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The parish of

PROBUS

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

The Online Parish Clerk for Probus is Lorna Leadbetter, who can be contacted by Email.

Visit my website for more information.

Although born in Probus parish, I have not lived in Cornwall for over 40 years but I visit as often as I can.

My collection of Probus information includes: Church Baptisms 1760-1910 and some non-conformist Baptisms; Marriages 1597-1900; Burials 1690-1910; Monumental Inscriptions; Census 1841-1901; Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1919. I have assembled a large number of family trees for the parishes of Probus and Cornelly (and these often include people from neighbouring parishes too), and really enjoy answering queries about them.

Lorna

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

The OPC has Census data from 1841 - 1901. Further information can be found at COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project) which is complete for 1841 to 1891 and has been verified, FreeCen at Rootsweb, which has a very good search engine and information from COCP, as well as GenUKI, which has more reference information and alternate resources.

REGISTERS:

Available for look-ups are:- Church Baptisms 1760-1910 and some non-conformist Baptisms; Marriages 1597-1900; Burials 1690-1910 and  Monumental Inscriptions

For further Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP), GenUKI and the LDS website, Library section. The C-PROP parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

The OPC has access to Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1919. For further information, see the University of Leicester's website of Historical Directories or GenUKI.

OTHER:

Bastardy / Filiation Documents: These often name the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor for the parish.

  1. dated 10 Sep 1737, bond naming Jone WATTERS of this parish.
  2. dated 23 Jan 1740, order involving Margery ROBERTS and Richard FUGLER of this parish.
  3. dated 7 Jun 1740, bond naming Margery ROBERTS and Richard FUGLER.
  4. dated 4 Mar 1746, involving Richard JEFFERY alias CLARK, Philip BONDS and Joan HARRY.
  5. dated 4 Nov 1746, involving Simon ANEAR, George HUDDY and Anne GREEN of this parish.
  6. dated 8 Dec 1746, involving Thomas HARRIS, Sen., Thomas HARRIS, Jun. and Mary HARRIS.
  7. dated 8 Dec 1746, bond naming Joan ANEAR and Thomas HARRIS of this parish.
  8. dated 6 May 1747, involving Margery ROBERTS of this parish, William SEARLE and James SAMPSON yeoman of the parish of Crantock.
  9. dated 22 May 1750, involving Henry EDWARDS and Grace TREGILGAS of this parish.
  10. dated 9 Feb 1755, involving John POWELL (of the Parish of Lamorran), Edward Powell Junr and Anne Manuel, both of this parish.
  11. dated 22 Mar 1755, involving William BARBARY Senr, William BARBARY Jnr and Susanna VERCOE of this parish.
  12. dated 16 June 1755, involving Henry BENALLICK, Write? BENALLICK and Mary ?---LL
  13. dated 4 May 1762, involving Margery PENTICOST of this parish.
  14. dated 11 Dec 1762, naming James DUNKIN, Reuben Dyer BONE and Martha DUNSTONE.
  15. dated 11 Dec 1762, naming James DUNKIN, Reuben Dyer BONE and Ann STANNAWAY.
  16. dated 26 Apr 1764, order and bond naming Grace ARSCOTT.
  17. dated 21 Feb 1776, bond naming Jane TRUSCOTT of this parish.
  18. dated 3 Feb 1779, involving Zacharias WILLIAMS and Jennifer ANNEAR.
  19. dated 19 Oct 1780, involving Abell Williams PEARCE and Jenifer DENNIS.
  20. dated 17 Feb 1782, bond involving Rachael, Catherine and John SEARLE.
  21. dated 19 Apr 1783, examination of Mary WEBB.
  22. dated 21 Apr 1783, involving Richard PLUMMER the younger, James PLUMMER Yeoman and Mary TEAGUE.
  23. dated 20 Dec 1784, examination of Frances CARN/CARNE, also mentioning James LAIR/LAYER.
  24. dated 25 May 1785, bond involving John GRIEVE and Patience GROSE.
  25. dated 2 Nov 1786, order naming William HOTTEN, yeoman, and Elizabeth BASSETT.
  26. dated 12 Dec 1790, involving James CHARLES, Richard CHARLES and Elizabeth SPRY.
  27. dated 2 Oct 1795, involving Charles BRAY and Mary WEBB.
  28. dated 26 Mar 1796, examination of Mary LIDDYCOAT.
  29. dated 20 May 1799, involving Rose BASSETT of this parish.
  30. dated 11 Mar 1799, involving Philip BREWER of the Parish of Ruan-Linnahorn and Rebecca BRUNT? of this parish.
  31. dated 22 Oct 1799, bond naming Maria Teresia SHOLL, Robert SHOLL her Son and Elizabeth TEAGUE.
  32. dated 23 May 1800, bond involving Henry ROWE, Junr., Henry ROWE, Senr. and Elizabeth LANE.
  33. dated 28 Jan 1801, involving Margaret MAY.
  34. dated 10 Jul 1802, bond involving Mary HOAR of this parish, William PHILLIPS of this parish and Peter PHILLIPS of Lanlivery.
  35. dated 1 Aug 1803, bond naming Joan ANEAR.
  36. dated 27 Mar 1805, examination of Elizabeth TEAGUE and warrant to arrest Thomas SMITH of St Teath.
  37. dated 15 Dec 1806, bond involving John MARTYN, Thomas MARTYN the younger and Hannah EADE.
  38. dated 30 Mar 1809, bond involving Joan COCKING and James MARTYN and Thomas MARTYN, both of the Borough of Mitchell.
  39. dated 4 Jan 1809, examination of Elizabeth TEAGUE.
  40. dated 15 Sep 1810, bond naming Mary SPARKS and Robert HANDCOCK.

Wills:

  1. dated 27 Sep 1743, Matthew WEEKES
  2. dated 23 Jun 1746, John LANGDON

Some transcriptions of MIs are available here.

For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Probus can be located at coordinates F - 4.

For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland).

To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, please visit MultiMap, or for maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

St Erme, Ladock, St Stephen in Brannel, Creed with Grampound, Cuby with Tregony, Cornelly, Lamorran, and Merther.

ONLINE BOOKS:

Probus is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume III by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838 (page 354). Also downloadable as a pdf from here.