Piper family of Breage

[rickjt62]

Hi

My 4 x great grandmother Sarah Piper was born in Bristol St Phillip/Jacob circa 1778, the daughter of John Piper and Mary (possibly Watkins)

There are several Ancestry trees with John Piper listed as coming from Breage, born circa 1743
I am unsure where to seek out more information on the possibility of the Pipers from Breage and wondered if there was a Breage expert on the board

Thanks
Richard

[KGarrad]

Cornwall-OPC-Database has:

Baptism 17th Sept 1743 at Crowan
John Piper son of James and Jane Piper

No other details.
Crowan is 6 or 7 miles from Breage.

[KGarrad]

2 other possibilities:

28th May 1732 at Breage, John son of William and Christian Piper
26th Dec 1746 at Breage, John son of John and Jennifer Piper

[rosie99]

Those trees have Sarah's father being born in Breage and baptised in Petrockstowe, Devon some 95 miles away   . They then have him marrying in Bristol where Sarah was born then he dies back in Cornwall in 1810.

John Pipers occupation was a Tanner.  The families abode was The Plain on both their marriage and the baptism of their son John in 1774.  Son John remained in Bristol.

Have you done a DNA test to link your Pipers back to Breage.

[rosie99]

One of the witnesses to the marriage of John Piper and Mary Watkins was Betty Piper.

There is a baptism in Bristol 16 Feb 1752 for a Betty Piper with a father Humphry Piper.  Other siblings were Judith bapt 21 Jun 1761 and Mary bapt 17 Nov 1754

There was a marriage in Taunton, Somerset 11 Jul 1750 between Humphrey Piper and Judith Moth

[rickjt62]

Hi Rosie99

Thank you for your swift input

I have done Ancestry DNA but not sure what to do with it regarding the Pipers

[rosie99]

You need to see if you have any Piper matches that have Humphrey and his family in their tree

[rickjt62]

Will do - thank you