The more a family grows the less there is to pass on. Thomas Lanyon may have been a gentleman farmer in St Buryan but his great grandsons and their children are much poorer.
The names Thomas and Richard are popular and it can be difficult to pinpoint the correct one in the records. This is my attempt to sort out this branch of the St Buryan tree.
Thomas Lanyon 1722-1781
Thomas was the son of Thomas and Mary Rowe. He was baptised at Sancreed in 1722 and married Avis harry at Madron in 1754. They had two daughters:
- Ruth 1760-1823 she had an illegitimate daughter, Sabina baptised at Sancreed in 1781. Ruth married Richard Lavars at Sancreed in 1786 no trace of any children. Sabina married William Olds, a husbandman in 1812 and they had five children. Sabina died in 1831 at St Buryan.
- Grace 1763-1786 Grace didn’t marry and died as a pauper at Sancreed in 1786.
Avis died in 1766 and a Thomas Lanyon married Honour Bottrel at Sancreed in 1772. It may not be this Thomas but I can’t fit this marriage in anywhere else! Thomas and Honour had four children:
- Ann 1773- possible marriage to John Bawden at Madron in 1798?
- Thomas 1775- no further trace
- Honour 1779-1842 married John Hosken in 1818 at Sancreed and died at St Just in 1842
- William 1779- William was baptised on the same day as his sister Honour so she was probably born a couple of years before him. No further trace of William
Richard Lanyon 1732-
Richard was the youngest son of Thomas Lanyon and Mary Rowe. He was baptised in 1732 at Sancreed and married Margery Riccault at Madron in 1757. They had four children:
- Richard 1758-1842 married Jane Thomas at Madron in 1779, they had one son Jacob Thomas Lanyon baptised in 1780, no further trace of Jacob
- Thomas 1760- no further trace
- William 1763-1836 married Mary Webb at St Buryan in 1787 – three children
- Margery 1764- illegitimate son William baptised in 1791
There are two possible dates of burial for Richard 23rd Sep 1766 at St Buryan or 16th Dec 1767 at Sancreed. Either way he died in his early thirties and Margery died in 1770 so all four children must have been raised by relatives.
Thomas Lanyon 1736-1791
Thomas was the second son of John Lanyon and Ann Hicks, he was baptised at St Just in Penwith in 1736. In 1766 he was married to Jane Ann Bennetts. They had nine children:
- Thomas 1767-1829 married Cordelia Bennetts – nine children
- John 1769-1791 bachelor died young
- Hugh 1770-1791 bachelor died young
- Jane 1774-1827 married John Thomas – twelve children
- Ann 1774-1827 spinster
- Grace 1779-1863 married Richard Oats, a tin dresser, one son traced
- Margaret 1781-1851 married John Hallo, a tin miner, in 1806 – eight children
- James 1783-1822 yeoman, never married and died age 39, bequeaths everything to his sister Grace Oats (Source – CRO/AP/L/2243)
- William 1788-1841 married Honor Davy at St Just in 1812 – twelve children
William Lanyon 1742-1807
William was the youngest son of John Lanyon and Ann Hicks, he was a tinner. In his father’s will he was left £20 and one half of Martin Edwards stamps on tenement of Trewellard. In 1763 he married Sarah Rowe at St Just in Penwith and they had three children:
- William 1767-1836 married Elizabeth Trembath
- Sarah 1775-1856 baptised at St Ives, married William Jennings – eight children
- Ann Row 1780-1864 baptised at St Ives married George Bryant in 1800 – eight children
Sarah Rowe died in 1786 and the following year widower William married Jane Colliver at St Ives. They had five children:
- John 1788-1791 died in infancy
- Jane 1790-1795 died in infancy
- John 1792- no further trace
- Mary 1794-1801 died young
- Jane 1796-1799 died in infancy
As far as can be ascertained none of the children from his second family survived to adulthood. In 1805 his brother John left him 1/- in his will. William of St Ives drowned at Newquay in 1807 and was buried at St Columb Major. Jane Colliver lived to the age of 86.
Richard Lanyon 1739-
Richard was the eldest surviving son of Richard Lanyon and Grace Phillips. He was baptised at St Buryan in 1739. He married Mary Gomer at Paul in 1766. They had seven children:
- Richard 1766-1766 died in infancy
- Richard Lanyon 1767-1767 died in infancy
- David 1768-1846 married Elizabeth Carter – two children
- Mary 1771-1771 died in infancy
- Richard 1773- was a farmer, he married Anne Chapple at Paul in 1809 no children
- Mary 1776 married Richard Crocker no children traced
- John 1779-1831 married Grace Lanyon his cousin – four children
Charles Lanyon 1740-1822
Charles was the youngest son of Richard Lanyon and Grace Phillips. He married Martha Ellis at St Buryan in 1765 and they had nine children:
- Charles 1765- no further trace
- Sarah 1769- married Thomas Roberts at St Buryan 1795 – no children traced
- Richard 1774-1802 he was a mariner and died on HMS Excellent in Asia
- Martha 1778-1859 married Robert Gibbs in 1824, a carpenter and widower – no children
- David 1780-1788 died young
- Grace – 1782 died in infancy
- Grace 1784-1810 married her cousin John Lanyon the son of Richard and Grace Phillips
- David 1788- no further trace
- James 1795-1858 married Grace Harvey at St Buryan in 1822 – no children
The Lanyons 