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Described as 6' 4", fair, broad
?: Born
1794: Owner of ‘Pride of Heart’ smuggling Lugger. Disappears abroad to escape from the law after the shooting of a revenue officer.
?: Meets Ralph Colliver, falls in love with his wife, and joins him in piracy. Arrives in Ceylon.
1805 April: Trenoweth and Colliver discover the ‘Great Ruby of Ceylon’ in the possession of a Buddhist priest at a temple below Adam’s Peak in Ceylon. Trenoweth murders Colliver in front of his pregnant wife and the priest, thus gaining sole possession of the treasure.
May 4: Deposits letter ‘To the son of my house’ and envelope containing £50 with Elihu Sanderson of the East India Company at Bombay, explaining the location of the ‘Great Ruby’ and associated treasure: Adam’s Peak – Dead Man’s Rock.
Returns secretly to Lantrig and buries treasure below Dead Man’s Rock.
?: Father of Amos dies.
?: Amos converted to Methodism.
1814: Amos returns to Lantrig.
Marries Philippa Triggs of Mullyon.
Supports the Methodist meeting-house.
1815: Ezekiel born to Amos and Philippa.
?: Philippa dies.
1837 June 15: Visits Plymouth attorney and is identified by Simon Colliver, clerk, son of Ralph Colliver. Makes will.
October 27: Dies at Lantrig. (Ezekiel 22 years old).