Edward Symonds (1676 - 1728)

Husband of Anne Milbourne — married 15 May 1702 in Dinnington, Somerset

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1728 at about age 52 in Dowlish Wake, Somerset

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Biography

No birth record for Edward Symonds of Dowlish Wake is found. His birth date is estimated as 1676 (death date 1727/8 - age at death 51 years)^[1].

Older Symonds families are known in nearby Gloucester and Cornwall. There is said to be a connection between the South Somerset clan and the older Gloucester clan. Symonds is thought to be of Norman heritage, perhaps via descent from a Fitz Sigmund^[1].

Edward married Ann Milbourne in nearby Dinnington in 1702^[2]. Since Dinnington is but 3km from Dowlish Wake, a good case can be made that this is the correct marriage record.

Further confirming this marriage, Edward succeeded his father-in-law in 1706 as copyhold tenant of Dowlish water-mill with the house and lands adjoining, and as the owner of a small lifehold estate in Cudworth (inherited through wife Anne).

Edward and Ann had five children of record in Dowlish Wake between 1702 and 1714, three of which survived childhood. This likely places Ann's birth date near 1680. Their first children Anne and Flora died young.

Edward's death is of public record^[3]. His will, proved with inventory in Taunton Archdeaconry Court, is dated 19th March 1727-8, and he was buried on the 28th of the same month aged 51 (M.I. at Dowlish)^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Family of Symonds of Somerset and Dorset; Henry Symonds
2. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZQ2-V7M : accessed 2016-08-20), entry for Anne MILBOURNE.
3. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD9M-LMF : 24 December 2014), Edward Symonds, 28 Mar 1728; citing , reference Item 11; FHL microfilm 1,526,604.