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Catharine was born about 1640. Catharine Butcher ... She passed away in 1728. [1]
Baptism in Camborne 4 April 1640 Index P0236535- GS Film Number 147173IT
William married Katheryn Butcher, when about 25 years of age, on 7 September 1857 in Camborne. She was the daughter of William Butcher and Marjery Glanville and was 17 years of age. [2]
Both lived past seventy, an unusual achievement for their time, he dying in 1704 aged about 72 and she in 1728 at the age of 88. [3]
The relationship between his wedding date and the baptism of Margery, his eldest child suggests that the couple felt no urgency to wed despite Katheryn being a mother of some nine months. In fact Kathryn may have been sixteen years of age when she became pregnant. Late marriages were quite common for the Cornish., a fact reflected in similar patterns for later couples. [4]
At the time, her father William, was the overseer of the collection of the Poor Rate in the Parish during 1650 William married Katheryn Butcher, when about 25 years of age, on 7 September 1857 in Camborne. She was the daughter of William Butcher and Marjery Glanville and was 17 years of age. Both lived past seventy, an unusual achievement for their time, he dying in 1704 aged about 72 and she in 1728 at the age of 88. [5]
The relationship between his wedding date and the baptism of Margery, his eldest child suggests that the couple felt no urgency to wed despite Katheryn being a mother of some nine months. In fact Kathryn may have been sixteen years of age when she became pregnant. Late marriages were quite common for the Cornish., a fact reflected in similar patterns for later couples.
At the time, her father William, was the overseer of the collection of the Poor Rate in the Parish during 1650 - a significant position. [6]The entries during Butcher’s time suggest that he could read, write and do simple mathematical calculations - an obvious requirement for such duties. Unless the parish priest recorded the information for him to sign. Of the eleven children born to William and [7], at least ten outlived their father. William, Richard, George, Marjory, Elizabeth, Catherine, Darkos [Dorcas and female], Joan, Aster [Arthur] and John were mentioned in his will in 1704.
By the time their mother died William, Richard and George, who were to inherit the land owned by their parents after her death, would have been aged 66, 60 and 42 respectively and in fact may have not out-lived her. Of the eleven children, four were unlikely to have married - or rather no evidence of marriage has been found in Camborne Registers, or for that matter in the IGI. <[8][9]
The ability of this family to survive disease and infection as did later Gribble families, whilst combined with genes that favour longevity, are the reasons for the wide spread distribution of the family today. To put things more bluntly: if our ancestors had not survived, what was and continued to be a very threatening environment and much less controlled public health until the 1920s, we who read this today would not have seen the light of day. Also worthy of note is that the three boys, William, Richard and George all of whom married, were the chief inheritors of his real estate, as if he [William] wished to ensure it remained in the family. Or was it bequeathed in such a way to support the future of his grandchildren? [10]
According to others researching his family, George, the youngest son and his wife Elizabeth John, created a long pedigree, of which some members now live in New Zealand. Loma Ryan [New Zealand] is one of the major researchers of this branch of the family. Brian Jelbart, late of Helmsley, and Joan Saunders of Queensland are also other researchers. It is from George Gribble that John Brown Gribble, the champion of aboriginal rights, descends. [11]
The direct ancestor of our family was the eldest son William who perhaps married Elizabeth Rogers. Other researchers claim a different wife. Elizabeth, the second daughter, married John Jeffrey with issue of seven children: William, Christian, John, Elizabeth, Margy, Richard and John. Presumably the first born John died young. Although it may have little significance, it is worth noting the reappearance of an unusual name, Christian, in this generation. The original Christian, born about 1625, was an uncle of Elizabeth who married John Jeffrey. Jeffrey was also apparently numerate and literate and later helped draw up the inventory of William’s estate. Jeffrey himself was at the time paying the Poor Rate on a number of properties around Camborne, which suggest he was a man of some substance. John Hooper is researching this branch. Richard married twice. First to Marjery with no issue, and then to Grace with issue of eight children that included Benjamin, William, James, Jane, Grace, and Catherine. Some claim that Richard and Grace first established the Illogan branch of the Gribbles around 1700. An early Gribble marriage at Creed in 1686 suggests that another son William [Grebell in this history] may have also married twice. Otherwise, it reminds us that other Gribbles may already have arrived in Cornwall. [12]
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