• Born: 1694, Paul, Cornwall
• Christened: 13 Nov 1694, Paul, Cornwall ¹
• Married: 14 Jul 1716, St. Clement, Cornwall ¹

  Research Notes:

Lease, part of Newman's house, Penzance, 19 Jan 1716. ²

Parties:

1) Lydia Tonkin, Newlyn, Paul, widow, Henry Tonkin, her son
2) John Pellowe, Penzance, merchant.

Lease and release, 1) to 2), part of Newman's house.

Consideration: £70.

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Release, property and garden, Gruzelier's premises, Newlyn, Paul, 4 Aug 1724. ³

Parties:

1) Lydia Tonkin, widow, of Newlyn, Henry Tonkin, gentleman, her son and heir, Katherine Tanner and Julian Tanner, spinsters, late of Paul but now of Redruth, and daughter, Lydia Tonkin junior
2) William Tonkin, fisherman, of Newlyn.

Release, lease missing, by 1) to 2) of messuage and garden in Newlyn late in the occupation of Andrew Grewzeliers [Gruzelier], cooper, and now in the occupation of 2).

Consideration: £35.

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Deed to lead to the uses of a fine, messauge, Penzance, 21-22 Oct 1729. ⁴

Parties:

1) Lydia Tonkin, Penzance, widow, Henry Tonkin, Paul, gentleman and Susanna, his wife, Henry Tonkin [being the] only son and heir of Lydia Tonkin; Catherine Tanner, Julian Tanner, Paul, spinsters; Lydia Tonkin the younger, spinster, daughter of Lydia Tonkin.
2) George Treweeke, Penzance, gentleman.

Consideration: £52 and 10 shillings.

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Release, land, houses, Newlyn, Paul and garden, orchard, Helston, 5 Nov 1732. ⁵

1) Katherine Tanner and Julian Tanner, spinsters

2) Henry Tonkin, gentleman, of Newlyn, Lydia Tonkin, widow, of Penzance, his mother, Lydia Tonkin junior, spinster, of Penzance, his sister.

Recites: debt owed to 1) by 2) discharged by conveyance of property from 2) to 1) now reconveyed.

Release by 1) to 2) of messuages in Trevithall [Trevithal], Paul in occupation of Arthur Berryman, messuages, orchards and gardens in Newlyn, Paul occupied by Jane Tonkin, Chester R?, widow, Mary Harvey, William Hitchens, John Maddern Taylor, and William George, orchard and garden in Newlyn occupied by William Leha, one quarter part of messuage, garden and orchard in Helston occupied by Mr Francis Tamblyn, of Cury, messuage and other property and three stitches of land in Newlyn, Paul, occupied by Joan Killinack and Phillip her son, messuage in Newlyn, Paul occupied by John Matthew and Alice Tonkyn, messuage near the cliff in Newlyn, Paul occupied by John Maddern.

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Mortgage, orchard, land, Rose Hill, shop, Tonkins' Street, Newlyn, Paul, 19-20 Jan 1732/3. ⁶

Parties:

1) Lydia Tonkin, widow, of Penzance, Henry Tonkin, her son and heir, of Paul, Lydia Tonkin, her daughter
2) Humphrey Pascoe, merchant, of St Ives.

Mortgage by lease and release by 1) to 2) of a messuage with an orchard and two stitches of land, of half an acre and a quarter acre, on the brow of Rose Hill, Newlyn, also a shop on the cliff and two messuages in the street anciently called Tonkins' Street, Newlyn.