William KINSMAN

17691,2 - 18573

Agricultural Labourer1

Life History

1769	Born in Poundstock, Cornwall.1,2
13th Sep 1796	Married Mary STACEY in Poundstock, Cornwall.3 Both William and Mary made their marks. The witnesses were Jas Symons and Thomas Stacey, who both signed.
1797	Birth of son William KINSMAN in Poundstock, Cornwall
1800	Birth of daughter Mary KINSMAN in Poundstock, Cornwall
Dec 1800	Death of daughter Mary KINSMAN in Poundstock, Cornwall
1802	Birth of son Thomas KINSMAN in Poundstock, Cornwall.6,7
1805	Birth of daughter Mary Ann KINSMAN in Poundstock, Cornwall
Jan 1805	Death of Mary STACEY in Poundstock, Cornwall
6th Jun 1841	Occupation Agricultural Labourer in Poundstock, Cornwall.1
6th Jun 1841	Recorded in census in Poundstock, Cornwall (Kinsman's Cottage, Kennecott Cross).1
10th Dec 1843	Death of son William KINSMAN in Morwenstow, Cornwall.4
30th Mar 1851	Occupation Pauper (Ag. lab.) in Poundstock, Cornwall.2
30th Mar 1851	Recorded in census in Poundstock, Cornwall (Widemouth).2
19th Dec 1851	Death of son Thomas KINSMAN in Kenwyn, Cornwall.5
1857	Died in Widemouth, Cornwall.3
28th Apr 1857	Buried in Poundstock, Cornwall.3 aged 87 of Widemouth

No baptism has been found and there is a large quantity of circumstantial evidence that indicates that William is the son of John & Ebbet. However, DNA evidence shows that he was not the biological brother of John

No other Kinsman family is known in this area at this time.

In 1841, Elizabeth Triplet (aged 48, s/b 1793) was living with William in Kinsman's Cottage in Poundstock. Jane Kinsman [daughter of John and Ebbet] married John Triplett in 1788.

In 1851 William was a widower lodging with the family of John and Grace Shepherd in Widemouth.

The tenement caleld Widemouth was leased by this Kinsman family from Lord Carteret, at least according to land tax records of 1799.
The photos here are of the modern house built on the site of what was, in 1841, Kinsman's Cottage where William Kinsman was living, and of Rose Cottage which is contemporary with the 1841 building and has been less developed. The site of Kinsman's Cottage is on the A39 in Poundstock, just north of Box Shop, next to Kennecott farm, which was held by the Synmons family.