Joseph Antonio Emidy was a Guinean-born British musician who was enslaved by Portuguese traders in his early life. He was later freed and resided in Portugal before being impressed into the Royal Navy
Early 19th-century sketch of the Truro Philharmonic Orchestra with Joseph Antonio Emidy
The Gravestone of Joseph Antonio Emidy in Kenwyn Churchyard is Grade II listed
Kenwyn is a settlement and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Kenwyn was an ancient parish based on the settlement of Kenwyn, which lies just north of Truro, between the rivers River A
Joseph Antonio Emidy
…Hutchins, a local tradesman's daughter, and they had eight children. They moved to Truro around 1815. He died in Truro, Cornwall, and his grave is in Kenwyn churchyard. Transcript of his gravestone reads…
The River Kenwyn, which converges with the Allen and becomes the River Truro