Wright Genealogy
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5A Jane WRIGHT 1776-1858
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m Richard TREWAVAS 1801 |
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Jane WRIGHT was born in Mousehole in 1776 the daughter of a fisherman. She married Richard Trewavas at the parish church when she was 26. She signed with X, but her husband was unusually well-educated, proficient in arithmetic and navigation, and was a schoolmaster as well as a fisherman and wrote poetry and letters, some of which were published in magazines of the time. Richard & Jane baptised four children between 1803 and 1810. In 1813 Richard was converted to Methodism like his father, but he died only two years later at the age of 41. His many poems and writings were then published in a book of 176 pages and the profits applied to the relief of his widow and children. Jane outlived him by 43 years. She remained in Mousehole and was buried at Paul in 1858 |
C =
Christened
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age DATE
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10Apr1776 9Jun1801 26 27 6Feb1803 28 29 23Sep1804 29 30 12Apr1807 32 33 4Mar1810 35 36 13Apr1815 40 41 6Jun1841 66 30Mar1851 76 14Dec1858 84 |
baptised at Mousehole
dau of John & Elizabeth married Richard TREWAVAS
at Paul parish church son Richard C at Paul dau Elizabeth C at Paul dau Arabella C at Paul dau Jane C at Paul Richard died at
Mousehole; buried at Paul 16Apr census; Jane on her own
in Mousehole census: Jane visited by
granddaughter Elizabeth Jane buried at Paul |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
the biography of Richard TREWAVAS (see below) states that his wife Jane was the daughter of John & Elizabeth WRIGHT of Mousehole. There is just one suitable baptism at Paul for Jane who married in 1801:
C10Apr1776
Jane d John & Elizabeth WRIGHT
this
agrees with the biography, and gives Jane a brother Abraham who was a witness
to her marriage: C 1May1778 Abraham s
John & Elizabeth WRIGHT
Jane
WRIGHT married Richard TREWAVAS at Paul in 1801
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9Jun1801 Jane x WRIGHT otp & Richard TREWAVAS otp fisherman bb; witness:
Abraham WRIGHT, Charles TREWAVAS
Abraham was Jane’s brother
C 6Feb1803 Richard s Richard &
Jane TREWAVAS
C
23Sep1804 Elizabeth d Richard
& Jane TREWAVAS
C
12Apr1807 Arabella d Richard
& Jane TREWAVAS
C 4Mar1810 Jane d Richard &
Jane TREWAVAS
census
shows that Jane died after 1851 and was not found in 1861; there is a suitable
burial and corresponding death certificate which give burial ages in accord
with her baptism year
d 9Dec1858 Jane TREWAVAS 83 [b1775] widow of Richard TREWAVAS, fisherman, at Mousehole Paul, of old age, no medical attendant
r 13Dec1858 at Penzance Cornwall by William M HARVEY of Mousehole Paul, in attendance
B 16Apr1815 Richard TREWAVAS Mousehole 41 [b1774]
B 14Dec1858 Jane TREWAVAS Mousehole 84 [b1774]
Jane TREWAVAS
65 1776 independent y
Jane TREWAVAS he wid 76 1775 fisherman’s wife (formerly) Mousehole
Elizabeth TREWAVAS vi unm 21 1830 fisherman’s daughter Mousehole
Elizabeth TREWAVAS was Jane’s granddaughter
TREWAVAS Richard, Junior (son of Rich.Trewavas d1823) b Mousehole 22Jan1774 bapt Paul 13 Feb Fisherman, Poet, and Schoolmaster at Mousehole. d Mousehole 13Apr1815 bur Paul 16Apr. m Jane dau of John & Elizabeth WRIGHT of Mousehole, cf Western Daily Mercury 27feb1875 p2 col5
Memoirs of R.Trewavas Jun of Mousehole, Cornwall, compiled chiefly from his own papers, accompanied by a poem on the burning of Mousehole by the Spaniards (during the reign of queen Elizabeth) with some other of his shorter pieces on various subjects. By R Treffry. The profits of this publication to be applied to the relief of the widow and four fatherless children. Penryn, printed and sold by W.Cock..1815, 8o pp112 – 2nd ed with additions Penryn 1815 12o. Half title, title page and introduction pp1-12, memoirs etc pp 9-176
Cornish Methodist worthies. A poetic fisherman [ie R Trewavas jun] by rev.Jas.Nance. Christian miscellany x, 136-40, 170-75 (1864)
Note: R.Trewavas sent poetical enigmas to The Ladies Diary in 1808 etc. He also wrote in The Weekly Entertainer in 1805 etc