The Case of Where They Are Buried

The Case: 'Where They Are Buried' ~ or ~ "Not in My House You Don't!" prepared by Don R. Hender It made me feel like saying, 'Not in my grave yard you don't!' Do you know what I mean? It is like the one sports team and their home fans who say, 'NOT in our House!' Finding the wrong person being put in your family's graveyard is like that. And he was a 'German' to boot. I mean of St Germans, German. There he was. The name was the same but he wasn't. I could make a long story short, but I won't. You'd miss the point if I did. You'd hear it and forget it. But if I take you through page after page of the points of the matter, you are not as soon to forget about it. And the real point here is to learn. Learn how to use the 'Graveyard' to help identify and determine just who your 'true' ancestral families are. I mean if you are going to go 'All Genealogy' about something, at least be determined to get it right and don't just fall into the 'money trap' of the 'quick and dirty genealogy game'. That is what most of those 'pay as you go' sites are really all about. They're more interested in your fees and proprietarily and proprietorially taking over your information than really striving to get the Ancestral links, Your Links, done right. So they help you find 'stuff'. But a lot of 'stuff' is just not so, which they have conveniently gathered indiscriminately from countless various sources, many not even solidly verifiable nor even necessarily 'legally or legitimately' originally obtained. And often the sad proof that can often come years later if ever, is as you finally find out that the 'supposed' pedigrees being presented are not supported by the ground level original source documents at all, like parish records (baptism/christening, marriage, burial), census records decades upon traced, family wills, public civic certificates, etc. etc. etc. It is just someone says, so it must be so, so publish it and get the 'dough'. And really, there is a nice story about a little Parish involved. St. Keyne is practically surrounded by the larger parish of Liskeard, whose people it too does service. Just on one side is St. Keyne bordered by Duloe parish, all round-about the other sides is Liskeard. But Duloe also plays an important part of my story, at least at one particular critical point. But first, a really great matter is whether you see genealogy as just filling in a pedigree chart or if you can really see these names as real people or not. After over 40 years of working at my family's ancestry, they are not just place holder names on a full filled out pedigree chart. They are real people. They have been born, they have lived and they have died. Which brings me back to the crux of the case at hand. You know, St. Keyne is really a nice place to be buried with your family members. And you really don't want any outside intruders braking in and placing someone else's body next to your wife, now do you? Well neither did my 5th Great Grandfather, and he let me know about it in what you could say 'so many words'. And it wasn't just a matter of his name sake taking over his 'grave yard position', he had brought his whole family of foreign 'German' cousins with him. There was a Christopher in the place of father Cornelius, my 6th great grandfather, and they not only pushed out Cornelius' wife, but they also replaced the whole of his family's line from thence on back and forever. So I guess you have Edward to thank for this little piece. He's not letting me stop on the matter until I do this. He is standing there saying to me, tell them, "Not in my grave yard! Not in my grave yard they don't! My grave yard is for my immediate family. It is not for them to come into. Let them go back home and settle in their own 'German' grave yard where they belong." Yep, that's what he is saying to me. Can't you hear him? And he is just standing here telling me, "Now you go on and tell them. I want them to know. Not in my grave yard they don't!" So here I go, and Edward just won't be satisfied unless I tell you the whole of the story. So sit tight. It's going to be a long one. And Edward wants me to start with me. Well not exactly with me. But he wants me to start by telling you what my connection to the family is, that I have. You see, Edward's granddaughter just happened to marry my third Great Grandfather Philip Trout. I suppose that is where in the family my Dad gets his name Philip from, from 3rd great grandfather Philip Trout, and then his own grandfather's name Philip Trout Hender. You see, these are real people, and the really do have real and continuing family names in their families on down the lines. Even my own oldest son's first name is Philip. And he just reminded me that his son's middle name is Philip too. You see they're all in on getting me to do this. And so the name continues, as many such 'family names' do in family lines. And the correct and proper family lines should also so continue and not just become something shoddily done, by some 'quick and dirty' money making approach to genealogy work. I did tell you that I've been over 40 years at these such matters didn't I? Will back to the story. And I'll present a simplified descendancy chart to speak from: 5th Great Grandparents Edward Moon = Jenny Morshead chr 13-9-1731 \| b. 1735/36 m 14-12-1762 \| db 30 Jun 1815 db 14 Jun 1792 \| St Keyne St Keyne \| ___________________________________________\|____________________________ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Nicholas Moon \| Cornelius Moon \| Robert Moon Jenny/Jinny Moon \| Ann Moon cb 23 May 1763 \| b 1767 \| cb 16 Oct 1772 cb 27 Feb 1775 \| cb 24 Oct 1781 = Mary Ann Fitze \| Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard \| Liskeard (my family) \| db 21 Apr 1767 \| db 1 Sep 1805 m 28 Jan 1808 \| m 20 Sep 1810 \| St Keyne \| St Keyne Liskeard \| Liskeard \| (Infant) \| = Rich'd Stephens \| = Richard Hingston Susanna Moon Cornelius Moon (see below) \| (see below) cb 20 May 1765 cb 1 Dec 1769 Elizabeth Moon Liskeard Liskeard cb 7 Nov 1777 m 16 Jun 1788 d 5 Feb 1837 Liskeard Liskeard St Keyne m 1812-1832 = Joseph Moon \| High Clicker = Robert Carswell \| cb 5 May 1757 (No Children) \| Menheniot \| + Joseph Moon cb 10 Dec 1790, Liskeard + Jenny Moon cb 25 Oct 1792, Liskeard + Charles Moon cb 5 Jan 1796, Liskeard 4th Great Grandparents Nicholas Moon = Mary Ann Fitze cb 23 May 1763 \| cb 28 Aug 1769 Liskeard \| Liskeard m 4 Mar 1794 \| Liskeard \| d Oct 1847 db 24 May 1826 \| db 18 Oct 1847 St Keyne a 62 \| St Keyne a 78 ________________________________________\|________________________________________ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Edward Moon \| Mary Ann Moon Jane Moon Nicholas Moon \| Elizabeth Moon Cornelius Moon b 1795c \| b 1798c b 1799c 1801c \| b 1804c b 1806c cb 5 Jan 1796 \| cb 2 Aug 1798 cb 13 Nov 1799 cb 24 Sep 1801 \| cb 22 Nov 1804 cb 15 Jan 1807 Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard m 16 Jun 1835 \| = William Snell db 1841/2 d 31 Mar 1849 \| db 15 Jun 1841 m = Peggy Sobey* \| \| = George Raby will no wife \| St Keyne = Abagail Little d 12 Aug 1849 \| Edmund Snell \| or children \| (Spinter) \| St Keyne \| William Snell Susanna Raby db 5 Apr 1849 \| Mary Moon his will names \| James Snell Charlotte Raby St Keyne \| d Jun 1882 no children \| Joseph Snell Jane Raby \| db 28 Jun 1882 \| George Raby Joseph Moon St Keyne a 75 Susanna Moon Fanny Raby cb 17 May 1803 b 1797c Liskeard cb 9 Jul 1797 Liskeard m 29 Apr 1819 d Mar 1804 Liskeard db 27 Mar 1804 = Philip Trout** St Keyne d 21 May 1839 (3rd Great Granparents) * Her name was Margaret 'Peggy' Sobey, Peggy being a common nickname for Margaret. They were married at Maker, Cornwall. ** Abigail Moon buried 22 February 1917 at St Keyne age 93. Abigail Little dau Joseph & Abigail baptism 13 Dec 1825, St Pinnock; family residence at the time was Lee and father was a farmer. My third great grandmother is Susanna Moon, the daughter of Nicholas Moon and his wife Mary Ann. I like the name 'Mary Ann'. I wonder why I didn't think of using that name in my family? Grandma Susanna did. She named one of her daughters Mary Ann, which such records clerks have corrupted in so many ways such as Marianna, Mari anna, and just plain old Mary on the last Census records she did appear on. But Susanna is buried in the St. Martins parish grave yard where her husband's family, the Trout family is all buried. And that's the way it should be I suppose. Or at least is was the way they did things back in Ole Cornwall. So Susanna is just my beginning place and the story will actually become that of my Moon family's sacred burial grounds. You see it is not just the American Indians who have had 'sacred burial grounds'. One of by great greats is pushing me to tell you that such is a matter of family tradition in many other family traditional societies. Yes, and even in 'good ole England' as well. And at this point he want me to tell you that, 'They had theirs as well. And it was being violated.' So Susanna was of the Moon family. The Moon family of Liskeard and primarily for this article, the Moon family whose sacred burial grounds are in the St Keyne parish grave yard. And Susanna's Moon family was a generous family. Even Susanna's daughter Marianna is named in one of their family wills with her husband Thomas Rowe Hender, my 2nd great grandparents. And they were Gentlemen and men of property. He grandfather Edward was a Gentleman. So was her father and two of her brothers were to and Cornelius, will Cornelius was Cornelius Moon of Great Treheer. I'll bet the German Moon invadors had no such recognizable family line involvements. At least not such one that solidly tie into Liskeard and more importantly here, the family's sacred burial ground of St Keyne. Why it is a matter of record that their leader of their invasion was actually born, married and even there in St. German's buried at the age of 80. No. They knew not the ties that bound the Moon family line of Liskeard and St. Keyne. No. Susanna wants me to tell you, 'They knew not the nobility of her Moon family lines' And just perhaps they in turn have their own 'noble family lines' to protect as well. And the real demons here are those splash and dash, quick and dirty genealogist artists who have not come to know and understand that 'these are people' and as such 'they have people stories to tell' and which need to be traced and be aware of in order to properly sort out one's true family line genealogy. We are not just filling out pedigrees here people. 'They are real people too. And it takes time to get to know them and properly sort them out and properly identify them. It is not just some matter of nice little IGI fit at one glace. If that were the case a part of my Moon family genealogy would have been 'solve-ed' years ago. But is was not and for good reason. Beyond the easy fit, there are real people and real people just don't so easily properly fit in to such 'easily' and 'shoddily' compiled modes. Well off the soap box and on with the case at hand. I suppose that even in a long story you've finally got to get to the meat of the matter. Whereas Susanna Moon was buried with her husband's people in St. Martins by Looe Bay, her Moon family line was all traditionally buried in and at their own sacred burial grounds of St. Keyne. Yep her brothers, her parents, her spinster sister, her single aunts and her uncles and grand and ever 'great grands' were there so buried. Now that is the short of it. But Edward is pushing for what Paul Harvey would say is the rest of the picture. And in this case it is the proof by proof sorting through all of the family burial record to so definitely prove this to be the matter. And in so doing, it also goes to prove the family lines themselves and guard and protect against usurping even perhaps distant cousin invasions into the ground of the family burial yard. So here we go, step by step, stepping through just such a proof of the matter. 'You don't think real genealogist are crazy do you? Of course not. They are just really bent on getting it right. For they have come to know that they are not only dealing with real people, but these real people are 'family' and Edward is still here prodding me on to continue. so I will. But first a little run at levity first as I tell you the tale of the Moon Caucus Race. [Now Jenny was a 'moors head' and her sister Mary was a 'pine'. Mary the Pine got her self attached (married) to a 'snell' of Morval. And there Mary lived in Morvile until it came time for Jenny to also become attached to her Edward, a Gentleman of Liskeard. So off to Morval did Edward and Jenny run to also become as one. And that had nothing whatsoever to do with the Germans next door to Morval. And thus was Mary gone in 61 and then followed by Jenny in 62. But, now the Germans have become aware that by that attachment the gates of the sacred land of Keyne land laid bare to the attack of the St. Germans moons of Germans' land. And so to the defense has Gentleman Edward come, I his sword in hand. To thwart the foe and raise the standard true of the 'moon clan' resting down below.] Next find the columnar details of the generations of the Liskeard Moon family who are all buried in the Church grave yard of St. Keyne according to the St. Keyne parish burial records. I have identified each of these as to who they are in relationship to Susanna Moon who married Philip Trout, and on back for three generation to that point of family inclusion which ought to dispel the Edward from St. Germans and his father Christopher, so that Gentleman Edward and his father Cornelius may take their rightful place in their family of the Moons of Liskeard. [Note: Some liberties were taken in reproducing the OPC supplied data in order to attempt to conserve limited space, such as: St Keyne for Keyne, St. and trans for transcription. And such cross referencing notes as , , and ^ are not part of the original transcribed OPC record, but my own explanation commentary. Such as: * Denoting that the record number was as of my access date to the OPC database to only give some insurance and understanding that I indeed obtained the information from OPC Cornwall database. OPC itself states that such record numbers are not to be used as 'lookup references' as those numbers do change from time to time due to additions, deletions and their own corrections to their database.]
Generation 1 - The Third Generation
Commentary/Explanation Nicholas' three sons are Edward, Nicholas and Cornelius and they are noted as buried at St Keyne. The spinster daughter Elizabeth is also, as is the sister in law Abigail, wife of Cornelius Moon. The other three daughters that married, Mary Ann Snell, Jane Raby and my ancestor Susanna Trout are not. Like Susanna Trout they are likely buried with their spouse. It is father Nicholas' will and eldest son and Susanna Trout's brother Edward Moon's will that establishes this Moon family of the rank of 'Gentlemen' and being of 'Treheer' in Liskeard, though that part of Liskeard that is actually nearer to St. Keyne than the parish Church of Liskeard city of proper. And it is also son/brother Edward's will which does name much of the whole of the family, including his sister 'Susan Trout'. Her daughter 'Mary' who is the wife of 'Thomas Hender' therein also named. Well Edward wrote his will in January of 1848 and his younger brother Nicholas wrote his will in May of 1848, also so stating himself to be a Gentleman of Treheer, Liskeard. And each the other was still alive at the writing of their wills. So even though Nicholas died in '49 before his brother Edward, who also died in '49, it should be clear to see why Nicholas, though dead when the will was read, would still be written into his brother's, Edward's, will. I would expect no less and so it be. Now Edward in his will of 20 January of '48, does name his sister Susan Trout when he bequeths items to nieces Susan and Jane Trout, but therein he calls his sister Susan 'late'. And I don't think he means for dinner. And so it also that Nicholas in 4 May of '48 did not even so name her. But Nicholas so named as his nieces Susan Trout, Jane Trout and Mary wife of Mr. Hender, and stated them but as the daughters of Philip Trout. In the mouth of two such witnesses that would mead that sister Sasanna/Susan Moon Trout would have died before the date in January of '48 and so she was really late. The That would seem to yield a death date of Susanna(Susan) Moon Trout before 20 January 1848. And so it is, Susan Trout was buried 21 May 1839 as recorded in the parish record of St Martin by Looe at age of 42. And yes, so it is she was Christian baptism 9 July 1797 recorded in Liskeard, as Susanna Moon, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Ann. It is all so inter related, it is just too hard to make this 'stuff' up 'if' you are going by the original sourced data. Spinster Elizabeth's will does not mention everyone, just her three brothers, late father and sister Mary Ann Snell. Susanna Trout being dead in 1839 was not written in 1841, nor her children or her husband, in-law 'Hender'. Youngest brother and son Cornelius Moon may have out lived them all, dying in 1882. The Census records do declare him as being of Great Treheer. Just of late found and identified is Joseph Moon of this family, a child born/baptism 1803 who died 1804 and never appeared in any family will of document other than his baptism and his burial, which was once considered to have been that of another Joseph Moon.	The Children Three sons, a spinster daughter and a daughter in law buried at St Kenye. Son Cornelius Moon, of Great Treheer (1806-1882) More information about record 635767 in the Burials database Day Month 28-Jun Year 1882 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age 75 ^Residence Treheu, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^Written and/or transcribed poorly, Treheu is Treheer (Census records). Son�s Wife Abigail Little Moon (Wife of Cornelius above) (1825-1917) More information about record 2551156 in the Burials database Day Month 22-Feb Year 1917 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Abigail Surname MOON Age 93 Residence Tredallet Duloe ^Notes space next for husband. Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Unless Abigail remarried, 'for' is likely something like 'her'. Son Nicholas Moon Gentleman of Treheer, Liskeard (His will proves family) (1802-1849) More information about record 635651 in the Burials database Day Month 05-Apr Year 1849 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Nicholas Surname MOON Age 47 ^Residence Treleer Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ 'Treleer' is poorly written or transrcription of 'Treheer'. Son Edward Moon, Gentleman (His will proves it) (1795-1849) More information about record 635652 in the Burials database Day Month 14-Aug Year 1849 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Edward Surname MOON Age 53 ^Residence Treheer Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Treheer properly reproduced on OPC supplied record. Dau Elizabeth Moon, Spinster (Her �will� to prove it) (1805-1841) More information about record *635628 in the Burials database Day Month 19-Jun Year 1841 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename .Elizh. Surname MOON Age 36 ^Residence Plymouth Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ For whatever reason, spinter and independant Elizabeth, age 36, was living at Plymouth when she died, yet she was brought back to St Keyne for her burial with her family. Uncle Joseph Moon (1803-1804) More information about record *1658674 in the Burials database Day Month 27-Mar Year 1804 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Joseph Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole This Joseph Moon was once thought to be son of Edward Moon as he appeared in Robert Moon's will, BUT NOT. He is now know as a previously unknown child of Nicholas Moon and his wife Mary Ann Fitze. He was named after his mother's father named Joseph Fitze.	The Parents Dad Nicholas Moon Gentleman of Treheer^, Liskeard (1763-1826) More information about record 635576 in the Burials database Day Month 24-Mar Year 1826 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Nicholas Surname MOON Age 62 ^Residence Trekere Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^Again, here 'Trekere' should be 'Treheer'. Error in recording or transcribing. One need only to lookup and read his will to know that he is of Treheer, Liskeard. Mom-Mary Ann Fitze^^* Moon (1769-1847) More information about record *635648 in the Burials database Day Month 18-Oct Year 1847 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Mary Ann Surname MOON Age 78 Residence Treleer Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^^ By the way, Nicholas' wife, Mary Ann Moon, She died and was buried as recorded in St Keyne at, well the age of 78. Let's see, does that add up? Well, Mary Ann Fitze was Christian/baptism baptism 9 November 1769 as the daughter of Joseph Fitze and Ann Bartlet. So does 1769 + 78 = 1847? Yep, that's right there. So that is her death and burial date of 1847, don't you see? ^ Concerning Nicholas being of Treheer and Gentleman, beyond his will that states it, there is the matter of a National Archives Note which also refers to what is Conelius Moon's will, father of Edward Moon and grandfather to this Nicholas Moon. BW/4/2/1,2 29 and 30 October 1812 Contents: Lease and release. (1) Nicholas Moon of Treheer, Liskeard, gent to (2) Thomas Bewes of Plymouth Borough, esq. Consideration �650. Recites lease and release of 10 and 11 June 1760. Will of Cornelius Moon of 24 June 1766 (proved Archdeaconry Court). Tenement in Care Gliddon, heretofore in possession Richard Rayne, after of John Stephens, tenement in village of Care Gliddon heretofore in possession of Robert Barrett Now of course the will date of 24 June 1766 would be the date it was written and signed and sealed by Cornelius Moon. Remember that herein it will be shown that Cornelius Moon, father of Edward Moon who is the father of this Nicholas Moon died and was buried at St Keyne in 1767. And some date after that burial would be the actual date when at which this will would have been proved by the Archdeaconry Court.
Generation 2 - The Second Generation
Commentary/Explanation The children of this generation, are the aunts and uncle, besides the father Nicholas Moon to my reference point, Susanna Moon my 3rd great grandmother who married Philip Trout. They consist of four sons - uncles and 'dad'. Nicholas Moon named after his mother's father Nicholas Morshead/Moorshead, is already shown as the dad of the younger generation I'm related through. Then there is Cornelius Moon named after his father's father, grand father Cornelius Moon. And again ditto for the next son also Cornelius. And their fourth son whose is Robert Moon whose will disclosed information now developed. Once thought as the fifth is Joseph Moon who is son in law of the Moons of High Clicker who married these brother's sister Susanna Moon. Then there are four daughters of this Moon family. There is Susanna Moon, who did not die at age 14, but was married to Joseph Moon of the family of High Clicker. Another is Elizabeth Moon who married Robert Carswell. Then there is Jenny or Jane Moon, named after her mother, who did marry one Richard Stephens. And the fourth is Ann Moon who married Richard Hingston. In either case there are graves in St Keyne who could fit them in and thus not particularly important directly to this case. But as this is the long of it, I will place the questioned in blue as to their possible included burial. 1767 a Year of Death � There is an unresolved issue here, buried on 21 April 1767 is Cornelius Moon, the infant son of �Mr. Edwd� implied Moon, on 8 March 1767 there is the burial of Great Grandpa Cornelius Moon, the father of Edward Moon. And here on the 21 of March it would seem is the brother of Edward for Edward�s other son Cornelius is yet to be born in 1769. And as the family was likely looked after by Edward Moon, even his brother may have in the mix been denoted as �son of Edward Moon. The year of 1767 must have been a year of sickness for our Hender family in Altarnun experience four such deaths all in that same year of 1767. There was father Thomas Hender husband of Elizabeth Northy, their daughter Agnes (Ann) Hender, and two of their sons John and William Hender who all died and were buried that year as well. If so, it must have been a year of great stress and confusion.	The Children-Uncles/Aunts Nicholas Child Is Dad Not Uncle Uncle Cornelius Moon (the infant) (1767-1767) More information about record *1658570 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Apr Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes inft: son of Mr Edwd Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Uncle Cornelius Moon (Proved by his will, written 1832 died 1837) (1769-1837) More information about record 1658764 in the Burials database Day Month 05-Feb Year 1837 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age 67 Residence Trewen, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Uncle Robert Moon (1772-1805) More information about record 1658679 in the Burials database Day Month 01-Sep Year 1805 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Robert Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole	The Parents Grandpa Edward Moon ^Gentleman (1731-1792) More information about record 1658633 in the Burials database Day Month 14-Jun Year 1792 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Edward Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole ^ Upon the marriage certificate it states that Edward's Rank Profession is a Gentleman. And it also records that he is of Liskeard and not of some other parish such as St Germans. Now some question has been, why the marriage was in Moral. Well now, according to my little story, Jenny Morshead's sister was Mary Pine who married Samuel Snell of Morval. That was in 1761. About a year and a half later when Edward Moon and Jenny Morshead were married, and they were married where Jenny's sister lived in Morval. And the point I guess, is that Gentleman Edward Moon came down to Morval from where he lived in Liskeard and NOT from where some suppose that other Edward Moon to have been from - St Germans. Grandma Jenny Morshead Moon (1737-1815) More information about record 1658700 in the Burials database Day Month 30-Jun Year 1815 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Jenny Surname MOON Age 79 Residence Trewen, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole More information about record 1163338 in the Marriages database Day Month 14-Dec Year 1762 Parish/Reg District Morval Groom Fn Edward Groom Surname MOON Groom Age Groom Residence Liskeard Groom Condition Groom Rank Profession Gent Groom Sign/Mark (S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Pro Bride Firstname Jenny Bride Surname MORSHEAD Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Profession Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Pro Banns/Licence(B/L) L Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes Furze trans Transcriber Julia Mays
	Uncle Joseph Moon NOT of this generation but still a St Keyne Moon, see ID generation above ( -1804) More information about record 1658674 in the Burials database Day Month 27-Mar Year 1804 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Joseph Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Aunt Susanna Moon NOT as she married Joseph Moon of High Clicker (1765-1795) More information about record 1658598 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Apr Year 1779 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Susanna Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole (ID Pending)
Generation 3 - The First Generation
Commentary/Explanation Of this last family generation the parish records are of that age and time that they are beginning to break up. And complete information is hard to come by. The family itself is not fully identified. But what is, is there buried at St Keyne. There are two children of Cornelius who are born there as state as such on their parish record entry as show. And of course there is Edward Moon show as Grandfather who is a son of the graveyard's other inhabitant, Cornelius. No Christopher, the known father of the St Germans' Edward pretender is not buried there as is Cornelius, who is the father of the Edward Moon, Gentleman of Liskeard, is buried there. The important point is the placing of Great Grandfather Cornelius Moon in the burial family group at St. Keyne. The Parish record seems but fragmented and broken up either from dated use or incomplete transcription, which does not go beyond this distant point. What seem important is that Cornelius is there to be found and Christopher, the father of the pretender Edward of St Germans is not.	Children-Great Uncles/Aunts Great Aunt Susanna Moon (1733-1756) More information about record 1658521 in the Burials database Day Month 19-Feb Year 1756 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Susanna Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes dau of Cornelius & Joan Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Great Uncle Robert Moon (1745-1756) More information about record 764456 in the Burials database Day Month 11-Dec Year 1756 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Robert Surname MOON Age Residence Notes son of Cornelius Moon & wife Joan Transcriber Notes Bishop's Trans Transcriber Jean Shephard Great Uncle Cornelius Moon (1740-1767) More information about record *764495 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Mar Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age ^Residence Leskeard Notes son of Edward Moon* Transcriber Notes Bishop's Trans Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Of course this is an obvious recording and transcription of what is 'Liskeard'	The Parents Great Grandpa Cornelius Moon (1697-1767) More information about record *1658568 in the Burials database Day Month 08-Mar Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes yeoman Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Great Grandma Joan Bowden Moon (1699-1799^) ^ There is a record which would make Great Grandma to be 100, but of such a nebulous fact without adding more proof, I'll just list her as I found her to be, Joan Bowden. More ought to be sought before for sure deducing her age as a 100.
Where Is the Usurper Buried?
Commentary/Explanation So where and what is the real story with the St Germans' Edward Moon. Will to start with, in this time frame there is only one Edward Moon of St Germans. And yes, he is the Son of Christopher Moon and Joan. That OPC Cornwall supplied information is in the next column show. Now if there is only one such Edward Moon of St Germans of this time frame. Just how busy is he and where does he get about to? Well I can make that a short story by just saying, "He was born in St Germans, he was Christian baptized in St Germans, he was twice married once in St Germans to Susanna Hick, and one two years later to Ann Betty at Morval, and he was at age 80 (1819-1739) buried at St Germans with his father who was also buried there at St Germans. When one understands the societal social structure of England of the 1700s, one ought to know that souls just don't so easily move around and about from one local to another, un-establishing themselves out of one community and into another community. This is what America was all about, braking away from the English Class System. There is overwhelming evidence here that the only Edward Moon of St Germans of this period did but stay in St Germans. Baptism, two marriages and being buried in St Germans with his family there. He did not just suddenly between two other marriages run up to Liskeard, there to become estabished as a 'Rank Professional' 'Gentleman' of property to get married to Jenny Morshead. And he certainly did not foster that family of Treheer in Liskeard who all were living and being buried in that community at St Keyne. He certainly was not buried in two places, that one which calculates to be him 80 years after his birth and then baptism in 1739 to be buried in 1819 at St Germans away from all his supposed family of Liskeard at St Keyne. This type of 'splash and dash', 'quick and dirty' genealogy work just ought not to be. The computer is a tool to help you do the WORK. But WORK is still the four letter word that gets it done right. With the aid of the computer and access to the online OPC parish records, the Online Cornwall Census records, and the lookup capabilities of the internet information high in the sky super highway, I can get done in a matter of hours, days, and weeks what 40 years ago was taking me weeks, months and years to do. But, I still have to do it. And as some point one just has to get down and do the actual work of genealogy and not just expect some ancestry service supply it all for them. If they do they will get what they deserve. An inaccurate 'splash and dash' senseless pedigree that a real and true study through the sourced facts acts of the matter exposes if for what it is - nonsense.	Born/Baptism More information about record 1200386 in the Baptisms database Day Month 31-Oct Year 1739 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Edward Surname MOON Sex Father Forename Christopher Mother Forename Joan Residence Fthr Rank Pro Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Fred Hancock Married More information about record 535788 in the Marriages database Day Month 27-May Year 1762 Parish/Reg District St Germans Groom Fn Edward Groom Sn MOON Groom Age Groom Residence Groom Condition Groom Rank Prof Groom Sign/Mark(S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Prof Bride Fn Susannah Bride Sn HICKS Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Prof Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Prof Banns/Licence (B/L) Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes Transcriber Fred Hancock The real person and family history of the Edward Moon of St Germans is this. Edward Moon, whose baptism was recorded the 31 October 1739, first got married to Susannah Hicks in St Germains 27 May 1762. By the time that my Edward Moon came down to Morval to marry Jenny Morshead in December. The Edward Moon of St Germans and his wife Susannah Hicks Moon were expecting their first child. That child was born and given the name of 'Susannah Hicks Moon', being Christian baptized 2 July 1763 with Edward Moon of St German the only parent there as his wife Susannah Hicks had died at the age of 25 and being buried that same day as her only daughter's baptism, 2 July 1763. Now Edward Moon of St Germans had not thought about running up to live in Liskeard and getting married to Jenny Morshead. He had enough being served to him on his plate of life with his marriage to Susannah Hicks, the birth of his first child, the death of his wife, the baptism of his first child and the burial of his first wife on that same day of 2 July 1763. The rest of the story?>>>>>>>>>>	Married Again More information about record 696456 in the Marriages database Day Month 24-Dec Year 1764 Parish/Reg District Morval Groom Fn Edward Groom Sn MOON Groom Age ^Groom Residence St Germain Groom Condition Groom Rank Prof Groom Sign/Mark(S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Prof Bride Fn Ann Bride Sn BETTY Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Prof Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Prof Banns/Licence(B/L) B Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes BTs Transcriber Sue Mutton ^ St Germans by other name. Buried More information about record 763569 in the Burials database Day Month 22-Jul Year 1819 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Edward Surname MOON Age 80 Residence Notes Transcriber Notes From trans Transcriber Fred Hancock More information about record **760836 in the Burials database Day Month 04-Dec Year 1740 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Christopher Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes From trans Transcriber Fred Hancock Edward recovered and married again, this time at Morval on 24 December 1764 to Ann Betty. They had additional children, Thomas 1765, Elizabeth 1768, Mary 1770, Ann 1773 and Edward 1776. Six children in all counting Susannah Hicks Moon by his first marriage. Now I shouldn't have to put together someone else's family history story. They should do it and not rely on shoddily done and wrong genealogy such as corrupted at least two sets of genealogical lines.
~ THE END ~ Well, what do you know? A surprise ending. You see, Edward Moon of St Germans is a real person too. And he too, and his family deserves the respect of a thorough investigation into his life and who he is, and not to just throw him into someone else's life and family. Edward Moon and his father Christopher and their families there in St Germans ought to be properly researched as people with real life stories to tell, and not just as someone convenient to use to fill out a pedigree sheet. And the two Edward Moons may well be distant cousins. What they are not is each other and they both need a little respect to take the time to find out who they really are apart from being used by a shoddily done genealogy to complete.

NOTE: The accuracy of using the St Keyne burials as an aid in identifying the Moon family members of this line of Moons was just recently displayed. In Robert Moon's will he left inheritance to his nephew, Charles Moon the son of Joseph Moon of High Clicker. That information was once viewed as evidence of that Joseph Moon being a sibling brother of the family which Robert Moon was a sibling. In research of late, it was determined that this Joseph Moon of High Clicker was of the Moon family line of Theophilus Moon and not Cornelius Moon. The mix up was that Joseph Moon had married Susanna Moon, sister of Robert Moon. Thus Joseph Moon of High Clicker was brother and son in law NOT brother and son of the family. Yet there was a burial for a Joseph Moon in St Keyne which would have fit to have been this Joseph Moon of High Clicker, but if he was but 'in law' then it would not have been his under the 'grave yard' identification application. Just this week, it was found that there is another Joseph Moon, born/baptism 1803 of the next generation of Nicholas Moon and Mary Ann Fitze who had gone undetected as he appeared in none of that family's many wills. Yet just found was the baptism record for Joseph Moon son of Nicholas and Mary Ann Moon who would not have been in the family wills if he had died as a child. And that once mis-applied burial of 1804 in St Keyne would turn out to be his. There is an inconsistancy in burial records where sometimes they ID children's burials with age and sometimes even parentage. Other times they do not. The burial of Joseph Moon in 1804 did not and thus could have been an adult or a child's burial. It was a child's burial, that of Joseph Moon whose baptims was 1803 and whose death and burial occured in 1804. Thus the St Keyne graves application to this Moon family all being buried there was still proven true, just applied to the wrong generation's Joseph Moon.

revised 23 August 2014

The Case: 'Where They Are Buried' ~ or ~ "Not in My House You Don't!" prepared by Don R. Hender It made me feel like saying, 'Not in my grave yard you don't!' Do you know what I mean? It is like the one sports team and their home fans who say, 'NOT in our House!' Finding the wrong person being put in your family's graveyard is like that. And he was a 'German' to boot. I mean of St Germans, German. There he was. The name was the same but he wasn't. I could make a long story short, but I won't. You'd miss the point if I did. You'd hear it and forget it. But if I take you through page after page of the points of the matter, you are not as soon to forget about it. And the real point here is to learn. Learn how to use the 'Graveyard' to help identify and determine just who your 'true' ancestral families are. I mean if you are going to go 'All Genealogy' about something, at least be determined to get it right and don't just fall into the 'money trap' of the 'quick and dirty genealogy game'. That is what most of those 'pay as you go' sites are really all about. They're more interested in your fees and proprietarily and proprietorially taking over your information than really striving to get the Ancestral links, Your Links, done right. So they help you find 'stuff'. But a lot of 'stuff' is just not so, which they have conveniently gathered indiscriminately from countless various sources, many not even solidly verifiable nor even necessarily 'legally or legitimately' originally obtained. And often the sad proof that can often come years later if ever, is as you finally find out that the 'supposed' pedigrees being presented are not supported by the ground level original source documents at all, like parish records (baptism/christening, marriage, burial), census records decades upon traced, family wills, public civic certificates, etc. etc. etc. It is just someone says, so it must be so, so publish it and get the 'dough'. And really, there is a nice story about a little Parish involved. St. Keyne is practically surrounded by the larger parish of Liskeard, whose people it too does service. Just on one side is St. Keyne bordered by Duloe parish, all round-about the other sides is Liskeard. But Duloe also plays an important part of my story, at least at one particular critical point. But first, a really great matter is whether you see genealogy as just filling in a pedigree chart or if you can really see these names as real people or not. After over 40 years of working at my family's ancestry, they are not just place holder names on a full filled out pedigree chart. They are real people. They have been born, they have lived and they have died. Which brings me back to the crux of the case at hand. You know, St. Keyne is really a nice place to be buried with your family members. And you really don't want any outside intruders braking in and placing someone else's body next to your wife, now do you? Well neither did my 5th Great Grandfather, and he let me know about it in what you could say 'so many words'. And it wasn't just a matter of his name sake taking over his 'grave yard position', he had brought his whole family of foreign 'German' cousins with him. There was a Christopher in the place of father Cornelius, my 6th great grandfather, and they not only pushed out Cornelius' wife, but they also replaced the whole of his family's line from thence on back and forever. So I guess you have Edward to thank for this little piece. He's not letting me stop on the matter until I do this. He is standing there saying to me, tell them, "Not in my grave yard! Not in my grave yard they don't! My grave yard is for my immediate family. It is not for them to come into. Let them go back home and settle in their own 'German' grave yard where they belong." Yep, that's what he is saying to me. Can't you hear him? And he is just standing here telling me, "Now you go on and tell them. I want them to know. Not in my grave yard they don't!" So here I go, and Edward just won't be satisfied unless I tell you the whole of the story. So sit tight. It's going to be a long one. And Edward wants me to start with me. Well not exactly with me. But he wants me to start by telling you what my connection to the family is, that I have. You see, Edward's granddaughter just happened to marry my third Great Grandfather Philip Trout. I suppose that is where in the family my Dad gets his name Philip from, from 3rd great grandfather Philip Trout, and then his own grandfather's name Philip Trout Hender. You see, these are real people, and the really do have real and continuing family names in their families on down the lines. Even my own oldest son's first name is Philip. And he just reminded me that his son's middle name is Philip too. You see they're all in on getting me to do this. And so the name continues, as many such 'family names' do in family lines. And the correct and proper family lines should also so continue and not just become something shoddily done, by some 'quick and dirty' money making approach to genealogy work. I did tell you that I've been over 40 years at these such matters didn't I? Will back to the story. And I'll present a simplified descendancy chart to speak from: 5th Great Grandparents Edward Moon = Jenny Morshead chr 13-9-1731 \| b. 1735/36 m 14-12-1762 \| db 30 Jun 1815 db 14 Jun 1792 \| St Keyne St Keyne \| ___________________________________________\|____________________________ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Nicholas Moon \| Cornelius Moon \| Robert Moon Jenny/Jinny Moon \| Ann Moon cb 23 May 1763 \| b 1767 \| cb 16 Oct 1772 cb 27 Feb 1775 \| cb 24 Oct 1781 = Mary Ann Fitze \| Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard \| Liskeard (my family) \| db 21 Apr 1767 \| db 1 Sep 1805 m 28 Jan 1808 \| m 20 Sep 1810 \| St Keyne \| St Keyne Liskeard \| Liskeard \| (Infant) \| = Rich'd Stephens \| = Richard Hingston Susanna Moon Cornelius Moon (see below) \| (see below) cb 20 May 1765 cb 1 Dec 1769 Elizabeth Moon Liskeard Liskeard cb 7 Nov 1777 m 16 Jun 1788 d 5 Feb 1837 Liskeard Liskeard St Keyne m 1812-1832 = Joseph Moon \| High Clicker = Robert Carswell \| cb 5 May 1757 (No Children) \| Menheniot \| + Joseph Moon cb 10 Dec 1790, Liskeard + Jenny Moon cb 25 Oct 1792, Liskeard + Charles Moon cb 5 Jan 1796, Liskeard 4th Great Grandparents Nicholas Moon = Mary Ann Fitze cb 23 May 1763 \| cb 28 Aug 1769 Liskeard \| Liskeard m 4 Mar 1794 \| Liskeard \| d Oct 1847 db 24 May 1826 \| db 18 Oct 1847 St Keyne a 62 \| St Keyne a 78 ________________________________________\|________________________________________ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Edward Moon \| Mary Ann Moon Jane Moon Nicholas Moon \| Elizabeth Moon Cornelius Moon b 1795c \| b 1798c b 1799c 1801c \| b 1804c b 1806c cb 5 Jan 1796 \| cb 2 Aug 1798 cb 13 Nov 1799 cb 24 Sep 1801 \| cb 22 Nov 1804 cb 15 Jan 1807 Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard Liskeard \| Liskeard Liskeard m 16 Jun 1835 \| = William Snell db 1841/2 d 31 Mar 1849 \| db 15 Jun 1841 m = Peggy Sobey* \| \| = George Raby will no wife \| St Keyne = Abagail Little d 12 Aug 1849 \| Edmund Snell \| or children \| (Spinter) \| St Keyne \| William Snell Susanna Raby db 5 Apr 1849 \| Mary Moon his will names \| James Snell Charlotte Raby St Keyne \| d Jun 1882 no children \| Joseph Snell Jane Raby \| db 28 Jun 1882 \| George Raby Joseph Moon St Keyne a 75 Susanna Moon Fanny Raby cb 17 May 1803 b 1797c Liskeard cb 9 Jul 1797 Liskeard m 29 Apr 1819 d Mar 1804 Liskeard db 27 Mar 1804 = Philip Trout** St Keyne d 21 May 1839 (3rd Great Granparents) * Her name was Margaret 'Peggy' Sobey, Peggy being a common nickname for Margaret. They were married at Maker, Cornwall. ** Abigail Moon buried 22 February 1917 at St Keyne age 93. Abigail Little dau Joseph & Abigail baptism 13 Dec 1825, St Pinnock; family residence at the time was Lee and father was a farmer. My third great grandmother is Susanna Moon, the daughter of Nicholas Moon and his wife Mary Ann. I like the name 'Mary Ann'. I wonder why I didn't think of using that name in my family? Grandma Susanna did. She named one of her daughters Mary Ann, which such records clerks have corrupted in so many ways such as Marianna, Mari anna, and just plain old Mary on the last Census records she did appear on. But Susanna is buried in the St. Martins parish grave yard where her husband's family, the Trout family is all buried. And that's the way it should be I suppose. Or at least is was the way they did things back in Ole Cornwall. So Susanna is just my beginning place and the story will actually become that of my Moon family's sacred burial grounds. You see it is not just the American Indians who have had 'sacred burial grounds'. One of by great greats is pushing me to tell you that such is a matter of family tradition in many other family traditional societies. Yes, and even in 'good ole England' as well. And at this point he want me to tell you that, 'They had theirs as well. And it was being violated.' So Susanna was of the Moon family. The Moon family of Liskeard and primarily for this article, the Moon family whose sacred burial grounds are in the St Keyne parish grave yard. And Susanna's Moon family was a generous family. Even Susanna's daughter Marianna is named in one of their family wills with her husband Thomas Rowe Hender, my 2nd great grandparents. And they were Gentlemen and men of property. He grandfather Edward was a Gentleman. So was her father and two of her brothers were to and Cornelius, will Cornelius was Cornelius Moon of Great Treheer. I'll bet the German Moon invadors had no such recognizable family line involvements. At least not such one that solidly tie into Liskeard and more importantly here, the family's sacred burial ground of St Keyne. Why it is a matter of record that their leader of their invasion was actually born, married and even there in St. German's buried at the age of 80. No. They knew not the ties that bound the Moon family line of Liskeard and St. Keyne. No. Susanna wants me to tell you, 'They knew not the nobility of her Moon family lines' And just perhaps they in turn have their own 'noble family lines' to protect as well. And the real demons here are those splash and dash, quick and dirty genealogist artists who have not come to know and understand that 'these are people' and as such 'they have people stories to tell' and which need to be traced and be aware of in order to properly sort out one's true family line genealogy. We are not just filling out pedigrees here people. 'They are real people too. And it takes time to get to know them and properly sort them out and properly identify them. It is not just some matter of nice little IGI fit at one glace. If that were the case a part of my Moon family genealogy would have been 'solve-ed' years ago. But is was not and for good reason. Beyond the easy fit, there are real people and real people just don't so easily properly fit in to such 'easily' and 'shoddily' compiled modes. Well off the soap box and on with the case at hand. I suppose that even in a long story you've finally got to get to the meat of the matter. Whereas Susanna Moon was buried with her husband's people in St. Martins by Looe Bay, her Moon family line was all traditionally buried in and at their own sacred burial grounds of St. Keyne. Yep her brothers, her parents, her spinster sister, her single aunts and her uncles and grand and ever 'great grands' were there so buried. Now that is the short of it. But Edward is pushing for what Paul Harvey would say is the rest of the picture. And in this case it is the proof by proof sorting through all of the family burial record to so definitely prove this to be the matter. And in so doing, it also goes to prove the family lines themselves and guard and protect against usurping even perhaps distant cousin invasions into the ground of the family burial yard. So here we go, step by step, stepping through just such a proof of the matter. 'You don't think real genealogist are crazy do you? Of course not. They are just really bent on getting it right. For they have come to know that they are not only dealing with real people, but these real people are 'family' and Edward is still here prodding me on to continue. so I will. But first a little run at levity first as I tell you the tale of the Moon Caucus Race. [Now Jenny was a 'moors head' and her sister Mary was a 'pine'. Mary the Pine got her self attached (married) to a 'snell' of Morval. And there Mary lived in Morvile until it came time for Jenny to also become attached to her Edward, a Gentleman of Liskeard. So off to Morval did Edward and Jenny run to also become as one. And that had nothing whatsoever to do with the Germans next door to Morval. And thus was Mary gone in 61 and then followed by Jenny in 62. But, now the Germans have become aware that by that attachment the gates of the sacred land of Keyne land laid bare to the attack of the St. Germans moons of Germans' land. And so to the defense has Gentleman Edward come, I his sword in hand. To thwart the foe and raise the standard true of the 'moon clan' resting down below.] Next find the columnar details of the generations of the Liskeard Moon family who are all buried in the Church grave yard of St. Keyne according to the St. Keyne parish burial records. I have identified each of these as to who they are in relationship to Susanna Moon who married Philip Trout, and on back for three generation to that point of family inclusion which ought to dispel the Edward from St. Germans and his father Christopher, so that Gentleman Edward and his father Cornelius may take their rightful place in their family of the Moons of Liskeard. [Note: Some liberties were taken in reproducing the OPC supplied data in order to attempt to conserve limited space, such as: St Keyne for Keyne, St. and trans for transcription. And such cross referencing notes as , , and ^ are not part of the original transcribed OPC record, but my own explanation commentary. Such as: * Denoting that the record number was as of my access date to the OPC database to only give some insurance and understanding that I indeed obtained the information from OPC Cornwall database. OPC itself states that such record numbers are not to be used as 'lookup references' as those numbers do change from time to time due to additions, deletions and their own corrections to their database.]
Generation 1 - The Third Generation
Commentary/Explanation Nicholas' three sons are Edward, Nicholas and Cornelius and they are noted as buried at St Keyne. The spinster daughter Elizabeth is also, as is the sister in law Abigail, wife of Cornelius Moon. The other three daughters that married, Mary Ann Snell, Jane Raby and my ancestor Susanna Trout are not. Like Susanna Trout they are likely buried with their spouse. It is father Nicholas' will and eldest son and Susanna Trout's brother Edward Moon's will that establishes this Moon family of the rank of 'Gentlemen' and being of 'Treheer' in Liskeard, though that part of Liskeard that is actually nearer to St. Keyne than the parish Church of Liskeard city of proper. And it is also son/brother Edward's will which does name much of the whole of the family, including his sister 'Susan Trout'. Her daughter 'Mary' who is the wife of 'Thomas Hender' therein also named. Well Edward wrote his will in January of 1848 and his younger brother Nicholas wrote his will in May of 1848, also so stating himself to be a Gentleman of Treheer, Liskeard. And each the other was still alive at the writing of their wills. So even though Nicholas died in '49 before his brother Edward, who also died in '49, it should be clear to see why Nicholas, though dead when the will was read, would still be written into his brother's, Edward's, will. I would expect no less and so it be. Now Edward in his will of 20 January of '48, does name his sister Susan Trout when he bequeths items to nieces Susan and Jane Trout, but therein he calls his sister Susan 'late'. And I don't think he means for dinner. And so it also that Nicholas in 4 May of '48 did not even so name her. But Nicholas so named as his nieces Susan Trout, Jane Trout and Mary wife of Mr. Hender, and stated them but as the daughters of Philip Trout. In the mouth of two such witnesses that would mead that sister Sasanna/Susan Moon Trout would have died before the date in January of '48 and so she was really late. The That would seem to yield a death date of Susanna(Susan) Moon Trout before 20 January 1848. And so it is, Susan Trout was buried 21 May 1839 as recorded in the parish record of St Martin by Looe at age of 42. And yes, so it is she was Christian baptism 9 July 1797 recorded in Liskeard, as Susanna Moon, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Ann. It is all so inter related, it is just too hard to make this 'stuff' up 'if' you are going by the original sourced data. Spinster Elizabeth's will does not mention everyone, just her three brothers, late father and sister Mary Ann Snell. Susanna Trout being dead in 1839 was not written in 1841, nor her children or her husband, in-law 'Hender'. Youngest brother and son Cornelius Moon may have out lived them all, dying in 1882. The Census records do declare him as being of Great Treheer. Just of late found and identified is Joseph Moon of this family, a child born/baptism 1803 who died 1804 and never appeared in any family will of document other than his baptism and his burial, which was once considered to have been that of another Joseph Moon.	The Children Three sons, a spinster daughter and a daughter in law buried at St Kenye. Son Cornelius Moon, of Great Treheer (1806-1882) More information about record 635767 in the Burials database Day Month 28-Jun Year 1882 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age 75 ^Residence Treheu, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^Written and/or transcribed poorly, Treheu is Treheer (Census records). Son�s Wife Abigail Little Moon (Wife of Cornelius above) (1825-1917) More information about record 2551156 in the Burials database Day Month 22-Feb Year 1917 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Abigail Surname MOON Age 93 Residence Tredallet Duloe ^Notes space next for husband. Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Unless Abigail remarried, 'for' is likely something like 'her'. Son Nicholas Moon Gentleman of Treheer, Liskeard (His will proves family) (1802-1849) More information about record 635651 in the Burials database Day Month 05-Apr Year 1849 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Nicholas Surname MOON Age 47 ^Residence Treleer Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ 'Treleer' is poorly written or transrcription of 'Treheer'. Son Edward Moon, Gentleman (His will proves it) (1795-1849) More information about record 635652 in the Burials database Day Month 14-Aug Year 1849 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Edward Surname MOON Age 53 ^Residence Treheer Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Treheer properly reproduced on OPC supplied record. Dau Elizabeth Moon, Spinster (Her �will� to prove it) (1805-1841) More information about record *635628 in the Burials database Day Month 19-Jun Year 1841 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename .Elizh. Surname MOON Age 36 ^Residence Plymouth Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ For whatever reason, spinter and independant Elizabeth, age 36, was living at Plymouth when she died, yet she was brought back to St Keyne for her burial with her family. Uncle Joseph Moon (1803-1804) More information about record *1658674 in the Burials database Day Month 27-Mar Year 1804 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Joseph Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole This Joseph Moon was once thought to be son of Edward Moon as he appeared in Robert Moon's will, BUT NOT. He is now know as a previously unknown child of Nicholas Moon and his wife Mary Ann Fitze. He was named after his mother's father named Joseph Fitze.	The Parents Dad Nicholas Moon Gentleman of Treheer^, Liskeard (1763-1826) More information about record 635576 in the Burials database Day Month 24-Mar Year 1826 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Nicholas Surname MOON Age 62 ^Residence Trekere Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^Again, here 'Trekere' should be 'Treheer'. Error in recording or transcribing. One need only to lookup and read his will to know that he is of Treheer, Liskeard. Mom-Mary Ann Fitze^^* Moon (1769-1847) More information about record *635648 in the Burials database Day Month 18-Oct Year 1847 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Mary Ann Surname MOON Age 78 Residence Treleer Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Jean Shephard ^^ By the way, Nicholas' wife, Mary Ann Moon, She died and was buried as recorded in St Keyne at, well the age of 78. Let's see, does that add up? Well, Mary Ann Fitze was Christian/baptism baptism 9 November 1769 as the daughter of Joseph Fitze and Ann Bartlet. So does 1769 + 78 = 1847? Yep, that's right there. So that is her death and burial date of 1847, don't you see? ^ Concerning Nicholas being of Treheer and Gentleman, beyond his will that states it, there is the matter of a National Archives Note which also refers to what is Conelius Moon's will, father of Edward Moon and grandfather to this Nicholas Moon. BW/4/2/1,2 29 and 30 October 1812 Contents: Lease and release. (1) Nicholas Moon of Treheer, Liskeard, gent to (2) Thomas Bewes of Plymouth Borough, esq. Consideration �650. Recites lease and release of 10 and 11 June 1760. Will of Cornelius Moon of 24 June 1766 (proved Archdeaconry Court). Tenement in Care Gliddon, heretofore in possession Richard Rayne, after of John Stephens, tenement in village of Care Gliddon heretofore in possession of Robert Barrett Now of course the will date of 24 June 1766 would be the date it was written and signed and sealed by Cornelius Moon. Remember that herein it will be shown that Cornelius Moon, father of Edward Moon who is the father of this Nicholas Moon died and was buried at St Keyne in 1767. And some date after that burial would be the actual date when at which this will would have been proved by the Archdeaconry Court.
Generation 2 - The Second Generation
Commentary/Explanation The children of this generation, are the aunts and uncle, besides the father Nicholas Moon to my reference point, Susanna Moon my 3rd great grandmother who married Philip Trout. They consist of four sons - uncles and 'dad'. Nicholas Moon named after his mother's father Nicholas Morshead/Moorshead, is already shown as the dad of the younger generation I'm related through. Then there is Cornelius Moon named after his father's father, grand father Cornelius Moon. And again ditto for the next son also Cornelius. And their fourth son whose is Robert Moon whose will disclosed information now developed. Once thought as the fifth is Joseph Moon who is son in law of the Moons of High Clicker who married these brother's sister Susanna Moon. Then there are four daughters of this Moon family. There is Susanna Moon, who did not die at age 14, but was married to Joseph Moon of the family of High Clicker. Another is Elizabeth Moon who married Robert Carswell. Then there is Jenny or Jane Moon, named after her mother, who did marry one Richard Stephens. And the fourth is Ann Moon who married Richard Hingston. In either case there are graves in St Keyne who could fit them in and thus not particularly important directly to this case. But as this is the long of it, I will place the questioned in blue as to their possible included burial. 1767 a Year of Death � There is an unresolved issue here, buried on 21 April 1767 is Cornelius Moon, the infant son of �Mr. Edwd� implied Moon, on 8 March 1767 there is the burial of Great Grandpa Cornelius Moon, the father of Edward Moon. And here on the 21 of March it would seem is the brother of Edward for Edward�s other son Cornelius is yet to be born in 1769. And as the family was likely looked after by Edward Moon, even his brother may have in the mix been denoted as �son of Edward Moon. The year of 1767 must have been a year of sickness for our Hender family in Altarnun experience four such deaths all in that same year of 1767. There was father Thomas Hender husband of Elizabeth Northy, their daughter Agnes (Ann) Hender, and two of their sons John and William Hender who all died and were buried that year as well. If so, it must have been a year of great stress and confusion.	The Children-Uncles/Aunts Nicholas Child Is Dad Not Uncle Uncle Cornelius Moon (the infant) (1767-1767) More information about record *1658570 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Apr Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes inft: son of Mr Edwd Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Uncle Cornelius Moon (Proved by his will, written 1832 died 1837) (1769-1837) More information about record 1658764 in the Burials database Day Month 05-Feb Year 1837 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age 67 Residence Trewen, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Uncle Robert Moon (1772-1805) More information about record 1658679 in the Burials database Day Month 01-Sep Year 1805 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Robert Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole	The Parents Grandpa Edward Moon ^Gentleman (1731-1792) More information about record 1658633 in the Burials database Day Month 14-Jun Year 1792 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Edward Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole ^ Upon the marriage certificate it states that Edward's Rank Profession is a Gentleman. And it also records that he is of Liskeard and not of some other parish such as St Germans. Now some question has been, why the marriage was in Moral. Well now, according to my little story, Jenny Morshead's sister was Mary Pine who married Samuel Snell of Morval. That was in 1761. About a year and a half later when Edward Moon and Jenny Morshead were married, and they were married where Jenny's sister lived in Morval. And the point I guess, is that Gentleman Edward Moon came down to Morval from where he lived in Liskeard and NOT from where some suppose that other Edward Moon to have been from - St Germans. Grandma Jenny Morshead Moon (1737-1815) More information about record 1658700 in the Burials database Day Month 30-Jun Year 1815 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Jenny Surname MOON Age 79 Residence Trewen, Liskeard Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole More information about record 1163338 in the Marriages database Day Month 14-Dec Year 1762 Parish/Reg District Morval Groom Fn Edward Groom Surname MOON Groom Age Groom Residence Liskeard Groom Condition Groom Rank Profession Gent Groom Sign/Mark (S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Pro Bride Firstname Jenny Bride Surname MORSHEAD Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Profession Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Pro Banns/Licence(B/L) L Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes Furze trans Transcriber Julia Mays
	Uncle Joseph Moon NOT of this generation but still a St Keyne Moon, see ID generation above ( -1804) More information about record 1658674 in the Burials database Day Month 27-Mar Year 1804 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Joseph Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Aunt Susanna Moon NOT as she married Joseph Moon of High Clicker (1765-1795) More information about record 1658598 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Apr Year 1779 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Susanna Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole (ID Pending)
Generation 3 - The First Generation
Commentary/Explanation Of this last family generation the parish records are of that age and time that they are beginning to break up. And complete information is hard to come by. The family itself is not fully identified. But what is, is there buried at St Keyne. There are two children of Cornelius who are born there as state as such on their parish record entry as show. And of course there is Edward Moon show as Grandfather who is a son of the graveyard's other inhabitant, Cornelius. No Christopher, the known father of the St Germans' Edward pretender is not buried there as is Cornelius, who is the father of the Edward Moon, Gentleman of Liskeard, is buried there. The important point is the placing of Great Grandfather Cornelius Moon in the burial family group at St. Keyne. The Parish record seems but fragmented and broken up either from dated use or incomplete transcription, which does not go beyond this distant point. What seem important is that Cornelius is there to be found and Christopher, the father of the pretender Edward of St Germans is not.	Children-Great Uncles/Aunts Great Aunt Susanna Moon (1733-1756) More information about record 1658521 in the Burials database Day Month 19-Feb Year 1756 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Susanna Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes dau of Cornelius & Joan Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Great Uncle Robert Moon (1745-1756) More information about record 764456 in the Burials database Day Month 11-Dec Year 1756 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Robert Surname MOON Age Residence Notes son of Cornelius Moon & wife Joan Transcriber Notes Bishop's Trans Transcriber Jean Shephard Great Uncle Cornelius Moon (1740-1767) More information about record *764495 in the Burials database Day Month 21-Mar Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age ^Residence Leskeard Notes son of Edward Moon* Transcriber Notes Bishop's Trans Transcriber Jean Shephard ^ Of course this is an obvious recording and transcription of what is 'Liskeard'	The Parents Great Grandpa Cornelius Moon (1697-1767) More information about record *1658568 in the Burials database Day Month 08-Mar Year 1767 Parish/Reg District St Keyne Forename Cornelius Surname MOON Age Residence Liskeard Notes yeoman Transcriber Notes Furze's Trans Transcriber Frances Kenshole Great Grandma Joan Bowden Moon (1699-1799^) ^ There is a record which would make Great Grandma to be 100, but of such a nebulous fact without adding more proof, I'll just list her as I found her to be, Joan Bowden. More ought to be sought before for sure deducing her age as a 100.
Where Is the Usurper Buried?
Commentary/Explanation So where and what is the real story with the St Germans' Edward Moon. Will to start with, in this time frame there is only one Edward Moon of St Germans. And yes, he is the Son of Christopher Moon and Joan. That OPC Cornwall supplied information is in the next column show. Now if there is only one such Edward Moon of St Germans of this time frame. Just how busy is he and where does he get about to? Well I can make that a short story by just saying, "He was born in St Germans, he was Christian baptized in St Germans, he was twice married once in St Germans to Susanna Hick, and one two years later to Ann Betty at Morval, and he was at age 80 (1819-1739) buried at St Germans with his father who was also buried there at St Germans. When one understands the societal social structure of England of the 1700s, one ought to know that souls just don't so easily move around and about from one local to another, un-establishing themselves out of one community and into another community. This is what America was all about, braking away from the English Class System. There is overwhelming evidence here that the only Edward Moon of St Germans of this period did but stay in St Germans. Baptism, two marriages and being buried in St Germans with his family there. He did not just suddenly between two other marriages run up to Liskeard, there to become estabished as a 'Rank Professional' 'Gentleman' of property to get married to Jenny Morshead. And he certainly did not foster that family of Treheer in Liskeard who all were living and being buried in that community at St Keyne. He certainly was not buried in two places, that one which calculates to be him 80 years after his birth and then baptism in 1739 to be buried in 1819 at St Germans away from all his supposed family of Liskeard at St Keyne. This type of 'splash and dash', 'quick and dirty' genealogy work just ought not to be. The computer is a tool to help you do the WORK. But WORK is still the four letter word that gets it done right. With the aid of the computer and access to the online OPC parish records, the Online Cornwall Census records, and the lookup capabilities of the internet information high in the sky super highway, I can get done in a matter of hours, days, and weeks what 40 years ago was taking me weeks, months and years to do. But, I still have to do it. And as some point one just has to get down and do the actual work of genealogy and not just expect some ancestry service supply it all for them. If they do they will get what they deserve. An inaccurate 'splash and dash' senseless pedigree that a real and true study through the sourced facts acts of the matter exposes if for what it is - nonsense.	Born/Baptism More information about record 1200386 in the Baptisms database Day Month 31-Oct Year 1739 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Edward Surname MOON Sex Father Forename Christopher Mother Forename Joan Residence Fthr Rank Pro Notes Transcriber Notes Transcriber Fred Hancock Married More information about record 535788 in the Marriages database Day Month 27-May Year 1762 Parish/Reg District St Germans Groom Fn Edward Groom Sn MOON Groom Age Groom Residence Groom Condition Groom Rank Prof Groom Sign/Mark(S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Prof Bride Fn Susannah Bride Sn HICKS Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Prof Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Prof Banns/Licence (B/L) Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes Transcriber Fred Hancock The real person and family history of the Edward Moon of St Germans is this. Edward Moon, whose baptism was recorded the 31 October 1739, first got married to Susannah Hicks in St Germains 27 May 1762. By the time that my Edward Moon came down to Morval to marry Jenny Morshead in December. The Edward Moon of St Germans and his wife Susannah Hicks Moon were expecting their first child. That child was born and given the name of 'Susannah Hicks Moon', being Christian baptized 2 July 1763 with Edward Moon of St German the only parent there as his wife Susannah Hicks had died at the age of 25 and being buried that same day as her only daughter's baptism, 2 July 1763. Now Edward Moon of St Germans had not thought about running up to live in Liskeard and getting married to Jenny Morshead. He had enough being served to him on his plate of life with his marriage to Susannah Hicks, the birth of his first child, the death of his wife, the baptism of his first child and the burial of his first wife on that same day of 2 July 1763. The rest of the story?>>>>>>>>>>	Married Again More information about record 696456 in the Marriages database Day Month 24-Dec Year 1764 Parish/Reg District Morval Groom Fn Edward Groom Sn MOON Groom Age ^Groom Residence St Germain Groom Condition Groom Rank Prof Groom Sign/Mark(S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Fthr Rank Prof Bride Fn Ann Bride Sn BETTY Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Prof Bride Sign/Mark(S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Fthr Rank Prof Banns/Licence(B/L) B Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes BTs Transcriber Sue Mutton ^ St Germans by other name. Buried More information about record 763569 in the Burials database Day Month 22-Jul Year 1819 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Edward Surname MOON Age 80 Residence Notes Transcriber Notes From trans Transcriber Fred Hancock More information about record **760836 in the Burials database Day Month 04-Dec Year 1740 Parish/Reg District St Germans Forename Christopher Surname MOON Age Residence Notes Transcriber Notes From trans Transcriber Fred Hancock Edward recovered and married again, this time at Morval on 24 December 1764 to Ann Betty. They had additional children, Thomas 1765, Elizabeth 1768, Mary 1770, Ann 1773 and Edward 1776. Six children in all counting Susannah Hicks Moon by his first marriage. Now I shouldn't have to put together someone else's family history story. They should do it and not rely on shoddily done and wrong genealogy such as corrupted at least two sets of genealogical lines.
~ THE END ~ Well, what do you know? A surprise ending. You see, Edward Moon of St Germans is a real person too. And he too, and his family deserves the respect of a thorough investigation into his life and who he is, and not to just throw him into someone else's life and family. Edward Moon and his father Christopher and their families there in St Germans ought to be properly researched as people with real life stories to tell, and not just as someone convenient to use to fill out a pedigree sheet. And the two Edward Moons may well be distant cousins. What they are not is each other and they both need a little respect to take the time to find out who they really are apart from being used by a shoddily done genealogy to complete.

The Case:'Where They Are Buried'~ or ~"Not in My House You Don't!"

prepared by Don R. Hender

Generation 1 - The Third Generation

Generation 2 - The Second Generation

Generation 3 - The First Generation

Where Is the Usurper Buried?

~ THE END ~

The Case:
'Where They Are Buried'
~ or ~
"Not in My House You Don't!"