| Jacombs
of Kimcote & Walton, Leicestershire UK
Kimcote Church |
KIMCOTE parish in Leicestershire was home to a family of Jacombs throughout
the 1700s.
Church Pew
Evidently the Jacomb family had their own particular seat in the church
where they sat during services. See the Cobley
Family History website for further details.
Military Folk
A Jacomb from Walton served in the 2nd (Queens) Dragoon Guards in the
late 18th-early 19th century. Private Robert Jacomb enlisted in the regiment
on 22/02/1793, aged 25, and served for 21 years 193 days until 11/07/1814
when he was discharged as a "consequence of being worn out from
Chronic Rheumatism". On his discharge he is described as being
"about 46 Years of Age, is 5 Feet 8 inches in height, l[ight]t.
brown Hair, Grey eyes, Fair Complexion, by Trade a Taylor [sic]."
His discharge papers can be found at the National
Archives in Kew under the reference WO 97/72/4.
Wills
Two wills made by Kimcote parish Jacombs are held by the Record
Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
The earlier of the two wills was made by
Robert Jacomb of Walton on 3rd October 1727 in which he made his son,
Robert, sole executor, and to whom he left his land ("One Quarter
or fourth part of One Yard Land Lying and being Dispersedly in the open
and Common fields of Walton and Kimcott [sic] and in Knaptoft
Tee"), money and the rest of his estate. Robert Jacomb (senior) died
on 2nd December 1743, his will was proven 6 days later.
The later will was made by another Robert
Jacomb of Walton and was proven in 1771.
Graves
Kimcote graveyard was overgrown with metre-tall grass when visited in
June 2005, though the four Jacomb headstones present there were relatively
easy to find. The eldest Jacomb headstone here dates from 1704.
A public footpath runs along the edge of
the graveyard at the east end of the church (to the right in the photo
above). Walking in from the gate, two of the graves are situated 2m off
to the left of the path in line with the church and the headstones of
2 others, having been cleared at some point, are now located next to each
other alongside the footpath on the right a little further along.
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Mary
Jacomb, d.1704
Here lyeth the
Body of Mary
Jacomb the wife
of Robert Iacomb
who Departed this
life February the 19
Anno Dom 1704
Aged 23 years |
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Robert
Jacomb, d.1743
He[re]
lyeth the Body [of]
Robert Jacomb
who Departed this
Life Decr. 2d. 1743:
in the 67th Year of his
AGE |
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Robert
Jacomb, d.1771
Here
lieth the Body of
Robert Jacomb
Who departed this Life
the 10th of April 1771
Aged 66 Years. |
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Alice
Jacomb, d.1777
In
Memory of Alice Wife
of John Jacomb
who departed this Life
April 20th 1777 Aged 40
YEARS.
Also to the Memory
of Thos. and Alice their
Children Died Infants. |
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