by Tim Newton | May 8, 2026 | Families, People, The Cornish Family
The Beginning: Origins on the Edge of Dartmoor Nicholas Cornish (1654–1735) Nicholas born and baptized in North Bovey in 1654 was to marry a Mary Endell on 30th May 1681.Nicholas would have been born shortly after the English Civil War, during a time of national...
by Tim Newton | May 8, 2026 | Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton
Born on the 9th of April 1965, my first home was to be the beautiful hamlet of Teigngrace in Devon and it was here I was to live with my mother ‘Violet’ and father ‘Harry’ for the first 8 months. Mother had quite a tragic upbringing, losing her brother Victor to a...
by Tim Newton | Apr 11, 2026 | People
At the heart of this story is my fourth great-grandfather, James Cornish, born in 1790. In 1810, he married a Mary Grills, who had come from Modbury, and together they built part of their life at Wolfsgrove Farm. Over the years, they raised a large family of...
