On 21 Mar 1867 when Charles was 44, he married Mary E NICOLLS in Altarnun, Cornwall, England. Born abt 1823 in Linkinghorne, Cornwall, England. Mary E died bef 1911; she was 88.

- 1823?: Mary E. Nicolls was born c1823 at Linkinhorne, Cornwall.
- daughter of John Nicholls, retired farmer, age 85, born Alternun, Cornwall
- 1891 census says born in Linkenhorn, Cornwall

RESEARCH NOTES:
- married at age 44, likely didn’t have children
- Mary's death not found.; husband was listed as a widower in 1911 census.

In Q2 1855 when Ann Allin was 31, she married James PEARD in Stratton Reg Dist, Cornwall, England. Born ca 1823 in Bideford, Devon, England. James died in Taunton Reg Dist, Devon, England, in Q4 1885; he was 62.

- 1823?: He was born c1823 at Bideford, Devon (ref census).
- 1885: James' death reg Dec qtr 1885 at Taunton Dist age 62 (ref FreeBMD).
Deaths Dec 1885
Peard James 62 Taunton 5c 223
The district Taunton spans the boundaries of the counties of Devon and Somerset

On 12 Oct 1852 when Rebecca was 23, she married George Hosking WILLS in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Born in 1830 in Brent, Devon, England. George Hosking died in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, in Q2 1901; he was 71.

- 1830?: born c1830 at Brent, Devon
- 1852: George Hosking WILLS age 22 (ref IGI)
- Coal Merchant.
- 1881: George is not found in 1881 census.
- 1901: George's death was reg Jun qtr 1901 at Cardiff District age 71 (ref FreeBMD).

On 2 Oct 1866 when Elizabeth was 35, she married John Collings PARKYN , son of William Rowett PARKYN & Elizabeth Lyndon COLLINGS, in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Born on 20 Jan 1839 in Knowle, Bawdrip, Somerst, England. John Collings died in Tutshill, Tidenham, Gloucester, England, on 30 Dec 1917; he was 78. Buried abt 1917 in St Nicholas, Trellech, Gwent, Wales.

- 1839: born 20 Jan 1839 at Knowle, Bawdrip, Somerset, son of William Rowett Parkyn and Elizabeth Lyndon Collings (ref FGR).
- PARENTS: William Rowett Parkyn and Elizabeth Lyndon Collings
- 1841 census: Baedrip, as child

- 1861 "England and Wales Census, 1861," Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
name: John C Parkyn
event: Census
event date: 1861
gender: Male
age: 22
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Bawdrip, Somersetshire
record type: Household
registration district: Stratton
sub-district: 1 Kilkhampton
ecclesiastical parish:
civil parish: Kilkhampton
county: Cornwall [others in household not listed in index]

- 1871 census: Roath, Cardiff
"England and Wales Census, 1871," Roath, Roath, Glamorganshire, Wales
name: John Collings Parkyn
event: Census
event date: 1871
gender: Male
age: 32
relationship to head of household: Self
birthplace: Bawdrip, Somerset
record type: Household
registration district: Cardiff
sub-district: Cardiff
event parish: Roath
county: Glamorganshire
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self John Collings Parkyn M 32 Bawdrip, Somerset
wife Elizabeth Parkyn F 33 Kilkhampton, Cornwall
daughter Elizabeth Susanh Parkyn F 2 Cardiff, Glamorganshire
son John Wm Parkyn M 1 Cardiff, Glamorganshire
daughter Annie Blanche Parkyn F 0 Cardiff, Glamorganshire
niece Annie Susanh Peard F 10 Monkleigh, Devonshire
servant Elizabeth Samuel F 24 Cardiff, Glamorganshire

- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881," Roath, Glamorganshire, Wales
name: John C Parkyn
age: 42
gender: Male
birth year: 1839
birthplace: Bawdrip, Somerset, Wales
relationship to head of household: Head
marital condition: Married
profession/occupation: Coal & Pitwood Merchant
address: 5 Partridge Rd
census place: Roath, Glamorganshire, Wales
record type: Household
family history library film: 1342271
the national archives reference: RG11
piece/folio: 5284 / 139
page number: 45
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head John C Parkyn M 42 Bawdrip, Somerset, Wales
wife Elizabeth Parkyn F 49 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Wales
daughter Elizabeth S Parkyn F 12 Wales
daughter Anne B Parkyn F 10 Wales
son John W Parkyn M 11 Wales
son Charles G Parkyn M 9 Wales
son Lindon C Parkyn M 7 Wales
servant Sarah A Burt F 32 Westwick, Durham, Wales

- 1911 "England and Wales Census, 1911," John Collings Parkyn, Uley, , Gloucestershire, England
name: John Collings Parkyn
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Male
age: 72
birthplace: Bawdrip, Somersetshire
record type: Household
registration district: Dursley
sub-district: Dursley
parish: Uley
county: Gloucestershire [no other household members listed in index]

- 1917: John died 30 Dec 1917 at Tutshill, Tidenham, Gloucestershire (ref FGR).

- St. Nicholas's Church, Trellech, Gwent, Wales. John Collings and Elizabeth (Grigg) Parkyn are buried in the churchyard, along with two of their children, Annie and Lindon.

Notes from his gg-grandson:
- “John C. Parkyn was indeed well-educated. His father, the Rev. William Rowett Parkyn (1808-1889), attended Eton, and was, I believe, learned. By the way, WRP had a signed photograph from (then Prime Minister) William Gladstone, his friend from Eton days. Wish I knew what became of that photo. The Rev. William Rowett Parkyn owned an estate called Ilmsworthy (otherwise Elmsworthy, in the parish of Kilkhampton), which he left to his only son, John C. Parkyn, who sold it at some point. Ilmsworthy was an ancient and large house, possibly a medieval core, certainly largely Tudor, I think. Long since torn down. It was as a young man living in his father's house, Ilmsworthy, that JCP met and married Elizabeth Grigg (interesting that she was 35 at her marriage, he 27: a 7 1/2 years age difference).
My g-g grandfather, John Collings Parkyn, was a loveable man, and that comes through loud and clear across all these miles and years that intervene. My grandmother, Lilian (Parkyn) Shields (1896-1988), whom I knew very well and was lucky to have in my life till I turned 40, adored him, and cherished his letters and his memory. He painted some pen and ink drawings for her and sent when she had newly arrived in Canada. Have to tell you, though, that his wife - Elizabeth (Grigg) Parkyn - was most difficult, disapproving, and something of a snob. She looked down on her daughter-in-law, my great grandmother, Cecilia (a Welsh farmer's daughter).
In G-g grandfather's letter, the riddle about Adam he mentions coming from "The Very Revd. the Dean of Ballarat". This was his first cousin. the Rev. Nathaniel Lindon-Parkyn (1851-1931), Dean of Ballarat (Australia), and rector of a church in northern England. He retired to Bath, where he died in 1931.”

- John Collings Parkyn (1839-1917) drew this pen-and-ink "Little Bo Peep" on 6 postcards in 1909. When his son (John) William Parkyn, his wife and chidlren left England for Canada (later to the US) in 1906, the children's grandfather - John Collings Parkyn (1839-1917) - back in Gloucestershire, England, missed them sorely. He drew these for his granddaughter (my grandmother) Lilian Parkyn, then 11 years old, living at Ingersoll, Canada.…

- Postcard from John Collings Parkyn to his granddaughter Lilian Parkyn, c. 1908. It is of the village of Uley, in Gloucestershire, where John C. and Elizabeth (Grigg) Parkyn lived in a house called “St. Maur”. As he describes, St. Maur is the tall building behind the trees. In 1973, I drove to Uley and found it all virtually unchanged. He certainly was a master penman - as this and his drawings make clear. The postcard itself is small, his handwriting is minute and perfect.

- After John Collings Parkyn retired from business is Cardiff, they moved a little east to Gloucestershire, not far from Chepstow (Gwent, Wales), on the Wye. Trellech (in Gwent) was near both Uley and Tutshill, Glocuestershire, where the Parkyns had come to live. So, when young daughter Annie died in 1897, I suspect g-g grandfather Parkyn bought burial plots In Trellech, only a short distance from their Gloucestershire home (though in Gwent, Wales).

- “The will of William Rowett Parkyn (1808-1889), of Elmsworthy, Kilkhampton, Cornwall. In it he leaves his estate, Elmsworthy (here spelled Ilmsworthy), in the parish of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, to his only son, John Collings Parkyn (1839-1917).
In the Rev. R. Dew’s, /A History of the Parish and Church of Kilkhampton/ (London, 1926), there is an account of this very old house.
“Elmsworthy, another old house, lying about two miles north of the village, was at one time occupied by a family which maintained its position for several generations. This was the family of Westlake, whose arms were: ‘Per pale az. and or: a chevron engrailed between 3 lions rampant counter-charged’.
The name [Elmsworthy] occurs in the [parish] registers continuously for 250 years. The Westlakes were connected with many old West-country families, including the Bullers and Speccotts of Thornbury. In the eighteenth century their circumstances became much reduced. A grandson of Richard Westlake, who died in 1704, and is commemorated by a marble monument in the church, is said to have applied for the mastership of a school which had been founded by his family, but this was refused. He became an inmate of the workhouse, and it is a singular fact that by the irony of fate he was twice set down for Sheriff of the county after his removal there. He is said to have been the last of the family, and died in 1772.”
Just how William Rowett Parkyn came to own Elmsworthy is not yet clear, although I suspect he may have purchased it himself, having married an heiress, Elizabeth Lindon Collings (1803-1860).”

- Though more work is needed, it appears likely my g-g grandfather [John Collings] Parkyn (through whose wife you and I are cousins) descended from a certain Helena (Scrope) Clark (born at the manor house in Castle Combe in 1675). So, not a line we share, sadly.

- Also (about this John Parkyn’s grandfather):
St. Columb Major, Cornwall, England [was where] my 4 greats grandfather, John Parkyn, was christened … on 19 February 1773. In later life he lived at Polperro, in the parish of Talland, Cornwall. He and his wife, Ann (Rowett) Parkyn, were mentioned in one of their sons' death notices, " [They were] both eminent Christians. They had a large family, seven sons and one daughter. Five of the sons became preachers - three in America, and William and his youngest brother, Nathaniel, in England." St. Tallan's Church, Talland, Cornwall. Generations of ancestors baptized, married, and buried here - names of Polgreen, Minards, Johns, Rowett, and Parkyn.