GILES OF LUXULYAN
Walter Briant married Constance at Luxulyan in 1694 but the marriage entries in the parish registers do not give the surnames of the brides in that period, so the maiden name of Constance is not known directly from that source. Among the Luxulyan baptism entries, the one for Constance, daughter of Thomas Gilles, in 1672, is chronologically a better candidate than any other Constances, which seem either too early or too late. The marriage of Thomas Gilles and Constance is recorded at Luxulyan in 1667. There is support for Constance Giles being the wife of Walter Briant in the 1701 will of Christopher Burnard of Luxulyan which names, among others, “my Sister Constance Gyles” followed by “my godson Walter Bryan the younger”.[1] Walter, son of Walter Bryant, had been baptised at Luxulyan in 1698.[2]
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GILES
1 WILLIAM GILES of Luxulyan, husbandman,[3] was buried on 13 September 1627 at Luxulyan, Cornwall.[4] He married on 24 November 1595 at Luxulyan, ELIZABETH.[5]
Children
of William and Elizabeth Giles:
i EMBLIN
GILES, bap 10 Feb 1599/1600, Luxulyan.[6]
2 ii NICHOLAS
GILES (bap 1605); m SIBLY.
2 NICHOLAS GILES of Luxulyan was baptised on 20 March 1604/05 at Luxulyan.[7] He married SIBLY.[8] She was buried on 4 March 1677/78 at Luxulyan.[9]
Children
of Nicholas and Sibly Giles:
i WILLIAM
GILES, bap 16 Oct 1630, Luxulyan;[10] m
10 Apr 1662, Luxulyan, JOAN.[11]
ii CORNELIUS
GILES, bap 7 Apr 1633, Luxulyan;[12] m
2 Jan 1659/60, Luxulyan, MARY.[13]
iii JOHN
GILES, bap 11 Oct 1635, Luxulyan;[14] m
23 Apr 1667, Luxulyan, WILMOT.[15]
3 iv THOMAS
GILES (bap 1638); m CONSTANCE BURNARD.
v MILSON
GILES, bap 6 Dec 1640, Luxulyan,[16]
bur 19 Nov 1714, Luxulyan.[17]
3 THOMAS GILES was baptised on 1 July 1638 at Luxulyan.[18] He married on 18 November 1667 at Luxulyan, CONSTANCE BURNARD,[19] daughter of Walter and Katherine Burnard (see here). Constance was baptised on 3 August 1634 at Luxulyan. She was buried on 25 December 1711 at Luxulyan.
Children
of Thomas and Constance (Burnard) Giles:
i RICHARD
GILES, bap 6 Oct 1668, Luxulyan.[20]
ii THOMAS
GILES, bap 2 Apr 1670, Luxulyan.[21]
iii CONSTANCE
GILES, bap 30 Nov 1672, Luxulyan;[22] m
16 Jun 1694, Luxulyan, WALTER BRIANT[23]
(see here).
[2] Luxulyan parish registers.
[4] Luxulyan parish registers.
[5] Luxulyan parish registers; Kresen Kernow, catalogue entry for CL/1/247/1.
[6] Luxulyan parish registers.
[7] Luxulyan parish registers.
[8] She is named as the mother in her children’s baptism entries. A Siblye, daughter of William Lawippet, was baptised on 26 Mar 1602 at Luxulyan.
[9] Luxulyan parish registers.
[10] Luxulyan parish registers.
[11] Luxulyan parish registers.
[12] Luxulyan parish registers; transcripts of Luxulyan parish registers by Reginald M. Glencross.
[13] Luxulyan parish registers.
[14] Luxulyan parish registers.
[15] Luxulyan parish registers.
[16] Luxulyan parish registers.
[17] Luxulyan parish registers.
[18] Luxulyan parish registers.
[19] Luxulyan parish registers; Kresen Kernow, AP/B/2675.
[20] Luxulyan parish registers.
[21] Luxulyan bishop’s transcripts. The year 1640 written in a more modern hand is a misreading of 1670. The entries do not correspond with those of 1640 in the parish register.
[22] Luxulyan parish registers.
[23] Luxulyan parish registers; Kresen Kernow, AP/B/2675.