Bennet Pryor of Trevenen
- Born: 1815, Wendron, Cornwall
- Christened: 30 Jul 1815, Wendron, Cornwall 1
- Married: 28 Nov 1839, Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall 1
- 18 Oct 1848, Wendron, Cornwall
- Buried: 20 Oct 1848, Wendron, Cornwall 1
 Research Notes:
In 1841 Bennet Pryor, aged about 25, born in the county, tin miner, and wife Mary Pryor, aged about 25, born in the county, were living in Trevennen, Wendron. With them was son John (1).
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Bennet Pryor of Trevenen died aged 33 years (burial record).
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FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning last, about five o'clock, a man called Bennett Pryor was at work in the shaft at the forty fathom level in Wheal Trumpet Consols mine, when by stepping on a rotten piece of wood it gave way, and he was precipitated to a depth of ten fathoms, he was taken up in a senseless state, but lingered until the following Wednesday; he has left a wife and six children to mourn his loss.
The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Friday, 20 Oct 1848, p. 3
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ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, as Bennet Pryor was engaged about the pitwork in the engine shaft, at Wheal Ann Mine, Wendron, a board on which he was standing snapped, and he was precipitated a depth of 19 fathoms; by which he sustained serious injury of the bowels and spine.
The Penzance Gazette and West Cornwall Advertiser, 25 Oct 1848, p. 3
Marriage Information:
Bennet married Mary Board Wills, daughter of John Wills and Mary Board, on 28 Nov 1839 in Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall. (Mary Board Wills was born about 1812 in Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall and was christened on 12 Jan 1813 in Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall.)
Marriage Notes:
Bennet Pryor, age 24, resident of Wendron, bachelor, miner, son of Henry Pryor, miner, and
Mary Wills, age 26, resident of Mawgan, spinster, daughter of John Wills, shoemaker
Witnesses: John Wills, Henry Prior, Thomas Stephens |
