TREVITHICK OF ST
ENODER
The
will of William Trevethacke of St Enoder,
Cornwall, gentleman, dated 2 February 1657, leaves money to the poor of the
parishes of St Enoder and St Eval and names among others
his wife Frances, son William, daughter Thomasine, daughter Mary, daughter
Grace, Christopher Trevethicke of London, taylor, and the testator’s “welbeloved
Freinds and Alyes” John
Bawden, Samuel Gully and William Gully. A codicil of 7 July 1658 mentions
William Trevethack of Padstow (Petrockstow)
in Devon, clerk. The will was proved on 10 December 1659.[1]
Administration
of the estate of Lewis Stribley of St Wenn was granted on 8 November 1689 to
William Trevithick of St Enoder, during the minority
of Lewis’s son William Stribley,[2]
confirming that the Mary Trevithick who married Lewis Stribley at St Wenn in
1671 was the Mary Trevithick baptised at St Enoder in
1651/52.
There
are earlier Trevithicks recorded in the St Enoder parish registers, including Gregory Trevithick and
Katherine Hockin who were married in 1611.[3]
A connection with the Trevithicks of Great Trevemeder in St
Eval seems likely.
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TREVITHICK
WILLIAM
TREVITHICK of St Enoder, Cornwall, gentleman, was
buried on 11 August 1658 at St Enoder.[4]
He married first, GRACE,[5]
who was buried on 7 May 1648 at St Enoder.[6]
He married second, FRANCES,[7]
who was buried on 30 December 1700 at St Enoder.[8]
Children
of William and Frances Trevithick:
i GRACE TREVITHICK, bap 17 Mar
1649/50, St Enoder.[9]
ii MARY TREVITHICK, bap 21 Mar 1651/52, St Enoder,[10]
bur 9 Dec 1740, St Wenn;[11]
m 9 Nov 1671, St Enoder, LEWIS STRIBLEY[12]
(see here).
iii THOMASINE TREVITHICK, bap 13 Feb 1653/54, St Enoder.[13]
iv WILLIAM TREVITHICK, bap 27 May 1657, St Enoder.[14]
[1] National Archives, PROB 11/296/372.
[3] St Enoder parish registers.
[4] St Enoder parish registers; National Archives, PROB 11/296/372.
[5] Cornwall Record Office, R/49.
[6] St Enoder parish registers.
[7] Frances is named in William’s will and in some of the baptism entries for his children in the St Enoder parish registers. Her parentage is unclear. Given the mention of Gullys in the will of William Trevithick, there is a possibility that she was the Frances, daughter of Francis and Mary Gully, who was baptised at St Enoder on 5 Aug 1621. However, Frances Gully may have married William Woolridge of Creed. Mary, wife of Francis Gully, was a Trevithick, so that may be the reason for the association between the families.
[8] St Enoder parish registers.
[9] St Enoder parish registers. Grace may have married Richard Spear at Padstow, Cornwall, on 1 Jan 1684/85. However, a Grace Trevithick was buried at St Enoder in Apr 1679.
[10] St Enoder parish registers.
[11] St Wenn parish registers.
[12] St Enoder parish registers.
[13] St Enoder parish registers. Thomasine may have married Arthur Hicks at Newlyn East in 1682 (www.cornwall-opc-database.org).
[14] St Enoder parish registers; Cornwall OPC Database (www.cornwall-opc-database.org).