Biographical Notes for St Allen Residents

Richard STRAIGHT

Richard STRAIGHT was born circa 1635.
He married Lowday / Lov[e]day NICHOLAS, 10 Feb 1661, at St Just in Roseland and together they had at least seven children.

Richard STRAIGHT was buried at St Allen, 5 Nov 1700. No authentic burial has been found for Lowday / Loveday STRAIGHT.

Barbara CLEMOW, née SEARLE

Barbara SEARLE was chr 1712 at Newlyn East, the d/o William SEARLE and Jane. She married Robert CLEMOW in 1733 at Newlyn East. Robert and Barbara had two sons who both died young.

Henry & Mary LANYON

Henry LANYON was the son of John LANYON of Paul and Sarah STRAIGHT.

Henry LANYON, of Saint Allen married Mary SEARLE, 22 May 1775, at Crantock and had 9 children, the oldest of whom was Sarah LANYON (below) who married Thomas HOSKINS of Trefonick, in St Allen.

Henry’s death was published in the West Briton 30th November 1838 (not sure why the delay of 10 months?):
"At St. Allen, on Monday last, Mr. Henry Lanyon, aged 83 years, who survived his wife, of the same age, three weeks, having been married to her 64 years".

Death certificate:
Henry LANYON, Male, 86 years old, Farmer
Date of death: 22 January 1838
Cause of death: old age
Place of death: Trefonick, St Allen
Informant: Thos Hoskins (grandson) present at the death
Registered: 23 January 1838

Buried at St Allen, 1838

Death certificate:
Mary LANYON [née SEARLE], Female, 86 years old, wife of Henry LANYON, Yeoman
Date of death: 1 January 1838
Cause of death: decay of nature
Place of death: Trefonick, St Allen
Informant: Simon S. Lanyon, son, Polstein in the parish of Saint Allen, present at the death
Registered: 3 January 1838

Buried at St Allen, 1838

Sarah HOSKINS, née LANYON

Baptized 1776 at St Allen d/o Henry LANION and Mary [née SEARLE], above
Sarah LANYON married Thomas HOSKINS, 18 April 1803 at St Allen

Death certificate:
Sarah HOSKINS, female, 63 years old
Date of death: 19 Nov 1838
Cause of death: paralytic seizure
Place of death: Treffonick, St Allen
Informant: Thos Hoskins (son) present at her death
Registrar: Joseph Barrett

Buried at St Allen, 1838

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