There was a tiny branch of Lanyons in St Germans in North Cornwall and so far I haven’t managed to link them to the main tree.
St German’s parish register lists the marriage of a John ‘Junior’ Lanyon to Rebecca Biddeck/Beddek in 1756. Presumably if John is called ‘junior’ then he is the son of John Lanyon ‘senior’ so I pencilled in a John Lanyon ‘senior’ born about 1700-1720. There is no record of a John Lanyon being baptised at St Germans so where did John Junior Lanyon come from?
There was also a marriage between John Lanyon and Sarah Roxely/Roscely/Roskelly in 1762. There was a burial of a Rebecca Lanyon in 1760 however this Rebecca is listed as being 75 years old when she was buried giving her a date of birth about 1685! Could she really be the Rebecca Biddeck who married John ‘junior’ in 1754? How old is John ‘junior’? There were no children recorded from the marriage of John and Rebecca.
John and Sarah (his second wife) had two sons:
- John baptised 1763
- William baptised 1765
Sarah Roxely died in 1795 age 66 and was buried at St Germans.
John Lanyon 1763
John married Joan Spiller at St Germans in 1788 and they had two daughters:
- Sarah 1789-1875
- Ann 1795-1796 died in infancy
Joan died in June 1796. Her husband John died in 1846 (50 years after his wife) aged 83 and was buried at St Germans.
William Lanyon 1765
There is no trace of a marriage for William and he died at St Germans in 1829.
Sarah Lanyon 1789
Sarah Lanyon married Robert Felloon/Falloon at St Germans in 1810 and they had one daughter Eliza Ann born in 1811. Robert was an assistant surgeon in the navy and came from Stoke Damerel in Devon.
Robert died before 1822 as Sarah married for a second time to Jacob Lane at Duloe in Cornwall in that year. Jacob was a victualler and Sarah ran a lodging house. Jacob died in 1860 at Plympton St Mary in Devon and Sarah died in 1875.
Where were John ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ born and why did they move to St Germans? Perhaps one day we’ll be able to answer that question.
The Lanyons 