Pincombe

Pincombe One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Pincombe

Variants: Pencomb, Pincomb, Pinkham, Pyncombe

Category: 1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Pincombe%2DPinkham/

Contact: Mrs Elizabeth Kipp

About the study

The Pincombe family, according to the 1620 Visitation, arrived at North Molton with Lord de la Zouch following the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1483. Prior to their moving to North Molton, I believe that they were at Pencombe Manor in Herefordshire. They have lived in Devon from the 1480s to the present and until the mid 1800s 90% of Pincombe surnames could be found in Devon. I suspect that this is a singleton surname.

Variant names

Pincombe, Pencombe, Pyncombe, Pyncomb, Pincomb, Pinkham

Name origin

This would appear to be a location name with pin reflecting a growth of pine trees perhaps and Comb being a valley (a pine valley).

Historical occurrences of the name

From the Calendar of Patent Rolls (held at the National Archives Kew)

1395 20 May Westminster (membrane 5)
Licence, for 100 s. paid in the hanaper by Philip Webbe, chaplain of a
chantry of St. Mary in the parish church of Bromyord, for the alienation
in mortmain by John Falke of a messuage in Bromyord, and by John
Hunte or another there, and by Thomas Pencombe and Robert Stanford
of five messuages and half an acre of meadow in the same place, not held in
chief, to the said chaplain and his successors, in aid of their maintenance.
18 Richard II, volume 5, page 582

Name frequency

Statistics about this name

Frequency	1881	1998	Change
Frequency	146	208	+62
Rank Order	15250	16413	-1163
Occurrences per million names	5	6	+1

Distribution of the name

The Pincombe family is found in Great Britain as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. In most cases the actual emigrant family is known to these far flung countries from Great Britain. Please write kippeeb@rogers.com for more information or to share information for the Pincombe project.

Data

The 1641-42 Protestation Returns for Bishops Nympton list John Pincombe sen, John Pincombe jun, William Pincombe sen and William Pincombe jun. I found this to be most interesting. William Pincombe sen and William Pincombe jun are father and son. However, John Pincombe sen is the son of Richard Pincombe and his second wife Francis Gill and John Pincombe jun is the son of William Pincombe sen who was a son of Richard Pincombe and his first wife Anne (last name unknown at the moment). Since they were uncle and nephew perhaps it was simply an easy way to identify them in documents.

DNA

I have also found DNA results on line for my PINCOMBE family (descendant of William PINCOMBE brother of my 3x great grandfather Robert PINCOMBE) and he would be my fifth cousin living in Australia at last notice). I have set up a DNA Pincombe Surname Study at FT DNA and all PINCOMBE/PINKHAM/PYNCOMBE etc. (and please let me know of other spellings) are welcomed to join the list. Details can be found at the http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Pincombe%2DPinkham/ - Pincombe Surname Study. In the top right hand corner of the navigation area there is a clickable 'Request to Join this Group' and if you have already had your DNA tested you can join the group directly or you can follow the link to more details on the project and decide whether you want to be tested.

The DNA study has expanded and includes my third cousin (descendant of Robert Pincombe elder brother of my 2x great grandfather John Pincombe). There are a number of other Pincombe results including one known to be from Barnstaple and another one unknown at this time.

Links

My blog has quite a bit of information on the Pincombe family:

kippeeb.blogspot.com

Search on the labels to find Pincombe and its various spellings.

I do publish a newsletter for our family:

Pincombe-Pinkham Newsletter

It is located within the FT DNA Pincombe surname project but I also publish a generic version on my blog. The generic referring only to references to the DNA study which projects the privacy of the members of the group.

Contact Details

Mrs Elizabeth Kipp

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Pincombe in the Guild Indexes

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Global Marriages (public) 80
Global Marriages (members)* 84
Modern Newspaper Index 1
Probate Index* 152

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