Thomas Lanyon and Elizabeth Jonnes of St Buryan had eight children, of them only two sons had children that we can trace, Richard and David. This post is about their sons.

Richard Lanyon & Margery Baynard’s Son

Thomas Lanyon 1695-1738

Thomas was the youngest son of Richard and Margery Baynard and the only son to survive to adulthood.

He married Mary Rowe at Sancreed in 1716. They had eight children:

• Mary 1717- no further trace
• Grace 1719-1719 died in infancy
• Jane 1720-1722 died in infancy
• Thomas 1722-1781 married Avis Harry & Honor Bottrell – six children
• William 1725- no trace
• Ruth 1729-1798 married William Hitchens/Hutchens – five children
• Richard 1732- married Margery Riccault – four children
• Margery 1736-1767 married John Nicholas, husbandman.

There are two possible burials for Thomas one on the 14th Aug 1737 at St Just and the other 11 Feb 1738 at Paul, either is possible!

David Lanyon & Margaret Shetford’s Sons

John Lanyon 1696-1768

John was the eldest son of David Lanyon and Margaret Shetford. He was baptised at Sancreed in 1696. In 1730 he married Ann Hicks at St Just in Penwith.

They lived at Boscaswell at St Just in Penwith and he was a yeoman of the tenement of Trewellard.

John and Ann had seven children:

• Ann 1731-1806 married William Peak – three children
• John 1733-1805 married Phyllis Warren, no children traced. His will however mentions his various siblings. Source – CRO/AP/L/2067

• My sister Ann Peak £10
• My brother William 1/-
• My sister Margery Williams £2. 12/- 6d
• My sister Jane Lanyon 1/-
• My brother-in-law Edward James 1/-
• James Lanyon the son of Thomas and Jane £10
• Everything else goes to his ‘well beloved wife Phyllis’

It’s great to find a will like this that names siblings and helps confirm if a person is still alive and who they married.

• Thomas 1736-1791 married Jane Ann Bennetts – nine children
• Elizabeth 1739-1822 married John Michell – no children traced (not mentioned in John’s will)
• William 1742-1807 married Sarah Rowe & Jane Colliver – eight children
• Margery abt. 1743-1809 married Henry Williams – no children
• Mary 1745-1747 died in infancy

Richard Lanyon 1702-1766

Richard was the youngest son of David and Margaret. He married Grace Phillips at St Buryan in 1728. They had four children:

• David 1729-1730 died in infancy
• Grace 1739- no further trace
• Richard 1739- married Mary Gomer – seven children
• Charles 1740-1822 married Martha Ellis – nine children

We don’t know what Richard’s occupation was or if he left a will but when we see what happens to the next generation we can see the effects of wealth watered down over time. Thomas Lanyon may have been a gentleman farmer but his descendants were not so fortunate.