The first Colenso record in Breage was the marriage of William Colliana,
a miner from Crowan, to Elizabeth Davis on
William was probably one of the three sons of
John Colenso and Catherine Phillips, who were married in St Erth
on
John Colenso and Catherine Phillips had the
following sons:
John, born 1782 in St Erth, buried
in Crowan on
William, born 1785 in St Erth,
buried in Breage on
Richard, born 1788 in St Erth,
buried in Breage on
Catherine married again in 1798 to a soujourner tinner called Thomas
Johns, but was buried as Catherine Colenso in Breage
on
John married Ann before 1809, probably
in
John,
born 1809 in St Agnes Glamorgan, married Salome Polkinghorne in 1836, buried in Helston
in 1870.
Mary,
born 1811 in Glamorgan, married William Hocking in
1835, dying in 1903 in Helston
Catherine,
born 1815 in Llanfairarybryn Camarthen,
married Thomas Ralph in 1838.
Grace,
born 1818 in Breage, married Thomas Glasson in 1844,
dying in Redruth in 1914.
William,
born 1820 in Crowan and dying in 1821.
William,
born in 1823 in Crowan, married Eliza Nutting in Woverhampton in 1844,
died there in 1885.
Jane,
born in 1826 in Crowan, married John Harvey in 1848,
died in 1915.
As previously mentioned William
Colenso and Elizabeth Davis were married in Breage
and they had the following children:
William,
born in 1809 in Breage and died in Cowan in 1811.
Jane,
born in 1810 in Breage, married John Wills in Sithney in 1844 and died there in 1875.
William,
born in 1812 in Breage, appears to have emigrated to
John,
born in 1814 in Breage, married Mary Tyacke in 1839 and died in 1868.
Honor,
born in 1816 in Breage, married John Rowe in 1844 and
died in 1880.
Richard,
born in 1818 in Breage and died in 1849.
Mary,
born in 1820 in Breage, married William Dunn in 1840.
Caroline,
born in 1822 in Breage and died in 1873.
Grace,
born in 1824 in Breage and died in 1900.
Edward,
born in 1826 in Breage, married Jane Hosking in 1850
and died in St Erth in 1897.
Rosina,
born in 1829 in Breage, married Edwin Roberts Ridington in 1851 and died in 1878.
Henry,
born in 1830 in Breage, married Mary Rowe in 1855 and
died in 1895.
Richard Colenso married Ann Allen in Breage on
Jennifer,
born in 1817 in Breage and died in 1868.
Anne,
born in 1818 in Breage, married John Stephens in 1840
and died in 1874.
Richard,
born in 1820 in Breage, married Martha Pascoe in
1838, moved to
Rosina,
born in 1822 in Breage and died in 1892.
John,
born in 1824 in Breage and died in 1827.
John,
born in 1828 in Breage, married Jane Richards in 1854
and died in 1868.