Sarah Littleton

Sarah Littleton

Female - 1719

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  • Name Sarah Littleton 
    Died 27 Sep 1719  [1
    Buried 30 Sep 1719  St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I00562  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father Edward Littleton 
    Mother Susannah Biddulph,   d. 25 Aug 1722 
    Family ID F00216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Sir Nicholas Trevanion,   d. 16 Nov 1737, Plymouth, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 29 Oct 1716  St. Stephens-by-Saltash, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • ---- "A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall" Vol. 2, by Joseph Polsue, W. Lake; 1868, page 41:
      Here lies Sarah Trevanion, wife of Sr. Nicholas Trevanion, of Mollinick. A Lady of most Exemplary Vertue and piety, who died Septembr. 27th, an. Dom. 1719.

      --- "The Visitations of Cornwall" W. Pollard, 1887, page 505:
      Sarah, da. of Sir Edward Littleton & widow 1. of Thomas Williams of London, Banker, and 2 of Sir William Coryton, Bt., 2 wife, mar. 29 Oct. 1716 at St. Stephens by Saltash, died 27, bur. 30 Sep. 1719 at St. Germans.

      --- Heraldic Church Notes from Cornwall, edited by A. Jewers, page 77-8:
      An armorial floor-slab commemorates Sarah Trevanion, wife of Sir Nicholas Trevanion, of Mollenick, Knt., die3d 27th Sept., 1719. . . . This lady was the eldest daughter of Edward Littleton, Esq. (who died before his father, Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton Hall, county Stafford, Bart.) by his wife Susanna, daughter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart. Lady Trevanion was the widow of Sir William Coryton, Bart., and became the second wife of Sir Nicholas Trevanion, being married 29th October, 1716, at St. Stephens-by-Saltash. Sir Nicholas married first Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Westlake, Esq., who died 14th February, 1715, aged 45, and is buried at Charles Church, Plymouth, with a monument, having the arms of Trevanion impaling the above coat for Westlake. After the death of Sarah Littleton, Sir Nicholas married thirdly, at this church, 13th October, 1721, Catherine, daughter of William Eliot, R.N., and Ann his wife, as mentioned under her monument above. . . .
      Sir Nicholas had issue, by his first wife only, two sons and nine daughters, his co-heirs, and to whom the following extracts from this Register relate.

  • Sources 
    1. "The Visitations of Cornwall" W. Pollard, 1887, page 505.

    2. Heraldic Church Notes from Cornwall, edited by A. Jewers, page 77-8.