Richard SYMONS, Gent.

Est 1590 - 1662  (~ 72 years)

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• Name	Richard SYMONS
  Suffix [ONS gp]	Gent.
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Est 1590
  	Very rough estimate from estimate of the Andrew I guess was his grandson! That Richard was the son of William is confirmed by an Inquisition following the death of William (PWDRO doc. ref. 710/965)
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1659	Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
  	From the Treville Street conveyance
  Property	20 Dec 1659	Treville Street, Plymouth, Devon, England
  	Conveyance
  	Two messuages in Treville Street were conveyed between Richard Symons of Buckland Monachorum, gentleman and a Plymouth butcher, John Hamblin for a consideration of £33. (From PWDRO catalogue entry; ref: 1302/90)
  Property	25 Jun 1660	Treville Street, Plymouth, Devon, England
  	Conveyance
  	A property in Treville Street was conveyed between Richard Symons and a Plymouth merchant, Robert Gubber for a consideration of £51. (From PWDRO catalogue entry; ref: 1302/91)
  Property	to 1662	Coombe, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
  	The bill of a Chancery Court case showed that Richard had a long lease on a tenement called Combe, said to be of the yearly value of £20. (The answer of the Sowton's confirms this value).
  Will	17 Jun 1662
  	Written
  	In the bill of a Chancery Court Case (TNA ref: C 6/2224/57) Richard is said to have "made his last Will and Testamt in Writeing beareing date on or about the Seaventeenth Day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Two". In an abstract to Mr Allee's title to a tenement in Trevill Street, Plymouth in 1744 (PWDRO ref: 1302/95) the same date is given, and Richard is said by his last Will and Testament to have devised "the sd two Tenements to his Kinsman Andrew Symons second Son of his Uncle Brendon Symons and to his Heirs Males forever and for want of such Issue Male to Testators own Right Heirs forever".
  Died	Aug 1662
  Buried	23 Aug 1662	St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
  	From PR entry (Dartmoor Press index)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Richard SYMONS, Gent.,   b. Est 1590,   d. Aug 1662  (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Rachell + 2. SYMONS,   b. Est 1595,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ + 3. SYMONS,   b. Est 1610,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ JEFFERY
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Brendon SYMONS,   b. Est 1537,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandfather)
  Person ID	I20648	All
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	William SYMONS, Gent.,   b. Est 1565,   d. 4 Oct 1625  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F8168	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachell,   d. Abt May 1676
  Married	Rachell is named as the wife of Richard at the time of his death in a Chancery Court case (TNA ref: C 6/2224/57). I don't know if Richard had any children, and if so, if they were also the offspring of his wife Rachell (he could have been married more than once), or even if Richard had any children. It seems clear there is a link between Richard and those shown as the children of an unnamed brother; they could be his children, or be cousins of some sort, but that they were nephews and a neice seems most likely. Since a George Symons is described as uncle of the orators (in the Chancery Court case concerning Richard's will), implying uncle to the children of Mary Knapman as well as to the children of John Symons, it seems resonable to suppose that George, John and Mary were siblings. John and Mary clearly lived close to each other, in Burrington and Ashreigney, though some distance from Richard (over 40 miles). A George was having children at the same time as John in Burrington - it seems likely this was his brother George. This close proximity of the siblings suggests that this was the area they came from, which seems unlikely if they were the children of Richard, and hence I think it more likely they were the children of a brother of Richard. It seems clear that it was the same Richard who had the property in Treville Street Plymouth and who left the will resulting in the Chancery Court case. The Treville Street property had been in the hands of the Symons family before Richard, with the William I show as his father having it when he died and was described as 'of Plymouth'. Richard could have moved from Plymouth to Buckland, or William have had houses in both Plymouth and Buckland. It seems unlikely had the family been based as far away as the Burrington area they would have had property in Plymouth. Hence it seems to me likely a Symons moved from Plymouth or Buckland Monachorum to Burrington. The fact that Richard appears to have left property to those who were not his descendants suggests he may well have been childless. There is no obvious close link between George, John and Mary and Andrew and Rebecca, and so I am showing the last two as children of other siblings of Richard, but they could have been his own children. Although it seems that Rebecca was Rebecca Jeffery at the time Richard wrote his will, it is not clear if Jeffery was her maiden name or her name from a previous marriage. Rebecca married a man from Milton Abbot, less than 10 miles from Buckland Monachorum, and so she could well have been from the Buckland area. Unfortunately a copy of Richard's will does not seem to have survived in any form, and it may be that there is no other evidence to show the relationship, but at least linking the possible children tentatively makes it easier for me not to lose track of them and hence increases the chance I will discover evidence of how they are all linked.
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F8167	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Residence - 1659 - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England  Property - to 1662 - Coombe, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England  Buried - 23 Aug 1662 - St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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