HISTORY OF THE TRELEASE NAME:

This unusual and interesting name is of ancient Cornish origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the place in Cornwall called Trelash, near Boscastle.  The place name means "the village of the court", from the Cornish "trev, tre", homestead, with "Llys", court, the latter form being the equivalent Welsh term; the form of the Cornish word is uncertain.  The place called "Treales" in Lancashire has the same meaning, from the Welsh "tre" and "llys" as before.

Locational surnames were acquired especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, and were there after best identified by the name of their birthplace. The surname development in Cornwall includes: Gulihelmus Trelas (1604), Warinus Trelasse (1606), Elizabeth Relase (1608), and Edmund Treles (1681). One Marie Trelease was christened in Saint Sampson, Cornwall, on July 22nd 1592, and Richard Trelese married Grace Mager in Gwennap, Cornwall, on September 10th 1741.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Chatherine Treallas (marriage to William Fishe), which was dated April 6th 1559, Black Torrington, Devonshire, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

From Stithians Families by Edward Martin:

In the 17th century the surname of this family occurs as Trelease or Treleath, which makes its origin difficult to locate. There are places called Trelease in St Hilary, Kea, St Keverne and ruan Major, as well as Treleigh in Redruth.


 

 


Our Trelease family

including Treweek, Philp, Morcombe & May

Small numbers by a name refer to personal number in listing eg WILLIAM 2 TRELEASE - see 2

GENERATION ONE :

1. ~ ~ ~ JOHN TRELEASE of Stithians in Cornwall, England was born around 1630. He married JANE (surname unknown) and their children included:

*             WILLIAM 2 TRELEASE, who married PRUDENCE WEST in 1680 at Stithians.

*             ELIZABETH TRELEASE, who married NICHOLAS CILLAFAN (SYLEPHANT) on 26 November 1679 at Stithians.

*             DOROTHIE TRELEASE, baptized 11 March 1663 at Stithians.

John later married LOUDIE (LOVEDAY) MORLIE. Her name is recorded in the Poll Tax records dated 1660 and she was the administrator of John's estate. She died in 1673 and was buried on 25 June 1673 in Stithians. (Source: Stithians Families by Edward Martin)

GENERATION TWO:

2. ~ ~ ~ WILLIAM TRELEASE (JOHN) was the son of JOHN TRELEASE and JANE (surname unknown) of Stithians in Cornwall. William married PRUDENCE WEST in 1680 at Stithians. Prudence was the probable daughter of RICHARD WEST and MARY (surname unknown) of Stithians.

Children of WILLIAM TRELEASE and PRUDENCE WEST included:

*             JOHN TRELEASE, baptized 16 October 1681 at Stithians. John married JONE (JOAN) TREGONNING of Stithians on 4 June 1734. John was a Yeoman of Trevales in Stithians and was a co-tenant with Walter Reed of Trevales from 1726. John died in 1741 and was buried on 20 November 1741 at Stithians. His wife Jone was given the estate in Trevales in her husband's will. Jone died in 1765 and was buried at Stithians on 9 October 1765.

*             RICHARD 3 TRELEASE, baptized 9 September 1683 in Stithians.

*             GRACE TRELEASE, baptized 23 March 1686 at Stithians. Grace married DAVID REED, a Tinner of Stithians by 1729.

*             ANN TRELEASE, baptized 29 January 1687 at Stithians. Ann married WILLIAM BATH, a Yeoman of Stithians, on 6 November 1723 at Gwennap, Cornwall (2nd marriage for William). William was baptized on 26 December 1682 at Stithians. Ann died in 1743 and was buried in the church at Stithians on 23 September 1743. William died in 1758 and was buried at Stithians on 8 December 1758.

*             DOROTHIE TRELEASE, baptized 13 March 1691. Dorothy did not marry. She died in 1759 and was buried 16 May 1759 at Stithians.

*             WILLIAM TRELEASE, baptized 28 October 1694 in Stithians; buried at Stithians on 19 September 1751.

*             ELIZABETH TRELEASE, baptized 6 October 1700 at Stithians; died 17 July 1701.

William was buried on 3 March 1724/5 at Stithians. Prudence was buried on 31 March 1734, also at Stithians.

(Source for all information above: Stithian Families by Edward Martin, and England Select Births & Christenings, 1538-1975)

GENERATION THREE:

3. ~ ~ ~ RICHARD TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM) was baptized on 9 September 1683 in Stithians, Cornwall, England and was the second son of WILLIAM TRELEASE and PRUDENCE WEST. Richard was a Tinner of Cusgarne & Tretharrap in Gwennap.

Richard married ANN TREWEEK on 15 December 1709 at St Stithians, Cornwall.  Ann was baptized on 21 July 1683 at St Stithians and was the eldest daughter of ABRAHAM TREWEEK and Ann (surname unknown)

(Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975).

> Refer to the TREWEEK family for more information about the family of Ann.

Children of RICHARD TRELEASE and ANN TREWEEK included:

*             JANE TRELEASE, who married WILLIAM DUNSTON in 1736. William was a Yeoman of Stithians.

*             RICHARD TRELEASE, who married GRACE MAGER on 10 September 1741 at Gwennap.

*             ANN 4 TRELEASE, baptized on 29 December 1716 in St Stithians, Cornwall.

*             ABRAHAM 5 TRELEASE, baptized 30 May 1719 at St Stithians, Cornwall.

*             JOHN TRELEASE, baptized February 1720 at St Stithians.

*             WILLIAM 6 TRELEASE, baptized 26 February 1722/3 at St Stithians.

*             THOMAS 7 TRELEASE, baptized 23 May 1725 at St Stithians.

Ann died on 22 July 1725 in Cornwall.  Richard died in 1741 in Gwennap, Cornwall (Source: UK Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1925).  They were both buried at St Stithians, Cornwall.

GENERATION FOUR:

4. ~ ~ ~ ANN  TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM > RICHARD) was baptized on 29 December 1716 in St Stithians, Cornwall was a daughter of RICHARD TRELEASE and ANN TREWEEK.

Ann married JOHN JENKIN on 31 December 1737 at St Stithians, Cornwall. John was a Tinner of Trewithen in Stithians and the son of JOHN JENKIN and JANE (surname unknown)

Children of ANN TRELEASE and JOHN JENKIN included:

o            MARY JENKIN, baptized 15 April 1745 in Wendron, Cornwall.

5. ~ ~ ~ ABRAHAM TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM > RICHARD) was baptized on 30 May 1719 at St Stithians, Cornwall and was the son of RICHARD TRELEASE and ANN TREWEEK.

Abraham married MARY GREEN on 9 April 1740 at St Stithians.  Mary was baptized in November 1720 in Stithians.

Children of ABRAHAM TRELEASE and MARY GREEN may have included (Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975):

*             MARY TRELEASE, baptized 26 March 1744 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             JENEFER TRELEASE, baptized 14 February 1747 in Gwennap; died as an infant.

*             ANN TRELEASE, baptized 14 January 1749 in Gwennap.

*             ABRAHAM TRELEASE, baptized 21 December 1755 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             JENEFER TRELEASE, baptized 3 December 1757 in Gwennap.

*             THOMAS TRELEASE, baptized 8 July 1759 in Gwennap.

*             JOANNA TRELEASE, baptized September 1761 in Gwennap.

6. ~ ~ ~ WILLIAM TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM > RICHARD) was born in Perranarworthal, Cornwall (unconfirmed) and was a son of RICHARD TRELEASE and ANN TREWEEK. 

William married PRUDENCE PHILP on 13 May 1745 in Blisland, Cornwall.  Prudence was born in 1718 in Blisland and was the daughter of JOHN PHILP and JANE CRANE (or CARNE). 

> Refer to the PHILP family for more information about the family of Prudence.

Children of WILLIAM TRELEASE and PRUDENCE PHILP may have included:

(Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975):  

*             ANN TRELEASE, baptized 18 August 1745 in Blisland, Cornwall.

*             RICHARD TRELEASE, baptized 21 June 1747 in Blisland.

*             JANE PHILP TRELEASE, baptized 11 February 1750 in Blisland.

*             ELIZABETH TRELEASE, baptized 15 March 1752 in Blisland.

*             JOHN TRELEASE, baptized 2 June 1754 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             WILLIAM 8 TRELEASE, baptized 27 November 1756 in Gwennap.

*             CHARLES TRELEASE, baptized 26 January 1760 in Gwennap.

Prudence died in October 1797 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

7. ~ ~ ~ THOMAS TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM > RICHARD) was baptized on 23 May 1725 at St Stithians, Cornwall (Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975) and was the son of RICHARD TRELEASE and ANN TREWEEK.

Thomas married GRACE TIDDY in May 1752.  Grace was baptized on 6 January 1931 and was the daughter of LOCRINE TIDDY.

Children of THOMAS TRELEASE and GRACE TIDDY may have included (Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975):

*             JOHN TRELEASE, baptized 1 April 1753 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             JENEFER TRELEASE, baptized 26 April 1755 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             THOMAS TRELEASE, baptized 28 July 1756 in Gwennap.

*             GRACE TRELEASE, baptized 11 February 1758 in Gwennap.

*             ANN TRELEASE, baptized 21 October 1758 in Gwennap.

*             ELIZABETH TRELEASE, baptized 30 August 1761 in Gwennap.

*             JOSEPHA TRELEASE, baptized 6 May 1764 in Gwennap.

*             JULIET TRELEASE, baptized 6 May 1764 in Gwennap.

*             RICHARD TRELEASE, baptized 14 February 1767 in Gwennap, Cornwall; died 1817 in Davenpool, Devonshire, England.

GENERATION FIVE:

8. ~ ~ ~ WILLIAM TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM> RICHARD > WILLIAM) was the son of WILLIAM TRELEASE and PRUDENCE PHILP and was baptized on 27 November 1759 in Gwennap, Cornwall. 

William married JOAN MORCOMBE on 3 January 1784 in Gwennap, Cornwall.  Joan was born in 1763 in Gwennap, Cornwall and was the daughter of JOHN MORCOMBE and ANN DUNSTONE. 

> Refer to the MORCOMBE family more information about the family of Joan.

Children of WILLIAM TRELEASE and JOAN MORCOMBE may have included:

*             JOHN TRELEASE, born in Gwennap, Cornwall.

*             CHARLES TRELEASE, born / christened 12 March 1786 in Gwennap, Cornwall.  Charles married ELIZABETH JAMES on 27 August 1818 in Gwennap, Cornwall (Source: England, Select Marriages 1538-1973).

*             THOMAS TRELEASE, baptized 18 January 1789 in Gwennap.  Thomas married ELIZABETH LEACH in 1818 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England (Source: England, Select Marriages 1538-1973). Elizabeth was born in 1798 in Feock, Cornwall.

*             JANE 9 TRELEASE, baptized 26 December 1790 in Gwennap. 

*             WILLIAM TRELEASE, baptized 1 July 1792 in Gwennap.  William married CATHERINE KENT on 1 February 1813 in Gwennap, Cornwall Source: England, Select Marriages 1538-1973).

*             RICHARD TRELEASE, baptized 6 September 1795 in Gwennap. Richard married ELIZABETH WHITFORD (Source: England, Select Marriages 1538-1973).

*             ABRAHAM TRELEASE, baptized 23 December 1798 in Gwennap.

William died in 1814 and was buried at Gwennap on 3 April 1814 (Source: England, Select Deaths & Burials 1538-1991).

GENERATION SIX:

9. ~ ~ ~ JANE TRELEASE (JOHN > WILLIAM> RICHARD > WILLIAM > WILLIAM) was baptized on 26 December 1790 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England and was the only daughter of WILLIAM TRELEASE and JOAN MORCOMBE.  Jane married ABRAHAM MAY on 14 December 1809 in Gwennap, Cornwall.  Abraham was born on 11 January 1788 at St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall and was the son of NICHOLAS MAY and ANN TREWEEK. 

Children of JANE TRELEASE and ABRAHAM MAY may have included:

o               ANN MAY, baptized 22 July 1810 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

o               JOHN TRELEASE MAY, baptized 20 September 1812 in Gwennap.

o               WILLIAM MAY, baptized 20 September 1814 in Gwennap.

o               JOHANNA MAY, baptized d 2 June 1816 in Gwennap.

o               JANE MAY, baptized 12 September 1817 in Cusgarne, Cornwall.

o               ELIZABETH MAY, baptized 13 June 1819 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

o               ABRAHAM MAY, baptized 12 February 1822 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

o               RICHARD MAY, baptized 14 July 1825 in Gwennap; died on 22 January 1827.

o               HARRIET MAY, born 30 December 1826 in Cusgarne, Cornwall. Harriet was baptized on 22 January 1827 in Gwennap.

o               LAVINIA MAY, born 1829 in Cusgarne, Cornwall.

o               ELIZA MAY, baptized 25 June 1831 in Gwennap, Cornwall.

o               WILLIAM MAY, born about 1833 in Cusgarne, Cornwall, England.

> Refer to the MAY family of Cornwall for more information about the family of Abraham and the children and descendants of Jane and Abraham.

Please note that in keeping to genealogy publishing protocol I have not included information about later generations including living persons. If you have a family connection please contact me for further information.

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