Civil Parish of North Petherwin, Eccl. Parish of North Petherwin).  

• In 1901 Visiting John & Elizabeth Fryan and listed as single.

Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901.  Class:  RG13; Piece:  2182; Folio:  6; Page: 3

I wonder how the extended Ebbott family felt with their kinsman’s wife leaving him behind in a foreign land – I am sure they were happy  about the state of affairs, but they must have known, as Catherine and her daughter moved back to her home town.  

Day 1 -The Family History Writing Challenge

To see my first post for the Challenge you will need to click "A firm Religious foundation"
A few observations  -
The more I write the less I feel I know, there are several threads in John Ebbott's life  which wind together to create an increasingly interesting story, I knew he had been heavily into the Wesleyan Church movement but I hadn't until now realised how much this was part of his Cornish heritage and perhaps mould his actions as he grew older.

This got me pondering about the evolution of religion in John's family

John’s great grandparents John Ebbott & Wilmot Baker 
Their children were baptised at different churches in the same area

1.  1776 “Philip Upton the son of John Ebbet and his wife was bapized Feb 7th” (John’s grandfather)

"England, Cornwall Parish Registers,1538-2010," images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12042-90183-96?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-K3Y:n789505778: accessed 01 Feb 2013), Cornwall > Tresmere> Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1574-1793 > image 16 of 41.

2.  1778 “Elizabeth daughter of John Ebbot of Tresmere & Wilmot his wife was baptized Jan 30”

"England, Cornwall Parish Registers,1538-2010," images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11082-189155-77?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-J7C:n1849574411: accessed 01 Feb 2013), Cornwall > Egloskerry> Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1573-1785 > image 122 of 127

When Philip Upton Ebbott came to have his own children there doesn't seem to be a strong pull back to the traditional church and his children are baptised as Wesleyan Methodists.

John’s father grew up in a Wesleyan Methodist home in Cornwall at time when Wesleyan Methodism was sweeping Cornwall

The children of John Ebbott & Sally Bone (John's parents)

1. 1840 John EBBOTT Launceston, Wesleyan Methodist  father - John
2. 1843 Phillip Henry EBBOTT Rilla Mill, W.M. Chapel Parents - John & Sarah 
3. 1846 Emma Jane EBBOTT Rilla Mill, W.M. Chapel Parents - John & Sarah 
4. 1850 William EBBOTT  Launceston, Wesleyan Methodist  Parents – John & Sarah

John was not christened in the same church as his father nor his aunt who was his father’s only sibling, or even his mother, even though they were all born in the same area. 

I haven’t been able to find all of siblings of John Ebbott born 1840. 

      5.  Julius born 13 Dec 1841 seems to have been buried 13 days later, so may not have been christened.

The last two children (I haven’t been able to locate their baptism records yet  - added to my to do list.)

      6. Fredrick Francis Ebbott born in Australia in the Castlemaine district, Victoria

      7.   Helen Harriet Ebbott born in Australia in the Castlemaine district, Victoria.

Unfortunately the scanned baptismal records for the Non-Conformist Churches in Cornwall are not freely available to check online so I have used the On-Line-Parish Clerks site to locate their christenings.

Photo 1 - An aerial shot of Westcott farm, Cornwall

I've used this photo before on my blog however I have included it as part of the "February Photo Collage Festival" because of its personal significance to my ancestral research, it is the first tangible and identifiable location of my Ebbott family in Cornwall, England.  It gives me visual, and reminds me of the narrow roads that we had to navigate to get to the property which I visited in 2012.  Although they are not particularly clear in the picture I was also fascinated by the hedges that line each side of the road dividing the farmland from the cars, and shielding the church and houses from passers-by.  

We only know the ancestors came from this particular location from the epitaph on John Ebbott (b.1751) gravestone which reads  

“TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN EBBOTT

of Westcutt in this Parish

who finished his course May 29, 1825, aged 73 yrs

ALSO, in memory of  WILMET, his wife who departed this life

on the 2nd day of January 1845

AGED 91 YEARS” 

This is my 5^th great-grandfather, it was his grandson(my 3^rd great grandfather), wife and family including my 2^nd great grandfather who came out to Australia in 1852.

Note:-Westcott was known as Westcutt in the 1841 Census.  The family however  were no longer living on the property, but were living in Trerimince, Tresmeer, Cornwall which looks to be quite near Terburtle, Tresmeer, Cornwall and not too far from Tremaine.