A very quiet Sunday today

Another beautiful Sunday and it is Thanksgiving Sunday in the Church Calendar. I shall go to church in an hour and a half online as ever. I may break my general rule about working on Sunday with regard to the raking as it looks like it might be a good day to do another bag. Likely three in total from the front yard but we will see. There are a lot of leaves out there. 

I mentioned the AI yesterday with regard to my sleep apnea. I had the paid version of FitBit for about five months when the switchover happened. I was considering having it permanently but did not do so. I ended up not using it as much as I thought. But the FitBit AI would give me a sort of analysis of my exercise and its effects and I did discover that I really found that to be a bit restricting although enthusiasm was certainly on the part of the FitBit and one appreciates that sort of support. But in the long run I simply did not use it sufficiently to justify in my mind having the extra support with FitBit. But I really do like my FitBit and will probably always have one now. Whether or not in the future I look to returning to the AI support is hard to say. 

I do like AI though and find it very useful in my research and will continue using this tool and the enthusiasm expressed by the AI for this work is really quite interesting. I am finding AI to be more and more useful as I always did use the power of the ability to look items up quickly on the internet mostly just to reinforce my thought but sometimes I had actually forgotten something and it provided the details which brought the memory back. There is so much one can cram into one brain I rather think and that is probably the greatest advantage to AI as we move ahead quickly in our process of attaining a degree of advancement that will protect the planet but provide the best life for the people on the planet.  

I will continue working on the Find My Past Pencombe etc. results of the search and I am perhaps half way through the third page. I did find the 1564 Visitation by Vivian et al but did not yet look at the information and will do that probably this week sometime. I believe I looked at it years ago but it is a dim memory so I may review my blogs from that time first. I do not recall though that it provided anymore information than I am currently in possession of with regard to the Pencombe line at North Molton but always good to have a refresher. 

I think what will eventually continue to link this study Pincombe-Pinkham is the shared ancestry back to the Pencombe name which in reality is a place name in Herefordshire, England that traveled to Devon for whatever reason. But on the other hand there could be two separate studies as one can see. This one is labeled Pincombe with Pinkham one of the derivatives (for a period of time some members of the Pincombe family used the surname Pinkham in the 1700s and 1800s but that is very less frequent these days). 

Solitaire puzzles to do next since it was very late when I did them yesterday. Then back to research. 

John Pyncombe Sr wrote his will 25 Jul 1604 and it was probated 15 Apr 1605. John Pyncombe Jr (son of the aforementioned John Pyncombe Sr) wrote his will initially in 1593 but it was not signed until 19 Feb 1597/98. His date of death does not appear to be in the records thus far. But definitely John Pyncombe Jr died before his father (John Pyncombe Sr) leaving one son John Pyncombe who appears on the 1620 Visitation as a student in the Middle Temple and his age is probably appropriate to that time frame. I have more documents at hand now since I wrote blogs years ago - they were my thoughts at the time but the further availability of records improves on that blog. I did find this very confusing years ago and did not fully resolve it at that time; amazing what a decade of time does to one's  thinking. This youngest John Pyncombe does marry and have a son Richard who died young relatively in his 20s leaving no male descendant with the Pyncombe surname to inherit and The Pyncombe Charity was created from the wealth of that estate and it still persists in this 21st century. 

Have not looked at Free BMD for a while and there are a lot of Pinkham in the 1900s. There is also a lot of Pincombe. I do not usually check out the 1900s as I only plan to work to the beginning of the 1900s. 

Still pulling data and not too much new but did reconcile a couple of Barnstaple records. 

Another busy day almost concluded.  

 

 

Continuing to extract information on the Pencombe family and its derivatives

 There are 225 matches with a slightly different criteria and I think I will stay with this criteria as it collects more information. So using a + or - 40 years over a time period around 1520 gives me 1480 to 1560. A perfect expanse for what I am looking at in the records. You can adjust the display by clicking on year at the top and that will have the years beginning with the oldest and numerically following that. 

So continuing today and I have almost completed the first three pages of the sort. Some repetition from yesterday and the day before but I believe I am capturing more of the records this way. I am into the John Pyncombe family at South Molton and it is a difficult one even in the 1500s but I believe I have it sorted now. John Pincombe Senior son of John Pencombe (son of John Pencombe who arrived in 1486) outlives his son John Pincombe Junior and it is John Pincombe Junior that marries Amy Doddridge. I am thinking that it was a second marriage for John Pincombe Senior at Bishops Nympton in 1598 (Margarett Stephan). That one has always been a slight source of confusion. 

The drive itself from South Molton to Bishops Nympton is a lovely scenic route which sits somewhat above the surrounding land and you sort of swoop into Bishops Nympton suddenly as you round a curve. The Church at Bishops Nympton is simply beautiful and it is not that far from South Molton having driven from South Molton to Bishops Nympton in 2008 with  my cousin. It was my cousin who spotted the gravestone of my 3x great grandfather Robert Pincombe and his wife Elizabeth (Rowcliffe) Pincombe firmly attached to the outside wall of the Church but behind a small Yew tree so was slightly hidden. On the road (away from the main  highway and to the south of it) into Bishops Nympton right at the outskirts is the farm/home known as Park where Robert and Elizabeth raised their eight children. That is what has really saved this family because in this generation three of the four boys including Robert had huge families and the one sister as well. The second sister died quite young in childbirth.  John Pincombe and Mary (Charly) Pincombe had 36 grandchildren with quite a number of sons compared to daughters. And so the Pincombe name was propagated quickly throughout the British Isles in this generation with William's line going to Australia and Robert's line going to America and Canada. However quite a few remained in England to keep up the name there and I did find a lot of Pincombe matches at Living DNA, as well as FT DNA, Ancestry, My Heritage and 23 and Me. Now all of these matches carry the Pincombe spelling and it was just during a period between the late 1700s and into the 1800s that one saw some using the spelling of Pinkham particularly if they were from the Barnstaple area. It has helped with noticing who kept the spelling as they, I believe, are likely descendant of the John Pyncombe family at South Molton perhaps by his son Christopher. Part of doing all this extraction is to see if I can build the line and see where I can go with it. It is handy having the Charts from the earlier researchers as I tend to be able to separate the Pinkham from the Pincombe although in essence because they chose a surname that is a village in Herefordshire there could be a number of descendant lines not yet noted in the DNA groups. But for the moment it appears to be only two and I do suspect that the Pinkham family of the United States is descendant of the line at Bondleigh where Roger de Pencombe received land grants in the early 1300s (they appear to disappear but that can happen in the records especially as most of them were destroyed in 1942 when Exeter Record Office was demolished). Not seeing them on the 1332 Devon Lay Subsidy means I couldn't find them in the index (just one at Molland, John de Pencomb'). But finding John on the wrong page from what was in the index I probably need to read the Subsidy for that area and I will eventually as part of the study created by Galen and Richard. Fascinating really all of this sleuthing but they do share this history that was created by the earlier researchers in this study - Galen Pinkham in the United States and Dr. Richard Pinkham in England (I have not located him on any of the charts but I am about to do a more thorough perusal through them as I proceed through this data). 

I record all of this in case one day my Sleep Apnea or whatever  takes me out sort of and my daughters would give my research away for sure. They helped their Dad with his graveyards tours as children and did not acquire an interest in genealogy. Since I didn't have one either I can understand completely. So I am trying to write up as much as I know so that in the future someone might run with it to learn more about our shared ancestry which was brought together by the two original researchers in the Pincombe/Pinkham family at the Guild of one-name Studies. But my research materials (parish register fiche in particular will go the Anglican Church Archives) as I agreed when I purchased them that they would be placed in a suitable repository. 

 I digress and I continue on the John Pyncombe family at South Molton which included two known sons John and Christopher. The puzzle is not Christopher who died before or during 1585 when he was at least 61 as he would have been an infant possibly on the Devon Lay Subsidy where he appears but likely older just unknown how much older. It is John Pyncombe Senior that is the question as he does not appear on the Subsidy so born after 1524-7. There is one likely daughter Margret who married in 1539 to Philip Kingdon at North Molton (the item to remember is that North Molton was the wealthier of the two Moltons in this time frame) and her age could be as young as 16 perhaps. Another possible daughter Marye Pencombe who was buried 4 Feb 1563 at North Molton. Establishing this third generation is interesting for sure and lots of data flowing by and trying to figure it all out. But noting that most data is centralized in this North Molton/South Molton area so the family Pynkeham at Tawstock/Bideford is small probably since there are few records. We also know that it exists before Richard Pencombe (son of Thomas, grandson of John (in North Molton in 1486) arrives in Bideford. So lots gained in all of this working through the data. 

I went out raked and it may be that it is too much for me to do the yard work. We will see. I did just one bag of leaves. There are likely two more. I will investigate having a company come in the spring and do the cleanup and cut the grass. I did sort of do that thing last year but decided to work away at it but I do think it is too much for me. My health although good is fragile somewhat due to my crashing out at 29 or I am still recovering from my puncture wound which is all healed; we will see. 

I am still sorting the John Pyncombe members at South Molton. There are according to the Visitation of 1620 five in a row. The first one died by 1571. I think I have now determined that the second one died by 1605 and the third one died by 1604 although his initial will was dated 1593 (he was married to Amy Dodridge). The fourth one I am still working on and there is a fifth one who died young and the line then daughtered out in that generation. A trust was established and which provides financial assistance and welfare grants to needy, serving clergy of the Church of England (I was not quite right about the purpose earlier). But Christopher and his descendants still remain and it is that information that I am pursuing as I believe that one of the members of our yDNA match is a descendant of this family which would then prove that these two lines are descendant of John Pencombe (in North Molton in 1486) coming down from the two sons John and Thomas and that is hugely amazing to be honest. I am very pleased with the process thus far. The family lore points to the South Molton family being also in the Barnstaple area.

I was in communication with a Pincombe descendant in Chittlehampton (he was fairly old in 2007 and the lines dropped maybe ten or  more years ago) who had not been able to trace his Pincombe line because there were too many so the hope is that as I move forward I will be luckier. We will see how that transpires as that is the purpose of this digging forward into 50,000 records.  I have sorted out the beginning so now I just have to push forward with my checking all these matches. As I mentioned, I will pull the Pinkham as well as I move along and enter them into my Legacy file. Eventually I will burn that to a DVD and make it available to anyone in the family that wants it. It will only carry information up to the beginning of the 1900s (my uncle and mother will be on it). This is a memory of John Routledge Pincombe who died much too young at 53 years of age. His life was sad but he had a joy in his children and he and my grandmother had a good marriage. He loved to argue politics which she did not like but other than that their life together was full of joy she told me. 

 There does appear to be a problem with the Visitation and I note that it was prepared by William Pincombe (descendant of  Thomas) and in 1620 he was 54 years of age although he did live at South Molton at this time it was only because he was Coroner as his usual abode was at East Buckland. I think he has an extra John Pyncombe in the list and does not know what has happened to Christopher's son John. They are second cousins and what I did learn was that this was not as close a relationship as first cousins especially with William normally living at East Buckland and this John Pyncombe family was at Poughill, Devon and the distance is 44 miles from South Molton which is substantial and how often would they see each other. However I will continue observing the results. I also have a copy of the 1620 Visitation with additions which removes that extra John (forgot I had that).  The footnote for this updated Visitation reads:

The portion of this pedigree printed in italic is a copy of the Original Visitation of Devon, Harl M8, 1163, fo. 95b  and not signed. Additionally six items were used to make these changes:

 1. The Visitation of Devon 1564 contained in Harl. MS. 1080, fo. 64 b, commences with this.

2. The Original Visitation begins here. 

3. Washfield Parish Register.

4. Southmolton Parish Register.

5. Crediton Parish Register.

6. Barnstaple Parish Register 

 I did look at this on my blog years ago but had forgotten that I saw it then. So the one problem solved but still I need to pursue the records to see if I can bring Christopher's family down in the records. I did find it interesting that John Pyncombe married Amy Dodridge at Barnstaple although I need to see that record but it is mentioned in this footnote. 

Quitting time and I must be quick  to get my steps for this hour. 

Solitaire puzzles to do; forgot them today.  

 

 

 

 

A beautiful starry night

 Woke up and looked out the window to a beautiful starry night. God's world alight with the brightness of the stars; what a stupendous sight. We are blessed with such a beautiful world. 

Sleep apnea does tend to wake me up these days; in my eighties now and hard to believe. Life passes very slowly as it seems like eons ago that I was a child. As a child I was also a restless sleeper. 

The books keep me busy and that is good. What does God plan for the remainder of my life? I wonder that sometimes. It is my quiet time of life when I just work away on the books and downsizing as it happens. I can not move until I downsize and so slowly that is happening. The picture books (40 large binders) are slowly disappearing as I create a set for the next generation. Never thought I would be doing that task as it was Edward's love and joy all those pictures with his children through the ages. How he loved those books that told the story of his life and I am saddened to keep taking them apart but yet it is a glorious thought that his descendants will enjoy them with all the unknown scenery stripped away and just the pictures of a growing family that was so young and then older and finally the oldest ones are gone and slowly the turn becomes ours to grow old. We are lucky as in my youth we remembered the young people who went off to war and did not come home. We must strive harder for peace; that perfect uplifted plain where all can live in unison. 

Thank you God for all that You do for the world. We need to follow your commandments and then peace can come to our world. Love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind and love our neighbour as ourself. 

Soon it is time to plan the rest of the donations in remembrance of Edward. Already done his Alma Mater Western University (and mine for that matter) and Ontario Ancestors (was Ontario Genealogical Society). Next will be the Ottawa Hospital where I worked  and he received care as his health slowly slipped away from him (I generally wait for a wealthy person to be doubling or tripling the donations that come in). Then as Christmas comes the Shepherds of Good Hope and the  Ottawa Mission all in his memory. But he also loved the Groups devoted to care of the environment and the many species within that environment so they too I must remember in his memory. The need is great at this time for everything. I think I remembered last Christmas to donate to the Food Bank as that was one of his very important donations. I did have a thought on this that one could have a label that reads "I already donate to the Food Bank" to wear when you go to the store but that seems a bit of overkill in a way. I just have to go with "not today" with no explanation and move on. But I have written it down on my list to do at Christmas. Edward loved to garden and so he gardened our back yard and a huge garden plot taking the girls along with him to help with both plots. They are terrific gardeners with great knowledge on gardening. But I digress and we could never eat all of that food so Edward took it to the Foodbank and also he donated to the Foodbank. If I did not do it last year when I was finally catching up on his donations then I will this year. I am after all in my eighties. It was part of being like his Dad all of that gardening as his father was a farmer; lucky we did  not live in the country or there might have been cows and chickens in the yard as well! I am not a farmer although my grandfather was; I actually dislike gardening now. It is more than I am capable of doing so I do not. 

I give to my Church monthly (mostly Alongside Hope (was the PWRDF)) and the Ottawa Mission also monthly which I have been doing for many years now. It is important sometimes to decide where to put any extra dollars as the need is there for so many. But I must admit I do prefer a receipt as that helps me to see where I have contributed and how much. I like to decide on my own where as well without being asked constantly. But perhaps people do not always think of donating to needed causes automatically on their own; no ideas on that. It is our Christian duty to give at least 1/10th of all that we have to support the needs of those around us.

Time marches onward for sure and waits for no one and it is our task to keep up with it whilst we can. My quiet time after working most of my life has been busy with publishing in one way or another all of this fascinating information on my family lines and that looks to be the case for quite a while yet. I have a great deal to publish and must not get distracted. I have the lawns all cut now for winter. The raking once I get a couple of dry days will also be done but will leave the large leaves to rot on the ground I think once again.  

My daughter corrected me that she had not applied to every university in Canada but rather those that were advertising back when she graduated (so long ago now, amazing) but the reality was that they all hired American graduates and when she was offered a tenure track position by an American university she took it and the research group at that university was absolutely perfect for her. That often does have a lot to do with the individuals hired by universities I must admit. She does hear back from her many students thanking her for her help when she was their professor. Since Edward's ancestry is primarily early Colonial American (they came to Canada as settlers mostly from the early 1800s to the 1830s and primarily his colonials to the American colonies came from Germany, The Netherlands and France between 1620 and the early 1700s) it does seem interesting that his daughter would teach in the United States all these years. 

It was nice to see a Nobel prize go to a Canadian I must admit and she was a graduate of U of T. Congratulations to her on her accomplishment a Nobel prize in literature for herself and for Canada.  

Well must try for sleep again. Thank you God for all that You have done for Homo sapiens.The AI on the Fitbit told me that I should never exercise after lunch as it makes my sleep restless. I did lift weights mid afternoon. Interesting really the addition of the AI to our lives. I do mostly do all my exercise in the morning before lunch and before breakfast and usually just walk after lunch every  hour at least ten minutes.  

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen. 

Records at Tawstock

A record at Tawstock for Edith Pincombe, widow, whose will is probated in 1572. The only known Pinkham there is Philip Pencombe/Pynkeham whose will was probated in 1564 at Tawstock. The FMP records are interesting. The earlier record on the Devon Lay Subsidy 1524-7 at Tawstock has a Philip Pengham. The 1543-1545 Devon Lay Subsidy had the spelling Philip Pynkeham. There is a Phillippe Pyncombe married to Wilmote Beare 10 Feb 1853 at Bideford. This is on Chart 10 with the father of this Philip  possibly  being Philip Pynkeham. The distance from Tawstock to Bideford is around 8 miles (we actually were in both of these places in 2008). It seemed very short but we were in a car. It is troubling though looking at the published book for the Pinkham family of the United States not to find a Philip in later generations. I found just one in the index in the 1880s. The repeating of Richard through three generations beginning with the father of the emigrant also interesting certainly but Richard son of William and Emotte Pincombe died at Bishops Nympton in 1648 and Richard son of Thomas and Joane Pencombe died at Bideford 7 Jun 1592 (he was known to have lived in Bideford). The children of that Richard at Bideford appear to be Helen and Thomas. William (Richard's brother) mentions the son Thomas (Richard's son) in his will. Richard became a much commoner forename in the 1800s and 1900s in the family in England and Canada. But the sister of the emigrants did marry Richard Elworthy perhaps accounting for the name being used later. But I will continue my work through all the data tomorrow. Time to lift weights and take a break!

I did have a look at Charles Nelson Sinnett's book "Richard Pinkham of old Dover, New Hampshire and his descendants East and West." I have had the electronic copy for quite a few years but wanted to refresh my mind on what he had said about the origins of the family. The last records in it are mid 1800s (this book I am writing will only go to the very early 1900s but there has never been a book of the Pencombe/Pincombe family of North Molton so definitely needs to be written). I remembered that the initial thought was this family came from the Isle of Wight but the author Sinnett did have some thoughts on that.  What I find confusing on some of the earlier researcher's charts is the forenames which do not resemble the generations that preceded which was common in English families of all levels through all of my searching in my lines. However, I will try not to be distracted. Again I would never attempt to revise and update Sinnett's book on the Pinkham family of the United States. But I will collect the material as eventually it will become part of the study and stored electronically at the Library of the Guild of one-name Studies in London, England. I will extract the entire file of Legacy and place it there. 

As I continue pulling records from Find My Past, I continue in my estimation that John Pencombe of Northmolton had only three sons (I am not sure if they all were full siblings as Thomas seems younger than John and William). William born closer to 1500 than Thomas but younger than John because he has Goods 2 listed on the 1524-7 Lay Subsidy whereas John Pyncombe at South Molton is G10 and his son Christopher G5 (the other son John is not listed on this 1524-7 Subsidy). But Thomas is earning Wages 1. John is definitely the elder brother of both Thomas and William. His son John remains at South Molton and this line eventually daughters out and their wealth created the Pyncombe Trust in 1731 (John generally used the surname Pyncombe as did his line).  The second generation is coming together but the ages are still somewhat weak but will continue to work on them. I feel that I am in a good spot as I have now put forth an argument that works for me not to include extraneous lines from the charts that do not come back to John Pencombe known to be at North Molton in 1486. But I continue collecting the information as I pull it. I have done some work on that but generally it is items that I have collected rather than all the BMBs in Find My Past - 50,000 records is somewhat daunting but I have given myself two years and so I will move ahead on that. 

Summing up my work ideas: Returning to Blake in a couple of weeks is a thought but my next step really is the Lay Subsidies and I need to actually go to the Family History Library to acquire that information. Publishing it with just the descendants of John Pincombe and Elizabeth (Rew) Pincombe (the emigrants in 1850 to Canada) seems a bit weak plus I do have more material going back but didn't want to do just a straight line so collecting as much as I can seems more reasonable but also I am helped in this somewhat with the bottleneck that occurs in the 1600s with the number of descendants somewhat low but I am sure I am missing some of them. And so I continue with extracting data from Find My Past. 

 

Grocery shopping and some research

Yesterday, I decided would be a grocery shopping day and the total runs around $100 to $110 each week which is up from $70 per week from a year or so ago. I only buy basic ingredients but these two have increased in price. I make all of my meals from scratch and they are simple. I am not a foodie and so it suits me well. I spent years and years preparing special meals so I am just enjoying the easy meal life that I have created. I do not mind spending half an hour to an hour preparing and cooking my meals; it is a good break away from the computer. I do not anticipate that costs will go down in the near future. Generally I do not eat processed foods other than perhaps humus. I try to minimize the plastic containers that I have to recycle (none is always better but pretty hard to reach these days). I only drink teas, milk, cranberry juice and tap water. An occasional glass of wine, maybe once or twice a year, and occasional ginger ale. Four bags of groceries is generally it and they are not big bags. Today I was asked about giving to the Food Bank but I do prefer to donate directly and generally do that. Although I suspect if everyone gave $1 then that would work well. I will consider it but I do prefer to donate directly personally. The gas tank is still full because I do not really go anywhere except groceries and I did drive to the doctor last week when I needed to check on my puncture wound to the face which has healed. 

Working on the Pencombe book and I think I will continue to the end of the second research week. Then I will create the next Blake Newsletter already more than a week late and back to the Blake book. I had not really thought about the Pinkham family of the United States being part of the book as they are a part of the greater study for the Guild. But I have now concluded my thinking and will do just this little basic book about the Pencombe family of North Molton now that I have separated them out of the American Pinkham family although I am quite aware that a number of Pincombe descendants particularly in the Barnstaple area used the Pinkham spelling. But one must remember that people probably did not actually write their own names down and that it was the Assessors who spelled their names on the different tax and other returns that were created in this time frame prior to people learning to write on a regular basis. When one says either of the two commonly used names they both sound like "Pinkom" as I noted through the years. Here in Canada the name was generally pronounced as Pincombe in my experience but I remember my grandmother saying that people usually said "Pinkom." So one can see how the spelling could get changed although in my line here there was a huge objection when the name was spelled incorrectly particularly one of the census really irritated my great grandfather. 

Continuing to enter the information into my legacy file (a number of unlinked items) and I also started a blog for the information on the Tawstock Pynkeham family just to keep that fresh and ready for the next Pincombe/Pinkham newsletter. I also have information from Dr. Richard Pinkham which he gave to a cousin of mine who visited him in Gloucestershire when he was in his nineties I think. He gave my cousin a pile of stuff which he photographed and put onto a DVD for me and sent it to me. It was most interesting actually and I have shared it with a few of my cousins who also found it interesting. I usually publish everything that is sent to me but for the moment I prefer to stick to the records that I am pulling from Find My Past. It does sort of appear that the father of Philip Pynkeham was possibly Philip Pengham and both were at Tawstock on two successive Lay Subsidies. Assessors did make spelling errors for sure in those days and now we fill in our own forms so any errors are ours! An Edith Pincombe leaves her will at Tawstock and she was a widow. I will keep accumulating all of this information as I simply could not locate a William in that area that could be the father of Philip. Given the presence of a de Pencombe family at Bondleigh in the early 1300s receiving land grants a drift towards Tawstock would not be unexpected but this is not a family that links anywhere else that I can see and there are three individual events involving a de Pencombe/Pencombe between the early 1300s and the presence of John Pencombe at Northmolton in 1486. Looking at the Herefordshire records there isn't a Roger de Pencombe there but there are de Pencombes with forenames John, William and Thomas at various times between 1100 and the mid 1400s but linking them has not yet been possible. Why choose the surname Pinkham from Pencombe is possibly just a pronunciation thing with the assessor recording it with the spelling he felt was correct. Certainly some known descendants of John Pencombe of Northmolton have the Pinkham spelling in the Barnstaple area. 

The number of individuals descendant of John Pencombe in my Legacy file is now just over 1000 but I am picking up new records every day now and anticipate that it will likely double in size because a lot of Pincombes stayed in England including three of my 2x great grandfather's siblings where I have some information but need to ensure it is complete and the census will do that for me. 

Today continuing with the research and then a week Saturday I will have another consult with the AI on what I have learned. I have found this to be most interesting; it is like having a colleague with his/her fingertips on all the history that has been published and my introduction of specific items that I want to discuss with respect to the descent of the Pencombe family of North Molton and balancing that with the known history of the time. The tricky items include: can information be found to prove their link to the de Pencombe family of Herefordshire? who is Alice and she appears to be the wife of John Pencombe but not listed as a widow in 1543-45 Devon Lay Subsidy where John is missing and presume deceased. Those to me are the most important as I move forward. The presence of Alice (Ales) as one of the daughters of Thomas Pencombe was very interesting.  John Pyncombe, the eldest son's daughters were named Mary and Margaret so not helpful. William Pencombe the middle son Agnes and Mary were the names of his daughters. There are a few thoughts on perhaps John Pencombe was married more than once in his lifetime but still Alice was not listed as a widow as perhaps she was in control of the property but John was still living but elderly. Lots of thoughts but none provable probably. But sometimes the naming of the children can be quite interesting. 

Solitaire puzzles. Exercises all done before breakfast which is also finished. I need to rake the leaves and if it stays dry out there I will do one bag each day over the next few days just to collect up the leaves from the tree at the front.  

Reading the Psalms and they remain some of my most favourite songs. I am now looking for references to the Messiah to come although the prophecies by the prophets will soon be in the readings. Why I do not see them as others in the productions on YouTube is my  not being a religious scholar. I am just reading word for word. 

God be praised for all that He does in this world. He sent Jesus His Son to be with us and to teach us the two laws that we must never move from and that is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbour as ourself (I do see this as respect for our neighbours). Thank you God for another beautiful day in this world which You have created for all the life that abounds here under the Sun which You also created.