Downham St Margaret

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Downham St Margaret

The Parish

The parish of Downham lies in southern Essex about 3 miles east of the new town of Billericay in the valley of the River Crouch. Downham is about two miles north of the A129 which connects Billericay to Wickford and about a mile south of the modern reservoir at Hanningfield. The village is built along a lane on top of a low rise at about 70 metres above sea level which is a high spot for this area of Essex. The parish is largely arable farmland with patches of market gardening. The parish is a relatively small one of 2,200 acres with a population of around 250 parishioners. Whilst there is some evidence for Roman settlement in the area Downham is not separately mentioned in Domesday Book.

The Church

St Margaret's church is sited on the prominent bluff of the high ground to the south of the main settlement and with commanding views over the Thames estuary and its bordering plain. The church is a curious mixture of ages, the nave and chancel were entirely rebuilt in late Victorian times (the use of Kentish ragstone giving a nonstandard colour to the stone for Essex) but the embattlemented tower is much earlier (probably Tudor). The church is in a rather open site making for a simple portrait there being none of the trees and shrubs hemming in the building.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	10th November 1754 - 9th November 1812	Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P257/1/4	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number	Tiny handwriting makes for a challenging read and a possibility of a few misreads
2	1st February 1813 - 16th May 1837	Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P257/1/7	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads	None

Ramsden Bellhouse St Mary	South Hanningfield St Peter	South Hanningfield St Peter
Ramsden Bellhouse St Mary		South Hanningfield St Peter Runwell St Mary
Ramsden Bellhouse St Mary	Ramsden Bellhouse St Mary Wickford St Catherine	Wickford St Catherine

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
1	10/11/1754	James	BARKIN			Ann	PHYSSICK
2	10/02/1755	William	PERRY	Single		Ann	MARSHAL
3	20/04/1756	Thomas	BERRY		Ramsden Bellhouse	Elizabeth	LUCKINS	Widow
5	05/09/1756	Thomas	PLAYLE		Ramsden Bellhouse	Mary	ALMOND
4	12/09/1756	John	HORSENAIL		Runwell	Ann	SHEDFORD	Single
6	10/10/1756	William	JACKSON		Rettendon	Mary	PRIOR
7	04/10/1757	Richard	MEED			Catherine	SMITH
8	06/07/1758	John	RICHARDSON			Mary	HUNT		Great Burstead
9	02/10/1758	William	READ		Canewdon	Mary	HATCH	Single
10	08/10/1758	Joseph	ARCHER		Laindon	Ann	LACKING	Single
11	08/11/1758	Henry	PERKINS			Mary	BAKER
12	21/11/1758	John	PAYNE			Margaret	JEMKINS
13	01/10/1759	Henry	LACKING			Hannah	WALKER
14	25/02/1760	Samuel	RICHARDSON			Sarah	BIGGS	Single	Little Warley
15	11/12/1760	William	RIVERS			Hannah	POISEY
16	21/06/1761	Edward	UNDERWOOD	Widower		Mary	CLARK	Single
17	17/05/1762	William	DALE	Single		Mary	SUTTON	Single
18	31/10/1763	James	RUMBEL	Single		Susannah	LUCKING	Single
19	18/02/1764	William	WARNER	Single		Elizabeth	THOMPSIN	Single
20	09/03/1764	Henry	ALEXANDER	Single		Mary	COLLINS		Runwell
21	27/09/1764	William	FOOT	Widower		Elizabeth	PARNEL	Widow
23	21/12/1764	James	WYATT	Single	Ashingdon	Anne	ARCHER	Widow
22	08/01/1765	William	WILLIAMS	Single		Jane	STURDY	Single
24	11/12/1765	William	DAYNES	Widower		Sarah	LIVERMORE	Single
25	10/04/1766	James	SUTTON	Widower		Jane	COLLARD	Single
26	09/10/1766	John	WHITE	Single		Martha	AIDLE	Single
27	14/08/1767	Thomas	GREEN	Single		Sarah	BEVIN	Single
28	22/12/1767	Robert	FROST	Single	Thundersley	Susanna	DAVIES	Single
29	11/10/1768	Thomas	BEWLS	Single		Susanna	SAUNDERS	Single
30	14/09/1769	Timothy	LEAPER	Single	Wickford	Mary	BEVIN	Single
31	28/01/1770	Thomas	BRINTON	Widower		Susan	LEMON	Single
32	27/02/1770	John	LEACH	Single	Writtle	Margaret	PAIN	Widow
33	09/03/1771	Joshua	RUDLING	Widower	Vange	Mary	UNDERWOOD	Widow
34	25/04/1772	Richard	BASSET	Single	Oldswinford, Worcestershire	Mary	MYALL	Single
35	16/08/1772	John	COLLEN	Single		Mary	GROUT	Single
36	17/10/1772	William	BANBRICK	Single		Sarah	HARROD	Single
37	27/11/1772	John	JARVIS	Single		Elizabeth	BEVIN	Single
38	16/05/1775	John	MURRELL	Single	Runwell	Mary	PACEY	Single
39	24/07/1776	Thomas	OSBORN	Single		Elizabeth	HUGHES	Single
40	14/09/1777	William	HOG	Widower		Ann	WILLIAMSON	Widow
41	15/07/1778	Thomas	GREEN	Widower	Nevendon	Ann	OSBORNE	Widow
42	13/10/1778	Thomas	MARSHALL			Susannah	BUNDOCK
43	05/01/1779	George	ELLIS		Ramsden Crays	Sarah	MIDRIP
44	13/07/1780	John	WRIGHT			Mary	NEWLING
45	05/09/1780	James	LOWE			Elizabeth	PUNT
46	08/10/1781	John	OSBORN			Ann	TRAYLER
47	09/10/1781	George	RAMSAY			Mary	ISAACSON
48	15/10/1782	Thomas	SMITH			Hannah	HOUCHEN
49	03/10/1784	James	HINTON	Single		Mary	RAMSAY	Widow
50	20/10/1784	William	DANIELLS	Single	Runwell	Hannah	MOTT	Single
51	01/02/1785	John	DANNELS		South Benfleet	Ann	MORRIS
52	27/06/1785	William	DALE	Single		Mary	BUSH	Single
53	05/07/1785	Samuel	WRIGHT	Widower		Jane	KREED	Widow
54	30/01/1786	James	JONES	Single		Elizabeth	CALDER	Single
55	06/02/1786	Edward	CHAPLIN	Single		Catharine	BUTT	Widow
56	18/04/1786	William	ARTHY	Single	Hockley	Elizabeth	CLARKE	Single
57	24/09/1786	David	BRIDGE	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse	Elizabeth	HILLS	Single
58	02/12/1786	William	BAYLIN	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse	Mary	RUMBALL
59	30/07/1787	William	PAYNE	Single		Mary	TRAYLOR	Single
60	07/09/1787	Thomas	RICHARDSON	Single		Mary	RIGGLESWORTH		Laindon
61	21/01/1788	Samuel	RAYNER	Single		Ann	PRICE	Single
62	01/09/1788	Jeremiah	HOLLINGSWORTH	Widower		Elizabeth	HARROD	Single
63	03/11/1788	Thomas	BUNBROOK	Single		Mary	CHAPMAN	Single
64	16/08/1790	John	WHITE	Single		Elizabeth	OUTING	Single
65	23/09/1790	James	ATKINS	Single		Mary	HOGG	Single	Ramsden Crays
66	12/10/1790	John	BARKER	Single		Martha	DILLAWAY	Single
67	04/11/1790	John	ANGER		Ramsden Bellhouse	Sarah	WOOD
68	14/02/1791	Abraham	GLASSCOCK	Single		Sarah	CURDS	Single
69	22/09/1791	William	WRIGHT	Single	West Hanningfield	Sarah	BREWITT	Single
70	03/11/1791	John	GLASSCOCK	Widower		Elizabeth	RAM	Widow
71	04/10/1792	James	GRAVES	Single	Nevendon	Sarah	BANNISTER	Single
72	15/11/1792	William	DODSON			Mary	MURRY
73	20/11/1792	William	PARNELL	Single		Mary Ann	TRUTSELL	Widow
74	02/11/1793	James	SPINNER	Single		Mary	DILLAWAY	Single
75	27/03/1794	Henry	ALEXANDER	Single		Susan	ARCHER	Single	Wickford
76	26/05/1794	Zechariah	DILLAWAY	Single		Mary	HOLSOM	Single
77	09/09/1794	Robert	NEAL	Single		Susannah	WATERS	Single	Runwell
78	05/10/1794	William	TYLER	Single	Ramsden Crays	Sarah	JARVIS	Single
79	18/05/1795	William	NEWLAND	Single	Barking	Margaret	LINSTED	Widow
80	22/06/1795	John	RALFE	Single		Mary	WHITE	Single
81	08/07/1796	John	EMANEY	Single		Susannah	PRIOR	Single
82	11/10/1796	Joshua	HALL	Single		Sarah	BUNBROOK	Single
83	31/10/1796	James	HINTON	Widower		Susannah	RUMBLE	Widow
84	29/05/1797	William	SMITH	Single		Sarah	BUTT	Single
85	06/03/1798	James	EMSON	Single	Wickford	Sarah	DILLOWAY
86	07/06/1798	John	CLAPTON	Single	Great Dunmow	Elizabeth	DODSON	Single
87	08/06/1798	John	REED		Wickford	Susannah	DILLOWAY	Single
88	28/07/1798	John	KENDALL	Single		Joanna	EVERETT	Single
89	15/10/1798	Peter	HILLS	Widower		Mary	CHAPLIN	Widow	Ramsden Bellhouse
90	05/11/1798	William	YOUNG	Widower		Elizabeth	HOLDSON	Single
91	17/12/1798	Benjamin	BUTTON	Single		Sarah	RUMBALL	Single
92	12/11/1799	John	JOW	Single	Wickford	Lucy	COOCH	Single
93	24/12/1799	William Henry	PURKIS	Widower		Mary	RUMBAL	Single
94	13/11/1800	Henry	CLARK	Single	Stock	Charlotte	CLARK	Single
95	02/08/1801	Benjamin	MEWMAN			Sarah	BUNTEN
96	13/10/1801	Joseph	CALLARD	Single		Sarah	ASTERFIELD	Single
97	26/12/1801	Edward	AGER	Widower		Sarah	GODFREY	Single
98	26/09/1802	John	DAVIS	Single		Ann	TRUEFIELL	Single
99	17/10/1802	John	OSBOURNE	Single		Sarah	HURRELL	Single
100	30/08/1803	George	KILBURN	Widower		Mary	MILLER	Single
101	21/05/1804	Benjamin	BROWN	Single		Elizabeth	HOG	Single
102	31/03/1805	Jonathan	HILLS	Single		Rebecca	HARRIS	Single
103	15/12/1805	George	BRAZIER	Single		Elizabeth	TYLER	Single
104	20/01/1806	William	PERRY	Single	Witham	Susannah	CLARK	Single
105	15/07/1806	Philip Parker	EMMINS	Single		Elizabeth	DILLAWAY	Single
106	12/01/1807	Thomas	JEFFERIES	Single	Great Burstead	Rebecca	LORD	Single
107	09/02/1807	Thomas	MARSHALL	Single		Mary	LOWE	Single
108	18/05/1807	George	ALLEN	Widower		Mary	SEABROOK	Widow
109	10/10/1808	John	BUTTON	Single		Martha	BARCHESTER	Single
110	31/10/1808	Thomas	BROWNE	Single	East Hanningfield	Sarah	LOW	Single
111	16/01/1809	John	DILLAWAY	Single		Eliza	WRIGHT	Widow
112	20/03/1809	Thomas	COLLINS	Single		Susanna	LOWE	Single
113	19/06/1809	Thomas	CARTER	Widower		Elizabeth	JOHNSON	Widow
114	07/07/1811	James	CATTAWAY	Single	Ramsden Crays	Sarah	BAMBROOK	Single
115	11/08/1811	Joseph	JOHNSON	Single		Elizabeth	STUBBS	Single
116	14/10/1811	William	COLLINS	Single	Runwell	Mary	RUMBELL
117	14/01/1812	William	BARKER	Single		Lydia	NEWMAN	Single
118	09/11/1812	William	CLARKE	Single		Mary Ann	DODSON	Single
1	01/02/1813	Edward	BUTTON	Single		Hetty	COOPER	Single
2	29/05/1813	Thomas	MOTT	Single		Sarah	HOLSON	Single
3	26/09/1814	Robert	RAINES	Single		Mary	TUNBRIDGE	Widow
4	02/11/1815	Charles	DILLOWAY	Single		Susanna	LORD	Single
5	13/11/1815	James	WALTON	Single		Maria	LOWE	Single
6	21/04/1816	James	MURDLOCK	Single		Martha	BUTTON	Widow
7	14/10/1817	William	NORRIS			Mary	CURBAY
8	02/11/1817	Samuel	CROUCH	Single	Ramsden Crays	Frances	OSBORN	Single
9	27/09/1818	William	HAMMOND	Single	Hutton	Elizabeth	DODSON	Single
10	16/10/1818	William	DOOD	Single		Mary Elizabeth	RIVERS	Single
11	14/12/1818	John	LOWE	Single		Elizabeth	WRIGHT	Single
12	27/09/1819	Samuel	WHYBRO		Ramsden Bellhouse	Mary	BANBROOK
13	16/10/1820	James	BRIGNELL	Single		Mary	POND	Single
14	19/08/1821	James	SPOONER	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse	Hannah	DODSON	Single
15	15/10/1821	Nathaniel	COLLINS	Single		Susannah	MURRAY	Single
16	03/03/1822	William	HOPKINS	Single		Sarah	TRUFOEL	Single
17	28/10/1822	George	WATTS	Single		Mary	CLAYTON	Single
18	30/12/1822	William	WALKER	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse	Mary Ann	ROLPH	Single
19	01/03/1823	John	FOREMAN	Single	Ramsden Crays	Mary	NEAL	Single
20	13/07/1823	Thomas	GREEN	Widower		Fanny	GRIMES	Single
21	15/09/1823	James	HARVEY	Single		Mary Ann	AGER	Single
22	29/09/1823	Samuel	GOODEY	Single		Sarah	JOYCE	Single
23	29/10/1823	John	BRITTEN	Single		Elizabeth	DILLOWAY	Single
24	03/11/1823	James	WALKER	Single		Mary	BUTT	Single
25	17/05/1824	John	JOYCE	Single		Mary	HYMISS	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse
26	26/07/1824	Abraham	AGER	Single		Charlotte	WHITE	Single
27	16/09/1824	John	NASH	Single	West Hanningfield	Mary	MARSHALL	Single
28	22/11/1824	William	BOOTY	Single		Sarah	TURNER	Single
29	23/05/1825	James	MARSHALL	Single		Ann	TRUFOEL	Single
30	27/06/1825	John	HOW	Widower		Sarah	BRITTON	Widow
31	04/10/1827	Edmund	LOW	Single		Sarah	BURRELL	Single	Great Burstead
32	22/10/1827	William	BROWNING	Single		Sarah	MILTON	Single
33	11/02/1828	Charles	STAMMERS	Single		Ann	ROLFE	Single
34	22/05/1828	Charles	LOWE	Single		Susannah	BURRELL	Single	Great Burstead
35	22/12/1828	Isaac	PIPER	Single		Lavinia	SPELLER	Single
36	01/10/1829	Charles	LOWE	Single	Great Burstead	Eliza	BUTTON	Single
37	05/10/1829	John	BUTTON	Single	Hadleigh	Mary	RENALLE	Single
38	15/12/1829	John	BAILEY	Single		Sarah	WRIGHT	Single
39	11/04/1830	George	SUCKLING	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse	Ann	WILLIAMS	Single
40	25/07/1830	James	WALKER	Widower		Elizabeth	GIGGINGS	Widow
41	05/09/1831	Benjamin	BROWNING	Single		Eliza	RAYNER	Single	Ramsden Bellhouse
42	09/10/1831	James	AGER	Widower		Mary	MARSHALL	Widow
43	10/10/1831	James John	DALE	Single		Mary Ann	LOW	Single
44	21/10/1831	James	DODSON	Single		Elizabeth Ann	AGER	Single
45	05/03/1832	William	HUTCHIN	Single		Mary	CHITTIM	Single
46	05/04/1832	James	BAILEY	Single		Maria	WRIGHT	Single
47	08/10/1832	Daniel	BRITTEN	Single		Lucy	MELTON	Single
48	02/04/1834	Samuel	BRUNWIN	Single	Wickford	Susan	RICHARDSON	Single
49	05/05/1834	William	CLARK	Single		Sarah	PETCHEY	Single
50	15/07/1834	Joseph Parker	EMMONS	Single		Mary	WARRICKER	Single
51	28/07/1835	William	CURBY	Single		Susan	FARROW	Single
52	28/07/1835	Joseph	PIPER	Single		Sarah	WRIGHT	Single
53	28/09/1835	William	EVE	Single		Susannah	AGER	Single
54	25/12/1835	William	AGER	Single		Sarah Ann	MILLER	Single
55	16/02/1836	James Robert	PHILLIPSON	Widower		Ann	BARNARD	Widow	Runwell
56	15/05/1836	Edward	BARKER	Single		Mary	MURDLOCK	Single
57	18/07/1836	James	MARSHALL	Single		Ann	CURBY	Single
58	19/07/1836	Joseph	WARRICKER	Single		Louisa	PARKER	Single
59	29/07/1836	Richard	KEY	Single		Hannah	BRITON	Single
60	13/10/1836	William	ELLIOTT	Single		Susan	SPACKMAN	Single
61	16/05/1837	Nathaniel	COLLINS	Widower		Mary	SMITH	Widow

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