'Trefusis1'
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Families covered: Trefusis of Landew, Trefusis of Trefusis

Visitation spells the family name 'Trefuses' throughout. Arbitrarily, we change to 'Trefusis' after a few generations.
Aceus de Trefuses
1. Stephan de Trefuses
  A. Richard de Trefuses
  i. Peter de Trefuses
  m. Emma (dau of Andrew de la Champ)
  a. William Trefusis (a 1293)
  (1) Peter Trefusis of Trefusis (a 1336)
  m. Johan Treviados (dau of James Treviados of Treviados)
(A) James Trefusis of Trefusis (a 1346)
  m. Emena de Balune
  (i) John Trefusis (a 1377)
  m. Johan Penross (dau of John Penross of Penrose Methly)
  (a) John Trefusis (a 1408)
  m. Margery Gervese (dau of James Gervese)
  ((1)) Otho Trefusis (a 1446)
  m. Johann Martyn (dau of Roger Martyn of Bodman)
  ((A)) James Trefusis (a 1473)
  m. Philip Halep (dau of Lawrance Halep of Trewonwell)
  ((i)) Thomas Trefusis (a 1529) - continued below
  m1. Isabel Arundell (dau of Sir John Arundell of Talverne)
  m2. Melior Tresithny (dau of John Tresithny)

 

 

Thomas Trefusis (a 1529) - continued above
m1. Isabel Arundell (dau of Sir John Arundell of Talverne)
1. John Trefusis (a 1532)
  m. Ann Colan (dau of Tristram Colan of Colan)
  A. Richard Trefusis of Trefusis (a 1556)
  m. Mary Trevanian (dau of John Trevanian of Trevalster)
i. John Trefusis of Trefusis
  m. (17.06.1583) Mary Gaverigan (dau of Walter Gaverigan of Gaverigan)
  a. John Trefusis of Trefusis (a 1620)
  m. Jane Trefrye (dau of William Trefrye of Foy)
  (1)+ issue - John (b c1612), William, Charles, Hugh, Mary, Jane
  Visitation ends with this generation. It is presumed that one of the sons was father of ...
  (A) Francis Trefusis of Trefusis (d 11.1680)
  m. (23.07.1672) Bridget Rolle (d 28.08.1721, dau of Robert Rolle of Hainton Satchville by Arabella Clinton)
(i) Francis Trefusis of Trefusis (b c1673, d unm 09.1692)
  (ii) Samuel Trefusis of Trefusis (b c1677, d 04.04.1724)
  m. Elisabeth Affleck
  (a) Robert Trefusis of Trefusis (b 1708, d 08.1742)
  Not named by BP1934 but identified in BEB1841 (Cotton of Connington) as married to Robert, and presumed mother of Robert Cotton, was ...
  m. Alice Cotton (dau of Sir Robert Cotton of Hatley St. George)
((1)) Robert Cotton Trefusis of Trefusis (b 1759, d 08.1778)
  m1. Anne St. John (dau of John St. John, Lord of Bletsho)
  ((A)) Robert George William Trefusis, 17th Lord Clinton (b 05.10.1764, d 28.08.1797)
m. (28.04.1786) Albertina Marianna Gaulis (d 07.02.1798, dau of John Abraham Rodolph Gaulis of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  ((i)) Robert Cotton St. John Trefusis, 18th Lord Clinton (b 28.04.1787, dsp 10.1832 Colonel)
  m. (04.08.1814) Frances Selina Poyntz (b c1796, dsp 29.08.1875, dau of William Stephen Poyntz of Cowdray Park)
((ii)) Charles Rodolph Trefusis, 19th Lord Clinton (b 09.11.1791, d 10.04.1866) had issue
  m. (25.10.1831) Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr (b 25.09.1807, d 19.03.1871, dau of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, by Harriet Scott)
  ((iii)) Anne Matilda Trefusis (d 24.02.1876)
  m. (27.03.1827) Edward George Moore (b 18.08.1798, d 08.02.1876, canon of Windsor)
  ((iv)) Louisa Trefusis (b c1789, d 20.11.1885)
  m. (1822) John, Lord Rolle (dsp 03.04.1842)
  m2. (18.03.1737) Elizabeth Affleck (dau of Gilbert Affleck of Dalham Hall) apparent 2nd wife
  ((2)) Eliza Trefusis (d 19.12.1799) probably of this generation
  m. Sir Herbert Mackworth, 1st Bart of Gnoll Castle (b 01.01.1736-7, d 25.10.1791)
  b. Jane Trefusis
  m. John Penrose of Penrose
c. Catherine Trefusis
  m. William Beaucham of Trevince
  d.+ other issue - Gaverigan, Bartholomew
  ii. Thomas Trefusis
m2. Melior Tresithny (dau of John Tresithny)
2. Nicholas Trefusis
  m. Grace Millington (dau of William Millington of Pyngerseck)
  A. Thomas Trefusis of Landew
  m. Mary Corriton (dau of Peter Corriton of Newton)
  i. Nicholas Trefusis of Landew (a 1620)
  m. Katherin Lampen (dau of John Lampen of Paderde)
  a. Mary Trefusis (b c1616)
  ii. William Trefusis
  iii. Mary Trefusis
  m. Robert Rashley of Cornwall

Main source(s): Visitation (Cornwall, 1620, Trefusis), BP1934 (Clinton)
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