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I am researching Thomas Woolcock b. Jan. 28, 1821 in St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Married Susanna Rescorl, b. 1822. They immigrated to New York around 1857. They are my GGreat Grandparents. I am trying to find Thomas Woolcock's parents and also ancestry info on Susanna's parents whom I believe are William Rescorl and Grace Vivyan. I'm a newbie on this site but not new to genealogy. I've been at since 2007 starting with my maiden name of Kenyon in the Lancashire area (originally Village of Kenyon) and also Robert Morris b. 1734 from Liverpool Lancashire. :) Thanks so much for adding me to this site.
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Lostwithiel Parish,
28th July 1822
Susanna Tistick Rescorle,
Child of William and Grace
abode Lostwithiel,
fathers occupation , tanner,
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Have you researched
William Rescorler,
child of William and Susanna
baptised 7th July 1799
Lostwithiel
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8 Th October 1843
Lostwithiel,
Thomas Willcock,
aged 23,
miner, bachelor,
Father William a miner,
Susanna Rescorla,
aged 23, spinster
father William , a tanner,
married by banns,
Both of this parish
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Lostwithiel,
2nd July 1814
William Recorl
a tanner,
of this parish
Grace Vivyan
with consent,
a sojourner
I am no expert on the Parishes of Cornwall,
Baptism,
St Issey
Grave Vivyan,
daughter of Thomas and Mary,
8th March 1797
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Thank you so much Radcliff for giving me much more detail about the Rescorl's. I appreciate your help. I will continue to search for Thomas Woolcock's ancestors which seem to be a mystery. :)
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Cornwall opc site is a great place to start your research, and don't for get the images for Cornwall parishes are available through familysearch org,
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haha, I'm on the OPC site right now. I will check out the images for parishes on Familysearch. I didn't know they had such an item. Thanks again, have a great, lol if you live in the U.K. you are probably sleeping right now. Have a great day tomorrow.
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Hi and welcome to Rootschat, is this the family of Thomas & Susanna in 1851, the marriage of which Radcliff located in 1843 Lostwithiel?
1851 Census
Thomas Willcock 31 occ Copper Miner b Beer Ferris, DEVON
Susanna 28 b Lostwithiel
William T 7 b Lostwithiel
John 5 b Lostwithiel
Richard 3 b Lostwithiel
Edwin 1 b Lostwithiel
Residing at Victoria Place, Lostwithiel, Bodmin
Census Ref HO107/1904/73/28
The baptism in 1821 you found in St Just Cornwall for Thomas Woolcock, has parents Thomas & Joanna, not William as the father in the marriage in 1843?
This could be the baptism of the Thomas who married Susanna:-
Thomas Willcocks 7th February 1819 abode St Agnes, Cornwall Parish Bere Ferrers, Devon, Father William occ Miner Mother Elizabeth
So was this the family that emigrated to the States c 1857?
Keyboard86
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Well that makes sense since William Thomas is their first born. Yes this is the family that came here in 1857. They lived in New Jersey briefly then Peekskill, New York. My Great Grandmother Phillippa Woolcock Dennis is their youngest and the only one born in the USA (New Jersey). Thomas, Susanna and some of their children are buried in Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor (Peekskill). Phillippa married Edward Dennis from St. Cleer and is also buried at Hillside as is my grandparents James Conklin and Lottie Dennis Conklin. This really helps because Thomas and Joanna Woolcock was only a wild guess as Thomas's (1921) parents. They went by the name Woolcock here in the USA, I have the family bible listing Phillippa and Edwards marriage certificate. Do you suppose Willcock is the correct name or just a mistake on the census takers part?
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;D If a mistake by the enumerator in the UK, also by 2 Parish clerks, (1) at birth (2) at marriage!
Keyboard86
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Interesting that they changed their name from Willcock to Woolcock unless perhaps they couldn't read and write when they came over here and registered with Woolcock. Curious... Thanks so much I am so glad I joined this site?
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In case you haven't seen it, on www.fultonhistory.com, there is an obituary for Mrs. Susan Woolcock, daughter of William Rescorl, in a Peekskill newspaper. Try a search for the exact phrase Susan Woolcock, and it should be the first result.
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I found it. I didn't even know this site existed. Thank you so much. I am very grateful for your post Shelly. I will be searching this site since my much of my family comes from the Peekskill area. I've used the Field Library in Westchester mostly but there is a fee. I spent my summers there every year. Now if I could just find something in a U.K. census of marriage record for Thomas Woolcock's/Willcock father William and the identity of his mother. Been searching OPC but have nothing yet.
Dodie
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You're welcome. It has a smaller selection of newspapers than the Fulton History site, but http://news.hrvh.org/ might also yield some finds for you.
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Thank you so much, I am grateful for any clues. :)