What Now?

I intend to concentrate my effort on further exploration into the parentage of William Gribble who married at Illogan in 1794. I find it most frustrating that he seems to just appear on the records out of nowhere and to have a key date under a shadow. The earliest Gribble references in the surviving legible Illogan Parish Church records are dated 1693 (apparently one William Gribel fathered a child to a Grace (name unknown) out of wedlock), 1694 (the year Richard Gribbell and Grace (name unknown) married, and 1703 (the year John Gribbell married Jane (name unknown) after it seems the death of his wife Ellanor four months earlier. No Illogan Parish record exists showing a date for the marriage of John and Ellanor. It may be lost or it may have taken place outside the parish).

It looks like there might have been there in Illogan at the same time three Gribble siblings. The origins of these three early Gribbles - Richard, John, and the mystery William are potentially the keys to unlocking the antecedants of Illogan Gribbles. Parish records for say the Sancreed area of Cornwall, various parts of Devon, and perhaps Wales (where some Gribbles are said to originate) represent possible points for further investigation.

As to the origin of the Illogan people who choose to call themselves Gribble, Gribbel, Gribel etc I intend to keep an open mind. However, my gut feel at this stage is that the English/Cornish Gribbles probably did originate from somewhere on the mainland of Europe. The Tyrol region via the Hechstetters as outlined would be an understandable explanation but I'm afraid there is no link yet that I have been able to establish.

Cornish Antecedents
What About Devon?
Other Possibilities