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St Buryan

St Buryan Parish Church, Cornwall, England
HUTCHENS - St Buryan, Cornwall, England
Visit to Saint Buryan Church Wed 16 Sep 1998 by Jennifer Burrell. My gr gr gr gr grandparents John HUTCHENS and Mary MORLEY were married here on 23 July 1809. Their firstborn and eldest son John HUTCHENS was christened here on 3 Sep 1809. He married Catherine Care OLIVER on 19 June 1835 at Saint Erth, Cornwall. This couple sailed with 4 children to South Australia in 1847 aboard the Aboukir and finally settled at Springmount, nr Creswick, Victoria, Australia.

Saint Buryan Pronounced Burry-an, means burying place.
Saint Buriana c550 AD - inscription inside church:

All that we ask of life,
you and I.
Time to laugh long,
no time to cry
Love to last our lives long,
PEACE
when we die.

In churchyard:

Elizabeth Hutchens b 17 Apr 1779 d 15 May 1840 (60 yrs) (chr not found on IGI)
Her mourning children have caused this to be erected as a tribute of their affection to the best of mothers. Also of Margaret (other details unreadable, below ground).

Possibly Elizabeth HUTCHENS m Charles HUTCHENS 14 Feb 1800 at Saint Buryan [IGI Batch Number M006371 extracted from parish records]

Charles Hutchens b Aug 29 1777 d Sep 12 1778 (bur 14 Sep 1778)
and of Thomas Hutchens b Apr 12 1784 d Oct 7 1784
both sons of J & M Hutchens of this Parish
also C? T? Hutchens

John HUTCHENS chr 12 JUL 1751 Saint Buryan s/o Charles HUTCHENS/Ann [IGI Batch Number P003671 extracted from parish records] (John, a victualler & joiner d 28 Aug 1814 aged 64 yrs Saint Buryan.)
John HUTCHENS m Margt WILLIAMS 30 Apr 1773 Saint Buryan [IGI Batch Number M003671 extracted from parish records]
Margaret HUTCHENS (nee WILLIAMS) b abt 1752, died 21 Dec 1815 aged 63 yrs.
Margaret WILLIAMS chr 27 Oct 1753 Saint Buryan d/o Thomas WILLIAMS/Mary [IGI Batch Number P003671 extracted from parish records]
Charles HUTCHENS (b 29 Aug 1777 Saint Buryan) chr 1 Nov 1777 Saint Buryan son of Jn HUTCHENS/Margt [IGI Batch Number P003671 extracted from parish records]
Thos. HUTCHENS chr 4 Apr 1784 Saint Buryan s/o Jn. HUTCHENS, death 10 Oct 1784 [IGI Batch Number P003671 extracted from parish records]

Wm Francis Hutchens d Aug 25 1844 aged 4 years. Poem (not recorded)

Francis Hutchens
Sacred to the Memory of Francis HUTCHENS who died Feby 18 1813 aged 81 years, 45 of which he work'd as artificer (mechanic in the Royal Navy) in HM Dockyard at Plymo (Plymouth) this parish was his native home. He was -?- but words are -?- to pics what he was. Think what an upright Man. His mourning children have caused this to be erected as a tribute of affection to the best of fathers.

Charles Francis John chr 7 Nov 1813 s/o Charles (Carpenter) & Elizabeth HUTCHENS of Plymouth Dock [St Buryan Baptism Register 1813-1901 transcription by Diane Dononhue]

Francis HUTCHENS b abt 1732, chr 5 Feb 1732 Saint Buryan s/o of Charles/Ann (not found in Saint Buryan on IGI)
Ann HUTCHENS wife of Charles HUTCHENS bur 30 Sep 1759 Saint Buryan [George Pritchard transcript]
Charles HUTCHENS bur 8 Jan 1767 Saint Buryan [George Pritchard transcript]
Charles HUTCHENS aged 37 yrs bur 19 Mar 1767 Saint Buryan [George Pritchard transcript]
Charles HUTCHENS aged 90 yrs bur 27 Mar 1812 Saint Buryan [George Pritchard transcript]

Large well-preserved grey gravestone right next to the porch entrance:

St Buryan HUTCHENS headstone

Francis HUTCHENS d 1812 gravestone

Francis Hutchens son of
John & Margaret Hutchens

once of the parish
was b 17 Sept 1782 d 15 July 1812
and was buried in this spot.
READER
Behold the plainly written page
of human life
and learn a moral lesson
from the Life and Death of him
who sleeps beneath thy feet.
This was his native village
and here
In the playful days of Infancy
His little feet have pressed the green sward
on which thou now standest.
Here he grew
in Activity and Strength,
foremost of the companions of his youth
his Mind and Sentiments
were cultivated and refined,
his heart was kind and affectionate,
and with those who knew and loved him well
he trod hand in hand
through the paths of Boyhood and of Manhood
til
in the prime of Manhood
Death laid him low
and those who Idolized him in Life
saw him descend into an early grave
He is gone
READER thy day will come
and thou must follow.

Francis HUTCHENS chr 17 Sept 1782 Saint Buryan s/o John HUTCHENS/Margaret [IGI Batch Number P006371 extracted from parish records] (aged 29, probably unmarried as no mention of a wife or family and no marriage found in Cornwall on IGI)
Francis HUTCHENS aged 30 yrs bur 18 Jul 1812 Saint Buryan [George Pritchard transcript]

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John HUTCHENS m 1809 Mary MORLEY

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