The St Hilary branch of the family tree started with Barnard Lanyon.
Barnard was the youngest son of David (Davy) and Joan, he was baptised on 10 Jun 1638 at Madron and was just three years old when his father died in 1641. When his mother died in 1655 she left him ‘a brass pann conteyning 7 or 8 galls and 1 heifer to be kept by Thomas till she becomes a cow’.
He married Grace, sadly we don’t know her surname or the date of marriage but in the 1660s and 1670s they were having children. The baptisms of some of the children are not recorded so there is a bit of guess work involved.
- Charles abt. 1660-1705 married Margaret
- James abt. 1660-1714 married Elizabeth Carbus
- Eliner 1675-1724 married John Trouson
- Grace 1677-1741 married Peter Trouson & Jonathan Bennetts
- Joane 1679-1745 married Henry Pearce
- Jane 1682-1683 died infancy
Charles Lanyon 1660s
We don’t know when Charles was born or died or even when he married but from the records of the baptisms of some of his children his wife is named as Margaret. Their children:
- Charles -1683 there is a burial of a Charles Lanyon son of Charles (from the date of the burial of this child it looks as if Charles the father was born early 1660s)
- Charles 1687- There is a Charlis Lalion baptised on 2nd Feb 1687 at St Hilary no father is named, could this be a son of Charles or even a son of Barnard? Or a separate family altogether? (There is a Charles Lanyon who married Eleanor Nines at Perranuthoe in 1715 could that be this Charles as that marriage doesn’t appear to fit anywhere else?)
- Walter -1694 died in infancy
- David 1693-1773
- Francis 1695-1770
- Thomas 1697-1737
- Margaret 1699- there is a Margaret Lenine who married a William John (Bond) at Ludgvan on 5 Jun 1725 who may be this Margaret
- Joseph 1704-1704 died in infancy
James Lanyon 1660s
There is no record of James’ baptism or his burial but we do know he married Elizabeth Carbus at St Hilary on 20 Apr 1685. Two children traced:
- James 1686-1758
- Margaret 1690-1693 died in infancy
Eliner Lanyon 1675-aft. 1724
Eliner was baptised at St Buryan in 1675. She married John Trouson/Trownson at St Hilary in 1724. No children of this marriage. John was buried in 1734 but no trace of a burial for Eliner/Eleanor.
Grace Lanyon 1677-1741
Grace was baptised at St Buryan in 1677. She married Peter Trouson at Ludgvan in 1704. They had four children, at least three died as a children. Peter died in 1715 and Grace married Jonathan Bennetts at Madron in 1732. She was buried at Madron in 1741.
Joane Lanyon 1679-1745
Joane was baptised at St Buryan in 1679 and named after her grandmother, Barnard’s mother. She married Henry Pearse at St Hilary in 1709 and had three children: John, Jane and Francis. Joane was buried at St Hilary in 1745.
Barnard was buried at Marazion in 1714 and Grace his wife, was buried at St Hilary in 1717. They didn’t leave a will which might have helped confirm their children’s names.
The Lanyons 