Research Trip - October 1999

I spent some time at different locations trying to research my Trevan line but often having more success on other branches of my family! I also explored a couple of graveyards. Over the next few weeks I plan to update the Trevan part of my web site and will add the links from this page to those pages which have been updated.

Naval Studies Library, Plymouth
1. Navy Lists - mostly Trevan, but also some Easton, Henwood and Treliving
  - Frederick Adolphus Trevan UPDATED
  - Henry Trevan UPDATED
  - John Trevan (1841-) NEW
  - Matthew Trevan (1841-89) UPDATED
2. Directories
3. Boase - other families
County Record Office, Truro
1. Churchwarden's Accounts for St Teath
  - Matthew Trevan (1763-1809) UPDATED
  - Various Bake's
  - Various Bawden's
  - Various Brown's
  - Various Henwood's
  - Various Male's
  - Various Oliver's
  - Various Philp's (partially extracted)
  - Various Teague's
  - Various Watt's
2. Turnpike Records
  - Thomas (Henwood) Trevan (1807-66) UPDATED
  - Various Henwood's
  - Various Lyne's
  - Various Milton's
  - Various Moon's
  - Various Parson's
  - Various Sambells
3. Tithe Apportionment - Sheviock
  - John Trevan (1776-1850) UPDATED
4. Parish Registers
  - John Pearce Trevan (1805-7) NEW
  - (shorter version) NEW
Cornish Studies Library, Redruth
1. Census
  1. Treliving - 1841 NEW | 1861 NEW
  2. Trevan
    - Adolphus Trevan UPDATED
    - Henry Trevan UPDATED
    - Isaac Trevan UPDATED
    - Jane Trevan widow of William (1777-1846) UPDATED
    - Matthew Trevan UPDATED
    - Samson Trevan (1803-79) UPDATED
    - Samson Trevan (1805-84) UPDATED
  - Rachel - widow of John Trevan UPDATED
  - William Henry Trevan UPDATED
Graveyards
I explored St Merryn graveyard where my 4th cousin Chris Trevan told me that there was a Trevan headstone, and Talland where Isaac Trevan's will indicates that he and his wife Ellen are buried.
- St Merryn - the church lies to the east of the town itself on the road to Padstow. There is the grave of Blanche Carminowe Trevan Lesbirel just to the right of the entrance to the church. Her headstone indicates that she died at St Neot.
- Talland - a very small hamlet reached via a mostly one track road with passing places. The church is on a plot on the side of a hill. From the highest part of the graveyard there are wonderful views over the bay below. Unfortunately many of the "vaults" are badly overgrown with brambles and ivy and I could not locate where Isaac and Ellen were buried. (Isaac's will indicates that he wants to be buried in the vault at Talland where his late wife Ellen is already buried)

Also I visited Malcolm Lee of the Port Isaac Local History Society and saw the notebook written by John Watts Trevan in 1834 - "Summary Memoirs of the Parish of Endellion Prior to the year 1834"

Page created 23 Oct 1999, last modified 31 Dec 1999 and published

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