Hugh Lanyon was baptised on 22 May 1719 at Madron, Cornwall, the son of Francis Lanyon and Elizabeth Thomas. Francis died in 1757 and his 1759 will mentions that son Hugh was now living at Plymouth Dock.
Hugh married Christian Williams at Madron on 6 Feb 1740. There were no children recorded from this marriage but Christian must have died as Hugh married for a second time on 19 Jan 1747 at Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon to Sarah Row.
They had three children:-
- Mary 1749-
- Sarah 1752-1759
- Hugh 1757-1760
Sometime between 1749 and 1752 they moved from Plymouth to Stoke Damerel, Devon. Hugh worked as a labourer.
We know very little about them but Sarah appears in the Devon Quarter Session records and through that we get a tiny glimpse of their life.
‘Sarah Lanyon wife of Hugh of Stoke Damerel, labourer – bound to appear next session accused of assaulting and beating William Dobey of Plymouth, salesman,’ (24/11/1757)
Source – Devon Southwest Heritage Trust – QS/4/1758/Epiphany/RE/29
And again in 1763. ‘Sarah Lanyon late of Stoke Dam, widow, for assaulting Edward Stephens at Stoke and breaking the windows of his dwelling house.‘
Source – Devon Southwest Heritage Trust – QS/4/1763/Easter/PR/24
From these two records we can work out that Hugh died between Nov 1757 and 1763. Sarah was buried at Stoke Damerel in March 1775.
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