William was born in Jacobstow, Cornwall during 1802, the son of
William Trease and Martha Uglow
and the grandson of
John Trease and Ann Smeeth.
Following in his father's footsteps, he joined the Excise Servise during 1824 when he was 22 years old, with two uncles Thomas Diner and Richard
Uglow being his sureties. He served in the Worcester, Cheltenham, Burslem and Stafford Collections.
During 1832, when he was 30 years old and an ‘Excise Officer of Cheltenham’, he married Mary Chapman in St Marys church
, Black Torrington. In 1800, his wife Mary had been christened in the same church where her father Joseph Chapman had been a churchwarden.
Four years earlier her father Joseph Chapman had married Susanna Odam there, following the death of his first wife, Betty Hill of Jacobstowe.
So far only one daughter of William and Mary's marriage has been traced.
Mary died age 37 and was buried in Burslem, Staffordshire during 1837 and William died during 1841, age 38 whilst serving at Stone
in the Stafford Collection.
- Daughter Caroline Chapman Trease, from Census Returns, appears to have been born about 1835 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire but so
far the exact date and place of her birth have not been ascertained. After her parents’ deaths, when she was only 5 or 6 years old, she appears to
have ‘been adopted’ by William’s older brother Thomas and his wife Mary who lived in
Tremaine, Egloskerry, Cornwall.
In 1851 her grandfather Joseph Chapman died and bequeathed her £6 a year to be paid one year after his
widow died. The will also refers to one John Parsons living in a property at Venn (who may be related to Richard Parsons the husband of
Caroline's aunt Jane).
In 1861 she was described as ‘Assistant’ to her uncle Thomas who was recorded as ‘Schoolmaster’ living in
Egloskerry
village.
Caroline appears to have remained living with her aunt and uncle until their deaths during 1869 and 1870.
In the 1871 Census return she is shown as a ‘Visitor’ to Aunt Jane and her husband Richard Parsons who were living at
Fuges, Week St. Mary.
In 1872 when she was about 37 years old she married in Egloskerry John Holman, a local farmer who was about 52 years old.
John died during 1883 age 62 whilst Caroline died during 1898 age 63. During the 15 years after John’s death Caroline lived first with
her aunt Jane Parsons nee Trease and then with Jane and Fanny Turner, daughters of her aunt Frances nee Trease. Both Caroline and John
are buried in Egloskerry Churchyard. There are no known issue of Caroline’s marriage to John Holman.