Treverbyn, Cornwall Genealogy

HISTORY
Treverbyn Parish first existed as voke lands of an ancient manor, appearing in the Domesday Book. Walter Treverbyn was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1223; the property descended through generations of family, until Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exon and Earl of Devon, son of a Treverbyn heiress, forfeited his lands to the crown for treason against Henry VIII. Another Treverbyn heiress married into the Trevannion family, and that family retained their land holdings for more centuries, while much of Treverbyn Courtenay was sold to local families such as the Rashleighs, Sawles, and Carlyons under the Land-Tax Redemption Act. The Duchy, of course, retained their interest[s] in the land as well.

According to The Parochial History of Cornwall, ruins of the original Treverbyn manor house existed into the late 1600's, but by 1815 nothing was visible, and only the oldest inhabitants could remember the remains of a crumbled wall. The location of the church and graveyard was also lost in time.

As the soil of the parish was thinly spread over a granite base, farming was very difficult. However, tin and copper did exist, so many followed three or four occupations, tinning as well as farming and perhaps shop-keeping.

In the 1970's, an archaelogical excavation near Trethurgy produced amazing results,

Treverbyn was considered part of St. Austell parish until 1848, when that parish was divided into 3.