John
Treweek
Born in Cornwall, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Honor Jane (Chapman) Treweek
— married
26 Jul 1836 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Treweek, Samuel Treweek, Richard Treweek, Honor Jane (Treweek) Symes, Elizabeth Anne (Treweek) Symes and Frederick Treweek
Died
at age 82
in Wanganui, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2018
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Biography
TREWEEK family: John Treweek, the son of Samuel Treweek & Margaret Andrews, was born on July 5th 1814 at Tregeny, Cornwall in England. At the age of 22 on July 26th 1836 John, a farmer, married Honor Jane CHAPMAN, the daughter of Richard Chapman and Honor Prynn, at St Breocks, Bodmin in Cornwall. Honor was born on February 8th 1815 at Blisland, Cornwall and baptised there on March 12th 1815. John and Honor had three children in England (John b 1836, Samuel b 1838 and Richard b 1840) before sailing from Plymouth in England to New Plymouth in New Zealand on the "Timandra" on Nov 2nd 1841. This voyage was undertaken under the auspices of the Plymouth Land Company, an off-shoot of the New Zealand Company. After arriving in New Plymouth on February 24th 1842 John and Honor were to have nine more children: (Thomas b 1843, William b 1845, James b 1847, Honor Jane b 1849, Joseph b 1851, Elizabeth Ann b 1853, George Andrew b 1856, Frederick b 1857 and Charles b 1859). Honor died on October 15th 1884 at Normanby, New Zealand and John died on August 23rd 1896 at Greatford, New Zealand. [1]
Sources
- https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search
- NZBDM DEATH:1896/2302 Treweek John 81Y
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