Tony,
I am one of the Moon family. However there are 3 Boduels (note spelling) and several Moon families. I think you are mainly interested in the Moons of North Boduel to which I may not be related.
Boduel Farms
There are at least three Boduel Farms in the area: North, Middle and South (also known as Moon’s Boduel) with as far as I can see 3 different Moon families, but I am not sure how, or if, they are all related. There is also a connection with Slade and Penhale farms which are adjacent to Boduel.
South Boduel
I am a descendent of Elizabeth Moon of South Boduel (1815-1848) who married John Rogers Moon of Higher Clicker, Liskeard (1815-1886) in 1841. Elizabeth was the daughter of John (1790-1870) and Mary Moon (also nee Moon, of Braddock) (1793-1877). Elizabeth had a brother William (?1816 (bapt. 1 Jan 1817)-1865) who married Honora Rogers Foott (1804-1881) in 1852 and had no children. She was a housekeeper to John Rogers Moon’s father, Joseph, in the 1851 census. In the 1861 census William and Honora were living at Moorswater, near to Boduel.
I think the Moon(e)s at South Boduel can be traced through to a lease of 1664 in which Cornelius Moone leased it on a 99 year term from Jn. Squire of Laneast. I have two further Williams and a John as 18th century ancestors of John, father of Elizabeth, mainly based on wills.
North Boduel
The Moons at North Boduel are well documented by the wills of Philip Moon (1781), Christopher (1770) and Richard (1789). North Boduel is mentioned in Philip and Christopher’s wills and Richard mentions the same family members.
I make Philip Moon, the husband of Isabella Walkom and father of Philip (surely) Boduel Moon b 27 Jan 1828 in Dudley, to be the son of Theophilus Moon (1753-1822), 3rd son of Philip Moon (1712-1781) as per Philip’s will proved in 1781. There is an admonission of 28 Sept 1822 to Philip Moon of the goods of Theophilus Moon, yeoman of the borough of Liskeard. There is a baptism of Philip Moon on 23 May 1784 at Liskeard that fits, father Theophilus, mother Ann; marriage 31 Dec 1781 Bodmin. If Theophilus and Ann are father and mother then other brothers and sisters are Ann Cloase (bapt 1805), Christopher (1788), Christopher Sleeman (1805), Harriett (1782), Richard (1786) and William (1790). Philip was an auctioneer (1813-5) or later conveyancer (1825) according to the baptismal records of his other children. Like others I can find no trace of his death. I suggest the Childs in some of his children’s names could be an employer as a Mr Childs was a well known Liskeard lawyer (Pigot’s Directory 1830).
Philip (1712-1781) mentions three sons: Christopher (bapt 1736), Richard (1740) and Theophilus (1753) in his will as well as a daughter, Elisabeth (? 1762) and his wife also Elisabeth. Richard’s will of 1789 gives a hogshead of cider to Theophilus, mentions brother Christopher and mother Elizabeth as well as sister Elizabeth. Richard seems to have been unmarried and a yeoman.
Christopher (1709-1770) was Philip’s brother and in his will he mentions his wife Mary and daughters, Sarah (bapt 1754) and Elizabeth (bapt 1757). His son John (bapt 1748) does not appear to have survived. It appears that ‘North Boduell ‘was left to Sarah or in the case of her death to Elizabeth.
I guess Elizabeth to have married Charles Bunt in 1780 as Charles Bunt’s will of 1813 mentions his niece Elizabeth Dyer as a beneficiary and in the 1852 list of Liskeard electors Charles Bunt Dyer of Amlwch, N. Wales and William Bunt Dyer of Mold, N. Wales held freehold land at North Boduel. (Charles Bunt’s will also mentions two other Moons: William of Horn lane, Liskeard and Ann, widow of Henry Moon of Trewidland.)
Christopher, father of Philip (1712-1781) and Christopher (1709-1770), in his will of 1713 mentions his youngest son Philip and unnamed elder son as well as daughters Sara (bapt 1701), Jane (1698) and Elizabeth (bapt 1706) and wife Sara. As the children were very young he appointed Philip Lyne and John Quiller as guardians and executors of his estate at ‘Bodduell North’. There may be earlier references to North Boduel as I have not checked all available Moon wills.
Middle Boduel (modern North Boduel)
In the Liskeard Tithe Survey of 1842, this is partly leased by William Moon. I take this to be William (1786-1860), brother of John of South Boduel, and who was unmarried in the 1851 census.
I am also a descendant of another Moon family with many Philips who also may be associated with Boduel. Joseph Moon (?176x-1804), grandfather of John Rogers Moon of Higher Clicker, in 1788 married Susannah (1760-1824), daughter of Philip and Susanna Moon who were married in 1743. Joseph and Susannah appear to have lived at Higher Clicker. Philip and Susanna also had two sons named Philip, baptised at Liskeard in 1749, who presumably did not survive, and St Keyne in 1754, as well as others. Higher Clicker is about 5 km SE of Boduel.
As there were so many Moon families the above is incomplete and some may be incorrect.
Regards
Charlie Moon
