Descendants of RICHARD NANCE and ALICE HARRY
A Crouch Family Heritage Association Family
Tree page, Nance family line
Quoted from "Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall" by Martin L.
"Pete" Nance, 1970.
Text excerpted from Dave Nance's Definitive Nance
Genealogy Clearinghouse
VII.c. Richard Nance, [son of MARGERY
ARUNDELL and JOHN NANCE] baptised 1558 in Illogan, referred to as Richard
of Trewynnard, buried 1582 St. Erth Parish, m. Alice Harry, daughter
of John Harry of Illogan Parish. She afterward married Thomas Chicose,
son of John Chicose of St. Erth Parish. Apparently only one son:
VIII. John Harry Nance. His position of yoeman in Illogan in 1603 is
sufficient to tell us this was a well educated young man during a time when
education was rare among most of those of adult age in England and Cornwall.
Upon his reaching majority or taking a wife, or possibly both, in 1603,
his grandfather John Nance, Esquire, gave
John Harry, alias Nance, and his wife Jane the manor of Rosecarnon in St.
Kerverne. This property had then been in the Nance family for over 60 years.
John Harry Nance remains on the tax rolls of St. Kerverne until 1628-29,
after which we have no records. He had four known children:
IX.a. Richard Nance baptised 1610,
ancestor of American Nances and Crouches
IX.b. John Nance, born 1606, died 1658, married 1630 at Eagloshayle
to Johan Profit, lived at Camborne, referred to as John Nance, Sr.. Son:
X. John Nance, Jr. Married Jane Norman of Padstow. Their son
XI. John Nance III married Dorothy Hasgood and became the ancestors
of the Padstow Nances. (refer to Nance register, Padstow church records
for their progeny.) I have corresponded with descendants of this branch.
IX.c. Dorothy Nance, born 1608.
IX.d. William Nance, 1612-1690, wife Grace Hoskins. Two children:
X.a. James Nance, w. Sussanna, lived at Falmouth.
XI. James Nance, Jr. Became ancestor of those Nances who moved
to the Scilly isles, of which a good number remain today.
X.b. William Nance, wife Grace Andrew. William was murdered at Grampound
in 1707. His son
XI. James Nance, 1704-1751, married Elizabeth Hennah and they
were parents of
XII. Rev. William Nance, 1747-1818, vicar of Boxley in Kent,
England.
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