Working on the charts

The first group on page 1 of the images went fairly quickly yesterday and I am back working on this image again today. Aaron Pincombe (baptism verified on Find My Past) is an interesting one (son of Richard Pincombe and Maria Peardon). A descendant of this family matched one of my Pincombe cousins on Ancestry which does tell me that the family at Roborough by Torrington is possibly descendant of the North Molton family. Given the smallness of the population there is a potential for being related on another line and only one match when I have six sets of data does tend to make me want to find more. Tracing his line back from Richard (baptized 16 Dec 1744 at Roborough by Torrington verified) to his possible father John (baptized 13 Jun 1709 at Roborough by Torrington) and married to Mary Ridley 29 Apr 1737 at Landkey (this is the only marriage for a John Pincombe in Devon in this time slot of 1737 on find my past and the banns read John Pincombe of Swymbridge and Mary Ridley of Barnstaple). It is interesting to find two people from different places marrying at Landkey. Just to get a placement to these villages - Barnstaple to Swimbridge is 4 miles so fairly close. Swimbridge related to North Molton 6.5 miles apart. Looking at the map below one can see that Barnstaple to Swimbridge is just 7 kilometres which is a good walk for sure. Landkey lies between so perhaps the two families wanted the marriage in their own village and compromised on Landkey - no idea on that. So is this the correct parents for Richard baptized at Roborough by Torrington - John baptized at Roborough 1709 and Mary married 1737 at Landkey? I actually have transcribed the parish registers for Landkey. The interesting part of all of this is the match with my cousin of apparently this Aaron Pincombe's descendants in America. There is a John Pincombe baptized at Landkey son of Hugh Pincombe and Sarah. This Hugh is a brother to my 7x great grandfather William Pincombe. This becomes very interesting actually as Hugh married a Sarah unknown possibly at Swimbridge and I am still trying to find that record. But they lived at Landkey.  There were three Pincombe marriages at Landkey 1728, 1737 and 1746. The first two were John and the latter Richard. Because Hugh's son John was of Swimbridge and the 1737 marriage is groom of Swimbridge and bride of Barnstaple I have always assumed that Hugh's John married Elizabeth Leye. Their children Elizabeth and John were baptized at Landkey but John died as an infant. Because the distances are small it is difficult to really prove this line readily. I do have Land Tax assessment at Landkey in 1798 and there were not any PIncombe families in Landkey in 1798. Which is a plus as Hugh's line on the male side has daughtered out. So Aaron is not of this line. The Pincombe's farmed property all over north east Devon and they moved short distances here and there but does that prove the marriage of John Pincombe to Mary Ridley as the parents of a Richard Pincombe with a son Aaron? Will have to comtemplate that.

The line above continues back from John Pincombe and Mary Ridley back to a John Pincombe and Margaret Holmes possibly. I shall pursue this particular one to see if I can prove the link back from John married to Mary Ridley to John married to Margaret Holmes. This information from Chart 6 of the work of the two original researchers for the Pincombe/Pinkham family. So can I add to that given the availability of material online. The chart deadends with this couple so doesn't help much in the long run but I will see if I can find the marriage of John Pincombe and Margaret Holmes. But first there are no records for baptisms in the 1709 plus or minus 20 in the Swimbridge Records on Find My Past. The John Pincombe baptized 13 Jun 1709 at Roborough by Torrington is the son of John Pincombe and Margaret. The only marriage in this time frame was between Johannes Pinkcombe and Maria Blatchford 14 May 1706 at Northlew. Doing a search from 1690 to 1720 only reveals this marriage. Going to Ancestry there are no marriages in this time frame for Pincombe in Devon for a John Pincombe. Since Ancestry will return quite a variety of possibilities one is left with nothing particularly in this quest. Northlew is near the Dartmoor area of Devon (to the south). Another reason to highlight this particular line as this is early to have migrated so far from North Devon.

Since I do have the singleton atDNA match with this line with a known fourth cousin, the possibility exists that this would take us back to a common ancestor. I have printed out the image and will mark this particular entry as unknown as it does not link back to the known Pincombe family at North Molton and I want to have some sort of a record that shows this is a potential line that should go back to North Molton. 

The next individual is a baptism at Roborough by Torrington and is on Chart 6 as well.  Abraham Pincombe son of John Pinckome baptized 7 Apr 1595 at Roborough by Torrington son of John according to Chart 6. This baptism is not on Find My Past. In Ancestry there are no original records to go with the entries. The father is said to be John. There are very few records for Roborough on Find My past in the 1500s. Who is this John Pincombe at Roborough by Torrington. in the latter part of the 1500s. I do have the tax subsidy for Devon and  no Pincombe entries for Roborough but one at Tawstock which is also in Fremington Hundred in 1543/44 although there are two blanks so can not be 100% on that. But the individual is Philip Pynkeham. On the 1581 Subsidy Edward Pencombe is at Tawstocke. Looking for a John according to this first image received. I will continue looking at this tomorrow. I do not know the parentage of Philip Pynkeham. 

Will of John Blake, Burgess, Grantham, Lincolnshire - The National Archives PROB 11/27, probated 28 Jul 1539

The testator John Blake mentions his wife Margaret, his son William and his daughter Agnes. He is a Burgess in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

A search on Google revealed that there was a Blake family at Grantham in the mid 1700s and in the mid 1800s. He was a perpetual commissioner.


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Jan 2017
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/27
Name of testator: John Blake, Burgess
Place: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 22 Jul 1539, probated 28 Jul 1539

[In margin] Testam[ent] Jo Blake

1    In the name of god Amen In the yere of our Lorde god a Thousand five hundredth
2    and xxxix the xxij day of June I John Blake of Granth[a]m in the Countie of Lincoln Burgess hole of mynde and
3    memory and partely sike and feble of body do make my Last Will and testament in manner and form following First
4    I bequeath my soule unto the mercy of almighty god And my body to be buried within the Chantre greve of Corpus
5    Christy within the parish of the Church of Grantham Also I geve and Bequeath for my mortuary as the Lawe will admit
6    Also I geve to the high awter of Grantham Church iij s iij d Also I geve to the Reparacions of Grantham Church xx j s
7    Also I bequeath to William Blake my sonne all my lands as well purchased as inheritage Lands Provided alwayes
8    that yf I or myn executor can favourably have paid three hundredth marks due unto me for the dowery of my
9    wife marrage that then my wife to have her Joynter of my purchasest Lands for the terme of her lyfe according to my
10    promise made to her in that behalf And for lack of payment of the said two hundredth marks I will my said purchasest
11    Lande to remayne to Willim my sonne and to the heires of his body lawfully Begotten And for lack of heires of
12    his body lawfully Begotten I will my hole Landes do Remayne to Agnes Blake my doughter and to the heires of
13    her body lawfully Begotten Also I will by the consent and assent of Margaret my wife that all the costs and charges
14    of the law for the getting and obteyning of the said two hundredth marks Before named Be borne of my hool goods
15    Also I do geve to Richard Sey fyftene pounds by goods for his childs parte Which I have in governance Also
16    I do geve to Agnes Blake my Doughter twenty pounds which I do owe unto her for the sale of a howse Also I doo
17    geve to Alice Yats £vl Also I do geve to Thomas Sey iij li vj s viij d which I do owe unto him for his Childs parte
18    Those Bequests and debts before named I will they be delivered and paid of my hooll goods And the Residue of my goods
19    Remayning I will be divided in thre parts The first parte I give and bequeath to Margaret my Wife The second parte I
20    geve to William Blake my sonne and to Agnes my doughter to be equally devided betwixt them The third parte of my
21    goodes I will be disposed for the helth of my soule as hereafter foloweth I will at my Buriall day the seventh day and
22    the thirty day be gevyn where need is xx s every day The Residue of my third parte I geve to William Blake my son
23    to dispose for the helthe of my soule as he thinketh best Which William Blake I do make my full Executor And I Will
24    that master William Grifton of London and John Harmstronge of Grantham be Supervisors and to se the performance
25    of this my Last Will and testament And to helpe my sonne William in everything usefull And I give to the sam Wm
26    Grifton for his paines foure marks And to the said John Harmstronge for his paynes taking xiij s iiij d
27    and charges born whersoever they shalbe called for the performance of this my last Wille Those Bering Witness
28    Master Richard Aleyn Thomas Leye Robert Taillone William Patyinson John Harmstrong William Mens Richard
29    Sharp with other mee J
30    Probatum fuit testamentum suprascripti defuncti xxij die mensis Julij Anno domini Millesimo quingentismo
31    xxxix apud London coram dno _cte dni mri Regis Iuramento Willm Blake executoris cui commissa fuit
32    marat etc approbatum et insinuatum et comissa fuit administracio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurm creditorium
33    dei defuncti prefato Executori de bene et fidelities administrand Ac de pleno et fideli Inventario die post
34    festum sancti fidis proximo futurum exhibendo Necnon de plano et vero compoto reddend Ad Sancta dei Evangelia
35    in debita iurus forma jurat

Pincombe family at Landkey

I received an inquiry about the marriage of John Skinner and Mary Pincombe which is listed as a patron entry on the Family Search website. Unfortunately I do not have the parish registers for Warkleigh so I am unable to check out the entry. John Skinner is a freeholder at Warkleigh in the 1730s and could potentially be the father of the John Skinner who is said to have married Mary Pincombe 4 May 1749 at Warkleigh. There isn't a Pincombe family at Warkleigh in this time period to my knowledge. I do not have one listed on any of the 16 charts that I received from the earlier researchers. However, Warkleigh is located 5 miles south west of South Molton placing it is close proximity to Swimbridge and Landkey where there are known Pincombe families in this time period. Pincombe is my other one name study with the Guild of one name studies.

Stephen Pincombe married Elizabeth Darch 5 Jan 1714 at Swimbridge but I do not see any baptisms for this couple at Swimbridge although marriages at Lankey list:

Pincombe    John    Ridley    Mary    1737    April    29    groom of Swimbridge, bride of Barnstaple
Pincombe    Richard    Yolland    Mary    1746    May    6    both of Swimbridge

But both of these marriages are too late for them to have been the parents of a Mary Pincombe marrying in 1749 at Warkleigh. 

Hugh Pincombe married Sarah supposedly at Lankey according to a patron entry but I do not find this marriage at Landkey in the Parish Registers (nor is it at Bishops Nympton the home parish of Hugh Pincombe). Their son John married Elizabeth Leye at Landkey 28 Apr 1728 and they had a daughter Elizabeth for whom I have no further information yet.

Possibly Stephen Pincombe and Elizabeth Darch had a daughter Mary but I can not find baptisms for this couple.

Hugh Pincombe is the son of John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore who married 25 Sep 1655 at Bishops Nympton. He was baptized 2 Nov 1664 at Bishops Nympton and was their youngest child. His two older brothers remained at Bishops Nympton (William baptized 18 Oct 1656 married Mary Vicary 17 Jun 1685 at Bishops Nympton and Thomas married Christian ). This is my line as John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore are my 7x great grandparents. 

Eye strain has kept me away from my transcription of the Abbotts Ann Parish Registers but I am still doing a little. I am up to 1595 in the baptisms (325 baptisms from the commencement of the register in 1561). No more Blake entries but the IGI only lists the one in the 1500s.

I have also been in touch with Charlou who has done quite a bit of research on the Blake family. I sent her my Andover Parish Registers and at some point I have to decide whether I want to place them on the OPC Hampshire website not yet proofread. It goes against my thinking actually as there is enough wrong information out there without my introducing more of it. I shall make my mind up soon on that. It is really the early part of the register that is difficult to read. Any other errors would be typing errors mostly and I did try to go slowly enough to avoid those.