I had got to Robert Geak m Frances (?) and you have found a Frances Hawton which will keep me looking! Of their children on your tree I was missing a few. I follow their child Anthony (chr. 10.02.1649) who married Joane Gerry in St Clether. Then follow the elusive birth of Anthony (b abt 1695) who married Catherine Prior/Pryor/Pryer. And concur with all children except the first Joan who you have found born prior to marriage in Trewen – very interesting!
I then follow Edward who married Mary Sargent (By the way -I have found marriage to be 14 Aug 1758 in Lezant via OPC and Phillimore’s Register). All christening dates agree with what I have found.
Following Thomas Geake and Peggy Langmaid/mead I can only add one bit of info, their child Elizabeth Geake was also known as Betsy (family folklore)
This is then where it gets interesting with regard to the marriages of the children of Thomas and Peggy Langmead/maid.
I descend via either Mary or Catherine Geake (confusion reigns over which one which I shall explain). One of these 2 married a Thomas Webb and had four children (Thomas Geake Webb, Catherine Webb, Mary Geake Webb and Edmund Webb), three of which came to Australia in 1847 with their now widowed mother (Mary or Catherine). Edmund Webb became relatively famous in Bathurst, New South Wales.
I refer you to this link:
www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060400b.htmThe Australian Dictionary of Biographies states that Edmund Webbs mother was Catherine nee Geake, however all the transcribed birth records I have found in Cornwall state that the mother was a Mary – hence the confusion!
So I am intrigued by the marriages you have for both Catherine (chr 14.04.1801) and Mary Geake (chr 17.02.1796) on your tree as one of these two is my 4th great grandmother marrying a Thomas Webb (chr 28 Nov 1799 St Mellion and died 29.03.1832 in Cornwall.)
Other children of Thomas Geake & Peggy Langmead who ended up in Australia:
Elizabeth “Betsy” Geake( chr 15 Feb 1803) who married Richard Lane in St Germans prior to immigrating to Australia in 1838. Note: His sister Joanna also immigrated with husband Nicholas Bray, as did his brother William and sister Ann Lane (who married Edwin “Parson” Tom in Cornwall prior to immigrating to Australia).
John Geake (chr 28.09.1804) who immigrated to Australia and died in Victoria, Australia 8 Jan 1884
All settled in and around Bathurst and Orange in New South Wales and continued intermarrying between the Geakes, Webbs, Lanes & Toms – all devout Methodists who are fairly well known in this area of Australia. The amount of intermarrying between these families in Australia makes my family tree interesting, to say the least! The properties they settled on, “Springfield”, and area of Byng are all synonymous with Cornish immigration, to the point that the area was, at one time, known as the Australian Cornish Settlement). Incredibly large family reunions still occur on a fairly regular basis (ie once every 10 years).
So, back to my problem: you have completely different husbands for Mary AND Catherine Geake (children of Thomas Geake & Peggy Langmead). How have you established these husbands? Perhaps some of the historical data collated and published here in Australia is completely incorrect!
Note that I have not been able to find any record of a Thomas Webb marrying either a Mary or a Catherine Geake anywhere, but I also note that their children were christened Wesleyan Methodists on the Liskeard Circuit (I have found them) – have not been able to find any marriages on this circuit online.
Phew! Have I written enough!! Jenny