Frating Parish Church

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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Frating Parish Church

The Parish

The parish of Frating lies in eastern Essex not too far from its creek-laden North Sea coast. Frating is located roughly 6 miles east of Colchester and sits a mile south of the A133 road which connects Colchester through to Clacton on Sea. There is very little to modern day Frating, a collection of farms and cottages gathered loosely around the hall. It is suspected that Frating parish was a closed parish with most land in the hands of a single landowner restricted inbound migration such that no defined village was formed. The area is rich arable farming land and growing of cereals would have underpinned the local economy. Modern developments have come to Frating with construction of the Colchester to Clacton on Sea rail line but Frating has no station. Frating is drained the short distance to the outer Colne Estuary by the Tenpenny Brook, water soon reaching the North Sea. Frating is sited at around 20 metres above the sea in very gentle terrain where land varies little more than 10 metres from that height for many a mile. Frating parish was fairly small, not atypical for its county, covering just over 1,200 acres it would have supported a population of around 250 parishioners. In Domesday times Frating was equally small despite being shared by Ranulf Peverel and Count Eustace of Boulogne the whole could muster just 8 ploughs with some meadow and pig-infested woodland, over 500 are recorded.

The Church

Frating parish church was deconsecrated in 1976 and sold 5 years later to become a private house with no public access. The church shows traces of Norman origins and the presence of Roman brickwork in the nave indicates possibly earlier origins. Much else dates from the Decorated period with tentative dating of c1300. As with most churches a Victorian restoration from the 1850s made changes too. The church when in use had a mid-14th century western tower but this has been demolished and removed by the newer owners. The former church sits immediately west of the entrance route to Frating Hall on the northern side of Church Road. As a private dwelling photography should be done from public roads.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	18th August 1754 - 17th January 1793 and 5th December 1793 - 17th December 1812	Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P 349/1/3a	Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None NB this register is bundled together with its successor into a single archival deposit
2	21st October 1783 - 9th October 1791	Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P 349/1/3b	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 NB this register is bundled together with its predecessor into a single archival deposit
3	4th October 1813- 3rd June 1837	Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P 349/1/7	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Elmstead St Anne & St Lawrence	Great Bromley St George	Great Bromley St George
Elmstead St Anne & St Lawrence		Great Bentley St Mary the Virgin
Elmstead St Anne & St Lawrence	Thorrington St Mary Magdalene	Great Bentley St Mary the Virgin

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	18/08/1754	James	JOLLY	Single		Mary	CRACKLING	Single	Thorrington
2	02/01/1755	Thomas	GOBBETT	Widower		Jane	WILDER	Widow
3	17/07/1755	Samuel	EAGLE	Single		Elizabeth	ANGIER	Widow	Thorrington
4	30/11/1756	Thomas	SHELDRAKE	Widower		Elizabeth	DUFFIELD	Widow
5	02/10/1757	James	WARD	Single	Thorrington	Mary	HARMAN	Widow
6	13/10/1757	Gabriel	SALMON	Single		Elizabeth	WATERS	Single
7	18/10/1757	John	BROCKETT	Single	Elmstead	Rebecca	WEBBER	Single
8	21/02/1758	Isaac	DOWNS		Colchester	Martha	BLOWER	Single
11	29/11/1759	Jeremiah	PITCHFORD	Single		Jane	WILDER	Single
12	27/02/1760	John	LEACH	Single	Boxted	Judith	WATERS	Single
13	25/06/1760	John	KING	Widower	Brightlingsea	Alice	BACON	Single
14	07/10/1760	James	WILKINSON	Single		Hannah	KING	Single
15	08/05/1761	John	HARRIS	Single	Tendring	Mary	BARRINGTON	Single
16	27/07/1762	Thomas	PURCASS	Single		Elizabeth	YOUNGE	Single
17	02/08/1762	Edward	WHITE	Single	Great Bromley	Sarah	SPARROW	Single
18	07/09/1762	William	LAPPIDGE	Widower	Elmstead	Elizabeth	SHELDRAKE	Widow
19	12/10/1762	William	HUGGINS	Widower	St Osyth	Elizabeth	EVERY	Single
20	01/02/1763	James	BARKER	Single		Elizabeth	BRAYBROOK	Single
21	27/05/1763	James	CARTER	Widower		Elizabeth	SMITH	Widow
22	15/08/1763	James	WHITE			Mary	MERRITT
23	29/09/1763	Isaac	COOK	Single	Greenstead	Mary	FISHER	Single
24	09/10/1763	Daniel	CLARKE	Single		Sarah	ROBINSON	Widow
25	27/12/1763	Robert	PILBOROUGH	Single		Sarah	CASEBIRD	Single
26	17/01/1764	Robert	PAUL	Single		Esther	WILKIN	Widow
27	09/01/1765	George	WILLBE	Single	Tolleshunt Knights	Sarah	AMES	Single
28	12/02/1765	Edward	LAPPIDGE	Single	Great Bromley	Temperance	YOUNG	Single
29	19/06/1765	Abraham	MASKEL	Single		Sarah	KNOWLER	Single
30	13/07/1766	Samuel	MARTIN	Widower	St Osyth	Mary	CARTER	Single
31	23/10/1767	Thomas	HOLDING	Widower	Great Bentley	Rebecca	BROCKWELL	Widow
32	16/01/1768	Joseph	PEGGS	Single		Elizabeth	HARMAN	Single
33	24/07/1768	William	COWELL	Single	Great Bentley	Mary	AMES	Single
34	27/12/1769	John	LAMBERT	Single		Elizabeth	CHAMPION	Single	Thorrington
35	06/06/1770	Daniel	CLARKE	Widower		Elizabeth	SALMON	Widow
36	24/07/1770	Samuel	CLARK	Single		Sarah	PILBOROUGH	Widow
37	13/11/1770	John	CLARK	Single	Great Bromley	Martha	ARNELL	Single
38	20/12/1770	Nathaniel	BLOWERS	Single	Great Bentley	Mary	GOLDACRE	Single
40	10/10/1771	Richard	DEATH	Single		Elizabeth	SANFORD	Single
41	03/03/1772	Nathaniel	RASIN			Ruth	TILLETT
42	28/07/1772	Isaac	BARRINGTON	Single		Elizabeth	RAWLING	Single	Great Bentley
43	13/08/1772	Thomas	NUNN	Single	Alresford	Mary	WILKIN	Single
44	06/10/1772	George	DEATH	Single		Martha	PITCHFORD	Single
46	22/03/1774	Henry	CARRY	Widower	Manningtree	Sarah	RAISON	Single
47	21/12/1774	John	PORTER		Great Bentley	Elizabeth	GRIMSEY
48	21/05/1775	John	WRIGHT	Single	Little Bentley	Elizabeth	GOLDACRE	Single
	29/05/1775	Stephen	LULLMAN		St Osyth	Alice	AMES
	29/09/1775	Stephen	SOUTHERNWOOD		Great Bromley	Susan	PORTER
	05/10/1775	Martin	RAWLIN	Single		Sarah	BARRINGTON	Single
	19/10/1775	Joseph	RISBY			Sarah	OVERELL
	11/02/1777	Robert	GOLDACRE			Susan	PILBOROUGH
	15/01/1778	Johnson	AMES			Elizabeth	RISBY
	14/07/1778	Joseph	TILLITT	Single		Susan	FROST	Single
	21/03/1779	Joseph	LEE	Single		Mary	RAISON	Single
	29/03/1779	Thomas	MERRIT	Single		Mary	HOWARD	Single
	23/07/1781	George	TAYLOR	Single		Elizabeth	RAISON	Single
	17/01/1782	Philip	NEWTON	Single		Martha	BROCKET	Widow
	02/10/1782	Richard	HOULDING		Great Bentley	Sarah	GRIMSEY
	21/10/1782	Charles	CUTTER	Single		Sarah	PITCHFORD	Single
1	21/10/1783	John	PAGE		Little Bentley	Margaret	LAKE
2	18/11/1783	John	BACON		Alresford	Hannah	ARNOLD
3	11/04/1785	Whalley Thornton	FOWLER			Anne Cook	POWELL
4	01/10/1786	Robert	BOND			Mary	CLARKE
5	24/12/1788	Samuel	SADLER			Sarah	BUMONT
6	26/10/1790	William	OSBORN		Elmstead	Mary	WHITE
7	13/09/1791	William	BARTEMORE	Widower		Elizabeth	DEBITTY	Single
8	09/10/1791	James	GODFREY		Brightlingsea	Martha	CHAPMAN
	20/11/1791	William	SMITH			Elizabeth	GARRARD
	17/01/1793	Daniel	CLARKE		Thorrington	Elizabeth	AMES
	05/12/1793	John	CLARKE	Single		Ann	BURR	Widow
	30/01/1794	John	PECK	Single		Martha	MEDSON	Single
	16/01/1795	William	WILLIAMS	Single		Mary	SIMONS	Single
	12/07/1796	Joseph	TILLITT			Elizabeth	PRIOR
	28/12/1796	Peter	HART	Single		Sarah	TAYLOR	Single
	14/02/1797	Thomas	WILSON	Single		Elizabeth	LARRATT	Single
	06/10/1801	James	KNOWLER		Little Bentley	Martha	SUTTEWIT
	29/10/1801	John	GIRLING	Single	Ardleigh	Mary	MANNING	Single
	29/10/1801	Nathanael	TURNER	Single		Elizabeth	LING	Single
	12/10/1802	John	CLARK	Single		Sarah	ADGER	Single
	04/01/1803	John	JAGGARD	Single		Kezia	TILLITT	Single
	20/03/1803	Charles	PARKER	Single	Kirby Le Soken	Sarah	WALLIS	Single
	20/10/1803	Joseph	DAWSON	Single	Great Bentley	Sarah	GRIMSEY	Single
	01/11/1803	Isaac	GRIMSEY	Single		Susan	GOLDACRE	Single
	18/09/1804	James	BURR	Single		Susanna	CARRY	Single	Great Bromley
	08/10/1804	George	MAY	Single	Brightlingsea	Mary	WATCHAM	Single
	04/04/1805	John	BALLS	Single	St Nicholas, Colchester	Nancy	THOMPSON	Single
	02/10/1805	John	SMITH	Single	St Peter, Colchester	Elizabeth	NUNN	Single
	04/10/1805	John	SEXTON	Single		Sarah	ANDREWS	Single
	11/12/1805	Robert	DANIELS	Single		Elizabeth	WRIGHT	Single
	08/04/1806	William	JAGGARD	Single		Sarah	PORTER	Single
	26/12/1806	Robert	GOLDACRE	Single		Susannah	DENNY	Single
	27/10/1808	Thomas	PORTER	Single		Mary	CHANDLER	Single
	04/12/1808	Robert	ROSE		Brightlingsea	Hannah	WOODS
	03/12/1810	John	ROBERTSON	Widower	Great Bentley	Mary	LAKE	Single
	10/05/1812	John	OSBORN	Single		Ann	CRESSELS	Single
	06/10/1812	Jacob	MANNING	Widower		Sarah	KING	Widow
	17/12/1812	Moreton John Edward	FREWEN	Single		Sarah	JENKINS	Single
1	04/10/1813	William	MOSS	Single	Elmstead	Mary	JACOBS	Single
2	15/04/1814	Robert	HEARNE	Single	Thorrington	Mary	WHITE	Single
3	21/04/1814	Joseph	TAYLOR	Widower	Elmstead	Susan	JAGGARD	Single
4	12/06/1814	John	CHANDLER	Single		Ann	COLE	Single
5	07/07/1814	Joseph	PARKER	Single		Ann	HUSBAND	Widow
6	04/10/1814	John	MINTER	Single		Mary	LEWIS	Single
7	06/04/1815	Joseph	THORPE	Widower		Sarah	NUNN		Yoxford, Suffolk
8	07/04/1815	Brice	FULFER	Single	St Osyth	Martha	GRIMSEY	Single
9	18/07/1815	James	TILLET	Single		Lucy	GRIMSEY	Single
10	22/08/1815	Samuel	SPARLING	Single	Little Clacton	Maria Elizabeth	ARCHER	Single
11	31/08/1815	Robert	OFFORD	Single		Sarah	HAMMOND	Single
12	14/04/1818	Joseph Clark	ARCHER	Single	Semer, Suffolk	Elizabeth	WAYNMAN	Single
13	15/11/1818	James	PEPPER	Single		Charlotte	CHAMPIN	Single
14	28/11/1819	Philip	COLE	Single		Lucy	SMITH	Single
15	28/02/1820	Josiah	GUNN	Single		Prudence	GRIMSEY	Single
16	17/10/1820	Robert	GRIMSEY	Single	Manningtree	Susan	GRIMSEY	Widow
17	25/11/1821	William	PORTER	Single		Mary	EDWARDS	Single	Dedham
18	01/01/1823	Thomas	BURRIDGE	Single		Martha	SOUTHERNWOOD	Single	Wivenhoe
19	10/06/1823	John	COOK	Single		Hannah	ROSE	Widow
20	27/09/1824	Robert	BOWTELL	Single		Mary	JOWERS	Single
21	02/07/1825	John	WATLING	Single		Sarah	BARKER	Single
22	27/10/1825	Henry	RAND	Widower		Mary	MASKELL	Widow
23	30/11/1825	John	DALE	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Single
24	18/07/1826	Nicholas	GRIMSEY	Single		Susanna	GRIMSEY	Single	Manningtree
25	08/08/1826	William Poulding	WRIGHT	Single		Ann	CANSDALE	Widow	Alresford
26	05/10/1827	Phillips Stammers	BROMLY	Single	Little Bentley	Sarah	MANNING	Single
27	25/10/1828	James	WOODS	Widower		Sarah	FINCH	Single
28	19/02/1829	Benjamin Terrett	FIRMAGE	Single		Christiana	BARR	Single
29	18/07/1830	Daniel	JOWERS	Single		Sarah	COPSEY	Single
30	07/11/1830	Abraham	MASKELL	Single		Mary	COUSINS	Single	Great Bromley
31	07/12/1830	Thomas	SIMONDS	Single	Chelmsford	Maria	RAND	Single
32	19/02/1831	John	BONES	Single		Betsy	PORTER	Single
33	02/05/1831	William	LINES	Single	Thorpe Le Soken	Eliza	TILLS	Single
34	23/07/1831	George	PRETTY	Single		Eliza	RAND	Single
35	07/04/1832	Philip	COLE	Widower		Mary	CLAXTON	Single
36	09/07/1832	John	TOMLINSON	Single	St Peter Westcheap, City Of London	Hannah	SIMSON	Single
37	09/10/1832	Thomas	BROOKS	Single		Jane	SUMMERS	Single
38	05/09/1834	Joseph	EALEY	Single		Susan	RAND	Single
39	13/09/1834	James	CANN	Single		Sarah	GOLDACRE	Single
40	11/12/1835	John	WARNER	Single	Great Bromley	Maria	JAGGARD	Single
41	02/01/1836	Jacob	MASKELL	Single		Mary	MIDDLETON	Single
42	06/10/1836	John	DUNNINGHAM	Single	Great Bromley	Milly Fall	BETTS	Widow
43	13/10/1836	William	RAND	Single		Mary Ann	JACKS	Widow
44	03/06/1837	Robert	GOLDACRE	Single		Sarah	MASON	Single

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