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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Sheepwash St Lawrence

 

The Parish

The parish of Sheepwash lies in northwestern Devon about 4 miles west of the large village of Hatherleigh. Sheepwash is a small and compact village sitting on a hill overlooking the River Torridge. Sheepwash sits, in lanes, about 2 miles north of the A30-72 road which links Hatherleigh to Holsworthy. The area is fairly undulating with the Torridge set deep into its valley, the area would have had a mixed farming regime at the time of this transcript; both pastoral and arable farming were commonplace, nowadays pastures tend to dominate. The Torridge drains the parish eastwards before turning to the north and reaching the Irish Sea through the port of Bideford. Sheepwash is sited at around 100 metres above the sea, some 40 metres above the river which is a quarter mile to the south. Sheepwash parish was smaller than most of its neighbours, it covered almost 1,8000 acres and would have supported a population of around 500 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Sheepwash in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Lawrence church lies at the heart of the village sitting on the northern side of East Street close to the main village crossroads. Regrettably the church is a Victorian replacement for the former mediaeval building which was demolished and replaced in 1879/80, the tower being added some 10 years later. The building is clearly of little architectural interest as Pevsner dismisses it in just 1 single line describing merely its architects. The building is screened by cottages and a hedge-topped local stone wall, a small gate at the western end of the site grants access to the churchyard and a second route in is via the village square and the Half Moon Inn. There are few restrictions to photography once inside.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 17th April 1754 - 6th April 1812 North Devon Record Office - Reference - 2940A/PR/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads This register has come to some harm over the years, the first portion has ragged edges and is deformed. The period is not helped by the use of an unusual format for recording entries during the same period leading to a likelihood of some misreads
2 7th January 1813 - 27th December 1836 North Devon Record Office - Reference - 2940A/PR/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


Buckland Filleigh St Mary
Buckland Filleigh St Mary
Buckland Filleigh St Mary
Shebbear St Michael
Buckland Filleigh St Mary
Black Torrington St Mary
Black Torrington St Mary
Highampton Holy Cross

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 17/04/1754 Abraham SMALE     Elizabeth HODGE    
2 17/04/1754 Arthur SOUTHCOMBE     Elizabeth HEALE    
3 16/09/1754 Amos HARDING     Elizabeth SCRIGGINS    
4 05/07/1756 William WHITE   Black Torrington Mary SAUNDERS    
5 06/09/1756 William MARTYN   Northlew Prudence BUDD    
6 26/04/1757 John ESORY     Susanna BALKWILL    
7 11/06/1757 Robert HOYLE     Rachel VENTON    
8 29/12/1757 Robert SOUTHCOMBE   Black Torrington Mary BOUTLEY    
9 07/11/1758 James SAUNDERS     Susanna ESSORY    
10 10/04/1760 James SHORT     Elizabeth TAWTON    
11 14/01/1761 Humphry ESSORY     Mary BANBURY    
12 17/01/1762 Peter BURCHALL   Bideford Blandina PERIN    
13 02/07/1763 John SLOGGETT     Philippa PLUCKNETT    
14 12/04/1764 Henry DINNIS     Mary SAUNDERS    
15 22/04/1764 John WONACOTT     Ann STANLAKE    
16 10/06/1764 Anthony CORNISH   Black Torrington Sarah BRADFORD    
17 25/09/1764 Robert VENTON     Ann SAUNDERS    
18 27/03/1765 Richard BLIGHT     Ann HUGHS    
19 11/02/1766 George RAPSON   Sampford Courtenay Mary FOXFORD    
20 29/04/1766 William BRIDGMAN     Elizabeth BOWMAN    
21 12/10/1766 Edward LITTLEJOHNS   Shebbear Lucy EDMONDS   Shebbear
22 30/11/1766 William TRIBBLE     Ann HELE    
23 10/02/1767 William DAVY   Shebbear Mary WEBB   Shebbear
24 22/03/1767 William WONNACOTT     Jane KENT    
25 22/03/1767 John GRATER     Joan HATHERLEIGH    
26 00/04/1767 John HISSETT     Elizabeth SHORT    
27 31/05/1767 John KINGDON   Great Torrington Elizabeth BOUND    
28 18/06/1767 William BOUND     Hannah ESSERY    
29 27/10/1767 Benjamin BERE   Black Torrington Mary HELE    
30 12/08/1768 Thomas REES   Bideford Elizabeth WATKINS    
31 13/10/1768 Thomas HELE     Elizabeth HEARDING    
32 17/10/1768 James VANSTONE     Mary WATTS    
33 06/05/1769 Thomas RIDGE     Elizabeth FOWLER   Shebbear
34 29/11/1769 Thomas MAY     Elizabeth WEBB    
35 21/04/1771 William WRIGHT     Mary KEAGLE    
36 07/07/1771 John FOWLER   Chittlehampton Mary ESSERY    
38 00/00/1772 William SAUNDERS   Shebbear Elizabeth LITTLEJOHNS   Shebbear
37 05/01/1772 Thomas SLEE   Black Torrington Elizabeth DAVEY    
39 10/05/1772 John GLASS   Northlew Sarah MARTYN    
40 05/06/1772 William LARKWORTHY   Shebbear Jane BOWMAN   Shebbear
41 27/10/1772 William SMALE     Ann COCK    
42 29/12/1772 John CHICHESTER     Mary HOPPER    
43 21/01/1773 William HERRING     Ann SOMMERS   Shebbear
44 21/03/1773 Edward JAMES     Sarah ROBBINS    
45 23/04/1773 Thomas SHORT     Elizabeth MORCOMBE    
46 29/05/1773 Richard WEBB   Shebbear Grace BADCOCK   Shebbear
47 15/06/1773 Humphry ESSERY     Joan ROCKHAY    
48 04/01/1774 Robert MORCOMBE     Ann ESSERY    
49 28/03/1774 James THOMAS   Petrockstowe Mary BRAGG    
50 12/04/1774 Thomas SKERRY     Mary JEFFERY    
51 23/10/1774 Thomas SKERRY     Agnes SAUNDERS    
52 09/02/1775 Hugh MILL     Elizabeth BALSDON    
53 17/02/1775 John COLLACOT     Jane WHITE    
54 10/04/1775 Humphry HORN   Black Torrington Alice BOWDEN    
55 01/05/1775 Edward LEWIS   Shebbear Mary VANSTONE   Shebbear
56 17/07/1775 Thomas MASON   Chulmleigh Mary HERD    
57 09/08/1775 John SLOGGETT     Sarah ROBBINS    
58 20/09/1777 John EVANS     Jane HORN    
59 20/04/1778 John WHITE     Jane OGLER    
60 15/07/1778 Samuel HISSETT     Elizabeth WEBB    
61 05/04/1779 John MARSH   Black Torrington Anne ROUTLEY    
62 28/04/1779 James BREND   Hatherleigh Johanna WAKEHAM    
63 12/10/1779 Samuel SAUNDERS     Mary VANSTONE    
64 17/10/1779 Emmanuel HORN   Black Torrington Mary VENTON    
65 07/06/1780 Richard SLEE   Milton Damerel Anne PAIGE    
66 30/07/1780 Richard DAVYE     Rebecca BEARE    
67 27/08/1780 John HILL     Mary BALSDON    
68 02/10/1780 Thomas RICHARDS     Elizabeth BAILEY    
69 21/02/1781 John SILLIFANT     Grace GUNN    
70 22/07/1781 Amos BALSDON     Joanna SHUTE    
71 09/08/1781 William WONNACOTT     Susanna DURANT    
72 19/08/1781 Stephen MILLS     Elizabeth PAIGE    
00/09/1781 John MAY     Elizabeth BALKWELL    
73 23/09/1781 John SPEAR     Mary WHITE    
74 30/09/1781 Richard SHORT     Mary HORN    
75 09/12/1781 Francis BALSDON     Margret SOUTHCOMBE    
76 07/04/1782 Daniel PARRACOTT     Mary MARTIN    
77 14/04/1782 Thomas WITHECOMBE     Mary ESSERY    
78 11/02/1783 Michael HORRIL   Petrockstowe Elizabeth CROCKER    
79 13/05/1783 Thomas ROW     Sarah GLASS    
80 09/09/1783 John FULLER     Elizabeth HISSETT    
90 14/04/1784 John FOWLER   Pyworthy Ann BOUND    
100 18/07/1785 John WARMINGTON   Bideford Ann PIPER    
101 26/09/1785 Daniel HUTCHINGS     Mary EDWARDS    
102 02/01/1786 William BALKWIL     Joanna RODAWAY    
103 23/01/1786 Roger SMALE     Elizabeth HORN    
104 28/02/1786 William QUICK     Judith HATHERLEY    
105 20/03/1788 John MANCE     Ann WONACOTT    
106 20/03/1788 John WHITE   Shebbear Elizabeth THORN   Shebbear
107 05/11/1788 Robert SMALE     Elizabeth PARSONS    
108 19/11/1788 John PARSONS   Black Torrington Jane ESSERY    
109 30/12/1788 John PARSONS   Buckland Filleigh Mary HUTCHINGS    
110 11/03/1789 Henry ESSERY     Elizabeth BUSE    
111 11/01/1790 Thomas HARDING     Jane HARDING    
112 25/03/1790 Henry MAJOR   Northlew Mary WITHACOMB    
113 03/05/1790 John BOND     Mary BALKWILL    
114 10/08/1790 John PIPER     Mary HEARN    
115 14/02/1791 John VENTON     Joannah BALSDON    
116 15/02/1791 Oliver MARTIN     Elizabeth WONNACOTT    
117 23/02/1791 William SMALE     Mary SOUTHCOMBE    
118 08/05/1792 William BREND     Mary BEER    
119 05/06/1792 Arthur SOUTHCOMBE     Sarah ROBINS    
120 04/03/1794 James NORTHCOTT   Black Torrington Mary BEAR    
121 27/03/1794 Phillip GRATER     Elizabeth DAW    
122 22/04/1794 John HEMAN   Dolton Alice ADAMS    
124 30/03/1795 John WOODMAN   Beaworthy Hannah SQUIRE    
125 21/01/1796 William DINGLE     Thomazin BREND    
126 25/07/1796 William KENT   Charles, Plymouth Maria Ann HARRINGTON    
127 30/10/1796 Henry ESSERY     Elizabeth BEERE    
128 23/02/1797 Lewis WARD   Petrockstowe Christian EARLE    
129 03/05/1797 Thomas FRY   East Putford Margaret ASHTON    
130 09/07/1797 Joseph DAVY     Sarah BATTISHIL   Buckland Filleigh
131 12/07/1797 Richard BLIGHT     Elizabeth BREND    
132 17/08/1797 Richard COCKS     Grace SPEAR    
133 03/10/1797 Richard DAW     Joannah BALKWILL    
134 26/03/1798 John SILLIFANT     Ann BLIGHT    
135 08/05/1798 Thomas HUTCHINGS   Petrockstowe Elizabeth SOUTHCOMBE    
03/06/1798 John FURSE     Ann GRATER    
18/11/1798 Samuel HEYSED   Shebbear Mary BATTISHILL    
02/01/1799 William WOODMAN   Beaworthy Jane SQUIRE    
27/03/1800 John SLEE   Black Torrington Grace CLIVELL    
140 20/11/1800 John SPEARMAN     Mary VANSTONE    
141 10/12/1800 John SILKE     Mary BOUND    
142 18/01/1802 George FRY     Margret WONNACOTT    
143 19/05/1802 William PUDDICOMBE   Petrockstowe Rebeccah SQUIRE    
144 08/09/1802 Michael BRADFORD     Mary TAMLYN    
145 01/12/1802 Nathaniel MARTIN     Frances TRIBBLE    
29/03/1803 James PARSONS   Great Torrington Hannah MORCOMBE    
03/10/1803 George PAIGE   Black Torrington Elizabeth HARRIS    
30/11/1803 John VANSTONE     Patience JOHNS    
26/12/1805 Samuel ELLIOT   Merton Anne DAVEY    
31/03/1806 John LEWIS   Buckland Filleigh Elizabeth VANSTONE    
21/01/1807 Benjamin MAYNE     Jane MORCOMBE    
09/02/1807 James BOWMAN   Thornbury Ann LEWIS    
09/09/1807 Richard BLIGHT     Mary SOUTHCOMBE    
25/10/1810 Samuel LONGMAN     Elizabeth PRIDMORE    
12/11/1810 Thomas JONES Widower Thrushelton Elizabeth WOOD Widow  
26/02/1811 William CHANNINGS     Elizabeth BALDSON Single  
29/04/1811 Richard HANCOCK     Ann LEY    
01/09/1811 Richard SUTTON   Petrockstowe Sarah HUTCHING Single  
06/04/1812 Edward BALE   Highampton Jane SMALE    
1 07/01/1813 John SPEAR   Highampton Wilmott HEARD Single  
2 29/11/1813 Charles LOCK     Jane MAINE Widow  
3 20/04/1814 William DAVY     Ann TROTT    
4 21/06/1814 John SNELL   Merton Susanna HEARD Single  
5 28/06/1814 Thomas HOOPER     Jane MAY    
6 03/05/1815 John MARTYN     Mary BLATCHFORD    
7 16/05/1815 John SMALE   Shebbear Mary COLLACOTT Single  
8 07/08/1815 William RISDON   Hatherleigh Ann HEYSETT    
9 28/12/1815 William SOUTHCOMBE     Betsy GILL Single  
10 27/03/1816 John MAY     Jane BALE    
11 22/04/1816 Joseph WEARE     Ann BRAUND Single  
12 08/07/1816 John BLATCHFORD   Highampton Ann JOHNSON Single  
13 09/05/1817 Henry ESSERY     Grace HOOPER Single  
14 29/09/1817 Vincent BIRD     Margery BALSDON Single  
15 30/03/1818 Humphrey ESSERY     Joanna BLATCHFORD    
16 05/02/1819 James HOOPER     Ann MARTYN    
17 08/03/1819 William GIBBS   Frome, Somerset Mary SOUTHCOMBE    
18 01/04/1819 Philip GRATER     Mary HATHERLEIGH    
19 02/04/1819 Thomas PERCEY   Lamerton Mary PARNACOTT Single  
20 15/04/1819 Philip LANE     Elizabeth DINGLE    
21 16/08/1819 William DAMEREL     Mary SLEE    
22 07/12/1819 Richard DAVEY     Elizabeth ROUSE Single  
23 29/03/1820 William BENNETT     Sarah DAVIE    
24 29/03/1820 John KALLAWAY     Susannah FELDON    
25 03/05/1820 George MARTYN     Elizabeth SPRAGUE    
26 24/01/1821 John SPEAR     Tammey SMALE    
27 07/03/1821 Samuel Hopper DUFTY     Ann HEARD    
28 29/03/1821 John MORRISH   Petrockstowe Betty BOND    
29 19/07/1821 John BISSETT   Petrockstowe Martha YOUNG Widow  
30 13/02/1822 James MARTYN     Nancey PERKIN    
31 08/04/1822 John HARRIS     Mary SHORT    
32 17/08/1822 Samuel ARSCOTT     Margaret PASMORE    
33 25/10/1822 John WHITE     Susannah TROTT Single  
34 23/03/1824 John GUSCOTT   Highampton Mary JOHNSON    
35 06/04/1824 Henry ESSERY Widower   Sarah SOUTHCOMBE Widow  
36 09/08/1824 Thomas BASSETT     Jane MARTYN    
37 23/05/1825 Joseph CHAPMAN   Black Torrington Betsey DUFTY    
38 12/10/1825 John GARMAN     Mary HEYSED    
39 27/03/1826 Charles HORN     Mary HEYSED    
40 27/03/1827 James JURY     Jane MARTYN Single  
41 06/08/1827 William MAY Widower   Elizabeth BARKWILL    
42 04/09/1827 John BRIDGEMAN Widower   Ann DAVEY Widow  
43 24/10/1827 Richard FINNIMORE     Elizabeth WESTLAKE    
44 25/10/1827 John LUXON     Sarah ELLOTT    
45 30/12/1827 Charles MACKDONALD     Elizabeth Jane THRAZER    
46 11/09/1828 Thomas JURY   Hatherleigh Elizabeth TAUNTON    
47 10/10/1828 William BRAUND     Elizabeth SOUTHCOMBE    
48 26/12/1828 Charles SAUNDERS     Ann FURZE    
49 31/12/1828 John LOVELL     Ann SMALE    
50 02/04/1829 James TROTT     Sarah BURNNETT    
51 30/04/1829 William PENWARDEN   Holsworthy Sally MARTIN    
52 30/04/1829 Samuel CRABB   Ashwater Susan MARTIN    
53 08/07/1829 Thomas HARRIS   Buckland Filleigh Mary FURZE    
54 10/12/1829 Richard ALLEN   Black Torrington Mary SPEAR    
55 05/04/1830 Siles WILLOCK     Elizabeth PASSMORE    
56 31/05/1830 James HUGHES     Mary Ann LAMBE    
57 31/05/1830 Dennis BROWN     Ann GINONS    
58 26/01/1831 John HEYSED     Dorothy PINCOMBE Single  
59 05/07/1831 James HARRIS     Jane HEYSED    
60 25/03/1832 Oliver MARTIN     Mary HOW    
61 23/07/1832 James RISDON     Martha CHING    
62 27/08/1832 William HANDFORD     Ann BALSDON    
63 31/12/1832 Henry MARSH   Launcells, Cornwall Ann DIMONT    
64 11/06/1833 John PASSMORE     Jane DINGLE    
65 11/09/1833 William Luxton BRAUND Single   Christiana MARTYN Single  
66 21/10/1833 George Nunn SMITH     Susanna HEARN    
67 21/10/1833 Joseph CHAPMAN     Rosamond Addams GIBSON    
68 30/10/1833 William MARTYN     Mary PASSMORE    
69 20/03/1834 George MARTYN     Mary LENNARD    
70 01/04/1834 Robert LOCK   Meeth Mary SPEAR    
71 04/04/1834 Robert ASHLEY   Highampton Hannah GUEST    
72 20/03/1835 Thomas POLLARD     Ann JEFFERY    
73 15/04/1835 Philip MADGE     Charlotte DAVY    
74 28/05/1835 John LUXTON   Northlew Grace DAVY    
75 03/06/1835 George WEBB     Jane BALE    
76 14/09/1835 James RICHARDS     Harriot Matilda MARTYN    
77 09/03/1836 Richard GILBERT   Cookbury Sarah CLAY    
78 27/04/1836 John AYRE   Highampton Ann SMALE    
79 01/05/1836 James GILBERT   Black Torrington Elizabeth SLEE    
80 06/11/1836 James SANDERS   Black Torrington Ann HEYSED    
81 27/12/1836 Thomas BAILEY   Black Torrington Mary SUTTON    

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