William Tippett and Ann (Nancy)
Bettinson
Parents Walter Tippett and Ann Sweet
Colan Bettison and Margaret
Harris
William Tippett (b 1786 St Columb Major Cornwall, m Ann
(Nancy) Bettinson 1810 St Columb Major, d 1860 St Columb Major)
Ann (Nancy) Bettinson (b 1788 St Columb Major, d 1844 St Columb)
Colon Tippett (b 1810
St Columb Major(Colen), m Marina Bath 1836
Madron Cornwall, d 1888 St Columb)
William
Henry
Tippet (b 1843 St Columb, m Eliza
Julian 1865 Cornwall, d 1927 Brunswick Vic)
Annie Tippett (b 1879
Fraddon, St Enoder Cornwall, m Herbert Oscar Smalley 1908
North Fitzroy, d 1955 Kew Vic)
Ann Tippett (b 1812 St Columb Major, d aft 1840)
William Tippett (b 1814 St Columb
Major(Gluvian), m Mary Ann Curtis 1842 St Columb Major, d 1888
Cornwall)
Mary Tippett (b 1816 St Columb Major(Gluvian), d
in St Columb that is possibly her)
Peggy Tippett (b 1819 St Columb Major(Gluvian),
m Philip Harris 1844 St Columb Major, d 1844 St Columb)
Betty (Betsey) Tippett (b 1821 St Columb Major, d
aft 1870)
Richard Bettison Tippett (b 1823 St Columb Major,
d 1823 St Columb)
Richard Tippett (b 1824 St Columb Major, m Mary
Jordan 1856 Toodyay d 1905 WA)
Jane Tippett (b 1828 St Columb Major(Tresaddern
Gate))
Sarah Tippett (b 1833 St Columb Major, d
aft 1850)
The Family Story
Cornwall was going through a bad patch in
the 19th century. Mines were in steady decline. The
industrialisation of England did not reach as far as Cornwall.
They only got the railway in 1856.
St Columb is inland so even fishing and smuggling are out. No
local mines either? It is interesting to note that around the
same time the Farr daughters were able to get domestic service
jobs in rich peoples houses. in the east.
So the Tippetts would have had a tough time, all summed up by
Willian dying as a pauper in 1860, The son Richard was
transported to WA and seems to have prospered. See Below
William (1786-1860) and Nancy (1788-1844)
It looks as is the family was poor and life was a struggle, They
lived Theit lives in St Columb.
In July 1810 William and Nancy marry and Colon was born in
December of the same year
In 1840 they are living in one dwelling in Green Lane St Columb
with six children, plus Colon and Marina and their two children
William is an agricultural labourer
Nancy dies in 1844 as did Peggy her daughter two months after her
marriage
William dies in 1860 (buried as pauper)
Colon (1810-1888) and Marina (1804-1887)
A bit of a chase in Ancestry records. This couple's names have had
various spellings eg Colan Colen Mariana Marinea Tippitt
Teppit.
It looka as if Colon is named after his maternal grandfather Colan
Bettison
1804 Marina born in Mylor, about 4 miles N of Falmouth and about
20 miles SSE of St Columb
1810 Colon born in St Columb
1833 Record of discharge of Colon Tippett, apprentice woolstapler
from Bodmin Goal
1836 Colon and Marina marry in Madron, about twenty miles to the
west, nearly to Lands End
1841 Colon and Marina are living in a household of 13 run by
Colon's parents. Colon is a woolcomber. They have with them 10
month old daughter Louisa
1843 son William Henry Tippet born St Columb
1851 Colon, Marina, children Louisa and William Henry are living
in the village of Talskiddy,. Colon is still a woolcomber
Talskiddy is a small
rural village about two miles north of St Columb
Major in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It prospered
in the 19th century as a centre of the wool-combing industry.
1861 Colon, Marina and Louisa are living in St Enoder.
Colon is an agricultural labourer. St Enoder is about 5 miles
south of St Columb
1871 Colon and Marina are living in St Columb
1878 Colon recorded as a Railway
Pumper working for Great Western in the St Denis Division
1881 Colon and
Marina are living in Trevarron Village (Trevarran? - a hamlet
north of Indian Queens) Colon is a railway labourer. Marina
born Flushing
1882 Colon recorded as a Railway Pumper working for Great
Western in the Newton Abbot Division
1887 Marina dies and Colon
dies the next year in St Columb
Ann (1812-1857)
1840 Anne Tippett (single) and two children discharged from Bodmin
Goal (no specific date) - could be our Ann, but probably not
Anne is wrong,
and not consistent with the baptim and 1841 census
1840 Ann baptises a daughter Ann in St Columb (31 May) - no
husband given
In 1841 Ann is home with her parents. The one year old Anney must
be her daughter
In 1851 Granddaughter Ann is lining with Colon and Marina but not
daughter Ann
There are two deaths in St Columb in the LDS. 1857 (Ann) and 1878
(Annie) . The first looks more like her.
William (1814-1888)
In 1861 William and Mary Ann are living in St Columb with their
eight children. Brother Cotton and family are two houses away
In 1881 William (agricultural labourer) and wife Mary Ann are
living in St Columb with unmarried son Arthur (tin miner) and two
year old grandson
William died 1888
Mary (1816-)
Does not appear in any family census but her baptism is
definite in the OPC database. She was 24 by the first census so
had left home?
1871 Probable sighting of Mary in the census as an unmarried
mother with a twelve year old daughter
Only the two of them. Mary
is a charwoman and her age fits 1816 birth
Peggy (1810-1844)
In 1841 she is living at home with her parents. She marries
Phillip Harris on 15 Sep 1844 and dies on 9 Nov 1844
Her daughter Mary was baptised 14 Nov 1844
Betsey (1821-)
1851 Betsey unmarried is living with father William
Ththere are three grandchildren Ann (10) Joseph (8) and Mary (10
months)
Joseph and Mary are registered as Betsey's children. Ann is Ann's
child (above)
There is a birth Joseph Letcher Tippett registered in 1842 no
father specified. Named after his father?
1871 Betsy unmarried charwoman living with daughter Mary(18)
(household of two)
In 1891 she is still in St Columb, head of the household, with
another lady, and still Charwoman
Betsey dies in 1898
Richard Bettinson Tippett (1823-1823)
Only lived for six months
Richard (1824-1905)
In 1841 Richard is an agricultural labourer, living with his
arents
In July1849 he is convicted of breaking and entering and sentenced
to one year jail
On 27 Sep 1850 Richard was indicted for breaking an entering the
house of Henry Hole, and stealing therefrom apples, flour, bacon,
and other articles.
There was another indictment against the prisoner for breaking and
entering the house of William Tippet at St. Columb Major, on the
5th of September last, and stealing a coat, waistcoat, and other
articles.
On the indictment no evidence was offered. Ten Years
Transportation
1853 Richard transported to Western Australia. Transportation
finally ceased in 1864
1856 Richard permission to marry and marries Mary Jordan in
Toodyay (85k NE of Perth)
Their first child only lived one day but the other three survived
They had eight grandchildren
in Toodyay
1905 Richard dies in WA
Jane (1828-)
She is at home, unmarried and a dressmaker in the 1851 Census. She
is clearly labelled as a daughter.
But there is nothing in the 1841 census when she would have been
12 or 13
Nothing else in any way conclusive
Is Jane really Maria, playing funny buggers in the 1851
census? It makes sense.
Maria (1828-)
She is at home in the 1841 census but not 1851
In 1855 she marries Joseph Tippett in St Columb
In 1861 There is a Maria at exactly the right age, born St Columb
in Padstow as Joseph Tippetts wife
Joseph is a bootmaker
They are still in Padstow in 1891
Maria dies in 1896 in St Columb
Sarah (1833-)
Sarah is living at home with the family in 1841 and 1851.
She is a witness at Maria's wedding in 1855, which is a nice tie
in.
After that, no information
1841 census
St Columb Major, Green Lane, all born in
county, all in the one dwelling (age, occupation)
William Tippett 55,,Ag Lab
Nancy Tippett 50
Colon Tippett 30,,Woolcomber
Ann Tippett 25
Peggy Tippett 20
Richard Tippett 15,,Ag Lab
Maria Tippett 13
Sarah Tippett 8
William Tippett 5
Anney Tippett, 1
Marinea Tippett 30
Lewisa Tippett 10m
Comment: The 10 month old
is Louisa! It is reasonable to assume we have Colon's parents
here. Also to assume Anney is Marina's child, given the presence
on an earlier Ann.
Where are Ann's two children?
1851 Census.
Parish of St Columb
Major Talskiddy
Village
William Tippett Head Widower,
65,,???? Labourer, b St Columb
Betty Tippett , Daughter, 28 , b St Columb
JaneTippett , Daughter, 21, Dressmaker , b St
Columb
Sarah Tippett, Daughter, 17, b St Columb
Ann Tippett, Grandaughter, 10, Scholar, b St Columb
Joseph Tippett, Grandson, 8, b St Columb
Mary Tippett, Grandaughter, 10 months, b St Columb
In another Household, Little ????
Trevornack, at the house of John (farmer of 100 acres, employing
three labourers) and Catherine Hicks
Mary Ann Tippett 25, House Servant, b St Columb
William Tippett 15, Farm Labourert, b St Columb
Sarah seems to tie these two censuses together
Richard was a bit of a black sheep. In the 1851
census, he is in Bath Gaol.
Susan Old has him being senteced again, to ten years
transportation, at aged 27 (later in 1851?).She supplied the
record of his Trial - below. Not sure whether he was sent to
Australia, as transpoutation to Oz was winding down at this stage.
Richard Tippet trial
Richard Tippet, 27, was
indicted for breaking an entering the house of Henry HOLE, and
stealing therefrom apples, flour, bacon, and other articles.
Mr. SHILSON, for the prosecution, called Henry Hole who stated
that he was a farmer in the parish of Advent. On Saturday
night, the 21st of September, before going to bed, he carried a
pan of milk to the dairy, and then saw that all was right.
On coming down next morning, prosecutor's jacket, which had been
left hanging before the kitchen fire, had been taken away, flour
and bread had been stolen from the room adjoining the dairy, and a
pair of shoes were also missed. Prisoner had worked for
prosecutor nine days during the harvest, and had left the Thursday
night preceding the Saturday night on which the robbery was
committed: prisoner used to take his meat in the kitchen when
working for prosecutor. Having suspicion of him, prosecutor
gave information to constable Fitzgerald, who apprehended the
prisoner on the same Sunday that the robbery was
discovered. Prisoner had a bundle on his back, and in it
were several of the articles that had been stolen. Prisoner told
the constable that no more had been taken than was found in the
bundle. Prosecutor's jacket was placed elsewhere; but the
linking of it was found around the flour in the bundle.
Prisoner now told the jury that he had the contents of the bundle
from a man who he overtook between Camelford and Stratton.
Prosecutor's wife also gave evidence in the case. The Chairman in
summing up, said there was no evidence of the breaking and
entering, but it was open to the jury to consider the evidence of
stealing. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
A former conviction was proved against the prisoner, who at the
Assizes in July 1849, was found Guilty and sentenced to one year's
imprisonment, for breaking, entering, and stealing from the house
of William OLVER, of St. Columb Major. There was now
another indictment against the prisoner for breaking and entering
the house of William Tippet at St. Columb Major, on the 5th of
September last, and stealing a coat, waistcoat, and other
articles. On the indictment no evidence was offered.
TEN YEARS TRANSPORTATION.
Acknowledgement
Christina Renyolds Tree on Genes Reunited
gives parents and Grandparents for William
Susan Old, the Online Parish Clerk for St Columb Major supplied a
wonderful response to a query on Colen's baptism. She mapped
out three generations back, for someone who had been a very
murky figure to us.
A lot of terriffic stuff came from the Bastin_2011-10-0r Tree on
Ancestry. Particularly Richard Tippett
St Columb Research
Peter Martin has supplied the following link.
http://www.archive.org/stream/registersofparis00stco#page/162/mode/2up
This leads to a PDF (The registers of the Parish
of St Columb Major 1539-1780), intriguingly sourced from a
copy in the University of California Library
Our copy filed under Tippett
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