The first record in Gwinear
is the marriage of John Calengewe and Jone on
Jenepher Calensewe,
19th April 1601 (Shepler is probably Jenepher as well)
William Kalensaw,
11th May 1603
Doney Calensew,
28th August 1604
an unnamed daughter, 28th
August 1607
Majory Kalensow,
7th April 1611, buried 24th April 1611
Katheren Calensowe,
14th June 1612
Patience Calensowe,
Elizabeth Kalensowe,
There was a stray child, Margery Kalensewe, christened in Gwinear
in 1605, the daughter of William. She is likely to be the daughter of William
and Margerie of Uny Lelant.
John died and was buried in Gwinear
on the 20th March 1629, his will was
probated the following year. Unfortunately it is very difficult to read but he
appears to mention his wife Joane, son William and
daughter Katheren.
William Callensawe
married Elizabeth on the 5th October 1635. They had the following
children:
William Chalenso,
7th February 1635/36
Richard Calensew, 23rd May 1638
Ann Callensew,
15th January 1640, buried 20th March 1640
John Callensew,
Patience Callensew,
12th July 1644, buried 22nd July 1644
William’s wife Elizabeth died and was buried in
May of 1645. He remarried a Tamson on the 12th
January 1649. They don’t appear to have had any children.
William signed the Protestation Return in Gwinear in 1641, was recorded as a Gwinear
Churchwarden 2nd May 1662, and also paid the Hearth Tax in Gwinear in 1662. When he died in 1688 the administration of
his estate was granted to John Calenso, likely the
son born in 1641.
Two of William’s sons married and had children
in Gwinear.
Richard married Jane on the 10th January
1661 and had the following children:
Thomas Calensoe,
27th April 1662, buried 1684
Mary Calensoe,
Catherine Calensoe,
Freelove Calensoe,
5th March 1668 – she had a natural daughter Mary in 1691
John Calensoe,
5th August 1671, buried 1671
Elizabeth Calensoe,
14th April 1678, buried 1687
John Callensew,
Jane dies in 1720, there is no record of
Richard’s death, but he paid the hearth tax in Gwinear
in 1664.
Richard’s son John married Elener
22nd December 1715, their children were as follows:
Jane Colenso, 7th June
1719, married John Hooper in 1748
John Colenso, no christening record,
but dies in 1757
Richard Callensoe,
Elizabeth Callensoe,
6th January 1725, married Francis Tuckfield
in 1765.
John died in 1741, Elener
in 1747, whilst the son John died unmarried in 1757, with an administration
granted on the 16th June to Jane (now wife of John Hooper) &
Elizabeth Calenso (illiterate), spinster of Penzance, sisters of John Calenso.
This was signed by John Hooper, of Gwinear, tinner; Henry Hooper, of Gwinear,
yeoman; James Gilbard, of Gwinear,
yeoman.
William’s
son John married Elener around 1662.
They had two sons John and Charles. There are no records of the marriage or
christenings on the IGI, but John the elder was buried in 1722 and Elener in 1736. The younger John married
Elizabeth,
born 1685, marrying Simon Pentecost in 1724
John,
born 1686
Honor,
born 1687, marrying William Heath in 1710 and possibly Charles Oatey before 1719
John,
born 1692 dying in 1748
John the
husband of Rebekah, dies in 1739 and leaves a will that he had written in
1724, and mentions his wife, daughters Honor and Elizabeth, 3 grandchildren and
his son John as the executor. The original grandchildren were Charles, Mary and
Honor Oatie, all born before 1724. When John the
executor dies in 1748, the will is reproven and the
grandchildren mentioned are Simon and Richard Pentecost and Mary Hammill (nee Oatie).
The son
John, dying in 1748, also left a will mentioning sister Honor, nephew Simon Penecost, niece Mary Hammill wife
of Peter Hammill and cousin Charles, son of his first
cousin Charles Collensoe. This leads to the second
son of John & Elener. This son had a son Charles
who marries Thomasin Remfrey
in Phillack in 1730 – there are three children
christened of this marriage, Elizabeth, Margery and Charles. This Charles may
be the father of Richard Charles Callensoe,
christened in Chatham Kent in 1773. There is also Grace, recorded as the
daughter of Charles, christened in 1720. She marries George Thomas in Crowan in 1745. The previously mentioned Elizabeth marries
Simon Pentecost in 1760 also in Crowan.
Charles was
married before 1720, having Grace and another son called John, this may explain
the origins of John Callensoe who marries Jane Major
in St Erth in 1750. He is described as being from Crowan and connects to a possible sister and niece being
married in Crowan. John and Jane Major have two
children in Crowan. One of these sons John married
Catherine Phillips and their descendents are described in Breage.
Possibly
this Charles, son of John and Elener had the
following children:
Charles
who married Thomasin Remfry
in 1730 in Phillack
Grace,
born 1720, marrying George Thomas 1745 in Crowan
John
of Crowan, marrying Jane Major in 1750 in St Erth