EDGECOMBE / EDGCOMB   of   A L T A R N U N

 EDGECOMBE / EDGCOMBE / EDGCOMB: 
 The name comes in various forms and spellings, only a few of which are listed above. The word comes from the Olde English 'ecg-cum' and it means 'a village or hamlet on the edge of the valley, glen or even slade.' It is a most commonly found in the 'West Country' region, that is the country where the Celtic clans where pushed into. The more famous origins are associted with the 'Edgecombe' family of 'Mount Edgecumbe', though there are other places in both Devon and Cornwall that have historically born that name. I suppose that is it not important whether the Edgcumbe family of Cornwall is related to the Edgecumbes of Mount Edgecumbe or not. Certainly in there past they carry a number of the same family names such as 'George'. What is important is finding one's correct ancestors whoever they may be.
Our own family connections to Edgcombe in two families of Edgcombes who's fathers are named Christopher, father and son families.

George Edgcomb and Family of Altarnun

Katherine/Catherine Venning was the daughter of Edward and Amy Venning

                                    George Edgcombe    =    Katherine/Catherine Venning
                                                       |    b ca1660
                                                       |
                                    m 27 Jan 1680      |
                                      Altarnun         |
                                                       |     d 1720
                                                       |       Altarnun
                                                       |
                                _______________________|_________________
                               |                 |                       |
                        William Edgcomb     Jane Edgcombe        Christopher Edgcombe       
                        cb 16 Oct 1684      cb 6/26 Mar 1689     cb 17 May 1692
                          Altarnun            Altarnun             Altarnun
                                                                 m 15 Feb 1720
                                                                   Altarnun
                                                                  = Ibot Scantlebury

Christopher Edgcomb and Ibot/Ibbet Scantlebury Family
And Their Hender Family Relationship

Ebbott SKANTELLBURY was the daughter of William and Lovday SKANTELLBURY/SCANTELBURY of Altarnun. 

            Christopher Edgcomb  =  Ibot/Ebot/Ebet/Ebbet Scantlebury  =  Thomas Hender II  =
            cb 17 May 1692       |  cb 14 Apr 1695                                         |
               Altarnun          |    Altarnun                                             |
            m 15 Feb 1720        |  d Jan 1771 age 74                    m 8 May 1743      |
              Altarnun           |  bur 6 Jan 1771                         Altarnun        |
            wd 1742              |    Altarnun                           d July 1767       |
                                 |  (name transcribed as                 bur 7 July 1767   |
                                 |    Ibbet Hendar)                        Altarnun        |
                                 |                                                         |
    _____________________________|_______________________                       ___________|
   |            |                    |                   |                     |
   |   Christopher Edgcomb    William Edgcomb    Elizabeth Edgcombe  ***  John Hender     =
   |   cb 9 Jan 1721          cb 19 Feb 1729     cb 3 Mar 1733            cb 25 Feb 1733  |  
   |     Altarnun               Altarnun           Altarnun                 Altarnun      |
   |   m 2 Dec 1745                                                       m 12 Dec 1752   |
   |     Altarnun                                                           Altarnun      |
   |   = Annabella May                                                    bur 20 Feb 1767 |
   |                                                                        Altarnun      |
   |______________________________                                                        |
               |                  |                                                       |
       Catharine Edgcomb    George Edgcomb                                                |
       cb 27 Jan 1737       cb 27 Jan 1737                                                |
         Altarnun             Altarnun                                                    |
                                                                                          |
*** This family relationship would be 'step-siblings' - brothers and sisters.             |
As an example of just how closely this 'family relationship' was being taken, one         |
should read the will of Thomas Hender, the then husband of Ebbett, for the house          |
and residence seems to be in the hands of his children with the step grandmother          |
going to be living with them I would suppose until she did die in 1771, that is           |
a mere fours years time.                                                                  |

Christopher Edgcomb and Annabella May Family

Annabella May appears to be the daughter of Vaughan (wd 1732) and Ann May.                |
                                                                                          |
                      Christopher Edgcomb   =   Annabella May                             |
                      cb 9 Jan 1721         |   cb 12 Dec 1722                            |
                        Altarnun            |     Davidstow                               |
                      m 2 Dec 1745          |                                             |
                        Altarnun            |                                             |
                      wd 1793? / 1796       |                                             |
                                            |                                             |
   _________________________________________|__________________                           |
  |         |               |               |                  |                          |
  |  William Edgcomb   John Edgcombe===John Edgcombe   Catherine Edgcomb                  |
  |  cb 15 May 1746    cb 15 May 1746  cb 1748**       cb 1749                            |
  |    Altarnun          Altarnun       Altarnun        Altarnun                          |
  |                    db 27 Jan 1816                   m 11 Jun 1778                     |
  |                     (age 71)                          Altarnun                        |
  |                                                     = Richard Nottle                  |
  |                                                                                       |
  |____________________________________________________________________                   |
           |                             |                             |         *        |
  Christopher Edgcomb  Annabella Edgcomb==Annabella Edgcombe  Annabella Edgcomb  =  William Hender
  cb 1 Nov 1751        cb 19 Jun 1753     cb 1754 (Dup?)      cb 19 Oct 1756/7    cb 22 Nov 1757
    Altarnun             Altarnun           Altarnun            Altarnun            Altarnun
  db 18 Dec 1835
    Altarnun (a84)


* The family relationship here, other than becoming husband and wife, is that they 
would be 'step-first cousins'. So certainly the families would have associations and 
be very much aware of each other.
** The family dates seem to have been a bit muddled whether it be from such as the number '6' and 
'8' having become confused as eights often looked like sixes and visa versa or even by the facts
of private baptism having to have been later ratified and accepted into the congregation of the
church at later dates. At least John Edgcombe and Annabella Edgcomb the first born daughter by 
that name seem to have duplicated records due to some such record recording and/or transcription
variances.

William Hender and Annabella Edgcomb Family

There is no close biological relationship between William Hender and Annabella Edgcomb. But certainly there is a 'family' based association between the two. Ebbet Scantlebury was Annabella's biological Grandmother AND Ebbet Scantlebury was also William Hender's 'Step Grandmother'. She had married Christopher Edgcomb and had children including Christopher Edgcomb (jr), the father of Annabella Edgcomb. When Christopher Edgcomb died, Ebbet [Scantlebury] Edgcomb then married Thomas Hender as his second wife as well, and as such she became John Hender's step-mother and John Hender was William Hender's father, thus Ebbet was thus also William Hender's step-grandmother. What it amounts to is that these two families had 'family' ties even before the marriage of William Hender, son of John Hender and Grace Luskey, to Annabella Edgcomb who was biological granddaughter to Ebbet. What the result was is that between William Hender inheriting from his own Hender family, his mother's Luskey family and his wife's Edgcomb family, William and Annabella had funds of a small fortune with which to invest in the furture of their only son William Hender, who went to medical school and had training to became a medical surgeon. 

                        William Hender    =    Annabella Edgcomb
                        cb 22 Nov 1757    |    cb 19 Oct 1757
                          Altarnun        |     Altarnun
                        m 2 May 1781      |
                                          |
                                          |
                          ________________|___________________
                         |                |                   |
                Catherine Hender    Annabella Hender    William Hender, Surgeon*
                cb 25 Feb 1782      cb 4 Jul 1782       cb 13 Apr 1786
                  Altarnun            Altarnun            Altarnun
                m 18 Mar 1800       m 15 Nov 1803       m 30 Jul 1807
                  Altarnun            Altarnun            Crediton, Devon
                = James Venning     = William Frost     = Elizabeth Bury
~ See the 3rd generation Hender Cousins page for further family relationships, children and family connections with the presented cousin relationships that this union of Hender and Edgcomb has become. * William Hender, Surgeon was of Callington at the same time that his Cousin William Hender the Watch and Clockmaker of Callington lived their, the Watch and Clockmaker being my 3rd Great Grandfather. As they had both married and Elizabeth, there has been some confusion and a number of mistakes in assumed genealogies that have not been carefully studied and sorted out. If fact there were many William and Elizabeth Hender families at that particular time in Cornwall from nearby Launceston to St Cleer and so forth including that of my 3rd great granduncle William Worth Hender who married Elizabeth Tresize. (See Errors on Ancentry, William Bury Hender, and Many William and Elizabeth Hender Families.)

rev. 2 October 2016