1. Mary Ann Trevan (1782-1812) who married Moses Male at St. Teath on 10 Jul 1803, by licence. They both signed their names. The witnesses were W Thos Smith and William Bonear Male. Moses died 3 years later on 21 Dec 1806 age 30. They had 2 children and son John died 1 month before his mother. There were several other Male families having children baptised in the same period (Nicholas and Ann; William Bonear Male and Elizabeth; Christopher and Elizabeth; and in 1809 and 1811 Nicholas and Mary Ann). So, did Mary Ann Male and Nicholas Male marry after the death of their respective spouses? There is no marriage shown in St Teath but Nicholas Male and Mary Ann had 2 children, one of whom was named Matthew Trevan Male (1811). He is buried in a Commonwealth Cemetery in the region of Bangalore and India.
   1. John Male (1803/4-12)
      bapt 10 Jan 1804
      buried 18 Mar 1812 age 8
   2. Ann Male (1806-)
      bapt 5 Mar 1806

Alphabetical index

• Land Tax and Rental Information
• Monumental Inscription
• Occupation Related Information
• Other Information
• Other Family Groups with which they had Contact
• Parish Register Information
• Wills

Brief Description

The references which seem certain to apply to him and not his father place him as living in St Teath in the early part of the 1790's.

• Churchwarden's Accounts book
  • 1790: The meeting held on Easter Monday to nominate Robert Bake and John Bant as the churchwardens for the following year was signed by Matthew Trevan among others, and also Nicholas Male
  • 1790-1: The churchwardens accounts for 1790-1 were signed by Matthew Trevan among others, and also Nicholas Male
  • 1792: The meeting held on Easter Monday to nominate John Bant and Richard Watts as the churchwardens for the following year was signed by Matthew Trevan among others, and also Nicholas Male
  • 1791-3: In the receipts and disbursements for the 2 years 1791-3 there was an entry
    • Mr Trevan for boards etc 2 pounds
  • 1793: The meeting held on Easter Monday to nominate John Bant and James Hodge as the churchwardens for the following year was signed by Matthew Trevan among others, and also Nicholas Male
  • 1793-4: In the receipts and disbursements for the year 1793-4 there was an entry
    • Mr Trevan for spars for a ladder & a deal board 6s 10d
• 18 Jun 1794: His brother-in-law Ralph Clark addressed a letter to him at St Teath, Cornwall

On his headstone of 1809, which is against the outer wall of the church building, he was described as "of Pengelly in this parish". His wife Ann nee Bake is from a Cornish family. She was buried in the parish of St. Mabyn in 1835, age 78.

Links to Sources of Information

Parish Register and Other Church Information

1. Eggbuckland, Devon - Matthew was a yeoman here
2. St. Teath, Cornwall - they married here and Matthew, daughter Mary Ann and son-in-law Moses were buried here
3. St. Mabyn, Cornwall - Ann was buried here
4. Stoke Damerel, Devon - Matthew was born here and also daughter Mary Ann Trevan

Land Tax / Rent Information

Occupation Related Information

Monumental Inscription

Sacred to the Memory of Matthw Trevan late of Pengelley in this parish who left this world in full hope of a blessed Eternity August the 2nd 1809, aged 46

Wills

Other Information

1. Hambley and Hambly Family by Edmund Hambly names him without any information other than as being a son of Matthew and Elizabeth.
2. Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall
   Gives his MI at St. Teath

Other Family Groups with Which They Had Contact

1. Brother-in-law Ralph Clark - letters in Ralph Clark's diaries.
2. Sister Frances Trevan married Purser John Copeland at Stoke Damerel in 1783, and Fanny Copland is mentioned in a letter of 1794 in a way which suggests that Matthew saw her regularly.