Martyn and Lewarn are the shipbuilders named in the 1858 report of Little Jane’s launch at Porth. Their individual identities have not yet been established.
Martyn and Lewarn are the names attached to the Porth yard which launched Little Jane on 20 January 1858. The contemporary newspaper supplies the business names but no forenames.
Several people with similar surnames appear in nearby records. Those similarities do not establish who the partners were, or a partnership with the separate Porth shipbuilder William Withell. The trading name is documented; the individual identifications remain open.
Sources
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 29 January 1858, p.5, column 4: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0000180%2F18580129&page=5 Tony Mansell's CNMA transcription: https://cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk/content/cornish-brass-bands-st-stephen-in-brannel/ 1856 directory: https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/110901
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