Hannibal Marks 3 1795- 1870
Marks Ancestry family tree: descended from Hannibal 4- contacted its owner, Chrissocial, on 2/12/2019
Smuggler: served in the RN 1820-1847 : Gunner RN
http://www.ramefamilytree.co.uk/ind1.html- fascinating, but only found as I was finishing my research into him
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hannibal-Marks-Cornish-Smuggling-Family, by Prideaeux Skelton
1795. Hannibal Marks was baptised Rame on 10/5/1795 to Hannibal & Mary Marks - Cornwall OPC but Above tree says his mother was Sarah Mary Spiller: maybe known by her middle name?
1818.Hannibal Marks married Susanna Spriddle on 3/12/1818 in St Andrew, Plymouth
But above book- yet to finish- sugests his 2 Hannibal Ancestors, 1720 & 1765, were smugglers! and, perhaps, he and his son Hannibal too
1819. Hannibal Marks 4 born. He sailed for New Zealand aboard the Regina in 1840 , maybe?? after killing a Preventative Officer on the cliffs near Rame - from the book "Hannibal Marks" by Prideaux Skelton
~1820. Hannibal Marks 3 apparently captured by the dreaded Preventative and placed in Bodmin gaol, awaiting trial for smuggling. Seemingly his father, Hannibal Marks 2, attempted to rescue him from there (from Skelton 'novel' ). Book ends here !! Suspect he was tried and got 5 years in Navy without pay
1820. Likely arrested for smuggling and taken to Bodmin gaol- Bodmin prison records on Ancestry only start in 1821!!
Hannibal, smuggler, was in the service of the RN up to 1825- this without pay " This served in consequence of a a conviction" , based in Falmouth 1820-1822, Tamar 1822-1825. Then aboard ships 1825-1847, when he retired- RN Pension Record on Ancestry
1831. William Henry Marks was born to Hannibal & Susanna
They seem to have had 7 children: Hannibal 4 20/3/1819; John 1829; Elizabeth 1829; William Henry 1831; Pascoe 1834; Susanna 1836; Mary 1840
1841C.. His wife and family were living Strand, Maker, St.Germans, Cornwall . For birthplace, Devon was seemingly Cornwall!! Border was actually just south of Maker: so, in those times, Maker was Devon, but Cawsand was Cornwall. But this distinction did not hold for where they lived!! Hannibal Marks would have been at sea with the RN.
| William | Soaper | Male | 25 | 1816 | fisherman- |
| Elizabeth | Soaper | Female | 25 | 1816 | - |
| William | Soaper | Male | 0 | 1841 | Devon, England |
| Elizabeth | Williams | Female | 5 | 1836 | Devon, England |
| Susanna | Marks | Female | 40 | 1801 | Ind. Devon, England |
| Elizabeth | Marks | Female | 12 | 1829 | Devon, England |
| William | Marks | Male | 10 | 1831 | Devon, England |
| Pascho | Marks | Male | 7 | 1834 | Devon, England |
| Susanna | Marks | Female | 5 | 1836 | Devon, England |
| Mary | Marks | Female | 1 | 1840 | Devon, England |
They sent their son, William Henry Marks , to the Greenwich Hospital School in 1845 :
1849. "Hannibal Marks, Kings, par, Maker, Gunner, St Tomas the Apostle" was made bankrupt 'on his own volition, petition' -FMP Newspapers Perry's Bankrupt Gazette, 15/9/1849
Western Times 6/10/1849 - true that he had 7 children! , though 2 had left home by 1841 and 5 by 1851
1851C. Hannibal Marks, 56, Superanuated Gunner RN, was living at the Strand, Maker, St.Germans, Cornwall
| Hannibal | Marks | Head | Married | Male | 56 | 1795 | Superanuated Gunner R N | Maker Devon, England |
| Susanna | Marks | Wife | Married | Female | 54 | 1797 | - | Maker Devon, England |
| Pascoe | Marks | Son | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1834 | Mariner | Maker Devon, England |
| Susanna | Marks | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 16 | 1835 | - | Maker Devon, England |
1861C. Hannibal Marks, 56, Superanuated Gunner RN, was living at the Market Street, Maker, St.Germans, Cornwall
| Hannibal | Marks | Head | Married | Male | 65 | 1796 | Superintendent... | Maker, Cornwall, England |
| Susanna | Marks | Wife | Married | Female | 64 | 1797 | - | Maker, Cornwall, England |
| Pascho | Marks | Son | Unmarried | Male | 28 | 1833 | Seaman R N | Maker, Cornwall, England |
| Elizabeth | Williams | Daughter | Married | Female | 32 | 1829 | Seamans Wife | Maker, Devon, England |
1870. Hannibal Marks, 75, died St Germans, Jun 1870 . No burial on FMP or Cornwall OPC. No probate. No obit. Cannot find a RN pension record for him
Going Back 2 more Generations-Earlier Marks
Hannibal Marks 1720- 1793? b. S.Tawton Devon m. Christine Wyvill
Hannibal Marks 1765 b.Cawsand m. 1786 Sarah Mary Spiller 1767-1808