DRINNICK OF SOUTH PETHERWIN

Richard Pearce and Mary Drennick were married at Warbstow in 1701. The only other individuals found in Warbstow with Mary’s surname in the relevant period are Richard Drinnick and Jane Drinnick, both buried in 1705. Coupled with the baptism of Mary, daughter of Richard Drenick and Jane his wife, at South Petherwin in 1670, it seems that the family had come from the latter parish and that the burials relate to Mary’s parents.

There is reason to think that the Pearce and Drinnick families were acquainted some years before 1701, as Richard Drinicke of South Petherwin was one of the men who, in 1697, took the inventory of the estate of Richard Pearce of Altarnun, an uncle of the Richard who married Mary Drinnick.[1]

The earlier ancestry of this family is uncertain and some relevant probate records which existed in the past have unfortunately been lost. One candidate for the father of Richard is a Thomas Drinnicke of South Petherwin, yeoman, whose daughter Elizabeth married John Hodge in 1670.[2]

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DRINNICK

RICHARD DRINNICK was buried on 30 August 1705 at Warbstow, Cornwall.[3] He married JANE.[4] She was buried on 7 November 1705 at Warbstow.[5]

Children of Richard and Jane Drinnick:

i RICHARD DRINNICK, bap 23 Jan 1660/61, South Petherwin,[6] bur 19 Jan 1661/62, South Petherwin.[7]

ii JOHN DRINNICK, bap 6 Dec 1664, South Petherwin,[8] bur 1 Jan 1664/65, South Petherwin.[9]

iii JOHN DRINNICK, bap 15 Mar 1665/66, South Petherwin.[10]

iv THOMAS DRINNICK, bap 3 Sep 1668, South Petherwin,[11] bur 5 Sep 1668, South Petherwin.[12]

v MARY DRINNICK, bap 22 Nov 1670, South Petherwin,[13] bur 3 Feb 1720/21, Warbstow;[14] m 18 Jun 1701, Warbstow, RICHARD PEARCE[15] (see here).

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[1] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/2040; Ronald Ames Hill, The Pearse Families of Davidstow and Warbstow in Cornwall (Star, Idaho, 2013), 68-69, 73-80.

[2] Kresen Kernow, catalogue entry for BW/28/3; South Petherwin parish registers.

[3] Warbstow bishop’s transcripts.

[4] Jane is named as Richard’s wife in their children’s baptism entries.

[5] Warbstow bishop’s transcripts.

[6] South Petherwin parish registers.

[7] South Petherwin parish registers. Another Richard Drinnick of South Petherwin married Ellary Skelton at St Ive in 1697 but no baptism has been found for him and it is not known whether he was another son of Richard and Jane.

[8] South Petherwin parish registers.

[9] South Petherwin parish registers.

[10] South Petherwin parish registers.

[11] South Petherwin parish registers.

[12] South Petherwin parish registers.

[13] South Petherwin parish registers.

[14] Warbstow parish registers.

[15] Warbstow parish registers.