Polkinghorne

Honor Polkinghorne Speckman

Fourth Great Grandmother

Letter. 13 Mar. 1847. Female Convicts Research Centre. Web. This may have been written by Herman Merivale, who was the Recorder of Penzance from 1841 to 1848.
In the matter of Honor Tremelling convicted of larceny and sentenced by me to transportation for seven years at the Quarter Sessions for Penzance last December.
The prisoner pleaded guilty and the only note I have is an abstract of the result of the depositions:
"Five years servant of Mr York. Stole money out of his desk, in his shop, by means of his key, which she took out of the pocket of his coat at his home"
No such statement as that mentioned in her Petition was made by the prisoner or on her behalf at the trial.
It appeared by the deposition that pilfering had been going on for a long time previously at Mr York's.

Richard Polkinghorne 1780–1814

Fifth Great Grandfather

Richard Polkinghorne was baptized on Jul. 16, 1780 in Phillack, Cornwall, England. Richard married Grace Dunn on Sep. 1, 1804 in Phillack. He was buried on Nov. 7, 1814 in Phillack.

Cornwall. Online Parish Clerks. Baptisms. 1780. Web.
Date: July 16
Parish: Phillack
Name: Richard Polkinghorne
Father: Richard
Mother: Christian

Cornwall. Online Parish Clerks. Burials. 1814. Web.
Date: November 7
Parish: Phillack
Name: Richard Polkinghorne
Age: 34
Residence: Ventonleague

Grace Dunn Trevaskis 1784–1864

Fifth Great Grandmother

Grace Dunn was baptized on Aug. 14, 1784 in Phillack, Cornwall, England. Grace married Richard Polkinghorne on Sep. 1, 1804 in Phillack. She married Gregory Trevaskis on Aug. 7, 1830 in Phillack. She was buried on Jan. 8, 1864 in Phillack.

Year Name & Age Occupation Residence F M
1841 Grace Trevascus 50 Phillack, Cornwall, England
1851 Grace Trevaskes 65 Camborne, Cornwall, England
1861 Grace Trevaskis 78 Servant Camborne, Cornwall, England

Cornwall. Online Parish Clerks. Baptisms. 1784. Web.
Date: August 14
Parish: Phillack
Name: Grace Dunn
Father: Richard
Mother: Sarah

Cornwall. Online Parish Clerks. Burials. 1864. Web.
Date: January 8
Parish: Phillack
Name: Grace Trevaskis
Residence: Riviere

Trevaskis Family

John Polkinghorne married Ann Trevaskis on Aug. 28, 1830 in Phillack, Cornwall, England. They both had mothers named Grace Trevaskis. The husbands of those mothers were brothers. The Trevaskis who lived on Glebe Row and died on Apr. 7, 1861 must have been Grace Blewett.

1842 Grace Blewett's husband James Trevaskus lived on Glebe Row at the time of his death.
1861 The United Kingdom Census was taken on April 7. Grace Dunn Trevaskis was living in Camborne on that day.
1869 Words like "her son" do not appear on John Polkinghorne's part of the headstone.