Izet (Saunders) Hockridge (abt. 1675 - bef. 1746)

Born about 1675 in England

Wife of John Hockridge — married 1 Jun 1709 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England

Died before 20 May 1746 before about age 71 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Izet (Saunders) Hockridge was born in England.

Izet Saunders was born about 1675, most likely in Cornwall or a nearby county of England. ^{[citation needed]} Birth year estimated from age at death of 71 in 1746.

Izet Saunders married John Hockridge on 1st June 1709 at Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England.^[1]

Izet and John Hockridge apparently had no children.^[2]

Izet Hockridge, wife of John (yeoman), died in 1746 and was buried on 20th May 1746 at Saint Morwenna and Saint John the Baptist Churchyard, Morwenstow, Cornwall, England.^[3][4][5]

Izet had a headstone which was removed from the church. It stated: "Hockridge Izet, 20 May 1746, age 71, wife of John Hockridge of Ilfcombe".^[6]

Research Notes

Spelling of her first name has several variations including Iset, Izet, Isot, and Isott. This name derives from "Isolde", a very baffling and widely debated name from Celtic mythology. Common spelling was the Latinised Isolda, or the local versions, Isot or Isaut. Baptism records for the name between 1500-1700 are mostly confined to Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and a few other counties in southern England. At this time the name was usually recorded as Isett, Izet, Isitt, Isatt, Izatt, Izott, Isott and Isota. ^[7]

The Billion Graves website has allocated a birth year of 1675, but no source available for this. It possibly came from the age at death, 71, as stated on the memorial removed from the church.

Sources

1. ↑ Cornwall OPC marriages database; John Hockeredge and Isott Saunders, 1 Jun 1709, Kilkhampton; transcribed by Alan Rowland; [1] Accessed 16 Oct 2019.
2. ↑ John Dickinson, "In, Out and About in Kilkhampton", Kilkhampton Parish News December 2010, St James the Great Kilkhampton; Accessed online16 Oct 2019, now defunct.
3. ↑ Cornwall OPC burials database; Iset Hockridge, 20 May 1746; transcribed by Linda Nelson; [2] Accessed 16 Oct 2019.
4. ↑ Grave record for Izet (Elizabeth) Hockridge (1675 - 20 May 1746), BillionGraves Record 16939086 Morwenstowe, Cornwall; [3] Accessed 16 Oct 2019.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 August 2020), memorial page for Izet Hockridge (unknown–20 May 1746), Find A Grave: Memorial #209547460, citing St. James the Great Churchyard, Kilkhampton, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England ; Maintained by Janice Dennis (contributor 47897320).
6. ↑ Cornwall OPC website; Kilkhampton parish memorial inscriptions: list of headstones removed from the church; [4] Accessed 5 Dec 2019.
7. ↑ Isolde, Name of the Week, 17/08/2013, British baby Names blog by Eleanor Nickerson; [5] Accessed 18 Oct 2019.