James Manicom ~ The Tailor

ANCESTRY

As far back as the mid-1600s, there are scattered references to Manicoms in records from
East Budleigh, Clyst Honiton and Lympstone in DEVON.
(As we have noted in other pages at this site, the surnames always varied in their spelling)


James MANICOM was the 4th child of John MANICOM and his 2nd wife Susannah SPETTIGUE.
John was known as the 'joiner' because of his occupations.
James was born Feb 3 1806 in Stoke Damerel, but christened April 27th.

At some point before the Census in early 1841, James had moved to Cornwall to work as a tailor.

On their marriage certificate, he is listed as a tailor
while Betsy is listed as a dressmaker ~ very complimentary occupations!!


At time of their marriage, both James and Betsy lived at Trevena.
Betsy was born abt 1814 in Cornwall,
daughter of Richard BRAY & Joanna of Bossiney near Tintagel..

Richard was born abt 1791 and a labourer at time of Betsy & James' wedding in Jul 1841.
Betsy's mother Joanna was born abt 1781.

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TINTAGEL is a parish, 6 miles NW from Camelford, 3 W from Boscastle.
It is situated near the entrance of the Bristol Channel.

There are several slate quarries and it is at one of these
that James' son Edward Charles worked in later on.

Trevena is a village a quarter of a mile East of the parish church.

Bossiney is a village 1.5 miles from the parish church.

Their witnesses were Joseph SPETTIGUE and Elizabeth Jane SPETTIGUE,
1st cousins of James, as their father Richard, was James' mother's younger brother!!

James & Betsy had 7 children:

1) John Arthur born Apr 27 1842,
married between 1871 - 1881 to widow , Elizabeth FREW.
He died May 8 1919 in Hamilton Township Ontario Canada
at the home of his youngest brother William Henry.



2) Elizabeth Rechibina born Sep 14 1843,
married widower, Thomas ARNOLD on May 19 1883.
Witnesses were Elizabeth's brother-in-law, Stephen Biscombe and Thomas' brother, Alfred Arnold.
Thomas ARNOLD was chr Mar 19 1837 in Kilkhampton Cornwall,
son of John ARNOLD & Ann JEWELL.


3) Edward Charles chr Jul 9 1846
married Mary GEAKE on Dec 14 1867 in St Breward Cornwall
Mary GEAKE was born 1849 in Davidstow,
daughter of John GEAKE and his 2nd wife Mary BAKER.
He died Feb 2 1877 at St Breward.


4) James Richard born Oct 11 1849
married Martha M PEARN abt 1882 (4 children)
Martha was born Feb 20 1865 in Mariposa Township Ontario.
He died Oct 11 1924 in Anadarko Caddo Oklahoma.


5) Philippa Ann Matilda born Mar 1855 / died Sep 1855


6) Philippa Ann born Apr-Jun 1857, married (Alfred) Stephen BISCOMBE Jun-Sep 1879.
Stephen was born abt 1856 in Trevalga Cornwall.


7) William Henry born Nov 21 1859.
William left England in 1872, settled in Cobourg Ontario and became a dairy farmer.
He married 1st to Josephine BARRY in Nov 1886 in Gore's Landing Ontario (2 children)

He married 2nd to Elizabeth Jane WELLS on Jan 2 1895 in Hamilton Ontario (5 children)

William died Jan 15 1951 in Warwick Village, Lambton, Ontario.

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Betsy BRAY was only 48 yrs old when she died May 25 1862 in Trevena Cornwall.

Her youngest child, William Henry, was only 3 years old.
I would guess that 19 yr old Elizabeth Rechibina took over much of his daily care
just as she took over the housekeeping.

James MANICOM died Jun 14 1883 in Trevalga Tintagel Cornwall at the age of 77.
He is buried in St Petroc Cemetary in Trevalga..

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