PART TWENTY-ONE

The Cornwall Line – 1650 to 1840

This is the first of three sections of this family line

Updated September 2011

This was originally entitled The Cornish Rookledge Line but has

now been expanded to include many more Collett families of Cornwall.

The increase in the size of the file means this is the first of three sections

This was originally the family line of Gordon Rookledge Collett (the line

being indicated by the names in capitals) to which has been added the line

of Christine St Johanser nee Collett (Ref. 21R75) of New Zealand

(this being indicated by the underlined names)

and the line of David Parsons (see Ref. 21T29)

In addition to kindly providing the information on his family line,

David has also brought to our attention an excellent website covering births,

deaths and marriages which has been invaluable in updating this file

www.cornwall-opc-database.org

Appendix C has been added courtesy of Keith Rookledge and this traces the Rookledge family line back from Mrs Elsie Alice Goodwin-Rookledge (Ref. 21Q2). This can be found at the end of the second section of The Cornwall Line 1840 to 2008.

It is possible, although not proved, that John and Richard Collett, who start this line, may have been the sons of Hugh Collett. If so, it is likely that they may have been born at St Erth near Hayle in Cornwall, where Hugh’s known sons Gilbert and James were baptised on 8^th January 1654 and 27^th December 1661 respectively.

Gilbert appears not to have lived to see his fourteenth birthday as he was buried at St Erth on 14^th December 1667, the parish record stating he was the son of Hugh.

Hugh’s wife may have been Grace as there are two burial records for St Erth within a year of each other, these being Hugh Collett who was buried there on 5^th April 1682 followed by Grace Collett on 29^th March 1683.

The earliest record found so far has been the baptism of Emanuel Collett, the son of Anthony Collett. He was baptised at Creed on 9^th March 1611 and this was curiously followed by the marriage of Anthony Collett and Grace Boskowen on 28^th July 1611 at Creed between Grampound and Cuby-with-Tregony.

In addition to this, a set of even earlier records has recently come to light and these centre on the village of St Michael Penkevil and the children of Edward Collett as follows: Katherina baptised 25^th on November 1559, Katherine baptised on 25^th October 1560, and Maria and Joanna both baptised on 6^th February 1563.

The following boxed notes were initially thought to be a possibility, but a recent discovery of a marriage between Henry Collett and Elizabeth Woods in London is the more likely for Henry from Kempsford. However, the original notes below have been retained for the time being or until they can be discounted completely.

If this assumption is true then the Henry that married Elizabeth Withiell at Philleigh was very likely 37 years old Henry Collett (Ref. 21N16) yeoman of Philleigh, in whose Will he refers to his wife, but sadly, not by her christian name.

There is a further tenuous link between Philleigh and the Collett stronghold of Gloucestershire. Most of the family of Henry Collett of Kempsford died before his fifth birthday and sometime after, perhaps in his teenage years he is thought to have moved to Philleigh where he married Elizabeth Withiell on 16^th August 1792 when he was just over twenty years of age.

This begs the question, did he have relatives in Philleigh and if so did they originally come from Gloucestershire. Henry’s family line starts in Part 1 – The Main Line (Ref. 1M28) and continues in Part 41 – The Harefield Line (Ref. 41M1).

A great many of the Collett family in this file had associations with the Roseland village of Philleigh, and in particular the parish church. The parish of Philleigh (or Filly as it was previously known) is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. Named from Saint Filly, Philleigh is situated on the beautiful rural Roseland peninsula, which is almost an island in the south of Cornwall. Bounded by the sea on two sides, the River Fal forms the boundary on the third side. To the east it is bounded by Ruan Lanihorne and Veryan and on the south by Gerrans and St Just-in-Roseland, while villages with the parish of Philleigh include Churchtown, White Lane, and Treworthal, all of which are mentioned later.

The Church of St Philleigh was dedicated to St Filius or St. Felicitas. There was a church in the village from the 13^th century, although the present building dates from the 15th century. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, and a north transept, a portion of which is used as a vestry. The tower has two stages and has a single buttress at the square of the western angles. It is finished with battlements and contains three bells. The churchyard is entered by a lych gate.

Throughout this family line there are references to the epitaphs on the headstones of the graves within the churchyard of St Philleigh Church. All of this information was kindly provided by Lynne Sharp (Ref. 21S50) who spent some time there taking photographs of each headstone with a Collett connection. The information in the photographs, together with Lynn’s accompanying notes, has been invaluable in finalising some of the individual family details. (The full details can be found in Headstone Epitaphs)

21I1	Unknown COLLETT male, who may have been the older brother of Elizabeth (below) would have been born around 1630. What is known is that a Collett family living in Cornwall comprised the five children listed below, although their order of birth is not confirmed.
	21J1		Anthony Collett	Date of birth unknown
	21J2		Hannah Collett	Date of birth unknown
	21J3		JOHN COLLETT	Date of birth unknown
	21J4		Richard Collett	Date of birth unknown
	21J5		Thomas Collett	Date of birth unknown
21I2	Elizabeth Collett may have been born around 1640 and may have been related to the family listed below. All that is so far known about her is that on 16.07.1661 she married Richard Plemon at Cuby-with-Tregony.
21J3	John Collett was the brother of Richard Collett (below) and may have been born in the later 1630s. It is also understood that he had two other brothers named Anthony and Thomas, and a sister called Hannah.
	Very little else is known about John at this time and it is therefore assumed that his first born son was also named John, since the baptism of an unnamed son for John Collett was baptised at Cuby-with-Tregony on 06.06.1670.
	The following year his daughter Elizabeth was also baptised at Cuby-with-Tregony on 25.09.1871 and again, the baptism record only included the name of the father as John Collett.
	However, for the baptisms of John’s next two children at Cuby-with-Tregony his wife’s name was included for the first time and this was Grace.
	21K1		John Collett (?) unnamed son	Baptised on 06.06.1670
	21K2		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 25.09.1671
	21K3		Grace Collett	Baptised on 05.07.1674
	21K4		William Collett	Baptised on 06.04.1677
21J4	Richard Collett may have been born around 1651. He was a yeoman of Cuby-with-Tregony in Cornwall and on 28.11.1673 he married Margaret at Cuby-with-Tregony. The IGI for Cornwall provides the date and place of the marriage but gives the bride’s name as Mary Yeoman.
	It seems very likely that Richard had a brother John Collett (now included above) who was born in 1649 – see also discussion notes under Ref. 2L1.
	21K5		Thomas Collett	Born in 1674; died in 1730
	21K6		Henry Collett	Born in 1676
	21K7		Richard Collett	Born in 1678
21K1	JOHN COLLETT may have been the unnamed son of John and Grace Collett who was baptised at Cuby-with-Tregony on 06.06.1670, although he may have been ten years old by then. It therefore seems highly likely that, as the couple’s first born child, he was named after his father.
	John Collett junior, who may have been born as early as 1659, is known to have married Ann who was born in 1663, and it is confirmed that both of their sons were born at Ruan Lanihorne just a few miles to the south-west of Cuby-with-Tregony.
	21L1		THOMAS COLLETT	Baptised on 24.04.1692
	21L2		Richard Collett	Baptised on 11.10.1702
21K6	Henry Collett was born in 1676 and was baptised at Cuby-with-Tregony on 07.12.1676. The baptism record confirmed that his parents were Richard and Margaret Collett.
21K7	Richard Collett was very likely born at Cuby-with Tregony in 1678 and on 15.06.1698 he married Hannah Ball at Veryan. Richard died at Veryan in 1750.
	In addition to this, there were other Collett families in Veryan around this time and their details are included in Appendix A at the end of the second section of this family line
21L1	THOMAS COLLETT was born in 1692 and was baptised at Ruan Lanihorne on 24.04.1692, the son of John Collett. It was at nearby Philleigh that, on 28.02.1715, Thomas Collick of Ruan Lanihorne married Susanna Sawle of Gerrans – see notes below.
	Susanna was born in 1694 and died of apoplexy aged 71 and was buried at Philleigh on 26^th November 1765, where Thomas was buried five years earlier on 30^th September 1760. It was at Philleigh where all of their children were born and baptised.
Notes:	It would appear that two men named Thomas each married a Susanna in Philleigh within eighteen months of each other. In addition to the pairing above, there was also Thomas Chollick who was born at Veryan on 30.10.1689 who married Susanna Furse on 14.07.1716. Susanna was baptised at Feock on 16.02.1695, the daughter of John and Margery Furse. Her husband Thomas Collett is understood to have died in 1765.
	And just to complicate matters further, all of the children from both marriages were baptised at Philleigh. Therefore the children listed below could be from either coupling of Thomas and Susanna.
	21M1		Susanna Collett			Baptised on 30.07.1717
	21M2		Richard Collett			Baptised on 26.04.1719
	21M3		Ann Collett			Baptised on 05.02.1720
	21M4		Thomas Collett			Baptised on 02.02.1723
	21M5		THOMAS COLLETT			Baptised on 03.11.1724
	21M6		Elizabeth Collett			Baptised on 15.02.1726
	21M7		John Collett			Baptised on 22.08.1727
	21M8		Frances Collett			Baptised on 03.11.1729
	21M9		Zacharias Collett			Baptised on 17.08.1731
	21M10		Elizabeth Collett			Baptised on 10.02.1733
	21M11		Hugh Collett			Baptised on 21.04.1734
	21M12		Joan Collett			Baptised on 25.06.1737
	21M13		Benjamin Collett			Baptised on 25.06.1737
	21M14		Henry Collett			Baptised on 19.09.1741
21L2	Richard Collett was baptised at Ruan Lanihorne on 11.10.1702, the son of John Collett. He later married Anne Crawl at Ruan Lanihorne on 26.03.1733. And it was also at Ruan Lanihorne that their daughter was baptised although no record has so far been found for their son who was living at Ruan Lanihorne twenty years later.
	21M15		John Collett	Born circa 1734
	21M16		Anne Collett	Born circa 1734
21M1	Susanna Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.07.1717 as Susanna Cholleck, the daughter of Thomas Cholleck. She later married Samuel Ward who was born in 1715. Susanna Ward died when she was 40 and was buried at Philleigh on 20^th December 1758. Her husband survived for over forty more years, when he died in 1799.
21M2	Richard Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 26.04.1719 although his name was written as Cholick. The IGI for Cornwall also record the fact that his parents were Thomas Collick or Collett and Susanna Sawle.
	And it was at Philleigh as Richard Collett that he married Bridget Jennings by banns on 26.09.1747, and it was also while the couple were living at Philleigh that all of their children were born and baptised.
	Eight years after their wedding day, Richard’s younger brother Hugh (below) married Bridget’s sister Hannah Jennings. Richard died of the fever at Philleigh where he was buried on 24^th September 1785 aged 67.
	Richard’s wife Bridget had died nearly four years earlier and was buried at Philleigh on 26^th December 1781 aged 66. The burial record confirmed that she was the wife of Richard Collett.
	21N1		Ann Collett	Baptised on 02.10.1748
	21N2		John Collett	Baptised on 15.04.1750
	21N3		Bridget Collett	Baptised on 30.12.1753
	21N4		Thomas Collett	Baptised on 02.11.1755
	21N5		Amos Collett	Baptised on 02.11.1760
21M3	Ann Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 05.02.1720 although her name was written as Cholick. The IGI for Cornwall also record the fact that her parents were Thomas Collick or Collett and Susanna Sawle.
	It was as Ann Collett that she was married by banns to Cornelius James of Key at Philleigh on 14.06.1747.
21M4	Thomas Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 02.02.1723 as Thomas Chollick, the son of Thomas Chollick. It is very likely that he did not survived for long, since the next son born to Thomas Collett was also given the name Thomas.
21M5	THOMAS COLLETT was the son of Thomas Collett and was baptised on 03.11.1724 at Philleigh where he married Mary. And it was also at Philleigh that the couple lived and where all of their children were born and baptised.
	Thomas Collett died of ‘old age’ at Philleigh when he was 73, and was buried there on 29^th April 1796. Mary also died there, but seven years later, and was buried on 20^th March 1803 aged 82.
	21N6		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 19.10.1746
	21N7		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 12.06.1748
	21N8		Richard Collett	Baptised on 30.09.1750 at Philleigh
	21N9		Mary Collett	Baptised on 31.10.1752
	21N10		John Collett	Baptised on 25.12.1755 at Philleigh
	21N11		Thomas Collett	Baptised on 19.03.1758 at Philleigh
	21N12		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 30.03.1760
	21N13		Jenny Collett	Baptised on 14.03.1762
	21N14		John Collett	Baptised on 22.09.1763
21M6	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 15.02.1726, the daughter of Thomas Collett. Tragically she was only six years old when she died at Philleigh, where she was buried on 12^th February 1732, when she was described as the daughter of Thomas Collett and Susanna Sawle.
21M7	John Collett was the son of Thomas Collett and was baptised on 22.08.1727 at Philleigh where he later married Susanna Langdon on 21.06.1752. It was also at Philleigh that the couple’s five sons were born and where John died of an ulcerous sore throat and putrid fever in 1766. He was aged 39 and was buried at Philleigh on 28^th July 1766.
	Susanna was also born in 1727 and her sister Mary Langdon was married to John’s brother Benjamin Collett (below) at Philleigh in 1760.
	Almost nine years after his death, John’s widow Susanna was remarried to John Oates (or Oats) at Philleigh on 28.02.1775. Two years later Susanna gave birth to a daughter Susanna Oates in January 1777 who sadly died when she was just thirty months old and was buried at Philleigh on 16^th June 1779.
	Susanna herself survived until just after the turn of the century when she also died at Philleigh and was buried there on 20^th March 1800. She was aged 73 and died of consumption.
	John’s marriage to Susanna was just one of many ties between the Collett family and the Langdon family.
	21N15		Peter Collett	Born circa 1753
	21N16		Henry Collett	Baptised on 26.12.1755
	21N17		Roger Collett	Baptised on 26.12.1758
	21N18		John Collett	Born circa 1761
	21N19		BENJAMIN COLLETT	Baptised on 18.09.1763
21M8	Frances Collett was the daughter of Thomas Collett and she was baptised on 03.11.1729 at Philleigh where she later married Isaac Bohenna on 11.06.1752.
21M9	Zacharias Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 17.08.1731, the parish register confirming his parents as Thomas and Susanna Collett. It was at Philleigh on 19.04.1756 that he was married by banns to Mary Bartley from Veryan.
	Mary died of a disorder of the liver while still a resident of Philleigh and was buried there on 29^th October 1797. Her husband survived her by eighteen years and was also buried at Philleigh on 18^th March 1815 aged 84.
	21N20		Grace Bartley Collett	Baptised on 27.12.1756 at Philleigh
	21N21		Mary Collett	Baptised on 25.12.1758 at Philleigh
	21N22		Zacharias Collett	Baptised on 25.04.1761
	21N23		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 25.04.1761 at Philleigh
	21N24		Frances Collett	Baptised on 30.11.1769
	21N25		Hannibal Collett	Baptised on 13.03.1772
	21N26		William Collett	Baptised on 30.10.1774
21M10	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 10.02.1733, the daughter of Thomas and Susanna Collett. She later married Thomas Williams.
21M11	Hugh Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 21.04.1734, the son of Thomas and Susanna Collett. On 30.06.1755 he married Hannah Jennings who was the sister of Bridget Jennings who eight years earlier had married Hugh’s older brother Richard Collett (above). All four of their daughters were born and baptised at Philleigh.
	21N27		Hannah Collett	Baptised on 11.04.1757 at Philleigh
	21N28		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 15.04.1759 at Philleigh
	21N29		Bridget Collett	Baptised on 01.01.1761 at Philleigh
	21N30		Jennifer Collett	Baptised on 12.02.1764
21M12	Joan Collett was baptised on 25.06.1737 at Philleigh in a joint ceremony with her brother Benjamin (below), who may have been her twin. Five months before her twenty-first birthday she married Thomas Ward.
	The wedding took place at Philleigh on 30.01.1759 where the couple appear to have lived all the rest of their lives together and where all of their children were born. Both Joan and Thomas were noted as being of the parish of Philleigh at the time of their wedding.
	Joan Ward nee Collett died of dropsy at the age of 69 while living at Philleigh, where she was buried on 20^th June 1807.
	21N31		Samuel Ward	Baptised on 09.09.1759 at Philleigh
	21N32		Elizabeth Ward	Baptised on 15.02.1761 at Philleigh
	21N33		Susanna Ward	Baptised on 04.07.1762 at Philleigh
	21N34		Thomas Ward	Baptised on 25.12.1763 at Philleigh
	21N35		John Ward	Baptised on 01.09.1765 at Philleigh
	21N36		Jenny Ward	Baptised on 01.11.1768 at Philleigh
	21N37		James Ward	Baptised on 08.04.1771
	21N38		Rebecca Ward	Baptised on 10.01.1773
	21N39		Anne Ward	Baptised on 09.10.1775 at Philleigh
	21N40		Mary Ward	Baptised on 01.03.1778 at Philleigh
21M13	Benjamin Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 25.06.1737 in a joint ceremony with his sister Joan (above), their parents being confirmed simply as Thomas and Susanna Collett. Benjamin married Mary Langdon at Philleigh on 02.11.1760 at a time when she was already with child. Eight years earlier Benjamin’s brother John (above) had married Mary’s sister Susanna Langdon.
	All of their children were born and baptised at Philleigh, and it was also there that Benjamin died and was buried on 3^rd October 1800. The cause of death was stated as ‘water in the chest’.
	His wife Mary, being 5 years old than Benjamin, had died nine years earlier and was buried at Philleigh on 23^rd March 1791 aged 59. The cause of death was given as putrid fever.
	21N41		Theodosius Collett	Baptised on 11.05.1761 at Philleigh
	21N42		Lucretia Collett	Baptised on 05.06.1763
	21N43		James Collett	Baptised on 08.04.1765
	21N44		Michael Collett	Baptised on 24.04.1768 at Philleigh
	21N45		Anne Collett	Baptised on 30.09.1770
	21N46		Rosamund Collett	Baptised on 04.02.1774
	21N47		Rosemunda Collett	Baptised on 06.05.1781
21M14	Henry Collett was baptised on 19.09.1741 at Philleigh, the son of Thomas and Susanna Collett. It was also there that Henry was married by banns to Susanna Bohenna on 27.11.1766. Susanna was born on 01.11.1747 at Philleigh and was the daughter of Joshua Bohenna and Lucretia Langdon.
	It would appear the couple lived all their lives together at Philleigh, since it was there that all of their children were born and baptised, and it was there where Henry was buried on 30^th May 1824 aged 83. Five years later Susanna Collett nee Bohenna died at Philleigh, where she was buried with her husband on 11^th February 1829.
	21N48		William Collett	Baptised on 05.07.1767
	21N49		William Collett	Baptised on 15.05.1769
	21N50		James Collett	Baptised on 08.03.1771
	21N51		Hugh Collett	Baptised on 23.05.1773
	21N52		John Bohenna Collett	Baptised on 30.01.1775
	21N53		Peter Collett	Baptised on 31.03.1777
21M15	John Collett was most likely born at Ruan Lanihorne around the end of 1733 or the beginning of 1734, following the marriage of his parents Richard Collett and Anne Crawl in the March of 1733. This is based on the fact that his younger sister Anne Collett (below) was baptised at Ruan Lanihorne at the start of 1735.
	It was around 1755 that he married (1) Susanna and their son was born towards the end of that year at Ruan Lanihorne, where he was baptised. Many years later, and following the death of his wife Susanna, John married (2) Mary who was twenty-seven years younger that John.
	John Collett died on 09.07.1810 at the age of 77 and was buried with his wife Mary in the churchyard of St Philleigh Church in the village of Philleigh. The headstone also included the details of the passing of Mary Collett which took place on 28.01.1802 when she was 41 years of age. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	21N54		Henry Collett	Baptised on 26.12.1755
21M16	Anne Collett was most very born at Ruan Lanihorne, where she was baptised on 18.01.1735, the daughter of Richard and Anne Collett. Anne was twenty-six years of age when she married Richard Staple at Mylor on 11^th June 1761. Once they were married the couple settled in Mylor, where all of their children were born and baptised.
	The children for whom a baptism record has been found were Rebecca Staples who was baptised on 25^th July 1762 who married James Williams at Mylor on 13^th December 1788, Philippa Staple baptised on 16^th September 1764 who died on 7^th February 1765, Eleanor Staple baptised on 24^th November 1765, Philippa Staple baptised on 3^rd August 1767, Ann Staple baptised on 9^th September 1768 who died on 16^th August 1769, Richard Staple baptised 23^rd October 1769, and John Staple who was baptised on 10^th October 1773 who died at Mylor on 30^th April 1777.
21N1	Ann Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 02.10.1748 and it was there that she was married to Thomas Dowerick on 12.02.1771. Following the wedding the couple left Philleigh and settled in Veryan.
	It may be of interest to note that there are other possible spellings of the surname Dowerick within this family line, and all or some of them may relate to the same family. The variations are Dowerack, Dowrack, Dowrick, and Downick.
	Although not yet located in within this family, nearly seventy years earlier a base-born child was baptised at Veryan the unmarried parents of which were Elizabeth Collett and William Dowrack (Dowerack). The child in question was William who was baptised on 25.12.1704. There is a chance that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Collett (Ref. 21K2) but this has not been verified.
21N2	John Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 15.04.1750 the son of Richard and Bridget Collett. It has not yet been proved, but it seems very likely that he married Rachel Plummer at Ruan Lanihorne, just a short distance from Philleigh, on 25.11.1779.
	It would appear from burial record at Ruan Lanihorne where he was buried on 24^th September 1823 that he was aged 71 and was living at Cornelly at the time of his death. Just over three years later his son John junior died at Cornelly and was buried at Ruan Lanihorne on 14^th November 1826 aged 36.
	His wife Rachel also died at Cornelly at the age of 84 and was also buried at Ruan Lanihorne nearly seven years after her husband on 3^rd January 1830.
	21O1		John Collett	Born in 1790
21N3	Bridget Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.12.1753 and sadly only survived for a few months and was buried at Philleigh on 17^th April 1754. The burial record confirmed her parents as Richard and Bridget Collett.
21N4	Thomas Collett was baptised on 02.11.1755 at Philleigh and he married (1) Elizabeth Bray at Egloshayle near Wadebridge on 26.06.1774. At that time Thomas was living at St Breock near Wadebridge on the north Cornish coast.
	It is not known if this marriage produced any children for the couple, but it would appear that Elizabeth died during the first decade of their married life together.
	Thomas Collett later married (2) Elizabeth Tonkin at Feock on 15.12.1785 with whom he had six children and all of them baptised at Veryan. The first son was named after Thomas’ father.
	21O2		Richard Collett	Baptised on 12.03.1788 at Veryan
	21O3		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 12.03.1790
	21O4		Thomas Collett	Baptised on 14.06.1791 at Veryan
	21O5		Joseph Collett	Baptised on 01.10.1794 at Veryan
	21O6		Mary Collett	Baptised on 14.06.1796 at Veryan
	21O7		Martha Collett	Baptised on 26.12.1798 at Veryan
21N5	Amos Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 02.11.1760. He married Elizabeth Oates by banns at Gerrans on 22.04.1783. The witnesses at the ceremony were Thomas Collett, Amos’ older brother, and Richard Sillwood. Elizabeth Oates was very likely the niece of John Oates who married the widow Susanna Collett nee Langdon in 1775 (Ref. 21M7).
	It would appear that Amos and Elizabeth lived the majority of the life at Gerrans where all but two of their children were born and baptised. Only son Amos and daughter Mary were baptised at Philleigh.
	Amos was a witness at the wedding of his daughter Catherine on 04.01.1810 when she marriage her cousin ‘one step removed’ Roger Collett the son of the late Peter Collett (below).
	21O8		Bridget Collett	Baptised on 23.03.1784
	21O9		Catherine Collett	Baptised on 11.03.1786
	21O10		Betsy Collett	Baptised on 28.12.1786
	21O11		Amos Collett	Baptised on 29.06.1789
	21O12		Asenath Oates Collett	Baptised on 26.04.1791 at Gerrans
	21O13		Nancy Collett	Baptised on 22.04.1793
	21O14		Margery Collett	Baptised on 28.12.1795 at Gerrans
	21O15		Philip Collett	Born in 1797
	21O16		Mary Collett	Baptised on 12.08.1799
	21O17		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 16.08.1801 at Gerrans
	21O18		Philippa Collett	Baptised on 11.10.1804
	21O19		William Oates Collett	Baptised on 18.10.1807 at Gerrans
21N6	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 19.10.1746 where she married by banns Thomas Williams of Truro on 01.01.1769.
21N7	Susanna Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 12.06.1748 but she only survived for just over six years and was buried at Philleigh on 23^rd November 1754.
21N9	Mary Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 31.10.1752 where she also died and was buried on 28^th May 1769 aged 17. The burial record confirmed that she was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Collett. The cause of death was given as ‘fever of worms’ from which other children also died around this same time.
21N12	Susanna Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.03.1760 and it was there on 23.12.1783 that she married labourer John Parkin of Ruan Lanihorne.
21N13	Jenny Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 14.03.1762 and died within a few months and was buried at Philleigh on 6^th July 1762. The burial record confirmed her parents as Thomas and Mary Collett.
21N14	John Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 22.09.1763 and was the son of Thomas and Mary. It was at Philleigh that he married the widow Mary Bohenna on 25.04.1796. The parish record at the time of his marriage gave John’s occupation as being a farmer.
	Mary was formerly Mary Ward and it was on 08.10.1791 at Philleigh that she had married Thomas Bohenna who was a weaver. Exactly three years later Thomas Bohenna died of consumption on 12^th October 1794 aged 26.
	Thomas who was born in 1768 was very likely a nephew of Susanna Bohenna who had married Henry Collett (Ref. 21M14) in 1766.
	It seems also seems likely that John and Mary only had the one child that was born at Philleigh, before Mary died there and was buried there on 10^th January 1802. The cause of death was consumption.
	21O20		Mary Collett	Baptised on 25.06.1797 at Philleigh
21N15	Peter Collett was born around 1751 and was the son of John and Susanna Collett of Philleigh. At round 30 years of age he married Asenath Bohenna on 06.02.1781 at Philleigh. At the time of their wedding Peter’s occupation was recorded as being that of a labourer.
	This was the third link between the Collett family and the Bohenna family. Peter’s and Asenath’s two known sons were baptised at Philleigh.
	Peter served as a parish clerk at Philleigh during the three years prior to his early death in December 1785. And it was there that he was buried on 12^th December 1785 aged 35. The cause of death was given on the burial record as rheumatism.
	Like his brother John (above) the only other reference so far found relating to Peter is through the Will of his brother Henry Collett (below).
	By the time of the death of Henry in 1809 Peter had already passed away since the Will referred to nephews Roger and James as ‘the sons of my late brother Peter Collett deceased’.
	A lease document dated 8^th April 1844 for a property at Polglaze (see Peter’s brother Henry below) referred to previous occupiers as the late Peter Collett, then Asenath Collett his widow. This property, together with a tenement at Churchtown (within the parish of Philleigh) was occupied by Peter’s son James Bohenna Collett up until his death and by his widow thereafter until her death.
	21O21		Roger Collett	Baptised on 17.03.1782
	21O22		James Bohenna Collett	Baptised on 02.02.1784
21N16	Henry Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 26.12.1755. New information recently discovered may provide a clue to the fact that Henry could have married Elizabeth Withiell at Philleigh on 16.08.1792. The only additional detail in the parish register stated that Henry was a farmer and this would correspond to Henry being “a yeoman of Philleigh”.
	Henry would have been thirty-seven at the time of the marriage and, if Elizabeth was a similar age, this may then account for why the marriage appears not to have provided the couple with any children. This assumption has been deduced from Henry’s Will, as no children are mentioned.
	Seventeen years after he was married Henry died from consumption and was buried at Philleigh on 8^th December 1809.
	His Will has been helpful in providing a better picture of parts of his extended family. Firstly it refers to his wife, although unfortunately not by her name. It then makes reference to a surviving brother John and a deceased brother Peter and his two sons, these three gentlemen being the main beneficiaries with each having an equal share in Henry’s estate.
	There was also a mention of Henry’s mother Susanna and his stepfather John Oats to whom she was married in February 1775 after Henry’s father died in 1766. The Will stipulated that John Oats should receive five pounds after the death of Henry’s wife and for this to be taken out of the estate.
	The Will indicated that, at the time of writing the document, Henry owned three dwellings in White Lane at Polglaze in the parish of Philleigh, in one of which he lived with his wife. The other two dwellings were rented to James Barnicoat and Richard Richards.
	James Barnicoat was the husband of Henry’s cousin Anne Collett (Ref. 21N45).
	The witnesses to the signing of the Henry’s Will were Hannibal Collett and William Collett who were also his cousins – see Ref. 21N25 and 21N26.
	Henry’s younger brother Roger (below) had already died by the time Henry made his Will although the absence of any reference to his youngest brother Benjamin (below) thirty years later is slightly curious.
	Furthermore the lack of any direct heirs in the Will may indicate that Henry and his wife had no children or that they had died before reaching adulthood.
	At an earlier time on 2^nd February 1789 Henry Collett a yeoman of Philleigh entered into a lease with Peter Calmel of Park Place, St James in Westminster for a dwelling house with stable and hog-sty in White Lane in Polglaze which was formerly occupied by the late John Langdon.
	A later lease document dated 11^th July 1793 made reference to the newly built houses and fields of Henry Collett within the Barton of Trelonk near Philleigh, in addition to listing other property at Polglaze and Churchtown tenement, both within the parish of Philleigh.
21N17	Roger Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 26.12.1758. At the age of twenty-two Roger was taken ill with consumption from which he died and was buried at Philleigh on 23^rd September 1780.
21N18	John Collett was born around 1761 and was the son of John and Susanna Collett of Philleigh. His existence in this family has initially been confirmed by reference to him in the Will of his younger brother Henry (below) who died in 1809.
	In the Will he was bequeathed an equal share of Henry’s estate with Henry’s two nephews, the sons of another brother Peter Collett (below).
	At the start of the following year on 04.01.1810 John was one of the witnesses at the Gerrans wedding of his brother Peter’s son Roger Collett to Catherine Collett the daughter of Amos Collett and Elizabeth Oates.
	No further information on John has so far been found.
21N19	BENJAMIN COLLETT was born at Philleigh in 1763. He married Thomasina Hill on 19.02.1792 at St Winnow in Cornwall. At sometime between the start of the new century and 1825 the family moved from St Winnow to Lostwithiel.
	And it was at Lostwithiel where Thomasina died and was buried on 27^th May 1825 aged 66. Benjamin lived the next sixteen years as a widower before he also died at Lostwithiel where he was buried on 16^th April 1841 aged 77.
	21O23		Mary Hill Collett	Born in 1792
	21O24		Eliza Collett	Born in 1794
	21O25		THOMAS COLLETT	Born in 1797
	21O26		Susanna Collett	Born in 1799
21N22	Zacharias Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 25.04.1761. Very little is known about whether he was ever married or not, but it is known that in his old age he was living at Tresillian and that he was buried at Merther on 4^th April 1837 aged 77.
	However, it seems very likely that he did marry and that he followed family tradition by naming one of his sons Zacharias who may have been born around 1790. The only reason so far for suggesting this is that a Zacharias Collett was married to Mary and in 1820 and 1816 they were living at Tresillian Bridge in Merther.
	21O27		Zacharias Collett	Born circa 1790
	21O28		John Collett	Born circa 1792
21N24	Frances Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.11.1769. She was nearly thirty-three years old when she married James Sye at Philleigh on 31.07.1802.
21N25	Hannibal Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 13.03.1772. He was a shoemaker and married Ann Harris on 25.03.1799 at Philleigh where all their children were later baptised.
	Ann was originally believed to have died in 1818 at Philleigh where she was buried on 21^st April 1818. However, the recent discovery of an old headstone in the churchyard of St Philleigh Church proves this was not the case, and that this Ann Collett was a different individual altogether.
	The inscription on the single headstone of the joint grave reads as follows: “In memory of Hannibal Collett who died 20^th February 1853 aged 81. Also Ann wife of the above died 5^th May 1866 aged 93”. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	21O29		Mary Collett	Baptised on 09.02.1800 at Philleigh
	21O30		Betsy Collett	Baptised on 01.11.1801
	21O31		Nancy Collett	Baptised on 26.06.1803
	21O32		Joanna Collett	Baptised on 14.04.1805
	21O33		Alexander Harris Collett	Baptised on 27.07.1806
	21O34		Hannibal Collett	Baptised on 11.05.1808
	21O35		Alexander Collett	Baptised on 10.12.1809
	21O36		Joanna Collett	Baptised on 01.11.1812
	21O37		William Collett	Baptised on 17.09.1815
21N26	William Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.10.1774. He was a shoemaker and he married Ann Davey at Philleigh on 11.02.1804. Their first child was baptised at Philleigh in a joint ceremony with Joanna Collett, the daughter of William’s brother Hannibal (above).
	All of William’s and Ann’s other children were also baptised at Philleigh. Sometime between 1841 and 1851 Ann passed away leaving William a widower as confirmed in the census of 1851 in which he was also confirmed as having been born at Philleigh. He was 76 at the time and was listed as a master shoemaker and journeyman while living in Philleigh.
	Also living with him was his married son John aged 41 and his family.
	21O38		Mary Collett	Baptised on 14.04.1805 at Philleigh
	21O39		Robert Davey Collett	Baptised on 29.03.1807
	21O40		John Collett	Baptised on 21.05.1809
	21O41		Fanny Collett	Baptised on 01.03.1812
	21O42		William Collett	Baptised on 24.11.1816
21N30	Jennifer Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 12.02.1764. It seems very likely that she may have married late in her life, as a Jennifer Collett married Robert Ward at St Just in Roseland on 09.11.1800. Jennifer’s aunt Joan Collett (Ref. 21M12) had married a Thomas Ward in 1759.
21N37	James Ward was baptised at Philleigh on 08.04.1771 and it was there that he married Elizabeth Johns on 28.10.1802. It was also at Philleigh that all of their children were born. This is the first time the surname Johns has appeared in this family line, but it may be of interest that many more followed and were linked with the Collett family on numerous occasions, both as a forename and a surname.
	21O43		Edward John Ward	Baptised on 25.09.1803 at Philleigh
	21O44		James Ward	Baptised on 10.03.1805 at Philleigh
	21O45		Elizabeth Ward	Baptised on 23.11.1806
21N38	Rebecca Ward was baptised at Philleigh on 10.01.1773. It would seem that she never married and died in 1851.
21N42	Lucretia Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 05.06.1763 where, on 26.04.1789, she married John Langdon of St Michael Penkevil. See Ref. 21M7 and 21M13 for earlier links between the two families.
	It is also very likely that John Langdon was the son of the late John Langdon who was referred to as such in the lease agreement of February 1789 relating to property at White Lane in Polglaze in the parish of Philleigh occupied by Henry Collett (Ref. 21N16) who was Lucretia’s cousin once removed.
21N43	James Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 08.04.1765. Just before his fourth birthday he was taken ill and died and was buried at Philleigh on 23^rd March 1769. The burial record confirmed his parents were Benjamin and Mary Collett and that he died of fever of the worms.
21N45	Anne Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.09.1770 and it was there that she married carpenter James Barnicoat of Cuby-with-Tregony on 28.05.1791.
	In 1809 at the time of the death of Henry Collett (Ref. 21N16) James and Anne were living in a dwelling in White Lane in the parish of Philleigh. This property was part of the estate of Henry Collett in whose Will James Barnicoat was named as a tenanted.
21N46	Rosamund Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 04.02.1774. She survived for less than three months and was buried at Philleigh on 24^th April 1774. The burial record listed her as Rosamonda Collett the daughter of Benjamin and Mary.
21N47	Rosemunda Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 06.05.1781. At the age of five years she died and was buried at Philleigh on 17^th October 1781. The burial record confirmed her parents Benjamin and Mary.
21N48	William Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 05.07.1767, the eldest child of Henry Collett and Susanna Bohenna. Sadly he only survived for a few days, since he was buried at Philleigh on 10^th July 1767.
21N49	William Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 15.05.1769, and was the second child of Henry Collett and Susanna Bohenna. It was also at Philleigh that William later married Susanna Yelland on 09.07.1796. At the time of his wedding he was working as a labourer.
21N50	James Collett was baptised on 08.03.1771 at Philleigh where he was buried on 15^th August 1788 at the age of 17. The burial record confirmed he was the son of Henry and Susanna Collett and that he died from consumption.
21N51	Hugh Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 23.05.1773. Towards the end of 1796 Hugh had a premarital relationship with Rebecca Mills who ended up being with child. As a result, Hugh and Rebecca were married on 02.01.1797 at Gorran near Mevagissey. Rebecca was the daughter of Roberts Mills and Elizabeth Cock and was born at St Ewe where she was baptised on 21.02.1775.
	After just over four months into their married life together Rebecca presented her husband with a son who was baptised at Philleigh, as were all of their subsequent children. Hugh’s occupation was that of a blacksmith, a trade that was handed down through many generations of this family.
	Sometime during 1808 and 1809 Hugh and Rebecca and their family moved from Philleigh and returned to the village where they were married. And it was at Gorran where their last two children were born, even though they were still baptised at Philleigh.
	It seems likely that the family was affected by an illness in 1837, and as a result Hugh’s and Rebecca’s two youngest children died. First Grace died on 5^th May and was followed by Joshua on 17^th June. Both were buried in the same grave at St Philleigh Church where a single headstone marks the grave. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	By the time of the first national census on 6^th June 1841, Hugh Collett was recorded as a blacksmith of 67 in the village of St Michael Penkevil, just across the water from Philleigh where his wife Rebecca was still living with a rounded aged of 65. Rebecca Collett died at Philleigh during May 1845 and was buried there on 19^th May 1845 at the age of 72, and was followed by her husband who died at Treworthal on 09.06.1845. Two days later on 11^th June 1845 Hugh Collett was buried at Philleigh with his wife.
	The fact that Hugh Collett of Philleigh was in St Michael Penkevil in 1841 and Treworthal in 1845, probably indicates that it was his occupation as a blacksmith that required him to travel around that part of Cornwall to obtain work.
	21O46		Peter Collett	Baptised on 21.05.1797
	21O47		James Collett	Baptised on 06.11.1798
	21O48		Rebecca Collett	Baptised on 02.11.1800
	21O49		Francis Cock Collett	Baptised on 29.05.1803
	21O50		Hugh Collett	Baptised on 08.12.1805
	21O51		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 01.11.1807
	21O52		Grace Collett	Born circa 1810
	21O53		Grace Collett	Baptised on 10.01.1813
	21O54		Joshua Collett	Baptised on 29.03.1818
21N52	John Bohenna Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 30.01.1775. He married Mary Odgers who was born at Gerrans in 1770. Their wedding took place at Gorran on 03.03.1807, and it was at Gorran that they settled and where their children were born.
	Mary was actually the widow of Jacob Whetter whom she had married in 1796 at Gerrans. Jacob was born at Gorran on 28.09.1771 but died there in October 1805.
	There were two witnesses at the marriage of John and Mary in 1807, one being his younger brother Peter Collett (below). The other witness and named first in the register may have been attached to the church but it was John Oates, the second husband of Susanna Collett and therefore the brother-in-law of John Bohenna Collett’s own father Henry who was still alive at that time.
	John Bohenna Collett died in 1846.
	21O55		William Odgers Collett	Born on 06.07.1810
	21O56		Mary Odgers Collett	Born in 1812
	21O57		Margery Odgers Collett	Born in 1815
21N53	Peter Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 31.03.1777. The only later reference that has so far been found for Peter is that he was very likely the Peter Collett who was one of the witnesses at the 1807 wedding of his older brother John Bohenna Collett (above).
21O1	John Collett was born around 1790 and this may have taken place at Ruan Lanihorne or Cornelly where he later lived with his parents John and Rachel Collett. All three of them died while living at Cornelly and all three were buried at Ruan Lanihorne
	John junior was buried on 14^th November 1826 aged 36, following his father who was buried in 1823 but before his mother, who died just over three years after.
21O3	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Veryan on 12.03.1790. She was the daughter of Thomas Collett and Elizabeth Tonkin, but tragically she died just a month later and was buried at Thomas’ home village of Philleigh on 21^st April 1790.
21O8	Bridget Collett was born at Gerrans around 1790 where she was married by banns to William Dingle of Philleigh on 11.04.1809. The witnesses at the ceremony were her father Amos Collett and her sister Betsey James nee Collett (above).
21O9	Catherine Collett was baptised at Gerrans on 11.03.1786 where, on 04.01.1810, she married her cousin Roger Collett of Philleigh - see Ref. 21O21 below.
21O10	Betsy Collett was born at Gerrans in 1786 and was baptised there on 28.12.1876. And it was at Gerrans that Betsey (sic) married Henry John James of Philleigh by banns on 11.07.1808.
	The witnesses at the ceremony were Betsey’s father Amos Collett and Richard Sillwood who must have been a lifelong friend of Amos Collett since he was also the witness at his own wedding.
21O11	Amos Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 29.06.1789 and was the oldest son of Amos and Elizabeth Collett of Gerrans and was one of only two of their twelve children baptised at Philleigh.
	It would appear that he may have been married twice, but this has not been determined. However, it is known that at the age of forty-five he married Elizabeth Lamerton at Philleigh on 24.02.1834.
	The couple’s first three children were born at Philleigh where Amos worked as a boatman. By 1838 Amos and his young family had moved and were then living at Treworthal within the parish of Philleigh.
	The first census of 1841 listed the family at Treworthal as Amos aged 50 and Elizabeth aged 35, his daughters Elizabeth aged 7 and Catherine who was not yet one year old, and his son Charles aged 3. From this it is apparent that the couple’s first born son Charles had died as an infant.
	Although Amos and Elizabeth were living at Treworthal at the time of the birth of their fourth and fifth child, both of the children’s baptism records confirmed they were baptised at the parish church in Philleigh. The birth and baptism of Elizabeth Ann also indicated that their first born child Elizabeth also died very young.
	The Treworthal census in 1851 listed Amos as being aged 62 and of Gerrans who was working at a farmer and a boatman. His wife Elizabeth was aged 46 and had been born in St Just and she was recorded as being a shopkeeper. All of their children by this time had died through illness.
	By the time of the 1861 Census, Amos and Elizabeth were both aged in error as being 71 years old. The couple were living at Gerrans and Elizabeth was more likely to be around 56 from earlier records.
	Just over two years later, and upon his death on 25.12.1863 at the age of seventy-four, Amos Collett was buried in the churchyard of St Philleigh Church. He was followed eight years later by his wife Elizabeth who died on 18.05.1871 aged 66, who was buried with her husband at St Philleigh.
	A single headstone in churchyard carries the names of both Amos and Elizabeth, and in addition to which there is a reference to their five children who died in their infancy, although not by name. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	21P1	Elizabeth Collett			Baptised on 15.05.1834
	21P2	Charles Collett			Baptised on 03.09.1836
	21P3	Charles Collett			Baptised on 03.06.1838
	21P4	Catherine Collett			Born in 1840
	21P5	Elizabeth Ann Collett			Baptised on 13.08.1843
21O13	Nancy Collett was baptised at Gerrans on 22.04.1793. She married very late in her life when she wed widower Thomas Ball at Gerrans on 19.12.1840. Thomas of Trewithian was the son of George Ball and both father and son were employed as carpenters. Nancy was recorded as being of Treleggan and her father was confirmed as the farmer Amos Collett and his wife Elizabeth.
	It would appear that Nancy and Thomas were only together for less than ten years, since on 04.12.1851 widower Thomas Ball was married for a third time to Ann Billing Collett (Ref. 21P56). The wedding took place at Philleigh and Ann was Nancy’s niece two-times removed.
21O15	Philip Collett was born in 1797 at Gerrans. By the time of the 1841 census his rounded age was stated as being 45, although in reality it would have been 43. At that time Philip was living in the Bodmin, St Austell & Truro registration district.
21O16	Mary Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 12.08.1799 and it was there that she married Samuel Thomas of Treworlas on 05.08.1824. The parish register stated that her place of residence was Treworthal in the parish of Philleigh, which was where it is known that her brother Amos Collett also lived.
21O18	Philippa Collett was baptised at Gerrans on 11.10.1804. She later married Amos Escott at Philleigh on 22.10.1832, with whom she had at least five of children.
	Amos Escott was a shoemaker who was born at Philleigh around 1808. In the census of 1841 he was 30 years old, while his wife Philippa was 35 (both rounded ages). Living with the couple at Philleigh was their first five children, they being William 8, Amos 7, James 5, Elizabeth 3, and Asenath who was one year old.
	Further children may have been added to the family after June 1841, but what happened exactly is not known. It may even have been that Philippa died giving birth to the couple’s next child.
	However, by 1851 Amos Escott 42, was living in Treworthal with his second wife Johanna Escott 39 from Gorran, and children Phyllis Escott 11, and John Escott who was 8, both children born at Philleigh.
	One of Philippa’s sons, James Escott was 15 in 1851 and was living in the Redruth & Illogan area of Cornwall, with what looks like his younger sister Elizabeth who was listed as Biddy Escott. What is known for sure, is that James eventually emigrated to New Zealand, but finally settled in Australia. Today this line extends to Ros Escott of Australia who is the great granddaughter of James Escott.
	Ros is also connected to the Collett family via Ann Collett who was her 4x great grandmother who married Thomas Dowerick at Philleigh in 1771, whose descendents also married into the Escott family.
21O21	Roger Collett was baptised at Philleigh on 17.03.1782 and before he reached his fourth birthday his father Peter Collett had died. Roger married his cousin Catherine Collett at Gerrans on 04.01.1810 by banns. Roger was described as being a bachelor of Philleigh, while Catherine was recorded as being of the parish of Gerrans - see Ref. 21O9 above.
	It was at Gerrans that Catherine was baptised on 11.03.1786. She was the daughter of Amos Collett and Elizabeth Oates and her father was one of the witnesses at her wedding, together with his Roger’s uncle John Collett who was very likely representing his late father Peter Collett.
	During the year prior to their wedding Roger had been a beneficiary under the terms of the Will of another of his father’s brother, Henry Collett who had no children of his own.
	At the time of the first national census for Philleigh, Roger’s rounded age was given as 55, as was that of his wife Catherine. Ten years later the census of 1851 gave a more accurate record of Roger’s age, that being 69, while Catherine was 66.
	In 1851 the couple were living at White Lane in the parish of Philleigh where Roger was a shopkeeper selling tea, tobacco, and fruit. His place of birth was given as Philleigh, while Catherine’s was Gerrans.
	Catherine must have died during the 1850s as she was not listed in the census of 1861 with Roger who was 78. It has not been determined whether or not they had any children and it would appear that Roger died before 1871 as he was not listed in that year’s census record.
21O22	James Bohenna Collett was born at Philleigh where he was baptised on 02.02.1784. His second name came from his mother’s maiden name and the strong links between the two families. Just as his brother Roger (above) had, James also benefited from the Will of his uncle Henry Collett who died in 1809.
	He married Elizabeth Olivey at Gerrans on 04.01.1821. The witnesses at the ceremony in the parish church were William and Richard Olivey, and groom James was confirmed as a bachelor of Philleigh.
	At the time of the birth of James’ first child at Philleigh he was recorded as being a farmer. And it was at Philleigh that all of the couple’s following children were also baptised.
	In census of 1841 the couple’s rounded ages were given as 55 for James and 50 for Elizabeth. James died before 08.04.1844 (see below) and by 1851 Elizabeth was a widow aged 61 living in the St Just & Truro registration area and ten years later in 1861 she was 71 years old. However, she too must have passed away shortly after that time.
	Following the death of her husband Elizabeth Collett of Philleigh, a widow, took out a fourteen year lease on a tenement property in Churchtown (in the parish of Philleigh) for a rent of £96. This was leased from Sir Charles Lemon of Carclew, the property previously leased to her husband prior to his death.
	21P6		Lucretia Bohenna Collett	Baptised on 04.11.1821 at Philleigh
	21P7		Catherine Collett	Baptised on 06.03.1823
	21P8		Susanna Collett	Baptised on 05.09.1824
	21P9		Grace Olivey Collett	Baptised on 28.01.1827
	21P10		Peter Collett	Baptised on 28.01.1831 at Philleigh
21O23	Mary Hill Collett was born at St Winnow in the latter part of 1792 or very early in the following year, since she was baptised at St Winnow on 27.01.1793.
21O24	Eliza Collett was born at St Winnow in late 1794 or early 1795 where she was baptised as Eliza Collett on 08.03.1795. It would appear that she never married and at the age of 44 she died and was buried with her mother at Lostwithiel on 3^rd April 1839. The burial record registered her name as Eliza Collett.
21O25	THOMAS COLLETT was born in 1797 at St Winnow and was baptised there on 02.04.1797. He became the Reverend Thomas Collett and in 1825 married Frances Knighton at Dawlish in Devon where all three of their children were born.
	By 1851 the children of Thomas and Frances had left the family home and had made their way to London. The census that year on 30^th March placed Thomas and Frances as still living in Dawlish where Thomas was aged 54 and his wife 58. Ten years later they were still there then aged 64 and 69 respectively.
	And it was at Dawlish seven years later that Thomas died in 1868, followed by Frances the year after.
	21P11		Mollison Henry Collett	Born in 1827
	21P12		CHARLES BENJAMIN COLLETT	Born in 1829
	21P13		Emily Ellen Collett	Born in 1831
21O26	Susanna Collett was born at St Winnow in 1799 and it was there that she was baptised on 26.08.1799. A little while after she was born her family to Lostwithiel. It was while at Lostwithiel that she gave birth to a base-born son William Collett Furze. The child was baptised at Lostwithiel on 06.07.1824 and on the following day Susannah married the boy’s father William Furze.
21O27	Zacharias Collett was born probably around 1790 and possibly at Merther where his daughter Mary Ann was baptised on 13.02.1820. The parish baptism record stated that Zacharias’ occupation was that of a labourer and that his wife was Mary.
	Zacharias’ wife Mary died at the age of 75 and was buried at Merther on 30^th October 1850 ten years after her daughter Mary Ann was buried there.
	21P14		John Collett	Born in 1816
	21P15		Mary Ann Collett	Born in 1820
21O28	John Collett was possibly born at 1792 and this may have taken place at Merther although no records have so far been found to confirm this. What is known is that at the marriage of John Collett junior and Catherine Hoskin at St Allen in 1849 the groom’s father was recorded as labourer John Collett.
	It is therefore possibly that John initially married (1) Sally Hoskin, the wedding taking place at Falmouth on 17.07.1811. No children have been found from this marriage and so there is a chance that Sally died soon after they were married.
	John Collett later married (2) Jennifer Thomas at Ruan Lanihorne on 02.03.1820 with whom he had at least five children. The baptisms of their children were conducted at the church in Merther although the last three children were born while the family was living at St Erme and Tresillian.
	On the occasion of the baptism of two of his children John was listed as a labourer, whilst for the third he was described as a husbandman. In census in June 1841 John had a rounded age of 50, while Jennifer was 45, and listed with them was their daughter Betsy aged 15 (rather than 17), and sons John 15, James who was five, and Charles who was three years old.

John’s estimate date of birth has been calculated from the fact that he died in 1864 and was buried in the churchyard at Merther on 28^th August 1864 aged 73. His burial record suggested that he was living at St Erme at the time of his death.

John’s wife Jennifer died at Tresillian fourteen years later at the age of 87 and, like many other members of the family, she was also buried at the Church of St Coan at Merther on 7^th June 1878. All that remains of the church today is a derelict ruin covered by ivy and other vegetation.