Vicars in Clevedon 1700s

[Discoveringmypast]

Hello

Can anyone advise where I can find online a list of the names of the vicars for St Andrew's Church, Clevedon during the 1700s?

Many thanks

[Bookbox]

Try searching the Clergy of the Church of England Database
http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp

Select ...
Diocese: Bath & Wells
Location: Clevedon / Bath & Wells
Date range: 1700 - 1800

From the results list, you can click each individual to find out more.

[Discoveringmypast]

Thank you very much for the link.

I've had a look and the vicar I'm looking for doesn't come up under Clevedon so I did a wider search.  His name is Drax Durbin and is shown as a rector in Walton-in-Gordano (close to Clevedon) 1810-1824 until his death.

It's quite random query as I was searching for the parish marriage record of my 4 x great grandfather, Samuel Durbin Hollyman in 1790 Clevedon.  He was illegitimate and it's always been assumed 'Durbin' was his father's name.  (A lot I believe has been written about this.)

Samuel was married by a curate Henry Bevan in Dec 1790 but I happened to notice the marriage above in August was for Thomas Hollyman to Hannah Wall and the minister was 'Drax Durbin'!  This made me curious about Drax and the possibility of a member of his family being Samuel's father.

It's all very strange and I would love to know more!

[KGarrad]

Clevedon Civic Society has transcripts.
http://www.clevedon-civic-society.org.uk/page65.html

1st December 1790
Samuel Hollyman, Gentleman, Single, of Clevedon   to
Ann Wall, Single, of Puxton


There's also a Thomas Hollyman marriage on 12th August.
Plenty of Hollyamn baptisms, too

[Discoveringmypast]

Thank you - there are a lot of them and many with the same name, so a lot to unravel.

The Durbin name connection to Hollyman may always be a mystery but I'll keep looking.  Any ideas will be gratefully received!

[KGarrad]

There may not be a direct connection?

I have people in my tree whose middle name is the maiden name of their (maternal) grandmother!

[Discoveringmypast]

Yes that's true.  However as he was illegitimate it makes it more open ended.

His mother was Mary Hollyman (who later married Joseph Griffin).  Mary's parents were Hezikiah Hollyman and Ann Vowles and I can't find a connection with the Durbin name further back other than there were Durbins in the area - one a 'Sir'!

[KGarrad]

I presume you have seen this?

Burial, 18th March 1763, at St Andrews
Samuel Durbin, base child of Mary Hollyman

(courtesy, Clevedon Civic Society)

[Discoveringmypast]

Yes, I discovered it a while ago.  From other people's extensive research into the Hollyman family (mainly by a man called Fred Cooper which is available online) there's an implication it was incorrectly recorded as a burial when it should have been a baptism, as Samuel Durbin Hollyman appears later in 1790 marrying Ann Wall. (My 4 x great grandparents.)

There is no trace of him before this anywhere other than this 'burial' record so it's all very odd and a mystery.