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The parish of

PROBUS

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

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

Visit my website for more information.

For information about (and contact details for) the current parish council, please see this website.

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.

  10 Sep 1737, Jone WATTERS 19 Apr 1783, Mary WEBB
  23 Jan 1740, Margery ROBERTS & Richard FUGLER 21 Apr 1783, Richard PLUMMER, James PLUMMER & Mary TEAGUE
  7 Jun 1740, Margery ROBERTS & Richard FUGLER 20 Dec 1784, Frances CARN/CARNE, mentioning James LAIR/LAYER
  4 Mar 1746, Richard JEFFERY/CLARK, Philip BONDS & Joan HARRY 25 May 1785, John GRIEVE & Patience GROSE
  4 Nov 1746, Simon ANEAR, George HUDDY & Anne GREEN 2 Nov 1786, William HOTTEN & Elizabeth BASSETT
  8 Dec 1746, Thomas Sen., Thomas, Jun. & Mary HARRIS 12 Dec 1790, James CHARLES, Richard CHARLES & Elizabeth SPRY
  8 Dec 1746, Joan ANEAR & Thomas HARRIS 2 Oct 1795, Charles BRAY & Mary WEBB
  6 May 1747, Margery ROBERTS 26 Mar 1796, Mary LIDDYCOAT
  22 May 1750, Henry EDWARDS & Grace TREGILGAS 20 May 1799, Rose BASSETT
  9 Feb 1755, Edward Powell Junr & Anne Manuel 11 Mar 1799, Rebecca BRUNT?
  22 Mar 1755, William BARBARY Senr & Junr & Susanna VERCOE 22 Oct 1799, Maria Teresia SHOLL, Robert SHOLL & Elizabeth TEAGUE
  16 June 1755, Henry BENALLICK, Write? BENALLICK & Mary ?---LL 23 May 1800, Henry ROWE, Junr. & Senr. & Elizabeth LANE
  4 May 1762, Margery PENTICOST 28 Jan 1801, Margaret MAY
  11 Dec 1762, James DUNKIN, Reuben Dyer BONE & Martha DUNSTONE 10 Jul 1802, Mary HOAR & William PHILLIPS
  11 Dec 1762, James DUNKIN, Reuben Dyer BONE & Ann STANNAWAY 1 Aug 1803, Joan ANEAR
  26 Apr 1764, Grace ARSCOTT 27 Mar 1805, Elizabeth TEAGUE
  21 Feb 1776, Jane TRUSCOTT 15 Dec 1806, John MARTYN, Thomas MARTYN & Hannah EADE
  3 Feb 1779, Zacharias WILLIAMS & Jennifer ANNEAR 30 Mar 1809, Joan COCKING
  19 Oct 1780, Abell Williams PEARCE & Jenifer DENNIS 4 Jan 1809, Elizabeth TEAGUE
  17 Feb 1782, Rachael, Catherine & John SEARLE 15 Sep 1810, Mary SPARKS & Robert HANDCOCK.

Wills:

  1. 23 Feb 1712, John OLIVER
  2. 27 Sep 1743, Matthew WEEKES
  3. 19 Jul 1744, Thomas PLUMMER
  4. 23 Jun 1746, John LANGDON
  5. 30 Dec 1751, Jone BLUNT

Some transcriptions of MIs are available here.

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

MAPS:

For a zoomable and printable map of Cornwall please visit Cornwall Council’s mapping website. To see the Parish boundaries, click on the Layers Tab for Government Boundaries.

For maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

To enjoy a "walk" around this parish, search for Probus at http://maps.google.co.uk/, then drag the person icon from above the zoom commands and place it at a specific location on the map.

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.