Charles Neckervis (1679-c1740)

The origins of Charles Neckervis are currently unknown, as are the names of his parents and siblings.

It should be noted that the 'Neckervis' surname is often spelt in a variety of ways in official transcripts. Other spellings of the name include 'Neckerwis', 'Ankerwis', 'Neckerwise' and 'Neckavaries'. The variances appears to be based on the location where the record keeper was based, for example 'Neckerwiz' is used mostly in Madron while 'Neckervis' is used in St. Just in Penwith, and 'Ankerwis' is used in both. The Neckervis surname however does seem to have evolved from the area near St. Just in Penwith, and doesn't appear to have moved far from this area at all until the 19th century. It may initially have been a misinterpretation of someone trying to pronounce the surname 'Nicholas', which is also well used in the same area.

Marriage
Charles married Jane Edwards at St Just in Penwith on 30th October 1703. The marriage record stated that he was a tinner of Morvah.

Charles and Jane would settle in St Just in Penwith and had 9 known children there, including some multiple births.

Death
The death and burial of Charles is also currently unknown, the date pf 1740 being an approximation. Some websites attribute his burial to the 1st February 1753 in Morvah, but this is unlikely due a will for this Charles written in 1752 describing his children, who would have been born in the 1740s. The children of our Charles were born between 1704 and 1717, much too early for the Charles named in the will. The will also mentions a daughter, Lydia, as being alive, when the two daughters named Lydia from this Chrles both died in infancy.

Children

 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of Charles and Jane Neckervis
 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of Charles and Jane Neckervis