Continuing with Early Chancery Proceedings

 I did spend yesterday reviewing all of my datasets that pertain to the Pencombe/Pincomb/Pyncomb family of North Devon to ensure that I had added in all occurrences of the surname in the Devon area and not ignoring individual Devon references that were out of the North Devon area that I do tend to concentrate on. In fact I had collected all of them. But it was a good idea to check. 

I remain with my thought which I shared with the AI that the reference to John Lord Zouch in the 1620 Visitation of Devon was primarily to say where and when their Pencombe/Pincomb/Pyncomb family line originated in Devon and attaching it to John Lord Zouch a not unusual designation given the presence of the Zouch family as Lord of the Manor in days past which was probably considered to be a recognized individual. By stating that they arrived with Lord Zouch that supported their ability to settle in this area at this time. I suspect if one thinks it is difficult to emigrate to a new place in this time period it was very difficult in 1486 I strongly suspect. It is possible that John Pencombe arriving at North Molton in 1486 had no idea that a Roger de Pencombe had lived at Bonelegh (Bondleigh) in the early 1300s or that a John de Pencomb' had been an Assessor for the 1332 Lay Subsidy of Devon for Mollond (Molland)  (this is 150 to 200 years later).  England now has a Tudor King having defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485. It was the AI that suggested (and I agree actually) that I should observe if there is a continuous line of Pencombe/Pencomb' in Devon since I did find this surname in the times mentioned above. It is good research to eliminate possibilities. Therefore I continue in these days to read through the Early Chancery Proceedings working backward from the end of the reign of Richard III. I will read forward into Henry VII but first I want to get back to the 1100s and see if there is anything that would add to the information I already have on the Pencomb family in Herefordshire mostly living at Bromyard although also Pencombe much earlier. I will have then done due diligence such as I can and feel satisfied with my result. 

The intent on my part was always to start the genealogical tree at John Pencombe in 1486 living in North Molton; however finding some of this earlier information told me that I should consider looking at this material not so much to trace the line back further but rather to clarify perhaps if this is actually the same family. We are in a time of change as the English did not have surnames when the Normans arrived in England with William the Conqueror and selection of a surname could have been duplicated by unrelated people quite readily. I do have a good chapter on the Pencombe family of Herefordshire but for completeness I should attempt to find all the information that is available to me readily. I do need to complete the latin transcription of the Inquisition Postmortem for John de Pencomb with a son Thomas born circa 1350 and Thomas appears later in other documents in the 1390s as mentioned. I do not however have a link to a John Pencombe descendant of this Thomas and arriving at Northmolton in 1486 - one notes he would likely be a grandson or great grandson of this Thomas. But it is interesting that this family uses the forenames John, Thomas, William over the time period that I have found them in Herefordshire (very common in the early Pincombe family but also common in the rest of England for sure) whereas a Roger de Pencombe is at Bonelegh (Bondleigh) Devon in the early 1300s. 

Another aspect of this yDNA study aside from the excitement gained from having five members all matching and known to be descendant of the two sons of John Pencomb (1486 arriving in Northmolton), is the Pincombe one-name Study actually includes the spellings Pincombe and Pinkham. Members of the very large American Pinkham family do not match the yDNA results of the Pincombe family which includes one of my third cousins who lives in the United States and one of my fifth cousins who lives in Australia (matches but not part of the yDNA study).  The other four members of the study that do match my third cousin are descendant of Thomas Pencombe or John Pencombe sons of John Pencombe. Indeed the two individuals who started up this study are both surnamed Pinkham and unfortunately the one member from England did not test his yDNA before he passed away. My thought on this I will share at a later date because I think the answer may well lie in Roger de Pencombe at Bonelegh (Bondleigh)  and his selection of the surname in his line was pure chance that he chose Pencombe perhaps or an ancestor did that. Dr. Richard Pinkham, the other member of the original Pincombe study lived in Gloucestershire but his work as a physician did take him into Devon where he interviewed many Pincombe members and they shared their family trees with him. I have all of that work that he did. He did not know his line fitting into the other lines in Devon/Somerset/Gloucestershire and London/Surrey where the Pincombe family still does live. 

Continuing with my reading as I hope to get through this Book 2 and into Book 1 which takes me back as far as those records exist. I will then pick up Book 3 and read forward to see if there are any records in that section. The index which I have is from 1385-1467 and has one Pencomb listed in this index so I thought I would try to locate it. It is a slow process although the scanning of the books is excellent on Internet Archive. My Pincombe family was in general from Devon for the most part but also Somerset but going back through the generations in Devon with surnames: Rowcliffe, Charley, Pearse, Manning, Harvey, Hobbs, Stanbury, Quythers, Vicary, Tapp, Blackmoore, Upcott, Thomas, Saunders, Bray, Whetstone, Snow, Burges so am taking advantage of all the Devon results as I move my way back. I am also looking at Hereford. I find that I need to just concentrate on one line though when I do something like this and the odds of having to repeat for another county; hard to tell but I am a here and now person.  

Although the idea of a combined book was discussed the main problem is the size of the Pinkham family in the United States and I am not going to do that research as an earlier book would need to be brought up to date. But the Pinkham family would definitely be a huge section of a combined book so I think it is better to do two books and I hope that over time that does happen with the Pinkham family of the United States. My Pincombe line did not arrive in Canada until 1850/51 with my ancestor's brother arriving at Genesee New York in 1835 and his descendants still live in the United States but in other areas of the United States. The other difficulty is the Pincombe family in north west Devon did use the Pinkham spelling when they moved to London some of them and also it was used in West Devon adding that complication to the mix although in general the surname tends to be spelled Pincombe these days and Pinkham is much less common than it was in the late 1700s and early 1800s in England.  There is at least one other tester in this line that came to the United States in the 1700s and is one of the matches with my cousin (his line is known and he does fit into the descendants of the North Molton line as far as can be determined (yDNA results)). 

 Woke up in the night contemplating the records that I have reviewed and still have to do. A quick walk about and back to bed. Still need another few hours of sleep before contemplating a new day. It is Sunday now and Church in the morning. 

Dear Father hear and bless thy beasts and singing birds and guard with tenderness small things that have no word. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.  

Martha Pearse (1736 - 1798 or 1802)

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 11

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, unknown, Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, Durnford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett, Alderman, Ann (unknown), Sherwood, unknown, Habberfield, Collings, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Canham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

Martha Pearse, my 4x great grandmother, married Philip Rowcliffe 9 Apr 1760 at South Molton and their daughter Betty (baptism) and Elizabeth (as an adult) was baptized  20 May 1777 at Bishops Nympton and married Robert Pincombe 7 Jun 1803 at Bishops Nympton. Martha had three siblings all male Philip (baptism unknown) but married to Joan Rock 2 May 1803 at Mariansleigh and their son John Rowcliffe married Eliza Brown at Mariansleigh with their eldest daughter Elizabeth marrying Richard Pincombe (from Beaford, Devon) 4 Dec 1851 in Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada). A descendant of that family wrote to me asking how her Pincombe line fitted into mine but I am still working on that (father of Richard was William and mother Mary but thus far I have not found any linkage). It turned out we were related through the Rowcliffe family! George Rowcliffe, the second brother was baptized 9 Jul 1774 at Bishops Nympton and buried at South Molton 11 Oct 1849 and is said by some to be the father of Philip Rowcliffe who married Susanna Brown 16 Sep 1828 at Kennerleigh. Their son John died in Victoria British Columbia 6 Mar 1921. However the death duty index of 1849 has John (likely brother of George) as executor. The third brother William does not appear in the Parish Registers of Bishops Nympton with a baptism but he is likely the William Rowcliffe buried 6 Dec 1854 at South Molton. It is unknown whether he married.

Martha was the daughter of Philip Pearse and Grace Hobbs who married 7 Apr 1728 at South Molton. They had five children:

Philip baptized 19 Jan 1728 at South Molton
Grace baptized 19 Feb 1730 at South Molton
Philip (twin) baptized 8 Jul 1733 at South Molton
Martha (twin) baptized 8 Jul 1733 at South Molton and buried 7 Jul 1734 at South Molton
Martha baptized 23 Jan 1736 at South Molton.

There are two Martha Rowcliffes buried at South  Molton 7 Jan 1798 and 26 Mar 1802. Perhaps now several years since I found this information I can determine which one is my Martha. But it is still impossible to tell which one is my Martha. Philip Rowcliffe was buried 22nd Mar 1802 at South Molton.

Philip Pearse (father of Martha) was baptized 12 Nov 1703 at South Molton the son of John Pearse and Martha Quythers. All of this information to follow I extracted from the Parish Registers of South Molton which I have on fiche.  John Pearse and Martha Quythers were married 9 May 1686 at South Molton. They baptized six children at South Molton:

Roger 2 Oct 1686
Hannah 31 Jan 1687/88
Alice 22 Apr 1690
Mary 9 Mar 1692/93
Elizabeth 21 May 1700
Philip 12 Nov 1703

I have not made any attempt to follow the other children through the Parish Registers to date but will have a quick glance at Find My Past.

Roger likely buried 11 Jan 1694/95 at South Molton
Hannah possibly married (2 marriages at South Molton in the 1720s - a mite late but perhaps)
Alice possibly buried 7 Jun 1691 at South Molton
Mary possibly buried 28 Mar 1694 at South Molton or possibly married in the 1720s
Elizabeth nothing particularly found

John Pearse (married 1686 at South Molton) is likely the John Pearse baptized 14 Apr 1660 at South Molton and the son of Robert Pearse and unknown. This Robert Pearse is likely baptized Mar (no date given) 1631 at South Molton and the son of Robert Pearse and Elizabeth Dickes who were themselves married 13 Jun 1629 at South Molton. This Robert is possibly the son of John Pearse baptized 25 Jun 1602 at South Molton. There is a notation after John's name in the register "glovier." There is a marriage which I just found of Johannis Pearce and Anna Powle 6 Jul 1601 at South Molton. Missed my first go through the register about 6 years ago.

But I am still unable to find the marriage of a Robert Pearse father of John Pearse baptized 14 Apr 1660. However this is the time when Parish Registers are often missing information for instance births were recorded in this register during the Commonwealth but no marriages found yet by me.

The likely ancestry of Martha Pearse:

1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. William Robert PINCOMBE (b 11 Jun 1837)- Molland Devon England
5. John PINCOMBE (b 5 Jul 1808)- Bishops Nympton Devon England
6. Elizabeth (Betty) ROWCLIFFE (b 20 May 1777) - Bishops Nympton Devon England
7. Martha PEARSE (b 23 Jan 1736) - South Molton Devon England
8. Philip PEARSE (b 12 Nov 1703) - South Molton Devon England
9. John PEARSE (b 14 Apr 1660) - South Molton Devon England
10. Robert PEARSE (b Mar 1631) - South Molton Devon England
11 Robert PEARSE (b 25 Jun 1602) - South Molton Devon England
12 John Pearse

Noted on my webpage the following information re the Pearse family in this part of Devon:

 There is a John PEARSE on the Protestation Returns for Bishops Nympton in the 1640s (this would need to be John Pearse b 28 Apr 1605 if it is him). The 1723 Loyalty Oaths list: Benjamin Pearse at Lapford, Edward Pearse of Combe Martin, Samuel Pearse of Ashwater, Jonathan Pearse of Warrington, Edward, John and Gideon Pearse of Holsworthy, John Pearse of Chittlehampton, John Pearse of Morebath, John Pearse of Northam, Richard Pearse of Hartland, Michael Pearse of Chulmleigh, Philip Pearse of Bickleigh, Robert Pearse of Hartland, William Pearse of Shebbear, and William Pearse of Broadclyst. The Pearse family is very large in Devon (I have only listed a few of the members signing the Loyalty Oath in 1723).

A redo of the lookups in South Molton proved to be interesting and I remain rather convinced that this is my line of Pearse. Finding the marriage of Robert circa 1650s would be interesting as I have managed to locate all the wives for this family other than the wife of Robert baptized 1631. My mother did know of Martha Pearse although I can not now remember what she may have said about Martha just that the mother of Elizabeth Rowcliffe had been Martha Pearse.

Will of Robert Blake, gentleman, Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire - The National Archives PROB 11/2094/89, probated 5 Jun 1849

Robert Blake is the testator. He names his brothers as George Blake, John Blake and Richard Blake. His children are Charles Blake and Mary Anne Blake. His wife is Gwina Blake.

Marriage of Robert Blake to Gwenna/Gwinna Morgan 24 Mar 1799/14 Apr 1799 at Bristol (both dates are listed in Family Search). Baptism of Charles son of Robert and Gwina Blake 14 July 1811 at Bristol. Baptism of George Blake 19 Nov 1809 son of Robert and Gwina Blake. Baptism of James Blake 12 Apr 1807 son of Robert and Gwina Blake (All C01716-7 Family Search). Plus a son Robert

and Family Search has his birth as 5 Nov 1799 and his baptism 29 Sep 1805 at Bristol, Gloucestershire (C0171607, Item 4).

Robert mentions his property at Bicknoller and there was a will left by Joan Blake, widow, 1828 at Bicknoller listed in the Somerset Wills (B747, box/folio 73/750). This will likely destroyed in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office during WWII. Mentioning the Bicknoller area does bring one to think whether this is a collateral line to Admiral Robert Blake.

Going to the parish Records for Bicknoller found in the following blog and taken from Martin Southwood’s excellent site http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/ and blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/parish-records-in-overstowey-somerset.html

The marriage of Richard Blake of Stogumber and Joan Gardner 3 Feb 1777 and the baptism of their children Robert 26 May 1779, Richard 22 May 1782, John 18 Nov 1784, George 14 Jan 1788 (all mentioned in Robert’s will). There are several other children that are perhaps children of this couple mentioned on the webpage.

Richard Blake (father) was perhaps buried 27 Jun 1798 and Joan Blake, age 74, buried 19 Mar 1828 which would jive with the will mentioned above for a Joan Blake, widow.

On the 1851 census at 3 Fenland Cottage, Mary Ann Blake, head, single, 48, Proprietor, born at Brisol; Gwina Blake, mother, widow, 74, Annuitant, born at Glamorganshire, Wales; Edwina Maria Blake, niece, unmarried, 12, scholar, born at London; Robert Charles Blake, nephew, unmarried, 8 years, scholar, born at London. There is also a visitor perhaps Mary Williams, 59, widow, dress maker, born in Bristol.

On the 1861 census Mary Ann has married Thomas Hickling and she is 57 years of age. Her mother Gwinna Blake is still living and is 87 years of age, an annuitant, born at Glamorganshire Petynt; also living there Mary Ann Blake, niece, 23, unmarried, a milliner born at Bedminster; Mary Ann Blake, niece, 10 years, scholar, born at Bethnal Green, Middlesex; and Elizabeth Blake, niece, 8, scholar, born at Clifton, Gloucestershire. They are living at 7 Duke Street.

The marriage of Mary Ann Blake and Thomas Hickling 30 Jul 1859 at St Andrews Clifton, Gloucestershire. Thomas the son of John Hickling and Mary Ann the daughter of Robert Blake. Thomas was widowed.

I found the baptism of Mary Ann Blake, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Blake at St Matthias Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets 6 Apr 1851. Baptized just one week later James Blake son of Charles and Elizabeth Blake but he was 4 years of age in 1851.

I found George Blake at Bicknoller on the 1851 census. He is actually living next door to John and Amelia Siderfin (3rd cousins several time removed of mine). At this time he is a widower, 64 years of age and living with him his daughter Mary 26 and Sarah J 24. George and his daughter Mary were born at Stogumber and the younger daughter Sarah born at Bicknoller.

Trying to take this family back, could they be descendants of Richard Blake and Ann Jessop who married 30 Nov 1643 at Kilve and had two sons John and Richard. These families have not been traced down in the Portbury records for the collateral lines of Admiral Robert Blake.

http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm

I did transcribe the will of Richard Blake married to Ann Jessop:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-richard-blake-gentleman.html

Perhaps later wills will clear up the mystery of the ancestry of this Robert Blake.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 May 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2094/89
Testator:  Robert Blake, gentleman
Place: Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 16 Sep 1848, probated 5 Jun 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 22

1    This is the Last Will and Testament
2    of me Robert Blake of Number 12 Barford Place in the parish of Bedminster
3    in the City and County of Bristol Gentleman I direct that my debts funeral and
4    also testamentary expences be fully paid and satisfied by my Executors herein
5    after named with all convenient speed after my decease I give and bequeath
6    unto my Brothers George Blake John Blake and Richard Blake the sum
7    of five pounds each to procure mourning I give and devise all that my
8    messuage or dwelling house situate and being Number 19 Wellington Street
9    in the parish of Bedminster in the said City and County of Bristol with the
10    right members and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my Son Charles
11    Blake his heirs and assigns for ever I give devise and bequeath unto my
12    daughter Mary Ann Blake and my friend Charles Getchell of Bicknoller
13    near Taunton in the County of Somerset Farmer their heirs and assigns
14    all those my two messuages or dwellinghouses called of known by the
15    names of Freeland Villa and Freeland House situate at the Hotwells in
16    the parish of Clifton in the said City of Bristol Upon the trusts neverthe-
17    less and to and for the intents and purposes and with under and subject
18    to the powers provisoes declarations and directions hereinafter mentioned
19    expressed declared and contained of and concerning the same that is to
20    say Upon trust that they the said Mary Ann Blake and Charles Getchell
21    and the survivor of them and the heirs executors administrators and
22    assigns of such survivor do and shall from time to time by with and out of
23    the rents issues and profits of the said messuages or dwellinghouses pay unto
24    my Wife Gwina Blake one annuity or yearly sum of Fifteen pounds
25    of lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland by equal quarterly pay-
26    ments that is to say on the twenty fifth day of March the twenty fourth
27    day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the twenty fifth
28    day of December the first quarterly payment to begin and be made on such
29    of the said days as shall first happen after my decease And I
30    also unto my said son Charles Blake One Annuity or yearly sum
31    of fifteen pounds of like lawful money to be paid as aforesaid and I
32    direct the said annual sum hereinbefore given to my said Wife
33    be for her separate use and benefit And that the receipts of the said
34    Annuitants shall be good and effectual discharges for the same And
35    in case the said two messuages or dwellinghouses should through
36    being void or otherwise not produce a sufficient amount to pay the
37    said Annuities Then I direct my said daughter Mary Ann Blake
38    to pay the deficiency out of her own proper monies And I further
39    declare that any sale mortgage charge or disposition in the way of
40    authorization which either of the said Annuitants shall make or
41    attempt or agree to make of the said Annuities or if either of them
42    shall at time become Bankrupt or take the benefit of any Act of
43    Parliament for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors Then and in any of
44    the said cases the said annual sum shall cease determine and be
45    void and shall sink into and become part of the residue of my real
46    and personal estate And I hereby declare that if the said Mary Ann
47    Blake and Charles Getchell or the survivor of them or the heirs
48    executors or administrators of such survivor shall at any time
49    invest upon real or government securities a sufficient sum the
50    interest whereof shall be adequate to pay the said Annuities and
51    declare the trusts thereof accordingly Then and in that case the
52    said annual sum for which the same shall be respectively
53    expressed to be in satisfaction shall be no longer a charge on
54    my said two messuages or dwellinghouses called or known by
55    the names of Freeland Villa and Freeland House And I do
56    hereby expressly declare my mind and will to be that the provision
57    hereinbefore made to or for the receipt of my said Wife shall be accepted
58    and taken in lieu clear and full satisfaction of all such soever and whether
60    at the Common Law or by Custom or otherwise as she my said Wife
61    may have wherein claimed or demanded in upon or out of all or any of the
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62    the said messuages lands tenaments and hereditaments whereof during the
63    coverture between us I have been now am or hereafter may be seized for any
64    estate or freehold or inheritance And I direct that my said Wife do and shall
65    accordingly within six calendar months after my decease at the expence of
66    my estate make an effectual release in the law to my said trustees or the
67    survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns of such
68    survivor as by them her or him or their her or his counsel in the law
69    shall be reasonably required of all such Dower or thirds and claim of
70    dower and Thirds And in case my said Wife shall demure or refuse to make
71    and execute such release of dower then I do hereby declare that the Annuity
72    hereinbefore given as a provision for my said Wife shall be absolutely
73    null and void That as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder of
74    my Real and Personal Estate of what nature sort kind or denomi-
75    nation soever and whether Freehold Leasehold or Copyhold and all
76    monies and securities for money by Mortgage or otherwise I give devise
77    and bequeath the same unto my dear daughter Mary Ann Blake her
78    heirs executors administrators and assigns And it is my Will and I direct
79    that my brother George Blake shall if he is so willing continue to
80    reside in my Estate at Bicknoller aforesaid at the present rental provided
81    the rent be paid half yearly and whenever the same is due and payable
82    and that he keeps the premises and land in good repair and condition
83    and does not commit any waste I give devise and bequeath all the
84    estates which are vested in me as mortgagee unto my said daughter
85    Mary Ann Blake her heirs executors administrators and assigns accord-
86    ing to the nature and quality thereof respectively (but subject to the
87    equities of redemption affecting the same and on payment of the
88    principal monies interest and costs secured thereon to recovery reassign and
89    resecure the same estates to the persons entitled thereto Provided always
90    and I declare that if the trustees appointed by this my Will or to be appointed
91    as hereinafter is mentioned or any of them or their or any of their heirs
92    executors administrators and assigns shall happen to die or shall discontinue
93    or be desirous of being discharged from or fuse or seizure or be incapable
94    to accept or to act in the trusts hereby in them respectively reposed as afores-
95    aid before the said trusts shall be fully executed then and in such case
96    and when and so often as the same shall happen it shall be lawful
97    for the surviving or continuing trustee by Deed or Instrument in writing
98    executed in the presence of an attested by two witnesses from time to time
99    to appoint any fit and proper person or persons to occupy the place of
100    the trustee or trustees so dying disclaiming or desiring to be discharged
101    or refusing declining or becoming incapable to accept the said trusts or to
102    act as aforesaid And when and so often as any new trustee or trustees
103    shall be nominated and appointed as aforesaid all the trust estates monies
104    and premises the trustee or trustees whereof shall so die disclaim or desire
105    to be discharged  or refuse or decline or become incapable to accept the said
106    trusts or to act as aforesaid shall be thereupon with all convenient speed
107    conveyed assigned and transferred in such sort and manner and so as that
108    the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the person
109    or persons so to be appointed as aforesaid Either solely or jointly with
110    the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees as occasion shall require
111    to the uses upon the trusts and for the purposes hereinbefore expressed
112    and declared of and concerning the said trust estates monies and prem-
113    ises or such of them as shall be then subsisting undetermined and
114    capable of taking effect and the person or persons so to be appointed
115    as aforesaid shall have all the powers and authorities of the trustee
116    or trustees in whose room he or they shall be substituted or appointed
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117    provided always And I do hereby declare that if the said two several messuages
118    called or known by the names of Freeland Villa and Freeland House therein
119    before devised or either of them shall become untenanted it shall be
120    lawful for the said Mary Ann Blake and Charles Getchell or the survivor
121    of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor by Deed or Demise to lease
122    the premises which shall for the time being be untenanted to any person
123    or persons whomsoever for any term or number of years not exceeding seven
124    years to be computed from the making thereof so that there be contained in every such
125    Lease or Demise a condition for reentry on nonpayment of the rent or tents thereby
126    reserved for the space of twenty one days next after the same shall become
127    payable And so that the Lesee named therein do thereby covenant for payment
128    of the said rent and do execute a Counterpart thereof provided also and I do
129    hereby further Will and declare that neither of the Trustees hereby appointed
130    nor any Trustee or Trustees to be hereafter appointed by virtue of the
131    provision hereinbefore contained shall be charged or chargeable with
132    or for any sum or sums of money other than what they shall respectively
133    actually receive by virtue of the Trusts in them hereby reposed notwithstand-
134    ing they or any of them shall join in any receipt for the sake of conformity
135    And that one of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the
136    other of them of for the acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other of
137    them but each only for his her or their own acts receipts neglects and defaults
138    And also that it shall be lawful for them with and out of the monies
139    which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trusts afore-
140    said to retain to and reimburse himself herself and themselves respectively
141    and so allow to his her or their Co Trustee or Co Trustees all such costs
142    charges or expences as they or any of them shall of may respectively
143    sustain expend or be put unto in or about the execution of the trusts
144    them hereby reposed or in anywise relating thereto And hereby revoking
145    all wills by me at any time heretofore made I do hereby declare this to be
146    my last Will and Testament and appoint the said Mary Ann Blake and
147    Charles Getchell Executrix and Executor thereof In witness whereof
148    I the said Robert Blake the Testator have to this my last Will and
149    Testament contained in this and the four preceeding sheets of paper set
150    my hand this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
151    thousand eight hundred and forty eight Robert Blake Signed
152    and declared by the above named Robert Blake the Testator as and for
153    his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present as the same
154    time who have at his request and in his presence and in the presence
155    of each other subscribed our names as witnesses James Geo Hobbs
156    Solicitor Bristol Joseph Allchurch 10 Somerset Place ______ Banker
157    Proved at London 5th June 1849 before the Judge by the Oaths
158    Mary Ann Blake Spinster the daughter and Charles Gatchell in the Will
159    written Getchell the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been
160    first sworn by Common duly to administer

Pincombe family at North Molton up to 1660

The Pincombe entries at North Molton continue to be a strong interest of mine for my one name study. By the end of 1660 there are 3365 baptisms, 563 marriages, 1669 burials and 162 banns in total with Pincombe being quite a small part of that total. Using the wills of Johane, William, Thomas and Bartholomew Pincombe the families can be put together and I hypothesize the following from the records.

Baptisms:

Pyncombe Agnes daughter Pyncombe William 1543 June 6
Pyncombe Mary daughter Pyncombe William 1547 Dec 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pymcombe John 1555 July 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Feb 3
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe John 1561 Apr 5
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Jan 18
Pyncombe Peternell daughter Pyncombe John 1574 Jun 29 of Flitton
Pyncombe Phillip son Pyncombe George 1592 May 28
Pyncombe Emott daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1594 Dec 9
Pyncombe William son Pyncombe George Dorothie 1597 Apr 15
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1599 Nov 9
Pincombe Henrye son Pincombe George  Dorothie 1602 Dec 19
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas   1616 Mar 30
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1639 Mar 31
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1641 Apr 14
Pincombe Richarde son Pincome Thomas  Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe John son Pincome Thomas  Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincome Bartholomew  Frances 1647 Dec 12
Pincombe Robart son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1648 Jan 21
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew  Joan 1649 Feb 19
Pincombe John son Pincombe Bartholomew  Joane 1654 Nov 27

Marriages:

Pyncombe John            Hodge Emet 1560 Jul 1
Pyncombe William      Gregorye Margret 1564 Nov 26
Pincombe Thomas       Smith Joan 1635 Apr 28
[King]don Phillip         Pincumbe Margret 1539 Nov 15
Locke William            Pyncombe Ales 1561 Nov 29
Squire William           Pyncombe Margerett 1567 May 26
Squire George            Pyncombe Mary 1567 Jul 20

Burials:

Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John   1555 Dec 7
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John   1563 Feb 3
Pyncombe Elizabeth wife Pyncombe William   1563 Feb 18
Pyncombe William      1564 Sep 13
Pyncombe William      1565 Mar 25
Pincombe George      1610 Jan 19
Pincombe Dorothie widow     1610 Feb 2
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas  Katherine 1624 Dec 7
Pincomb Joan      1633 Jan 15
Pincombe Katherine wife Pincombe Thomas   1636 Feb 5
Pincombe Elizabeth      1645 Oct 13
Pincomb William      1637 Jan 29
Pyncombe Thomas      1651 Dec 8
Pincombe Bartholomew      1656 Dec 24
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew  Joan 1657 May 21
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincombe Bartholomew (deceased)  Joane 1657 May 27

Placed into families:

William Pincombe (circa 1520 - 1564/1565)

Pyncombe Agnes daughter Pyncombe William 1543 June 6
Pyncombe Mary daughter Pyncombe William 1547 Dec 8
Pyncombe Elizabeth wife Pyncombe William 1563 Feb 18
Pyncombe William 1564 Sep 13
Pyncombe William Gregorye Margret 1564 Nov 26
Pyncombe William 1565 Mar 25
Squire William Pyncombe Margerett 1567 May 26
Squire George Pyncombe Mary 1567 Jul 20


John Pincombe (circa 1530 - still alive in 1574)

Pyncombe Marye daughter Pymcombe John 1555 July 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Dec 7
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Feb 3
Pyncombe John Hodge Emet 1560 Jul 1
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe John 1561 Apr 5
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Jan 18
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Feb 3
Pyncombe Peternell daughter Pyncombe John 1574 Jun 29 of Flitton

George Pincombe (circa 1560s - 1610)

Pyncombe Phillip son Pyncombe George 1592 May 28
Pyncombe Emott daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1594 Dec 9
Pyncombe William son Pyncombe George Dorothie 1597 Apr 15
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1599 Nov 9
Pincombe Henrye son Pincombe George Dorothie 1602 Dec 19
Pincombe George 1610 Jan 19
Pincombe Dorothie widow 1610 Feb 2

Thomas Pincombe (circa 1572 - 1653)

Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas 1616 Mar 30
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas Katherine 1624 Dec 7
Pincombe Katherine wife Pincombe Thomas 1636 Feb 5
Pyncombe Thomas 1651 Dec 8


Pincombe Thomas married  Smith Joan 1635 Apr 28
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1639 Mar 31
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1641 Apr 14
Pincombe Richarde son Pincome Thomas Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe John son Pincome Thomas Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe Robart son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1648 Jan 21


Pincombe Frances daughter Pincome Bartholomew Frances 1647 Dec 12
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew Joan 1649 Feb 19
Pincombe John son Pincombe Bartholomew Joane 1654 Nov 27
Pincombe Bartholomew 1656 Dec 24
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew Joan 1657 May 21
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincombe Bartholomew (deceased) Joane 1657 May 27

The Pincombe family at North Molton are not all descendant of the marriage of William Pincombe and Emotte Snow since their marriage probably occurred in the early 1560s. His mother Johane Pencombe (widow) left a will in 1563 whilst living at East Buckland where William also lived after this time naming her children as William, John Alice, Richard and another daughter. The daughters were married to John Lock (Alice) and John Jesse (unnamed daughter). The parish register has William Lock as the husband of Alice Pencombe but the will has John. William is either not yet married or does not have any children in 1563 when the will is written but his brother John has married Emet Hodge and their eldest daughter Johane is named in the will. Richard is also not married. This is the Richard though who died at Chittlehampton and is he the ancestor of Richard Pincombe who married Jane Bond at Chittlehampton in 1652 - I have a broken line there which would be interesting to complete - land records perhaps?

George Pincombe is not a descendant of the William Pincombe and Emotte Snow marriage (at least he is not named in William's will). He is also not named in the will of Johane Pencombe which encourages me to place him in the family of the unnamed brother in the Visitation and we have a William buried in 1564 at North Molton who may have been married to Elizabeth (or the son) and their children Agnes, Mary and a William (father or son? who was buried in 1565). The Parish Register at North Molton definitely adds good additional information to the Pincombe family listed in the Visitation.


[King]don Phillip Pincumbe Margret 1539 Nov 15
This is the only unrevealed marriage and is likely a sister to the brothers listed on the Visitation as she is in their age range. The two baptisms Johane Kingdon baptized 6 Oct 1545 at North Molton (and married to William Hobb 28 Jan 1564 at North Molton) and Emote baptized 26 May 1549 at North Molton are likely their children. Since this is a one name study I do not usually follow the daughters down past the one generation (i.e. their children unless there was a non paternal event).

The records would appear to indicate that of the three brothers in the visitation the eldest John went to South Molton (none of his children appear at North Molton Parish Records), Thomas was known to be at East Buckland and Filleigh and the unnamed son was perhaps the William found in the records at North Molton. Solving the mystery of which William married Margaret Gregorye (father or son) would also be helpful but not absolutely necessary. Since the marriage of William and Margaret Gregorye was at North Molton one might think it was her home parish but not necessarily. Finding a George Pincombe baptized in 1564-1565 is a good next step or finding a will in the Squire family which I have not yet pursued might reveal more details on George other than what is in the Parish Register.

The Thomas Pincombe family certainly fits well into the William Pincombe and Emotte Snow family because they have a son Thomas the right age to be marrying a Katherine (unknown) who had three children listed in the will of Thomas buried in 1653 at North Molton (Bartholomew, Thomas and Grace). Grace is likely married to Richard Haniford (the will makes deciphering of her married name difficult) and they had three children. The Filleigh and East Buckland records in the 1500s would probably have filled in the missing items but one must work with what one has!

Who is George Pincombe at North Molton in the 1500s

Ever since I first read the North Molton Parish Registers I have wondered who George Pincombe was. The baptisms recorded that list George as the father and Dorothy as his wife are as follows:

Phillip baptized 28 May 1592
Emott baptized 9 Dec 1594
William baptized 15 Dec 1597
Johane baptized 9 Nov 1599
Henrye baptized 19 Dec 1602

George, if this was his first marriage, would have been born between 1560 and 1570 and married early in the 1590s since the first child baptized at North Molton was in 1592. George himself does not appear to have been baptized at North Molton since the parish registers go back to 1539. Of interest there is a William Pincombe married to Margaret Gregoire 26 Nov 1564 at North Molton. There was a William Pincombe buried 25 Mar 1565 (end of 1565 so Lady's Day must have been the 26th Mar 1566) (and 13 Sep 1564 but this is prior to the wedding date) and at North Molton. There was an Elizabeth Pincombe wife of William Pincombe buried 18 Feb 1563. William Pincombe was either married twice and Margaret was his second marriage or this William is perhaps a son of William and Elizabeth although his baptism does not occur at North Molton along with his, in this case, likely sisters baptized in the 1540s. He could have been baptized before 1539 when the registers begin. (The other possibility is that the son of William and Elizabeth died (William) and William married initially to Elizabeth now sought to replace his son and heir by remarrying.) The marriage lines do not indicate that he was a widower. From the Visitation we have Thomas Pincombe and John Pincombe as brothers and one unnamed Pincombe sibling. Thomas and John were likely married by the mid 1530s or earlier (Thomas Pencombe's will was dated 1544 at North Molton). William was married by 1543 as these two baptisms are recorded in the North Molton Parish Register:

Pyncombe    Agnes    daughter    Pyncombe    William            1543    June    6
Pyncombe    Mary    daughter    Pyncombe    William            1547    Dec    8

The earlier Pincombe one name study does have George as a son of William Pincombe and Margaret Gregoire. Just as they have the brother of George as William Pincombe married to Temperance Pollard. With the earlier study having William Pincombe married to Margaret Gregoire named as a son of William Pincombe and Emotte Snowe. The Will of William Pincombe dated 20 Dec 1602  (which fortunately exists and entered into my blog 30 Jul 2011 ) does mention his son William but does not mention any children and he is still living. William (the testator) does mention the children of his son John and his son Richard. It would just seem peculiar to mention William and not his children if indeed George was his child and then who were the William Pincombes buried in 1564 and 1565 at North Molton since the William Pincombe mentioned in his father's will is still alive.

One of the many reasons that I decided to transcribe the Parish Registers for this area was to try to solve the differences between the wills and the personal memories of Pincombe families which are recorded on these earlier charts from the one name Pincombe study. Family lore is always interesting because it is passed down by word of mouth - certainly my mother knew her line back to John Pincombe and Grace Manning who married at Bishops Nympton in 1725 and I retain that family lore as I work through the results. I decided to pull out all the Freeholder data on the Pincombe family trying to ignore any preconceived ideas and the flow from John Pincombe/Grace Manning and their two sons and one daughter to the next generation worked beautifully without my assuming anything. Their eldest son William and his heir died leaving no subsequent heirs. Their second son John married to Mary Charlie/Charley had three sons and two daughters and the Pincombe families found at Bishops Nympton from the late 1700s into the 1800s were descendants of this couple or they traced back to the much earlier family of John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore (which I refer to as the Thomas Pincombe line).

That being said I am confident of my mother's memory and somewhat inhibited by the collective memories of those who contributed to the earlier study. In the case of the Bishops Nympton lines no one contributed to that particular study page and it does appear to have been collected from the IGI for the most part and is simply in error. Since the will of William Pincombe is available and the children given to him on the study page do not match then I have concluded that this part of the study is somewhat in error in that regard but there is still likely some truth in it since the collective memory of people can be most helpful in looking at family lines. It is possible that the collective memory combined with the IGI was used to create the chart without the final input from the collective memory so that errors arose in interpretation of the collective memory. A danger in genealogy I expect. Combine that with the loss of wills in WWII at Exeter and it may be very very difficult to put the Pincombe family together without a yDNA study being undertaken to resolve the inter-relatedness of the many Pincombe branches in North Devon and finally elsewhere as they moved out from this area.

So the thought remains - who is William Pincombe who married Margaret Gregoire at North Molton in 1564? Is he the father of George Pincombe who married Dorothy (surname unknown) by 1592 and was baptizing children as shown above in the 1590s and early 1600s?

The tax rolls once again at North Molton:

Surname    Forename    Parish    Year    Property
Pencombe    Alice (wid)  North Molton      1545 Subsidy    5
Pencombe    John           North Molton       1545 Subsidy    4
Pencombe    William      North Molton        1545 Subsidy    6

Pyncombe    Emma wid    North Molton    1581 Subsidy    G 3


The 36 years between subsidy rolls sees only one family left at North Molton paying taxes and Emma is likely the wife of John Pencombe. William is there in 1545 but gone in 1581 (is he the William buried at North Molton in 1564 or 1565?). Who is Alice Pencombe? Of note there was a will probated in 1567 that belonged to William Pincombe at North Molton.

A number of wills are probated at Barnstaple showing North Molton as the location for the testator:

Surname       Forename   Place            County        Date
Pyncombe     William     North Molton     DEV           1567  
Pyncombe     Peternell     North Molton     DEV           1591  
Pinckomb               North Molton     DEV           1610  
Pinckombe               North Molton     DEV           1610  
Pynckomb               North Molton     DEV           1615  
Pyncombe     George         North Molton     DEV           1624  

The wills help to tell the story but would tell it so much better if they still existed as other than a list. George is listed at North Molton in 1624 as having left a will. Margaret Gregoire Pincombe did marry again after the death of William and she was married to William Squire according to the earlier researchers and the parish register for North Molton records this marriage as William Squire and Margerett Pyncombe marrying 26 May 1567. Unfortunately there isn't a note to say whether Margerett was a widow. In 1581 when the subsidy was taken, George would have only been 17 years old and if he was the son of William and Margaret born in 1564 was probably still living with his step father William Squire.

I am continuing with the transcription of the Parish Registers and there are still only baptisms recorded as I move forward logically through the microfiche. By the end of 1601 there are  1472 baptisms with a number of new families now baptizing children at North Molton. With the children of George and Dorothy Pincombe being baptized, the Pincombe family is again in the Parish Registers at the end of the 1500s. It would appear that the earlier researchers are in error with regard to William Pincombe married to Margaret Gregoire being a son of William Pincombe and Emotte Snowe. Looking at the date of the marriage 26 Nov 1564 it is remotely possible that William and Margaret had more than one child between the date of their marriage and up to nine months after the date of William's death 25 Mar 1565. He lived one year and five months after his marriage so George could have been born posthumously and I have not yet found his baptism nor do I know where Margaret Gregoire was baptized or where her family lived.

I am still curious about who Alice Pincombe widow is? Was she the wife of the first Pincombe at North Molton and the mother of John, Thomas and unknown Pincombe listed in the visitation of Devon 1620? Was there also a daughter Margaret who married Philip Kingdon 15 Nov 1539 at North Molton. Certainly the time frame is good for her to be a sister to John, Thomas and unknown. I will continue to search her line forward from the two daughters Johane and Wilmote. Johane married William Hobb 28 Jan 1564 at North Molton and thus far there is Philip (daughter) baptized 16 Apr 1568, Margarett baptized 11 Jan 1572, Mathewe baptized 30 Mar 1575, Philip (son) baptized 4 Aug 1577, Agnes baptized 24 Apr 1580 and Richard baptized 3 Dec 1583. No marriage found for Wilmote.

Is the unknown sibling William Pincombe  married to Elizabeth (surname unknown)? The time frame again works for he would have been born in that first twenty years of the 1500s and baptizing children in the 1540s and possibly earlier. Now that I have the list of properties which were held by John Pincombe Senior of South Molton I hope to be able to discover the unique history of some of these particular holdings to see if I can do a family search on the property and perhaps discover more details on the Pincombe family that are elusive at the moment. John Pincombe was most certainly the eldest of the possible four siblings - he has more property than any of his siblings. Some of that property was entailed and ended up in the Tuckfield family which was the last remaining heir of John Pincombe. Was it because the wife of John Pincombe (son of the unknown Pincombe who first arrived at North Molton around 1485) was a member of this family or related to it? From another source I suspect that his wife was of the Dodderidge family. Another well known family in North Devon into which the grandson of John married (Amy Dodderidge married John Pincombe 15 Nov 1578 at Barnstaple) and I have yet to delve into this family at all. 

What property came to the first Pincombe from Lord Zouch? Discovering the answer to that question probably means reading the Manor Book for North Molton. Searching the National Archives (UK) website reveals:

Context
C  Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
      top of page Division within C  Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks
            top of page C 1  Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary
                  top of page C 1/599  Chancery pleadings addressed to Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, Cardinal and Papal Legate as Lord Chancellor. Detailed descriptions at item level
Top of page
Record Summary
Scope and content    
John, Lord Zouche, great-grandson of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard de Sancto Mauro the elder, Lord Seymour. v. Thomas Parker.: Detention of deeds relating to the manor of North Molton and messuages, land, mills, and rent there.: Devon.
Covering dates     1518-1529
Held by    
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status     Public Record(s)

Certainly these documents could prove to be quite interesting. As well as the one below which refers to the property that eventually is mentioned in the will of William Pincombe (1602, see Blog 31 Jul 2011).

C  Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
      top of page Division within C  Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks
            top of page C 1  Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary
                  top of page C 1/1115  Chancery pleadings addressed to Thomas Wriotheseley, Lord Wriotheseley as Lord Keeper or Lord Chancellor. Detailed descriptions at item level.
Top of page
Record Summary
Scope and content    
Robert DAVY of Crediton (Kyrton) v. William COTHAY and others.: Rent of a farm called Over Molland Sarazyn and Nether Molland Sarazyn in North Molton, formerly of Thomas Chalocombe, gentleman.: DEVON.
Covering dates     1544 April 22 - 1547 Feb 15
Note     Mutilated.
Held by    
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status     Public Record(s)

Pearse Family of South Molton Devon

Martha Pearse married Philip Rowcliffe 9 Apr 1760 at South Molton which I discussed yesterday. I have the fiche for South Molton and overtime have looked at the Pearse family there quite thoroughly. Martha was the daughter of Philip Pearse and Grace Hobbs. One of my reasons for looking at these individual family lines is to make sure that I have captured all the images from the fiche that I have at hand for this family line. Martha's baptism reads simply Martha daughter of Philip Pearse January 23  [1736]. The marriage lines read Philip Pearse married with Grace Hobbs by Banns Aprill 7 [1728]. No other details are available.Why should I conclude that this is my Martha? The Protestation Returns (1641-42) at South Molton list:

Pearse    Alexander   
Pearse    Christopher    Sen
Pearse    Christopher    Jun
Pearse    George   
Pearse    Henry   
Pearse    Humphrey   
Pearse    John    Sen
Pearse    John   
Pearse    John   
Pearse    John   
Pearse    Oliver   
Pearse    Philip   
Pearse    Philip   
Pearse    Simon   
Pearse    William 

There were a substantial number of Pearse families at South Molton.

Pearse marriages at South Molton

Day    Month    Year    Groom Surname    Groom Forename    Bride Surname    Bride Forename
                       
10    Nov    1604    Pearce    John    Moore    Peternell
15    Jan    1619    Pearce    John    Huctstable    Agnes
29    Oct    1623    Pearse    Hugh    Sheerland    Marye
1    Oct    1627    Pearse    John    Cannyforde    Jane
18    Oct    1628    Pearse    Christofer    Walron    Mary
15    Jan    1628    Pearse    John    Kinge    Maude
14    Oct    1632    Pearse    Robert    Beere    Christian
19    Jun    1638    Pierce    John    Cole    Rebecca
18    Sep    1639    Pearce    Samuel    Carpenter    Agnes
9    Sep    1658    Pearce    Henry    Shopland    Emmott
30    Jan    1670    Pearse    John    Woollocot    Joane
23    Aug    1681    Pearse    Robert    Jess    Agnis
9    May    1686    Pearce    John    Gwythers    Martha
27    Oct    1712    Pearse    Phillip    Turner    Grace
4    May    1720    Pearse    Christopher    Dunning    Mary
20    Jan    1720    Pearse    William    Harries    Joan
22    Oct    1721    Pearse    Christopher    Tapscott    Hannah
9    Feb    1723    Pearse    Philip    Parramore    Joan
7    Apr    1728    Pearse    Philip    Hobbs    Grace

There were only two Martha Rowcliffes buried at South Molton and Philip Rowcliffe was buried there 22 Mar 1802. The two are 7 Jan 1798 or 26 Mar 1802.

I shall draw all the Rowcliffes out of the fiche just to see why I so arbitrarily chose Philip Pearse and Grace Hobbs as the parents of Martha Pearse.  Mind you the mother of Philip was likely Martha Gwythers but that I would also like to verify.