| William and Mary nee Chapman | see Photos | see Data | see Family Tree | (generation 19) |
| (Revised January 2016: Caroline's christening) |
| William was baptised on the 20th June 1802 in Jacobstow, the son of William Trease and Martha Uglow and the grandson of John Trease and Ann Smeeth. |
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He was trained to work as a scrivener. However, when he was 22 years old, two of his uncles, Thomas Diner, who had married his mother's sister Grace, and Richard Uglow, his mother's brother, agreed to act as his sureties, should he be accepted by the Excise Service like his father. On the 28th of April 1824 he made an application to join the Service at Launceston district Excise Office and his examiner found him well qualified in every respect and put him on the "waiting list".
He began his career with the Excise Service on the 5th October 1825, as a Supernumerary in the Worcester collection.
By the time he got married, he had progressed to become an Excise Officer working in Cheltenham. The marriage took place on the 21st June 1832,
in St Marys Church, Black Torrington, Devon, which was the home of his wife's family. His wife, Mary Chapman, had been christened in the same church
some 32 years earlier and her father, Joseph Chapman, a former churchwarden, had four years before that, married there for a second time, to Susanna Odam, following
the death of his first wife, Betty Hill of Jacobstowe. As William Trease had spent almost 7 years with the Excise service working in the
Midlands before he married Mary who appears to have been living in Black Torrington for this time, it is a bit of a mystery how they came
to meet. Nothing more is known of Joseph Chapman's first wife, Betty Hill of Jacobstowe, who may hold the clues to solving this mystery.
After they married, William and Mary lived in Cheltenham for several years where their daughter Caroline, who appears to be their only child,
was christened on the 3rd of July 1833. Later, it is not known exactly when, John accepted an Excise post in Burslem Staffordshire where, in April 1837, their
marriage came to a sudden end with the death of Mary, aged only 37, who was buried at St Paul's church, Burslem, on the 19th of that month.
John continued his work with the Excise service but his daughter, Caroline, then probably about 4 years old, would have needed much looking after.
It is not clear how John handled that but it is felt likely that he would have arranged for her to be looked after by a
close family member. On the 23rd March 1841, while John was serving at Stone in the
Stafford Collection of the Excise Service, he also died, aged only 39. His daughter Caroline was thus orphaned when she was only seven
years old.
After her father's death, daughter Caroline Chapman Trease was looked after
by William’s older brother Thomas and his wife Mary who lived in Egloskerry, Cornwall, where Thomas
was running a small farm.
It is possible that they had taken care of Caroline from around the time her mother had died.
In 1851 Caroline's grandfather Joseph Chapman died and bequeathed her £6 a year to be paid one year after his
widow died. Joseph's will refers to one John Parsons living in a property Joseph had at Venn and this John may be related to Richard Parsons,
the husband of Caroline's aunt Jane.
Caroline's cousin Arthur Chapman, who emigrated to America, in his recollections of that period, recalled that "Aunt Mary married a Cornishman
Mr Trease. Both died before I can remember but left one daughter Caroline Trease. She was taken charge of by her father's brother a schoolmaster
of Egloskerry, Cornwall. Caroline was about my age. In the year 1858 or 9, I had business in Egloskerry and called on her. I had seen her only
a few times before. I shall never forget how glad she was to see me. She had been an orphan since she was very young and told me
that her aunt did not treat her very kindly."
At the time of the 1861 Census, Caroline was assisting her uncle Thomas in his work as schoolmaster and the family were living in
Egloskerry village.
Caroline appears to have remained living with her Aunt and Uncle throughout the rest of their lives. When Thomas died in 1869 he left a will with instructions
that everything was to go to Mary, his wife, and after she died everything was to pass to Caroline but Mary was free to make her own will and
change things. Mary died the year after Thomas and as she did not make a separate will, Caroline would have inherited all that was left.
After Thomas and Mary died, Caroline was about 35 years old and, although free to make her own life, she almost certainly was short of income.
In 1871 she stayed for a while with her Aunt Jane Parsons (nee Trease) and her family at
Fuges, Week St. Mary.
On the 18th January 1872, Caroline married John Holman in Egloskerry church.
Her husband was aged 52 and about 15 years older than Caroline. He was the son of a local farmer, the late Joseph Holman, and lived with
his older brother Joseph, who was unmarried and had inherited the family farm at East Down End Egloskerry which they ran together with the
help of farm servants. Caroline and John's life together lasted 11 years and although Caroline was certainly young enough to have children none ever came.
So unfortunately for Caroline when her husband died on the 8th February 1883, she was for the third time in her life left without any close family.
John was 62 when he died and was buried in Egloskerry churchyard where his gravestone can still be found.
After his death Caroline went to live with her cousins, Jane and Fanny Turner, both of whom had been
schoolmistresses and were the daughters of her aunt Frances nee Trease, whose husband, William Turner, is thought to have been the schoolmaster of Egloskerry school
before Caroline's uncle Thomas Trease had taken over that role. Caroline had, of course, assisted Thomas in his work there so there are lots of Trease connections with the school.
Caroline lived with her cousins for 15 years before she died on the 28th October 1898, aged 63. She was buried in Egloskerry churchyard
in a grave next to her husband John Holman.
These pages identify information sources. The date and nature of any change made is shown on the change history page.
Abbreviations used are listed on the Standards and Abbreviations page.
Family members :-
| William Trease | |
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| 1802 | c. 20Jun1802 Jacobstow. William TREASE son of William and Martha TREASE (IGI C023102) |
| 1824 | 28Apr1824 Application to join Excise Service |
| Also served at Cheltenham and Burslem (ER) | |
| 1825 | 05Oct1825. Joins Excise service as Supernumerary in the Worcester Collection (ER) |
| 1832 | m. 21Jun1832 Black Torrington. William Trease, Excise Officer of Cheltenham and Mary Chapman of this parish(IGI M05035-1 and ER) |
| 1841 | d. 23Mar1841 while serving at Stone in Stafford collection (ER) |
| 1841 | d. William Freese (Stafford RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1841 v17 p96) |
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| Mary Chapman | |
|---|---|
| 1792 | m. Joseph Chapman and Betty Hill (per family history - source not given) |
| 1793 | c. 24Dec1793 Ann Chapman daur of Joseph and Elizabeth (IGI C050351) |
| 1796 | m. 31Mar1796 Joseph Chapman and Susanna Odam (per family history - source not given) |
| 1800 | c. 08Jan1800 Black Torrington, Devon. Mary Chapman daughter of Joseph and Susanna (IGI C050351) |
| 1837 | i. 19Apr1837 Burslem, Staffs. Mary TREASE (I03177-2) |
| 1837 | Mary Trease, age 37, buried 19th April 1837 St Paul, Burslem, Staffordshire. (NBI) |
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| Caroline Chapman Trease | |
|---|---|
| 1833 | c. 03Jul1833 Cheltenham. Caroline CHAPMAN TREASE d/o William & Mary, Officer in the Excise, Cheltenham (ANCimg) |
| 1851 | Left a bequest in her grandfather's Will proved 1851 |
| 1872 | banns 10Dec,17Dec,24Dec Egloskerry Caroline Chapman Trease otp and John Holman otp(COD) |
| 1872 | m. 18Jan1872 Egloskerry Caroline Chapman Trease daur of William married John Holman son of Joseph (IGI M02253-2) |
| 1881 | Census East Down End, Egloskerry (RG11/2275 d5 f43 p8 s30) |
| Joseph Holman 63 Head Unm Farmer of 90 acres b. Tregeare John Holman 61 Brother Mar Farmer b. Tregeare Caroline Holman 46 Mar Farmer's wife b. Cheltenham, Gloster William Ham Servant Unm 29 Indoor Farm servant b. North Petherwin John Ham Servant Unm 16 Indoor Farm servant b. North Petherwin Mary Jane Rundle Servant Unm 30 General Servant Domestic b. Warbstow | |
| 1882 | (Western Times Thur25May1882) |
| Report of case Vanstone v. Tucker mentions that :- | |
| "The devisee entitled to land and five cottages called Broom Park and half a plantation called Lower Plantation in Black Torrington, was the defendant John Chapman. . There was a life annuity payable out of the property to Mrs caroline Holman whose maiden name was Trease which has been paid up to last Christmas .." | |
| 1898 | d. 28Oct1898 Egloskerry. Caroline Chapman Holman (per MI) |
| 1898 | i. 01Nov1898 Egloskerry. Caroline Chapman Holman age 63 of Warbstow (COD) |
| 1898 | John and Caroline's separate gravestones are at the west end of Egloskerry churchyard, close to those of Thomas and Mary Trease. |
| John Holman | |
| 1819 | c. 01Aug1819 Egloskerry. John Holman son of Joseph and Elizabeth of North Tregeare, Farmer (IGI) |
| This is the only baptism of Joseph and Elizabeth's children found so far. This John may have died and another John baptised subsequently. | |
| 1871 | East Down End, Egloskerry. (RG10/2223 f53 p7) |
| Joseph Holman, Head, Unm 51 b. Egloskerry John Holman, Brother, Unm 53 Farmers 90ac Emp 2men 1 woman b. Egloskerry William Ham, Nephew, Unm, 19 Farm Servant b. North Petherwyn, Devon Ann Wilton, Servant Unm 26 Domestic Servant b. North Petherwyn, Devon | |
| 1883 | d. 08Feb1883 Egloskerry. John Holman (per MI) |
| 1883 | i. 13Feb1883 Egloskerry. John Holman age 62 of East Down End Egloskerry (COD) |
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These are to certify that William Trease, born at Jacobstow in the parish of Jacobstow in the County of Cornwall in Barum Collection is a
likely man to make a good officer; he is healthy and active, and not encumbered with Debts; is a single man, aged twenty two years of respectable
character, and well affected to the present Government; he hath been bred a Scrivener and proposeth for his securities Mr Thomas Dinner
Gentleman and Mr Richard Uglow of Tresmeer Saddler and humbly desires to be instructed by Thomas Webber Officer of Launceston Division
Launceston District and Barum Collection.
John Badcock, Supervisor,
I William Trease do voluntarily make Oath that neither I nor any Person for me, to my knowledge or Belief have or hath directly or indirectly given,
or promised to give any Fee Gratuity or Reward, to any Person or Persons whatsoever, for obtaining or endeavouring to obtain, for me an
Order of Instructions, or any Employment in the Revenue of Excise.
William Trease
Sworn this 28th Day of April 1824
John King Lethbridge one of the Magistrates for the Borough of Launceston in the County of Cornwall
May it please your honour,
I have examined the above mentioned William Trease and find him well qualified in every respect, according to the above written certificates; he
understands the first four Rules of Vulgar and Decimal Arithmetic; he hath taken the Oath of Office; and the said Certificate and the above oath are of his own handwriting,
I am, Your Honors, most obedient humble Servant,
John Badcock, Supervisor,
Launceston 28th April 1824
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| Date | Section | Change |
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| 09Feb2009 | Caroline Trease | Details of Joseph Chapman's will added |
| 28Oct2011 | All | Data sources added |
| 06Jan2016 | Caroline Trease | Christening at Cheltenham |