Treliving Family History

There is an official GOON (Guild of One Name Studies) for the name Treleaven / Treleven / Treliving. All that I can find on-line is the postal address of who to contact.

Lynne Browning was the driving force behind a collection of her relatives in producing a limited edition private publication entitled "Treliving Family History" which was published in 3 books in 1995. Distaff relations wishing to make contact or Trelivings with new information may contact Lynne on Browning.ETF@btinternet.com. Her mother's maiden name was Treliving.

Copies of book 1 were lodged with

• The Cornish Studies Library at Redruth, Cornwall, England
• The Society of Genealogists in London, England
• The West Devon Area Record Office at Plymouth, Devon, England
• The West Country Studies Library at Exeter, Devon, England

The books have the purported Treliving coat of arms on the front cover.

There are several other people researching the Treliving family, but few have web pages. One who does is Don Auckram.

 

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William Treliving (d1641) and Elizabeth Skelton (d1668)

The ninth generation was the most populous at 206, with dates of birth spanning the years from 1880 to 1957.

At the time of publication there were 257 Trelivings alive who are covered by the book.

I am a 12th generation descendent, from a marriage in 1828 at the 7th generation between an Honor Treliving (1803-1879) and John Trevan (1805-1862), making me a 5th cousin once removed from Lynne. The list below shows only my direct line.

1st Generation

William Treliving (d1641) married Elizabeth Skelton (d1668) on 27th August 1633 at St. Stephen's by Saltash, where their children were also baptized

(1) Thomas Treliving - 27 Jul 1634

(2) William Treliving - 14 Feb 1635

2nd Generation

Thomas Treliving (1634-1705) married Joan (d1685) (time and place unknown) and they moved around a number of parishes in south east Cornwall during the period when their children were being born

(1) Catherine Treliving - bpt 13 Oct 1664 at Botusfleming

(2) Joan Treliving - baptism not found, assumed to be born c1666

(3) Thomas Treliving - bpt 39 Apr 1668 at Botus Fleming

(4) Richard Treliving - bpt 1672 at Landulph

(5) John Treliving - bpt 1684 at Landulph

Joan was buried in Landulph on 31 Mar 1685

Thomas remarried on 25th Mar 1688 in Landulph to Mary Pound and they had a son

(6) Ralph Treliving - bpt 1698 at Landulph

Thomas died before his wife and was buried in Landulph on 25 Mar 1705

Mary was buried in St. Mellion on 22 Apr 1720

3rd Generation

Thomas Treliving (1668-1742) married Elizabeth Bone on 23 Dec 1698 at St. Mellion. He was described as "Thomas Trelevin of Landulph". They lived in St Mellion where he was a yeoman and an active member of the Church, as was often the case with the Yeoman class, and he was Overseer of the Poor in 1740. His children were baptized in St Mellion

(1) Jane (IGI shows Joan) Trelevin - baptized 24 Feb 1699/1700

(2) William Trelevin - baptized 13 Sep 1702

(3) Thomas Trelevin - baptized 4 Apr 1705

(4) John Treliving - baptized 15 Jun 1711

(5) William Trelevin - baptized 3 Jun 1715

4th Generation

John Treliving (1711-1780) married Jane Oliver of St Germans on 12 Oct 1746 at St. Mellion. He was described as "John Treliving". Following their marriage they stayed in St Mellion for a few years before moving to Sheviock, a parish close to St Germans. While in St Mellion he followed in his father's footsteps and was active within the Church. He signed the Vestry minutes with the spelling of John Treliving, starting in the year that his father died. His signature also appears on the Constable's Charges and Overseers of the Poor accounts. He and his brother William were joint executors of his father's will.

(1) John Treliving - baptized 1747 at St Mellion

(2) Thomas Treleving - baptized 1748/9 at St Mellion

(3) Elizabeth Treliving - baptized 14 Sep 1752 at Sheviock who married Edward Morrish 3 Sep 1782 at Antony

(4) Jane Treliving - baptized 25 May 1754 at Sheviock

5th Generation

John Treliving (1747-1822) married Honor Vanderband on 31 Jan 1771 in the parish of Antony in the East. Banns were called in the preceding 2 weeks as well as on the day of the marriage. The entry in the parish register describes him as "Bargeman of this parish" and Honor was also described as "of this parish". The witnesses were John Smith and John Evans. They had 8 children who were all baptized in Antony

(1) John Vanderband Treliven - baptized 24 Nov 1771 who married Mary Tucker

(2) William Treliving - baptized 5 Jan 1774

(3) Susannah Treliving - baptized 24 Mar 1776; buried 25 Feb 1777

(4) Joseph Treleaven - baptized 30 Jan 1778

(5) Thomas Treleaven - baptized 13 Aug 1780 who married Elizabeth Hilbourn

(6) Sam(p)son Trelivin - baptized 3 Sep 1781 who married Parnell Blight on 12 Oct 1804 at Antony
Don Auckram is a descendent

(7) Elizabeth Vanderband Treliving - baptized 17 Jul 1785; buried 17 Apr 1796, age 11 years

(8) Jenny Treliving - baptized 8 Jun 1788

6th Generation

William Treliving (1774-1841) was a Gunner in the Royal Navy and married 3 times and had 11 known children. I am descended from the eldest child by the last marriage

Married Ann Freathey (-1794) at Antony in the East, spinster of this parish, 19 May 1794

(1) Ann Mary Treliving born 10 Jul 1794 and baptized 26 Jul 1795 at Antony in the East. Her mother died the day after she was born. Believed to have married Thomas Hambly before 1832. Moved to Bickleigh in Devon.

Married Elizabeth Brown at Stoke Damerel on 8 Oct 1801

There are no known children.

Married Hannah Whitman date and place unknown

(2) Honor Treliving born 17 Apr 1803 and baptized there on 17 Apr 1803. There are a couple of hundred known descendents from this marriage.
Honor daughter of William Treliving and Hannah Whitman, daughter of William Whitman of St Peter's, Suffolk, was born 17 Apr 1803 and baptized 8 May 1803. She married John Trevan at Plymouth St Andrews on 18 Oct 1828.

(3) William Whitman Treliving was born 15 Dec 1805, baptised 12 Jan 1806 and buried 25 Sep 1806 age 9 months at Antony in the East

(4) Eliza Treliving was baptized 16 Nov 1813 at Antony in the East

(5) Sarah Treliving was baptised 26 Nov 1815 at Antony in the East. She died in 1875 in the Stoke Damerel registration district.

(6) Lucretia Sandlers Treliving was baptized 2 Mar 1817 at Antony in the East. She died in the West Derby Rural area on 9 Mar 1890.

(7) Phoebe Agnes Treliving was born 9 Jan 1819 and baptized at Torpoint Ind Chapel on 24 Jan 1819. She married Benjamin Lee Organ on 19 Jul 1864. His death, aged 58, was registered in Stoke Damerel in the Sep 1885 quarter. Her's was registered in Plymouth aged 71 in the Dec 1890 quarter.

(8) William Henry Treliving was born 15 Nov 1820 and baptized at the Episcopal Chapel at Torpoint. He died in 1897 in the Greenwich Registration District. There are a couple of hundred known descendents from this marriage.

(9) Hannah Whitman Treliving was born 19 Apr 1823 and baptized on 1 May 1823 at the Torpoint Bethel Independent Chapel. She married Thomas Clemens Apr-Jun 1857 in the Stoke Damerel registration district.

(10) Emma Jane Treliving was born 18 May 1825 and baptized 29 May 1825 at the Torpoint Bethel Independent Chapel. She married Henry Woodley at the Stoke Damerel Register Office on 16 Feb 1851.

(11) John Henry Treliving was born 21 Apr 1828 and baptized 11 May 1828 at St Andrew's, Plymouth, and died 1889. There are more than one hundred known descendents from this marriage.

7th Generation

Honor Treliving (1803-68) married John Trevan (1805-62) on 18 Oct 1828 at St Andrews, Plymouth. The witnesses were William Treliving and James Boulter.
Their descendents are covered on my Trevan pages. I am their great-great-grandaughter and hence generation 12 (or generation L as shown in the Treliving Family History)

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