Sarah was baptised at Sancreed, Cornwall in 1690. She was the second daughter of Charles Lanyon and Sarah Tresilian and her grandfather was called ‘The Golden Lanyon’ due to his great wealth.
Sarah was the second of three daughters and they also had a younger brother Abraham. We know very little about Sarah; she witnessed the will of Anne Basset of Manwinnion, Illogan in 1713 and was mentioned in the 1778 will of Mary Lanyon and left the considerable sum of £100.
Sarah never married and appears to have lived in Penzance for most of her life.
We do know that at the age of 95 Sarah sold her reserved pew seat at St Mary’s Church Penzance. It was the 5th seat from the stairs in the north gallery of the chapel and it was sold for 7 Guineas. (Source – CRO P179/2/4/8)
Perhaps she didn’t think that she would require the seat for much longer. In the event she lived to the grand old age of 102 and was buried on the 10 January 1793!
The Lanyons 