The first record in Gwinear is the marriage of John Calengewe and Jone on the 1^st July 1599. This couple proceeded to have many children, christened in Gwinear as follows:

Jenepher Calensewe, 19^th April 1601 (Shepler is probably Jenepher as well)

William Kalensaw, 11^th May 1603

Doney Calensew, 28^th August 1604

an unnamed daughter, 28^th August 1607

Majory Kalensow, 7^th April 1611, buried 24^th April 1611

Katheren Calensowe, 14^th June 1612

Patience Calensowe, 24^th June 1612

Elizabeth Kalensowe, 5^th February 1614

There was a stray child, Margery Kalensewe, christened in Gwinear in 1605, the daughter of William. She is likely to be the daughter of William and Margerie of Uny Lelant.

John died and was buried in Gwinear on the 20^th March 1629, his will was probated the following year. Unfortunately it is very difficult to read but he appears to mention his wife Joane, son William and daughter Katheren.

William Callensawe married Elizabeth on the 5^th October 1635. They had the following children:

William Chalenso, 7^th February 1635/36

Richard Calensew, 23^rd May 1638

Ann Callensew, 15^th January 1640, buried 20^th March 1640

John Callensew, 20^th January 1641

Patience Callensew, 12^th July 1644, buried 22^nd July 1644

William’s wife Elizabeth died and was buried in May of 1645. He remarried a Tamson on the 12^th January 1649. They don’t appear to have had any children.

William signed the Protestation Return in Gwinear in 1641, was recorded as a Gwinear Churchwarden 2^nd May 1662, and also paid the Hearth Tax in Gwinear in 1662. When he died in 1688 the administration of his estate was granted to John Calenso, likely the son born in 1641.

Two of William’s sons married and had children in Gwinear.

Richard married Jane on the 10^th January 1661 and had the following children:

Thomas Calensoe, 27^th April 1662, buried 1684

Mary Calensoe, 3^rd July 1664

Catherine Calensoe, 7^th November 1666

Freelove Calensoe, 5^th March 1668 – she had a natural daughter Mary in 1691

John Calensoe, 5^th August 1671, buried 1671

Elizabeth Calensoe, 14^th April 1678, buried 1687

John Callensew, 17^th April 1682

Jane dies in 1720, there is no record of Richard’s death, but he paid the hearth tax in Gwinear in 1664.

Richard’s son John married Elener 22^nd December 1715, their children were as follows:

Jane Colenso, 7^th June 1719, married John Hooper in 1748

John Colenso, no christening record, but dies in 1757

Richard Callensoe, 15^th April 1722

Elizabeth Callensoe, 6^th January 1725, married Francis Tuckfield in 1765.

John died in 1741, Elener in 1747, whilst the son John died unmarried in 1757, with an administration granted on the 16^th June to Jane (now wife of John Hooper) & Elizabeth Calenso (illiterate), spinster of Penzance, sisters of John Calenso. This was signed by John Hooper, of Gwinear, tinner; Henry Hooper, of Gwinear, yeoman; James Gilbard, of Gwinear, yeoman.

William’s son John married Elener around 1662. They had two sons John and Charles. There are no records of the marriage or christenings on the IGI, but John the elder was buried in 1722 and Elener in 1736. The younger John married Rebekah on the 21^st Oct 1684 and had the following children:

Elizabeth, born 1685, marrying Simon Pentecost in 1724

John, born 1686

Honor, born 1687, marrying William Heath in 1710 and possibly Charles Oatey before 1719

John, born 1692 dying in 1748

John the husband of Rebekah, dies in 1739 and leaves a will that he had written in 1724, and mentions his wife, daughters Honor and Elizabeth, 3 grandchildren and his son John as the executor. The original grandchildren were Charles, Mary and Honor Oatie, all born before 1724. When John the executor dies in 1748, the will is reproven and the grandchildren mentioned are Simon and Richard Pentecost and Mary Hammill (nee Oatie).

The son John, dying in 1748, also left a will mentioning sister Honor, nephew Simon Penecost, niece Mary Hammill wife of Peter Hammill and cousin Charles, son of his first cousin Charles Collensoe. This leads to the second son of John & Elener. This son had a son Charles who marries Thomasin Remfrey in Phillack in 1730 – there are three children christened of this marriage, Elizabeth, Margery and Charles. This Charles may be the father of Richard Charles Callensoe, christened in Chatham Kent in 1773. There is also Grace, recorded as the daughter of Charles, christened in 1720. She marries George Thomas in Crowan in 1745. The previously mentioned Elizabeth marries Simon Pentecost in 1760 also in Crowan.

Charles was married before 1720, having Grace and another son called John, this may explain the origins of John Callensoe who marries Jane Major in St Erth in 1750. He is described as being from Crowan and connects to a possible sister and niece being married in Crowan. John and Jane Major have two children in Crowan. One of these sons John married Catherine Phillips and their descendents are described in Breage.

Possibly this Charles, son of John and Elener had the following children:

Charles who married Thomasin Remfry in 1730 in Phillack

Grace, born 1720, marrying George Thomas 1745 in Crowan

John of Crowan, marrying Jane Major in 1750 in St Erth