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THE LILLY FAMILY OF MERTHER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND

  • Descendants of Robert Lilly

  • Generation No. 1

  • 1. ROBERT1 LILLY He married MARGARET HAWKEY 16 November 1773 in Merther, Cornwall, England.

  • Children of ROBERT LILLY and MARGARET HAWKEY are:

  • 2. i. RICHARD2 LILLY, b. 1779, Merther, Cornwall, England.
  • 3. ii. ROBERT LILLY.

  • Generation No. 2

  • 2. RICHARD2 LILLY (ROBERT1) was born 1779 in Merther, Cornwall, England. He married SARAH JAMES 20 April 1802 in Merther, Cornwall, England.

  • Child of RICHARD LILLY and SARAH JAMES is:

  • 4. i. SARAH ANN3 LILLY, b. 1813, Merther, Cornwall, England; d. 14 August 1888, Truro, Cornwall, England.

  • 3. ROBERT2 LILLY (ROBERT1) He married ANN LILLY 27 November 1800 in Merther, Cornwall, England.

  • Child of ROBERT LILLY and ANN LILLY is:

  • i. ELIZABETH3 LILLY, b. 31 July 1802.

  • Generation No. 3

  • 4. SARAH ANN3 LILLY (RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1813 in Merther, Cornwall, England, and died 14 August 1888 in Truro, Cornwall, England. She married STEPHEN JOHNS 25 December 1834 in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, son of JOHN JOHNS and JENEFER PASCOE. He was born 1806 in Veryan, Cornwall, England, and died 15 September 1887 in Truro, Cornwall, England.

  • Children of SARAH LILLY and STEPHEN JOHNS are:

  • 5. i. JOHN BALL4 JOHNS, b. 1836, Truro, Cornwall, England; d. June 1868, Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
  • ii. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNS, b. 1838; d. 1851.
  • iii. CHARLOTTE JOHNS, b. 1840, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • iv. ROBERT LILLY JOHNS, b. 24 December 1841, Veryan, Cornwall, England; d. 1906, Truro, Cornwall, England; m. MARY HANNAH BROWN; d. 1905, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • v. MARY SOPER JOHNS, b. 1844, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • vi. SARAH JANE JOHNS, b. 1846; d. 28 December 1891, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • 6. vii. JULIA ANN JOHNS, b. 1848, Truro, Cornwall, England; d. 1938, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • 7. viii. EDITH LILLY JOHNS, b. 1851, Truro, Cornwall, England; d. 1917, Brighton, Sussex, England.
  • ix. ELI JAMES LILLY JOHNS, b. 29 May 1853, Truro, Cornwall, England; d. 11 February 1929, School House, Wadebridge, Cornwall; m. MARY ANN PATRICK.

    Notes for ELI JAMES LILLY JOHNS:

    Indentured as printing apprentice in Truro from 10 October 1866 to 10 October 1873; soon after the end of his apprenticeship he went to London where he worked as a printer; became a member of the London Society of Compositors; having married in London and had several children there, he and his family moved to Brighton in about 1890, and his younger children were born there; a few years after the birth of their youngest child in 1895, they moved to Penzance, and they were living at Penair Terrace, Penzance in 1900 when their son Stanley was baptised, at the age of 9 yrs; still later they moved back to Truro, where Eli's wife died; Eli himself died in the School house, Wadebridge (the home of his son Stanley) on 11 February 1929. Eli made a will dated 12 May 1919, when he was living at 20 St, George's Road, Truro, with his son Stanley; he had been living at 37 Lemon Street, Truro, 1914, before the death of his wife;

  • x. ELIZABETH (BESSIE) JOHNS, b. 1857, Truro, Cornwall, England.

  • Generation No. 4

  • 5. JOHN BALL4 JOHNS (SARAH ANN3 LILLY, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1836 in Truro, Cornwall, England, and died June 1868 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. He married MARGARET GAY.

  • Child of JOHN JOHNS and MARGARET GAY is:

  • i. CHARLES5 JOHNS, b. 16 July 1859, Budock, Falmouth, Cornwall.

  • 6. JULIA ANN4 JOHNS (SARAH ANN3 LILLY, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1848 in Truro, Cornwall, England, and died 1938 in Truro, Cornwall, England. She married THOMAS J. MITCHELL. He was born in Cubert, Cornwall, England.

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  • Children of JULIA JOHNS and THOMAS MITCHELL are:

  • i. ELLEN5 MITCHELL.
  • ii. BESSIE MITCHELL.
  • iii.LILLIE MAY MITCHELL.
  • iv. EDITH MITCHELL.

  • 7. EDITH LILLY4 JOHNS (SARAH ANN3 LILLY, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1851 in Truro, Cornwall, England, and died 1917 in Brighton, Sussex, England. She married (1) HENRY WILLIAM HARVEY. She married (2) JOHN FARQUHAR MACRAE 1885 in Brighton, Sussex, England.

  • Children of EDITH JOHNS and HENRY HARVEY are:

  • 8. i. EDITH LILLY MACRAE5 (HARVEY), b. 20 November 1876, Truro, Cornwall, England.
  • 9. ii. MAUD LILLY ST. CLAIR MACRAE (HARVEY), b. 18 May 1878, Brighton, Sussex, England; d. 1971.
  • iii. HARRY FORESTER MACRAE (HARVEY), b. 15 November 1879, Brighton, Sussex, England.
  • 10. iv. KATE LOUISE MACRAE (HARVEY), b. 14 December 1882, Brighton, Sussex, England; d. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1