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SMITH or SMYTH - Of all the variations of the common name of Smith, only two seem to be used in the area of St Columb Minor and Newlyn East; at least as far as the parish records can take our Smith family of Cornwall back. The map at the right locates where those parishes are located, that is along the mid-north shores of Cornwall is the Deanery of Pydar, within which are the parishes of St Columb Minor and Newlyn East. While our Smith family is in St Columb Minor for some generations, it may well be that they do also go back into Newlyn East. And while 'for sure' identification of such family it often takes more than parish record alignment, for the name of Smith in this age in this area, there seems but one related Smith family in habitation there. So what I have been able to put together from such records, I will set out generation by generation here below beginning with John Smith no less.


John Smyth and Amy __________ Family

10th Great Grandparents


Loosely put together, as there are none others of the period so represented in the records, is this family of John Smyth and his wife Amy, whose last name is not given on the parish marriage record. And in the parishes surrounding there are only to such baptism that would apply, and that is of a daughter Johan Smyth born at the marriage year-accuracy of the parish extration of such an old record of some concern; and a son 'Water' Smyth, which may will be such as 'Walter' as the more common name of that phonetic rendition. You see, Walter without the long-hard 'L' sound is but 'water'. And dialects of English are known to 'lite' over such hard consonants sound. While in New Zealand, many would pronounce my last name phonetically as 'henda' rather than 'Hender' with the hard 'R' sound. I found the constrast humorous, as they would call me Elder 'Henda' and they would speak of the long yellow fruit as a 'bananer'. Now, given this to be that Walter Smyth/Smith found next door in St Columb Minor, I place his marriage with this family. As stated, there are no others at all of record in Cornwall of whom these would fit.

                        John Smyth       =      Amy _________
                                         |
                                         |
                        m 31 Aug 1567?   |
                          Newlyn East    |
                                         |
                             ____________|___________
                            |                        |
                       Johan Smyth          Water [Walter] Smyth   
                       cb 1 May 1567        cb 30 Jun 1574
                         Newlyn East          Newlyn East
                                            m 12 Oct 1607
                                              St Columb Minor
                                            = Kateren Kirrihaught





More information about record ###### in the Marriages database Day Month 31-Aug Year 1567 Parish / Reg District Newlyn East Groom Fn John Groom Sn SMYTH Groom Age Groom Residence Groom Condition Groom Rank Profession Groom Sign/Mark (S/M) Groom Father Name Groom Father Rank Pro Bride Fn Amy Bride Sn not shown Bride Age Bride Residence Bride Condition Bride Rank Profession Bride Sign/Mark (S/M) Bride Father Name Bride Father Rank Pro Banns / Licence (B/L) Witness Fn1 Witness Sn1 Witness Fn2 Witness Sn2 Other Information Transcriber Notes Phillimores | which refers to the parish as Newlyn in Pydar Transcriber Shirley Cattermole




More information about record ####### in the Baptisms database Day Month 10-May Year 1567 Parish/Reg Dist Newlyn East Forename Johan Surname SMYTH Sex Dau Father Forename John Mother Forename Residence Father Rank Pro Notes Trans Notes Src: Shadwell's Transcripts Transcriber Mark Jose




More information about record ####### in the Baptisms database Day Month 30-Jun Year 1574 Parish/Reg Dist Newlyn East Forename Water Surname SMYTH Sex Son Father Forename John Mother Forename Residence Father Rank Pro Notes Trans Notes Src: Shadwell's Transcripts Transcriber Mark Jose



Walter [Water] Smith/Smyth and Kateren Kirrihaught Family

9th Great Grandparents


Now the 'Kirrihaught' surname of the record transcriber is somewhat of an enigma, for there are no such surnames in the database of the OPC Parish records in Cornwall at this time. There is a location Kirkhaugh in North Humbia and in 'The Peerage' there is the name Kirkhaught whih does appear. The nearest I find in Cornwall is such as Kirkeet in Antony, but no Kateren or Katherines. If it is a surname of location origin, then it could be Kateren de Kirkhaught. But I still find no response for any person by that surname in Cornwall 'yet'. Perhaps one day it will click with me what it is. But hopefully not as long as it took me to find out that Moon, Moone and Mohun are akin. But who knows how a befuddled records clerk would even attempt the name, little alone how a transcriber may read the alphabet soup listing of it? The nearest hint I can find is that 'there is a very general tradition that some centuries ago three brothers named Kirk of Scotland' were and the name is variously spelt Kirko, Kirkoe, Kirkco, Kirkhaugh, Kirkhaught, Kirkhauch, Kirkhaucht, Kyrkhauch, Kh-kalch, and Kii'k. I suppose that Kateren does sound Scotish? Well I have tried all those out, and did some response from some but none of the time period. Perhaps I need a good Celtic language expert here? -Cornish, Welsh, Irrish, Scottish etc.? The 'English' have so corrupted the Celtic names of the Cornish, Welsh, Irish and Scotish that who can know or find them or even what they have all become?

                         Walter/Water Smith/Smyth   =    Kateren/Katheren Kirrihaught
                         cb 30 Jun 1574             |
                           Newlyn East              |
                         m 12 Oct 1607              |
                           St Columb Minor          |
                         d 1666                     |     d Jun 1628
                         bur 4 Apr 1666             |     bur 8 Jun 1628
                           St Columb Minor          |       St Columb Mnr
                                                    |     (Wife of Walter)
   _________________________________________________|____________________________________
  |         |                       |                   |               |                |
  |  William Smith      ?-risten/Christian Smith   John Smith       Mary Smith       John Smith 
  |  cb 3 Apr 1608      cb 2 May 1613              cb 21 Jan 1615   cb 13 Apr 1619   cb 27 Jan 1621
  |    St Columb Mnr      St Columb Minor            St Columb Mnr    St Columb Mnr    St Columb Mnr
  |  m 26 Apr 1636      d Nov 1640
  |   St Columb Mnr       bur 24 Nov 1640
  |  = Jone Dier            St Columb Minor
  |                      (Daughter of Walter)
  |___________
              |  
       Margarett Smith
       b ?

       d Apr 1629
       bur 24 Apr 1629
         St Columb Mnr
       (Drowned, dau.
        of Walter)



William Smith and Jone Dier/Dyer/Deere Family

8th Great Grandparents



                                  William Smith     =   Jone/Joane Dier/Dyer/Deere
                                  cb 3 Apr 1608     |   cb 23 Mar 1603 (27 Feb erased)
                                    St Columb Mnr   |     St Columb Minor
                                  m 26 Apr 1636     |
                                    St Columb Mnr   |
                                  d Apr 1679?       |    d Jul 1671
                                  bur 8 Apr 1679    |    bur 6 Jul 1671
                                    Newlyn East?    |      St Columb Minor
             _______________________________________|_______________________________
            |                   |                  |                  |             |
      Thomas Smith      Katherine Smith   Constantine Smyth   Christian Smith   John Smyth
      cb 23 Jul 1637    cb 8 Mar 1639     cb 27 Apr 1642      cb 19 Dec 1645    cb 20 Aug 1655
        St Columb Mnr     St Columb Mnr     St Columb Minor     St Columb Mnr     St Columb Mnr
                                                              m 18 Sep 1669
                                                                St Columb Mnr
                                                              = Edwarde Benny