Jonathan Hornblower, Sr

Jonathan Hornblower, Sr

Male 1717 - 1780  (63 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Jonathan Hornblower 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 1717  Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Dec 1780  Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Origin of the Hornblower family

      The Hornblower surname probably began as an occupational name. According to one story, a Walter de la Grene living in England in 1320 was paid one penny per week for blowing the horn. Versions of the surname do appear in records dating back to the 1300s. including Blauhorn, Blawhorn, Horniblow, Hornblow, Hornisblow, Hornesblow, and Horneblow. The British National Archives contain deeds and papers of Hornblower family members living in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, dating as far back as the 17th century.

      Another Hornblower family tradition explains that Charles II of England (1630-1685) was captivated by the strains played by a bugler in his service. He therefore exclaimed that from that time forward the bugler, whose name was Green, should be the king's "horn blower." As a reward for his service the king gave the bugler's family an estate of Crown land at Kidderminster, near Stourbridge. Supposedly the Hornblower family crest with three bugle horns can be seen in the Tower of London.

      Apart from the great family of mining engineers who settled in Cornwall and in colonial America in the mid-eighteenth century, the best-known members of the Hornblower family are fictional. Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien recall that he tells of an important Hobbit family whose most famous member was Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom. Tobold introduced pipe-weed into the Shire. (Pipe-weed, probably a variety of Nicotiana, or tobacco plant.) Frodo Baggins had Hornblower blood. His great-grandfather Largo married one Tanta Hornblower.

      The second and probably most famous character with the surname is the British Royal Navy officer, Horatio Hornblower. The original character was created by C. S. Forester, (1899-1967) who wrote eleven novels and several short stories about the adventures of his hero, who lived during the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. In a 1951 movie Gregory Peck starred as Captain Horatio Hornblower. More recently, a series of movies for television based on Forester's character retold the history of the naval hero.

      Before dismissing the fictional Hornblower, take a look at his pedigree chart. Yes, we can claim him as one of our cousins. C. Northcote Parkinson (best known for Parkinson's Law) was so taken with the character of Horatio that he wrote a biography, The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower. In creating a family tree for his hero, Parkinson placed him in the same Hornblower family as Jonathan and Ann Carter Hornblower.

      Parkinson's family tree shows the naval hero descended from Jonathan Hornblower, engineer, 1717-1780, through a fictional son named Jacob. The pedigree includes three ancestors who are found on the real Hornblower family pedigree. So when people jokingly ask whether you are related to Horatio, you can answer yes. Incidentally, on our family tree we do have an actual Horatio Hornblower, born in 1798 to Joseph Hornblower, 1755.
    Person ID I9864  Complete
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2009 

    Father Joseph Hornblower,   b. 1696, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1761, Bristol, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Haywood,   b. 1700, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1730  (Age 30 years) 
    Married Abt 1716  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Biography
    Joseph Hornblower Biography - Click on Next Line
    Joseph Hornblower Biography - Click on Next Line
    Click here for Joseph Biography on this site
    Joseph Hornblower worked closely with Thomas Newcomen and installed his steam engines in the coal mines. He was instrumental in moving this technology, the Baptist religion and his family to Cornwall.
    Family ID F0151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Carter,   b. Abt 1721, Broseley, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1802, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married Abt 1743 
    Children 
     1. Jemima Hornblower,   b. Jan 1751, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1754, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Jabez Carter Hornblower,   b. 21 May 1744, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1814, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +3. Jethro Hornblower,   b. 16 Jul 1746, Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1820, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Joanna Hornblower,   b. 24 Nov 1747, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1813, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     5. Jesse Hornblower,   b. 3 Jul 1749, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1822, Chacewater, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +6. Jonathan Hornblower, Jr.,   b. 5 Jul 1753, Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1815, Penryn, Cornwall, Enlgand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +7. Joseph Hornblower,   b. 17 Feb 1755, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1840, Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Jemima Hornblower,   b. 5 Mar 1757, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1790, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    +9. Julia Hornblower,   b. 26 Dec 1758, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Aug 1800, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     10. Jecholia Hornblower,   b. 2 Oct 1760, Kenwyn Street,Truro,Cornwall,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1843, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     11. Jedida Hornblower,   b. 4 Oct 1764, Kenwyn Street,Truro,Cornwall,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1812, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     12. Jerusha Hornblower,   b. 16 Apr 1766, Kenwyn Street,Truro,Cornwall,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1823, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     13. Josiah Hornblower,   b. 1769, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1795, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Biography
    Jonathan Sr. and Ann Carter Hornblower Biography - Click on Next Line
    Jonathan Sr. and Ann Carter Hornblower Biography - Click on Next Line
    Click here for Jonathan Sr and Ann Carter Hornblower Biography on this site
    Jonathan and Ann continued to lead the amazing Hornblower family.
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2010 
    Family ID F0144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1717 - Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Dec 1780 - Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Family Tree for Horatio Hornblower
    Family Tree for Horatio Hornblower
    This is the family tree for the fictional character created by C. S. Forester. See note below, Origin of the Hornblower family, for a full explanation.

    Histories
    Around Truro
    Around Truro
    The Hornblower Family introduced the Baptist religion to Cornwall.
    Will of Jonathan Hornblower
    Will of Jonathan Hornblower
    Jonathan Hornblower (1717-1780) was the father of Jethro Hornblower, the grandfather of both parents of Charles Penrose.