Thomas Hockin of Godrevy, Cornwall
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Biographical Notes (believed to be the work of the Rev William Hockin)
Thomas Hockin baptised 24 February 1678 Gwithian, Cornwall. He
by himself fired over the crew of the boat
of a French ship of war and prevented them from landing at Godrevy and plundering
the neighbourhood.
He owned Roskere, Bosprowal and Penpons in Camborne, Cornwall. He resided at
Penpons until he
removed to Caduscot in Liskard, where he died in 1767 aged 92. He has a monument
in St Pinnock Chuch.
He married at Gwithian, Cornwall, Miriam daughter of James Ellis of Camborne
his only son was John Hockin
of Pembroke College Cambridge B.A 1731, M.A, 1737; Vicar of Okehampton, Rector
of Lydford; Chaplain to
George Lord Littleton died Cudascot 1778. bur St Pinnock. Had a grant of arms
from the Heralds College
dated 7th may 1764 to be borne by himself and his descendants and by the descendants
of his father
THOMAS HOCKIN, his brothers and their descendants
"In
the time of the war with France , at the beginning of Queen Anne 's reign, a
ship of war, cruising in the
Bristol channel, came to an anchor off an estate called Godrevy , in the parish
of Gwithian , then in the possession
of John Hockin , grandfather of the Rev. John Hockin , who was one of the principal
inhabitants of that parish, and,
it being conjectured that the Frenchmen's intent was to send in a boat to plunder
the house, which stood alone, and
to carry off the cattle from the estate; this John Hockin , and his family became
alarmed, and collected their friends
and neighbours to keep watch that night on the cliff; at day break they all
dispersed, thinking the danger over, but
just as Thomas Hockin , father of the patentee, then a young man, was getting
into bed, another person, whose fears
had led him out more than once to take a view, came in a great hurry and told
him that a boat full of men, was making
for the shore; on hearing this, the said Thomas slipped on his clothes, and
catching up a gun, and a pole to feign the
appearance of another man, ran out and passed down a steep hill to the sea,
in sight of the boat, from whence he was
fired at several times; he, however, got behind a rock, which served him as
a kind of breast-work, and thence with his
gun fired on the boat with so much vigour and effect as to prevent the crew's
landing, and at last, made them turn about
and row back again as fast as they could."
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Commoners of Great Britain And Ireland
Enjoying Territorial Possessions
or High Official Rank: But Uninvested With Heritable Honours.
History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland.
Hockin
of Gwithian, Cornwall
1 RICHARD HOCKIN d: 1591 in Gwithian, Cornwall
.. +MARGARET d: 1633
..... 2 Thomas Hockin b: Abt. 1583 in Gwithian, Cornwall d: 21 Oct 1633 in Gwithian,
Cornwall
......... +Grace Allen m: 03 Feb 1610/11 in Gwithian, Cornwall d: 23 May 1656
............. 3 Richard Hockin b: 17 Jun 1616 in Gwithian, Cornwall d: 14 May
1685 in Gwithian, Cornwall
................. +Elizabeth Andrewartha m: 19 Jul 1641 in Phillack, Cornwall
d: 30 Aug 1682
.................... 4 John Hockin of Calaene Farm, nr Gwithian, Cornwall b:
01 Dec 1644 in Phillack, Cornwall d: 12 Oct 1706
........................ +Alice Harry m: 18 Jan 1667/68 in Camborne, Cornwall
d: 1728 in Godrevy ? Cornwall
............................ 5 THOMAS HOCKIN : 1678 Gwithian, Cornwall d:
1767
................................ +Miriam Ellis b: in Camborne, Cornwall dau
of James Ellis of Camborne, Cornwall
.................................... 6 The Rev John Hockin b: 1709 d: 1778
GRANTED ARMS BY QUEEN ANNE
........................................ +Elizabeth Pearce
........................................... 7 The Rev Thomas P Hockin b: 1741
............................................... +Rebecca Cunningham Luxmoore
b: 1751 d: 1838 daughter of John and Lady Maryon Luxmoore
................................................... 8 John Pearce Hockin b:
02 Jul 1772 in Okehampton, Devon d: 26 Oct 1831 Rector of Lydford, Vicar of
Okehampton
....................................................... +Ann Pinson
........................................................... 9 Admiral Charles
Luxmore Hockin b: 1817 - 1902
Connection through Hockin ancestors
1 RICHARD HOCKIN d: 1591 in Gwithian , Cornwall
... +MARGARET d: 1633
. 2 MARY HOCKIN b: January 1, 1586/87 in Gwithian Cornwall d: February 2, 1666/67
in Gwithian Cornwall
....... +WILLIAM COCK b: June 18, 1572 in OF Connerwartha d: 1645 in Gwithian
.... 3 BENNETT COCK b: May 3, 1627 in Gwithian Cornwall (see will) d: July 5,
1701 in Gwithian Cornwall
.......... +JANE WHITE d: October 18, 1721 in Gwithian Cornwall
....... 4 WILLIAM COCK b: May 8, 1681 in Gwithian Cornwall d: February 1, 1762
in Gwithian Cornwall
............. +ALICE ANDREWARTHA d: October 3, 1769 in Gwithian Cornwall
.......... 5 JOHN
COCK b: January 17, 1727/28 in Gwithian, Cornwall d: May 2, 1796 in Gwithian,
Cornwall
................ +ELIZABETH
WILLIAMS b: in Of Gwithian ?
............. 6 JANE
COCK b: November 22, 1766 in Gwithian, Cornwall. d: in Phillack, Cornwall
?
................... +JACOB
LUKE b: November 3, 1765 in Gwithian, Cornwall. d: August 6, 1834 in Ventonleaugue,
phillack
................. 7 JACOB
LUKE b: October 21, 1792 in Phillack, Cornwall. d: July 8, 1849 in Phillack,
Cornwall.
....................... +JOANNA
WHEARE b: May 1, 1791 in Gwinear, Cornwall
.................... 8 JACOB
LUKE b: April 24, 1825 in Phillack, Cornwall d: Aft. 1891 in Bristol?
.......................... +ELIZABETH
UREN b: 1826 in Perranuthnoe, Cornwall.
....................... 9 MATILDA
LUKE b: 1862 Bristol
............................. +ROBERT
GEORGE TAYLOR b: March 17, 1863 Bristol
.......................... 10 SIDNEY
GEORGE TAYLOR b: February 14, 1895 Bristol (my grandfather)
................................ +LILIAN
GIBBONS b: March 7, 1897 Bristol
1901 Census Gloret, Tormoham, Devon
Charles
Luxmode Hockin Head M 90 Admiral Illegible -------------------- Dartmouth, Devon
Cath Simpson Hockin Wife M 79 -------------------------------------------------------------------
London
Maud Ethel Hockin Daughter M 38 ------------------------------------------------------Torquay,
Devon
David Clark Servant Widower 52 Male attendant Domestic --------------- Phillington,
Beds
Phillippa Harry Servant S 44 Cook Domestic ---------------------------------
Gwinear, Cornwall
Rose Tozer Servant S 34 Hosue Maid Domestic ---------------------------------
Torquay, Devon
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RG13; Piece: 2058; Folio: 12; Page: 16
1861
Census living at 25 Stafford Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
1851 Census 12 Salisbury
Street, St Martins in the Fields, London
Louisa Browitt Wife M 36 Boardinghouse Keeper ---------------------------------------
Windsor, Berkshire
Louisa Jessie Browitt Daughter 4 ----------------------------------------------------------
Liverpool, Lancashire
Charles Luxmoore Hockin Visitor Unm 40 Commander RN half pay -----------------
Dartmouth, Devon
George S Besfield Visitor Unm 23 Commericial Man --------------------------------------------------
Norwich
Samuel Shipley Visitor Unm 21 Clerk ------------------------------------------------------
Port of Ferry, Iceland
Lucy Child Visitor Unm 63 Fund Holder ---------------------------------------------------
Romesey, Hampshire
Elizabeth Lime Servant Unm 19 House Servant ---------------------------------------
Clay Croft, Derbyshire
Ellen M Mac Donald Servant Married 15 House Servant ----------------------------------------
Oxfordshire
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HO107; Piece: 1481; Folio: 359; Page: 3; GSU roll: 87806
Trewartha/Andrewartha
of Gwithian, Cornwall
1 PHILIP TREWARTHA . of Gwithian Cornwall
.... +AGNES COCKE b: 1565 in of Gwithian Cornwall.
..... 2 JOHN TREWARTHA b: 1598
.......... +MARY CARTHEW b: Abt. 1609
.............. 3 Elizabeth Trewartha (Andrewartha) m: July 19, 1641 in Phillack
Cornwall d: August 30, 1682
............. ...Richard Hockin b: 17 Jun
1616 in Gwithian, Cornwall d: 14 May 1685 in Gwithian, Cornwall
.................... 4 John Hockin of Calaene Farm, nr Gwithian, Cornwall b:
01 Dec 1644 in Phillack, Cornwall d: 12 Oct 1706
........................ +Alice Harry m: 18 Jan 1667/68 in Camborne, Cornwall
d: 1728 in Godrevy ? Cornwall
............................ 5 THOMAS HOCKIN : 1678 Gwithian, Cornwall d: 1767
................................ +Miriam Ellis b: in Camborne, Cornwall dau
of James Ellis of Camborne, Cornwall
.................................... 6 The Rev John Hockin b: 1709 d: 1778 GRANTED
ARMS BY QUEEN ANNE
Connection
through the Trewarth/Andrewartha ancestors
1 PHILIP TREWARTHA . of Gwithian Cornwall
.... +AGNES COCKE b: 1565 in of Gwithian, Cornwall.
..... 2 JOHN TREWARTHA b: 1598
.......... +MARY CARTHEW b: Abt. 1609
............. 3 PHILIP ANDREWARTHA
................... +MARY COCK b: Abt. 1656
.................... 4 ALICE ANDREWARTHA
........................... +WILLIAM COCK b: 08 May 1681 in Gwithian, Cornwall
............................ 5 JOHN COCK b: 17 Jan 1727/28 in Gwithian, Cornwall
................................... +ELIZABETH WILLIAMS b: in Gwithian, Cornwall
?
.................................... 6 JANE COCK b: 22 Nov 1766 in Gwithian,
Cornwall
.......................................... +JACOB LUKE b: 03 Nov 1765 in Gwithian,
Cornwall.
........................................... 7 JACOB LUKE b: 21 Oct 1792 in Phillack,
Cornwall
.................................................. +JOANNA WHEARE b: 01 May
1791 in Gwinear, Cornwall
................................................... 8 JACOB LUKE b: 24 Apr 1825
in Phillack, Cornwall
.......................................................... +ELIZABETH UREN b:
Abt. 1826 in Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
........................................................... 9 MATILDA LUKE b:
1862 in Welsh Back ? Bristol.
................................................................. +ROBERT GEORGE
TAYLOR b: 17 Mar 1863 in Clifton Wood, Bristol.
.................................................................. 10 SIDNEY
GEORGE TAYLOR b: 14 Feb 1895 in 4 Southernhay Crescent, Clifton Wood, Bristol
(my grandfather)
......................................................................... +LILIAN
GIBBONS b: 07 Mar 1897 Bristol
SINGULAR PROGNOSTICATION.
Under this heading the Times of Monday, April 17, 185, copies from the Cornish Telegraph the narrative of a recent dream of a young clergyman of the county, which was almost immediately followed by the accidental death of the dreamer:—
'On Wednesday last the Rev. Stephen Barclay Drury, an unmarried clergyman of twenty-six, who has for about twelve months acted as the curate of Phillack and Gwithian, had a conversation with the brother of the rector of those parishes, Mr. Charles Hockin, and related a dream, which he described as a very singular one, and as having rnade a deep impression on him. His words were—-" I dreamt I was to be buried, and I followed my coffin into the church, and thence to the tomb. I took no part in the service ; and when we came to the tomb, I looked into it, and saw it was very nice. I then asked the undertaker who was to be buried, and he answered, ' You.' I then said, ' I am not to be buried, I am not dead.' The undertaker then said, ' I must be paid for the coffin;' upon which I awoke." On Sunday morning and afternoon Mr. Drury officiated at Gwithian, and, after the second service, remained with the children to practise singing.
Returning to his lodgings
in Gwithian at half-past four, he waited a little, took with him Thomas a Kempis'
" Christian Pattern," and set out for a walk, accompanied by a Newfoundland
dog. He asked for a bit of cord, as he might give the dog a dip, and started
in his usually cheerful and happy mood. In an hour and a half the dog returned
with the cord round his neck. Mr. Drury was never again seen alive. His absence
throughout the night occasioned no surprise, as he sometimes went to and slept
at Copperhouse, two miles off. On Monday morning a Gwinear miner, in quest of
sea-weed at low water near the rocky shore of Godrevy, saw Mr. Drury's body
in a pool 70 or 80 yards from the sea. An inquest, under the county coroner,
Mr. John Roscoria, was held on Tuesday at Gwithian, when these circumstances
were elicited, and a verdict was returned of " Found drowned." From
the facts, however, that Mr. Drury had never shown the least signs of depression,
that he started with the expressed intention of giving the dog a dip, and that
he was very near-sighted, the general inference is that the unfortunate gentleman
slipped on the rocks, was stunned, fell into the water, and so casually and
singularly fulfilled his strange dream of a few days previously.'