1. Selina Northcote bpt 18 Jun 1837 St Mewan
2. Mary Jane Northcote bpt 25 Dec 1839 St Mewan
3. Thomas Northcote bpt 10 Jul 1842 St Mewan
4. Ellen Northcote bpt 13 Apr 1845 St Mewan
5. Anna / Hannah Northcote bpt 19 Apr 1846 St Mewan
6. Rachel Northcote bpt 22 May 1853 St Mewan who married John Trevan on 21 Jan 1871 at Stoke Damerel
7. Loveday Emma Northcote bpt 20 Jan 1853 St Mewan
8. Caroline Northcote bpt 26 Apr 1853 St Mewan
9. John Northcote bpt 28 Oct 1855 St Mewan

Brief Description

She was baptised on 10 Jan 1819 at St. Mewan, Cornwall, daughter of William and Jennifer Werrey nee Daw who had been married also at St Mewan on Boxing Day 1812.

He was described as a yeoman. They had at least 9 children born and baptised in the parish.

Their daughter Rachel married into the Trevan family. Rachel's great-granddaughter Alice Trevan has provided some family information for this branch and has photographs of many of Thomas and Loveday's children.

Notes:

1. Until 1846 the children appear to have been baptised as infants. Then there was a gap and 3 children were baptised in 1853. Does this mean the family left the parish and returned in 1853? Or that there was a new vicar who they didn't get on with and waited until he was replaced? Did they go methodist for a while? 1851 census would be very useful place to look to answer the question of where they lived.
2. Thomas senior has died before the 1871 census
3. I could not find the following children in the 1881 census and a first name, year and place of birth search, so presumably they had died or left the county.
   • Selina
   • Thomas (Note: FreeBMD has a Thomas Northcott marrying in the St Austell registration district in 3Q1874
   • Anna
4. Using the year of baptism and place of birth the other children have potentially been found from the 1881 cenus - however these marriages are assumptions which need to be confirmed by locating either the marriage record in the church records (research at Truro Record Office) or from the Civil Registration Index (research at Myddelton St, London)
   • Mary Jane - 3 possible entries, of which the most promising looks to be Robert Moses, a miner. She is at home age 43 in Sticker, St Mewan with 2 children in 1881 census
   • Emma is single and recorded in the 1871 census as a servant. Note there is also an Emma Northcote of St Austell. By the 1881 census it appears she is married to David Osborne

Mary Jane Moses nee Northcote (c1839- after 1881)

Her most likely family is
Husband: Robert Moses (c1836/7-)
Their known children:

1. Elizabeth Mary Moses (c1860/1-) born at St Mewan who became a tailoress
2. Thomas Moses (c1862/3-) born at St Mewan
3. Robert Moses (c1864/5-) born at St Mewan who became a tailor

Ellen Lord nee Northcote (c1845- after 1896)

At the time of the 1871 census Ellen was in service to Dr Matthews in St Austell as a housemaid. Another servant was Joshua Th Lord, a groom. His full name is Joshua Thomas Harris Lord, baptised 16 Feb 1851 at Mevagissey, son of Joshua Lord and Jane Williams Harris, who married on 25 Mar 1850 also at Mevagissey.

By the time of the 1881 census she had married and moved to the South Hams area of Devon, but her husband was not living with the family on the night of the census. Presumably she married Joshua, since on the census night he is shown as one of the many servants in the household of the Samuelson family. Mr Samuelson was absent but was a Member of Parliament. His wife, 2 daughters and 1 son were at home with 2 visitors (Gertrude York Wright age 17 from Canada and Commander Arthur Stephen Philpotts R.N.). 11 servants were living in that night at the Samuelson residence at Lupton House, Brixham, Devon.

Her known children:

1. William Thomas Harris Lord (c1873/4-) born in St Austell, baptised 4 Jan 1874 at St Austell
2. Joshua T T Lord (c1877/8-) born in St Austell

Loveday Emma Osborne? nee Northcote (c1851/2 - after 1881)

Emma was single and recorded in the 1871 census as a servant. Note there is also an Emma Northcote of St Austell. By the 1881 census it appears she is married to David Osborne.

Their known child:

1. Male infant (not named in the 1881 census) born Feb / Mar 1881

Caroline Northcote (c1853 - after 1881)

She was still living at home at the time of the 1871 census when she was shown as a 17 year old tailoress, suggesting that she was born in 1853. 10 years later she was living with her married sister Rachel and family at Carvath. On the back of a photo in an album passed down through this branch of the family there is the name 'Carrie'.

John Northcote (1855 - after 1881)

He was still living at home at the time of the 1871 census when he was shown as a 15 year old caprenters apprentice. At the time of the 1881 census he was living at Sparnon Moor with his wife Elizabeth J Northcott and child.

1. Albert Thomas Northcott (c1878/9-) born in St Austell

Links to Sources of Information

Parish Register and Other Church Information

1. Thomas Northcott was described as "Yeoman of Sheviock".
2. The baptism records for all of their children were found at St Mewan.
3. The birth certificate for Samuel Trevan gives
   • the address of "When and where born" as 10th December 1889, Broad Lane, Roche, RSC
   • "signature, description and residence of informant" as Emma Trevan, mother, Carvath, St Austell
   But there is no known Emma Trevan living in Cornwall. However Rachel had a sister called Emma, so it seems more likely that this refers to her. One can only speculate whether Emma was actually the mother, or whether she went to record the birth on behalf of her sister and something went wrong in the recording process. Rachel lived at Carvath for many years, and the census information as well as other family provided information shows that Samuel was Rachel's son.