Trevathan - Other

Books About Trevathans
There are several very interesting books about Trevathan genealogy, though
unfortunately all are now out of print. If you have a specific question about
information in one of the books, we may be able to help. As possible and with
permission, we will publish excerpts and photos from these books.

Robert Dempsey Trevathan, born 24 July 1869, died 25
Mar 1957, lived in North Carolina and published the first
compilation of Trevathans in 1942.

The Life History of

Dempsey Trevathan

and

Descendants

D. Trevathan, 1940

R. D. wrote that Dempsey and his brother John came to
this country from France during the years 1820 and
1825. We now know that this is incorrect but we do not
know the origin of that story.

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Ken Trevathan of New Zealand has done a lot of work
identifying his Trevathan/Trevethan ancestors in N.Z.
and in Cornwall. His book

A history of the TREVATHAN FAMILY

Compiled by

K L Trevathan

is the most comprehensive published compilation of
information on Cornwall Trevethans. This book has
gone through several revisions as Ken obtained more
information. This information is very interesting even
though DNA testing has shown that Ken is not related to
the U.S. Trevathans. The contents of the book are now
published on Ken's web site

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Ruth Trevathan Delvige compiled and published a large
book:

TREVATHAN FAMILY HISTORY

And

Their

Descendants

Library of Congress Catalog Card

Number:

96-085864

Ruth Trevathan Delvige

which is a listing of descendants of Rhoda Leander and
John Trevathan, born about 1780 in Richland County,
South Carolina, and died 1838 in Alabama. Rhoda
moved to Texas after John's death.

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Ruth Trevathan Delvige and Donis Trevathan Bettis
compiled another book:

DESCENDANTS OF

WILLIAM

TREVATHAN

Ruth Trevathan Delvige and Donis

Trevathan

Bettis.

which documents descendants of Mary Lassiter and
William Trevathan born about 1690 in Cornwall and
died about 1743/44, in Chowan, North Carolina. The
descendants, of John born about 1780 are not included
since it was not known at the time this book was put
together than John descended from William.

Trevathan locations in the U.S.
Help us identify Trevathan locations: streets, cemeteries, and other...

Here are a couple:

The town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina
The post office of Trevat, Texas - established June 15, 1892, in the 150 person
community of Trevathan
(There are Trevathan cemeteries in Henry County Tennessee and in Calloway County
Kentucky, but I have not found on-line maps that identify them.)

Trevethan locations in the U.S. -- We only know of this one:

Trevethan avenue in Santa Cruz

Web Sites of Interest

Several Trevathans have created web sites about their ancestors (let us know of other sites
that should be added to this list):

Ruth Trevathan Delvige's web site has a

good summary of

Trevathan

history

Louis (Buzz) Trevathan has compiled a tremendous amount of

information

on Trevathans

Kimberly Lee Trevathan Turner has a web site on her

ancestors

Cliff Trevathan's web site

is to document the descendants of

William E. and Daisy M.