The last day of the month and I completed my Microsoft Solitaire games. I have been playing this set of five games every morning since October 2013. It has been fun actually. I love Solitaire and Microsoft has chosen my five preferred solitaire games. Occasionally I do play some of their other games but not very often. There are not enough hours in the day!
Isolation day 18 and the 31st of March. I wonder how many people saw this coming. I wondered how long it would take to reach us here in Canada. Memories of the adults talking about the Spanish Flu swept back into my mind in late January; how it crept around the world; crept into Canada. No TV in those days to keep us up to date by the hour on how the contagion is spreading. There was real fear in the faces of my relatives as they talked about the Spanish Flu. They were still washing their hands vigorously in those days; washing mine vigorously as I recalled. Perhaps that will be what stays in the minds of people this time too; the need to be constantly washing ones hands.
A month ago I started to really think about it. Being 74, our age group is most susceptible to succumb to COVID-19 although not exclusively it would appear. It was wonderful that younger children are less affected. Our youth must inherit this world. Are they enjoying, around the world, the fresher air as industry has ground to a halt? They will eventually inherit it all and control it all. What will they think of our generation; the generation that follows us. I was born in September of 1945. The war in Europe had been over for four months and the war in the East had been over for one month. I am a baby boomer in those terms but I was a year ahead in school so never really thought of myself as a baby boomer. All of my classmates for the most part were born in 1944 or 1943.
I accomplished very little on Chromosome 2 yesterday. Just a few lines but they were interesting, a match with my Pincombe cousins that I had missed earlier although I had noted that the individual could be Pincombe; but they are actually matching one of my third cousins but not the other six Pincombes that are in that particular database.
I managed 188 minutes of active exercise; we went for a walk in the rain. It was quite pleasant actually and we weren't the only ones. Although most of the people were walking their dogs. Today looks a little brighter but no sun yet.
Started the weekly task of cleaning and scrubbing. I spread it out these days; the arthritis in my hands does complicate all of those chores.
The WHO website keeps us up to date on life during COVID-19. Today there are 801,117 (increase of 67,054) cases worldwide, 38,540 deaths (increase of 3,718) and 161,542 recovered (increase of 9,753). There are now 161,542 people with antibodies worldwide. That is wondrous to see. In Canada we have 7,435 cases (increase of 1,118), there have been 89 deaths (increase of 23) and 1,079 recovered (increase of 571). We are now 16th in the world, Portugal has passed us.
Tomorrow is April 1st and my paternal grandmother's birthday. She was born in 1876; 144 years ago. I know so much about her mother and her mother's parents with whom she lived until her mother married William Taylor in 1882. Her grandparents didn't care that she was illegitimate; she was their daughter's child and they loved her I assume. It was wondrous to discover her on the census with them in 1881 listed as their grand daughter. I have a picture of that grandfather and he has a big smile. His sons have held him up in the picture because he was likely paralyzed by them (mentioned on his death registration). Family pride showed in their picture. They weren't wealthy; they were hard working. It is a family that has spread around the world but particularly to Australia. Will I ever discover my grandmother's father? DNA has led me towards that individual but no close matches yet although I do have one match that is 77 centimorgans (one solid length) that I think might be his line. I just marked it the purple colour I use for her line and haven't really thought beyond that yet. Perhaps in these months ahead I will think more about it especially when I reach Chromosome five.
Goodbye March; you will be a month forever remembered and the generations to follow will carry in their souls the reminder that COVID-19 came to Canada in March (it was already here but in March it dominated our lives; controlled our lives and had the biggest impact on our skies than anything in the past century).
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Approaching April
Looking out the window at 7:00 am and no traffic once again. One solitary figure walking pushing a baby carriage and a dog on a leash ahead of him. What a strange Monday morning to start a new week that takes us into April. The month of regrowth, renewal as the small animals appear out of their winter hiding spots. The chipmunk (or maybe there are more) has arrived back sitting upon the bird feeder demanding his morning feed. Generations of them have lived in our yard somewhere emerging every spring and looking for the bird seed on the tray. They do not eat a lot but they have certainly become part of the family. Enough so that they run across in front of us moving hither and yon around the yard.
Yesterday I mused about life after COVID-19 but I really do wonder if mercantilism will take charge once again and the larger corporations will continue to choke off the smaller ones if they stand in their way of controlling empires of purchasing. That has been the way of the human race it would appear if one looks at history. Always aggressive; always wanting more. It has got us where we are although I suspect many of us are much more mellow than our ancestors were.
I did manage to get in some time on Chromosome 2 but double vision plagued me yesterday for some reason. Probably too much computer time so will set that aside today and watch a movie instead of concentrating on the computer. There is a desire on my part to collect and preserve what I have done thus far in the one name studies and I may direct more time to that over the coming weeks.
But overall this is another day like the last. Isolation Day 17 has dawned somewhat gloomy but that is April for you; a rainy month that brings forth the best that Mother Nature has. There is nothing like the spring as the trees burst into bud, the grass turns green and the small creatures that surround us emerge from their winter darkness to the banquet to come as summer beckons us forward.
Will COVID-19 retreat just a little as the weather improves? That would be helpful although with our physical distancing we may just slow down this march towards death for so many. I guess in the back of my mind is the thought will COVID-19 return to ravage us once again as the long days of autumn return and winter to follow? But for the moment no thought of that; summer beckons us to welcome spring more fully as April waits around the corner.
Yesterday I mused about life after COVID-19 but I really do wonder if mercantilism will take charge once again and the larger corporations will continue to choke off the smaller ones if they stand in their way of controlling empires of purchasing. That has been the way of the human race it would appear if one looks at history. Always aggressive; always wanting more. It has got us where we are although I suspect many of us are much more mellow than our ancestors were.
I did manage to get in some time on Chromosome 2 but double vision plagued me yesterday for some reason. Probably too much computer time so will set that aside today and watch a movie instead of concentrating on the computer. There is a desire on my part to collect and preserve what I have done thus far in the one name studies and I may direct more time to that over the coming weeks.
But overall this is another day like the last. Isolation Day 17 has dawned somewhat gloomy but that is April for you; a rainy month that brings forth the best that Mother Nature has. There is nothing like the spring as the trees burst into bud, the grass turns green and the small creatures that surround us emerge from their winter darkness to the banquet to come as summer beckons us forward.
Will COVID-19 retreat just a little as the weather improves? That would be helpful although with our physical distancing we may just slow down this march towards death for so many. I guess in the back of my mind is the thought will COVID-19 return to ravage us once again as the long days of autumn return and winter to follow? But for the moment no thought of that; summer beckons us to welcome spring more fully as April waits around the corner.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
What will life be like on the other side of COVID-19?
A gloomy day here today and possibly rain. Rain is a good thing; it washes away the snow and weakens that four inches (10 centimetres) of ice that sits under the snow. But I find myself wondering what life will be like after COVID-19 has passed through. In theory, life will just pick up where it left off and move forward. I am hoping that life will change a little. Home industries will be created to support the fight against COVID-19 and I, for one, am hoping that these industries succeed and remain instead of being swallowed up by huge companies. Hopefully this will teach us the lesson that having needed supplies produced closer to home is always good. Supporting those industries even though they may look like they cost more is good policy. When times are bad they will still be producing and the products are readily available where they are needed. The regrowth of Canadian industries would be a marvelous gift of COVID-19 since there will be very few pluses on that side.
I can remember as a child visiting older relatives the discussion around the Spanish Flu. In the early 1950s it was just 30 years earlier and one of my great grandparents died in that time period. My mother thought he died of the Spanish Flu but his death registration did not list that as his cause of death. He was in a tent though on the property which was common apparently during those times of the Spanish Flu. She lived on a farm and he must have been brought there from his home in a village nearby. Even 30 years later people talked in hushed tones about the Spanish Flu. It must have been terrible at that time. Of course no electric ventilators to help people. The toll according to historical reference was 25 to 39 million as cited in 1991 and later in 2005 estimated at probably 50 million to 100 million which represented 3 to 5% of the population. But by 2018 the total was estimated at around 17 million (in the 50s I can vaguely recall 18 to 20 million being the numbers mentioned and that would have been closer to 1 to 2% of the population). It was thought to have infected 500 million people (1/3rd of the population) around the world.
But this is 2020 and all of the attributes of modern medicine are at our disposal. The death toll has now exceeded 30,000 and we are just really at the beginning of the pandemic. By smoothing the curve we save people (especially health care workers) because our hospitals will be able to manage a steady influx of patients but not a huge crest of patients. The numbers are a mystery; we have no idea where it will all end up.
The numbers today 677,622 worldwide cases (increase of 80,370 over the last 24 hour cycle), 31,750 deaths (increase of 4,385 over the last 24 hour cycle) and 141,698 recovered (increase of 8,335 over the last 24 hour cycle). Canada is number 15 on the World Health Organization list at 5,607 cases, 61 deaths and 479 recovered. We are the 39th most populous country in the world at 37,742,154 people. The reality though is this is the beginning of COVID-19 worldwide. Like all new diseases we either have to have the disease to have immunity or we need to be vaccinated. No vaccine yet so immunity is only gained by having the disease. It will take several waves to give immunity to most people in Canada unless a vaccine comes in between the first and second wave. That is where we are sitting at the moment.
I am optimistic though that in the end we will come out of this actually stronger than we went in. The growth of native born industries will help us to prosper once again and we need to keep those industries. We need to support those industries and not be led astray by larger companies promising cheaper prices. Where our essential facilities are concerned we need to be more cautious.
The loss of a portion of an entire generation of the elderly (and I am one of that group now) will be painful; you can see that in Italy. We tend, as a whole, to support local industry and spend a lot of money. We are in the stores every day spending money helping to support the local economy especially. But not all of us; too many go south and spend their money in the southern states for five months of the year. Perhaps that will end for a bit and the money will stay here and support Canada. I could scarce believe that 400,000 Canadians were in the south needing to come back. Add to that they were careless thinking they could stop and shop on their way back to their homes when they arrived in Canada. Quebec has paid the price dearly for that foolishness and hopefully we will not pay the price here in Ontario. We have gone to Florida for a week in the winter and it is fun but to spend so much money there when it could be spent here; that has always bothered me.
Yesterday we completed the puzzle; it is quite the beautiful scene. A lot of work went into it but we enjoy doing puzzles.
I also got started on Chromosome two and will continue working on that today.
Isolation Day 16 and I suspect we will not go anywhere other than home spots or a walk around the block until after Isolation Day 40.
I can remember as a child visiting older relatives the discussion around the Spanish Flu. In the early 1950s it was just 30 years earlier and one of my great grandparents died in that time period. My mother thought he died of the Spanish Flu but his death registration did not list that as his cause of death. He was in a tent though on the property which was common apparently during those times of the Spanish Flu. She lived on a farm and he must have been brought there from his home in a village nearby. Even 30 years later people talked in hushed tones about the Spanish Flu. It must have been terrible at that time. Of course no electric ventilators to help people. The toll according to historical reference was 25 to 39 million as cited in 1991 and later in 2005 estimated at probably 50 million to 100 million which represented 3 to 5% of the population. But by 2018 the total was estimated at around 17 million (in the 50s I can vaguely recall 18 to 20 million being the numbers mentioned and that would have been closer to 1 to 2% of the population). It was thought to have infected 500 million people (1/3rd of the population) around the world.
But this is 2020 and all of the attributes of modern medicine are at our disposal. The death toll has now exceeded 30,000 and we are just really at the beginning of the pandemic. By smoothing the curve we save people (especially health care workers) because our hospitals will be able to manage a steady influx of patients but not a huge crest of patients. The numbers are a mystery; we have no idea where it will all end up.
The numbers today 677,622 worldwide cases (increase of 80,370 over the last 24 hour cycle), 31,750 deaths (increase of 4,385 over the last 24 hour cycle) and 141,698 recovered (increase of 8,335 over the last 24 hour cycle). Canada is number 15 on the World Health Organization list at 5,607 cases, 61 deaths and 479 recovered. We are the 39th most populous country in the world at 37,742,154 people. The reality though is this is the beginning of COVID-19 worldwide. Like all new diseases we either have to have the disease to have immunity or we need to be vaccinated. No vaccine yet so immunity is only gained by having the disease. It will take several waves to give immunity to most people in Canada unless a vaccine comes in between the first and second wave. That is where we are sitting at the moment.
I am optimistic though that in the end we will come out of this actually stronger than we went in. The growth of native born industries will help us to prosper once again and we need to keep those industries. We need to support those industries and not be led astray by larger companies promising cheaper prices. Where our essential facilities are concerned we need to be more cautious.
The loss of a portion of an entire generation of the elderly (and I am one of that group now) will be painful; you can see that in Italy. We tend, as a whole, to support local industry and spend a lot of money. We are in the stores every day spending money helping to support the local economy especially. But not all of us; too many go south and spend their money in the southern states for five months of the year. Perhaps that will end for a bit and the money will stay here and support Canada. I could scarce believe that 400,000 Canadians were in the south needing to come back. Add to that they were careless thinking they could stop and shop on their way back to their homes when they arrived in Canada. Quebec has paid the price dearly for that foolishness and hopefully we will not pay the price here in Ontario. We have gone to Florida for a week in the winter and it is fun but to spend so much money there when it could be spent here; that has always bothered me.
Yesterday we completed the puzzle; it is quite the beautiful scene. A lot of work went into it but we enjoy doing puzzles.
I also got started on Chromosome two and will continue working on that today.
Isolation Day 16 and I suspect we will not go anywhere other than home spots or a walk around the block until after Isolation Day 40.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Colourful sunrise across the sky
Another beautiful sunrise and now the sun shining brilliantly. The snow will melt today; not all of it but more will be gone. Love the snow but glad to see it go in the spring. Mud season is upon us.
Yesterday I completed my look at the phasing of Chromosome one. I am happy with it finally. Today I move to Chromosome two; same pattern, paint all the matches that I have and see how that compares with my phasing of my grandparents. A good check on the entire process and lets me see what I have acquired over the last year in matches that I did not paint at the time.
Great day for exercise. Still too many minutes as I am quite tired by evening; 195 minutes but 30 minutes of that is Yoga and we did add to our walk yesterday. Walking outside was a complicated process to keep up with physical distancing but we managed and added another 1000 steps to our regular walk with just a few additions. Closing streets sounds like a good plan actually. I see that we are not to go more than 2 kilometres from home; I didn't realize that. Our walk though is never more than that anyway and in a circular motion around where we live.
I was on a Microsoft Teams call with other members of the Guild around the world trying out a system to do the Annual Meeting since that has been cancelled in the United Kingdom. Still necessary to do an Annual Meeting though and a great opportunity to bring in the entire world. There are more than five thousand members of the Guild worldwide. I have gotten to know a number of them over time. The Guild is a must organization if you are doing a one name study as so many of the English members do Marriage Challenges which add greatly to a study like Blake or even Pincombe. But for Blake I have acquired thousands of marriages with full details which I am just now thinking I could work on organizing all those details into Excel Charts. I have an overall chart extracted from Free BMD for all the marriages but it does not contain all the details I have obtained. They are in separate Excel Charts or images depending on how I receive the material.
Isolation Day 15 and we begin the second set of a two week interval. Personally I think we will be locked down for four sets or eight weeks which should really help to flatten the curve. I do not expect to see any loosening of that at all. It will bring us to mid May when we should really see a good effect on the flattening of the curve. There may still be another series of four sets since the funding proposed is looking at a possibility of a four month shutdown. The hospitals in Ontario are at 77% capacity which is really good news at this time of year with flu season just starting to see an end in the next couple of weeks. We do not know whether the cases in ICU centre on care centres/senior residences and perhaps knowing that will help to understand the percentage of use of ICU beds right now. A clearer picture is emerging of the coronavirus and its impact. The lucky ones have the virus and it lasts at least seven days and then recovery; the unlucky ones have the same seven days but at that point pneumonia sets in and then a gradual deterioration in breathing ability and the need for ventilation. Preventing the pneumonia seems the key and one wonders if taking the pneumonia shots (there are two) is helping people. No news on that at the moment.
I am a little later today getting started on my exercises. I have been enjoying watching the sunrise.
Yesterday I completed my look at the phasing of Chromosome one. I am happy with it finally. Today I move to Chromosome two; same pattern, paint all the matches that I have and see how that compares with my phasing of my grandparents. A good check on the entire process and lets me see what I have acquired over the last year in matches that I did not paint at the time.
Great day for exercise. Still too many minutes as I am quite tired by evening; 195 minutes but 30 minutes of that is Yoga and we did add to our walk yesterday. Walking outside was a complicated process to keep up with physical distancing but we managed and added another 1000 steps to our regular walk with just a few additions. Closing streets sounds like a good plan actually. I see that we are not to go more than 2 kilometres from home; I didn't realize that. Our walk though is never more than that anyway and in a circular motion around where we live.
I was on a Microsoft Teams call with other members of the Guild around the world trying out a system to do the Annual Meeting since that has been cancelled in the United Kingdom. Still necessary to do an Annual Meeting though and a great opportunity to bring in the entire world. There are more than five thousand members of the Guild worldwide. I have gotten to know a number of them over time. The Guild is a must organization if you are doing a one name study as so many of the English members do Marriage Challenges which add greatly to a study like Blake or even Pincombe. But for Blake I have acquired thousands of marriages with full details which I am just now thinking I could work on organizing all those details into Excel Charts. I have an overall chart extracted from Free BMD for all the marriages but it does not contain all the details I have obtained. They are in separate Excel Charts or images depending on how I receive the material.
Isolation Day 15 and we begin the second set of a two week interval. Personally I think we will be locked down for four sets or eight weeks which should really help to flatten the curve. I do not expect to see any loosening of that at all. It will bring us to mid May when we should really see a good effect on the flattening of the curve. There may still be another series of four sets since the funding proposed is looking at a possibility of a four month shutdown. The hospitals in Ontario are at 77% capacity which is really good news at this time of year with flu season just starting to see an end in the next couple of weeks. We do not know whether the cases in ICU centre on care centres/senior residences and perhaps knowing that will help to understand the percentage of use of ICU beds right now. A clearer picture is emerging of the coronavirus and its impact. The lucky ones have the virus and it lasts at least seven days and then recovery; the unlucky ones have the same seven days but at that point pneumonia sets in and then a gradual deterioration in breathing ability and the need for ventilation. Preventing the pneumonia seems the key and one wonders if taking the pneumonia shots (there are two) is helping people. No news on that at the moment.
I am a little later today getting started on my exercises. I have been enjoying watching the sunrise.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Isolation Day 14
Isolation Day 14 and it does look like we are headed towards Isolation Day 28 for sure and probably Isolation Day 56 before we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Having now reached Day 14 I have to admit Day 56 doesn't actually look that far away. We have mud season ahead here as the snow melts. Our backyard will be a sodden wasteland which we tend to view from the back patio for at least a couple of weeks. Our walks around the block can continue once a day and physical distancing has worked out fairly well. Younger people seem less in tune with that but I can also remember being their age and in a hurry to get where I was going. We can just stand aside (6 metres away) and let them pass as they hurry on to whatever they are doing. It is good actually for them to keep really busy. Inactivity isn't actually good for the mind.
I never did get back to looking at Chromosome One yesterday but will try to do that today. I did not like the way one of my sibling's results worked up. Four of us tested at 23 and Me and I am using those four results as my key and adding in the fifth one once I am satisfied with the four of us. The fifth one just doesn't seem to look correct and I do not have a sufficient number of matches to smooth it out. However, I did my usual checking of all the different databases and found a couple more results which might just be helpful. Will work away at that today. One new one is nearly 40 centimorgans for three of us and obviously on my paternal grandfather's side although I do not appear to have found that particular line but I still have several of my grandfather's aunts and uncles descendants to bring down to the present. But when I searched my database there was John Scuton Petty son of John Henry Petty and Sarah Anne Butt and my 3rd cousin twice removed. Matching on the Butt line means that he is a double 3rd cousin (and on my paternal grandfather's side as his mother was Maria Jane Knight whose mother was Louisa Butt. I shall have to look at that today but the individual who tested the line was only 20 years of age so I am not likely to find very much.
The puzzle is doing really well. The top is all finished now. It is a thousand pieces; we tend to enjoy that size. It is not so big that it sits for weeks but large enough to be a challenge that just keeps bringing us back again and again through the day.
The United States our next door neighbour has a staggering number of COVID-19 cases. The United States is in a position that I have never seen it in throughout my seventy four years of life. I am used to looking at our great neighbour to the South and admiring how efficiently they have handled a number of crises. But this time the Centre of Disease Control (CDC) just has not been able to control the situation in their usual efficient manner. Generally they appeared to have worked with a fairly free hand unfettered by government controls and they have done it very well. SARS they managed extremely efficiently. I prefer our Medical System here in Canada but they appeared to have made theirs work for them down there. My prayers are with them very much. I can hardly believe that New York is going through such a crisis.
On the home front, I now have both pairs of reading glasses out of play. My husband will try to put the arm back on today. That isn't getting repaired at the Glasses Shop for a while I suspect.
We made a pound cake the other day (actually it probably weighed closer to three pounds as it is a large 12 inch tube pan. We cut it up into six pieces and freeze five of them. I love it buttered but that comes out of my childhood and English grandparents who buttered their cake to eat with their tea. I copied them as I really enjoy butter on my cake more than icing.
Last night we actually had shrimp for dinner, sweet potato and beans with raw vegetables and crusty bread dipped in an olive oil/spice mixture to start. Our meals are really quite interesting as we have oodles of time to plan them. We stocked up on frozen fish before the great Isolation began. But we also have frozen meat balls, frozen meat patties, frozen pork chops, frozen chicken thighs, frozen ham slices and my favourite eggs but fresh (three dozen in the refrigerator at the moment from a farm about ten kilometres away). I really do dislike freezing my meat; I never think it is quite as nice as fresh. We also bought a large bag of brown rice and although I really prefer white rice in rice pudding we make enough to have a rice pudding every time that we make rice.
We bought a couple of extra bags of flour, some yeast and other baking needs and have done all of our baking of cookies, cakes, etc since the beginning of February. Our new mixer has proven to be very handy. The arthritis in my hands has made it difficult for me to bake the last couple of years but together we are back working away on baking together. We are ready to make bread if need be but I suspect that probably will just be because we want to and not because our country has shut down so much that bread making isn't happening.
The weather is warming up here although still below freezing most nights. The snow is melting and probably early April will see the old piles of it gone. There can still be new snow but it doesn't last long especially once it is April. Easter will be quiet this year. It is Ed's birthday on the 16th and usually we have family to celebrate but not this year. Perhaps we will order food in from the Mandarin. Will think about that as we can always go to the Mandarin sometime down the road when the quarantine is lifted and life returns to normal. Eventually it will. When I was a child there were several quarantines of city blocks in London and they would last a little while and then the signs would come down again. This will be longer; the longest that I have ever seen in my life but it too will pass. In the meantime, we will all just hunker down and wait for the bright sun of the summer and make physical distancing work for us so that eventually we can all get back to work at whatever it is that we retired people do and the younger people can get on with their working lives.
I never did get back to looking at Chromosome One yesterday but will try to do that today. I did not like the way one of my sibling's results worked up. Four of us tested at 23 and Me and I am using those four results as my key and adding in the fifth one once I am satisfied with the four of us. The fifth one just doesn't seem to look correct and I do not have a sufficient number of matches to smooth it out. However, I did my usual checking of all the different databases and found a couple more results which might just be helpful. Will work away at that today. One new one is nearly 40 centimorgans for three of us and obviously on my paternal grandfather's side although I do not appear to have found that particular line but I still have several of my grandfather's aunts and uncles descendants to bring down to the present. But when I searched my database there was John Scuton Petty son of John Henry Petty and Sarah Anne Butt and my 3rd cousin twice removed. Matching on the Butt line means that he is a double 3rd cousin (and on my paternal grandfather's side as his mother was Maria Jane Knight whose mother was Louisa Butt. I shall have to look at that today but the individual who tested the line was only 20 years of age so I am not likely to find very much.
The puzzle is doing really well. The top is all finished now. It is a thousand pieces; we tend to enjoy that size. It is not so big that it sits for weeks but large enough to be a challenge that just keeps bringing us back again and again through the day.
The United States our next door neighbour has a staggering number of COVID-19 cases. The United States is in a position that I have never seen it in throughout my seventy four years of life. I am used to looking at our great neighbour to the South and admiring how efficiently they have handled a number of crises. But this time the Centre of Disease Control (CDC) just has not been able to control the situation in their usual efficient manner. Generally they appeared to have worked with a fairly free hand unfettered by government controls and they have done it very well. SARS they managed extremely efficiently. I prefer our Medical System here in Canada but they appeared to have made theirs work for them down there. My prayers are with them very much. I can hardly believe that New York is going through such a crisis.
On the home front, I now have both pairs of reading glasses out of play. My husband will try to put the arm back on today. That isn't getting repaired at the Glasses Shop for a while I suspect.
We made a pound cake the other day (actually it probably weighed closer to three pounds as it is a large 12 inch tube pan. We cut it up into six pieces and freeze five of them. I love it buttered but that comes out of my childhood and English grandparents who buttered their cake to eat with their tea. I copied them as I really enjoy butter on my cake more than icing.
Last night we actually had shrimp for dinner, sweet potato and beans with raw vegetables and crusty bread dipped in an olive oil/spice mixture to start. Our meals are really quite interesting as we have oodles of time to plan them. We stocked up on frozen fish before the great Isolation began. But we also have frozen meat balls, frozen meat patties, frozen pork chops, frozen chicken thighs, frozen ham slices and my favourite eggs but fresh (three dozen in the refrigerator at the moment from a farm about ten kilometres away). I really do dislike freezing my meat; I never think it is quite as nice as fresh. We also bought a large bag of brown rice and although I really prefer white rice in rice pudding we make enough to have a rice pudding every time that we make rice.
We bought a couple of extra bags of flour, some yeast and other baking needs and have done all of our baking of cookies, cakes, etc since the beginning of February. Our new mixer has proven to be very handy. The arthritis in my hands has made it difficult for me to bake the last couple of years but together we are back working away on baking together. We are ready to make bread if need be but I suspect that probably will just be because we want to and not because our country has shut down so much that bread making isn't happening.
The weather is warming up here although still below freezing most nights. The snow is melting and probably early April will see the old piles of it gone. There can still be new snow but it doesn't last long especially once it is April. Easter will be quiet this year. It is Ed's birthday on the 16th and usually we have family to celebrate but not this year. Perhaps we will order food in from the Mandarin. Will think about that as we can always go to the Mandarin sometime down the road when the quarantine is lifted and life returns to normal. Eventually it will. When I was a child there were several quarantines of city blocks in London and they would last a little while and then the signs would come down again. This will be longer; the longest that I have ever seen in my life but it too will pass. In the meantime, we will all just hunker down and wait for the bright sun of the summer and make physical distancing work for us so that eventually we can all get back to work at whatever it is that we retired people do and the younger people can get on with their working lives.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Snow melting - end of winter
The snow is definitely melting in the backyard. There is maybe half a foot (15 centimetres) on average across the whole back yard now. I haven't been in the back yard walking now for a few days and it is coming into mud season. We have been walking around the block once a day for exercise. It has been relatively easy to maintain physical distancing from anyone.
Our neighbours bought our groceries once again for us; much appreciated that we have fresh milk, eggs, bread, cheese and fruit and some other perishables. We bought frozen meat to last us a month or so and will replenish that in mid April. Not being a large meat eater I could well live on meat substitutes for quite a while.
Spent a little time looking at Chromosome one yesterday now that all the matches have been painted. It is looking quite good now; the two charts - DNA Painter for each of the five siblings (myself included) and the phasing charts that I have produced in Powerpoint for each of us. A little more work on that today and I will proceed to work on Chromosome two.
A teleconference today for the Guild; the system is being tested for an online conference perhaps since the face to face conference was cancelled in England. I didn't really keep up with all the wording in the emails but when asked to help with testing the system to see if it works around the world I did say I would do that.
A lot of exercise again yesterday although I seem to be managing it well. I think our age group needs to keep our lungs in good shape just in case we acquire COVID-19. At least it might give us a fighting chance.
This is Isolation Day 13 and the 26th of March 2020. I think we might be isolation for longer than the 30 days that I originally thought. It may well be into May before we really get into stores again and that probably fairly cautiously.
Our neighbours bought our groceries once again for us; much appreciated that we have fresh milk, eggs, bread, cheese and fruit and some other perishables. We bought frozen meat to last us a month or so and will replenish that in mid April. Not being a large meat eater I could well live on meat substitutes for quite a while.
Spent a little time looking at Chromosome one yesterday now that all the matches have been painted. It is looking quite good now; the two charts - DNA Painter for each of the five siblings (myself included) and the phasing charts that I have produced in Powerpoint for each of us. A little more work on that today and I will proceed to work on Chromosome two.
A teleconference today for the Guild; the system is being tested for an online conference perhaps since the face to face conference was cancelled in England. I didn't really keep up with all the wording in the emails but when asked to help with testing the system to see if it works around the world I did say I would do that.
A lot of exercise again yesterday although I seem to be managing it well. I think our age group needs to keep our lungs in good shape just in case we acquire COVID-19. At least it might give us a fighting chance.
This is Isolation Day 13 and the 26th of March 2020. I think we might be isolation for longer than the 30 days that I originally thought. It may well be into May before we really get into stores again and that probably fairly cautiously.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Misty on Isolation Day 12
It has been a few days since we had a bright sunny day. Hoping for the warm sun to be shinning on the swing; it is a bit cold to be outside swinging otherwise! Isolation Day 12 and still snow covered but there is melting. Ground still frozen but the snowdrops have managed to work their way through and one of these days will bloom. You always know that everything is moving along when the snowdrops pop out of the frozen ground.
Yesterday was a day of accomplishment as I completed painting all of the matches for Chromosome 1. Today I shall have a good look at them and see if I can clearly see the maternal and paternal lines on the five different profiles for myself and four siblings. I have just a couple of known matches on Chromosome and all are somewhat small (less than 20 cm and actually less than 15 cm) but their actual relationship to us is known and a look at their tree indicates that our only possible sharing of an ancestor is the one that is shown. I do have some substantial matches on chromosome 1 including a likely double or triple fourth cousin whose parentage is unknown. I have assigned that match as well to the appropriate grandparent line with one caveat he may be matching be on more than my Blake line (he matches me on both Blake and Knight (my Blake great grandparent's surnames). If I am correct that he may also be matching me on my paternal grandmother's line then I have to remain somewhat suspicious but a known Knight descendant is matching on one of his in common matches with myself and siblings so I know that one is likely Knight but the other one I am suggested it belong to my paternal grandfathers side but another match is really needed to collaborate that. My Blake-Farmer descendancy is huge (my 2x great grandparents Blake) and that is perhaps showing up with some of these matches that appear to be Blake (I have between 12 and 18 pages of matches that all match each other at 23 and Me).
The puzzle also benefited from our time yesterday. I filled in more of the tree area on the upper part of the puzzle and I am now working on the lower part of the trees working downwards towards the creek and rocks. It is a really nice puzzle and we have two more like it to work at later.
Still looking overcast but a little brighter so perhaps we will get some sun this afternoon.
COVID-19 dominates the news stories - Prince Charles now has COVID-19. Ontario has closed all but essential workplaces; many people are working from home is mentioned. Being retired we are always home but these days we have really limited ourselves. Just a twenty minute walk around the block each day but otherwise we are here the other 23 hours and 20 minutes a day. I do not miss shopping at all actually. We usually go shopping every day; spending about two or three hours out and about often including a 30 min walk at the Mall. We are not going anywhere at the moment; our neighbours have been doing our groceries.
Yesterday was a day of accomplishment as I completed painting all of the matches for Chromosome 1. Today I shall have a good look at them and see if I can clearly see the maternal and paternal lines on the five different profiles for myself and four siblings. I have just a couple of known matches on Chromosome and all are somewhat small (less than 20 cm and actually less than 15 cm) but their actual relationship to us is known and a look at their tree indicates that our only possible sharing of an ancestor is the one that is shown. I do have some substantial matches on chromosome 1 including a likely double or triple fourth cousin whose parentage is unknown. I have assigned that match as well to the appropriate grandparent line with one caveat he may be matching be on more than my Blake line (he matches me on both Blake and Knight (my Blake great grandparent's surnames). If I am correct that he may also be matching me on my paternal grandmother's line then I have to remain somewhat suspicious but a known Knight descendant is matching on one of his in common matches with myself and siblings so I know that one is likely Knight but the other one I am suggested it belong to my paternal grandfathers side but another match is really needed to collaborate that. My Blake-Farmer descendancy is huge (my 2x great grandparents Blake) and that is perhaps showing up with some of these matches that appear to be Blake (I have between 12 and 18 pages of matches that all match each other at 23 and Me).
The puzzle also benefited from our time yesterday. I filled in more of the tree area on the upper part of the puzzle and I am now working on the lower part of the trees working downwards towards the creek and rocks. It is a really nice puzzle and we have two more like it to work at later.
Still looking overcast but a little brighter so perhaps we will get some sun this afternoon.
COVID-19 dominates the news stories - Prince Charles now has COVID-19. Ontario has closed all but essential workplaces; many people are working from home is mentioned. Being retired we are always home but these days we have really limited ourselves. Just a twenty minute walk around the block each day but otherwise we are here the other 23 hours and 20 minutes a day. I do not miss shopping at all actually. We usually go shopping every day; spending about two or three hours out and about often including a 30 min walk at the Mall. We are not going anywhere at the moment; our neighbours have been doing our groceries.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Snowfall
We had a 5 centimetre snowfall yesterday. The world is beautiful looking out the window, so uniform as far as you can see. Mud season is covered up once again. There is no traffic out there; quite eerie at 7:00 am not to see the road behind us full of traffic. With each light snowfall though we know that spring is not far away. Overcast again today though; must check the weather to see if there is more snow coming.
Worked on the puzzle yesterday for a couple of hours. I love puzzles; they relax the mind and sharpen the wits. I was working on the trees in the top left and right. The center is filled in with bright autumn colours but my section yesterday was evergreens thickly filling the area around the bursts of colour and in the middle a waterfall I worked on a day earlier. My husband has been working on the rocks and the lower bushes in the middle of the puzzle below the waterfall. Finally I got a big section put together that I was able to fill in quite a sizeable hole on the top left side. Today I will work on the puzzle again for a while.
Nothing accomplished on my genealogy endeavours except finding a couple more matches. I have quite a few that are over 20 centimorgans but are unknown to me. There are distinctly four sets of matches though and with my siblings results and my own I can generally separate them into groups but separating them into maternal and paternal can be a challenge on occasion except when one of my cousin matches helps out. I do not have a lot of known matches on that first chromosome though but it is the chromosome with the greatest number of matches and just sorting them into order will be helpful especially if some of them have several matches on different chromosomes. I will work some more on that today and see if I can complete the task of painting them over the next couple of days. I do not want to rush it. My memory still holds a lot of material and I want to feel comfortable with all those results.
Day eleven of isolation and the sun is just now trying to break through the overcast with bands of light above the trees. When we moved here there weren't any trees and now we have so many; I love the trees and it is wondrous to see every spring the budding and then the beautiful foliage coming out and gracing us with their beauty.
One hundred and seventy two minutes of exercise yesterday. I can see that the regimen I have set for myself will mean three hours per day. My knee is coming along nicely; I still would rather have had an MRI to be comfortable with my exercises and I could have moved quicker to running but I am running now albeit for only twenty minutes or slightly more instead of an hour every day but cross training is the way to really exercise the muscles in actual fact so it perhaps better. The sun has broken through and perhaps we will have a bright sunny day today. That fresh snow of yesterday will melt and the snowdrops trying so hard to bloom will be graced by sun once again instead of buried under a fresh blanket of snow.
Worked on the puzzle yesterday for a couple of hours. I love puzzles; they relax the mind and sharpen the wits. I was working on the trees in the top left and right. The center is filled in with bright autumn colours but my section yesterday was evergreens thickly filling the area around the bursts of colour and in the middle a waterfall I worked on a day earlier. My husband has been working on the rocks and the lower bushes in the middle of the puzzle below the waterfall. Finally I got a big section put together that I was able to fill in quite a sizeable hole on the top left side. Today I will work on the puzzle again for a while.
Nothing accomplished on my genealogy endeavours except finding a couple more matches. I have quite a few that are over 20 centimorgans but are unknown to me. There are distinctly four sets of matches though and with my siblings results and my own I can generally separate them into groups but separating them into maternal and paternal can be a challenge on occasion except when one of my cousin matches helps out. I do not have a lot of known matches on that first chromosome though but it is the chromosome with the greatest number of matches and just sorting them into order will be helpful especially if some of them have several matches on different chromosomes. I will work some more on that today and see if I can complete the task of painting them over the next couple of days. I do not want to rush it. My memory still holds a lot of material and I want to feel comfortable with all those results.
Day eleven of isolation and the sun is just now trying to break through the overcast with bands of light above the trees. When we moved here there weren't any trees and now we have so many; I love the trees and it is wondrous to see every spring the budding and then the beautiful foliage coming out and gracing us with their beauty.
One hundred and seventy two minutes of exercise yesterday. I can see that the regimen I have set for myself will mean three hours per day. My knee is coming along nicely; I still would rather have had an MRI to be comfortable with my exercises and I could have moved quicker to running but I am running now albeit for only twenty minutes or slightly more instead of an hour every day but cross training is the way to really exercise the muscles in actual fact so it perhaps better. The sun has broken through and perhaps we will have a bright sunny day today. That fresh snow of yesterday will melt and the snowdrops trying so hard to bloom will be graced by sun once again instead of buried under a fresh blanket of snow.
Monday, March 23, 2020
No traffic
We have lived in our home for 42 years; longer than I ever lived anywhere else. We anticipate being here another five years but we work on a five year plan most of the time. Does COVID-19 change that? Thus far no. We are close to the grocery store and pharmacy; we still drive. Day ten of self-isolation and for the last two days we have gone for a walk around the block managing to physically distance (new phrase) ourselves from everyone else. We are wearing our high rubber boots so that we can easily move off of the sidewalk into the grass or onto the road if need be. Ottawa may have/had as many as 4000 cases of the virus the modelling is showing.
Yesterday I managed to keep my active minutes at 172. That seems like a good amount of exercise in one day. I still, however, did not accomplish very much on the research side. We are putting a puzzle together (1000 pieces) and did get more of that done so a different kind of accomplishment!
People are home and watching Netflix it would appear. Sometimes it is a bit slow to get on but so far we always do manage to get in our couple of hours of Netflix each day. Still binge watching Homeland but will move to another soon as we are into Season 6 and there is just one more season on Netflix.
Today I must get to my research and complete Chromosome 1. I never dreamed when I had this new idea I would spend three days on the first chromosome. It is an interesting way to look at all the matches and I am gradually eliminating matches under 20 centimorgans unless it is a known match. I have a lot of matches now that I can place into paternal or maternal and then further into grandmother or grandfather in that side.
We bought several bags of frozen fish fillets. That has worked out very well. Usually we shop every day for our food; just part of our routine of getting out each day. I must admit getting out each day for three hours or so always seemed like a long time to me. I am still enjoying the solitude of being at home; my husband is finding it much harder as he likes to be out and about. Soon the snow will melt and we will be outside working in the garden and that he really enjoys. Mud season is ahead though!
Dawn is about to break and no traffic out there.
Yesterday I managed to keep my active minutes at 172. That seems like a good amount of exercise in one day. I still, however, did not accomplish very much on the research side. We are putting a puzzle together (1000 pieces) and did get more of that done so a different kind of accomplishment!
People are home and watching Netflix it would appear. Sometimes it is a bit slow to get on but so far we always do manage to get in our couple of hours of Netflix each day. Still binge watching Homeland but will move to another soon as we are into Season 6 and there is just one more season on Netflix.
Today I must get to my research and complete Chromosome 1. I never dreamed when I had this new idea I would spend three days on the first chromosome. It is an interesting way to look at all the matches and I am gradually eliminating matches under 20 centimorgans unless it is a known match. I have a lot of matches now that I can place into paternal or maternal and then further into grandmother or grandfather in that side.
We bought several bags of frozen fish fillets. That has worked out very well. Usually we shop every day for our food; just part of our routine of getting out each day. I must admit getting out each day for three hours or so always seemed like a long time to me. I am still enjoying the solitude of being at home; my husband is finding it much harder as he likes to be out and about. Soon the snow will melt and we will be outside working in the garden and that he really enjoys. Mud season is ahead though!
Dawn is about to break and no traffic out there.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Another beautiful sunrise
Another beautiful sunrise to start the 9th day of isolation.Although we are isolated we have begun to take a walk around the block and that has been successful. It is important to get some exercise but I have not been face to face with anyone other than my husband since this began. I am skyping with my daughters and have emailed my siblings. I am a hermit by nature and if I had no one then I would just continue being a hermit. My husband does drag me off to things (I do like to go to Church but have not done that for quite a while; my Anglican Church has changed so much and I never really felt comfortable in other Churches) so I have done a myriad of things through our married life (54 years in the fall) that I would never have done on my own. Occasionally I wonder what my life would have been like; I was thinking of becoming a medical missionary in my teen years. My husband did distract me from that goal at the young age of twenty years when we married and I just never got back to thinking about doing it. I have no regrets; these days we do not have enough doctors in Canada!
Yesterday passed extremely quickly. The garden swing is now out and that will be another diversion and some fresh air for both of us. A mite chilly still but I find that rocking back and forth in the swing is really good for my knee. I continue doing my physio exercises modified somewhat now to fit in with my regular calisthenics. I have already put in 64 minutes of activity today (walking, running and calisthenics). I like to do that first thing in the morning before breakfast. I used to run a mile first thing in the morning when I was younger.
I accomplished practically nothing on my phasing project yesterday. I am still on Chromosome 1 but have not yet completed entering in all the matches that I have gleaned from the various testing companies (23 and Me, myself and three siblings, FT DNA, myself and four siblings, Living DNA, myself and one sibling, My Heritage, myself and four siblings, and, of course, Ancestry, myself and three siblings (but only in the instance that the match has taken their results into FT DNA, My Heritage or Gedmatch). I still have 85 lines of matches to enter. It is a slow process as I have a lot of 23 and Me matches and I am working up a list of in-common matches and blocking them into grandparent match (paternal or maternal where I can determine, I ballpark into likely as that is easy to change if needed). The visual though is quite stunning and gives me a different look.
COVID-19 continues to infect and take lives. Canada now has 1331 cases and 19 deaths. My mother used to talk about the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 because her grandfather died during the Spanish Flu. But it was second hand information from her brother as she was only three years of age at the time (although she always said she could remember the tent where he died). She said that people put their loved ones into isolation tents away from the family (he died the 7th of June).
We made our lemon scones yesterday and yes truly they were delicious. We had scrambled eggs with them for dinner and I had brussel sprouts (love them with scrambled eggs). My husband enjoyed some raw vegetables (carrots and celery). Then rice pudding for dessert.
I managed to do 219 minutes of exercise yesterday. I was exhausted by 10 pm. I think today I shall try to keep that down to 180 minutes or less. I am not as young as I used to be! Plus I do need to do more work on the phasing. Hard to believe that in isolation I didn't have enough time.
Yesterday passed extremely quickly. The garden swing is now out and that will be another diversion and some fresh air for both of us. A mite chilly still but I find that rocking back and forth in the swing is really good for my knee. I continue doing my physio exercises modified somewhat now to fit in with my regular calisthenics. I have already put in 64 minutes of activity today (walking, running and calisthenics). I like to do that first thing in the morning before breakfast. I used to run a mile first thing in the morning when I was younger.
I accomplished practically nothing on my phasing project yesterday. I am still on Chromosome 1 but have not yet completed entering in all the matches that I have gleaned from the various testing companies (23 and Me, myself and three siblings, FT DNA, myself and four siblings, Living DNA, myself and one sibling, My Heritage, myself and four siblings, and, of course, Ancestry, myself and three siblings (but only in the instance that the match has taken their results into FT DNA, My Heritage or Gedmatch). I still have 85 lines of matches to enter. It is a slow process as I have a lot of 23 and Me matches and I am working up a list of in-common matches and blocking them into grandparent match (paternal or maternal where I can determine, I ballpark into likely as that is easy to change if needed). The visual though is quite stunning and gives me a different look.
COVID-19 continues to infect and take lives. Canada now has 1331 cases and 19 deaths. My mother used to talk about the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 because her grandfather died during the Spanish Flu. But it was second hand information from her brother as she was only three years of age at the time (although she always said she could remember the tent where he died). She said that people put their loved ones into isolation tents away from the family (he died the 7th of June).
We made our lemon scones yesterday and yes truly they were delicious. We had scrambled eggs with them for dinner and I had brussel sprouts (love them with scrambled eggs). My husband enjoyed some raw vegetables (carrots and celery). Then rice pudding for dessert.
I managed to do 219 minutes of exercise yesterday. I was exhausted by 10 pm. I think today I shall try to keep that down to 180 minutes or less. I am not as young as I used to be! Plus I do need to do more work on the phasing. Hard to believe that in isolation I didn't have enough time.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Is the sky clearer?
Yesterday was pretty dull but today the sunrise was quite beautiful and the sky just a little cloudy. Our skies are always pretty clear (we are surrounded mostly by woods once you get out of the metropolitan area) but there is a freshness in the air these days.
Second week, day eight, in isolation and our neighbours picked up a couple of bags of groceries for us. I actually didn't mind the milk powder but will admit fresh milk to cook my oatmeal in was pretty tasty yesterday morning. Will enjoy that again today and then back to powdered milk as we do not like to overdo asking our neighbours. They volunteered to do groceries for us though which was very nice. We haven't been in any stores now for over a week and will not do so. Tried to get my husband's prescription that last day but it wasn't ready so will have to get the drug store to deliver it to us once prepared.
Yesterday flew by, I manged to put in 197 minutes of active exercise which included a 23 min walk, a 22 min run, 22 min of calisthenics, another 23 min walk, a 43 min aerobic workout, a third 19 min walk and then 30 min of yoga. Looking back I now understand why I put in so little time on my phasing charts for DNA of my grandparents.
We are watching Homeland on Netflix and nearly at the end of Season 5 now. We tend to binge watch Netflix shows and have been subscribers for about five years now. At the beginning we were watching it a few times a week and had joined to watch Murdoch's earlier series but since then we have increased our watching to about two hours per day. Our television sets have never been in the living room but this past fall we decided to move the TV in there and it is nice for my husband to sit and watch TV for several hours a day especially now that we are isolating ourselves from the world.
Today we will make lemon scones again. The original recipe called for one teaspoon of lemon but we increased that to the juice of the entire lemon as well as zesting the entire lemon skin into the mix. Quite delicious actually and wonder why we didn't do it earlier! The recipe makes about 14 2 inch circles and they last a couple of days. We will make a pound cake next; quite a large one in a tube pan (12 inch). We bought an electric mixer for ourselves for Christmas and have used it several times a week ever since. My husband likes to watch cooking shows and has learned a lot of new and interesting ways to use our many tools to bake that saves on a lot of hand work. I have arthritis in my fingers that prevents me from readily doing all the fine bits of baking.
Today I must get back to phasing my grandparents. Assigning all matches to chromosome one in my DNA Painter Chart led to a couple of surprises which I am working my way through and will be a much more complete way to look at the overall phasing. I do not have a lot of known matches on Chromosome one but do have a few that are helpful in ball parking the matches for the five of us. I have 214 lines of matches for that chromosome and 80% of them are over 20 centimorgans. About 2% are over 35 centimorgans.
Second week, day eight, in isolation and our neighbours picked up a couple of bags of groceries for us. I actually didn't mind the milk powder but will admit fresh milk to cook my oatmeal in was pretty tasty yesterday morning. Will enjoy that again today and then back to powdered milk as we do not like to overdo asking our neighbours. They volunteered to do groceries for us though which was very nice. We haven't been in any stores now for over a week and will not do so. Tried to get my husband's prescription that last day but it wasn't ready so will have to get the drug store to deliver it to us once prepared.
Yesterday flew by, I manged to put in 197 minutes of active exercise which included a 23 min walk, a 22 min run, 22 min of calisthenics, another 23 min walk, a 43 min aerobic workout, a third 19 min walk and then 30 min of yoga. Looking back I now understand why I put in so little time on my phasing charts for DNA of my grandparents.
We are watching Homeland on Netflix and nearly at the end of Season 5 now. We tend to binge watch Netflix shows and have been subscribers for about five years now. At the beginning we were watching it a few times a week and had joined to watch Murdoch's earlier series but since then we have increased our watching to about two hours per day. Our television sets have never been in the living room but this past fall we decided to move the TV in there and it is nice for my husband to sit and watch TV for several hours a day especially now that we are isolating ourselves from the world.
Today we will make lemon scones again. The original recipe called for one teaspoon of lemon but we increased that to the juice of the entire lemon as well as zesting the entire lemon skin into the mix. Quite delicious actually and wonder why we didn't do it earlier! The recipe makes about 14 2 inch circles and they last a couple of days. We will make a pound cake next; quite a large one in a tube pan (12 inch). We bought an electric mixer for ourselves for Christmas and have used it several times a week ever since. My husband likes to watch cooking shows and has learned a lot of new and interesting ways to use our many tools to bake that saves on a lot of hand work. I have arthritis in my fingers that prevents me from readily doing all the fine bits of baking.
Today I must get back to phasing my grandparents. Assigning all matches to chromosome one in my DNA Painter Chart led to a couple of surprises which I am working my way through and will be a much more complete way to look at the overall phasing. I do not have a lot of known matches on Chromosome one but do have a few that are helpful in ball parking the matches for the five of us. I have 214 lines of matches for that chromosome and 80% of them are over 20 centimorgans. About 2% are over 35 centimorgans.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Microsoft Solitaire again
Microsoft Solitaire is an interesting way to start a day especially on Day 7 of isolation; it is an entire week since I have directly spoken to anyone outside of the house. I find it quite easy actually and can keep going for quite a while. My husband finds it very frustrating; he is much more of a people person than I am. I grew up in a household of nine people. It is hard to find a quiet time with eight other people in a house. I have always relished my quiet times. I lived upstairs in our house. Probably when our house was built the idea was that at some time one would put a dormer roof on the house and build a couple of bedrooms up there; the staircase already existed and we had large attic spaces around a largish room (probably 40 feet by 20 feet but I am not really good at guessing such things. There was a large closet at one end where surplus clothing hung and a portion of that closet was mine. I asked to sleep up there when I was seven years of age. My mother was conflicted on that idea but my father was fine with it and I moved up there into that enormous room. I loved it there from day one. It was all mine. Before moving up there it was a playroom and on wet days we would play board games; card games up there my siblings and myself but my older siblings (three of them) were not so much into those board games and card games by the time I was seven and no one objected to the loss of the playroom. I loved my own bedroom and that is probably a novelty for most children where they have six siblings. I was to share it though as my younger sister would arrive when I was eight years of age and join me upstairs when she was two years of age.
Exercise Time. Back from exercise (69 active minutes on my Fit Bit - 23 min walk, 22 min run and 24 minutes of calisthenics which includes my physio exercises modified somewhat to fit into my calisthenics routine). Still to come a walk outside (it is pouring with rain here but I have an absolutely waterproof rainsuit that will fit over my snow jacket!) of approximately 20 minute duration. Then aerobic exercise this afternoon (one hour) and yoga this evening (30 minutes). I am waiting to put my swing up (soon; perhaps the beginning of April). That will be excellent for my knee; helping to strengthen it.
Off to breakfast and I especially look forward to my breakfast. Lunch can be interesting with yoghurt, walnuts, cashews and almonds plus chocolate and ginger root and a slice of toast and either a banana, orange or pepper or tomato. Dinner I have always found less interesting unless it is fish and sweet potato and a vegetable that I especially like (brussel sprouts are one of my favourites). We usually bake our own desserts these days.
Today I shall continue working on Chromosome 1 and my DNA Painter Profiles for the five of us. I am nearly finished with chromosome 1. I have two files for matches - one by chromosome and one by grandparent match. I have two excel files, both by chromosome, with one being known matches and the other being all the matches. I use my 23 and Me results for four of us to create the phasing graphs that I use to see where we are in common, where we share just one of the two chromosomes and where we do not share any. For the most part this works very well with occasional small discrepancies. I have retested myself because I tested six years before my other three siblings and that may make a difference. The other difference is of course because not the entire chromosome is being compared but rather a selective number of SNPs are compared between each set of crossovers.
Exercise Time. Back from exercise (69 active minutes on my Fit Bit - 23 min walk, 22 min run and 24 minutes of calisthenics which includes my physio exercises modified somewhat to fit into my calisthenics routine). Still to come a walk outside (it is pouring with rain here but I have an absolutely waterproof rainsuit that will fit over my snow jacket!) of approximately 20 minute duration. Then aerobic exercise this afternoon (one hour) and yoga this evening (30 minutes). I am waiting to put my swing up (soon; perhaps the beginning of April). That will be excellent for my knee; helping to strengthen it.
Off to breakfast and I especially look forward to my breakfast. Lunch can be interesting with yoghurt, walnuts, cashews and almonds plus chocolate and ginger root and a slice of toast and either a banana, orange or pepper or tomato. Dinner I have always found less interesting unless it is fish and sweet potato and a vegetable that I especially like (brussel sprouts are one of my favourites). We usually bake our own desserts these days.
Today I shall continue working on Chromosome 1 and my DNA Painter Profiles for the five of us. I am nearly finished with chromosome 1. I have two files for matches - one by chromosome and one by grandparent match. I have two excel files, both by chromosome, with one being known matches and the other being all the matches. I use my 23 and Me results for four of us to create the phasing graphs that I use to see where we are in common, where we share just one of the two chromosomes and where we do not share any. For the most part this works very well with occasional small discrepancies. I have retested myself because I tested six years before my other three siblings and that may make a difference. The other difference is of course because not the entire chromosome is being compared but rather a selective number of SNPs are compared between each set of crossovers.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Mind wandering - Day 6 of isolation
On Day 6 of our isolation my mind started to wander somewhat and I decided I needed to force myself to focus. I always begin my day with an hour of exercise - 20 min walk, 20 min run and 20 min of calisthenics (which now includes my physio exercises which I have modified in some cases to fit into existing calisthenics exercises). Then breakfast which is always (rather boringly to some perhaps) cooked oatmeal (1 C of milk (I am now using milk powder), 1/3 C of oats, 1/3 C of raisins) and then when finished cooking (5 minutes) I add 1 heaping tablespoon of wheat germ and 1 heaping tablespoon of wheat bran. I find it quite delicious but will admit I miss my 2% milk which has been replaced during this isolation by skim milk. I drink a glass of cranberry juice and 2 glasses of water (with my vitamins and I am gradually weaning myself off of my daily ASA since it is a problem if you happen to catch COVID-19). I will be weaned off of the ASA in another week or so. Then a cup of green tea to complete.
I am usually awake around 6:00 am and do my Microsoft Solitaire daily games (I subscribe to avoid the advertisements). Today one was a little more difficult and it took me about 35 minutes to complete the 5 games.
Now I am settled back at my computer and I decided while I was running that I would complete a task that I work at intermittently on DNA Painter (I subscribe to this site and have 40 profiles, great site and I am not utilizing it fully even yet). As I phase I am assigning a family line to each match (unless it is impossible) and I am now entering each match into one of the profiles for myself and each of my four siblings. Since I have reached chromosome three in my analysis and I am bogged down thinking about some of the unknown matches, I decided to go back and do all the matches from Chromosomes 1 and 2 and add them to the appropriate sibling profile on DNA Painter. It has already proven to be an interesting exercise. During my run, I visualized that I might find Chromosome 3 easier to deal with if I assigned each of the matches that I could in that chromosome and than play with the others on each siblings profile. Amazing sometimes what you come up with when you are running (or walking has the same effect). Especially as I am doing all of that at home, I do not have to worry about the traffic!
My distractions at the moment are my daughter who is a Family Medicine practitioner here in Ontario (the small group of doctors in small town Ontario manage the hospital there, the Emergency Room and their clinic loads) and all that entails during the present crisis and my other daughter who is still in Milwaukee where she teaches (Associate Professor) at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Coming home was not an option for her really as she is asthmatic and risking two plane trips was not the best plan. Given that West Jet just announced 14 planes that had been compromised by COVID-19 active patients it was a wise move. However, she must then isolate herself away from family and is on my mind somewhat constantly (she is covered for health care by her employment but the preferred thing (and why she is isolating) is to avoid getting COVID-19). My husband does need me full time or I would have joined her in her isolation (hopefully they would have let me in!). Add to that my husband is fragile with regard to COVID-19 if only because he is nearly 77 but he has a lung condition that would be a problem if he catches COVID-19.
I am usually awake around 6:00 am and do my Microsoft Solitaire daily games (I subscribe to avoid the advertisements). Today one was a little more difficult and it took me about 35 minutes to complete the 5 games.
Now I am settled back at my computer and I decided while I was running that I would complete a task that I work at intermittently on DNA Painter (I subscribe to this site and have 40 profiles, great site and I am not utilizing it fully even yet). As I phase I am assigning a family line to each match (unless it is impossible) and I am now entering each match into one of the profiles for myself and each of my four siblings. Since I have reached chromosome three in my analysis and I am bogged down thinking about some of the unknown matches, I decided to go back and do all the matches from Chromosomes 1 and 2 and add them to the appropriate sibling profile on DNA Painter. It has already proven to be an interesting exercise. During my run, I visualized that I might find Chromosome 3 easier to deal with if I assigned each of the matches that I could in that chromosome and than play with the others on each siblings profile. Amazing sometimes what you come up with when you are running (or walking has the same effect). Especially as I am doing all of that at home, I do not have to worry about the traffic!
My distractions at the moment are my daughter who is a Family Medicine practitioner here in Ontario (the small group of doctors in small town Ontario manage the hospital there, the Emergency Room and their clinic loads) and all that entails during the present crisis and my other daughter who is still in Milwaukee where she teaches (Associate Professor) at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Coming home was not an option for her really as she is asthmatic and risking two plane trips was not the best plan. Given that West Jet just announced 14 planes that had been compromised by COVID-19 active patients it was a wise move. However, she must then isolate herself away from family and is on my mind somewhat constantly (she is covered for health care by her employment but the preferred thing (and why she is isolating) is to avoid getting COVID-19). My husband does need me full time or I would have joined her in her isolation (hopefully they would have let me in!). Add to that my husband is fragile with regard to COVID-19 if only because he is nearly 77 but he has a lung condition that would be a problem if he catches COVID-19.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Working on phasing my grandparents
Day 5 of isolation and I am working on phasing my grandparents. COVID-19 is definitely occupying our thoughts at the moment. The number of cases is slowly climbing; we are not yet at a thousand but sadly eight have died (seven were in one nursing home and the other in a hospital). All were over 70 years of age. It reminds me of my youth when I visited Nursing Homes with my grandmother. Most of the people were in their late 60s and early 70s and the average age of death was in that age range. The person we visited was 101 years old actually. She and her daughter were both in the home; her daughter had multiple sclerosis. I can not remember how my grandmother knew them but she visited them every week and I would meet her there after school and then walk her part way back home to her house before I then headed home on my bicycle. Some how, I wasn't settling into phasing.
I decided to do a walk in the backyard and it is sufficiently long that I could do 12 full circles and add 1600 steps to my FitBit in just 17 minutes. Sunny and about 5 degrees celsius here today. I am not seeing much melting; we need 10 degrees celsius before much melting really occurs. Perhaps that is in the cards for us in the next couple of weeks. It is still technically winter so I do not hold out a lot of hope for melting and warmer weather yet. Instead it was a nice refreshing walk. Not many cars around so the air is quite fresh. I actually think I can smell the Ottawa River (not because it has a dreadful odour; it just smells like there is running water nearby). Our planet will do well with everything shutting down. One wonders if everyone will start thinking that it is so much nicer to have fresh clean air (ours is usually pretty good here as other than the large city that we live in we are surrounded by woods for quite a few miles).
Now that I have done that perhaps I will get back to phasing. I am working on Chromosome 3. I need several more known matches on that chromosome to really positively decided on my maternal grandparents. All of the matches are on my paternal grandparents' sides. Two of them are good substantial matches which have made it easy to do the phasing. I need to sit and concentrate on the matches in common which will let me look at the unknown matches and place them.
I have started to use milk powder now making up my oatmeal porridge (my husband can have the fresh milk then to make it a longer period before we need to stock up again). I think there is enough food for a month but I am sure my husband feels strongly that we need to get more fresh fruit, fresh meat and fresh milk. I am not a great lover of a lot of fruit (being allergic to strawberries taints that somewhat for me and I avoid some fruits because of that). I probably could make it to the month with the food on hand but I expect we will be purchasing some more food in a couple of days. Not being a meat eater (love fish though and we have quite a bit of frozen) I can manage long periods without fresh meat as well.
I decided to do a walk in the backyard and it is sufficiently long that I could do 12 full circles and add 1600 steps to my FitBit in just 17 minutes. Sunny and about 5 degrees celsius here today. I am not seeing much melting; we need 10 degrees celsius before much melting really occurs. Perhaps that is in the cards for us in the next couple of weeks. It is still technically winter so I do not hold out a lot of hope for melting and warmer weather yet. Instead it was a nice refreshing walk. Not many cars around so the air is quite fresh. I actually think I can smell the Ottawa River (not because it has a dreadful odour; it just smells like there is running water nearby). Our planet will do well with everything shutting down. One wonders if everyone will start thinking that it is so much nicer to have fresh clean air (ours is usually pretty good here as other than the large city that we live in we are surrounded by woods for quite a few miles).
Now that I have done that perhaps I will get back to phasing. I am working on Chromosome 3. I need several more known matches on that chromosome to really positively decided on my maternal grandparents. All of the matches are on my paternal grandparents' sides. Two of them are good substantial matches which have made it easy to do the phasing. I need to sit and concentrate on the matches in common which will let me look at the unknown matches and place them.
I have started to use milk powder now making up my oatmeal porridge (my husband can have the fresh milk then to make it a longer period before we need to stock up again). I think there is enough food for a month but I am sure my husband feels strongly that we need to get more fresh fruit, fresh meat and fresh milk. I am not a great lover of a lot of fruit (being allergic to strawberries taints that somewhat for me and I avoid some fruits because of that). I probably could make it to the month with the food on hand but I expect we will be purchasing some more food in a couple of days. Not being a meat eater (love fish though and we have quite a bit of frozen) I can manage long periods without fresh meat as well.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
COVID-19 Blog - 30 day isolation
My husband and I are on Day 4 of not leaving the house except to walk around the backyard. We did stock up for two weeks a week or so ago and then added in milk powder and more cans/bottles/dried stuff to take us to one month. On Day 4 one month still seems like a long way away - April 12. We had thought on my husband's birthday we might go to Mandarin for their buffet as that is one of his favourite restaurants (there are many that he enjoys). However, they are doing take-out so still doable if we are still isolating ourselves on the 16th of April. I am 74 and he will be 77 so following the Guidelines suggested by Public Health. We haven't traveled out of the country or province for two years now. It is fun to go south in the winter for a week but we need to stay closer to home because of Ed's health and I actually enjoy the snow. Not quite so easy for me to manage as it once was but I can still shovel and chop ice when I need to. But the views are fabulous and I never tire of them.
It is snowing here today and it looks like we have 5 centimetres already and it comes down light and then heavy periodically. Since we were only supposed to get 1 to 2 centimetres no ideas on how much we might actually get. Snowstorms in March can often be quite heavy but I find it not to be too arduous since we know that spring is coming one of these days. Snow into April quite common but it is actually melting in between now.
My new Fit Bit for Christmas has been great. I am managing 135 minutes of identified exercise a day with 60 to 80 minutes being very active and the rest medium activity (walking and calisthenics). I am an exercise fiend my husband always says and I must admit I do enjoy a good run although do most of my running indoors these days. There are so many exercise videos these days - I have at least ten different ones to choose from. I do Yoga sometimes but prefer cardio more.
It will be interesting to look back on these blogs if God grants me longer days into the future. I think I might blog my way through this COVID-19 pandemic. I have been busy doing my bi-yearly rephasing of my grandparent's DNA.
I am starting to get interested in who my paternal grandmother's father may have been as I acquire more and more matches on the Rawlings-Taylor side. I have two mysteries as my maternal grandmother's mother was Ellen Taylor born in Birmingham circa 1850 according to the census and her death registration. Plus my grandmother remembered her mother very well (she was eleven when her mother died of pneumonia at the age of 37 years). So I had both the death registration which gave her age as 37 years and my grandmother's memory. All of us (my four siblings and myself having tested out of a block of seven siblings) show some Irish DNA and family lore does give Ellen Taylor an Irish back ground (she was very pale with dark hair that had red highlights). She sang Irish lullabies to her children with Danny Boy being the one she often sang and which was one of my grandmother's favourite songs. I do have possible parents for her but her six siblings can not be easily located on the census. Perhaps in this month of isolation I will have a very controlled look at the DNA and see if I can do any selective placement of matches into these two family lines - Taylor for my maternal great-grandmother and Rawling-Taylor matches that do not fit into the known Rawling-Taylor matches that I can place into my known family. My grandmother's birth name was Ada Bessie Cotteril Rawlings when she was born in 1876 but on the 1881 census she is referred to as Ada Rawlings living with her grandparents William Rawlings and Elizabeth (Lywood) Rawlings. On the 1891 census she is referred to as Bessie Taylor living with her mother and stepfather Elizabeth (Rawlings) Taylor and William Taylor. On the 1901 census she is listed as Edith B Taylor and then at the time of her marriage Edith Bessie Taylor. One of my Australian cousins who grew up in Wiltshire where the family lived said that "Ada" would easily have been written down as Edith by a census taker. My father was baptized at the same Church as his mother by the same priest. There was only one Cotterill family in the parish at the time that my grandmother was conceived/born. I need to check and see if any of the descendants of this family are matching me or my siblings. There is an interesting medical side to this as well that I have noted but not really looked at in depth. Perhaps in this month ahead of me I will spend a little time looking. My grandfather always said that my grandmother was very happy as a child.
It is snowing here today and it looks like we have 5 centimetres already and it comes down light and then heavy periodically. Since we were only supposed to get 1 to 2 centimetres no ideas on how much we might actually get. Snowstorms in March can often be quite heavy but I find it not to be too arduous since we know that spring is coming one of these days. Snow into April quite common but it is actually melting in between now.
My new Fit Bit for Christmas has been great. I am managing 135 minutes of identified exercise a day with 60 to 80 minutes being very active and the rest medium activity (walking and calisthenics). I am an exercise fiend my husband always says and I must admit I do enjoy a good run although do most of my running indoors these days. There are so many exercise videos these days - I have at least ten different ones to choose from. I do Yoga sometimes but prefer cardio more.
It will be interesting to look back on these blogs if God grants me longer days into the future. I think I might blog my way through this COVID-19 pandemic. I have been busy doing my bi-yearly rephasing of my grandparent's DNA.
I am starting to get interested in who my paternal grandmother's father may have been as I acquire more and more matches on the Rawlings-Taylor side. I have two mysteries as my maternal grandmother's mother was Ellen Taylor born in Birmingham circa 1850 according to the census and her death registration. Plus my grandmother remembered her mother very well (she was eleven when her mother died of pneumonia at the age of 37 years). So I had both the death registration which gave her age as 37 years and my grandmother's memory. All of us (my four siblings and myself having tested out of a block of seven siblings) show some Irish DNA and family lore does give Ellen Taylor an Irish back ground (she was very pale with dark hair that had red highlights). She sang Irish lullabies to her children with Danny Boy being the one she often sang and which was one of my grandmother's favourite songs. I do have possible parents for her but her six siblings can not be easily located on the census. Perhaps in this month of isolation I will have a very controlled look at the DNA and see if I can do any selective placement of matches into these two family lines - Taylor for my maternal great-grandmother and Rawling-Taylor matches that do not fit into the known Rawling-Taylor matches that I can place into my known family. My grandmother's birth name was Ada Bessie Cotteril Rawlings when she was born in 1876 but on the 1881 census she is referred to as Ada Rawlings living with her grandparents William Rawlings and Elizabeth (Lywood) Rawlings. On the 1891 census she is referred to as Bessie Taylor living with her mother and stepfather Elizabeth (Rawlings) Taylor and William Taylor. On the 1901 census she is listed as Edith B Taylor and then at the time of her marriage Edith Bessie Taylor. One of my Australian cousins who grew up in Wiltshire where the family lived said that "Ada" would easily have been written down as Edith by a census taker. My father was baptized at the same Church as his mother by the same priest. There was only one Cotterill family in the parish at the time that my grandmother was conceived/born. I need to check and see if any of the descendants of this family are matching me or my siblings. There is an interesting medical side to this as well that I have noted but not really looked at in depth. Perhaps in this month ahead of me I will spend a little time looking. My grandfather always said that my grandmother was very happy as a child.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Re-organization
I am just organizing some of my work but continuing with my will transcriptions. My aim to complete the PCC wills for Blake this year is an earnest one and hopefully achievable. That would then let me move to the county Blake wills. I have perhaps 2000 of them overall but they do tend to be somewhat shorter although not necessarily easier to read!
Attempted login
Google blocked an attempted entry into my blog. Someone in another country had managed to work their way into my password (now changed) but was blocked from entering into the account; I was already in my account several thousand miles away! Much appreciated and I shall make sure that that password is no longer used by me. I tend to have a number of different passwords thus making access into my accounts slightly more difficult!
Monday, March 2, 2020
Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2020
Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter
Table of Contents
1. Pincombe Charts, original One-Name Study at the Guild of One-Name Studies
2. Will of William Pincombe, 1812
3. North Molton Parish Records (Part 15)
1. Pincombe Charts, original One-Name Study at the Guild of One-Name Studies
These Pincombe Charts were created by the two researchers in the original One-name-study at the Guild of one-name-studies. I reprint them with the thought in mind that others could add to the knowledge of these charts. I have reworked some of them and will publish that information when complete. I am publishing Chart 13 – Stepney-Holborn-Hendeon-Croydon in this issue. This is another Chart that I have done some work on plus I have information from a Pincombe descendant who corresponded with one of the original researchers Dr Richard Pinkham. He shared all of his correspondence with me including anything that he submitted. Any comments, corrections, additions to this chart known by any of my readers is much appreciated. I am looking forward now to updating this information to pass on to another researcher.
The link for the original chart (image above):
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/Chart13.jpg
Ideally, I will use the information which I received from Richard Phillips to discuss this chart. It is interesting that the Will of William Pincombe discussed below should coincide with Chart 13. It was unintentional on my part. Richard Phillips’ ancestor was Arthur Pincombe baptized 26 Dec 1761 at Roborough by Torrington and son of Arthur Pincombe and Agnes Heard who themselves were married 19 Jun 1750 at Roborough by Torrington. This Arthur Pincombe was baptized 28 Aug 1727 at Roborough by Torrington the son of John Pincombe and Mary Peardon (married 28 Oct 1726 at Roborough by Torrington). All dates were verified with the original images on Find My Past. As you read through the will below and the comments you will see the relationship between these two lines.
Richard Phillips sent me a CD with 131 files; all of his Pincombe-Pinkham research. I did extract some material at the time but publishing these charts has brought me back to these files once again. There was one particular letter that I had forgotten and it was between Richard Pinkham MD and Richard Phillips and Richard Pinkham mentions his ancestry in this particular letter. I never corresponded with Richard Pinkham. I discovered reading these letters that his eyesight was failing him in the early 1990s and by the time I arrived on the scene it was already fourteen years later and I think he was in his late 80s in the early 1990s. But Richard identified his 4x great grandfather as John Pincomb (baptized 10 Mar 1728) and a brother to Arthur Pincombe who was baptized 28 Aug 1727. Looking at Chart 4, Arthur and John were the sons of John Pincombe and Mary Peardon who had married 28 Oct 1726 at Roborough. Richard then mentioned his great grandfather was Richard Pincombe (1831-1913) (baptized 20 Mar 1831 at Roborough son of William and Ann Pincombe) and married to Maria Pyke 31 Mar 1861 at Torrington. Chart 4 traces that particular Richard back to his parents William Pincombe and Ann Winson who married 13 Oct 1830 at Roborough. All of these dates in the paragraph above this line were verified on Find My Past. William was baptized 25 Dec 1799 son of George Pincombe and Grace Page who were married 7 Nov 1790 at Roborough. These dates in the preceding sentence were repeated on Ancestry but no images available. George was baptized 24 Feb 1766 at Roborough and was the son of John Pincombe (baptized 10 Mar 1728) and Elizabeth married circa 1760 at Roborough. I was not able to verify this information other than finding it as entries on Family Search. Richard Pinkham MD also mentions that it was his grandfather William (1861-1938) (baptized 25 Dec 1861 at Great Torrington son of Richard Pincombe and Maria Pyke) who changed the spelling of his name to Pinkham). These two men shared their 5x great grandparents making them sixth cousins. I have not yet found mention of that.
At a later date I will redraw these charts with all the new information that I have acquired and they will be electronic. It is perhaps a challenge that I should take on with the Pincombe project and will consider what other elements I want to pass on to another researcher when I step down. As well I will give copies to both the Guild of one-name Studies and the Society of Genealogists. I continue as a member of both groups.
These tables represent many years of work at the record offices by the two original Pincombe-Pinkham family researchers and Richard Pinkham was a physician and able to make contact with some of the Pincombe families living in Devon. The names seen on these charts usually in the top corners are individuals who provided information for that particular chart. In the case of charts from the United States, Galen Pinkham has contributed a great deal of information to the descendants of the Pincombe/Pinkham family and this information can be found on the charts which he produced. I do remind other researchers that there are discrepancies in these charts and I would appreciate knowing of any that you may find so that eventually a corrected chart will be published.
2. Will of William Pincombe 1812
Recorded: 27 Oct 2011
Source: Inland Revenue Wills - p 886
Place: Beaford, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 6 Apr 1811, Probated 2 Jan 1812
Presentation: four pages - Original will (2 pages) and Probate (1 page)
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me William Pincombe
2 of Beaford in the County of Devon Yeoman First I Give and Bequeath unto Sarah my wife
3 during the Term of her Natural Life one third Part of the Issues and Profits arising from all
4 that my Messuage and Tenement called or known by the Name of late Alfords situate in the
5 Parish of Saint Giles in the said County I also Give and Bequeath unto my said wife during
6 the Term of her natural Life All that my Leasehold Messuage and Tenement to consist
7 of a House Garden and Orchard commonly known by the Name of the Lower House being that of a Tenement called Wayhouse situate
8 in the parish of Beaford aforesaid Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary
9 one other third Part of the Issues and Profits arising from the above mentioned Tenements
10 during my Right and Interest therein now depending on the Lives of Mary How the
11 wife of Thomas How of Alverdiscott in the said County Yeoman and Sarah my wife And
12 on the Death of my said wife my Will and Desire is and I hereby give and Bequeath unto my
13 said Daughter Mary two third Parts being the Remainder of the Issues and Profits arising
14 from the above named Tenements during the Life of the said Mary How I also Give and
15 Bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary after the Death of her Mother the said Messuage
16 and Tenement called the Lower House during her natural Life if my Interest so long
17 continue therein And after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the same Lower House
18 with the appurtenances unto my Daughter Sarah during all my Right and Interest thereon
19 and she to have receive and enjoy all the Rights Privileges Profits and Incomes from thenceforth
20 as her Sister Mary had before her And in case of Nonpayment by my Executors
21 hereafter named of any or either of the above mentioned Issues and Profits to my said wife
22 and Daughters or either of them on any part thereof That then my said Wife and Daughters
23 or either of them shall and may enter and distrain on the said Tenements and sell the
24 same or any part of the Goods and Chattels therein for so much as shall be due to her
25 or them and the serplus to pay back again to my Executors I Give and Bequeath unto
26 my Daughter Mary One Pound per Annum and unto my Daughter Sarah five Pounds per Annum to be paid out of the Profits arising from
27 Weyhouse with a like Power of Distress and Sale in case of Nonpayment as above specified
28 All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits
29 I give to the Use only of my Sons Richard William and John they paying and discharging
30 all my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint
31 my said Sons Richard William and John Executors of this my Last Will and Testament
32 hereby revoking and making void all wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare
33 this only to be my last Will and Testament And I hereby appoint John Cox of Roborough
34 Yeoman and Thomas How of Alverdiscott Yeoman Trustees to superintend the education of
35 my younger Sons William and John In Witness whereof I the said William Pincombe
36 the Testator have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this sixth
37 Day of April one thousand eight hundred and eleven
38 W[illia]m Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
39 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said
40 William Pincombe the Testator as and for his last Will
41 and Testament (the words "and Bequeath" other "Theirs"
42 Being first interlined) in the Presence of us who at his Request in his
43 presence and in the Presence of each other have subscribed our
44 Names as Witnesses thereto
45 Rob[er]t Wilson Jun[ior]
46 Mary Banten [signed]
[Codicil]
47 Whereas I William Pincombe of Beaford in the County of Devon Yeoman did on
48 about the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eleven publish my Last Will
49 and Testament in writing Now my will and Desire is and I hereby request and direct that
50 in case my wife should think proper to reside in Way House that she shall have an
51 particle of a sort of the Household Furniture therein at the time of my Decease for her
52 own use without any Molestation whatsoever And I hereby direct that this may be
53 taken as a Codicil to my said Will and to be annexed thereto and a part thereof be
54 Witness whereof I the said William Pincombe have to this my said Codicil to be annexed
55 unto my said last Will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof my hand and
56 Seal this third day of June one thousand eight hundred and eleven
57 W[illia]m Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
58 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said William Pincombe the Testator
59 as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in our Presence; who in his Presence
60 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names and Witnesses thereto
61 Rob[er]t Wilson Jun[ior] [signed]
62 Mary Banten [signed]
63 W[illia]m Pincombe wishes to have it mentioned that should Mrs. Pever come to want
64 (which at present there is no probability of) that not only the Laws of Nature but the
65 Laws of England will in such an Event oblige her Son Richard to maintain her.
66 This is inserted in order to give Mrs. Pincombe satisfaction
67 by R Wilson [signed]
68 This and the foregoing sheet of Paper contain a true Copy of the last Will
69 and Testament of the said William Pincombe deceased having been compared thus
70 this 5th day of Apr 1812
71 James Pearse Jun[io]r N[otar]y Public
[Probate}
72 No.
73 For the Stamp Office
74 Copy of the Will of
75 William Pincombe
76 late of Beaford Devon Yeoman
77 Executors
78 Richard Pincombe William Pincombe
79 and John Pincombe of Beaford
80 foresaid sons of the deceased
81 No. 2 REG NR B 12
82 FOL 209 H T
83 Proved in the Archdeaconial Court
84 of Barnstaple, Devon 2 Jan[ua]ry 1812
85 Effects under 300£
86 James Pearse Jun[io]r Reg[iste]r
87 Barnstaple Devon
88 12 Folios at 6 ... 6
[P. 886 in margin]
First a little background on Alverdiscott (also known as Alscott) is a village/parish five miles (eight kilometres) SE of Bideford. The Parish Registers commenced in 1602 for baptisms and marriages and in 1612 for burials. William Pincombe was buried the 14th of July 1811 at Beaford. Discovering his parentage did not prove to be an easy task. There are a number of William Pincombe baptisms in this particular area within a reasonable time frame. The loss of the many wills in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office has made it much more difficult to trace some of these lines. Plus this particular William does not appear to be on the Charts produced by the earlier study. Trying to follow the name of the tenement did not lead to any new information; it is not a listed British Building.
Using the excellent Genuki webpages for Devon (I have made some contributions there), I continued hunting for information on the Pincombe family in the Beaford area.
There was a Philip Pincombe at Alverdiscott who signed the Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls in 1723. At Beaford, Stephen Pincombe of Swimbridge, Hugh Pincombe of Landkey, Thomas Pincombe of Bishop’s Nympton and William Pincombe of Bishop’s Nympton signed the same Oath Roll. Thomas and Hugh signed with the letter “P” and William also made a mark with Stephen signing his name (QS17/2/2/13 (1)). John Pincombe of Langtree signed (QS17/2/2/9a (16)). In total there were four documents signed at Beaford with just two of them including the surname Pincombe or Pincomb.
The Freeholders Index (1711-1799) for Alverdiscott had nine documents and no members of the Pincombe/Pincomb/Pinkham family listed. The Freeholders Index for Beaford had eight documents and no members of the Pincombe/Pincomb/Pinkham family listed but at Langtree a Pinkcombe, yeoman listed and one could surmise from the list above this would likely be John Pincombe of Langtree (QS17/2/2/9a (16)).
The Devon Wills Index has an Anthony Pincombe (probate 1715) at Beaford. Arthur Pincombe is also listed with a probate year of 1728 at Beaford. Mary Pincombe in 1729 at Beaford. William Pincombe in 1812 at Beaford. A little luck perhaps with that as there is a marriage between William Pincombe and Sarah Alford at Beaford the 29th July 1788. The residence for the groom is given as Roborough and for the bride as Beafford.
Using this information and Find My Past I will now attempt to discover more about the testator William Pincombe as well as Anthony, Arthur and Mary Pincombe. Since William Pincombe, the testator, has a married daughter in 1811 then William and Sarah were perhaps married in the 1780s-early 1790s or earlier.
William Pincombe, the testator, identifies his wife Sarah, his daughters Mary How (married to Thomas How) and Sarah, and his sons Richard, William and John.
Baptisms at Beaford:
Mary Pincombe baptized 2 Oct 1788 daughter of William and Sarah Pincombe
Sarah Pencombe baptized 13 Jan 1793 daughter of William and Sarah Pencombe
John Pincombe baptized 22 Jan 1804 son of William and Sarah Pincombe
Thomas Pincombe baptized 8 Apr 1806 son of William and Sarah Pincombe; buried 15 Apr 1808 (not stated as a child but priest seemed to reference only infants and Thomas would have been 2 years of age)
Baptisms at Roborough:
Richard Budd Pincombe baptized 29 Dec 1790 son of William and Sarah Pincombe
I did not locate a baptism for William Pincombe the other son mentioned in the will. Remembering that in the marriage registration it was stated that the groom was of Roborough it is perhaps not surprising that the eldest son could be baptized there. But the middle name of Budd is a surprise. But I did note that there was a Richard Burd buried at Beaford in 1800.
Looking once again at the Pincombe charts created by the earlier researchers, There is a William Pincombe baptized 20 Jun 1756 (correct on Chart 4 but incorrect on Chart 5) who married Sarah (this William being of Roborough (the baptism can be located on Find My Past) and son of Mary Pincombe baptized 5 October 1731 (verified on Find My Past) daughter of John Pincombe (baptized 21 Jul 1700) and married to Mary Peardon 26 Oct 1726 at Roborough (does not agree with Chart but found on Find My Past)). No children are listed on Chart 5 (Beaford-Roborough-Ramsgate published in Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter)) for William and Sarah. The parents of John Pincombe married to Mary Peardon were Arthur Pincombe married to Mary Stabledon 31 Jul 1686 at Beaford (incorrect on chart (found on Find My Past)). An Arthur Pincombe was listed on the Devon Genuki Wills Index in 1728 at Beaford.
I leave it with the reader to decide if this is a reasonable line of descent.
3. North Molton Parish Records (Part 15)
These baptismal records are transcribed from the fiche of the original Parish Records for North Molton, Devon. I have changed the orientation of the newsletter to make it easier to publish the transcriptions for North Molton directly from my Excel file.
# Surname Forename status Fathers surname Fathers forename Mothers surname Mothers forename Year Month Day Details
3700 Viccarye William son Viccarye William Margrett 1670 Nov 20
3701 Viccarye John son Viccarye Christopher Joane 1670 Nov 28
3702 Alline Elizabeth daughter Alline Thomas Eliza 1670 Dec 11
3703 Burges Jane daughter Burges Phillip Jane 1670 Dec 11
3704 Moale William son Moale Michaell Susan 1670 Dec 20
3705 Abbott Joane daughter Abbott Robert Jane 1670 Jan 10
3706 Kingdon Hugh son Kingdon Thomazine 1670 Jan 15
3707 Squyre John son Squyre John Joane 1670 Jan 24
3708 Bright Katherine daughter Bright Danyell Mary 1670 Jan 24
3709 Lawdye Henry son Lawdye Richard Susan 1670 Feb 14
3710 Squire William son Squire William Elizabeth 1671 Mar 26
3711 Seller Margarett daughter Seller Abednego Mary 1671 Apr 13
3712 Stephens Joane daughter Stephens John Prudence 1671 Apr 25
3713 Gould Anne daughter Gould John Anne 1671 May 9
3714 Millton Christopher son Millton Hugh Anne 1671 May 23
3715 Gould Grace daughter Gould Philip Grace 1671 Jul 9
3716 Gould Henry son Gould William Thomazin 1671 Aug 6
3717 Treble George son Treble William Elizabeth 1671 Sep 6
3718 Gould George son Gould George Grace 1671 Sep 17
3719 Locke Joane daughter Locke George Joane 1671 Sep 19
3720 Evans George son Evans Israell Elizabeth 1671 Sep 24
3721 Gould Grace daughter Gould Richard Joane 1671 Nov 8
3722 Wats Susanna daughter Wats John Joane 1671 Dec 3
3723 Pasmoore Nicholas son Pasmoore John Joane 1671 Dec 7
3724 Glasse Elizabeth daughter Glasse William Eliza 1671 Dec 26
3725 Tapp Robert son Tapp William Mary 1671 Dec 28
3726 Smyth Joane daughter Smyth Robert Richord 1671 Jan 2
3727 Squire Charles son Squire Charles Joane 1671 Jan 14
3728 Burges Henry son Burges Michaell Catherine 1671 Jan 23
3729 Moorman Mary daughter Moorman Richard Joane 1671 Jan 30
3730 Locke Michaell son Locke Peter Susana 1671 Feb 5
3731 Slader Willmot daughter Slader Peter mary 1671 Feb 8
3732 Huxtable Emott daughter Huxtable Charles Agnes 1671 Feb 13
3733 Moyey John son Moyey John Mary 1671 Feb 13
3734 Gould Nicholas son Gould William Grace 1671 Feb 18
3735 Irland Mary daughter Irland Peter Grace 1671 Mar 19
3736 Blakmore Thomas son Blakmore Thomas Joane 1672 Mar 25
3737 Lawdye Peter son Lawdye John Sarah 1672 Mar 26
3738 Squire Philip son Squire John Eliza 1672 Mar 30
3739 Squire Elizabeth daughter Squire John Eliza 1672 Mar 30
3740 Moule Margarett daughter Moule Matthew Elinor 1672 Mar 31
3741 Allen William son Allen John Prudence 1672 Apr 14
3742 Thorne Susana daughter Thorne Charles Joane 1672 Apr 14
3743 Balmant John son Balmant William 1672 Apr 16
3744 Thorne Thomas son Thorne William Elinor 1672 Apr 25
3745 Locke Willmot base daughter Locke Gunet 1672 May 12
3746 Stonman Sarah daughter Stonman Jefery Margarett 1672 May 23
3747 Bradford Joane daughter Bradford Peter Edy 1672 May 23
3748 Locke William son Locke John Mary 1672 May 26
3749 Halls John son Halls John Joane 1672 May 27
3750 Palmer Joane daughter Palmer Richard Joane 1672 Jun 24
3751 Locke Robert son Locke William Elizabeth 1672 Jun 30
3752 Squire Elizabeth daughter Squire William Eliza 1672 Jul 30
3753 Harris Katherine daughter Harris John Martha 1672 Aug 25
3754 Cottey Elizabeth daughter Cottey Gregory Eliza 1672 Sep 3
3755 White Joane daughter White Gilbert Joane 1672 Sep 10
3756 Stonman William son Stonman Henry Prudence 1672 Sep 30
3757 Thorne Thomas son Thorne James Agnes 1672 Nov 20
3758 Rooke Richard son Rooke English Joane 1672 Dec 15
3759 Rooke English son Rooke English Joane 1672 Dec 15
3760 Locke Willmot daughter Locke thomas Joane 1672 Dec 22
3761 Jones John son Jones William Johane 1672 Dec 26
3762 Squire Philip son Squire Charles Joane 1672 Dec 29
3763 Lawdye Charity daughter Lawdye Richard Susanna 1672 Dec 30
3764 Jones Thomazine daughter Jones Owen Grace 1672 Jan 17 lived at Maynard
3765 Loverton Peter son Loverton Peter Petronell 1672 Jan 20
3766 Mereyday John son Mereyday Roger Margarett 1672 Jan 23
3767 Ballmant Agnes daughter Ballmant George Prescilla 1672 Jan 28
3768 Treble Alice daughter Treble George Alice 1672 Jan 29
3769 Moysey Mary daughter Moysey John Mary 1672 Feb 4
3770 Passmoore Philip son Passmoore Richard Margery 1672 Feb 16
3771 Bray Elizabeth daughter Bray John Joane 1672 Feb 25
3772 Nott Ruth daughter Nott Thomas Joane 1672 Mar 2
3773 Stephens Grace daughter Stephens John Prudence 1672 Mar 4
3774 Day Nicholas base son Day Elizabeth 1672 Mar 9
3775 Shopland Elizabeth daughter Shopland Christopher Grace 1672 Mar 11
3776 Locke Elizabeth dau Locke Peter Susana 1673 Mar 26
3777 Buckinham Roger son Buckinham William Elinor 1673 Apr 1
3778 Hunt Mary daughter Hunt John Mary 1673 Apr 8
3779 Gould Johane daughter Gould John Anne 1673 Apr 22
3780 Viccarye George son Viccarye Christopher Willmott 1673 May 4
3781 Clogg Lettice daughter Clogg Roger Anne 1673 Jun 2 of Twitchen
3782 Moule William son Moule Anthoney Grace 1673 Jun 15
3783 Tucker Richard son Tucker John Anne 1673 Jun 17
3784 Chapplman William son Chapplman Emanuell Petronell 1673 Jun 24
3785 Locke Nicholas son Locke Nicholas Grace 1673 Jul 9
3786 Zeale Johane dau Zeale John Dorothy 1673 Aug 12
3787 Hunt Andrew son Hunt Andrew Joane 1673 Aug 17
3788 Irland John son Irland Peter Grace 1673 Aug 17
3789 Hawten William son Hawten William Joane 1673 Oct 14
3790 Bright Judeth daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1673 Oct 14
3791 Squire Roger son Squire John Johane 1673 Oct 21
3792 Purchase Anne dau Purchase Nicholas Johane 1673 Oct 21
3793 Gould Grace daughter Gould William Grace 1673 Nov 5
3794 Willshire George son Willshire William Margarett 1673 Nov 9
3795 Berry Mary daughter Berry Alexander Eliza 1673 Nov 23
3796 Berry Rachell daughter Berry Alexander Eliza 1673 Nov 23
3797 Viccarye Margarett dau Viccarye John Richord 1673 Dec 21
3798 Moorman Joane dau Moorman Richard Joane 1673 Dec 24
3799 Locke William son Locke William Johane 1673 Feb 10
3800 Locke Mary daughter Locke George Joane 1673 Feb 17
3801 Locke Prudence daughter Locke thomas Johane 1673 Feb 22
3802 Lawdy Susana daughter Lawdy Richard Susana 1673 Mar 1
3803 Burges Michaell son Burges Michaell Katherine 1673 Mar 3
3804 Smyth susana daughter Smyth John Johane 1673 Mar 22
3805 Wisman Joane dau Wisman William Margery 1673 Mar 22
3806 Squire Michaell son Squire Michaell Mary 1673 Mar 22
3807 Palmer Jane daughter Palmer Richard Joane 1674 Mar 31
3808 Shopland Michaell son Shopland George Joane 1674 Apr 30
3809 Watts Mary daughter Watts John Joane 1674 May 10
3810 Gould Elinor daughter Gould George Grace 1674 May 19
3811 Davye Thomas son Davye Thomas Joane 1674 Jun 28
3812 Ballmant Joane daughter Ballmant John Mary 1674 Jul 7
3813 Mylton Thomas son Mylton Thomas Anne 1674 Jul 13
3814 Hunt John son Hunt John Mary 1674 Jul 28
3815 Thorne John son Thorne John Joane 1674 Aug 2
3816 Huxtable Joane daughter Huxtable Charles Agnes 1674 Aug 11
3817 Locke Mary daughter Locke Henry Anne 1674 Aug 13
3818 Blake Joane daughter Blake Christopher Anne 1674 Aug 25
3819 Viccarye Charity base daughter Viccary Johane 1674 Sep 20
3820 Locke Agnes daughter Locke Charles Joane 1674 Oct 6
3821 Allen Sarah daughter Allen Thomas Elizabeth 1674 Oct 20
3822 Shopland William son Shopland Christopher Grace 1674 Nov 23
3823 Charden William son Charden William Urith 1674 Nov 22 of Mesl__
3824 Bray John son Bray John Joane 1674 Dec 30 archer
3825 Viccarye William son Viccarye Christopher Willmott 1674 Jan 19
3826 Allen John son Allen John Prudence 1674 Feb 2
3827 Squire William son Squire William Elizabeth 1674 Feb 23
3828 Viccary alias Pullam Hugh son Viccary alias Pullam Hugh Mary 1675 Apr 5
3829 Meare Joane daughter Meare Robert Joane 1675 Apr 5
3830 Locke Elizabeth daughter Locke William Elizabeth 1675 Apr 18
3831 Warren Henry son Warren Henry Mary 1675 Apr 25 of Bishops Nympton
3832 Locke Mary daughter Locke Nicholas Grace 1675 May 20
3833 Pulsford Agnis daughter Pulsford William Grace 1675 Jun 20
3834 Thorne Joane daughter Thorne Charles Emolin 1679 Jul 8
3835 Pasmoore William son Pasmoore John Joane 1675 Aug 3
3836 Davy Grace daughter Davy Robert Mary 1675 Aug 10
3837 Bright Judeth daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1675 Aug 10
3838 Lee Mary daughter Lee Charles Joane 1675 Aug 12
3839 Abbott Joane daughter Abbott Robert Joane 1675 Sep 14
3840 Tucker Christopher son Tucker John Anne 1675 Sep 23
3841 Williams John son Williams John Christian 1675 Oct 5
3842 Moorman Elizabeth daughter Moorman William Joane 1675 Oct 12
3843 Zeale Stephen son Zeale John Dorothyu 1675 Oct 19
3844 Rew Thomas son Rew John Mary 1675 Oct 31
3845 Goss Joane daughter Goss Roger Petronell 1675 Oct 31
3846 Harris Martha daughter Harris John Martha 1675 Nov 3
3847 Vellacot William son Vellacot William Penticost 1675 Dec 13
3848 Moule Michaell son Moule Michaell Margery 1675 Jan 25
3849 Lawdy Thomas son Lawdy Richard Susana 1675 Feb 22
3850 Thorne Michaell son Thorne Michaell Elizabeth 1675 Feb 22
3851 Hawten Joane daughter Hawten William Joane 1675 Feb 29
3852 Loverton John son Loverton Peter Jane 1675 Mar 7
3853 Locke Joane daughter Locke William Joane 1675 Mar 7
3854 Locke Christopher son Locke John Mary 1675 Mar 14
3855 Buckinham Mary daughter Buckinham William Elinor 1675 Mar 21
3856 Treble Agnis daughter Treble George Alice 1675 Sep 7
3857 Mooreman Robert son Mooreman Robert Joane 1675 Oct 17
3858 Bondstone Willmoth daughter Bondstone John Willmoth 1676 Apr 7
3859 Slader Michaell son Slader Michaell Jane 1676 Apr 9
3860 Gould John son Gould William Grace 1676 Apr 18
3861 May Joane daughter May Phillip Anstice 1676 May 1
3862 Moule Matthew son Moule Matthew Elianor 1676 May 4
3863 Moule Susanna daughter Moule Anthony Grace 1676 May 15
3864 White Mary daughter White Gilberd Joane 1676 May 16
3865 Thorne William son Thorne John Joane 1676 Jun 15
3866 Meredith Elizabeth daughter Meredith Roger Margarett 1676 Aug 10
3867 Gould Samuell son Gould Samuell Mary 1676 Aug 12
3868 Locke Charles son Locke Charles Joane 1676 Oct 9
3869 Balmont Elizabeth daughter Balmont George Precilla 1676 Oct 16
3870 Shapland William son Shapland George Joane 1676 Nov 14
3871 Moreman Anne daughter Moreman Richard Joane 1676 Nov 21
3872 Huxtable Grace daughter Huxtable Emling 1676 Dec 10
3873 Huxtable John son Huxtable Richard Katherine 1676 Dec 20
3874 Vicary Joane daughter Vicary Hugh Mary 1676 Dec 20
3875 Crange John son Crange John Joane 1676 Dec 21
3876 Thorne Emling daughter Thorne Charles Emling 1676 Jan 16
3877 Squire Joane daughter Squire Samuell Dorothy 1676 Jan 27
3878 Barrow Grace daughter Barrow Abraham Rebekah 1676 Feb 4
3879 Huxtable John son Huxtable Charles Agnis 1676 Feb 13
3880 Pulsford Grace daughter Puls William Grace 1676 Feb 13
3881 Smyth Joane daughter Smyth John Joane 1676 Feb 14
3882 Leigh Joane daughter Leigh Charles Joane 1676 Mar 13
3883 Locke John son Locke Thomas Johane 1677 Apr 3
3884 Locke Mary daughter Locke Thomas Johane 1677 Apr 3
3885 Pincombe Mary daughter Pincombe Thomas Agnis 1677 Apr 8
3886 Locke John son Locke John Mary 1677 Apr 18
3887 Avery Samuell son Avery Samuell Johane 1677 Apr 16
3888 Cotty Dorothy daughter Cotty Gregory Elizabeth 1677 Apr 23
3889 Thorne Mary daughter Thorne Michaell Elizabeth 1677 Apr 26
3890 Locke Susanna daughter Locke Peter Susanna 1677 Apr 29
3891 Bright Elinor daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1677 Apr 30
3892 Bray Archelas son Bray John Johane 1677 May 17
3893 Mooreman Joane daughter Mooreman Robert Joane 1677 May 18
3894 Gould Elizabeth daughter Gould John Anne 1677 Jul 26
3895 Locke Christopher son Locke Nicholas Grace 1677 Sep 4
3896 Marsh Robert son Marsh Robert Elizabeth 1677 Sep 9
3897 Locke Henry son Locke Henry Anne 1677 Sep 11
3898 Thorne William son Thorne John Margreate 1677 Sep 16
3899 Ireland Peter son Ireland Peter Grace 1677 Oct 2
3900 Kingdon John base son Kingdon Thomzine 1677 Oct 16
3901 Burges Ann daughter Burges John Temperance 1677 Oct 27
3902 Squire Johan daughter Squire Charles Johane 1677 Nov 26
3903 Blake Katherine daughter Blake John Johane 1677 Dec 4
3904 Stonman Prudence daughter Stonman Henry Prudence 1677 Dec 26
3905 Lawdy Elizabeth daughter Lawdy Mathew Agnis 1677 Jan 13
3906 Vellacott John son Vellacott William Pentecost 1677 Feb 11
3907 Gould John base son Gould Katherine 1677 Feb 24
3908 Vickary William son Vickary Hugh Mary 1677 Mar 7
3909 Kingdon Phillip son Kingdon William Christian 1677 Mar 12
3910 Mooreman Ann daughter Mooreman George Mary 1677 Mar 12
3911 Zeale Mary daughter Zeale John Dorothy 1677 Mar 12
3912 Locke Jane daughter Locke William Johane 1677 Mar 12
3913 Harris Martha daughter Harris John Martha 1678 Apr 21
3914 Prayer Mary daughter Prayer Nicholas Elizabeth 1678 Apr 21
3915 Mole Johan daughter Mole Michaell Margery 1678 May 14
3916 Thorne Thomas son Thorne John Joane 1678 May 21
3917 Rewe William son Rewe John Mary 1678 Jun 17
3918 Lawdy Charles son Lawdy Richard Susan 1678 Jul 28
3919 Thorne Peternell daughter Thorne John Margareatt 1678 Aug 16
3920 Dennis Elizabeth daughter Dennis Edmond Katherine 1678 Sep 22
3921 Balment William son Balment John Mary 1678 Oct 1
3922 Shapland Phillip son Shapland Nicholas Charity 1678 Oct 14
3923 Slader Anne daughter Slader Michaell Jane 1678 Oct 15
3924 Thorne John son Thorne Charles Embline 1678 Oct 29
3925 Vickary Joane daughter Vickary Christopher Wilmott 1678 Dec 15
3926 Locke John son Locke Charles Joane 1678 Jan 3
3927 Smyth Mary daughter Smyth John Joane 1678 Jan 6
3928 Pulsard Mary daughter Pulsard William Grace 1678 Jan 7
3929 Goase Andrew son Goase Roger Peternell 1678 Jan 14
3930 Gould Mary daughter Gould Samuell Mary 1678 Jan 21
3931 Williams James son Williams John Christian 1678 Jan 24
3932 Gould Henry son Gould William Grace 1678 Feb 4
3933 Pasmoore Robert son Pasmoore Richard Margery 1678 Feb 21
3934 Davey Johan daughter Davey Michaell Susan 1678 Mar 4
3935 Thorne Mary daughter Thorne Michaell Elinor 1678 Mar 23
3936 Wolland John son Wolland Gregory Margreate 1678 Mar 23 of the parish of Burndon
3937 Kedwill John son Kedwill William Margrett 1679 Apr 13
3938 Thorne Grace daughter Thorne John Joane 1679 Apr 14
3939 Mooreman Richard son Mooreman Richard Johane 1679 Apr 15
3940 Loverton Bartholomew son Loverton Peter Jane 1679 Apr 30
3941 Mole Phillip son Mole Anthoney Grace 1679 Apr 30
3942 Marsh Johane daughter Marsh Thomas Mary 1679 May 20
3943 Burges John son Burges Michaell Kather 1679 Jun 24
3944 Marsh William son Marsh Robert Elizabeth 1679 Jun 24
3945 Bright Daniell son Bright Daniell Mary 1679 Aug 19
3946 Mole George son Mole Mathew Ellen 1679 Sep 23
3947 Squire Samuell son Squire Samuell Dorothy 1679 Sep 30
3948 Crange James son Crange John Johane 1679 Sep 30
3949 Stoman Margrett daughter Stoman Henry Prudence 1679 Oct 1
3950 Lee Emott daughter Lee Charles Johane 1679 Oct 14
3951 Avery John son Avery Samuell Johane 1679 Nov 11
3952 Legg Ismaell base son Legg Martha 1679 Nov 11
3953 Blake James son Blake William Wilmote 1679 Nov 29
3954 Tape Michaell base son Tape Mary 1679 Nov 30
3955 Squire Joane daughter Squire John Joane 1679 Dec 9
3956 Blake John son Blake John Joane 1679 Dec 10
3957 Prayer Elizabeth daughter Prayer Nicholas Eliza 1679 Dec 14
3958 Hunt Mary daughter Hunt Mary 1679 Jan 4 widow
3959 Locke Grace daughter Locke Nicholas Grace 1679 Jan 11
3960 Davey Anne daughter Davey Henry Elinor 1679 Jan 13
3961 Hammer Mary daughter Hammer Richard Joane 1679 Jan 13
3962 Thorne Joane daughter Thorne John Marian 1679 Jan 14
3963 Vickary Mary daughter Vickary Hugh Mary 1679 Feb 17
3964 Buckingham Christopher son Buckingham William Joane 1679 Feb 29
3965 Vickary John son Vickary John Richord 1680 Mar 30
3966 Thorne William son Thorne John Johane 1680 Mar 30
3967 Huxtable Wilmott daughter Huxtable Charles Agnis 1680 Mar 31
3968 Johns Thomas son Johns Bartholomew Agnis 1680 Mar 31
3969 Allen Thomas son Allen Thomas Elizabeth 1680 May 11
3970 Balment William son Balment George Prissilla 1680 Jun 5
3971 Bray Archelas son Bray John Johane 1680 Jun 5
3972 Morrish William son Morrish Jerman Elizabeth 1680 Jun 14
3973 Slader Margreat daughter Slader George Johane 1680 Jul 4
3974 Hobbes Elizabeth daughter Hobbes Bartholomew Rebecka 1680 Jul 12
3975 Bushen James son Bushen James Johane 1680 Aug 15
3976 Locke George son Locke John Mary 1680 Aug 17
3977 Mole Michaell son Mole Michaell Magery 1680 Sep 7
3978 Locke Joseph son Locke William Joane 1680 Sep 28
3979 Locke Mary daughter Locke William Joane 1680 Sep 28
3980 Thorne Alce daughter Thorne John Grace 1680 Oct 25
3981 Locke Agnes daughter Locke Peter Susan 1680 Nov 14
3982 Davey William son Davey John Anne 1680 Nov 16
3983 Wates John son Wates John Elizabeth 1680 Dec 5
3984 Dendle Johane daughter Dendle William Elizabeth 1680 Dec 9
3985 Thorne Ann daughter Thorne John Margreate 1680 Dec 16
3986 Gould Elizabeth daughter Gould Phillip Margreate 1680 Jan 11
3987 Slader Thomas son Slader Michaell Jane 1680 Jan 13
3988 Moses William son Moses John Mary 1680 Feb 15
3989 Thorne John son thorne John Willmot 1680 Feb 23
3990 Pasmoore Richard son Pasmoore John Joane 1680 Mar 3
3991 Goase Joane daughter Goase Roger Peternell 1680 Mar 7
3992 Dee Jonathan son Dee Jonathan Elizabeth 1680 Mar 8
3993 Kingdon John son Kingdon William Christian 1681 Mar 29
3994 Thorne John son Thorne George Mary 1681 Apr 1
3995 Abbott Robert son Abbott Robert Jane 1681 Apr 4
3996 Zeale Luther son Zeale John Dorothy 1681 Apr 10
3997 Stonman Elizabeth daughter Stonman Henry Prudence 1681 Apr 12
3998 Thorne Christian daughter Thorne John Margreatt 1681 Apr 24
3999 Lawdy Charity daughter Lawdy Richard Susan 1681 Apr 26
4000 Williams Johane daughter Williams John Christian 1681 May 10
Any material which you may wish to submit for the next issue of the newsletter (1st June 2020) concerning the Pincombe/Pinkham family needs to be submitted by the 15th of May 2020 and can be sent to:
Elizabeth Kipp (Editor)
kippeeb@rogers.com
Table of Contents
1. Pincombe Charts, original One-Name Study at the Guild of One-Name Studies
2. Will of William Pincombe, 1812
3. North Molton Parish Records (Part 15)
1. Pincombe Charts, original One-Name Study at the Guild of One-Name Studies
These Pincombe Charts were created by the two researchers in the original One-name-study at the Guild of one-name-studies. I reprint them with the thought in mind that others could add to the knowledge of these charts. I have reworked some of them and will publish that information when complete. I am publishing Chart 13 – Stepney-Holborn-Hendeon-Croydon in this issue. This is another Chart that I have done some work on plus I have information from a Pincombe descendant who corresponded with one of the original researchers Dr Richard Pinkham. He shared all of his correspondence with me including anything that he submitted. Any comments, corrections, additions to this chart known by any of my readers is much appreciated. I am looking forward now to updating this information to pass on to another researcher.
The link for the original chart (image above):
http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/Chart13.jpg
Ideally, I will use the information which I received from Richard Phillips to discuss this chart. It is interesting that the Will of William Pincombe discussed below should coincide with Chart 13. It was unintentional on my part. Richard Phillips’ ancestor was Arthur Pincombe baptized 26 Dec 1761 at Roborough by Torrington and son of Arthur Pincombe and Agnes Heard who themselves were married 19 Jun 1750 at Roborough by Torrington. This Arthur Pincombe was baptized 28 Aug 1727 at Roborough by Torrington the son of John Pincombe and Mary Peardon (married 28 Oct 1726 at Roborough by Torrington). All dates were verified with the original images on Find My Past. As you read through the will below and the comments you will see the relationship between these two lines.
Richard Phillips sent me a CD with 131 files; all of his Pincombe-Pinkham research. I did extract some material at the time but publishing these charts has brought me back to these files once again. There was one particular letter that I had forgotten and it was between Richard Pinkham MD and Richard Phillips and Richard Pinkham mentions his ancestry in this particular letter. I never corresponded with Richard Pinkham. I discovered reading these letters that his eyesight was failing him in the early 1990s and by the time I arrived on the scene it was already fourteen years later and I think he was in his late 80s in the early 1990s. But Richard identified his 4x great grandfather as John Pincomb (baptized 10 Mar 1728) and a brother to Arthur Pincombe who was baptized 28 Aug 1727. Looking at Chart 4, Arthur and John were the sons of John Pincombe and Mary Peardon who had married 28 Oct 1726 at Roborough. Richard then mentioned his great grandfather was Richard Pincombe (1831-1913) (baptized 20 Mar 1831 at Roborough son of William and Ann Pincombe) and married to Maria Pyke 31 Mar 1861 at Torrington. Chart 4 traces that particular Richard back to his parents William Pincombe and Ann Winson who married 13 Oct 1830 at Roborough. All of these dates in the paragraph above this line were verified on Find My Past. William was baptized 25 Dec 1799 son of George Pincombe and Grace Page who were married 7 Nov 1790 at Roborough. These dates in the preceding sentence were repeated on Ancestry but no images available. George was baptized 24 Feb 1766 at Roborough and was the son of John Pincombe (baptized 10 Mar 1728) and Elizabeth married circa 1760 at Roborough. I was not able to verify this information other than finding it as entries on Family Search. Richard Pinkham MD also mentions that it was his grandfather William (1861-1938) (baptized 25 Dec 1861 at Great Torrington son of Richard Pincombe and Maria Pyke) who changed the spelling of his name to Pinkham). These two men shared their 5x great grandparents making them sixth cousins. I have not yet found mention of that.
At a later date I will redraw these charts with all the new information that I have acquired and they will be electronic. It is perhaps a challenge that I should take on with the Pincombe project and will consider what other elements I want to pass on to another researcher when I step down. As well I will give copies to both the Guild of one-name Studies and the Society of Genealogists. I continue as a member of both groups.
These tables represent many years of work at the record offices by the two original Pincombe-Pinkham family researchers and Richard Pinkham was a physician and able to make contact with some of the Pincombe families living in Devon. The names seen on these charts usually in the top corners are individuals who provided information for that particular chart. In the case of charts from the United States, Galen Pinkham has contributed a great deal of information to the descendants of the Pincombe/Pinkham family and this information can be found on the charts which he produced. I do remind other researchers that there are discrepancies in these charts and I would appreciate knowing of any that you may find so that eventually a corrected chart will be published.
2. Will of William Pincombe 1812
Recorded: 27 Oct 2011
Source: Inland Revenue Wills - p 886
Place: Beaford, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 6 Apr 1811, Probated 2 Jan 1812
Presentation: four pages - Original will (2 pages) and Probate (1 page)
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me William Pincombe
2 of Beaford in the County of Devon Yeoman First I Give and Bequeath unto Sarah my wife
3 during the Term of her Natural Life one third Part of the Issues and Profits arising from all
4 that my Messuage and Tenement called or known by the Name of late Alfords situate in the
5 Parish of Saint Giles in the said County I also Give and Bequeath unto my said wife during
6 the Term of her natural Life All that my Leasehold Messuage and Tenement to consist
7 of a House Garden and Orchard commonly known by the Name of the Lower House being that of a Tenement called Wayhouse situate
8 in the parish of Beaford aforesaid Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary
9 one other third Part of the Issues and Profits arising from the above mentioned Tenements
10 during my Right and Interest therein now depending on the Lives of Mary How the
11 wife of Thomas How of Alverdiscott in the said County Yeoman and Sarah my wife And
12 on the Death of my said wife my Will and Desire is and I hereby give and Bequeath unto my
13 said Daughter Mary two third Parts being the Remainder of the Issues and Profits arising
14 from the above named Tenements during the Life of the said Mary How I also Give and
15 Bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary after the Death of her Mother the said Messuage
16 and Tenement called the Lower House during her natural Life if my Interest so long
17 continue therein And after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the same Lower House
18 with the appurtenances unto my Daughter Sarah during all my Right and Interest thereon
19 and she to have receive and enjoy all the Rights Privileges Profits and Incomes from thenceforth
20 as her Sister Mary had before her And in case of Nonpayment by my Executors
21 hereafter named of any or either of the above mentioned Issues and Profits to my said wife
22 and Daughters or either of them on any part thereof That then my said Wife and Daughters
23 or either of them shall and may enter and distrain on the said Tenements and sell the
24 same or any part of the Goods and Chattels therein for so much as shall be due to her
25 or them and the serplus to pay back again to my Executors I Give and Bequeath unto
26 my Daughter Mary One Pound per Annum and unto my Daughter Sarah five Pounds per Annum to be paid out of the Profits arising from
27 Weyhouse with a like Power of Distress and Sale in case of Nonpayment as above specified
28 All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits
29 I give to the Use only of my Sons Richard William and John they paying and discharging
30 all my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint
31 my said Sons Richard William and John Executors of this my Last Will and Testament
32 hereby revoking and making void all wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare
33 this only to be my last Will and Testament And I hereby appoint John Cox of Roborough
34 Yeoman and Thomas How of Alverdiscott Yeoman Trustees to superintend the education of
35 my younger Sons William and John In Witness whereof I the said William Pincombe
36 the Testator have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this sixth
37 Day of April one thousand eight hundred and eleven
38 W[illia]m Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
39 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said
40 William Pincombe the Testator as and for his last Will
41 and Testament (the words "and Bequeath" other "Theirs"
42 Being first interlined) in the Presence of us who at his Request in his
43 presence and in the Presence of each other have subscribed our
44 Names as Witnesses thereto
45 Rob[er]t Wilson Jun[ior]
46 Mary Banten [signed]
[Codicil]
47 Whereas I William Pincombe of Beaford in the County of Devon Yeoman did on
48 about the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eleven publish my Last Will
49 and Testament in writing Now my will and Desire is and I hereby request and direct that
50 in case my wife should think proper to reside in Way House that she shall have an
51 particle of a sort of the Household Furniture therein at the time of my Decease for her
52 own use without any Molestation whatsoever And I hereby direct that this may be
53 taken as a Codicil to my said Will and to be annexed thereto and a part thereof be
54 Witness whereof I the said William Pincombe have to this my said Codicil to be annexed
55 unto my said last Will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof my hand and
56 Seal this third day of June one thousand eight hundred and eleven
57 W[illia]m Pincombe [signed] [sealed]
58 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said William Pincombe the Testator
59 as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in our Presence; who in his Presence
60 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names and Witnesses thereto
61 Rob[er]t Wilson Jun[ior] [signed]
62 Mary Banten [signed]
63 W[illia]m Pincombe wishes to have it mentioned that should Mrs. Pever come to want
64 (which at present there is no probability of) that not only the Laws of Nature but the
65 Laws of England will in such an Event oblige her Son Richard to maintain her.
66 This is inserted in order to give Mrs. Pincombe satisfaction
67 by R Wilson [signed]
68 This and the foregoing sheet of Paper contain a true Copy of the last Will
69 and Testament of the said William Pincombe deceased having been compared thus
70 this 5th day of Apr 1812
71 James Pearse Jun[io]r N[otar]y Public
[Probate}
72 No.
73 For the Stamp Office
74 Copy of the Will of
75 William Pincombe
76 late of Beaford Devon Yeoman
77 Executors
78 Richard Pincombe William Pincombe
79 and John Pincombe of Beaford
80 foresaid sons of the deceased
81 No. 2 REG NR B 12
82 FOL 209 H T
83 Proved in the Archdeaconial Court
84 of Barnstaple, Devon 2 Jan[ua]ry 1812
85 Effects under 300£
86 James Pearse Jun[io]r Reg[iste]r
87 Barnstaple Devon
88 12 Folios at 6 ... 6
[P. 886 in margin]
First a little background on Alverdiscott (also known as Alscott) is a village/parish five miles (eight kilometres) SE of Bideford. The Parish Registers commenced in 1602 for baptisms and marriages and in 1612 for burials. William Pincombe was buried the 14th of July 1811 at Beaford. Discovering his parentage did not prove to be an easy task. There are a number of William Pincombe baptisms in this particular area within a reasonable time frame. The loss of the many wills in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office has made it much more difficult to trace some of these lines. Plus this particular William does not appear to be on the Charts produced by the earlier study. Trying to follow the name of the tenement did not lead to any new information; it is not a listed British Building.
Using the excellent Genuki webpages for Devon (I have made some contributions there), I continued hunting for information on the Pincombe family in the Beaford area.
There was a Philip Pincombe at Alverdiscott who signed the Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls in 1723. At Beaford, Stephen Pincombe of Swimbridge, Hugh Pincombe of Landkey, Thomas Pincombe of Bishop’s Nympton and William Pincombe of Bishop’s Nympton signed the same Oath Roll. Thomas and Hugh signed with the letter “P” and William also made a mark with Stephen signing his name (QS17/2/2/13 (1)). John Pincombe of Langtree signed (QS17/2/2/9a (16)). In total there were four documents signed at Beaford with just two of them including the surname Pincombe or Pincomb.
The Freeholders Index (1711-1799) for Alverdiscott had nine documents and no members of the Pincombe/Pincomb/Pinkham family listed. The Freeholders Index for Beaford had eight documents and no members of the Pincombe/Pincomb/Pinkham family listed but at Langtree a Pinkcombe, yeoman listed and one could surmise from the list above this would likely be John Pincombe of Langtree (QS17/2/2/9a (16)).
The Devon Wills Index has an Anthony Pincombe (probate 1715) at Beaford. Arthur Pincombe is also listed with a probate year of 1728 at Beaford. Mary Pincombe in 1729 at Beaford. William Pincombe in 1812 at Beaford. A little luck perhaps with that as there is a marriage between William Pincombe and Sarah Alford at Beaford the 29th July 1788. The residence for the groom is given as Roborough and for the bride as Beafford.
Using this information and Find My Past I will now attempt to discover more about the testator William Pincombe as well as Anthony, Arthur and Mary Pincombe. Since William Pincombe, the testator, has a married daughter in 1811 then William and Sarah were perhaps married in the 1780s-early 1790s or earlier.
William Pincombe, the testator, identifies his wife Sarah, his daughters Mary How (married to Thomas How) and Sarah, and his sons Richard, William and John.
Baptisms at Beaford:
Mary Pincombe baptized 2 Oct 1788 daughter of William and Sarah Pincombe
Sarah Pencombe baptized 13 Jan 1793 daughter of William and Sarah Pencombe
John Pincombe baptized 22 Jan 1804 son of William and Sarah Pincombe
Thomas Pincombe baptized 8 Apr 1806 son of William and Sarah Pincombe; buried 15 Apr 1808 (not stated as a child but priest seemed to reference only infants and Thomas would have been 2 years of age)
Baptisms at Roborough:
Richard Budd Pincombe baptized 29 Dec 1790 son of William and Sarah Pincombe
I did not locate a baptism for William Pincombe the other son mentioned in the will. Remembering that in the marriage registration it was stated that the groom was of Roborough it is perhaps not surprising that the eldest son could be baptized there. But the middle name of Budd is a surprise. But I did note that there was a Richard Burd buried at Beaford in 1800.
Looking once again at the Pincombe charts created by the earlier researchers, There is a William Pincombe baptized 20 Jun 1756 (correct on Chart 4 but incorrect on Chart 5) who married Sarah (this William being of Roborough (the baptism can be located on Find My Past) and son of Mary Pincombe baptized 5 October 1731 (verified on Find My Past) daughter of John Pincombe (baptized 21 Jul 1700) and married to Mary Peardon 26 Oct 1726 at Roborough (does not agree with Chart but found on Find My Past)). No children are listed on Chart 5 (Beaford-Roborough-Ramsgate published in Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter)) for William and Sarah. The parents of John Pincombe married to Mary Peardon were Arthur Pincombe married to Mary Stabledon 31 Jul 1686 at Beaford (incorrect on chart (found on Find My Past)). An Arthur Pincombe was listed on the Devon Genuki Wills Index in 1728 at Beaford.
I leave it with the reader to decide if this is a reasonable line of descent.
3. North Molton Parish Records (Part 15)
These baptismal records are transcribed from the fiche of the original Parish Records for North Molton, Devon. I have changed the orientation of the newsletter to make it easier to publish the transcriptions for North Molton directly from my Excel file.
# Surname Forename status Fathers surname Fathers forename Mothers surname Mothers forename Year Month Day Details
3700 Viccarye William son Viccarye William Margrett 1670 Nov 20
3701 Viccarye John son Viccarye Christopher Joane 1670 Nov 28
3702 Alline Elizabeth daughter Alline Thomas Eliza 1670 Dec 11
3703 Burges Jane daughter Burges Phillip Jane 1670 Dec 11
3704 Moale William son Moale Michaell Susan 1670 Dec 20
3705 Abbott Joane daughter Abbott Robert Jane 1670 Jan 10
3706 Kingdon Hugh son Kingdon Thomazine 1670 Jan 15
3707 Squyre John son Squyre John Joane 1670 Jan 24
3708 Bright Katherine daughter Bright Danyell Mary 1670 Jan 24
3709 Lawdye Henry son Lawdye Richard Susan 1670 Feb 14
3710 Squire William son Squire William Elizabeth 1671 Mar 26
3711 Seller Margarett daughter Seller Abednego Mary 1671 Apr 13
3712 Stephens Joane daughter Stephens John Prudence 1671 Apr 25
3713 Gould Anne daughter Gould John Anne 1671 May 9
3714 Millton Christopher son Millton Hugh Anne 1671 May 23
3715 Gould Grace daughter Gould Philip Grace 1671 Jul 9
3716 Gould Henry son Gould William Thomazin 1671 Aug 6
3717 Treble George son Treble William Elizabeth 1671 Sep 6
3718 Gould George son Gould George Grace 1671 Sep 17
3719 Locke Joane daughter Locke George Joane 1671 Sep 19
3720 Evans George son Evans Israell Elizabeth 1671 Sep 24
3721 Gould Grace daughter Gould Richard Joane 1671 Nov 8
3722 Wats Susanna daughter Wats John Joane 1671 Dec 3
3723 Pasmoore Nicholas son Pasmoore John Joane 1671 Dec 7
3724 Glasse Elizabeth daughter Glasse William Eliza 1671 Dec 26
3725 Tapp Robert son Tapp William Mary 1671 Dec 28
3726 Smyth Joane daughter Smyth Robert Richord 1671 Jan 2
3727 Squire Charles son Squire Charles Joane 1671 Jan 14
3728 Burges Henry son Burges Michaell Catherine 1671 Jan 23
3729 Moorman Mary daughter Moorman Richard Joane 1671 Jan 30
3730 Locke Michaell son Locke Peter Susana 1671 Feb 5
3731 Slader Willmot daughter Slader Peter mary 1671 Feb 8
3732 Huxtable Emott daughter Huxtable Charles Agnes 1671 Feb 13
3733 Moyey John son Moyey John Mary 1671 Feb 13
3734 Gould Nicholas son Gould William Grace 1671 Feb 18
3735 Irland Mary daughter Irland Peter Grace 1671 Mar 19
3736 Blakmore Thomas son Blakmore Thomas Joane 1672 Mar 25
3737 Lawdye Peter son Lawdye John Sarah 1672 Mar 26
3738 Squire Philip son Squire John Eliza 1672 Mar 30
3739 Squire Elizabeth daughter Squire John Eliza 1672 Mar 30
3740 Moule Margarett daughter Moule Matthew Elinor 1672 Mar 31
3741 Allen William son Allen John Prudence 1672 Apr 14
3742 Thorne Susana daughter Thorne Charles Joane 1672 Apr 14
3743 Balmant John son Balmant William 1672 Apr 16
3744 Thorne Thomas son Thorne William Elinor 1672 Apr 25
3745 Locke Willmot base daughter Locke Gunet 1672 May 12
3746 Stonman Sarah daughter Stonman Jefery Margarett 1672 May 23
3747 Bradford Joane daughter Bradford Peter Edy 1672 May 23
3748 Locke William son Locke John Mary 1672 May 26
3749 Halls John son Halls John Joane 1672 May 27
3750 Palmer Joane daughter Palmer Richard Joane 1672 Jun 24
3751 Locke Robert son Locke William Elizabeth 1672 Jun 30
3752 Squire Elizabeth daughter Squire William Eliza 1672 Jul 30
3753 Harris Katherine daughter Harris John Martha 1672 Aug 25
3754 Cottey Elizabeth daughter Cottey Gregory Eliza 1672 Sep 3
3755 White Joane daughter White Gilbert Joane 1672 Sep 10
3756 Stonman William son Stonman Henry Prudence 1672 Sep 30
3757 Thorne Thomas son Thorne James Agnes 1672 Nov 20
3758 Rooke Richard son Rooke English Joane 1672 Dec 15
3759 Rooke English son Rooke English Joane 1672 Dec 15
3760 Locke Willmot daughter Locke thomas Joane 1672 Dec 22
3761 Jones John son Jones William Johane 1672 Dec 26
3762 Squire Philip son Squire Charles Joane 1672 Dec 29
3763 Lawdye Charity daughter Lawdye Richard Susanna 1672 Dec 30
3764 Jones Thomazine daughter Jones Owen Grace 1672 Jan 17 lived at Maynard
3765 Loverton Peter son Loverton Peter Petronell 1672 Jan 20
3766 Mereyday John son Mereyday Roger Margarett 1672 Jan 23
3767 Ballmant Agnes daughter Ballmant George Prescilla 1672 Jan 28
3768 Treble Alice daughter Treble George Alice 1672 Jan 29
3769 Moysey Mary daughter Moysey John Mary 1672 Feb 4
3770 Passmoore Philip son Passmoore Richard Margery 1672 Feb 16
3771 Bray Elizabeth daughter Bray John Joane 1672 Feb 25
3772 Nott Ruth daughter Nott Thomas Joane 1672 Mar 2
3773 Stephens Grace daughter Stephens John Prudence 1672 Mar 4
3774 Day Nicholas base son Day Elizabeth 1672 Mar 9
3775 Shopland Elizabeth daughter Shopland Christopher Grace 1672 Mar 11
3776 Locke Elizabeth dau Locke Peter Susana 1673 Mar 26
3777 Buckinham Roger son Buckinham William Elinor 1673 Apr 1
3778 Hunt Mary daughter Hunt John Mary 1673 Apr 8
3779 Gould Johane daughter Gould John Anne 1673 Apr 22
3780 Viccarye George son Viccarye Christopher Willmott 1673 May 4
3781 Clogg Lettice daughter Clogg Roger Anne 1673 Jun 2 of Twitchen
3782 Moule William son Moule Anthoney Grace 1673 Jun 15
3783 Tucker Richard son Tucker John Anne 1673 Jun 17
3784 Chapplman William son Chapplman Emanuell Petronell 1673 Jun 24
3785 Locke Nicholas son Locke Nicholas Grace 1673 Jul 9
3786 Zeale Johane dau Zeale John Dorothy 1673 Aug 12
3787 Hunt Andrew son Hunt Andrew Joane 1673 Aug 17
3788 Irland John son Irland Peter Grace 1673 Aug 17
3789 Hawten William son Hawten William Joane 1673 Oct 14
3790 Bright Judeth daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1673 Oct 14
3791 Squire Roger son Squire John Johane 1673 Oct 21
3792 Purchase Anne dau Purchase Nicholas Johane 1673 Oct 21
3793 Gould Grace daughter Gould William Grace 1673 Nov 5
3794 Willshire George son Willshire William Margarett 1673 Nov 9
3795 Berry Mary daughter Berry Alexander Eliza 1673 Nov 23
3796 Berry Rachell daughter Berry Alexander Eliza 1673 Nov 23
3797 Viccarye Margarett dau Viccarye John Richord 1673 Dec 21
3798 Moorman Joane dau Moorman Richard Joane 1673 Dec 24
3799 Locke William son Locke William Johane 1673 Feb 10
3800 Locke Mary daughter Locke George Joane 1673 Feb 17
3801 Locke Prudence daughter Locke thomas Johane 1673 Feb 22
3802 Lawdy Susana daughter Lawdy Richard Susana 1673 Mar 1
3803 Burges Michaell son Burges Michaell Katherine 1673 Mar 3
3804 Smyth susana daughter Smyth John Johane 1673 Mar 22
3805 Wisman Joane dau Wisman William Margery 1673 Mar 22
3806 Squire Michaell son Squire Michaell Mary 1673 Mar 22
3807 Palmer Jane daughter Palmer Richard Joane 1674 Mar 31
3808 Shopland Michaell son Shopland George Joane 1674 Apr 30
3809 Watts Mary daughter Watts John Joane 1674 May 10
3810 Gould Elinor daughter Gould George Grace 1674 May 19
3811 Davye Thomas son Davye Thomas Joane 1674 Jun 28
3812 Ballmant Joane daughter Ballmant John Mary 1674 Jul 7
3813 Mylton Thomas son Mylton Thomas Anne 1674 Jul 13
3814 Hunt John son Hunt John Mary 1674 Jul 28
3815 Thorne John son Thorne John Joane 1674 Aug 2
3816 Huxtable Joane daughter Huxtable Charles Agnes 1674 Aug 11
3817 Locke Mary daughter Locke Henry Anne 1674 Aug 13
3818 Blake Joane daughter Blake Christopher Anne 1674 Aug 25
3819 Viccarye Charity base daughter Viccary Johane 1674 Sep 20
3820 Locke Agnes daughter Locke Charles Joane 1674 Oct 6
3821 Allen Sarah daughter Allen Thomas Elizabeth 1674 Oct 20
3822 Shopland William son Shopland Christopher Grace 1674 Nov 23
3823 Charden William son Charden William Urith 1674 Nov 22 of Mesl__
3824 Bray John son Bray John Joane 1674 Dec 30 archer
3825 Viccarye William son Viccarye Christopher Willmott 1674 Jan 19
3826 Allen John son Allen John Prudence 1674 Feb 2
3827 Squire William son Squire William Elizabeth 1674 Feb 23
3828 Viccary alias Pullam Hugh son Viccary alias Pullam Hugh Mary 1675 Apr 5
3829 Meare Joane daughter Meare Robert Joane 1675 Apr 5
3830 Locke Elizabeth daughter Locke William Elizabeth 1675 Apr 18
3831 Warren Henry son Warren Henry Mary 1675 Apr 25 of Bishops Nympton
3832 Locke Mary daughter Locke Nicholas Grace 1675 May 20
3833 Pulsford Agnis daughter Pulsford William Grace 1675 Jun 20
3834 Thorne Joane daughter Thorne Charles Emolin 1679 Jul 8
3835 Pasmoore William son Pasmoore John Joane 1675 Aug 3
3836 Davy Grace daughter Davy Robert Mary 1675 Aug 10
3837 Bright Judeth daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1675 Aug 10
3838 Lee Mary daughter Lee Charles Joane 1675 Aug 12
3839 Abbott Joane daughter Abbott Robert Joane 1675 Sep 14
3840 Tucker Christopher son Tucker John Anne 1675 Sep 23
3841 Williams John son Williams John Christian 1675 Oct 5
3842 Moorman Elizabeth daughter Moorman William Joane 1675 Oct 12
3843 Zeale Stephen son Zeale John Dorothyu 1675 Oct 19
3844 Rew Thomas son Rew John Mary 1675 Oct 31
3845 Goss Joane daughter Goss Roger Petronell 1675 Oct 31
3846 Harris Martha daughter Harris John Martha 1675 Nov 3
3847 Vellacot William son Vellacot William Penticost 1675 Dec 13
3848 Moule Michaell son Moule Michaell Margery 1675 Jan 25
3849 Lawdy Thomas son Lawdy Richard Susana 1675 Feb 22
3850 Thorne Michaell son Thorne Michaell Elizabeth 1675 Feb 22
3851 Hawten Joane daughter Hawten William Joane 1675 Feb 29
3852 Loverton John son Loverton Peter Jane 1675 Mar 7
3853 Locke Joane daughter Locke William Joane 1675 Mar 7
3854 Locke Christopher son Locke John Mary 1675 Mar 14
3855 Buckinham Mary daughter Buckinham William Elinor 1675 Mar 21
3856 Treble Agnis daughter Treble George Alice 1675 Sep 7
3857 Mooreman Robert son Mooreman Robert Joane 1675 Oct 17
3858 Bondstone Willmoth daughter Bondstone John Willmoth 1676 Apr 7
3859 Slader Michaell son Slader Michaell Jane 1676 Apr 9
3860 Gould John son Gould William Grace 1676 Apr 18
3861 May Joane daughter May Phillip Anstice 1676 May 1
3862 Moule Matthew son Moule Matthew Elianor 1676 May 4
3863 Moule Susanna daughter Moule Anthony Grace 1676 May 15
3864 White Mary daughter White Gilberd Joane 1676 May 16
3865 Thorne William son Thorne John Joane 1676 Jun 15
3866 Meredith Elizabeth daughter Meredith Roger Margarett 1676 Aug 10
3867 Gould Samuell son Gould Samuell Mary 1676 Aug 12
3868 Locke Charles son Locke Charles Joane 1676 Oct 9
3869 Balmont Elizabeth daughter Balmont George Precilla 1676 Oct 16
3870 Shapland William son Shapland George Joane 1676 Nov 14
3871 Moreman Anne daughter Moreman Richard Joane 1676 Nov 21
3872 Huxtable Grace daughter Huxtable Emling 1676 Dec 10
3873 Huxtable John son Huxtable Richard Katherine 1676 Dec 20
3874 Vicary Joane daughter Vicary Hugh Mary 1676 Dec 20
3875 Crange John son Crange John Joane 1676 Dec 21
3876 Thorne Emling daughter Thorne Charles Emling 1676 Jan 16
3877 Squire Joane daughter Squire Samuell Dorothy 1676 Jan 27
3878 Barrow Grace daughter Barrow Abraham Rebekah 1676 Feb 4
3879 Huxtable John son Huxtable Charles Agnis 1676 Feb 13
3880 Pulsford Grace daughter Puls William Grace 1676 Feb 13
3881 Smyth Joane daughter Smyth John Joane 1676 Feb 14
3882 Leigh Joane daughter Leigh Charles Joane 1676 Mar 13
3883 Locke John son Locke Thomas Johane 1677 Apr 3
3884 Locke Mary daughter Locke Thomas Johane 1677 Apr 3
3885 Pincombe Mary daughter Pincombe Thomas Agnis 1677 Apr 8
3886 Locke John son Locke John Mary 1677 Apr 18
3887 Avery Samuell son Avery Samuell Johane 1677 Apr 16
3888 Cotty Dorothy daughter Cotty Gregory Elizabeth 1677 Apr 23
3889 Thorne Mary daughter Thorne Michaell Elizabeth 1677 Apr 26
3890 Locke Susanna daughter Locke Peter Susanna 1677 Apr 29
3891 Bright Elinor daughter Bright Daniell Mary 1677 Apr 30
3892 Bray Archelas son Bray John Johane 1677 May 17
3893 Mooreman Joane daughter Mooreman Robert Joane 1677 May 18
3894 Gould Elizabeth daughter Gould John Anne 1677 Jul 26
3895 Locke Christopher son Locke Nicholas Grace 1677 Sep 4
3896 Marsh Robert son Marsh Robert Elizabeth 1677 Sep 9
3897 Locke Henry son Locke Henry Anne 1677 Sep 11
3898 Thorne William son Thorne John Margreate 1677 Sep 16
3899 Ireland Peter son Ireland Peter Grace 1677 Oct 2
3900 Kingdon John base son Kingdon Thomzine 1677 Oct 16
3901 Burges Ann daughter Burges John Temperance 1677 Oct 27
3902 Squire Johan daughter Squire Charles Johane 1677 Nov 26
3903 Blake Katherine daughter Blake John Johane 1677 Dec 4
3904 Stonman Prudence daughter Stonman Henry Prudence 1677 Dec 26
3905 Lawdy Elizabeth daughter Lawdy Mathew Agnis 1677 Jan 13
3906 Vellacott John son Vellacott William Pentecost 1677 Feb 11
3907 Gould John base son Gould Katherine 1677 Feb 24
3908 Vickary William son Vickary Hugh Mary 1677 Mar 7
3909 Kingdon Phillip son Kingdon William Christian 1677 Mar 12
3910 Mooreman Ann daughter Mooreman George Mary 1677 Mar 12
3911 Zeale Mary daughter Zeale John Dorothy 1677 Mar 12
3912 Locke Jane daughter Locke William Johane 1677 Mar 12
3913 Harris Martha daughter Harris John Martha 1678 Apr 21
3914 Prayer Mary daughter Prayer Nicholas Elizabeth 1678 Apr 21
3915 Mole Johan daughter Mole Michaell Margery 1678 May 14
3916 Thorne Thomas son Thorne John Joane 1678 May 21
3917 Rewe William son Rewe John Mary 1678 Jun 17
3918 Lawdy Charles son Lawdy Richard Susan 1678 Jul 28
3919 Thorne Peternell daughter Thorne John Margareatt 1678 Aug 16
3920 Dennis Elizabeth daughter Dennis Edmond Katherine 1678 Sep 22
3921 Balment William son Balment John Mary 1678 Oct 1
3922 Shapland Phillip son Shapland Nicholas Charity 1678 Oct 14
3923 Slader Anne daughter Slader Michaell Jane 1678 Oct 15
3924 Thorne John son Thorne Charles Embline 1678 Oct 29
3925 Vickary Joane daughter Vickary Christopher Wilmott 1678 Dec 15
3926 Locke John son Locke Charles Joane 1678 Jan 3
3927 Smyth Mary daughter Smyth John Joane 1678 Jan 6
3928 Pulsard Mary daughter Pulsard William Grace 1678 Jan 7
3929 Goase Andrew son Goase Roger Peternell 1678 Jan 14
3930 Gould Mary daughter Gould Samuell Mary 1678 Jan 21
3931 Williams James son Williams John Christian 1678 Jan 24
3932 Gould Henry son Gould William Grace 1678 Feb 4
3933 Pasmoore Robert son Pasmoore Richard Margery 1678 Feb 21
3934 Davey Johan daughter Davey Michaell Susan 1678 Mar 4
3935 Thorne Mary daughter Thorne Michaell Elinor 1678 Mar 23
3936 Wolland John son Wolland Gregory Margreate 1678 Mar 23 of the parish of Burndon
3937 Kedwill John son Kedwill William Margrett 1679 Apr 13
3938 Thorne Grace daughter Thorne John Joane 1679 Apr 14
3939 Mooreman Richard son Mooreman Richard Johane 1679 Apr 15
3940 Loverton Bartholomew son Loverton Peter Jane 1679 Apr 30
3941 Mole Phillip son Mole Anthoney Grace 1679 Apr 30
3942 Marsh Johane daughter Marsh Thomas Mary 1679 May 20
3943 Burges John son Burges Michaell Kather 1679 Jun 24
3944 Marsh William son Marsh Robert Elizabeth 1679 Jun 24
3945 Bright Daniell son Bright Daniell Mary 1679 Aug 19
3946 Mole George son Mole Mathew Ellen 1679 Sep 23
3947 Squire Samuell son Squire Samuell Dorothy 1679 Sep 30
3948 Crange James son Crange John Johane 1679 Sep 30
3949 Stoman Margrett daughter Stoman Henry Prudence 1679 Oct 1
3950 Lee Emott daughter Lee Charles Johane 1679 Oct 14
3951 Avery John son Avery Samuell Johane 1679 Nov 11
3952 Legg Ismaell base son Legg Martha 1679 Nov 11
3953 Blake James son Blake William Wilmote 1679 Nov 29
3954 Tape Michaell base son Tape Mary 1679 Nov 30
3955 Squire Joane daughter Squire John Joane 1679 Dec 9
3956 Blake John son Blake John Joane 1679 Dec 10
3957 Prayer Elizabeth daughter Prayer Nicholas Eliza 1679 Dec 14
3958 Hunt Mary daughter Hunt Mary 1679 Jan 4 widow
3959 Locke Grace daughter Locke Nicholas Grace 1679 Jan 11
3960 Davey Anne daughter Davey Henry Elinor 1679 Jan 13
3961 Hammer Mary daughter Hammer Richard Joane 1679 Jan 13
3962 Thorne Joane daughter Thorne John Marian 1679 Jan 14
3963 Vickary Mary daughter Vickary Hugh Mary 1679 Feb 17
3964 Buckingham Christopher son Buckingham William Joane 1679 Feb 29
3965 Vickary John son Vickary John Richord 1680 Mar 30
3966 Thorne William son Thorne John Johane 1680 Mar 30
3967 Huxtable Wilmott daughter Huxtable Charles Agnis 1680 Mar 31
3968 Johns Thomas son Johns Bartholomew Agnis 1680 Mar 31
3969 Allen Thomas son Allen Thomas Elizabeth 1680 May 11
3970 Balment William son Balment George Prissilla 1680 Jun 5
3971 Bray Archelas son Bray John Johane 1680 Jun 5
3972 Morrish William son Morrish Jerman Elizabeth 1680 Jun 14
3973 Slader Margreat daughter Slader George Johane 1680 Jul 4
3974 Hobbes Elizabeth daughter Hobbes Bartholomew Rebecka 1680 Jul 12
3975 Bushen James son Bushen James Johane 1680 Aug 15
3976 Locke George son Locke John Mary 1680 Aug 17
3977 Mole Michaell son Mole Michaell Magery 1680 Sep 7
3978 Locke Joseph son Locke William Joane 1680 Sep 28
3979 Locke Mary daughter Locke William Joane 1680 Sep 28
3980 Thorne Alce daughter Thorne John Grace 1680 Oct 25
3981 Locke Agnes daughter Locke Peter Susan 1680 Nov 14
3982 Davey William son Davey John Anne 1680 Nov 16
3983 Wates John son Wates John Elizabeth 1680 Dec 5
3984 Dendle Johane daughter Dendle William Elizabeth 1680 Dec 9
3985 Thorne Ann daughter Thorne John Margreate 1680 Dec 16
3986 Gould Elizabeth daughter Gould Phillip Margreate 1680 Jan 11
3987 Slader Thomas son Slader Michaell Jane 1680 Jan 13
3988 Moses William son Moses John Mary 1680 Feb 15
3989 Thorne John son thorne John Willmot 1680 Feb 23
3990 Pasmoore Richard son Pasmoore John Joane 1680 Mar 3
3991 Goase Joane daughter Goase Roger Peternell 1680 Mar 7
3992 Dee Jonathan son Dee Jonathan Elizabeth 1680 Mar 8
3993 Kingdon John son Kingdon William Christian 1681 Mar 29
3994 Thorne John son Thorne George Mary 1681 Apr 1
3995 Abbott Robert son Abbott Robert Jane 1681 Apr 4
3996 Zeale Luther son Zeale John Dorothy 1681 Apr 10
3997 Stonman Elizabeth daughter Stonman Henry Prudence 1681 Apr 12
3998 Thorne Christian daughter Thorne John Margreatt 1681 Apr 24
3999 Lawdy Charity daughter Lawdy Richard Susan 1681 Apr 26
4000 Williams Johane daughter Williams John Christian 1681 May 10
Any material which you may wish to submit for the next issue of the newsletter (1st June 2020) concerning the Pincombe/Pinkham family needs to be submitted by the 15th of May 2020 and can be sent to:
Elizabeth Kipp (Editor)
kippeeb@rogers.com