Still writing

When I started my project the 12th of December 2015, I did not imagine that I would still be writing so enthusiastically by the beginning of June. I have almost completed my great grandparents and all their children (just working on my set of great grandparent's children). The Buller family has been a source of wonder for me. I spent hours and hours with my Grandmother Pincombe (nee Buller) and thinking back I did ask all the questions that one does usually ask a grandparents but she was expert at eluding my questions. I did learn somethings but mostly it was a huge brickwall that even now 13 years after I started doing my family tree I have not progressed (other than with the family lore that I did acquire from her) back before her mother with documented evidence. With her father I have been able to move back another two generations but there as well I am brickwalled. So now I am working on the children of my grandmother's siblings and there to I have many brickwalls because we have not kept in touch with those descendants. The two others who had children married in the United States and lived the rest of their lives there. My mother visited her aunts through the years and I have her stories to remind me but still there is a gap as I do not know my second cousins beyond their names.

As I was writing away I started to look at my own 900 page story and decided that I needed to footnote that and so I am busy working away on that footnoting for a few days which may turn into weeks as I had not yet worked my mother's letters into my story and she had kept my letters as well and so they too can be worked into my story. It is amazing being able to do that. Certainly at the time that I kept the letters I did not think of writing my story but then the years passed and amazingly I actually have grandchildren and so I wanted to put all of this information that I had collected into some sort of readable context. It has worked well and I am pleased with the result. It will be something for my daughters to read in their old age and perhaps my descendants if they so desire. But mostly it brings together the thousands and thousands of pictures that we have taken through the years.

I am persuading my husband to consider writing his life story and perhaps we will be able to work at that next winter. Time will tell.

My aim is to complete the three times great grandparents by fall and I did do the four times great grandparents as a 52 Ancestor Challenge in 2014 which will be very helpful when I write them up. Now writing this I realize that that may be the extent of my completion of writing up by the end of one year of writing. There is still so much left as I have managed to get back to 5x and 6x great grandparents in many lines and back as far as 14x great grandparents in my parent's surname line.

My 14x great grandparents on my Blake line were Robert Blake married to Maude Snell. Both of them left wills although Maude's will has gone missing apparently at the Winchester Archives in Hampshire england.

My 12x great grandparents on my Pincombe line are unnamed but their son Thomas Pencombe married Johane (unknown) and both left wills. Johane's will was probated at the PCC but Thomas' will was lost in the bombing of the Record Office at Exeter during WWII.

My project is likely going to taken another year beyond this year but I will be getting back into my one name studies as time passes. Already I am thinking about which set of wills to transcribe next.

Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2016

                                                           Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 3

2016

Table of Contents

1.   Pincombe Charts, original One-Name Study at the Guild of One-Name Studies

2.   Will of Willyam Pincombe, East Buckland, 20 Dec 1602

3.   yDNA study

When the present researcher for the Pincombe/Pinkham Family at the Guild of one-name studies decided to take on her mother’s surname, another team of researchers had just given up the study of the Pincombe/Pinkham surname. Galen Pinkham of the United States of America and Dr. Richard Pinkham of Gloucestershire, England had over a period of fifty years acquired a great deal of information on various Pincombe and Pinkham family lines both in England and in the United States of America. In order to preserve their study they produced several items which were then lodged with the Society of Genealogists. One of these items was a series of family trees on Bristol board sized sheets; a second item was a computer printout (hundreds of pages) of all their accumulated computerized data and a third item was transcriptions of Pincombe wills held at the Exeter Record Office in Devon, England. The last item was particularly lucky as these records were later destroyed in the WWII bombing of the Exeter Record Office. Over the next couple of years I will insert one of these charts into each newsletter. Although I am not always in agreement with the charts, they do accumulate a lot of information on the family in particular locations. The first chart I will enter will be the one that includes my own Pincombe line. It has been attached to the wrong couple but a few lines can correct that. One purpose in reproducing these charts is the hope that descendants of some of the other lines will also recognize any errors or omissions and thus make the task of creating new charts much easier.

My line at Bishops Nympton has been attached to Thomas Pincombe (fifth child of John Pincombe and Mary Charlie) and it should be attached to Robert Pincombe (fourth child of John Pincombe and Mary Charlie). I also do not agree that the parents of John Pincombe married to Mary Charlie were John Pincombe and Catherine Bryer. I believe that John’s parents were John Pincombe and Grace Manning. Further back John married to Grace Manning was more likely the son of William Pincombe and Mary Vicary (William being a brother of the Thomas Pincombe listed married to Christian) with that William being the eldest son of John Pincombe and Johane Blackmoore. More on the descent further back later.

1.   Will of Willyam Pincombe of East Buckland, Devon, dated 20^th December 1602; probated 13 Jul 1605

Willyam Pincombe and his wife Emotte Snow, according to their wills, had seven sons and two daughters: William, Symon, Johane, Katherin, Richard, Thomas, Lewis, Peter, John. The children are listed as their names occur in the will and does not indicate necessarily birth order. This will is available for download on the National Archives of the United Kingdom website: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D941098

or can also be viewed on the Ancestry website (subscription).

[Margin] T[estator] Will[yam Pyncombe

1      In the name of God, Amen.  The Eighte and

2      Twentithe day of december in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Sixe hundreth

3      and two I Willyam Pyncombe the elldest of Easte bucklande in the countie of Devon yeoman

4      beinge of perfecte remembrance (thanks be unto Allmightie God) do make and ordayne this

5      my laste will and Testamente in manner and forme followinge.  Firste I bequeathe my

6      soule unto Allmightie God.  And my bodie to be buried within the Churche or Churchyard

7      of East Bucklande aforesaid.  Item I give and bequeathe unto the poore of the parish of East

8      Bucklande aforesaid Three Shillings foure pence.  And toward the rep[ar]a[t]ion of the parish Churche

9      there Three shillings foure pence.  Item I give and bequeathe unto the poore of Southmolton

10   Tenne Shillings.  And unto the poore of Northmolton Tenne shillings.  Item I give and bequeathe

11   unto Willyam Pyncombe my sonne Sixe pounds thirteene Shillings foure pence.  Item I give

12   and bequeathe unto my saide sonne Willyam Pyncombe my greate tableboord whiche standeth in

13   my hall, the cubborde in the same hall, and the seelinge of the saide halle, my beste fetherbedd

14   performed and all my ploughe stuff, to have and enioye the same presentlie after the decrease or

15   nexte maryinge of his mother. Item I give and bequeathe unto Symon Pyncombe my sonne (if he

16   bee nowe lyvinge and do returne againe into this Realme of Englande) Tenne pounds. And I doe

17   praye his mother to have further consideration of him. Item I give and bequeathe unto Johane

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18   Johan Pyncombe my daughter Fiftie pounds.  Item I do give and bequeathe unto Katheren Pyncombe

19   my daughter Fiftie pounds.  Item whereas I have and houlde by the demise and grannte of John Davy

20   gentleman deceased to me my executor and assignes for terme of Fourescore and nyneteene yeares fullie

21   to be compleate and ended, if Symon Pyncombe, Richard Pyncombe and Thomas Pyncombe my sonnes

22   so longe lyve, or anie of them so longe lyve, all that the hall of the Tenement and Barton commonlie

23   called Over Mollande Sarazin, the entire, and house adioyning to the northe part of the said halle

24   the chambers over the saide halle and the house within the said halle, one chamber over the said house

25   and the shippinge in the easte part of the saide house. And all that parte or por[t]ion of the Towne

26   place there which is lymitted and appointed by mearts and bondes, the garden by southe the yokinge

27   house. One close of lands called the Southedowne, one other close of lande called the bottoms close

28   and dyvers other closes platts and quilletts of lande, meadowe, woods, wayes and other hereditam[en]ts

29   within the appurtenances in Northmolton in the countie aforesaid, as by a deed indented whose date

30   is the nyneteenthe daye of September in the foure and twentithe yeare of the Queenes ma[jes]ties

31   raigne that nowe is more plainelie as large yf dothe and maie appear. I do geve and bequeathe

32   unto Lewes Pyncombe and Peter Pyncombe my sonnes their executors and assigns all & singuler

33   my rights, tytle,  estate, intereste and terme of yeares whiche shal[l ]be to come and unexpired of their

34   foresaid terme at the tyme of my deathe of and in all and singuler the foresaid house, landes, tenem[en]ts

35   closes, meadows, curtelages, woods, Quillettes and parcelles of lands and meadows w[i]th all & singuler

36   their appurtenances, and everye parte and parcell thereof contayned in the foresaid deed, indented

37   excepted suche parte of the houses, closes of lande, meadowe, curtilages, woods, quilletts, and parcelles of

38   lands and meadows with the appurtenances contayned in the foresaid recited deed indented, as before this

39   tyne I have by deed wrytinge geven, grannted, assigned and sette over to John Pyncombe my sonne

40   his executors and assigns. To have and to houlde all and singuler the aforesaid houses, closes of

41   Lands, meadowes, curtilages, woods, quilletts, and parcelles of lands and meadows withe their appurtenances

42   (excepte before excepted) unto the said Lewes Pyncombe And Peter Pyncombe my sonnes their executors

43   and assignes from the daie of my deathe untill the expira[t]ion and end of the same terme of fouerscore

44   and nyneteene yeares, yeeldinge, performenge and doinge as I my executors and assignes are bounde by the

45   afore recited deed indented to yeelde, do and performe. And my meanenge is that my executors shall

46   freelie have and take all suche corne in and uppon the premisses afore geven and bequeathed as shal[l ]be

47   in the Earthe at the tyme of my deathe or decease withoute payenge any thinge for the standinge

48   thereof Item I geve and bequeathe unto my saide sonne Peter Pyncombe Tenne poundes Allso

49   I geve and bequeathe unto my foresaid two sonnes Lewes and Peter all my pewter vessells w[hi]ch

50   are marcked w[i]th W and P equallie to be devided betwixt them ymediatlie after the deathe or next

51   maryage of their mother. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Elizabeth Colliscotte the daughter of John

52   Colliscotte deceased fortye shillings to be employed to the beste use for her untill she accomplishe one

53   and twentie yeares of age by my sonnes Willyam Pyncombe and John Pyncombe And then to be payde her

54   by them withe the proffytte thereof (if her be lyvinge) otherwise to remaine and be by even and

55   equall por[t]ions unto my two sonnes Willyam and John Item I geve and bequeathe unto my brother

56   Richarde Pyncombe Thirtie shillinges Item I geve and bequeathe unto Thomas Pyncombe

57   sonne of my brother Richarde Pyncombe Tenne shillinges and an ewe and a lambe Item I geve

58   and bequeathe unto Willyam Pyncombe, John Pyncombe and Marye Pyncombe the chilldren of

59   my sonne John Pyncombe twentie shillings equallie to be divided amongste them Item I geve

60   bequeathe unto Willyam Pyncombe sonne of Richard Pyncombe my sonne Sixe shillings eighte

61   pence Item I geve unto Willyam Hutche one ewe sheepe Item I geve unto Anne Bushton

62   Agnes Busheton the daughter of Thomas Busheton to either of them a lambe Item I geve and

63   bequeathe unto everie of my god chilldren sixe pence a peece. The residue of all my goods moveable

64   unmoveable I geve and bequeathe unto Emott Pyncombe my wife whom I ordayn and make my

65   Executrix of this my presente Testamente and laste will. And I do ordayne and make overseers

66   of this my presente Testamente & laste will my lovinge sonnes Willyam Pyncombe and John

67   Pyncombe and my lovinge neigheboure Anthony Widlake alias Brailey whom I do desier to see

68   this my laste will and Testamente in all thinges performed accordinge to my entente and

69   meanenge In wytnes whereof the saide Willyam Pyncombe the elldeste have hereunto sette

70   my signe the daie and yeare before saide in presence of those whose names are hereunder wrytten

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71   Signed Will[ia]m Pyncombe the elldeste wytnesses hereunto Willyam Pyncombe Thomas

72   Busheton

73    Probatum fuit huiusmodi Testamentum apud

74    London decimo tertio die mensis Julij Anno domini millesimo Sexcentesimo Quinte coram

75    magistro will[el]imo Birde Legum doctore curie Prerogative cantuariensis magistri custodis

76 sive commissario l[egi]time constituti Iuramento Emmotte Pyncombe Relicte dicti defuncti et

77    Executricis in Testamento pred nominati commissa fuit Administracio bonorum, iurium et

78    creditorum eiusdem defuncti de bene et fideliter administrando etc als virtuto commissionis inhar(?) p[ar]te

79    emanate ad sancta dei Evangelia l[egi]time Jurat etc

William did an excellent job of listing his children, grandchildren, siblings and their children. More on this particular line later (and this is my line at Bishops Nympton; he names his son Richard with a son William).

2.   yDNA study

Although I mentioned in the last newsletter I would have more information on the yDNA study I think that I will talk about this particular set of markers which is carried by the Pincombe family in North Devon. I will not yet discuss the yDNA markers for the other groups within the study.

I still do not have any ideas on there being several distinct lines of Pincombe/Pinkham.

Finding that one Pinkham/Pincombe line that is not part of my line directly but has been in the United States for over three hundred years was very interesting. However, at this point I have not yet discovered the emigrant ancestor of this line.

The markers for the North Devon Pincombe family belong to the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH). What we do know about this particular haplotype is that it exists in very high frequency in the British Isles. This haplotype precedes the Roman occupation of Britain. This haplotype represents 70% of males in England which interests me because Pincombe appears to be an old English surname.

Any material which you may wish to submit for the newsletter can be sent to

Elizabeth Kipp, kippeeb@rogers.com

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