
Joshua had left his estate, Nampara, in ruin and he began to pick up the pieces. Ross came back home in 1783, by which point Joshua had died. Francis later married Elizabeth instead and had one child, Geoffrey Charles Poldark with her in 1784. He made the choice to join the British Army to escape execution, and fought in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Ross Poldark was arrested for brawling. Ross eventually became engaged to Elizabeth Chynoweth. Verity married Andrew Blamey and had one child with him. Joshua wed Grace Vennor and had two children with her, Ross Vennor and Claude Anthony Poldark. They had two surviving children together, Verity, Francis and Charles, Claude and Robert Poldark who died young. He married Verity Michell, who was twenty one years younger than him, in the 1750s. Charles William Poldark inherited Trenwith when his father died in 1748. Maria married Alfred Rupert Johns and had one child, William Alfred Johns who wed Dorothh Glenville and had many children with her. They also had three children, Maria, Charles William and Joshua Poldark. He inherited Trenwith when his father died in 1708. Claude Henry married Matilda Ellen Peter sometime in the 1710s. They had four children, Agatha, Claude Henry, Mary Ellen and Robert Poldark.Agatha never married and became a spinster while Mary Ellen and Robert died young. In the 1690s, Charles Vivian Raffe Poldark of Nampara married Anna Maria Trenwith of Trenwith.
