Edward Scobell (bef. 1783 - 1825)

Born before 12 Sep 1783 in Sancreed, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Ann (Collins) Scobell — married 19 Apr 1816 (to 17 Apr 1825) in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1825 after age 41 in Madron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edward Scobell is Notable.

Edward Scobell was a British Naval Officer who served with the West Africa Squadron.

The son of the Reverend George Pender Scobell, the vicar of Sancreed and St Just, Cornwall, and Elizabeth Stark, Edward was baptised privately on 12th September 1783 at Sancreed.^[1]

Together with his brother George, Edward purchased Poltair Estate, Madron, from Richard Hitchens, using money loaned by their father.^[2]

Edward was promoted to Lieutenant on 13th August 1801, then Commander on 29th September 1808. As Commander of the brig H.M.S. Vimiera he assisted at the capture of the islands of St Martin's, St Eustatius and Saba in February 1810. Receiving his commission of Post Captain of H.M.S. Thais on 3rd April 1811, Edward was sent to the African station to suppress the slave trade, where he and his crew seized several vessels.^[3][4][5]

Captured vessels were prosecuted and, if condemned by the court, the proceeds were then claimed by the Navy.^[6]

Like many British Navy personnel engaged with the West Africa Squadron, Edward became seriously ill with a tropical disease, which forced him to resign for the sake of his health.^[7]

From Captain Edward Scobell, of H.M.S. Thais, to Captain Irby, dated Portsmouth, 13th December 1813.

“You rightly calculate that my last months in Africa were most tedious and fatal, justly to be dated so from the time of our parting (in Nov. 1812); for shortly after we were assailed by sickness, more calamitous than what I even met you in, and which rendered both our ships inefficient: scarce a man escaped disease, nor was there an exception to general enervation and lassitude, – an helplessness which does not easily wear off, nor does it yet seem to give way to our native climate.”

From the same to the same, dated Penzance, Cornwall, 2nd March, 1814.

“When last I had the pleasure of writing you, I had not determined on what I have since done, in giving up the Thais for the renovation of my health, and I must now congratulate myself on the resolution. The whole of the Thais’ crew have been in succession to the hospital, and perhaps they are almost as extremely enervated and debilitated as your Amelia’s were when I saw them, – a cause that must have acted most unhappily, and been insurmountable in your late gallant action.”

On 19th April 1816 Edward married Rebecca Collins in St Mary's Church, Alverstoke, Hampshire. The ceremony was performed by George Scobell D.D. and witnessed by Mary Ann Collins, Harriet Collins and john Scobell.^[8]

Married, on Friday last, Captain Edmund Scobell, R.N., to Rebecca Ann, only daughter of Richard Collins, Esq. of Brockhurst Lodge. ^[9]

The couple had three children:

Anne Margaretta (1817-1892)

Edward Calvert (1818-1853)

Henry Sales (1824-1873)

Edward died at his home, Poltair, on 17th April 1825, aged 41, after repeated attacks of apoplexy.^[10] He was interred in the St Sancredus Churchyard, Sancreed, Cornwall.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptisms Database (Cornwall OPC Database, http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org : accessed 28 Aug 2020), baptism transcript for Scobell, Edward, (Private Baptism Date: 12 Sep 1783, Public Baptism Date: 30 Dec 1783, Father: Rev Geo Pender, Mother: Elizabeth, Location: Sancreed).
2. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1529. (Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013., accessed 29 Aug 2020, Free Ancestry Image 1 Free Ancestry Image 2 Free Ancestry Image 3 Free Ancestry Image 4).
3. ↑ The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815. Vol. I-II. 1954[?]. (Ancestry.com. UK, Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003., accessed 29 Aug 2020, Free Ancestry Image).
4. ↑ Wikipedia. H.M.S. Thais, accessed 29 Aug 2020.
5. ↑ Wikisource. Royal Naval Biography. Edward Scobell, accessed 29 Aug 2020.
6. ↑ Wikipedia. West Africa Squadron, accessed 29 Aug 2020.
7. ↑ Wikisource. Royal Naval Biography. Frederick Paul Irby, accessed 29 Aug 2020.
8. ↑ Hampshire, Portsmouth Marriages (FindMyPast, http://www.findmypast.com.au: accessed 28 Aug 2020), marriage record (image) for Edward Scobell and Rebecca Anne Collins (Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1816, Location: St Mary, Alverstoke, Hampshire, Aarchive: Portsmouth History Centre, Archive Reference: CHU 42/1C/9).
9. ↑ Hampshire Courier, Portsmouth, England. 22 Apr 1816. Page 3. Column 3. (British Newspaper Archive, Marriage notice for Captain Edmund Scobell and Miss Rebecca Ann Collins, accessed 28 Aug 2020.)
10. ↑ Royal Cornwall Gazette, Truro, England. 23 Apr 1825. Page 3. Column 2. (British Newspaper Archive, Death notice for Edward Scobell, Esq., accessed 29 Aug 2020.)
11. ↑ Cornwall Burials (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com.au : accessed 29 Aug 2020), database entry for Scobell, Edward (Age: 41, Burial Date: 2 May 1825, Location: Sancreed, Cornwall).

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q76103727