Tobias was the eldest son of Tobias and Mary Penneck, he was baptised at Gwinear in 1697. He attended Pembroke College at Cambridge University and was awarded a B.A. in 1720.
He married Prudence Pawley at Uny Lelant in 1727. They had eight children:
- Tobias 1730-1755 he was an attorney and married Mary Shallcross in 1752 at Maker, Cornwall. Jane Veale Mitchell states that he died in 1755 but we can’t find a record of that. Their only son Tobias was baptised in 1753 and buried at Lifton in Devon on 22 Sep 1774, two years after his mother Mary.
- Hugh 1732-1767 Hugh died unmarried
- Mary 1733- married Michael Proust in 1781 at Cuby with Tregony. He was a clerk vicar. There were no children.
- Richard 1735-1802 married Ann King
- Edward 1737-1766 he died at St Martin in the Fields, London. He was a bachelor and left his estate to his mother.
- Jane 1739-1817 married William Lanyon R.N. who sailed with Captain Cook, no children.
- William 1741-1808 married Frances Wills
- Elizabeth 1746-1747 died in infancy
Tobias died in 1762 and was buried at Gwinear. Prudence outlived him by thirty years, she was buried in 1792.
His will made the following provisions:
- Hugh £30 yearly out of the tenement Trevoken, Gwinear
- Sons Richard, Edward and William and Daughter Mary, £300 when aged 21.
- Grandson Tobias £50 when age 15 to bind as an apprentice and £50 more to be paid when of age.
- Residue and executorship to wife Prudence and friend Thomas Glynn Esq, in trust.
Richard Lanyon 1735-1802
Richard married Ann King at Gwinear in 1762. They had nine children. Richard was the last to live at Lanyon Manor, he sold the property in 1785. When Ann died she was the last to be laid in the oriel room above the porch at the house and a fire lit and maintained until she was buried.
- Tobias 1763-1844 married Elizabeth Budge
- Richard 1765-1848 married Maria Dorothea Scammell
- Edward 1768-1792 unmarried
- John 1770-1771 died in infancy
- William 1772-1851 aged 74 bachelor William fathered an illegitimate son with his servant Caroline Rosewarne who was fifty years his junior! Their son David Lanyon Rosewarne was born in 1846. His father bequeathed him the tenement of Parbola in Gwinear. David emigrated to Australia and married Auguste Terese Franks in 1873. He started out in the mining business but later was a member of the Bendigo Stock Exchange. He died in 1909 after a lingering illness. He had no children.
William’s will 1851 – source AP/L/2533
- Ann 1774-1852 married William Hodge – 8 daughters, 4 sons
- John 1776-1866 he was a farmer, bachelor who lived with his brother William, no children. Died aged 90
- Hugh 1778-1851 also a bachelor, no children. He died at Lostwithiel in 1851.
- Mary 1787-1823 married Thomas Huthnance – 9 children (curiously her headstone states she was buried in 1823 aged 33 years but her baptism took place at Gwinear in 1787.)
William Lanyon 1741-1808
William has already been mentioned in the post about William Lanyon and Captain Cook. His sister Jane married her cousin William Lanyon and when he died in 1818 he left much of his estate to William’s children.
William married Frances Wills at St Ewe in 1786. They had eleven children:
- Edward 1787-1866 married Jane Gill
- William 1788-aft. 1818 mentioned in his uncles will, no further trace
- Frances 1790-1875 married Thomas Penno – 7 children
- John 1792-bef. 1817
- Tobias 1795- no trace
- Richard 1797-1863 married Susan Tucker and Mary Anne Lanyon
- Jane 1799-1859 married William Hicks – 8 children
- Henry 1801-aft. 1818 no trace
- James 1803-1864 married Elizabeth Lanyon and Esther Budge
- Elizabeth 1806-aft. 1818 no trace
- Joseph 1808-1861 was a saddler, he moved to London and married Mary Ann Ward at Islington in 1842. They had two daughters: Maria and Mary.
Two of William’s sons married two of his great nieces! We’ll follow them in a separate post ‘Cousins’.
The Lanyons 