Richard Eustice (1821-1900) was
born in Crowan 8 April 1821 and christened there
22 Apri1 1821. He was the son of Richard Eustis (spelling later changed to Eustice) (1796-1851) and Ann Barkle (1798-1842) and grandson of Richard Eustis (1772-1853) and Grace Pooley (1774-1835). He is the ancestor of the
author of this article.
The death certificate for Richard (1821-1900) mistakenly lists his
mother’s maiden name as Ann Pooley. Her correct
maiden surname was Barkle (alternately Bartle or Barkell). The
informant confused the maiden surname of the mother with that of the
grandmother. The marriage of Richard Eustis (1796) to Ann Barkle and the christening of their first child, Anne,
are recorded in Gwinear parish registers.
Richard’s father Richard (1772) signed as a witness the marriage. Ann
(Barkle) Eustis was christened
1 Apr 1798
in Gwinear and was the daughter of William and Ann (Hockin) Barkle. This older Mrs. Ann Barkle was living with the Eustice family in the 1841
census of Camborne parish,
Cornwall
.
The death of Mrs. Ann Eustis is recorded in the family bible of Josiah Barkle/Barkell, her brother. There would be no reason
for Ann’s death to be recorded in a Barkle/Barkell family bible, if she were a Pooley. Neither a
marriage of a Richard Eustis to an Ann Pooley nor
a suitable birth of an Ann Pooley has ever been
located.
Richard (1821-1900) moved with his parents to nearby Camborne before
the 1841 census. On
3 April 1842
,
five days before his 21st birthday, he set sail for
America
from the
port
of
Hayle
in
Cornwall
aboard the Brig Ruby which had sailed from
South Shields
on the northeastern coast of
England
.
After nearly two months at sea, the ship landed at the
port
of
New York
on June 1.
Also aboard were Richard's sister Ann (Eustice)
Richards, his uncle, James Eustis, and their families. After briefly
working in the mines of
Pennsylvania
,
Richard settled in southwestern
Wisconsin
,
first near
Benton
,
Lafayette
County
, and later in
neighboring Hazel Green,
Grant
County
.
He worked in the lead mines and ran a small farm and was also lay minister
for the Methodist Episcopal Church. At one point he owned or was in
partnership in some profitable mines, but suffered financial reverses and
died a pauper, so poor that the family could not even afford a stone for
his grave.
On
3 April 1845
at
Galena
, Jo Daviess County,
Illinois, Richard married Jennifer “Jane” Carnsew,
daughter of James Carnsew and Mary Harvey, who
was born
22 May 1825
in Crowan. According to the 1900 and 1910 censuses,
they had 14 children, but only 10 have been identified by name. The
others probably died young. Richard died
21 May 1900
in Hazel Green at age 79 and Jennifer
died there
14 Dec 1915
at age 90. |
