The 18th century migration was to the parishes of

• St Budeaux (1767-1782 or later)
• Eggbuckland (1775-86)
• Pennycross (1767)
• Stoke Damerel (1757-)

Plymouth Area (1580's - now)

However, starting with the descendents of John Treveighen and Francis Moar, four of their children moved to the area which forms modern day Plymouth. You can either read about the main points of their lives in the parishes, or to see their families you can follow the links. Earlier John and Francis reference.

• John Trevan (1730-1809) and Honour nee Spillar (c1728-1804)
• Matthew Trevan (1732-1786) and Elizabeth nee Stephens (1728-1783) (and later Catherine nee Hosegood)
• William Trevan (1743-1782) and Elizabeth (c1749-1775) (and later Martha nee Rushworth)
• Peter Stephens and Anne nee Trevan (1746- after 1775)

Stoke Damerel (1757- )

• 12 Nov 1757 Thomas son of Matthew and Elizabeth Trevan was baptised
• 25 Feb 1760 Elizabeth daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Trevan was baptised
• 2 Sept 1763 Matthew son of Matthew and Elizabeth Trevan was baptised
• 6 Jun 1765 Frances daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Trevan was baptised
• 10 Feb 1771 William son of William and Elizabeth was baptised
• 12 Apr 1772 Fanny daughter of William and Elizabeth was baptised
• 28 Aug 1775 William Jinks son of William and Elizabeth was baptised
• 19 Oct 1783 John Copeland Purser of the Rattlesnake and Frances Trevan of this parish spinster a minor were married in church by licence with the consent of her father - witnesses Matthew Trevan and Betsy Alicia Trevan (all 4 signed)
• 7 Dec 1783 John Touall married Honour Trevan
• 23 Jun 1784 Ralph Clark Lieutenant of Marines and Betsy Alicia Trevan of this parish spinster were married in this church by licence - witnesses Matthew Trevan and Ann Nicoll
• 13 Jul 1784 Matthew Trevan of this parish Yeoman and Catherine Hosegood of this parish spinster were married in this church by licence - witnesses Edmund Moore and John Howard (all 4 signed)
• 8 Apr 1799 John Trevan married Mary Lukies
• 25 Jul 1804 Honor Trevan died aged 76 years (MI)
• 28 Jul 1804 Honor Trevan was buried age 76
• 22 Mar 1809 John Trevan died aged 79 years (MI)
• 17 Feb 1825 Mary Trevan died 17 Feb 1825 aged 70 (MI)
• 23 Jun 1825 John Trevan married Mary Thomas

The Rentals of Devonport Properties, which are held at the West Devon Record Office, Plymouth, (reference 387/48-53) show which families were renting properties from the St. Aubyn Estate, which owned almost all of the property which was not publically owned within Stoke Damerel.

1. On 24 Jun 1760 Matthew Trevan leased the parcel of land described as number 11 on St. Aubyn Street, East Side against 3 lives. The property was described as "House Backlet 3 Back Tenemts and a Stable". The yearly value was shown initially as 30 pounds, but was reduced to 25 pounds. The rent (it is not clear if it was due quarterly or annually) was 15s 6d, and the herriot was 1 pound 11 s. His age is shown as 27 and his wife Elizabeth is shown as 31
   • The original 3 lives are given as lessee age 27, Elizabeth his wife age 31 and Susanna Stephens of St. Germans in Cornwall.
   • After the death of his wife and then himself, the third life paid a sum of 175 pounds to add a further two lives on 29 May 1797. The rent was increased to 1 pound 11s 6d and the herriot was increased to 3 pounds 3s, and the yearly value column records "Perpetual Fine 50 pounds"
   • Following another death a further 50 pounds was paid to add another life on 24 Jun 1812
   • This was repeated at the same price for another life on 26 Jun 1821.
   • I am still researching the relationships between the original lessee and these additional lives.
2. On 1 May 1788 Peter Stephens took a 7 year lease on "Back Tenements The Broom Park Meadow part of Outland, with a yearly rent of 6 pounds
3. On 29 Sep 1769 William Trevan / Tuson took a lease against 3 lives on a House and Gardens on the James Street West Side. The lessee column shows clearly Wm Trevan, but the tenant and subsequent changes to the lives shows clearly Wm Tuson.
4. On 1 Jun 1797 John Trevan Jr took a lease against 3 lives on a house backlet and backlet tenement on Granby Street North Side at a cost of 225 pounds. The "yearly value" column shows "perpetual fine 27 pounds" and the rent shows 1 pound 7s with a herriot of 2 pounds 14s. The three lives were
   1. Leesee (John Trevan Junior) age 38
   2. Mary Lukies, age 42, who he married on 8 Apr 1799 at Stoke Damerel, and she is buried at Stoke Damerel where the inscription shows that she died 17 Feb 1825, age 70
   3. Honor Towle, age 34 (who was his sister who married John Touall on 7 Dec 1783 at Stoke Damerel)
   On 24 Jun 1825 he paid 27 pounds to add his new wife, also a Mary aged 48 as another life. They had married the day before at Stoke Damerel where she was described as Mary Thomas, widow. Presumably his sister was still alive at this time. There is an incomplete line on 24 Dec 1830, so presumably one of the 3 of them died shortly before that date.

The Land Tax Assessment for 1781 shows that

1. Matthew Trevan was proprietor of a property in "Out Bounds" where the occupier was Mr. Durham, and the sum assessed was 1 pound 8 shillings and 9 pence.
2. Matthew Trevan was the occupier of another property in "Out Bounds" where Mr. Marshall was the proprietor, and the sum assessed was 18 shillings and 9 pence.
3. William Trevan was the occupier of another property in "Out Bounds" where Mr. Willisford was the proprietor and the sum assessed was 12 shillings and 6 pence.

"The creditors of William Trevan, late of Dock Town, in the parish of Stoke Damerell, Devon, Victualler, should send their accounts to Mr. Joseph Hoskin or to Mr. Peter Tonkin, Attornies".

Pennycross (1767)

• 9 Jun 1767 Mary Ann daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Trevan was baptised

St. Budeaux (1767-1782 or later)

St Budeaux was a chapelry of Plymouth St Andrew, which is where a branch of the Treveighan family was living at the end of the 16th and the start of the 17th centuries. Pennycross was usually served from this parish. It is part of the Roborough Hundred under the Archdeanery of Totnes. It is on the opposite side of the river Tamar to the parish of St Stephens by Saltash. There has been a ferry crossing from Saltash to Saltash Passage for centuries and Brunel built a railway bridge there (c1885 from memory). In c1963 (from memory) a road toll bridge was also built which is part of the A38. Although it is to the east of the river Tamar, Saltash Passage has been part of Cornwall at certains points in time in the past.

This is the 3rd ferry crossing as counted from the mouth of the river Tamar. The first is the Cremyll ferry for foot passengers from East Stonehouse in Devon to Mount Edgecombe in the parish of Maker, now in Cornwall, but at certain points in time in the past also part of Devon. The 2nd is now the Torpoint car ferry, from Stoke Damerel in Devon to Torpoint in the parish of Antony in Cornwall. This is run on chains below the surface of the river, but prior to this there were regular ferry services already at the time of Carew's survey at the start of the 17th century.

So St Budeaux is one of the parishes where migration between the 2 counties occurred, although not as much as happenned through Stoke Damerel as the Devonport Dockyard expanded, notably in the 19th century.

The Western Flying Post or Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury of 5 Sep 1774 has a reference to Matthew Trevan who has advertised land to rent at the Barton or Farm of Budshead in the parish of St Budeaux following the death of the late Sir Henry Trelawney. It appears that Matthew was a tenant of Sir Henry Trelawney in both St Budeaux and also Eggbuckland, with the tenancies running in parallel rather than one after the other.

However, this is not the first occurrence of the name Trevan in the parish registers. According to a transcript of the St Budeaux Marriages 1539-1837 in the Devon Family Historian 1977-1979, John Smith of HMS Duke married Susannah Trevan there in 1761. Unfortunately I did not remember this when I searched the St Budeaux baptism and burial registers looking for the Trevan and Stephens entries, so more research is needed here. It is possible that Matthew, William and Anne had another sister Susannah whose baptism I have not found. On the other hand, she could be more distantly related. The name is sufficiently rare to make a coincidence highly unlikely.

Parish Register Entries for Trevan (and variants) and their descendents in chronological order and family group sheets for
Matthew and wives Elizabeth and Catherine | William and his wives Elizabeth and Martha | Anne and her husband Peter Stephens

Eggbuckland (1775-1786)

Matthew (presumably senior) was held responsible for property at Longbridge in the parish of Eggbuckland and was involved in court on two ocassions.

• Devon Quarter Sessions Michaelmass 1775 (Ref. QS1/20 p558). "An indictment to be preferred against him for digging a ditch adjoining the road at Long Bridge"
• Devon Quarter Sessions Midsummer 1777 (Ref. QS1/21 p12). "The court being satisfied that he has executed properly his contract to repair and render safe the road over the marshes near Longbridge, by Plymouth, to be paid 160 pounds in full of his contract"

The Western Flying Post or Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury have references on 4 May 1778 of an oak sale and 11 May 1778 timber for sale by Matthew Trevan at Great Efford.

The Land Tax Assessment for 1780 shows that he was taxed 17 pounds 15 shillings for the property "Barton of Efford" which was occupied by Mr. Matthew Trevan, and for which the proprietor was Sir Harry Trelawney, Bart. He is also shown, along with John Sherril, as occupying the "Barton of Leigham" for which the proprietors were Miss Harrison and Captain Macbride and for this property the tax was 20 pounds 1 shilling.

It has been difficult to try to sort out references to father and son, but there are signatures on some of the surviving documents, which look similar to each other.

Since there is only one explicit reference to "Matthew Trevan Junior, Yeoman of the parish of Egg Buckland in the county of Devon", and the references to Matthew Trevan senior describe him as either "Yeoman of Efford in Eggbuckland" or "Yeoman of Efford in Eggbuckland and Swilley in Stoke Damerel", my interpretation is that the Leigham Barton reference is to Matthew Trevan Junior, and the remainder are to his father.

The term "Barton" usually refers to the farm associated with the parish church.

At the West Devon Record Office, accession 81/X61, there is a map of Efford in Eggbuckland which shows that he rented 36 parcels of land totalling 268 acres 0 rods and 9 perches (about 100 hectares) from Sir Harry Trelawney Bart.

Coincidentally, my first infants' school was at Eggbuckland, and my father taught at the primary school which was next door. Also, one of the current branches of Trevan's has lived in Efford since the 1920's or 1930's.

At least 3 of the children of Matthew and Elizabeth migrated back to Cornwall, this time to the north east area and the parishes of St. Teath and St. Endellion.
These were

1. Matthew (1763-1809)
2. Frances who married John Copeland, Purser of the Rattlesnake
3. John Archer (1769-1851)