Account of the families of Boase or Bowes

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This account of the Millctt family is only worked out so
far as to shew the descent of Jane who married John Boase.
Oxenham (or Oxnam) of Penzance.
Richard Oxenham or Oxnam is said to have come to
Penzance from Newlyn East, whore his father is reported to
have impoverished himself by too great a devotion to field
sports. Richard was at first in the employment of Messrs.
Batten and Co., but afterwards a prosperous merchant in
business on his own account, lie d. Penzance 25 Apl. 1793,
monument in St. Mary's. He. m. Paul 30 May 1763
Elizabeth dau. of [William ?] Bodinnar of Chime in Paul.
She was bapt. 24 Feb. 174£. Her sister m. Mr. (? John)
Batten. K. Oxenham's children were (1) Thomas, (2)
Richard, (3) William, (4) James, (1) Elizabeth. (2) Anne,
(3) Mary.
(1) Thomas bapt. Penzance 5 Mch. 176J.
(2) Richard b. 20 Dec. 176S, bapt. Penzance 27 Jan.
1769. A merchant, built Rosehill, Penzance. He
gave in 1793 £5 per an. out of the Rosehill estate to
the poor of Madron. Sheriff of Cornwall 1810, d.
Wellington terrace, Penzance, 23 Aug. 1844, m. 12 Aug.
1794 Mary dau. of Mr. John, who d. Penzance 5 July
1S12, aged 45, monu. Madron Church.
(3) William of wbom hereafter.
(4) James bapt. Penzance 1 May 1772, d. unm. at sea
1794?.
(1) Elizabeth, b. || 4 Sep. bap. || 16 Sep. 1765, d. 23
March 1801, m. f 9 Jan. 1792 John Jones Pearce of
Burian : witnesses, Richard Oxnam, Anne Pearce.
(2) Anne bapt. Penzance 12 Mar. 1767. d. 1801 ?, m.
Mr. Unwin, and had issue a girl who d. in infancy.
(3) Mary b. 22 Apl. 1778, d. Penzance, 3 Mch. 1855. She
m. 16 Oct. 1800 John second son of Joshua Jepson
Oddy of Darnell, Attercliffe, Yorkshire, a Russian
merchant in business in London as J. Oddy and ( Jo.
He was b. 9 July 1778, and d. 12 Dec. 1835. Theissue
were John b. 19' June 1802, d. Blackheath, Kent. 30
Nov. 1823, and Mary Oxenham b. 21 Dee. 1803, now
(Apl. 1876) living at 9, Victoria place, Penzance.
The Rev. William Oxenham, third son of Richard
Oxenham, was b. Chapel street, Penzance, 18 Oct. 1771. Of
Oriel Coll., Oxf., b.a. 4 Mar. 1794, m.a. 14 June 1798. C. of
Paul 1796-1803; R. of St. Petrock's, Exeter, 1803-44;
Prebendary of Exeter 1803-44; V. of Cornwood 1824-44 ;
d. Cornwood 23 Feb. 1844. m. (1) 13 June 1796 Elizabeth
Treweeke, who was b. 8 Nov. 1776, d. in childbirth 21 Feb.
1797, bur. Paul Church 28 Feb. ; Mary Elizabeth the only
child by this m. was b. Paul 24 Feb., bapt. 28 Feb. 1797, d.
unm. 18 Dee. 1841.
The Rev. W. Oxenham m. (2) 1798 Anne dau. of Geo.
Nutcombe Nutcombo (formerly George Nutcombe Quicke),
Chancellor of Exeter, by a daughter of George Lavington,
Bishop of Exeter. She was b. 25 May 1773, d. Exeter 27
Oct. 1864, bur. St. David's Churchyard, and gave birth to
(1) George Nutcombe, (2) William, (3) Richard, (4) Nut-
combe, (1) Jane Mary, (2) Frances Maria, (3) Anne Dorothea,
(4) Caroline.
(1) George Nutcombe b. 17 Nov. and bapt, Paul 17 Dec.
' 1799. Of Wadham Coll. b.a. 24 May 1820. Of
Exeter Coll. m.a. 13 June 1823 and Fellow 1820-30 ;
of Lincoln's Inn Barrister-at-law 22 Nov. 1825 ; d. 17
Earl's Terrace, Kensington West, 15 Dec. 1873, bur.
Brompton cemetery, 22 Dec, memorial window in St.
Philip's Church, Earl's court road, Kensington. He
m. (1) May 1830 Caroline eld. dau. of the Rev.
Warwick Young Churchill Hunt, D.D., V. of Bickleigh
near Plymouth, she d. Kensington 10 Dec. 1849, bur.
Bickleigh. The issue were —
i George Lavington b. Plymouth 11 Aug. 1836,
d. Plymouth 26 Oct. 1S43', bur. Cornwood.
ii Caroline Nutcombe b. Plymouth 14 Feb. 1835,
d. Kensington 8 Feb. 1807, bur. Littleworth, near
Farringdon, Berks.
Geo. Nutcombe m. (2) Hamburg 1852, Mary Emma b.
1816, sister of his first wife, she d. Kensington 18 Dec.
1854, bur. Brompton cemetery, leaving one dau. Mary
Elizabeth b. 1 Dec. 1S54.
Geo. Nutcombe m. (3) 7 Jan. 1858, Charlotte Ellis sixth
dau. of John Milligon Scppings of Culver House, Chudleigh.
She was b. 2 Meh. t 1822.
(2) William b. 13 Dec. 1800, bapt. Paul 27 Jan. 1801 ;
of Wadham Cull. b.a. 21 May 1823, m.a. 17 May 1826 ;
Assistant Master Harrow School 1826, and Lower
Master 1841, d. Reigatc 13 Oct. 1863, bur. at Harrow
20 Oct., m. (1) Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Carter,
Fellow and Vice-Provost of Eton College 1826. She
d. 14 May 1833, bur. Harrow Church-yard, by whom
he had —
i Henry Nutcombe, b. Harrow 15 Nov. 1829. bapt.
Eton College S Jan. 1830, Scholar of Balliol Coll.
b.a. 5 Dec. 1850, m.a. 1S54, ordained in the Church
of England 1853, C. of Wornall, Bucks, 1854, C. of
St. Bartholomew's, Cripplegate, 1857, but soon after
joined the Church of Rome ; is the author of nume-
rous works.
ii Frances Mary, b. Eton S Jan. 1S28, became a member
of the Church of Rome, d. 2 Aug.- 1870, bur. Chisel-
hurst, Kent, where is monu.
The Rev. Will. Oxenham m. (2) 9 Apl. 1S40, Rachel
Charlotte dau. of Mr. Gray of Wembley Park, near
Harrow, liv. 1876 Nutcombe House, Weybridge,
Surrey. Their children arc —
i Edward Lavington b. 30 Sep. 1813, educated at
Harrow. Passed an examination before the Civil
Service Commissioners and obtained an honorary
certificate 23 July 1866 ; was appointed a Student
Interpreter in China 28 July 1S66: a 3rd Class
Assistant 26 Jan. 1872; and a 1st Class Assistant
27 Sep. 1873.
ii Geo. William b. 12 May 1849, educated at Harrow,
of Exeter Coll. Oxf., and Sarum Theological College
1871 ; C. of Holy Trinity, Sneyd, near Burslern,
1873-75 ; C. of Coatham and in charge of new
district of Warrenby in the parish of Coatham,
Yorkshire, 1875 ; C. of Staveley, Staffordshire ; m.
12 Jan. 1876 Katherine Blanche dau. of Joseph
Walker, m.d., of Burslern.
i Edith Maria b. 17 Mar. 1843.
ii Anne Eleanor b. 12 Oct. 1847.
(3) Richard b. 12 Mch. 1805. bap. 19 Ap. d. 15 Sep. 1805.
(4) Nutcombe b. 1810, educated at Harrow School to 182S;
of Oriel Coll. 1828 ; took an open scholarship at Trinity
Coll. 1829 ; Devon Fellow of Exeter Coll. June 1832 ;
C. of Upton on Severn 1S33 ; V of Modbury with C of
Brownstone, Devon, 1834; b.a. 13 Nov. 1834, m.a. 17
Dec. 1839 ; Preb. of Exeter 26 Jan. 1850 ; d. Modbury
Vicarage 13 Sep. 1859, aged 49 ; m. 9 Jan. 1834 Jane
Georgiana Gould, now deceased, by whom he had —
i Robert George, Principal of Deccan College, Poonah,
India,
ii Frank Nutcombe: of Exeter Coll. b.a. 1S62, m.a.
1865 ; C. of St. Mark. Torwood, Devon, 1864 ; C. of
Richmond, Surrey, 1S68-73 ; C. of St. Barnabas,
Pimlico, London, 1875. Resides 95, St. George's road,
Pimlico, London, S.W.
(1) Jane Mary, b. 30 Mch; 1802, bapt. Paul 11 May 1802,
d. Exeter 24 Apl. 1850, bur. St. David's Churchyard.