HENDER - A distinguished Cornish family, who are said to have originated in Wales. The elder line became extinct during the reign of Henry VIII but younger branches of the family have abbreviated the name from its original Hendower to Hender (A dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom by Mark A. Lower, London, 1860). And of these younger branches, there are descendants who survived in the vicinity of Camelford (An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall by C. S. Gilbert, London, 1820).

While there is the 'textbook' explanations to the Hender family of Cornwall, it was more likely the recordings of the record keepers who trunkated the name down to Hender from its WELSH 'Hendower'. And such continues in the more modern age to lessen the background of the name in Cornwall as it has been made common to the point that some do not even take time to recognize the historical texts concerning its origin, but contrive of their own minds what the name means and just where it might have come from. Perhaps from other parts of the world a name such as 'Hinder' or 'Hender' was evolved and means something else, but in Cornwall, if one does their historical homework, the 'Celtic' name origins from the Welsh are to be known and understood. After all, the real Cornish folk are but of the Celtic clans as well.

Ever pushed by the Norsemen, the Romans, the Angles, the Saxons and the Normams of William I as well, thus ever further into the western lands of what was once all their own; the Scots, Irish, Welsh and Cornish still have a common bond in language tracings and heredity as well. Sad to say, not unlike my surname I bear, I too have become a corruption of mixed family linage, all of the likes I've spoken of and more.

Within the vicinity of Camelford, surrounds such places of later Hender family origins as Advent, Bodmin, Altarnun, St. Teath, St. Minver, St. Mabyn, North Hill, St. Cleer, and the like; including as well Lanteglos of Camelford itself. All these have well established families of Hender located in them in the 1700s. Altarnun, being 8-10 miles east of Camelford, is the locale of the proven origins of my Hender line. And while the exact tie is to be established to the elder Hender lines, the circumstance evidences the connection.

As per the section of Cornwall map shown, my Hender family was four generations in Altarnun, one generation in Callington, and two generations in East Looe. Note the nearness to Camelford that Altarnun is, as well as the historic location of the Hender site of Boscastle. While I have yet to connect my Hender family back out of Altarnun where it appears in the records in late 1600s and early 1700s, I have just about identified all the Hender descendants out of Altarnun and to a number of outside connections. The following link is to such pages as do review these connections.

Our Hender Family "TRADITIONAL LORE"

My Hender Cousins of Altarnun

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My Hender Family of Altarnun

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This first following information has been listed on a Family Search connection, which seems to be a 'nearness of fit type of possiblity'. But for the lack of other such confirming information it is not to be relied upon until such confirming data may come to light. The Altarnun parish certainly goes back further historically but the available records do not. So it would seem that this 'near fit' neighboring parish record of the John Hender and Johane Daw family in Northhill has been 'fitted' in as the ancestors of Thomas Hender who married Agnes/Ann Evan/Evans next listed after and who are variously confirmed from that point on. For the sake of information the John Hender and Johane Daw family will be listed as a 'possiblity yet to be confirmed.'

Possiblity - Unconfirmed
OR
A 'NEAR FIT?' & MISS!
John Hender & Johane Daw
married 28 April 1670
North Hill, Cornwall, England

Thomas Hender Christened 12 July 1671, North Hill, Cornwall, England

John Hender Christened 22 January 1673, North Hill, Cornwall, England

 — Again, due to the 'nearness of fit' some have made the above Thomas Hender (1671) of North Hill to be the same as the Thomas Hender who married Agnes/Ann Evan/Evans in Altarnun in 1692. While that may seem possible, it is yet debunked by other on than this 'near fit.' This 'near fit' possibility becomes questionable when further circumstancial evidence is set forth that there are two separate Thomas Henders, one of North Hill who married in November, 1692 Mary Foot and had a family of 6 children in North Hill. The other is Thomas Hender of Altarnun according to his will, which normally indicates that his parish abode was in Altarnun or even his birth parish. He married in November, 1692 to Agnes Evan the same month and year the North Hill Thomas Hender was married to Mary Foot. And He had a family in Atarnun of 2 known sons and possibly others? in the same time frame that the North Hill Thomas Hender was having 6 children with Mary Foot in North Hill. Futher the one Thomas Hender died in North Hill in 1735 and the other Thomas Hender died in Altarnun in 1736. This is the further evidence that suggests that there were two separate Thomas Henders, one of Altarnun and one of North Hill in that same time frame. And certainly Thomas Hender of Altarnun and the other Thomas Hender of North Hill ARE NOT both to be the same Thomas Hender, the son of John Hender and Johane Daw, the one Thomas Hender of North Hill christened in North Hill in 1671.

Thus, though I have listed the information here, I highly expect that it IS NOT the correct 'near fit' connection for Thomas Hender of Altarnun who married Agnes/Ann Evan/Evans. Why is Thomas Hender that married Mary Foot the correct fit? Look no further than the family names that continued into the Thomas and Mary family in North Hill. There is Johan/Joane Thomas' mother's name. There is John, Thomas' father's name. There is Ann Thomas' grandmother's name. And of course Thomas as Thomas' own name's sake. It is one of the common ways they keep their 'family history' straight. Not to leave one flat footed, I would suggest the following for them to connect to.

                         
                                 John Hender  =  Anne
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  Johane Hender   Ann Hender     John Hender    =  Johane Daw    Honnor Hender
  cb 16 May 1630  cb 6 Apr 1633  cb 13 Nov 1635 |                cb 31 Jul 1640
   North Hill      North Hill     North Hill    |                 North Hill
                                 m 28 Apr 1670  |
                                  North Hill    |
                                ________________|____________
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                         Thomas Hender  =  Mary Foot       John Hender
                         cb 12 Jul 1671 |  cb 11 Apr 1670  cb 22 Jan 1673
                          North Hill    |   Trewen          North Hill
                         m 18 Nov 1692  |
                          North Hill    |
            ____________________________|_______________________________________________________
           |                |               |                |                 |                |
   Johan/Joane Hender  Mary Hender     John Hender      Anne Hender     Thomas Hender   Elizabeth Hender
   cb 13 Oct 1693      cb 30 Aug 1695  cb 14 Jan 1697   cb 19 Oct 1699  cb 11 Dec 1702  cb 7 Mar 1705              

In fact they were so prolific in keeping some family names alive that if one child died who was named by a family name they would name the next same gender child by the dead child's name. So if an immediate family has more than one John or Maria, look for the prior child to have died before that same name named child was born.

SPECIAL NOTE: While Ancestry accepts all serious contrived pedigrees and family genealogy, often those contributed are somewhat flawed containing incorrect information. However, that said and pointed out, there is a lot of good solid information to draw upon. Here is one such Hender of North Hill group that seems to be well researhed and thought out and not just thrown together. Click here to view a well put together pedigree

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Now with this first lengthy 'missed connection' I will say that if I were to put a North Hill parentage to Thomas [Edward] Hender, I would make him the son of Edward Hender of North Hill. Why? Simply the family names that carried on do not support the above link, but rather it supports the Edward Hender link if anything at all out of North Hill. And there can even be more evidence to support it in the matter of burial. First the two sons were named 'Edward' and 'Thomas'. There was no Edward named in the Thomas Hender and Mary Foot family. Then if you look for the death and burial of Edward Hender the father in North Hill it is just not there. Where is it possibly? Well Edward Hender was buried in Altarnun. The only such Edward Hender in the land so to speak at that time interval. Consider the difference:

        Edward Hender    =    Mrs.
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        db 20 Jul 1672   |
         Altarnun        |
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              ___________|
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Thomas [Edward] Hender I=  Agnes/Ann Evan
cb 12 Feb 1661          |
 North Hill             |  
m 29 Nov 1692           |
 Altarnun               |  
               _________|________
              |                  |                    The columnar year heading was 1692
        Edward Hender      Thomas [Edward] Hender II
        cb 23 Dec 1693     cb 20 Feb 1695
         Altarnun           Altarnun

Now that makes good logical sense. Yet still I'm looking for more to conclude upon it. I'm not just trying to build a pedigree. I'm doing genealogy work for the temple and I would like it to be correct, not just something to build my ego. The North Hill Thomas Hender who also married in 1692 a Mary Foot had his own family their with his children name with a number of family names which solidly identified him as being the son of John Hender and Johane Daw (see furhter above).

FOUND MORE! | Thomas Hender of Altarnun was the son of Edward Hender and NOT a John Hender of North Hill as prescribed by some as corrected above. Family genealogy, tradition and decendantcy lore supports that the family was one of the younger Hender family lines that came down from Richard Duke of Cornwall and King of the Roman Holy Empire at one time whether it be by Edward Hender brother of John Hender of Boscastle or some other. See Query by Richard Peter son-in-law of Thomas Hender of Altarnun whose daughter Grace had married Richard Peter, saddler of Callington.

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Thomas (Edward)* Hender (I) & Agnes (Ann) Evan(s)

~ 7th Great Grandparents ~

* NOTE: A frequent commonallity is that, depite their christening name, to identify themselves they
will take up a middle 'family' name such as a parent's given name in order to connect their 
family linage.

      Thomas Hender I = Agnes/Ann Evan          Richard Wadge = Embling Ham
      cb2 Feb 1661    | db16 Jan 1734                         |
      Altarnun        | Altarnun                              |
      m29 nov 1692    |                                       |
      Altarnun        |                                       |
      db29 Jun 1736   |                                       |
      Altarnun        |                                       |
       (WILL)         |                                       |
         _____________|____________                   ________|
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  Thomas Hender II          Edward Hender  =  Elizabeth Wadge
  cb 20 Feb 1695            cb 23 Dec 1693 |  b 1702a  (cb 12 May 1702)
   Altarnun                  Altarnun      |             (Lewannick)
  (my ancestor)                            |  m2 Jun 1724 (Residence/marriage Lawhitton)
                                           |  Altarnun
                                           |  db11Sep1763 age 60
                                           |  Altarnun
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                                      Hender Cousins #1

My 7th Great Grandfather, Thomas Hender, was a Yeoman of the Parish of Altarnun. At the right is the Altarnun Parish record image of his marriage, He married Agnes (Ann) Evan on November 29, 1692 in Altarnun, and he was buried in Altarnun on the 29th of May/June, 1736. Of the marriage entry, one such transcription of such has gotten it correct as Thomas Hender and Ann or Agnes Even, while another, that used by the LDS Church IGI, extracted it from the faded and worn original as Thomas Vender, as they have read the 'H' as being a 'V'. There are no 'Vender' surnamed persons living there, only Hender. As can be seen here at the right the marriage entry reads, "The 29th of November was married Thomas Hender and Agnes Evan." The prior information to the actual single entry reports the year to be 1692.

Thank goodness for multiple records as Thomas Hender's will seems to clearify everything. His will with a quick line pedigree provided was written on the 25th day of some month, 1736, some two years after his wife Agnes Evan's death and burial on 16 January 1734 at Altarnun and one year after his grandson Edward Hender's death, the son of Thomas Hender and Elizabeth Northy, in 1835 and prior to the births of two other grandchildren, another son and daughter of Thomas Hender his son, which children had not been even born at the writing of the will. So those four persons are not mentioned in his will. The will was proved the 6th of May, 1737. His known family is as follows:

• Edward Hender was christened in Altarnun on the 23rd of December, 1693; who married, had five children, and was also of Altarnun.
• Thomas Hender possibly christened 20th February, 1695 with the Parish clerk listing the father's name as Edward rather than Thomas. The readable part of the record states: "February 20th Thomas Son of Edw--- Hender ... ".

February 20th Thomas the son of Ed'+++' Hender of Altarnun

Thomas was referenced in his father Thomas' will and he married 1st Elizabeth Northy by whom he had his 6 recorded children (see next).

In the will of this Thomas Hender (I) is mentioned his son Thomas Hender, and his grandchildren, the children of Thomas Hender (II), being Thomas Hender (age 9), John Hender (age 4), and Ann Hender (age 6). Also mentioned is Elizabeth (Northy) Hender mother of Ann, Thomas (III), and John. His grandson Edward Hender by Thomas (II) is not mentioned as Edward was born and died in 1735 prior to his grandfather's death and will. Neither is William Hender or Elizabeth Hender of Thomas (II) mentioned, as they not having been born prior to June 1736, the burial date of Thomas Hender (I).

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Thomas Hender (II) & Elizabeth Northy/Northey

~ 6th Great Grandparents ~

Ibbet/Ebbet Skantellbury, daughter of William and Lovday Skantellbury of Altarnun,
married first Christopher Edgcoumbe of Altarnun and by him had 5 known children:
Christopher, William, Elizabeth, Catharine, and George. She married second Thomas
Hender of Altarnun when both were at an age that there were no children from that
marriage.
Thomas Hender, son of Thomas/Edward Hender, first married Elizabeth Northy by whom
he had six known children as set out below. After his wife Elizabeth died, Thomas
married second  Ebbet Edgcoumbe/Edgcomb nee Skantellbury/SCANTELBURY.

                                        Ibbet Skantellbury = Christopher Edgcoumbe
  Elizabeth Northy = Thomas Hender II = Ebbet Edgcoumbe    |
  b abt 1700       | cb 20 Feb 1696     cb 4 Apr 1695      + Christopher Edgcomb
                   |  Altarnun           Altarnun          + William Edgcomb
                   | m 13 Jun 1727      m 8 May 1743       o Elizabeth Edgcombe
                   |  Altarnun           Altarnun          o Catharine Edgcomb
  db 20 Jul 1741   | db 7 Jul 1767      db 6 Jan 1771      + George Edgcomb
   Altarnun        |  Altarnun           Altarnun          (See Edgcombe)
                   |   (Will)
        ___________|______________________________________________________________________
       |   III  Ann  |              |                |               |                    |
 Thomas Hender  Agnes Hender   John Hender     Edward Hender  William Hender      Elizabeth Hender
 cb 3 Sep 1728  cb 4 Jan 1730  cb 25 Feb 1732  cb 2 Jun 1735  cb 5 Oct 1736       cb 11 [Jun] 1739
  Altarnun       Altarnun       Altarnun        Altarnun       Altarnun            Altarnun
 db 18 Jul 1743 (Spinster)     m 12-12-1752    db 25 Aug 1735 db 20 Feb 1767      m 2-11-1761
  Altarnun      db 10 Mar 1767 db 20 Feb 1767   Altarnun      m. 6-5-1764         = John Venning
                 Altarnun      = Grace Luskey                 = Elizabeth Venning |
                               (my ancestors)                 (Unfulfilled Wife?) |
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                                                                          Hender Cousins 2

NOTE: The people and the family are correct. For some reason the dates attributed to the IGI
      extractions and the 'new' OPC transcriptions do not alway agree. This may be caused by
      reference to the hard to read origianl parish records as compared to a reliance upon 
      the Bishop's Transcriptions. Each different transcription set, IGI, Philmores, Bishops,
      etc. seem to have differences in them. The best is to connect families and match the 
      people thus rather than to make a different person everytime a transcription may not 
      agree with another's rendition of the same thing.

My 6th Great Grandfather was Thomas Hender, Yeoman of Altarnun. He married 1st Elizabeth Northy on the 13th of June 1727 by whom he had all 6 known children. Elizabeth died and was buried 20 July 1741 at Altarnun and was noted as Thomas Hender's wife. Three of Thomas' and Elizabeth's children were mentioned in the will of father Thomas Hender (I). After his wife's death in 1841, Thomas (II) married a second wife on the 8th of May, 1743. She was Ebbet (Ibbet) Edgcoumbe the widow of Christopher Edgecoumbe and daughter of William Skantellbury and Skantellbury's wife Lovday, being christened the 4th of April 1695 and she died and was buried 6 Jan 1771 at Altarnun at age 74 as 'Ibbet Hendar'. Thomas Hender (II) was died and was buried 7 July 1767 at Altarnun. The children of this Thomas Hender (II) and Elizabeth Northy are as follows:

• Thomas Hender (III) was christened 3 September 1727/8 Altarnun and buried 18 July 1743 at Altarnun about the age of 15, which burial record notes him as being the son of Thomas Hender. Thus the eldest son became John Hender, the 3rd child.
• Agnes (Ann) Hender was christened 4 January 1730/1, spinster, and buried 11 March 1767.
• John Hender christened 25 February 1732/3 (b 1732), married Grace Liskey (Luskey) of North Hill 12 December 1752, and was buried 20 February 1767. He is my ancestor who had 4 recorded children.
• Edward Hender christened 2 June 1735 Altarnun and buried 25 August 1735 at Altarnun and was noted as being the son of Thomas Hender in the Parish record.
• William Hender christened 5 October 1736 Altarnun, married Elizabeth Venning 6 May 1764, and was buried 20 February 1767.
• Elizabeth Hender christened 11 June 1739 Altarnun, married John Venning 2 November 1761.

All of their children but Elizabeth who married John Venning died before their father Thomas Hender (II): Thomas (bur. 18 July 1843), Agnes/Ann (bur. 11 Mar 1767, John (bur. 20 Feb 1767), Edward (bur. 25 Aug 1735), William (bur. 20 Feb 1767) and 3 of those children preceded their father Thomas in that same year of 1767. The 'Elizabeth Hender' who died that same year of 1767, 5 Feb. likely could have been Elizabeth [Venning] Hender the wife of William Hender. Thus the will of Thomas Hender (II) mentions his wife Ebbet, daughter Elizabeth wife of John Venning, his daughter-in-law Grace Hender the wife of John Hender, and various of his grandchildren, the children of John and Grace Hender. So it does mention all four children of John Hender and Grace Luskey as being Thomas Hender's grandchildren, they being Elizabeth, Mary, William, and Thomas.

Just what occured in the year 1767 is not know for sure. But it did take the lives of Thomas Hender (II) being buried 7 July 1767, Agnes/Ann Hender his spinster daughter being buried 11 March 1767, his son and my 5th Great Grandfather John Hender being buried 20 February 1767, and his son William Hender being buried 20 February 1767 the same day as my ancestor John Hender.

This just about wiped out the family except for grandchildren, the stepmother Ebbet Hender, the inlaw marriage wives, and the one daughter Elizabeth who was married to Venning. The other children had died earlier in 1735 (Edward) and 1743 (Thomas). This is reflective of who is mentioned in Thomas Hender's will.

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John Hender & Grace Luskey/Liskey/Laskey 

~ 5th Great Grandparents ~

Grace Luskey, daughter of William Luskey and Mary Barribal

                        John Hender    =  Grace Luskey/Liskey/Laskey 
                        cb 25 Feb 1733 |  cb 28 Feb 1730
                         Altarnun      |   North Hill
                        m 12 Dec 1752  |
                         Altarnun      |
                        db 20 Feb 1767 |  db 20 Jun 1780
                         Altarnun      |   Altarnun a50
                                       |   (Will)
         ______________________________|_________________________________________________
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 Thomas Hender IV William Hender  =  Annabella/Isabella Edgcombe  Elizabeth Hender   Mary Hender
  cb 26 Feb 1755  cb 22 Nov 1757  |  cb 19 Oct 1757                cb 28 Nov 1760  cb 16 Jan 1765
   Altarnun        Altarnun       |   Altarnun                      Altarnun        Altarnun
  m 20 Mar 1776   m 2 May 1781    |
   Altarnun        Altarnun       |
  db 23 Jun 1791  db 27 Aug 1818  |  db 28 Feb 1831                db 25 Jan 1781  db 28 Mar 1783
   Altarnun        Altarnun  a61  |   Altarnun                      Altarnun a20    Altarnun a19
  m. 20-3-1776    m. 2-5-1781     |  db. 28-2-1831/2                 (Spinster)       (Spinster)
  = Sarah Adams     WILL          |  Altarnun                         WILL
   (My Family)                    |   age 75
     (Will)                       |   WILL
                                  |
                          Hender Counsins 3

My 5th Great Grandfather was John Hender of Altarnun. He married Grace (Liskey) Luskey of North Hill. She was the daughter of William Luskey and Mary Barriball. John's and Grace's Hender family is well referred to in both William Luskey's will and his widowed wife Mary Luskey's will; as well as their spinster daughter's will, Mary Luskey, the sister of Grace (Luskey) Hender. William Luskey's will names all four children of their daughter Grace and John Hender, being William Hender, Elizabeth Hender, Mary Hender, and my 4th Great Grandfather Thomas Hender. The will of Mary (Barriball) Luskey names her daughter Grace Hender and her two sons William Hender and Thomas Hender my ancestor.

As to the will of Mary Luskey, spinster and sister of Grace (Luskey) Hender, Mary Luskey left a will written in 1784 after both Grace and her husband John Hender Had died. Thus in her will there is only mention of the two sons of John and Grace, her nephews William Hender and Thomas Hender; this Thomas Hender being my 4th Great Grandfather. Mary also names Thomas' first three children in her will, Elizabeth, Mary, and Grace, her great nieces.

John Hender died young and evidently suddenly in 1767, as he left no will and only an Admon. Bond bearing his wife Grace Hender's name. He was buried 20 February 1767 at Altarnun. His wife Grace Luskey Hender did leave a will dated 1780. She was buried at Altarnun, 20 June 1780 at age 50. The children of John and Grace are as follows:

• Thomas Hender was christened 26 February 1755/4 (dup rec'd?) in Altarnun. He married Sarah Adams on 20 March 1776, and was buried the 23 of June 1791. They had 7 recorded children, and this is my ancestor.
• William Hender was christened 22 November 1757 in Altarnun. He married Annabella Edgcombe on 2 May 1781, and was buried 27 August 1818 at age 61. He had 3 recorded children Catherine, Annabella, and William. [Note: This William Hender married his 'step-cousin', the granddaughter of his step-grandmother Ebbot (Edgcombe nee Skantellbury) Hender—see link.]
• Elizabeth Hender was christened 28 November 1760 in Altarnun. She was a spinster who left a will mentioning Thomas Hender her brother and his infant daughters Elizabeth and Mary. She also mentions William Hender her brother who was not married yet, and her sister Mary Hender. She was buried 10 January 1781 at age 20.
• Mary Hender was christened 16 January 1765 in Altarnun. She was likely buried 28 March 1783, age 19

The will of Grace Hender of Altarnun mentions her son Thomas Hender and his infant children Elizabeth, and Mary. She mentions her daughters Elizabeth Hender and Mary Hender, and she mentions her son William Hender all not married yet.

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Thomas Hender & Sarah Adams

~ 4th Great Grandparents ~

 
                          (5 GGP)                                        (5 GGP)
                John Hender  =  Grace Luskey(Liskey)            John Adams  =  Sarah Bath(2nd wife)
                             |___________________                  _________|
                                                 |     (4 GGP)    |
                                           Thomas Hender  =  Sarah Adams
                                           c 26-2-1755    |  c 9-9-1753
                                           m 20-3-1776    |
                                           b 23-6-1791    |  b 21-4-1829 a75
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         |             |                   |                |                 |                |                   |
 Elizabeth Hender Mary Hender        Grace Hender     Thomas Hender      John Hender     William Hender  Annabella Hender
 cb 27 Apr 1777   cb 23 NOv 1779     cb 26 June 1781  cb 27 Aug 1783     cb 23-11-1785   cb 9 Apr 1788   cb 6 Apr 1790
  Altarnun         Altarnun           Altarnun         Altarnun           Altarnun        Altarnun        Altarnun
 d 20 Aug 1796    = John Peter       = Richard Peter  = Jenny Peter*     m Mary Smeeth   = Elizabeth     db 31 Mar 1791
  Altarnun        | 28-9-1803        | 31-5-1782      | 10-7-1817        m 6Aug1840 NH     Rowe           Altarnun
  (age 19)        John Turner Peter  Annabella Peter  Thomas Hender**    = Jenny Peter^^ (My Ancestors)
 db 21 Aug 1796   Sarah Hender Peter Elizabeth Hender Susan Peter Hender  widow-Garland  (3rd GGParents)
  Altarnun        Richard Peter       Peter           William Hender
                  Mary Hender Peter  Richard Thomas   Elizabeth Hender
                  Jane Peter          Hender Peter    Jane Hender
                  Edwin Peter        Mary Peter       Mary Hender
                  Simon Peter        William Peter
                                     Emma Peter
                                     Martha Peter
                                     George Frederick
                                      Augustus Peter
                                   ~ Hender Cousins 4 ~


 * This is Jenny Peter the daughter of John Peter and Elizabeth Marten christened 26 December 1796
   at North Hill.
** Thomas Hender on 1881 Census, Laira, Devon as Toll Collector age 62 with
   family and grandchildren etc. See Altarnun subdirectory.
^^ This is Jenny Peter, sister of the Peter brothers who married Mary and Grace Hender, sisters
   of John Hender. At ages of 54/55 and 43 respectively, John and Jenny appear to have had no
   offspring. Jenny was christened 13 March 1798 at North Hill, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth
   Peter of Illand. This Jenny had first married Edward Garland and secondly married John Hender.

More information about record 
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      Day Month  27-Apr 
           Year  1777 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Elizabeth  
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  dau 
Father Forename  Thomas 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-865
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  21-Aug 
           Year  1796 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Elizabeth 
        Surname  HENDER 
            Age  
      Residence  
          Notes  Funeral sermon
    Trans Notes  
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  13-Jul 
           Year  1779 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Mary  
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  dau 
Father Forename  Tho. 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-867
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  23-Jun 
           Year  1781 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Grace  
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  dau 
Father Forename  Tho. 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  publickly 
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-869
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  20-May 
           Year  1783 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Thomas  
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  son 
Father Forename  Thomas 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  publickly 
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-871
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  23-Nov 
           Year  1785 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  John  
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  son 
Father Forename  Thomas 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-879
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  09-Apr 
           Year  1788 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Wm.  
        Surname  HENDER 
           Sex  son 
Father Forename  Thos. 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-881
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  06-Apr 
           Year  1790 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Annabella
        Surname  HENDER 
            Sex  dau 
Father Forename  Thomas 
Mother Forename  Sarah 
      Residence  
Father Rank Pro
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  ref 
                 1545200-882
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

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      Day Month  31-Mar 
           Year  1791 
Parish/Reg Dist  Altarnun 
       Forename  Annabella 
        Surname  HENDER 
            Age  
      Residence  
          Notes  
    Trans Notes  Src:
                 Exeter BTs 
    Transcriber  Mike Gabriel

My 4th Great Grandfather is Thomas Hender, Yeoman of Altarnun, the son of John Hender and Grace Luskey/Liskey. He was christened the 26th of February, 1755 in Altarnun. He married Sarah Adams on the 20th of March, 1776. Sarah Adams of Laneast was the daughter of John Adams and his second wife Sarah Bath. Thomas and Sarah had 7 recorded children. Thomas was buried 23 June 1791 in Altarnun. His will mentions 6 of his 7 children, his wife Sarah, and his brother William Hender. Sarah [Adams] Hender died in April of 1829 at age 75 and was buried at Altarnun on 21 April 1829. Their 7 known children are:

• Elizabeth Hender was christened in Altarnun 27 April 1777. She died after her father's will of 1791. Her grave stone is at Altarnun Parish, which lists her death as August 20, 1796 at age 19 and buried 21 August 1796.
• Mary Hender was christened 13 July/23 November 1779 at Altarnun. She married John Peter(s) on 28 September 1803.
• Grace Hender was christened 23/5 June 1781 at Altarnun. She married Richard Peter.
• Thomas Hender was christened in Altarnun 27 April 1783 Privately also 20 May 1783 Publicly. He married Jenny Peter on 10 July 1817.
• John Hender was christened 23 November 1785. Who he married first is considered to be Mary Smeeth his half cousin of St Gennys. John Hender is the Sadler who who as a 'widower' married Jenney Garland nee PETER in 1840. Yet it seems doubtful whether he had any children in his first marriage or with Jenny as none are ever found. Certainly with Jenny being 43, and he 54/55, there is the logic which favors no children there and the Mary Smeeth's early death and perhaps nearness of kin seems to have left no children there either.
  
• William Hender, my ancestor, was christened 9 April 1788 in Altarnun. He married Elizabeth Rowe in Callington on 10th of August, 1811. He died on 5th of August 1848 in Venterdon, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall at age 60 per his death Certificate. His will recorded him as being of Altarnun.
• Annabella Hender was christened 6 April 1790 at Altarnun. She died in March 1791 before her date of burial on the 31 March 1791 at Altarnun. As a result of her infant death she is the one child of this family who is not named in her father's 1791 will which he wrote on 4 May 1791. This fact self verifies that Annabella Hender, daughter of Thomas Hender is the child's whose burial is recorded 31 March 1791. Thomas Hender's father, John Hender, died in his mid 30s and with Thomas Hender being 'weak of body' and his youngest child dying he then puts to writing his will even though he is only in his mid 30s. A step will taken as he is dead & buried come June of 1791.

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William Hender & Elizabeth Rowe 
~ 3rd Great Grandparents ~

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          |   Parish   |  Event   | Firstname | Surname |  Date  | Year | Age | Notes         | 
          | Callington | Marriage | William   | HENDER  | 27-Jul | 1811 |     | sojourner     |
          | Callington | Marriage | Elizabeth | ROW     | 27-Jul | 1811 |     | of Callington |
           * Callington Heritage Centre [William Hender sojourner from Altarnun Parish.]

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                            William Hender   =  Elizabeth Rowe
  Elizabeth Rowe Hender     Clock/Watchmaker |   of Callington     William Hender (Ender)*
  cb 22 May 1812            cb 9 Apr 1788    |  b c1792            cb 20 Jun 1819
   Callington                Altarnun        |                      Callington
  db 4 Jun 1816 a4          m 27 Jul 1811    |                     db 29 Mar 1821
   Callington                Callington      | d Feb 1850 a57       Callington a1
 (named after mother)       d 5 Aug 1848 a60 | db 14 Feb 1850     (not christened?)
        |                    Venterdon S.C.  |  Venterdon S.C.           |
       _|____________________________________|___________________________|______________
      |                          |           |           |                              |
Amelia Hender=Richard Olver  Louisa Hender   |   Thomas Rowe Hender=Marianna Trout  John Hender
b 24Aug1813  |b 1813c        cb 4 Jun 1815   |   cb 3 Oct 1824     |                cb 17 Dec 1827
 Callington  |  Morval         Callington    |     Callington      |                Callington
cb 12Sep1813 | (Saddler)     d 24 July 1889  |   m 6 Jan 1844      |                d Mar 1830 a2
 Callington  |               db 26 Jul 1889  |   d (1855-1860)     |                db 17 Mar 1830
             |                St Martin L    |                     |                 Callington
             |               (Spinster a74)  |              (My Hender Family)
             |                               |
 |--Charles Olver  b 1840c                   |
 |  Arthur M Olver b 1841c                   |___________________
 |  Amelia Olver   b 1845c                                       |
 |  Eliza M. Olver b 1847c                             William Worth Hender = Elizabeth Tresize
 |  Louisa Olver   b 1849c                             cb 9 Sep 1821        | b 1823c   Trezise
 |  Georgina Olver b 1853c                               Callington         |  dau of
 |  Jessie Olver   b 1855c                             m 4 Mar 1845         |  Philip Trezise
 |                                                     d 9 Sep 1884         |  & Ann Williams
 |                                                                          |
 |                                                                          |
Charles H. Olver = Elizabeth                                       Elizabeth Ann Hender
b 1840c E.Looe   | b 1839c E. Looe                                 b 26 Apr 1851 
(Saddler &       |                                                 m 25 Dec 1872
Harness Maker)   |                                                 =John Henry Bennetts
                 |                                                 |b1852 (20/1872)
                 |                                                 |(son of Nicholas
                 |                                                 | Bennetts-Engineer)
  Amelia Olver       b 1860c                                       Elizabeth Mary Bennetts
  Richard Olver      b 1862c                                       Amilia Louisa Bennetts
  Elizabeth M. Olver b 1865c
  Florence M. Olver  b 1870c (Florence Lilian Olver on 1881 Census)
  Charles A. Olver   b 1874c
  Henry E. Olver     b 1877c (Henry E. A. Olver on 1891 Census)
  Georgina Olver     b 1879c
  Arthur F. Olver    b 1881c

      Hender Cousins 5

* This Baptism was entered or transribed as 'Ender' but there are NO 'ENDER' families only 'HENDER'
  families. This must be the missing baptism entry for the first William Hender son of William and
  Elizabeth Hender.
ALSO: See the will of William Hender as to who his four adult children
      absolutely are from the transcription of that will provided.

Note: There were at least four William Henders about this area at this time, not counting the many other in other parish areas. There was William Bury Hender the Doctor whose father was William Hender the surgeon. There was a William Hender a school teacher. There was a William Hender who was an Inn Keeper, and there was my third great grandfather who was a watch and clock maker. My 2nd great grandfather was also a watchmaker, Thomas Rowe Hender. That makes you wonder about the 'Thomas Rowe' name combination. Oh and Thomas Rowe Hender's brother, son of William Hender the clock and watchmaker, was another William, a William Worth Hender. Let's see, how many Williams was that?

William Hender and Elizabeth Rowe's children are:

Exciting News

A fairly recent released transcription—[search for 'Hender' under 'Search Our Data]—of Callington and surrounding areas exists that reveals much about the HENDER family including some 'NEW' children for William Hender and Elizabeth Rowe Hender and the marriage date of William and Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Rowe Hender was Christened/baptism 22 May 1812 at Callington. Saddly it appears that she died at the age of 4 and was buried 4 June 1816 at Callington. If not, there is some later reason why she is not mentioned in William Hender's will.

Amelia Hender was born in 1813 and was Christened/baptism on 12 September 1813 at Callington. She married Richard Olver on 3 March 1835 and has 10 known children, the eldest threechildren's birth certificates I have.

Louisa Hender was born in 1815 and was Christened/baptism 4 June 1815 at Callington. She was a spinster and groucer. She died 24 July 1889 and is buried at St. Martin by Looe on 26 July 1889, age 74. She is closely associated with her sister Amilia Olver's and Thomas Rowe Hender's families in East Looe and is found on the Census records there.

William Hender was born calculated 1819 with his baptism recorded/transcribed under 'Ender' on 20 Jun 1819 on the Callington Heritage web site and there is his recoreded burial as William Hender, age 1, in Callington on 29 March 1821.

William Worth Hender was born about 1824 though the current Callington record shows no Christening/baptism for him. He married Elizabeth Tresize or Trezise, daughter of Philip Tresize on the 4th of March, 1845 per their marriage certificate. They had one known daughter, Elizabeth Ann Hender. William Worth Hender died in Callington, 9 September 1884 at age 60 [Due to William Worth Hender's varying age upon various public records, including upon 4 census records, it is determined now that William likely was born about 1822 and that his death age was not given accurately. Thus he has been moved to being older than Thomas Rowe Hender, his brother].

Thomas Rowe Hender, my ancestor, according to verious records was born about 1822? in Callington yet his Christening/baptism there occured 3 October 1824. He married Marianna (variously spelled) Trout daughter of Philip Trout and Susanna Moon 6th January 1844. They had five known children all with birth certificates. Thomas Rowe Hender likely died between 1855 and 1860.

John Hender There is a Christening/baptism for John Hender to William and Elizabeth Hender, most likely another child of this family. He was Christened/baptised on 17 December 1827 and appears to have died in March of 1830 as he was buried at the age of 2 on the 17 March 1830.

William Hender had inheritied no lands in his father's will, but was given a large sum of money (100 pounds). He apparently used the funds to learn the skills of clock and watchmaking, and to relocate from Altarnun to Callington. Callington was a township more suited to the sell of clocks and watches than the very rual Altarnun.

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Thomas Rowe Hender & MariAnna/Maryaina Trout

~ 2nd Great Grandparents ~

                                      Maryaina
             Thomas Rowe Hender   =   Mariana (Mary) Trout
             b 1822/3/4c          |   b
             cb 3 Oct 1824        |   cb 3 Nov 1825            Thomas Hender Harry Hender
               Callington         |     St Martin Looe         b 1 Nov 1852  b 23 Dec 1855
             d by 1860*           |                            d 1 Mar 1854  d 12 Oct 1858
             m 6 Jan 1844         |                             (15 months)   (Scarlatina)
          ________________________|__________________________________|_____________|
         |                               |                          |
Philip Trout Hender = Grace Chipman Ellen Hender = James Toms William Hender = Selina Toms
b 17 Jul 1844       | b 5 Apr 1857  b 28 Aug 1847| b 1847c    b 1 Sep 1850   | b 1859
 East Looe          |  St Just       Liskeard    |             East Looe     |
d 28 Aug 1878       | d 19 Mar 1936 m 27 Jun 1868|   E. Looe  m 5 Oct 1878   |
m 23 Apr 1877       |                            |                           |
                    |                            |                           |
             (Albert Hender)         Regenall Toms   b 1870    Adela Hender           b 1879
            (My Hender Family)       James Toms      b 1873    William Hender         b 1881-1886 a6
                                     Ellen L/S Toms  b 1876    Maria Toms Hender      b 1882-1886 a4
                                     Edwin Toms      b 1878    Hary Hender            b 1883
                                     Lora/Laura Toms b 1880    Charlie Hender         b 1885
                                     Thomas H Toms   b 1882    William Toms Hender    b 1890
                                     Ernest Toms     b 1884
                                     George Toms     b 1886
                                     Minnie Toms     b 1890

                                                      Hender Cousins 6


* [Note: Some, without knowing where the precise date came from, report that Thomas Rowe
  Hender died on 23 April 1877, which is absurd. That precise date is the date of son
  Philip Trout Hender upon whose marriage certificate Thomas Rowe Hender is stated to be
  deceased—NOT that he died on the day of his son's marriage but
  that he was dead and deceased prior to the marriage of course. But some jump at any
  such date just to promote themselves as 'in the know' when others know not. But in the
  end they are exposed for their foolishness.] 

My 2nd Great Grandfather was Thomas Rowe/Row Hender Watchmaker. He was born in Callington per the Census records about 1822. We may presume Thomas is deceased by 1860 perhaps inconjunction with the death of his son Harry for Maryaina is the one who registers the birth, whereas Thomas did for the previous child, their son Thomas. MariAnna as just Mary, his wife, is on the 1861 census married to Robert Wynhall with Philip Hender, Ellen Hender and William Hender being listed there as sons and dauther inlaw to the head of house Robert. Thomas Rowe Hender married Mary Aina Trout on 6 January 1844 at the age of 21 at Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. They had now known five children as follows:

• Philip Trout Hender born 17 July 1844, East Looe. He and his living siblings were belatedly christened together 6 August 1856 at Looe (Chapel?). He married Grace (Chapman) Chipman on 23 April 1877. They had one son who is my ancestor.
• Ellen Hender born 8 August 1847, East Looe, Liskeard. She was belatedly christened 6 August 1856 at Looe. She married James Toms on 27 June 1868 and they had children (see TOMS-HENDER 2 family.) She was buried as Ellen Toms at St. Martin by Looe on 20 NOvember 1904, age 57.
• William Hender born 1 September 1850 East Looe, christened 6 August 1856 at Looe with family. He married Selina Toms on 5 October 1878 and they had six known Hender children (see TOMS-HENDER 1 family.)
• Thomas Hender born 1 November 1852, East Looe and died at the age 15mths on 26 February 1854 of Purpura Hemorrhagica, and was buried 1 March 1854, Martin by Looe, St. according to parish record - (certificate infor: died 1 qtr. 1855 Liskeard [District], Cornwall, England - Vol. 5C page 63 source 150.C) (certificate infor: born 4th qtr 1852 Liskeard - Vol. 5C page 79 source 120.A-Certified copy now in hand.)
• Harry Hender born 23 December 1855, East Looe. He was christened 6 August 1856 at Looe. Harry died of Scarlatina on 12 October 1858, just about three years after his birth.

Mary Anna (Trout) Hender apparently remarries Robert Wynhall and has at least two more children by him; a Robert Pope Wynhall, and a John P. Wynhall. The Hender children are part of this household on the 1861 Census record.

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Philip Trout Hender & Grace Chipman

~ Great Grandparents ~

My Great Grandfather was Philip Trout Hender born 17 July 1844 in East Looe. He was a fisherman of East Looe, Cornwall, England. He married Grace Chapman/Chipman the daughter of William Chipman and Fanny Collett on 23 April 1877 at East Stonehouse, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. They had one son, Albert Hender. Philip Trout Hender died 28 August 1878. Grace was just 21 years old and with an infant of less than one year of age.

• Albert Hender was born on he 21st of January 1878 in East Looe, Cornwall, England. He was christened/baptized 27 February 1878 at Looe. Albert Hender Married Laura Antoinette Dibble. They had two children. Albert died 27 September 1914.

Grace remarried William Collins. They had some children in Cornwall and sailed to America and ended up in Ontario, Canada where they had more children. Grace is recored as having worked in Leeds, but I must presume not Leeds, England of Yorkshire; or Leeds in Utah; but Leeds in Ontario, Canada near their home in Forest, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

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Albert Hender & Laura Antoinette Dibble

~ Grandparents ~

        Philip Trout Hender   =   Grace Ghipman/Chapman   =   William T. Collins
        b 17 Jul 1844         |   b 5 Apr 1857            |
         East Looe            |   Gerrans                 |
        m 23 Apr 1877         |                           |
         East Stonehouse D.   |                     Collins Family     
        d 28 Aug 1878         |   d 19 Mar 1936
                              |
                              |
                        Albert Hender   =   Laura Antoinette Dibble
                        b 21 Jan 1878   |    
                         East Looe      |
                        cb 27 Feb 1878  |
                         Looe           |
                        m 24 Oct 1900   |
                         SLC, Utah      |
                        d 29 Sep 1914   |
                         SLC Hospital   |
                                        |
                            ____________|_________
                           |                      | 
                  Philip David Hender      May Dibble Hender
                           |                      |
                           |                      |
                         {Private Living Descendants} 

My Grandfather was Albert Hender born 21 January 1878. He was born in East Looe, Cornwall, England. He removed from thence at a very young pre-school age with his mother and step-father to Ontario, Canada. There he was raised and schooled. Upon manhood, Albert traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to deal in sheep? He met the Dibble family. Albert married Laura Antoinette Dibble on 24 October 1900. She was the daughter of Philo Dibble Jr. and Antoinette Cleveland. They had two surviving children and a set of still-born twins which where buried in a shoebox:

• Philip David Hender born 25 August 1901 in West Layton, Utah is my father. He married Lucille Gladys Swanner on 11 August 1923. They had nine children. He died 31 December 1959 in Clearfield, Utah.
• May Dibble Hender was born 10 October 1910 in West Layton. She married Oliver Paul Davis on 27 October 1938. May Hender Davis died 30 October 1976.

Albert Hender served an LDS mission back to his homeland in 1907 to 1909. He died of a broken neck in the Salt Lake Hospital on 29 September 1914 after falling backwards off of a haystack in Metropolis [Wells], Neveda?

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Philip David Hender & Lucille Gladys Swanner

~ My Parents ~

My father is/was Philip David Hender who was born on the 25th of August, 1901 in West Layton, Davis County, Utah. He married Lucille Gladys Swanner of North Carolina, the daughter of Joseph Thomas Swanner and Lenora Mabel Smith. They had three sons, one being myself, and six daughters. Of the nine children, four are still living today. My dad died of a heart attack on the night of New Years Eve, the 31st of December, 1959 in our home in Clearfield, Utah at the age of 58 years 4 months in my presence. My mom died of old age and natural causes on the 15th of April, 1999 at age 92 near her home in the Rocky Mountain Care Center, Clearfield, Utah.

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