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BLEWETT BLEWITT BLUET genealogy |
21 October 2008 |
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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4 Michael BLEWETT 1794-1850
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1m Ann PENTREATH 1814 2m Mary Ann BERRY 1835 |
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Michael was born in 1793 or 94 in Mousehole, the son of a fisherman; he became a fisherman like his father, joining the fishing fleet when he was no more than 10 years old. He remained a fisherman of Mousehole all his life. In 1814 he married a Mousehole girl, Ann or Nancy PENTREATH in the parish church. Three children were baptised there, but only one survived, and Ann herself died in 1821. Fourteen years later, at the age
of 41, Michael remarried Mary Ann BERRY who came from Teignemouth
in At the age of 56 however, Michael died of pneumonia, and Mary Ann and her younger son had to move to poorer accommodation and survive on parish relief. Mary Ann outlived her husband by 30 years, and most of that time she lived on her own in Mousehole. However, she died in Stepney aged 79 at the home of her eldest son, Captain Henry Blewett,. The verdict was that she died of apoplexy “after eating a hearty supper”. According to his seaman’s ticket, Michael BLEWETT was just 5’6” tall with brown hair and grey eyes and he had sufficient education to be able to write. |
C=Christened
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1803 9 MAB |
?Michael born at Mousehole [seaman’ ticket
gives birth year as 1793] C at Paul parish church, son of John Carn
& Mary BLEWETT went to sea as fisherboy married Ann PENTREATH at Paul; Michael was a fisherman dau Jane C at Paul;
Michael a fisherman Mary Ann C at Paul; Michael a fisherman Mary Ann buried at Paul age 3 John C at Paul; Michael was a fisherman wife Nancy (Ann) buried age 28 ?son John buried (age 3m may be error for 3y?) married Mary Ann BERRY of Teignemouth at Paul son Henry b at Mousehole; C 27Nov at
Methodist church son John Berry born at Regent Terrace Mousehole with 2 sons;
Michael was a fisherman seaman's ticket issued to Michael at Michael died of pneumonia Mary Ann, widow on parish relief at Millpool,
Mousehole with son John Mary living alone at Mary living alone at Gurnick St, Mousehole moved to Stepney with son Henry Mary Ann died at 10 Rectory Square died of apoplexy |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
From the 41 census which places Michael with his son Henry, Michael
was born between 1791 and 1796. He died
before the next census, and there is only one suitable burial at Paul between
these dates: bur.
C
C
There is
however an infant burial of Michael in 1793: bur.17Oct1793 Michael BLEWETT of Mousehole age 6m, died of
flux. In fact this burial took place 6
weeks after the baptism to John & Mary, and it seems almost certain that 6w
has been mistaken for 6m at some stage in the records. The private baptism is a usual sign that the
child was not expected to live.
Certainly however, the burial in 1793 cannot refer to the son of John Carn and Mary, and this child can therefore be identified
with confidence as the father of Henry-3
Michael
gave his birth date as
Henry-3 was baptised in the Methodist church at Mousehole in 1836 son of Michael and Mary Ann BLEWETT. It is known from family memory that he had a
brother John Berry BLEWETT (he appears with Henry in the 1841 census as John
and in the 1851 census as John B BLEWETT, born c1839). Johm
m
Although
Michael was not noted as a widower at this marriage, he was 41 years old, and
there is reason to believe he was married previously:
m
this is the first Michael Blewett marriage in the Paul register, and there are only
two Michael BLEWETT baptisms before this date (apart from the infant who was
baptised and buried in 1793 – see BIRTH above):
C
C
from their
ages, either of these Michaels could have married Ann PENTREATH in 1814, but
there is a burial of a Michael BLEWETT in 1789: bur. 28Mar1789 Michael BLEWETT;
no age given at burial, but there is no other candidate for this burial other
than the son of John & Jane.
If
Michael-4 had previously married Ann PENTREATH, then Ann’s burial should have
occurred before his second marriage in 1835.
There is in fact no suitable burial of Ann BLEWETT in the Paul register,
but there is a burial of Nancy BLEWETT:
B
The case
for the previous marriage of Michael is confirmed by the baptism of Nancy
PENTREATH in 1793 with no suitable baptism of Ann PENTREATH:
C
thus Nancy PENTREATH was born in 1793
and buried in 1821 as Nancy BLEWETT. It
is also noted that the eldest daughter of the first marriage married James
HARVEY who was closely connected to the BLEWETT family: he registered the death of Michael BLEWETT-4
and was master of the fishing boat Edwin on which Henry BLEWETT-3 served (see
1851 census)
C
w:
C
C
no other John BLEWETT was baptised
between 1815 and 1825, so there is no suitable baptism for the John buried in
1822 aged 3 months. The register entry
is definitely 3 months, but possibly this should have been entered as 3
years. No John of suitable age was found
in Mousehole in the 1841 or 1851 census
C
b
b
f:
Michael BLEWETT fisherman; m: Mary Ann BLEWETT formerly BERRY
r
d
r
d
and
apoplectic tendency after a hearty supper
r
[there are no
coroner’s records for this date at London Metropolitan Archives]
Michael BLEWETT 45 1796
fisherman
y
Mary BLEWETT 40 1801 n
Henry BLEWETT 5
1836 y
John BLEWETT 3
1838 y
Mary BENNETS 20 1821
female servant
y
Mary
Ann BLEWETT he wid 50 1801 receiving parish relief, formerly
fisherman's wife Teignemouth
DEV
John
B BLEWETT so
12 1839 mending nets Paul,
CON
Mary BLEWETT he wid 60 1801 formerly fisherman's wife Teignemouth,
DEV
Mary BLEWETT he wid 70 1801 annuitant Teignemouth, DEV
Michael
Blewett, born
Height
5'6"; hair brown; eyes grey; marks none
first
went to sea as boy in 1803
Royal
Navy – no
Foreign
Service – no
Resides
at Mousehole
Can
write – yes
Issued
Michael
was baptised in December 1794, and there is no reason to believe he was one year
old at the time. It seems more likely
that Michael gave his birthday correctly but was one year out on the year of
birth when the “ticket” was prepared
Mary Ann
BERRY consistently gave her birthplace as Teignmouth
in
The IGI
has just one suitable baptism of Mary Ann:
C
these parents also baptised William at