Talland Church Headstones

Ledger Stone 21

~ Slate ~ Half of this flat top rectangular stone is hidden under the organ step; the stone is undamaged and the script is clear, with just enough visible to make a reasonable assessment to the identity of the memorial

~ Orientation ~ North/South ~ North Aisle ~ 70 x 35cm // 2″4″ x 1’2″

• Parish Records: Burial – 14 June 1797 – Charles Guy Rowett, at Talland Church

• Parish Records: Baptism – 7 December 1796 – Charles Guy Rowett, at Talland Church.
• Parents shown to be – Charles (1774-1807) & Martha (1776-1855) Rowett
  • Parish Records: Marriage – 19 December 1795 – Charles Rowett & Martha Guy, at Talland Church

Charles and Martha are celebrated on their tombchest in the higher graveyard, Headstone 259 together with daughter Susanna Rowett (1799-1862) and her husband Richard Quiller (1796-1849), Inn Keeper of Polperro. By 1851 Martha & Susanna, both widows, were living on Talland Hill, with a house servant, and described as Land Proprietors.

Martha Rowett (née Guy), the third child of Charles and Elizabeth Guy (née Rowe). Charles Rowett was the brother of William Rowett who married Martha’s sister, Elizabeth Guy.

Charles and Martha had three known children, all baptised at Talland.

• Charles Guy Rowett – baptised 7th December 1796
• Susanna Rowett – baptised 13 April 1799 – married Richard Quiller, a mariner & innkeeper of Polperro.
• Martha Rowett – baptised 9th April 1802 – married William Ponsonby Johns, who was lost at sea on the 26th May 1840. Headstone 260

‘A Polperro Paper Trail’ – Polperro Family History Society J18