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Ænæas SYMONS
Est 1708 - 1748 (~ 40 years)
Has 418 ancestors and 233 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Ænæas SYMONS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1708 - Estimate based on his date of marriage, wife's date of baptism and parents' date of marriage.
I am confident about Ænæas' parents despite not finding his baptism (more so than for some for whom I do show baptisms, because of course baptisms mostly only show that someone of that name was baptised, not that it was the particular person).
So what is the evidence?
* Firstly there is the Christian name Ænæas. This is very rare, and so it seems safe to assume there is some link between the two Ænæases, though that is not enough to assume they were father and son.
* This Ænæas named a daughter Alice Bastard SYMONS, suggesting a link to someone with the surname BASTARD, quite likely an Alice BASTARD. If his parents were as shown then this was his mother's name.
* This Ænæas became an apprentice in 1722 or 1723; the most common age to start an apprenticeship was 14, suggesting he was born in 1708 or 9, which fits well with the date of marriage of the couple I show as his parents.
* This Ænæas was left a bequest by Thomas Rose of Wootton Fitzpaine, in Dorset, a first cousin of the Alice BASTARD I show a his mother.
* With clear links to both the older Ænæas SYMONS and to Alice BASTARD it is very unlikely it is other than by this Ænæas being the son of the two of them. (I have found only one other another SYMONS - BASTARD marriage, in St Teath Cornwall in 1727, too late to be the parents of this Ænæas and to explain his links to both families)
* Ænæas the father was from a Plymouth family, but married a bride from Churchstow, just outside Kingsbridge; thus there was a link to the area that explains why Ænæas the son could end up there.
* Ænæas the father had 3 daughters (that I know of) - Susanna, Rebecca and Sarah. This Ænæas had 5 daughters, Ally was the first, named assuming I am right after his mother, the next after his wife's mother, then Sarah, Rebecca and Susanna - if I am right about his father then his sisters' names. Sarah and Susanna are sufficiently common that this could happen by chance, Rebecca less so; this strongly points to a close link.
Taking all the above together I think there can be little doubt that this Ænæas was the son of Ænæas SYMONS of Plymouth and his first wife Alice BASTARD.
Gender Male Apprentice Wig maker From 2 Jul 1723 to 1 Jul 1730 Kingsbridge, Devon, England 
- Ænæas was apprenticed to Jacob Palmer, a wig maker of Kingsbridge, by an indenture dated 2 July 1723.
We know this from the record for the payment of the stamp duty the master had to pay, which he did on 15 September 1723. The duty was 6d per pound paid for the apprenticeship. Ænæas' father (we may guess it was) paid £5 for his son to be an apprentice for 7 years from the date of the indenture, and so Jacob Palmer paid 2/6.
Apprentices were not allowed to marry but Aeneas married 6 years and a week after the indenture date. The master could pay the duty up to a year after the end of an apprenticeship, so I wonder if there is a mistake in the duty register and the apprenticeship actually started in 1722. Aeneas would then have married just after the 7 years were up, maybe after several years of courtship.
(TNA ref: IR 1/48; images viewable online on Ancestry or TheGenealogist)
Occupation Barber 1748 - Described as such in the will of his first cousin once removed (and uncle by marriage?) Thomas Rose of Wootton Fitzpaine.
Died Dec 1748 Kingsbridge, Devon, England - (assumed from burial)
Buried 11 Dec 1748 St. Edmund King and Martyr’s Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England Person ID I20 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 8 Mar 2018
Father Ænæas SYMONS, b. Abt 1683, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Sep 1762, Plymouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 79 years) Mother Alice BASTARD, b. Bef 28 Feb 1683/84, d. Nov 1715, Plymouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 31 years) Married 18 Feb 1706/07 St. Mary’s Church, Churchstow, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 27 Jan 2016)
"Ænæas Symonds of Plimouth & Alice Bastard of this psh were married feb the 18th." - under heading '1706'
Children3 children Family ID F1553 | Family Chart
Family Honor SHEPHERD, b. Abt 1711, Thurlestone, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 8 Jul 1729 All Saints’ Church, Thurlestone, Devon, England [1] - From PR entry (image on FMP)
Children6 children Last Modified 8 Mar 2018 Family ID F12 | Family Chart
- Estimate based on his date of marriage, wife's date of baptism and parents' date of marriage.
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Apprentice - Wig maker - From 2 Jul 1723 to 1 Jul 1730 - Kingsbridge, Devon, England 
Married - 8 Jul 1729 - All Saints’ Church, Thurlestone, Devon, England Child born - Alice (“Ally”) Bastard SYMONS - 6 Feb 1732/33 - Kingsbridge, Devon, England 
Child bapt - Katherine SYMON(D)S - 25 Mar 1735 - St. Edmund King and Martyr’s Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England Child bapt - Aeneas SYMON(D)S - 22 Nov 1737 - St. Edmund King and Martyr’s Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England Died - Dec 1748 - Kingsbridge, Devon, England Buried - 11 Dec 1748 - St. Edmund King and Martyr’s Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S298] Thurlestone - Parish Registers (FMP data), All Saints’ Church (Thurlestone, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Marriage of Æneas SYMONS to Honor SHEPHERD; accessed 1 Jun 2014 (Reliability: 3).
Under '1757' - "Æneas Symons & Honor Shepherd were Married July 8th"
Archive reference: 3037A/PR/1/1
- [S298] Thurlestone - Parish Registers (FMP data), All Saints’ Church (Thurlestone, Devon), (brightsolid online publishing ltd. findmypast.com.), Marriage of Æneas SYMONS to Honor SHEPHERD; accessed 1 Jun 2014 (Reliability: 3).