Trewavas Genealogy	29 February 2012
TREWAVAS family tree TREWAVAS family summary TREWAVAS ancestor chart		Dr Geoffrey Mann geoff.mann@btinternet.com home page
5 Richard Trewavas	6 Richard TREWAVAS 1750-1823	7 Richard Trewavas
spouse’s records	m Jane HOSKIN 1773

Richard was born in 1750, the son of a farm labourer, but his father died when he was 4 and his mother remarried a Mousehole fisherman.

Richard became a fisherman and smuggler like his step-father, but in 1770 after being saved from a violent storm, he was converted to Methodism and gave up smuggling to become a pilot. In 1780 he was appointed King’s pilot for Cornwall and Scilly, after bringing a damaged warship safely home from Lands End to Plymouth. He held the office for nearly 40 years including periods of war when he piloted the British fleet to safety from the Spanish and French

He married Jane HOSKIN at Paul parish church in 1773 at the age of 23, and baptised seven children there between 1774 and 1791. Jane died in 1813 but Richard outlived her for ten years and was buried at Paul aged 73 A biography of his life was published in 1839 by R.Treffry, later President of the Methodist Conference.

C = Christened

age DATE RT JH

EVENT

25Nov1750 21Aug1754 4 11Apr1761 11 2Feb1773 23 24 13Feb1774 24 25 6Apr1776 26 27 18Oct1778 28 29 7Apr1782 32 33 17Oct1784 34 35 27May1787 37 38 3Jan1789 39 40 13Mar1791 41 42 31Oct1813 63 64 12Feb1823 73

born in Mousehole son of Richard & Margaret; baptised at Paul on 7Dec1750 father buried at Paul mother remarried Levi BEADEN married Jane HOSKIN at Paul parish church son Richard C at Paul dau Margaret C at Paul son Charles C at Paul dau Jane C at Paul dau Elizabeth C at Paul dau Mary C at Paul child of Richard buried at Paul (may be Elizabeth or Mary or unbaptised child) son James C at Paul Jane died at Mousehole; buried at Paul 2Nov1813 Richard died at Mousehole; buried at Paul 15Feb1823

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died

C=Christened B=Buried

BIRTH

Richard was married in 1773, and his burial age gives him a birth date of c1748. His biography states that he was the son of Richard & Margaret, born at Mousehole 25Nov1750. There is a suitable baptism in the Paul register to fit these records:

C 7Dec1750 Richard s Richard & Margaret TREWAVAS

MARRIAGE

Richard-5 was baptised at Paul in 1774, son of Richard and Jane. The baptism is preceded by just one suitable marriage:

from Paul parish register:

m 2Feb1773 Richard TREWAVAS fisherman & Jane HOSKIN

DESCENDANTS

from Paul parish register:

C 13Feb1774 Richard s Richard & Jane TREWAVAS see Richard-5

C 6Apr1776 Margaret d Richard & Jane TREWAVAS m 5Jul1802 John PENTREATH & Margaret TREWAVAS

C 18Oct1778 Charles s Richard & Jane TREWAVAS m 28Dec1802 Charles TREWAVAS & Jane PENTREATH

B 11Jny1855 Charles TREWAVAS Penzance 77 [b1778]

C 7Apr1782 Jane d Richard & Jane TREWAVAS m 7Apr1804 Samuel WRIGHT & Jane TREWAVAS

C 17Oct1784 Elizabeth d Richard & Jane TREWAVAS

C 27May1787 Mary d Richard & Jane TREWAVAS

B 3Jan1789 - child of Richard TREWAVAS [may be Elizabeth, Mary or an unbaptised child]

C 13Mar1791 James s Richard & Jane TREWAVAS d 21Oct1812 at Poplar MDX (see below)

DEATH

from biographical notes, Richard died at Mousehole 12Feb1823 and was buried at Paul 15Feb1823; Jane died at Mousehole 31Oct1813

from Paul parish register:

B 2Nov1813 Jane TREWAVAS Mousehole 64 [b1749]

B 15Feb1823 Richard TREWAVAS Mousehole 75 [b1748]

OTHER

From WikiTree:

Richard was born in 1750, the son of a farm labourer, but his father died when he was 4 and his mother remarried a Mousehole fisherman. Richard became a fisherman and smuggler like his step-father, but in 1770 after being saved from a violent storm, he was converted to Methodism and gave up smuggling to become a pilot. He was known as the King’s pilot for Cornwall and Scilly, an office which he held for nearly 40 years. This included periods of war when he piloted the British fleet to safety from the Spanish and French. He married Jane HOSKIN at Paul parish church in 1773 at the age of 23, and baptised seven children there between 1774 and 1791. Jane died in 1813 but Richard outlived her for ten years and was buried at Paul aged 73. A biography of his life was published in 1839 by R.Treffry, later President of the Methodist Conference. [I think all this was taken from my website!]

TREWAVAS Richard (son of Rich.Trewavas m Margaret) b Mousehole 25Nov1750 bap paul 7Dec. Educ under Alex.Rowe of Ragennis; Sailor and fisherman; Joined the Wesleyans 1771, class leader; King’s pilot for the coast of Cornwall and isles of scilly 1780-1823. d Mousehole 12Feb1823 bur Paul 15Feb m Jane. She was bap Paul 28Jan1753 d. Mousehole 31Oct1813. cf Wesl M Mag xlvi, 204 (1823), xlvii, 217-20 (1824) by rev. john Waterhouse; A memoir of W.Carvosso (1835) pp78-9, 210-11. Memoir of Mr.R.Trewavas, senior, of Mousehole, Cornwall, to which is prefixed an account (by john Carne) of Methodism in Mousehole. By R.Treffry. Portrait. Lond. J.Mason 1839, 18o, pp196, 1/6.

Cornish Methodist worthies. A skilful pilot [ie R.Trewavas]. By Rev. Jas Nance. Christian Miscellany, x, 11-12, 41-46 (1864)

Safely anchored; or a short account of R.Trewavas, a Cornish fisherman. London 1866 12o

Note- Chas Trewavas, master mariner and son of the above bap Paul 18Oct1778 d.Penzance, and Jas.trewavas, another son, bap paul 18mar1791, a mariner, d Poplar 21Oct1812

This image of Richard Trewavas appears in WikiTree presumably from the 1839 memoir of Richard Trewavas senior. The texts are from “Christian Miscellany and Family Visitor” 1863 p42:

HOSKIN family

there are two possible baptisms of Jane HOSKIN in the Paul register:

C 15Feb1743+Jane d John & Elizabeth HOSKIN

C 1Oct1749 Jane d Charles & Elizabeth HOSKIN

Jane’s age at burial gives a birth date of c1749; moreover Jane’s second son was named Charles, a relatively uncommon name. It is safe to assume that the second baptism is correct, giving a marriage age of 24. All baptisms to Charles & Elizabeth found at Paul were:

m 17Jun1738 Charles HOSKIN & Elizabeth PENTREATH at Madron (from IGI)

C 26Jul1741 Mary d Charles & Elizabeth HOSKIN

C 2Feb1742+Richard s Charles & Elizabeth HOSKIN

C 26Dec1746 Elizabeth d Charles & Elizabeth HOSKIN

C 1Oct1749 Jane d Charles & Elizabeth HOSKIN

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