PENTECOSTS

John Short - married Mary Pentecost 3/8/1729

Child:

Henry Short - baptised 15/7/1736 - this may be the child who leads to the family tree!

 

Mary Pentecost is believed to have come from Totnes.  If this is so - and the surname is very uncommon, then her family tree can also be constructed.  The surname exists in many variations, some of which are shown here!  All baptisms and marriages are Totnes unless stated otherwise.

Philipp Penticose - married Rebecca Bond 27/7/1648

Children:

John Penticose - baptised 1/11/1649

Francis Penticose - baptised 5/2/1651, died 9/3/1653

Rebecca Penticose - baptised 2/9/1654, married John Pathridg 26/11/1678

Mary Penticose - baptised 15/1/1656

Joane Penticose - baptised 31/12/1659, died 23/3/1663

Elizabeth Penticose - baptised 21/3/1661, died 31/3/1663

Hugh Penticose - baptised 5/6/1664, died 10/6/1671

Eliza Penticose - baptised 12/2/1646

John Penticose - wife Agnes (died 24/4/1693)

Children:

Hugh Penticose - baptised 19/8/1673

John Penticose - baptised 25/8/1676

Robert Penticose - baptised 20/4/1679

Mary Penticose - baptised 10/8/1681

<unknown> Penticose - baptised 13/1/1684

Agnes Penticose - baptised 25/1/1686

Elizabeth Penticose - baptised 12/1/1691, died 12/5/1693

Hugh Penticose - married Agnes Pinson 4/8/1691 at St Thomas Exeter (died 29/6/1740)

Children:

Deborah Penticose - baptised 4/4/1692, died 17/10/1711

Thomas Penticos - baptised 21/11/1693 - married Bridget Fox 21/1/1717, three daughters

Hugh Penticose - baptised 15/2/1695

Agnis Penticors - baptised 5/10/1698 - married George Snell 26/2/1722

 

John Penticose - married Ruth Pinson 14/4/1696.  Ruth died 8/10/1713

Children:

Rebecka Penticors - baptised 14/9/1698

Philip Penticos - baptised 25/11/1700

Mary Penticose - baptised 26/8/1701 - married John Short as above.

Mary Penticose - baptised 10/3/1702

John Penticors - baptised 25/5/1704

Jane Penticose - baptised 8/6/1705

Elizabeth Penticose - baptised 9/7/1707

Rebeckah Penticose - baptised 5/11/1707

John Penticos - baptised 3/4/1711

There are no earlier PENTECOST entries in the Totnes parish registers and this surname does not appear anywhere in the Protestation Returns for Devon of 1641 - suggesting that he moved to Totnes sometime during the Civil War.  The name is, however, found in Cornwall so perhaps he was a soldier who never quite made it home!