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| Introduction | |||||
| Tracing the Rescorlas | |||||
| Proofs | |||||
| The records | |||||
| Introduction | |||||
| Tracing | Tracing the Rescorlas | ||||
| Proofs | Proofs | ||||
| PP_65 | That Betsey Rescorla (65), was the mother of Thomas Hawkins (32) | PP_32 | |||
| Thomas Hawkins the son of Edward Hawkins, a carpenter, and Betsey Rescorla was baptised on the 11th of November 1792 in Stoke Damerel. | PP_64 | ||||
| Thomas Hawkins had 8 siblings - at least 5 died very young, Thomas b. 1790, Thomas 1791, Betsey 1793, James 1797 abd Betsey 1798 - two others are untraced, Ann Rescarl b. 1795 and William 1802, leaving just one, Mary Hawkins baptised in 1805 who lived to marry and have children. | Trees | ||||
| There are at least 8 DNA matches between descendants of Thomas Hawkins b. 1792 and Mary Hawkins b. 1805 averaging about 16cM - proving our descents from Thomas and Mary. | |||||
| Edward Hawkins and Betsey Rescorla were married on the 11th of September 1789 in Stoke Damerel, a part of Plymouth, Devon. | Marriage | ||||
| There is no obvious baptism of a Betsey Rescorla of a reasonable age - the only Betsey Rescorlas coming close are baptised in 1775 and 1777. | |||||
| On the other hand, there are numerous DNA matches with a particular branch of a Rescorla family in Cornwall and Devon - at least 37 matches averaging 15cM between descendants of our Betsey Rescorla and descendants of a certain - | DNA | ||||
| Lewis Rescorla b. 1801 in St. Colomb, Cornwall. | Lewis | ||||
| But I have been unable to find any plausible documented connection to explain how this Lewis Rescorla and our Betsey Rescorla both inherited DNA from some recent (for them) common ancestor, except the following: | |||||
| This Lewis Rescorla was the son of Thomas Rescorla and Ann Stephens married in 1793 in Liskeard. | Thomas + Ann | ||||
| And this Thomas Rescorla was baptised in 1771 in Liskeard, the son of Thomas Rescorla and Ann. | Thomas | ||||
| There were 2 couples of 'Thomas Rescorla and Ann' in England in the time frame 1740 to 1780 - | |||||
| Thomas Rescorla and Ann Julyon m. 1763 in Bodmin and - | Th. + A. Julyon | ||||
| Thomas Rescorla and Ann Harris m. 1766 in Stoke Damerel. | Th. + A. Harris | ||||
| The former couple had 6 children in Bodmin and Lostwithiel between 1763 and 1784, the latter couple 1 child in Stoke Damerel in 1768 and 6 more in Liskeard between 1769 and 1777. | |||||
| The latter couple is of interest for us due to the Stoke Damerel connection, and that their first child was a daughter, Mary Ann, born in Stoke Damerel in 1768 (where Betsey Rescorla married in 1789). | Mary Ann | ||||
| If this Mary Ann Rescorla was actually our Betsey Rescorla, the DNA matches would be explained, and she would have been 21 on her marriage. | |||||
| Could the parish priest have objected to 'Betsey' as it wasn't a proper name (there were only 2 girls baptised 'Betsy' in Stoke Damerel within 5 years of 1768) - so they used Mary Ann for the baptism? Was there a clerical error similar to Thomas Hawkins being recorded as Edward Mardon Hawkins in 1814? Could she or they have just decided to use Betsey instead of Mary Ann, for whatever reason? | |||||
| At any rate, no other explanation for the DNA matches seems plausible without some untraceable 'natural' event having taken place. | |||||
| A possible confirmation for Betsey Rescorla's parents having been a 'Thomas and Ann': 2 of her children were given Rescorla as a middle name - Thomas Rescorla Hawkins in 1791 and Ann Rescorla Hawkins in 1795… | Trees | ||||
| So the mother of Thomas Hawkins (32), | |||||
| Betsey Rescorla (65), born probably in 1768 in Stoke Damerel, | |||||
| married to Edward Hawkins (64) in 1789 in Stoke Damerel, | PP_64 | ||||
| died in ? in ?, was the daughter of | |||||
| Thomas Rescorla (130), and | PP_130 | ||||
| Ann Harris (131). | |||||
| PP_130 | That Thomas Rescorla (130), was the father of Betsey Rescorla (65) | PP_65 | |||
| DNA matches and parish records have led us to the idea that Betsey Rescorla was baptised under the name Mary Ann on the 25th of March 1768 in Stoke Damerel (see above). | PP_65 | ||||
| Her parents were Thomas Rescorla, a ropemaker, and Ann Harris married on the 7th of May 1766 in Stoke Damerel. | |||||
| Thomas Rescorla and Ann had 6 other children, all born in Liskeard, Cornwall - Ann in 1769, Thomas 1771, Nicholas 1773, Rebecca 1775, Christiana 1777 and Mary 1772. | |||||
| That they name 2 children with the rather unusual names Nicholas and Christiana suggests that Thomas is the son of Nicholas Rescorla and Christiana Gumma baptised in 1739 in Bodmin. | |||||
| Nicholas Rescorla and Christianne Gumma married on the 26th of December 1731 in Lanivet near Bodmin. | Marriage | ||||
| Thomas and Ann Rescorla were living with their son Lewis' family in 1841, | Census 1841 | ||||
| and Ann alone in 1851. | Census 1851 | ||||
| Thomas Rescorla died in 1850 in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall. | Death | ||||
| So the father of Betsey Rescorla (65), | |||||
| Thomas Rescorla (130), born in 1740 in Bodmin, | |||||
| married to Ann Harris (131) in 1766 in Stoke Damerel, | |||||
| died in 1850 in St. Colomb Major, was the son of | |||||
| Nicholas Rescorla (260) and | |||||
| Christianna Gumma (261). | |||||
| Records | The Records | ||||
| M_1731 | 1731-12-26 Marriage in Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall (FMP) | Nicholas (260) | 1731 | ||
| Nicholas Riscorla & Christian Gumma | Christianna (261) | ||||
| 1738-02-22 Baptism in Bodmin, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1737 | |||
| Elizabeth Rescorle son of Nicholas & Elizabeth [recte Christian] 22 Feb 1737/38 | Nicholas (260) | ||||
| Christianna (261) | |||||
| B_1740 | 1740-02-14 Baptism in Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1740 | ||
| Thomas Rescorler son of Nicholas & Christian 14 Feb 1739/40 | Nicholas (260) | ||||
| Christianna (261) | |||||
| B_1742 | 1742-12-12 Baptism in Bodmin, Cornwall (FMP) | Family (260) | 1742 | ||
| Christian Rescorle dau. of Nicholas & Christian | Nicholas (260) | ||||
| Christianna (261) | |||||
| M_1763 | 1763-01-16 Marriage in Bodmin, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1763 | ||
| Thomas Rescorle & Ann Julyon | Ann (131) | ||||
| M_1766 | 1766-05-07 Marriage in Stoke Damerel (FMP, Ancestry) | Thomas (130) | 1766 | ||
| Thomas Rescorl rope maker of this parish & Ann Harris of this parish spinster were married in this church by banns this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty six by me Edwd. B. Blackett Rector | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1768 | 1768-03-25 Baptism in Stoke Damerel, Devon (FMP) | Betsey (65) | 1768 | ||
| Mary Ann Rescorl dau. of Thomas & Ann | Thomas (130) | ||||
| Ann (131) | |||||
| B_1769 | 1769-02-11 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1769 | ||
| Ann Rescorle dau. of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1771 | 1771-01-01 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Thomas (130) | 1771 | ||
| Thomas Rescorll son of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1773 | 1773-11-18 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1773 | ||
| Nicholas Rescorll son of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1775a | 1775-02-19 Baptism in Bodmin (FMP) | Betsey (65) | 1775 | ||
| Betsey Rescoala d. Lewis + Rebecca | |||||
| B_1775 | 1775-07-29 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1775 | ||
| Rebecca Rescorll dau. of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1777 | 1777-12-30 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1777 | ||
| Christiana Rescorll dau. of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| B_1779 | 1779-10-27 Baptism in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Thomas (130) | 1779 | ||
| Mary Rescorla dau. of Thomas & Ann | Ann (131) | ||||
| M_1789 | 1789-09-11 Marriage in Stoke Damerel (FMP, 2023) | Edward (64) | 1789 | ||
| Edward Hawkins of this parish House Carpenter & Betsey Rescorle of this parish spinster were married in this church by banns this eleventh day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by me J. Williams chaplin of St. Aubyn Chapel | Betsey (65) | ||||
| M_1793 | 1793-04-22 Marriage in Liskeard, Cornwall (FMP) | Family (130) | 1793 | ||
| Thomas Rescorla & Ann Stephens | |||||
| B_1796 | 1796-10-27 Baptism in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Family (130) | 1796 | ||
| Ann Rescorla dau. of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| B_1798 | 1798-11-19 Baptism in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Family (130) | 1798 | ||
| Elizabeth Rescorla dau. of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| D_1799 | 1799-10-10 Burial in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Family (130) | 1799 | ||
| Elizabeth Rescorla dau. of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| B_1801 | 1801-10-14 Baptism in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG, FMP) | Family (130) | 1801 | ||
| Lewis Rescorla son of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| B_1803 | 1803-08-07 Baptism in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Family (130) | 1803 | ||
| Thomas Rescorla son of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| D_1814 | 1814-01-05 Burial in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FreeREG) | Family (130) | 1814 | ||
| Thomas Rescorla son of Thomas & Ann | |||||
| M_1826 | 1826-11-25 Marriage in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FMP) | Family (130) | 1826 | ||
| Lewis Rescorla & Fanny Parkyn | |||||
| B_1827 | 1827-05-17 Baptism in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (FMP) | Family (130) | 1827 | ||
| Thomas Rescorla son of Lewis & Fanny | |||||
| C_1841 | 1841-05-17 Census in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (Ancestry), + DNA matches (as of 28.06.2026) | Family (130) | 1841 | ||
| Bank Street | |||||
| Lewis Rescolla 40 rope maker Y | |||||
| Fanny do 40 - Y | |||||
| Thomas do 70 - Y | Thomas (130) | ||||
| Ann do 65 - Y | Ann (131) | ||||
| Thomas do 14 - Y (6 descendants, 7 DNA matches to Hawkins) | |||||
| John do 11 - Y | |||||
| William do 9 - Y (5 descendants, 3 DNA matches to Hawkins) | |||||
| James do 7 - Y (32 descendants, 38 DNA matches to Hawkins) | |||||
| Edwin do 5 - Y (1 descendant, 1 DNA match to Hawkins) | |||||
| Richard do 3 - Y | |||||
| Louisa do 1 - Y | |||||
| D_1850 | 1850-02-22 Burial in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (CMP) | Family (130) | 1850 | ||
| Thomas Rescorla aged 81 | |||||
| C_1851 | 1851-03-30 Census in St. Colomb Major, Cornwall (Ancestry) | Family (130) | 1851 | ||
| Bank Street | |||||
| Lewis Rescolla 50 Ropemaker Y | |||||
| Fanny do 50 Pauper (farmer's wife) Y | |||||
| Thomas do 70 - Y | Thomas (130) | ||||
| Edwin do 14 - Y | |||||
| Richard do 12 - Y | |||||
| Louisa do 11 - Y | |||||
| Joseph do 9 - Y | |||||
| Ann do 82 Ropemaker's Widow Y | Ann (131) | ||||
| © C. R. Watts 2025 created 05.02.2024, revised 05.07.2026 | |||||
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