SYMONS OF WERRINGTON AND ST. STEPHEN BY LAUNCESTON

                  

I have not yet had access to the relevant records to trace this family earlier than William Symons who married Sarah Pooley at Boyton, Cornwall, in 1826.

 

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SYMONS

 

1      WILLIAM SYMONS of Yeolmbridge, Werrington, Devon, stone mason’s labourer and farm labourer, was born ca. 1801 at Launceston, Cornwall[1] or at Werrington,[2] died on 23 Jan 1870 at Lower Truscott, St. Stephen by Launceston[3] and was buried at Werrington on 26 Jan 1870.[4] He married on 2 Nov 1826 at Boyton, Cornwall, SARAH POOLEY,[5] daughter of Samuel and Sarah Pooley of Boyton. Sarah was born at Boyton,[6] baptised there in Apr 1803,[7] died on 17 Jun 1851 at Yeolmbridge[8] and was buried on 19 Jun 1851 at Werrington.[9]

 

          Children of William and Sarah (Pooley) Symons:[10]

          2        i         SAMUEL SYMONS; m JANE PEARCE.

                    ii        WILLIAM SYMONS of Yeolmbridge, stone mason; b Werrington,[11] bap there 15 Feb 1829, bur there 16 Jan 1892.[12]

                    iii       RICHARD SYMONS of Werrington, quarry labourer, b Werrington,[13] bap there 10 Jul 1831; m ELIZABETH.[14]

                    iv       ANN SYMONS, b Werrington,[15] bap there 15 Dec 1833,[16] bur there 18 Apr 1851.[17]

                    v        SUSANNAH SYMONS, bap 27 Mar 1836, Werrington.

                    vi       SARAH SYMONS, bap 18 Mar 1838, Werrington; m WILLIAM HOPPER; emigrated to Canada.[18]

                    vii      JOHN SYMONS of West Grove Farm, Stratton, Cornwall, farm labourer, b Werrington,[19] bap there 9 Aug 1840; m ELIZABETH.[20]

                    viii     ELIZABETH SYMONS, bap 7 Apr 1843, Werrington, bur there 9 Apr 1843.[21]

                    ix       GRACE SYMONS, b 15 May 1845, Yeolmbridge, bap 16 May 1845, Werrington, d 17 Jan 1924, Plymouth; m 25 Feb 1864, Marystowe, Devon, JOHN PALMER of Lamerton, Devon, agricultural labourer.[22]

 

2      SAMUEL SYMONS of Lower Truscott, St. Stephen by Launceston, farm bailiff, was born at Werrington,[23] bap there on 27 May 1827,[24] and died on 1 Jun 1886 at Truscott, St. Stephen.[25] He married on 7 May 1860 at the Wesleyan Association Chapel, Tavistock, Devon, JANE PEARCE,[26] daughter of Henry and Mary (Veal) Pearce of Willestrew, Lamerton, Devon. Jane was born at Northcott Hamlet, Devon,[27] baptised on 18 Sep 1825 at Boyton[28] and was living in 1886. The will of Samuel Symons, dated 24 May 1886 and proved on 26 Jun 1886 at Bodmin, names his wife Jane Symons and mentions but does not name his children, specifically three daughters.

 

          Children of Samuel and Jane (Pearce) Symons:[29]

                    i         WILLIAM HENRY SYMONS, bap 26 Jun 1861, St. Stephen.

                    ii        JANE SYMONS, b 11 Nov 1862, Calvanna Park, St. Stephen,[30] bap 23 Jan 1863, St. Stephen, d 23 Oct 1943, 342 Harrogate Road, Leeds, Yorkshire,[31] bur 25 Oct 1943, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds;[32] m 27 Aug 1885, Tower Street Chapel, Launceston, HENRY TURNER[33] of Oxford Road, Guiseley, Yorkshire, schoolmaster.

                    iii       MARY SYMONS, b St. Stephen,[34] bap there 1 Aug 1866; m(1) SAMUEL C. PERKIN of St. Stephen by Launceston, farmer; m(2) WILLIAM SHUTE.[35]

                    iv       BESSIE SYMONS, b St. Stephen,[36] bap there 5 Sep 1869, d 11 Apr 1944; m JOHN BRAY of Truscott, farmer.[37]



[1] 1851 census returns, Werrington, HO 107/1899, f251.

[2] 1861 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 9/1519, f96.

[3] Death certificate.

[4] Werrington PRs.

[5] Boyton PRs.

[6]1851 census returns, Werrington, HO 107/1899, f251.

[7] Boyton PRs. The exact date was difficult to read on the microfilm I used, but may have been 10 Apr 1803.

[8] Death certificate.

[9] Werrington PRs.

[10] Baptism details of the children are from the Werrington PRs.

[11] 1851 census returns, Werrington, HO 107/1899, f251.

[12] Werrington PRs.

[13] 1881 British Census CDs, citing RG 11/2276, f25.

[14] 1881 British Census CDs, citing RG 11/2276, f25.

[15] 1851 census returns, Werrington, HO 107/1899, f251.

[16] The baptism entry in the Werrington PRs gives the mother’s name as “Ann”. From the 1851 census returns (HO 107/1899, f251), William Symons, husband of Sarah Pooley, is known to have had a daughter Ann born about 1833 at Werrington, and since there is no other baptism of an Ann Symons in the Werrington PRs around that period, nor of any other children with parents named William and Ann Symons, it seems clear that the name “Ann” in the register is in this case an error for “Sarah”.

[17] Werrington PRs.

[18] Information from Mike Palmer.

[19] 1861 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 9/1519, f96.

[20] 1881 British Census CDs, citing RG 11/2270, f36.

[21] Werrington PRs.

[22] Information from Miriam Mincher; 1881 British Census CDs, citing RG 11/2220, f28.

[23] 1851 census returns, Werrington, HO 107/1899, f251.

[24] Werrington PRs.

[25] Grant of probate.

[26] Marriage certificate.

[27] 1861 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 9/1519, f96.

[28] Boyton PRs.

[29] Baptism details of the children are from the Symons One Name Study website (http://www.symons-one-name.co.uk/Places/Baptisms%20&%20Births/st_stephens_bap_birth.htm), citing the St. Stephen PRs.

[30] Birth certificate.

[31] Death certificate.

[32] The Yorkshire Evening Post, 23 Oct 1943.

[33] Marriage certificate.

[34] 1891 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 12/1803, f87.

[35] 1891 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 12/1803, f87; notes of Geoffrey Daniels; pedigree compiled by Susan (Frayne) Symes.

[36] 1891 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 12/1803, f87.

[37] Pedigree compiled by Susan (Frayne) Symes, a great-granddaughter of John and Bessie (Symons) Bray; 1901 census returns, St. Stephen, RG 13/2181, f70.