N O R T H Y o f A L T A R N U N
NORTHY / NORTHEY: It seems obvious that the name comes from the word meaning 'north'. In today's form it is the 'Englo' or Saxon version of the spelling of the word that has prevailed and with the 'y' sounding ending it is thought to refer to either the word meaning of 'eg'='island' or 'ge'=enclosure or even 'ea'='river'. That a pick, but which or whatever, it would seem quite possible that the name could well have a number of original family sources which have come dowm to the one name. That is there is many a place location after which one could be referenced as being a 'Northey' of—'de Northy'. And is seems appropriate that our Northey or Northy family is located in the 'north' arena of Cornwall.There are a number of Northy/Northey families about the Altarnun around 1700. It is likely that one of those families is where Elizabeth Northy comes from who married Thomas Hender. One particular family will be singled out until further information proves otherwise. ~ Altarnun church of St Nonna, St David's mother. William Northey and Lore/Loar
William Northey^ = Lore/Loar/Loare
b abt 1657 |
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m 1680 |
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d May 1696 a35 | d 1712
bur 8 May 1696 | bur 1712
Altarnun | Altarnun
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| Joan Northey Richard Northey Sybella Northey Nevil Northey
| cb 3 Dec 1681 cb 15 Feb 1684 cb abt 1686 cb abt 1688
| Altarnun Altarnun? Altarnun?
| d Dec 1697
| bur 23 Dec 1697
| Altarnun
| d of Wm
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Elizabeth Northey Ann/Agnes Northey daughter [Elizabeth] Northey*
cb 5 Apr 1690 cb 25 Jun 1693 cb 1696
Altarnun Altarnun Altarnun
d bef. 1696 m 13 Jun 1727
Altarnun
= Thomas Hender
^ Some make this William the son of William and Sibella Northy, which Sibella, widow of
William Northy did die and was buried 5 November 1679 at Altarnun.
* Some make this unnamed Northey daughter to be Sybella, as it to them seems to fit the
last born child. Yet to making Elizabeth of this family she who married Thomas Hender
and mothered his six children, it would be a better age fit for her to be a younger
Elizabeth Northey than she who was born 1690.
Nevil Northey and Grace Eare/EarelPerhaps one of the more telling features about the 16th through 18th century, and even into the 19th century families of Cornwall, is the unspoken tradition of the use of family names. That is children were most often named after their ancestors, parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, etc. And any one who has studied the records of the Altarnun area during this perticular period of time, late 1600s - early 1700s, will recognized the fact that there are two families headed by fathers named Nevil/Nevile/ Neville/Nevill Northey. One such family is that of Nevil Northey and Grace Eare, which fortunity is one which is currently best preserved in the OPC Cornwall parish's records. And the first two children of this family, a boy and a girl, are named William and Lore. Not that William alone is so unique of a 'family name' for I'd think, from my experience, that at least some 50% of the families of this extended period has at least one ancestor by the name of William. But in combination with the quite unique name of 'Lore', it seems to speak to just who were the ancestors of this family. And that is particularly William and Lore Northey who would be considered as the parents of this particular Nevil Northey, who does not get around to naming one of his sons Nevil until the aparent last child and son of the family, that is after loosing a third child and son Nevill Northey to an early childhood death.
Nevil/Nivill Northey = Grace Earle/Eare
b abt 1688 | b 1688
Altarnun? | Altarnun
m 22 Sep 1713 |
Altarnun |
d Jan 1748[1747] | d Jun 1772 a84
bur 5 Jan 1748 | bur 9 Jun 1772
Altarnun | Altarnun
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| William Northey Lore Northy Nivell/Nevil Northy Richard Northey
| b ?10 Jan 1723?
| cb Mar 1715 cb 23 Feb 1717 cb 26 Dec 1720 cb 26 May 1723
| Altarnun Altarnun Altarnun Altarnun
| m 23 Jul 1739 d Aug 1723 m 6 Sep 1748
| Lanhydrock bur 20 Aug 1723 Altarnun
| = Francis Harris Altarnun = Elizabeth Hender*
| s of Nevil & Grace
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Margery Northey Nevil/Nivell Northey/Northy
cb 9 Apr 1725 cb 1 Jun 1729
Altarnun Altarnun
m 3 Jun 1746 ?m 27 Aug 1759?
Altarnun Lewannick
= Henry Coombe = English Adams
* This Elizabeth Hender would be the daughter of Edward Hender and Elizabeth Wadge. As the
sister of this Nevil Northey is considered to be that Elizabeth Northy who married Thomas
Hender, Edward Hender's likely brother, it would not be right for this Elizabeth Hender
to be Thomas Hender's and Elizabeth Northy's daughter, which she was not as she married
John Venning. But the Elizabeth Hender that Richard married could be Edward Hender's
daughter and there would not be any blood line problems, only a near 'in-law'
relationship existing. |