Wills

This page contains an index to the Trevan wills from which extracts have been added to my web site. Those from before 1858 are held at the Cornwall Record Office. Those which where proven (not written or date of death, but date of probate) from 1858 are held centrally. They used to be at Somerset House in London at the time I did most of my research in this area, but I believe that they have been move to the Family Research Centre, Myddleton Street, London.

The wills have been split into a few files to keep the individual pages relatively small which avoids long delays while pages load.

  1. 1640's-1857
  2. 1858-1889
  3. 1890-1899


List of Wills, Letters of Administration and Other Probate Material

The list is ordered alphabetically, and then chronologically within the same name. The originals of those marked (CRO) are held at the Cornwall County Record Office. Those marked (-) are referenced from documents such as calendars, but I have been unable to locate the originals. Those without any bracketted comment were at Somerset House at the time I viewed them, but I have heard that they have since been moved to another location. Those marked as (Ex) were seen at Exeter by my 5th cousin once removed, Brenda Quintrell, but I have yet to visit or look at the originals.

The dates shown are the dates when the will was proved or the letters of administration were granted, which is not always the year or even decade of death of the testator.

The majority of the wills listed below are for people who are on my main Trevan tree, although it now contains all the references I have collected. Where the name is in brackets this is to indicate that I have not tied the person onto my main tree. If you know of any more, please email me and let me know.

  1. Adolphus Trevan 1887
  2. Ann Trevan nee Watts 1837 (CRO)
  3. Annie Lapthorn Trevan 1906
  4. Archibald Henry Trevan 1939
  5. (Bessie Trevains) 1934
  6. (Denzal Trevains) 1941
  7. Edgar Christopher Trevan 1934
  8. Eleanor Melina Amelia Trevan 1941
  9. Elizabeth Trevan 1870
  10. Elizabeth Moon Trevan nee Hingston 1885; reproved 1890
  11. Ellen Trevan nee Prynne 1883 (died 1872)
  12. Emily Catherine Trevan 1924 (Ex)
  13. Frances Trevan nee Moar 1774 (-)
  14. Frances Trevan nee Lord 1820 (CRO)
  15. Frederick Trevan 1885
  16. Harold Gordon Trevan 1920 (Ex)
  17. Henry Trevan 1880
  18. Henry Henwood Trevan 1900
  19. Henry Meirs Trevan 1926 and 1936
  20. Ida Theodora Kathleen Trevan 1938
  21. Isaac Trevan 1883
  22. Jane Watts Trevan 1882
  23. (John Treveighen) 16xx (CRO) 1604?/1641?/1649?/ 1691? - inventory
  24. John Trevan 1767 (-)
  25. John Archer Trevan 1851 (CRO)
  26. John Watts Trevan 1857 (CRO)
  27. (John Trevean) 1862
  28. John William Trevan 1899
  29. (Joseph Trevean) 1862
  30. Julia Mary Trevan 1943
  31. Kate Ellen Louisa Trevan 1936
  32. Madeleine Clara Trevan 1933
  33. Mary Trevan 1839 (West Devon CRO, Wills - Estate Duty Office Wills 1812-57; ref 630 - Devonport)
  34. Mary Haddy Trevan 1912
  35. Mary Jane Trevan 1895
  36. Matthew Trevan 1881
  37. Matthew Trevan 1890
  38. Rachel Trevan 1921 (Ex)
  39. Richard Henry Trevan 1974 (family papers)
  40. Richard Maurice Donald Trevan (family papers - never proven since we were able to settle the estate without letters of administration, since his widow survived him and almost everything was in joint names)
  41. Rosina May Trevan 1982 (family papers)
  42. Sampson Trevan 1795 (CRO) - inventory and bond
  43. Susanna Trevan 1883
  44. (Thomas Davis Trevan) 1886 (died after 1858)
  45. (Thomas Trevin aka Trewin) 1886
  46. Thomas Henwood Trevan 1891 (died 1866)
  47. (William Trevan) 1854 + 1886 (CRO)
  48. William Treliving Trevan 1930 (Ex)
  49. Winifred Grace Trevan 1942


Page created on 23 Jan 1999, last modified 14 Jul 2000 and published

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