Hooper and Ley Families

[Andrea64]

 Looking for information on a Robert Hooper who married Catherine Ley daughter of Richard Ley and Mary Jane on August 20 1798. Catherine Ley born May 11 1777. Richard Ley and Mary Jane married December 7 1774.
 Robert Hooper and Catherine Ley had a son Richard Ley Hooper. Looking at later census reports, Richard Ley Hooper was born abou 1799 in Devonport.
  Richard Ley Hooper married Ann Wills. Ann Wills was born 1793 in St Neot, Cornwall. Hooper family later found in St Cleer, Cornwall.
  I am seeking information on Hooper and Ley families from Devonport. Anyone that can help?

Thanks,
Andrea
   

[Jennifer Ley]

Hi. Andrea  My name is Jennifer Ley , nee Hudson.
The Hudson's can trace their family history back through Withers (my paternal grandmother) and Hoopers to Robert Hooper b 1772 who married Catherine Ley b 1777 Devonport. I am trying to find out how my husbands family is linked to my ancestors. My husbands  grandfather Edward Marlborough Ley and Great grandfather  James Halse Ley were  born in Cornwall and my husbands Great Great Grandfather was Edwin Ley b 1803 (Magistrate ) from Penzance Cornwall. Catherine's father was Richard Ley   b1750 from Liskeard Cornwell and his mother Mary Jane ? Who died 1782 in St Cleer Cornwell. The Leys are all  from Cornwell with often large families but I cannot find the link between these Ley families. Hoping to find one . Regards From Australia

[Priscilla]

Please note original message is eight years old ...

[sarah]

Hi Jennifer,

Welcome to RootsChat

Andrea's emails are not working at the moment but I have hopefully just found her and sent a message to tell her of your new reply.

I would not worry to much about replying to old messages as in most cases the emails and notifications still work any that do not are always looked into

All the Best

Sarah

[JaneyCanuck]

Just a note about a bit of the info, from checking at the Cornwall OPC site.

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/

Catherine Ley was actually baptised in St Cleer in 1777, daughter of Richard and Mary.

She then married Robert Hooper in St Cleer in 1798. (My ancestor the parish clerk of St Cleer was deceased by then or he would have been a witness.)

If you're looking at the 1774 marriage of Richard Ley and Mary Jane in St Cleer, Jane was Mary's surname. She was a sojourner in the parish while Richard was of this parish.


And actually ... if Edwin Ley 1803 was the landed proprietor in St Anthony in 1851, he was born in Abingdon, Berkshire (and married Cecilia Grantham in Lincolnshire in 1848?). Perhaps his parents were recent transplants from Cornwall and returned. In 1841 his mother was Elizabeth Ley born c1771 Cornwall. Ah, I would expect she was (Mrs.) Elizth Halse who married Hugh Ley, gent, both otp, in Truro in 1788? witnesses Mary and Joanna Halse. Daughter Emma was in the household in 1841 and married Henry Grantham in 1842, father named as Hugh, per record at FS. Daughter Mary aged 20 married in 1803 in Shropshire. This suggests he was previously married, but Edwin born c1803 would be from the second marriage.

He could have been Hugh Ley baptised 1723 Redruth, son of Hugh and Mary. That would have made him a little advanced in age by 1803. Perhaps it was the intervening generation that left the county for a period. Hugh Ley, rector of Redruth, died 1734. This fits with the clergy in the family.

You probably also know that in 1851 there was a John Morgan Ley in Madron who was born in Abingdon in 1795.