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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Whitstone St Anne

 

The Parish

The parish of Whitstone lies in the extreme northeast of Cornwall forming part of the border with neighbouring Devon. Whitstone is located about 6 miles southwest of the Devon market town of Holsworthy and sits on the B3254 road which connects Kilkhampton through to Launceston. Much of modern Whitstone is built either side of the B3254 and it is quite a scattered settlement albeit with a noticeable concentration around a crossroads. The area is strongly pastoral in its economy although there would also have been some quarrying of the local stone, its use mainly for road-making and local building stone. Whitstone is drained by infant tributaries of the River Strat which head northwestwards to reach the nearby Irish Sea through the seaside resort of Bude. The area around Whitstone is strongly undulating and Whitstone sits high on a ridge separating the Strat from the Tamar headwaters, Whitstone is sited at between 130 and 160 metres above the sea and local heights rise to a little over 180 metres within a couple of miles. Cornish parishes are typically fairly extensive and Whitstone was not untypical, it covered close to 3,600 acres and would have supported a population of around 450 parishioners. In Doomsday times Whitstone was a tiny place, held by Count Robert of Mortain it didn't even have a plough to itself, only a half share, besides a few livestock its only other asset was a small meadow.


The Church

St Anne's church sits on the northwestern edge of the village on the western side of Oak Lane. Whilst the church was undoubtedly present as far back as the 12th century (Pevsner cites the southern doorway) much is from Victorian restorations. A massive granite tower dominates the building which is far larger than the community would have appeared to need showing both northern and southern aisles almost as large as the nave itself. The remaining dated evidence is 15th century and Perpendicular in style but again most such fragments were reused during extensive restorations, in this case the main work was in the early 1880s. The church sits on a steeply sloping site and is set well back from its lane, a modern elaborate gateway allows parking for a single car and leads through a modern extension of the churchyard to the older portion, The holy well of St Anne in the southeastern corner is worth a look. The church is a little tightly enclosed within tree-lined boundaries limiting the degree to which one can retreat sufficient to adequately capture the full building.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 23rd July 1754 - 26th August 1812 Cornwall Record Office - Reference - P252/1/4
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 18th March 1813 -14th April 1837 Cornwall Record Office - Reference - P252/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Marhamchurch St Morwenna & St John
Bridgerule St Bridget, Devon
Bridgerule St Bridget, Devon
Week St Mary St Mary the Virgin
Bridgerule St Bridget, Devon
Pyworthy St Swithun, Devon
Week St Mary St Mary the Virgin
North Tamerton St Denis
North Tamerton St Denis

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
22/02/1754 John OLVER     Julian DYER    
1 23/07/1754 John ORCHARD     Esther ULPH   Week St Mary
2 02/12/1754 Edmund WARREN   Boyton Wilmot CHAPLYN   Boyton
3 17/04/1755 John COLWILL     Alice CUTTING Single  
6 17/11/1755 John COURTICE   West Woolfardisworthy, Devon Mary DOWNE   Holsworthy, Devon
7 08/12/1755 John PEARCE   Boyton Elizabeth HAMBLY   Boyton
5 19/12/1755 John DOUBT   North Tamerton Elizabeth YEO Widow  
9 25/12/1755 Nicholas LARKE   Boyton Joan TILLY Single Boyton
10 30/01/1756 George JEWELL     Elizabeth ROBBINS    
11 12/05/1756 Thomas WOOFE     Grace HEARD Single Boyton
13 11/02/1757 Thomas SHORTE   Week St Mary Elizabeth LOASE Single  
14 08/07/1757 Thomas DYER     Elizabeth COLE    
15 12/09/1757 Richard SUTTON   Week St Mary Philippa GLIDDEN Single  
17 27/03/1758 John MARKS   Week St Mary Mary PETHICKE Single  
18 06/04/1758 Joseph BRAY   Week St Mary Joanna COUCH Single  
19 24/04/1758 Benjamin SUTTON     Elizabeth COLWILL Single  
20 04/05/1759 Richard COLES     Elizabeth GROVE Single  
21 15/06/1759 Thomas MAY     Mary FRY Single  
22 23/01/1760 Richard BUNBURY     Charity BASSETT Single Bridgerule, Devon
23 15/04/1760 John LEE     Joan BUNBURY Single Pyworthy, Devon
24 23/04/1760 Thomas GOARD   Marhamchurch Ann SHEPHERD Single  
25 07/06/1760 Thomas STAFFORD   Bideford, Devon Mary WEBB    
26 23/03/1761 Jonas PEARCE     Honor LOASE Single  
27 12/04/1761 Thomas HARPER   Week St Mary Mary DOIDGE Single  
28 15/07/1761 Richard COLES     Honor LOASE Widow  
29 11/03/1762 Anthony TOMS   Jacobstowe, Devon Elizabeth ELLIOT Single  
30 06/10/1762 John TREWINE   Jacobstowe, Devon Grace MANNERS Single Week St Mary
31 18/11/1762 John DOOBLE     Sarah HUTCHINS   Peters Marland, Devon
32 25/04/1763 Thomas STORY     Margery PETHICKE Single  
33 27/06/1763 James STEPHENS   St Stephen By Saltash Charity SMITH Single  
34 27/12/1763 John CREDICOTT   North Petherwin, Devon Susanna JENN Single Boyton
35 22/04/1764 John GIDDEY   Boyton Grace JEFFERY    
36 26/04/1764 John ENNES     Jane COLLINGS Single  
37 03/10/1764 John RANDLE   Boyton Elizabeth MARTYN Single Boyton
38 24/10/1764 John PENWARDEN     Katherine FRY    
39 20/06/1765 Thomas STEER     Elizabeth DOOBLE Single  
40 07/04/1766 Richard FRAYNE     Ann COLES Single  
41 16/04/1766 Walter COLE     Elizabeth BOX Single  
42 26/02/1767 John PAYNTER   Boyton Elizabeth AUTRIDGE Single Boyton
43 10/06/1767 Charles BRAY   Pyworthy, Devon Frances DOOBLE Single  
44 06/09/1767 Leonard BECKLE   Boyton Ann HOLMAN   Boyton
45 05/10/1767 William LORD   Boyton Penelope PELLOW Single Boyton
46 25/04/1768 James VENNER   Marhamchurch Joan FENN Single  
47 27/04/1768 Thomas COLWELL     Grace HEADON    
48 06/05/1768 John PARNELL     Joan COLES Single  
49 10/05/1768 Humphry LOASE     Ann FRAINE Single  
50 24/05/1768 Thomas MAY     Mary COWLING Single  
51 15/08/1768 Francis PERRYMAN     Ann STEDWELL Single  
52 20/02/1769 John GOODMAN     Thomasin PENWARDEN Single Week St Mary
53 26/03/1769 Aaron LOASE     Elizabeth JEWELL Single  
54 26/03/1769 John MITCHELL   Boyton Rebecca JEFFERY    
55 08/11/1769 John MARTYN   Menheniot Mary HARRIS Single  
56 11/03/1770 William ROW     Charity BRAUND Single Boyton
57 25/04/1770 John VACY     Jane MARTYN Single  
58 09/11/1770 Thomas DOUST   Boyton Joan HOLLAND Single  
59 19/08/1771 William MOYSE   St Gennys Ann HARRIS Single  
60 03/12/1771 William PARNELL   Boyton Mary HOBBS Single  
61 06/06/1772 Charles SMALE     Charity KINGFORD Single Bridgerule, Devon
62 10/07/1772 Jacob JEFFERY   Poundstock Martha JEWELL Single  
63 08/10/1772 William CORY   Week St Mary Elizabeth STORY Single  
64 02/02/1773 William JILBART     Elizabeth FUGGE Single  
65 24/05/1773 John JICKELL   Boyton Mary TREWIN Single  
66 07/08/1773 Thomas ABBOTT   North Tamerton Priscilla LOASE Single  
67 15/11/1773 Jacob BAYLEY   Boyton Mary HILL Single  
68 09/02/1774 Charles EDWARDS     Elizabeth GYLBERTE Single Boyton
69 20/04/1774 Richard GYLBERTE     Grace JEWELL Single  
70 17/05/1774 Onesimus JEWELL     Susanna DANIEL Single  
71 23/05/1774 Richard YEO   Morwenstow Susanna STORY Single  
72 22/08/1774 John MATTHIS   Werrington, Devon Rebecca BATTEN Single Boyton
73 24/03/1775 Richard BAWDEN   Boyton Sarah FICHELL Single  
74 03/04/1775 John DAW     Mary SANGIN Single North Tamerton
75 24/05/1775 John ROCKEY   Broadwoodwidger, Devon Mary BAILEY Single  
76 12/06/1775 John CORNISH   Bridgerule, Devon Ann GYLBERT Single  
77 30/07/1775 James CROCKER     Jane MAY   North Tamerton
78 20/02/1776 William SMALE     Mary TRENOUGH Single  
79 09/04/1776 Nicholas HOSKINS   St Ive Margaret SCORE Single  
80 02/12/1776 Henry GOODMAN     Mary FUGE Single  
90 13/04/1777 Richard STEDWELL     Ann MAINE Single  
91 20/05/1777 Thomas STEER     Elizabeth HONEY Single Week St Mary
92 09/07/1778 William EDWARDS   Boyton Elizabeth METHEREL Single  
93 06/01/1779 James OLVER     Mary GOODMAN Single  
94 27/03/1779 John CHAPMAN     Grace BRAY Single  
95 21/04/1779 John BAYLY     Ann BROWNING Single Boyton
95 29/06/1779 John POOLEY   Boyton Elizabeth HARRIS Single  
96 06/07/1779 Bernard PAYNTER   Boyton Sarah GUBBINS Single  
97 27/07/1779 Dunston STACEY   South Petherwin Mary MARTYN Single  
98 02/09/1779 Francis HOCKADAY   Boyton Dorathy NORRAWAY Single  
99 11/05/1780 John TOLL   Boyton Grace WILLIAMS Single  
80 27/12/1780 William SMALE   Marhamchurch Mary DYER Single  
81 21/01/1781 Joseph CREEPER   Boyton Elizabeth BROWN Single  
82 03/04/1781 Joseph RUNDLE   Week St Mary Peternell COLE Single  
83 21/01/1782 Edmond VADDEN     Mary SMALE Single  
84 26/01/1782 William MAY     Ann STORY    
85 01/04/1782 John WARREN     Ann VODDEN Single  
86 24/08/1782 Thomas WAY   Launceston Avis SCORE    
87 13/04/1783 John GOODMAN     Ann PEARCE Single Marhamchurch
88 22/01/1784 Thomas COLWILL   Warbstow Mary COOK Single  
89 28/04/1784 Richard ORCHARD   Week St Mary Mary SLEMAN Single  
90 21/05/1784 William SMALE     Honor COWLING Single  
91 22/02/1785 John PARNELL   Week St Mary Elizabeth DYER Single  
92 06/08/1785 John ARNOLD   Lanteglos By Camelford Elizabeth PENFOUND Single  
93 24/02/1786 Robert COLES   Week St Mary Thamsin MARKS Single  
94 05/04/1786 Thomas PARSONS     Ann BICKEL Single Boyton
95 13/07/1786 Thomas SPRY     Elizabeth CUTTING Single  
96 19/07/1786 William WARREN     Alice COLLWILL Single  
97 27/09/1786 Henry SMYTH     Mary PENWARDON Single  
98 18/10/1786 Henry PAYNTER     Susanna SLEMMAN Single  
99 15/11/1786 Samuel PARSONS     Elizabeth WARREN    
97 17/02/1787 Samuel HOCKIN     Grace COLE Single  
98 14/03/1787 Edward WERREN     Susanna VOWDEN Single  
99 27/03/1787 Samuel BROCK   Launceston Elizabeth PAYNTER    
100 24/05/1787 Thomas COWLING     Susanna WERRING Single  
101 13/07/1787 George SCOWN   Stratton Mary CANN    
102 13/08/1787 John SUTTON     Grace BROAD    
103 02/06/1788 Thomas SMALE   Bridgerule, Devon Martha WEBB    
104 01/04/1789 Stephen STEER     Elizabeth COLES Single  
105 15/07/1789 William STAPLETON   Boyton Eleanor DOBLE    
106 12/04/1790 John ROBINS     Catherine JEWELL Single  
107 16/08/1790 Thomas SHAPTON   Bridgerule, Devon Mary WEBB Single  
108 06/12/1790 William KINSMAN     Bridget PARNAL Single  
109 26/04/1791 John SLEEMAN     Mary HOOPER Single  
110 19/01/1792 James NEALE     Jinnifer CROCKER Single  
111 25/06/1792 John TREWIN     Susannah BRAY Single  
112 17/04/1793 Thomas BROAD     Anne TREWIN Single  
113 29/10/1793 John LAKEMAN   Launceston Sarah SCORE Single  
114 03/04/1794 Thomas HANDCOCK   Pyworthy, Devon Elizabeth MARTYN Single  
115 23/07/1794 Thomas SMALE Single   Mary HORREL Single  
116 26/11/1795 Simon ORCHARD Single Week St Mary Mary JENN Single  
117 22/02/1796 John COLES     Honour PEARCE Single  
118 04/05/1797 Richard WEBB     Dorothy SAUNDERS   Pyworthy, Devon
119 03/04/1798 John PROWER     Jane WARREN    
120 07/09/1798 George BUCKLER   Jacobstow Ann GOODMAN    
121 01/11/1798 Stephen STEER Widower   Catherine SLEEMAN    
122 01/04/1799 Walter STANTON     Jane CONGDON    
123 16/05/1799 William HONEY   Jacobstow Ann RUNDLE    
124 20/05/1799 Richard LOSE   Launcells Elizabeth STEER    
24/01/1800 William SMEETH     Elizabeth TOM    
29/12/1800 James SPRY   Marhamchurch Thomasin BRAY    
02/06/1801 Thomas STEER     Elizabeth SPRY    
06/11/1801 James STEER     Mary VACY    
16/06/1802 James HORTIP     Dorcas SLEEMAN    
29/03/1803 John STIDWELL     Mary STROUD    
20/07/1803 Thomas DOBLE     Catharine SMALE    
05/04/1804 John HACKERT   Poundstock Grace WEBB    
02/05/1804 John VACY     Mary SMALE Single  
30/05/1804 Zacherias INCH   Bridgerule, Devon Elizabeth VADDON    
07/02/1805 William LANGDEN   St Stephen By Launceston Elizabeth BRAY    
09/04/1805 Henry PAYNTER Widower   Grace HORRELL   Jacobstow
11/06/1805 John PAYNTER     Ann PAYNTER    
08/04/1806 Richard SPRY     Frances WEBB    
22/09/1806 Edward WARREN Widower Boyton Dorothy COLE Single  
06/04/1808 Thomas SANGWIN   Launcells Mary PETHICK Single  
21/04/1808 Daniel GILBERT     Aliss VINSON    
13/02/1809 Thomas SPRY     Mary PARSONS    
13/02/1809 John GILL     Grace UGLOW   Jacobstow
29/03/1809 Thomas SHERRY     Mary GILBERT    
25/04/1809 Edmund VODDON Widower   Eleanor STAPLETON Widow Boyton
16/06/1809 James HENNINGS   Week St Mary Mary Ann HOCKIN    
22/06/1809 Thomas SPRY     Grace JENKIN   Bridgerule, Devon
16/04/1810 William MARTYN     Mary GOODMAN Single  
03/01/1811 James LYLE   Launcells Elizabeth COLES    
11/03/1811 Richard SMALE     Thomazin MAY    
03/10/1811 Abraham BAKER   Week St Mary Margaret UGLOW    
30/03/1812 James HERD     Elizabeth WARREN    
04/06/1812 John BRAY     Thomazin STAPLETON    
26/08/1812 Benjamin HILL Widower   Susanna ASHTON    
1 18/03/1813 Henry BOX   North Petherwin, Devon Elizabeth UGLOW    
2 19/04/1813 William PERREY   Stratton Grace SMALE    
3 02/08/1813 James HENNINGS Widower   Joanna COURTICE Widow  
4 23/11/1813 John COLES     Grace HOOPER Widow  
5 09/02/1814 Joseph LEGG     Alice WARREN    
6 28/04/1814 James WOODLEY     Grace GOODMAN    
7 30/05/1814 John GILBERD Widower   Grace BECKLE    
8 28/03/1815 Richard MURLY     Mary SMALE    
9 20/04/1815 Richard LANE   Pyworthy, Devon Mary COLES    
10 08/10/1815 Stephen ROGERS     Margery PEARCE    
11 14/12/1815 Richard CORTHEW   Week St Mary Mary SMEETH    
12 25/03/1816 William HOSKIN   Marhamchurch Joanna CROCKER    
13 28/03/1816 John HATHERLY     Elizabeth GAY    
14 31/12/1816 William COLES     Lucy COWLING    
15 04/02/1817 John COLES     Ann GOODMAN    
16 06/02/1817 John BUTLER     Susannah SMALE    
17 06/03/1817 John MURLEY     Elizabeth SPRY    
18 06/08/1817 Richard PARNALL   Boyton Allice COLWILL    
19 27/05/1818 James OLVER     Mary BANBURY   Marhamchurch
20 02/10/1818 Thomas OLVER     Elizabeth BANBURY    
21 27/10/1818 John COWLING     Jane VODDON    
22 26/04/1819 Thomas WILCOCKS     Avice SMALE    
23 06/05/1819 Thomas COWLING     Elizabeth VEAL    
24 10/02/1820 Henry ORCHARD     Ann LOSE    
25 30/03/1820 Thomas MILLER     Mary STAPLETON    
26 10/04/1820 John BRAGG   Pyworthy, Devon Mary SMALE    
27 06/01/1821 John SHORT     Jane GLASSON    
28 27/03/1821 John HEAL   North Petherwin, Devon Margaret KINSMAN    
29 29/03/1821 Anthony ARTHUR     Susanna WARREN    
30 05/04/1821 Thomas HORRILL   Week St Mary Wilmot TILLEY    
31 19/04/1821 Henry GOODMAN     Alice ORCHARD    
32 01/12/1821 Henry GOODMAN Widower   Elizabeth BAKER    
33 11/04/1822 Arthur FRIEND   Holsworthy, Devon Sarah STEER    
34 20/08/1822 John PARNAL     Joanna MAY    
35 31/12/1822 James BAYLY     Mary PARNEL    
36 03/04/1825 John WOLF     Mary COLES    
37 20/09/1825 Thomas HENNENGS     Ann LOASE    
38 19/12/1825 William Bray LYLE   Launcells Mary Ann VACY    
39 22/12/1825 Richard FANSON   Stratton Elizabeth GOODMAN    
40 13/09/1826 John Stanbury COBBLEDICK     Elizabeth SMALE    
41 28/09/1826 William HONEY     Thomasin BAKER    
42 16/11/1826 Thomas MAY     Elizabeth WORTH    
43 21/11/1826 Stephen STEER     Mary DOBLE    
44 01/12/1826 John LYLE   Charles, Plymouth, Devon Catherine Kingford VACY    
45 12/12/1826 Richard PIPER     Mary Ann INCH    
46 27/03/1827 Simon ELIOTT     Catherine COLWELL    
47 19/04/1827 Samuel SPRY     Elizabeth SMEETH    
48 20/11/1828 Edward NULES   Marhamchurch Elizabeth TOM    
49 12/05/1829 Richard MILLER     Elizabeth TRELEVEN    
50 21/05/1829 Thomas James ORCHARD   Week St Mary Ann DOBLE    
51 09/10/1829 John MITCHELL   Marhamchurch Jane STEDWILL    
52 21/12/1829 James SPRY   Marhamchurch Jane BAKER    
53 26/01/1830 James VODDON     Ann STEER    
54 02/04/1830 James LANE     Elizabeth PALMER    
55 08/04/1830 Joseph DOWNING   Boyton Ann REED    
56 20/07/1830 William SLEMAN     Sarah MITCHELL    
57 14/04/1831 Richard SPRY     Elizabeth HICKS    
58 19/09/1831 James BURNARD     Sarah TAYLOR    
59 02/01/1832 Samuel COLE     Elizabeth SPRY    
60 16/08/1832 William PAYNTER     Elizabeth Martyn MATTHEW    
61 03/01/1833 William PARNELL     Elizabeth HATHERLEY    
62 13/01/1833 John ROBINS     Elizabeth SPRY    
63 18/04/1833 Richard WEBB     Elizabeth MARTYN    
64 26/12/1833 William SANDERS   Pyworthy, Devon Isabella HACKER    
65 31/03/1834 John VACY     Christiana KINGDON   Marhamchurch
66 01/04/1834 John COLES     Mary SPRY    
67 08/04/1834 Richard William Prower BUDD     Sarah STEER    
68 12/03/1835 Thomas GOODMAN     Susanna LANE    
69 26/03/1835 John HOOPER     Mary Ann POOLEY    
70 19/04/1836 Robert COLES     Anne OLVER    
71 21/04/1836 John SAUNDERCOCK   Boyton Elizabeth GOARD    
72 02/11/1836 John PALMER     Mary HANCOCK    
73 14/04/1837 Thomas BAKER     Ann HOOPER    

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