1. Dr Matthew Trevan (1799-1881) - covered on these page
2. John Watts Trevan (1800-57) - covered on these pages
3. Dr Frederick Trevan (1803-85) - partly covered on these pages
4. Anne Trevan (1805-) who married Francis Olver, farmer of Trewidland, Liskeard - covered on these pages
5. Adolphus Trevan (1807-87) - covered on these pages
6. Dr Henry Trevan (1808-80) - covered on these pages
7. Elizabeth Trevan (1811-68) - covered on these pages
8. Jane Watts Trevan (1813-82) - covered on these pages
9. Isaac Trevan (1816-83) - partly covered on these pages
10. Susan(na) Trevan (1819-83) - covered on these pages

Links to Sources of Information

• Census
• St. Endellion Monumental Inscription and Visitor's Book
• Occupation Related Information
  • Customs Officers Pay Records
  • Medical Register
  • Navy Journals
  • Navy Lists
• Other Information
  • Books
  • Draft Marriage Agreement
• Parish Register and Other Church Information
• Wills

Parish Register and Other Church Information

• St. Budeaux, Devon - baptism of John Archer Trevan
• St. Endellion, Cornwall

Wills

1. 1837 - Ann Trevan nee Watts
2. 1851 - John Archer Trevan
3. 1857 - John Watts Trevan
4. 1870 - Elizabeth Trevan
5. 1872 - Ellen Trevan nee Prynne
6. 1880 - Henry Trevan
7. 1881 - Matthew Trevan
8. 1882 - Jane Watts Trevan
9. 1883 - Susan(na) Trevan
10. 1883 - Isaac Trevan
11. 1884 - Elizabeth Moon Trevan nee Hingston
12. 1885 - Frederick Trevan
13. 1887 - Adolphus Trevan

Census

30 Mar 1851
John Archer Trevan is the head of household at Port Isaac
Son Matthew is the head of household in Church Street, Padstow with brother Henry
Son Frederick Trevan is the head of household at Port Isaac but his eldest son Matthew has left home aged 9
Grandson Matthew Trevan is at boarding school in Probus
Son Adolphus Trevan is the head of household in Bridge Street, Camelford
Son Isaac Trevan is the head of household in Church End, East Looe with sister Susan

7 Apr 1861
John Archer Trevan has died, as has his son John Watts Trevan
Son Adolphus
Son Matthew, with his sisters Jane, Susan and his nephew Matthew (i.e. grandson Matthew)
Son Frederick and family
Daughter Elizabeth
Not yet located - Isaac (Looe?), Henry (at sea?)

2 Apr 1871
Adolphus
Jane and Susan
Matthew and brother Henry
Isaac

3 Apr 1881
Adolphus
Jane and Susan
Not yet located - Isaac (Looe?)
Henry died in 1880.

5 Apr 1891
All of the children of John Archer Trevan and Ann nee Watts were dead before the 1891 census, as was grandson Matthew. The only descendent named Trevan who was alive on this branch was grandson Frederick Adolphus.

St. Endellion Monumental Inscription and Visitor's Book

Inside the church, to the left of the altar, are 5 plaques. One is to the former poet laureate, John Betjeman 1906-84, and the other 4 are to members of the Trevan family. The centre one is in memory of John Archer Trevan and Ann nee Watts. On the floor there are inscriptions to, among others, Ann's parents and brothers, as well as to some of the Henwood family of St. Teath who married into another branch of the Trevan's (see John Trevan (1776-1850) m Christiana Henwood. At the moment the Henwood information has not been added to this web-site but is available on my geocities site)

1. Marble Sacred to the memory of Adolphus Trevan of Camelford son of John Archer & Ann Trevan Born January 31 1807 Died August 4 1887		2. Marble Sacred to the memory of Matthew Trevan Esqr Surgeon of Padstow Born January 21st 1799 died February 28th 1881 and Henry Trevan Esqre M.D. J.P. Fleet Surgeon, R.N. Born December 26th 1808 died July 19th 1880 sons of John Archer & Ann Trevan of Port Isaac
	3. Marble Sacred to the memory of John Archer Trevan of her Majesty's Customs who died the 28th June 1851 aged 83 years also to the memory of Ann, the wife of the above who died the 11th January 1837 aged 57 years
	4. Metal In loving memory of Frederick Trevan of Port Isaac Born Feby 24th 1803 Died Feby 22nd 1885 and Elizabeth Moon wife of Frederick Trevan Born June 24th 1813 Died Nov 18th 1884 also Matthew Trevan Staff Surgeon Royal Navy Eldest son of the above Born Dec 21st 1841 Died Novr 13th 1889

Outside in the churchyard there is a Trevan burial plot. According to the Little Petherick branch of the Trevan family, there used to be metal railings around burial plot but these were removed during WWII as part of the war effort to reuse non-essential metal objects to make planes and munitions.

Occupation Related Information

1. Customs Officers Pay Records - CUST 18 and CUST 39 held at the PRO, Kew.

2. Medical Register 1870 and others (copy at the Guildhall Library, London)

   Date	Name	Residence	Qualifications
   1 Jan 1859	Frederick Trevan	Port Isaac, Cornwall	Lic. Soc. Apoth. Lond 1826 Mem. R. Coll Surg. Eng 1827
   1 Jan 1859	Henry Trevan	Royal Navy 1	Mem. R. Coll Surg Eng 1836 Extra Lic R Coll Phys London 1844 2
   1 Jan 1859	Matthew Trevan	Padstow, Cornwall	Lic. Soc. Apoth. Lond 1819
   21 Jul 1863	Matthew Trevan	Port Isaac, Cornwall	Mem. R. Coll Surg Eng 1863 Lic R Coll Phys Lond 1863 Lic. Soc. Apoth. Lond 1863

   Note 1: By 1875 Henry is shown as Staff Surgeon, Royal Navy and Matthew (Jnr) is shown as Surgeon, Royal Navy
   Note 2: According to Boase, Henry became a Fellow of the RCS in 1862

3. Naval Journals
   The journals of Dr. Henry Trevan survive and are in the University of British Columbia in Canada.

4. Navy Lists - assorted (Plymouth Naval Studies Library, PRO Kew)
   It would be very time consuming to read them all, but extracts from a selection are of them are available here.

Other Information

1. The History of Port Isaac and Port Quinn by Dr. Frederick Trevan 1833/4 (copy at Cornish Studies Library, Redruth - ref 942.371; Hambly appears to refer to this book as History of Endellion by Dr Matthew Trevan. Either this is a misattributation or both Frederick and Matthew wrote a book on similar topics in the same year)
   Every family living it these parishes is briefly described. The immediate family is described as

   TREVAN, Mr. John Archer

   Principal Coast Officer of H.M. Customs at this port. Originally of Plymouth. Married Ann, daughter of the late Mr. John Watts of this place. Merchant. Ten children. Six in house.

   TREVAN, Fredk.

   Surgeon son to above. Unmarried.

   WATTS, Mr. John

   Originally of Devonport. Then of St. Teath. The last representative of the family. Two in house.

   
   
2. Summary Memoirs of the St Endellion Parish by John Watts Trevan 1834
   This has recently come to light and has been purchased by the Port Isaac Historical Society who plan to pass it on to the County Record Office in Truro.

3. Collectanea Cornubiensia by G.C. Boase 1890 p1076 (copy at Local Studies Library, Plymouth)
   This book gives a brief details of each child in turn, and also of Frederick's children. Details have been incorporated into the Brief Description of the Family section earlier on this page.

4. Hambley and Hambly Family by Edmund Hambly p90-3 (copy at Society of Genealogists, London) - probably published 1940s
   This book provides brief details of the family in connection with the way that the property known as "The White House" at Port Isaac was passed down into the Hambly family.

5. The Story of Port Isaac, Port Quin and Port Gaverne, Monica Winstanley, Lodenek Press 1984.
   Place Name: On page 5 here is a map showing "Trevan Point" near Doyden Castel, which is to the west of Port Quin, which in turn is to the west of Port Isaac.

6. Directories
   Due to the size of this file, the directory information has been moved into a separate file.

Draft Marriage Agreement dated 19 Aug 1857, held at the West Devon Record Office, between Adolphus Trevan of Camelford and Mary Dakin Cresswell of Saltash. (Note: The 1851 census shows her living at Fore St, Saltash, age 52, School Teacher of French & English, born in London). In it are mentioned a number of properties and mortgages in Devon and Cornwall