Cornish links? (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, July 18, 2008, 21:15 (5981 days ago) @ Maz

Over the last few years in this Forum there have been regular Glos/Corn links.

Tin and Gold mining in Cornwall - Iron and Coal mining in FoD - similar skills so no real surprise that there should be a flow both ways :-)

The Cornish BLEWETTs are said to be derived from the thirteen sons of Francis & Elizabeth BLEWETT of Colan. Colan is a few miles inland from Newquay and the family is known from a memorial in the parish church. The sons were born around 1530-1560 before the start of the parish register so their names are not known. Francis however was the son of Francis BLEWETT of Holcombe Rogus in Devon.

The first occurrence of the name BLEWETT in Cornish parish registers shows that they were indeed originally concentrated in the area around Colan, particularly the triangle bounded by Colan Bodmin and Camelford. Of the Cornish parish registers that have survived from the last quarter of the 16C, the BLEWETT surname occurs in only six parishes, all within the C-B-C triangle.

Here is an example in 1851 who is an Iron Miner ( born 1786 ish ) in South Wales, another area with strong links to the FoD

1851 Llanelly
Edward Blewitt 65 Crone, Cornwall, England Iron Miner
Sarah Blewitt 41
Edwd Blewitt 7
Sarah Blewitt 9

and then an example of FoD to Wales in 1851
1851
Elizabeth Blewitt abt 1773 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Monmouth, Monmouthshire

{BLEWITT prior thread http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=11330 }

Year: 1795
Month: Jun
Day: 1
Grooms_Surname: BLEWETT
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age: [not stated]
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation: [not stated]
Grooms_Residence: living on land adjoining to this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: HAYWARD
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: [not stated]
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: living on land adjoining to this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [no register fou
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Mark of James Price
Witness_2: Rich[ar]d Terrett
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: William Prosser
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P138 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 16
Parish_Chapel: English Bicknor

Year: 1799
Month: Aug
Day: 25
Parents_Surname: BLEWETT
Child_Forenames: Richard
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 123
Parish_Chapel: Longhope

Year: 1811
Month: Sep
Day: 22
Parents_Surname: BLEWETT
Child_Forenames: Cornelius
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 131
Parish_Chapel: Longhope

random snippet

Outside Bath, Somerset up towards the Mendips you will find teh village of Hinton Blewitt.

The village was known in the Domesday Book as Hantone, the Blewett part of the name coming from the Bluet family in the fourteenth century.

Doomesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ...

The name of the village is sometimes spelt as Hinton Blewett.

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