Lanhydrock marriage - help please

[Noells]

Hi all
I am hoping someone might be able to help me with the parents names for a Matthew Poad. The following is the info I have so far established
 
Matthew Poad married Mary Bullock 27 March 1715 in Landydrock Cornwall. This listing from the IGI Batch No. M002161 for dates 1559-1812
 
I am descended from Matthew Poad and his children were all born in Callington and St. Dominic in Cornwall, so I assume that Landydrock was perhaps the parish of Mary Bullock.
 
We have full details of the generations which followed, however the fact that we do not know the names of the parents of Matthew has been a brick wall for many, many years.  I hope that the actual parish records might contain them by way of the marriage details or banns.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance from sunny and very hot Oz

Noells

[fizzybubble]

There are a lot of Matthew Poad in the IGI batches for St Mellion (which is a hop skip and jump away from Callington) that go back to early 1700s, so it may be worth getting hold of the OPC for St Mellion and enlisting their help to go back to the 1600s.

the Cornish record office definitely has the parish records for earlier but you will have to pay them to dig obviously unless you buy the microfiche for St mellion which will be cheaper.


Fizzy

[Noells]

Thanks so much, Fizzy.

I will get right onto the OPC. Wish me luck.

Noells

[Noells]

Hi Fizzy

Disaster !!

 I went into the OPC Cornwall site, and it tells me that there is no OPC for St. Mellion.

However, I will still pursue this clue. Genuki tells me that St. Mellion was bordered by St. Dominick and this is where the majority of my Poads were for many,many years.

I had no idea Lanhydrock was so close to them all, so thanks for that lead.

I suppose it would be worth my while to order in a film from the LDS anyway. If only we had a clue to Matthew's parents names, maybe this brick wall could come down.

Matthew and Mary had 2 children - Elizabeth b 3/5/1716 at Callington and John b 7/10/1717 St. Dominick. Would you have any idea of the naming patterns for Cornwall? The name John continues on, but no more Matthews.

Noells

[fizzybubble]

182. MATHEW POADE - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 22 JAN 1724 Saint Mellion, Cornwall, England
 
 183. MATHEW POADE - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 04 MAY 1727 Saint Mellion, Cornwall, England
 
 184. MATTHEW POAD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 05 JAN 1750 Saint Mellion, Cornwall, England
 

[Scooterboi]

Hi,

No one seems to have information on Matthew's parents, however there are a couple of things I think I have uncovered. One successfully which is the marriage bann in Lannivett (which could be Lanhydrock) 27 Mar 1715 of Matthew and Mary which confirms her father as John Bullock. There is reference to John Bullock and Elizabeth Hambly with children and Mary being the youngest although Elizabeth's dob puts her at over 50 when she had Mary so I am not certain that her dob is correct.
The second is that there are a group of Poads, with several Matthews, a couple of Johns, a Henry, Joseph and a Mary all registered in the St Mellion, Cornwall parish. St Mellion is only a short distance from St Dominick and Callington.
If these are ancestors and relatives of our Matthew, I think they would be cousins descending from Matthew's un-named grandfather. Estimating Matthew's birth year as c.1688 (Mary Bullock is 01 Nov 1690), his father would have been born about mid 1660s and his father about mid 1640s.
From the St Mellion register, a Matthew Poade is baptised 1697, Henry 1690 and Thomas 1700. These are the sons of Matthew Poade and Susanna. Matthew would have been born about 1670 which would calculate him to be the uncle of our Matthew.

[Scooterboi]

The site I found on Google was Bishop's Transcripts Baptisms 1675-1805.

[fizzybubble]

I cannot find Matthew 1697 Henry 1690 and Thomas 1700 in the Bishops transcripts for St Mellion.Can you please tell me exactly what the site is.

In fact there are no BTs at all for baptisms in St Mellion in those years.

Fizzy

[Scooterboi]

Apologies. I have re-read my message above and realised I stated that all 3 are stated with baptism dates in the transcript when it is only Thomas and then their respective children who's baptism dates are recorded.
The baptisms recorded are Sarah 1722, Matthew 1723, Matthew 1727 and Gilbert 1729 of Matthew (I have estimated abt 1697) and Johanna. John 1736 of Thomas (I have estimated abt 1700) and Hannah. Mary 1710 of Henry (I have estimated abt 1690) and Susanna.
Thomas is not c. 1700 but actually recorded as 1710 to Matthew and Susanna. Mary is recorded as 1710 also but to Henry and Susanna.