William Salmon (1643 - 1690)

Born 1643 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Husband of Mary Hill — married 14 Nov 1677 in Michaelstow, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 1690 at about age 47 in St Breward, Cornwall

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Biography

Birth - Nothing found in the vicinity of St Breward, and parish transcripts give no Salmon christenings other than his own children. There is a christening of a William Solomon on 29.9.1658 at St Columb Minor, to father Thomas, and one of a William Sammon there on 28.7.1648, to father John. Although this is over 20 miles from where he married, the possibility of a family connection with this parish could well explain why two of his children married there. However, since he was a clergyman, he may well have come from outside the county. (There is a William Salmon who went to Christ Church Oxford in 1678, but this seems several years too late).

Death

1690

St Breward, Cornwall

Burial

2 FEB 1690

St Breward, Cornwall^[1]

Occupation

Vicar

BET 1677 AND 1690

St Breward, Cornwall

An online transcript of the christenings of three of his children show that he is referred to as Vicar of this Parish.

A parochial history shows him as becoming vicar from 28.9.1677, and being succeeded on 29.6.1691.

Marriage

FAM

14 NOV 1677

Michaelstow, Cornwall

This parish adjoins St Breward.

The marriage appears also in a transcript of St Breward marriages, with annotations indicating Vicar of that parish, and also Rector of Michaelstow (though the latter is after her name -could it refer to her father?).^[2]

William was born in 1643.^[3] He was the son of John, of "Lawn S. Colomb," Devon, pleb. Exeter Coll., matric. 14 July, 1665, aged 20; B.A. from Balliol Coll. 1669; M.A. from Hart Hall 1672.^[4]

He was instituted vicar of St Breward on the 25 September 1677.^[5]

He married Mary Hill on the 4 November 1677. Their marriage is recorded in the St Breward parish register.^[6]

Guillimus Salmon, hujus Parochiae Vicarius, & Maria Hill, dau. of Christopheri Hill, Michaelstoniensis Rectoris.

Their marriage is also recorded in the Michaelstow parish register.^[7]

In 1679 there was a complaint to the Bishop of Exeter about his behaviour. He was accused of "intemperate drinking", calling his parishioners "by several ...approbious names and termes", brawling etc!!! Presumably, the case was dismissed as he was still serving the parish at the time of his death in 1690.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S56
2. ↑ Source: #S56
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NG3L-D4F : 30 December 2014, William Sammon, 23 Jul 1643); citing SAINT COLUMB MINOR,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 254,131.
4. ↑ 'Sabery-Saywell', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1297-1322. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1297-1322 [accessed 25 August 2017].
5. ↑ Maclean, John, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall (London: Nichols & Son, 1873-1879.), St. Bruered:369
6. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ1V-49D : 10 December 2014), Guillimus Salmon and Maria Hill, 04 Nov 1677; citing Saint Breward,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 496,683.
7. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ1V-8LS : 10 December 2014), William Salmon and Mary Hill, 14 Nov 1677; citing Michaelstow,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 496,683.
8. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J894-VQM : 24 December 2014), William Salmon, burial 02 Feb 1690; citing Breward, Cornwall, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,545,325.

• Source: S56 Abbreviation: FamilySearch 2011 Title: LDS Church 2011 FamilySearch website

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Trebilcock for creating WikiTree profile Salmon-480 through the import of edwin john trebilcock gedcom.ged on Mar 19, 2013.

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