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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Goldhanger St Peter

 

The Parish

The parish of Goldhanger sits in eastern Essex almost centrally along its North Sea Coast. Goldhanger forma part of the fretted creek coastline of Essex. Goldhanger is located about 4 mile east of the port of Maldon and sits on and to the south of the B1026 road which connects Maldon with Colchester. Most of the properties are sited along the B road or along a triangle of lanes which run off it to the south. Goldhanger is a coastal settlement but would have earned its living from the land, the coast being muddy and unsuitable as a harbour. The principal economy would have been farming, arable on higher ground and pastoral (mainly cattle) on the coastal saltings and reclaimed lands, there would also have been lucrative wildfowling possibilities through the winter period. Much of the parish is drained by man-made ditches running to sluices which feed the runoff into the Blackwater estuary on which Goldhanger sits. Essex parishes are typically quite small and Goldhanger was no exception it covered just over 1,600 acres and supported a population of around 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Goldhanger was held by three gentlemen (Ranulf Peverel, Hugh de Montfort & Count Eustace of Boulogne) it could only offer 4 plough as well as meadows, pastures & woodland but did possess a salthouse.


The Church

St Peter's church sits on the eastern side of the lane running due south from the B1026 road, here appropriately enough named Church Street. St Peter's origins are very early, a pair of windows from the nave and chancel showing 11th century features, the church, too, also shows extensive reuse of Roman brick which is clearly a very early feature. More conventionally the southern aisle is 14th century and the western tower is of the 15th, however the church was much modified in the 1790s which, together with the usual Victorian restoration, masks much early detail. The Victorian work included the rebuilding of the southern arcade. The church sits enclosed by a low brick wall, the entry being at the southern end of the site by a pair of metal gates. There are some trees around which cause some photographic issues in particular at the eastern end of the site.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 1st July 1754 - 24th December 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P79/1/4 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
2 2nd March 1813 - 24th December 1836 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P79/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads The 1st 6 pages of this register are missing and the entries were retrieved from extant Bishops Transcripts whose qualities were also acceptable


Little Totham All Saints
Tolleshunt Major St Nicholas
Tolleshunt Major St Nicholas
Little Totham All Saints
Tolleshunt Major St Nicholas



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 01/07/1754 Samuel POND Widower   Sarah SMITH Widow  
2 28/11/1754 Nathaniel ROGERS     Susannah HORE Single  
3 12/06/1757 George WADE Single Southminster Hannah CHARLES Single  
5 18/10/1757 John COE Single   Margaret GARDNER Single  
4 24/10/1757 John BROWN Widower   Sarah HARRISON Widow  
6 08/05/1758 John COOPER Widower   Hannah HARRINGTON Single  
7 11/02/1759 Roger WELLS Widower   Elizabeth HARRAD Widow  
8 22/02/1759 William BRAGG Single   Sarah SALMON Single  
9 16/04/1759 William ALLEN Single   Mary CARTER Single  
10 05/06/1759 Francis TYRRIL Single   Sarah SEWELL Single  
11 11/11/1760 George MAYHEW Widower   Mary KEY Single  
12 01/04/1761 Edward PRIOR Single   Ann HOLMAN Single  
13 01/01/1762 Stephen ROSS Single   Waldegrave PYKE Single  
14 24/12/1762 Thomas COTTIS Single Great Tey Ann ROSBROOK Single  
15 08/09/1763 John DUKE Single   Mary GARRARD Widow  
16 18/10/1763 Robert GENTERY Single   Ann OSBORN Single  
17 15/12/1763 William STURGEON Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy Elizabeth MARRYON Single  
18 02/02/1764 Henry DALE Single   Susanna WORRALL Single  
19 01/11/1764 Thomas WORREL Single   Sarah GARDNER Single  
20 27/11/1764 James ALLEN Single   Elizabeth RICHMOND Single  
21 27/01/1765 James WILLIS Single   Mary WESGATE Single  
22 21/04/1765 Daniel WINDEN Widower   Sarah TYBALT Widow  
23 16/05/1765 Thomas MESSENT Widower Wickham St Paul Ann THOMPSON Widow  
24 10/10/1765 Benjamin WOOD Single   Sarah TYRRIL Widow  
25 03/11/1765 Josiah DENNIS Widower   Mary HAWARD Widow  
26 23/01/1766 Thomas KING Single   Lucia GLADWIN Single  
27 05/08/1766 John GARDNER     Ann SUFKIN    
28 10/08/1766 John HAMPTON     Martha COAT    
29 26/10/1766 Anthony WILSMAR     Sarah FORD    
30 16/07/1767 Henry BUTCHER Widower   Ann APPELTUN Widow  
31 01/10/1767 George WOOLLARD Single   Elizabeth GOLDAKER Single  
32 13/04/1768 William PEGGS Widower Tolleshunt D'Arcy Margarett COE Widow  
33 23/10/1768 John ABRAHAMS Widower   Mary TURNER Widow  
35 19/09/1769 Jacob GURLING Single Maldon Elizabeth RULEY Single  
36 28/09/1769 William WAKELIN   Tolleshunt Major Hannah GARDNER    
37 24/10/1769 John FURTHER     Mary BUTCHER    
38 11/12/1769 William CHALLESS   Great Totham Mary DUDLEY    
39 20/02/1770 William WOOD   Woodham Ferrers Mary ONYON    
42 25/10/1770 John GOODMAN Single   Sarah THEOBALD Single  
43 22/04/1771 William COTTESS Single   Hannah ROSBROOK Single  
45 29/12/1771 William DEADMAN Widower Great Tey Mary FINCHAM Single  
46 09/01/1772 Richard WOOD     Susanna WARREN    
47 12/02/1772 Isaac COTTESS Widower   Ann BROWN Widow  
48 27/02/1772 John STAMMERS   Little Totham Mary WORRELL    
49 15/09/1772 William BUTCHER Widower   Sarah FINCHAM Widow  
51 22/10/1772 Samuel BOWLES Single   Sarah BATEMAN Single  
52 10/12/1772 Edward GURTON Single   Sarah BUTCHER Single  
53 25/05/1773 Wild STAMMERS Single All Saints, Maldon Mary PLAYLE Single  
56 27/10/1774 Robert SHARPE Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy Isabell THEOBALD Single  
57 16/05/1775 Robert SPINK Single All Saints, Maldon Jemima GARDNER Single  
58 19/06/1775 Wallis GENTRY Single   Mirah GOLDACRE Single  
59 17/07/1775 John DALE Single   Mary HILLS Single  
60 23/02/1776 William RUMSEY Single Shalford Elizabeth LIVERMORE Single  
61 12/03/1776 Thomas THEOBALD Single   Sarah ANGIER Single  
62 10/12/1776 William NUMAN Single   Mary SMITH Single  
63 17/12/1776 John HUNT Single Latchingdon Sarah CARTER Single  
64 14/01/1777 John APPLETON Single Heybridge Mary DALE Single  
65 08/04/1777 Joseph THEOBALD     Mary MESSON   Great Totham
66 29/04/1777 Edward HUNT Single Mayland Mary BUTCHER Single  
67 17/10/1777 Samuel COOK Single   Sarah EVERITT Single  
68 07/07/1778 Robert ROUSE Widower   Mary WILSMERE Widow  
69 16/02/1779 William SHARPE Single   Sarah PLAYLE Single  
70 25/01/1780 Thomas MERRELL Widower   Sarah COOPER    
71 29/02/1780 Charles WOODARDS Single   Margaret COE    
72 23/05/1780 Thomas BOUTWELL Single   Isabella SHARP Widow  
73 23/07/1780 John STAMMERS Widower   Sarah MILLER Single  
74 02/01/1781 Anthony WELSMORE Widower   Martha YELDHAM Widow  
75 08/05/1781 Samuel BOWLES Widower   Mary HARRIS Single  
76 05/06/1781 John CORNWELL Single Burnham On Crouch Ann PONDER Single  
77 05/06/1781 James PONDER Single   Martha PERRY Single  
79 17/10/1783 Abraham TAYLOR Widower   Una WALFORD Widow  
80 29/10/1783 James BUTCHER Single   Lucy FINCH Single  
81 05/10/1784 Thomas RAVEN Widower   Ann GENTRY Single  
82 30/12/1784 James GIBBONS Single   Mary CHALLIS Widow  
83 05/02/1785 Jonathan WISSON Widower   Elizabeth WALFORD Single  
84 01/03/1785 Henry BUTCHER Widower   Hannah COOK Single  
85 22/04/1785 Robert WALFORD Single   Elizabeth HILLS Single  
86 04/12/1785 James CROWLING Single   Lucy BROCKESS Single  
87 24/10/1786 Timothy LORD Single Heybridge Mary WALLACE Single  
88 16/12/1786 James STOCKINGS Single   Martha HUGHES Single  
89 12/02/1787 Daniel LAVENDER Widower   Ann CORNWALL Widow  
90 19/07/1787 Thomas COTTIS Single   Mary RAVEN Single  
92 27/04/1788 Isaac OSBORN Widower   Susannah RAVEN Widow  
93 17/06/1788 Benjamin TAYLOR Single All Saints, Maldon Martha LORD Widow  
91 03/08/1788 Thomas BURES Single   Elizabeth WOOLARD Widow  
94 09/11/1788 Joseph HILLS Single   Ann GENTRY Single  
95 22/11/1788 John SHELLEY Single   Darkes WENDON Single  
96 16/12/1788 John PONDER Single   Charlotte KING Single  
97 25/03/1790 Robert William RENNAL Widower All Saints, Maldon Mary BROWN Widow  
98 21/05/1790 Thomas MILLER Single   Susannah WELSMORE Single  
99 16/06/1790 Benjamin WOOD Single   Sarah MOOR Single  
100 24/10/1791 James WELLESS Single   Mary CHALLISS Single  
101 10/01/1792 Richard BROCKESS Single Tolleshunt Major Elizabeth HOLEMAN Single  
102 17/05/1792 William HOLDER Single   Hannah HUGHES Single  
103 21/07/1793 William WRIGHT Single   Susan CONEY Single  
104 30/09/1793 James CORNWELL Widower   Susannah RATLIFFE Single Tolleshunt Major
105 26/02/1794 Henry DALE Single   Sarah PEACHEY Single  
106 21/05/1794 George RIDGELL Single   Ann HILLS Widow  
107 06/08/1795 John AVISS Single   Elizabeth DIXON Single  
108 20/04/1796 William WHITLOCK Single Burnham On Crouch Hannah CUTTS Single  
109 02/05/1796 Samuel STOCKINGS Widower   Bennet THEOBALD Single  
110 26/12/1796 Bromfel EAREY Single Tolleshunt Major Ann OSBORN Single  
111 21/02/1797 James FORD Single   Susannah COOTE Widow  
112 03/07/1797 Jeffrey BURROWS Single Mundon Susannah DALE Single  
113 30/10/1797 James HICKS Single   Hannah PRENTICE Single  
114 08/05/1798 John FRANCIS Single   Ann BOYTON Single  
115 08/10/1798 William BENTALL     Susannah FOSTER   Witham
116 04/02/1799 John SHELLY Widower   Susannah FRENCH Single  
117 10/05/1799 John WELSMORE   Tolleshunt Major Mary GENTRY    
118 13/05/1799 Caleb CHAPLIN   Tolleshunt D'Arcy Mary WENDEN    
119 11/11/1799 Robert HARVEY Single   Elizabeth JAGGES Single  
120 17/01/1800 Joseph JORDAN Single St Andrew, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland Susannah WOOD Single  
121 02/06/1800 Samuel JORDON Single   Sarah ROUSE Single  
122 24/05/1801 John JENNINGS Single Sandon Elizabeth HEARD    
123 22/11/1801 Thomas YOUNG     Hannah BUTCHER    
124 23/04/1802 John WILLIS     Amelia HARRINGTON    
125 06/08/1802 Samuel CARTER Single   Elizabeth SAUKINS Single  
126 13/09/1802 Peter LUFKIN Single   Sarah GURTON Single  
127 28/11/1802 Benjamin WHITE Widower   Jane HARRIS Single  
128 24/07/1803 James PUDNEY Single   Hannah OTLEY Single  
129 30/09/1803 William HEARD     Martha CANT    
130 14/11/1803 William QUY Single   Ann WENDON Widow  
138 00/00/1804 Richard CROSBY Single Tollesbury Sarah ARDLY    
132 14/01/1804 John OTTELY     Hannah FURROW    
133 27/01/1804 Benjamin WOOD     Rebecca WOOD    
131 08/03/1804 Solomon SAMS   St Mary, Maldon Eleanor DESENT    
134 02/07/1804 William PEARSON Single Bradwell Juxta Mare Elizabeth SMOOTHY    
135 26/07/1804 Joseph POWL   Tillingham Elizabeth GURTON    
136 23/10/1804 John PLAYLE Single   Martha JOHNSON    
137 26/11/1804 William HOLMES Widower   Elizabeth BUCK Single  
139 24/02/1805 Joseph MASON     Ann MARTIN    
140 14/02/1806 William SALMON Widower   Mary ARDLEY Widow  
141 20/07/1806 Samuel RAWLINSON Single   Sarah SAWKENS Single  
19/09/1806 Christopher FACEY Single Little Totham Lydia CONEY Single  
09/11/1806 William TAYLOR Widower Tolleshunt Major Sarah OSBORN    
22/01/1807 John QUY Widower   Eleanor HART Widow  
05/03/1807 Joseph AUSTIN Single Tolleshunt Major Mary SALMON Single  
09/04/1807 Isaac BELSHAM Single   Jane CANT Single  
15/05/1807 Abraham BARLING Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy Bathsheba BARRINGTON Single  
16/08/1807 Thomas JOHNSON     Elizabeth WILSMORE    
23/05/1808 John PAYN     Elizabeth SIBBON Widow Langham
11/08/1808 William HOLLOWAY   All Saints, Maldon Sarah JOHNSON    
16/05/1809 John SHYNN   Prittlewell Mary HARRIS    
25/06/1809 Thomas THEOBALD     Bridget HAWKES   Maldon
09/10/1809 John PONDER Single   Sarah WOOD Single  
14/12/1809 John THEOBALD Single   Frances COCKSEDGE Single  
27/05/1810 John WILSMORE Widower   Anne SHUTTLEWORTH Single  
11/06/1810 Samuel JOHNSON Single   Sarah CROW Single  
16/07/1810 John WHITE Widower Tolleshunt Major Ruth MARTIN Widow  
25/07/1810 Thomas HUGHS Single   Elizabeth SAUKINS Single  
26/12/1810 John LING Single   Rebecca LIGHTNING Single  
19/02/1811 Arthur SEALEY Single   Sarah WENDEN Single  
11/11/1811 Joseph MARTIN Single   Elizabeth JOHNSON   Tolleshunt D'Arcy
18/05/1812 Richard PEARSON Widower   Lydia DAVIS Single  
29/06/1812 James BOWLES Widower   Ann RAVEN Widow  
01/10/1812 Thomas MAYOR Single Great Totham Susannah COTTER Single  
13/11/1812 Thomas BEWERS Single   Susannah BERNARD Single  
24/12/1812 Thomas FARROW Single   Elizabeth PAYNE Single  
1 02/03/1813 William PONDERS Single   Mary BREWERS Single  
2 15/03/1813 William WHITE Widower Tolleshunt D'Arcy Susan CAWSTON Single  
3 27/04/1813 John ATKINSON     Hesther CAWSTON   Tolleshunt D'Arcy
4 08/05/1813 Isaac OSBORN Single   Sarah BEAL Single  
5 26/07/1813 Matthew GENTING Single   Hannah CLARK Widow  
6 05/10/1813 George ALEXANDER Single   Sarah CONEY Single  
7 05/08/1814 James BOWLS Widower   Lucy NEWMAN Widow  
8 11/02/1815 John FRANCIS     Susan REED Single Messing
9 11/07/1817 John COOPER Single   Susan JOHNSTONE Single  
10 12/08/1817 Henry BIGGS Single   Elizabeth AUDLEY Single  
11 21/10/1817 Stephen GURTON Widower   Ruth MURRAY Widow  
12 09/11/1817 William RUSHAN Single   Jemima CARTER Single  
13 15/12/1817 James CAZEY Single Fingringhoe Mary WOOD Single  
14 25/12/1817 Joseph AUSTIN Widower   Sarah WENDEN Single  
15 08/02/1818 Thomas HARVEY Single All Saints, Maldon Sarah FARROW Single  
16 06/03/1818 John ANGEL Single Great Holland Jane PAGE Single  
17 22/04/1818 Joseph GIBSON Single   Mary DALE Single  
18 28/04/1818 James PONDER Single   Elizabeth HOWARD Single  
19 10/05/1818 Ephraim WOOD Single   Charlotte Lilly PARMINTER Single  
20 09/01/1819 William KING Single   Mary Ann BELSHAM Single  
21 21/03/1819 Samuel JOHNSON Widower   Sarah Ann BARBROOK Widow  
22 23/01/1820 George FOSTER Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy Sarah CHAPLING Single  
23 03/09/1820 Samuel CARTER Widower   Martha FOSTER Widow  
24 12/12/1820 Thomas CARTER Single   Elizabeth CURTIS Single  
25 09/01/1821 Joseph WENDEN Single   Sally Roice CRANFIELD Single  
26 30/10/1821 John ARGENT Single   Susan MILLER Single  
27 30/10/1821 James WAGER Single   Elizabeth COKER Single  
28 04/08/1822 Thomas COTTIS Single   Ann CADMAN Single  
29 29/08/1822 John HAILES Single   Sarah SEABROOK Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy
30 08/10/1822 William CONEY Single   Mary JORDAN Single  
31 11/10/1822 Benjamin JOHNSON Single   Mary STONES Single  
32 03/12/1822 John BINKS Single   Sarah STEVISON Single  
33 10/06/1823 William HITCHIN Single Ulting Jane JORDAN Single  
34 17/06/1823 James RUGGLES Single Chelmsford Frances SHELLEY Single  
35 11/08/1823 James CUTTS Widower   Sarah HOWELL Widow  
36 15/09/1823 James JOHNSTON Single   Mary HOWLETT Single  
37 26/10/1823 John COTTICE Single   Charlotte TURRELL Single  
38 26/10/1823 Thomas Johnston MANN Single   Hephzibah GELBEY Single  
40 08/12/1823 Benjamin WOOD Widower   Sarah PONDER Widow  
39 25/12/1823 William HOLDER Single   Hannah CLARK Single  
41 16/08/1824 John CHALLIS Single   Sarah BRUCE Widow  
42 07/10/1824 Richard COKER Single   Ann Eliza CURTIS Single All Saints, Maldon
43 07/12/1824 William COKER Single Tolleshunt D'Arcy Ann CROW Single  
44 03/10/1825 Henry RALPH Single   Caroline PARMINTER Single  
45 21/10/1825 William CLARK Single   Mary CROW Single  
46 01/11/1825 Thomas CASS Single   Hannah HOWLETT Single  
47 04/04/1826 John CHAPLIN Single   Hannah COTTIS Single  
48 06/07/1826 Samuel BRIGHT Single Kelvedon Susanna WESTGATE Single  
49 13/07/1826 Richard LAMB Single Hammersmith, Middlesex Rebecca BELSHAM Single  
50 19/02/1827 William Samuel COUARTMAN Single   Ann DALE Single  
51 08/03/1827 John BEADEL Single Great Totham Sarah STEBBING Single  
52 14/05/1827 James BATEMAN Single   Hannah MILLER    
53 28/05/1827 Samuel CARTER Single   Sarah BATEMAN Single  
54 30/10/1827 Caleb CHAPLIN Single   Mary Ann WENDON Widow  
55 26/11/1827 John WILLIS Single   Amelia DIGBY Single  
56 23/12/1827 James KING     Susannah BRAYBROOK    
57 27/03/1828 John COAKER Single   Mary Ann SHELLY    
58 11/09/1828 Joseph RYLAND Widower   Esther WAGER Widow  
59 30/09/1828 James CARTER Single   Sarah Ann RYLAND Single  
60 09/03/1829 Thomas FENNING Single   Ann WILLISMORE Widow  
61 21/03/1829 Joseph KINGSBURY Single   Mary CONEY Widow  
62 11/04/1829 George Samuel Wood JOHNSON Single   Sarah SPURGEON Single  
63 28/08/1829 Edmund QUY Single   Ann Agnis GURTON Single  
64 11/10/1829 John PINNOCK Widower   Elizabeth SPARROW Widow  
65 11/11/1829 James GOOCH Single   Mary KINGSBURY Single  
66 15/06/1830 John HOLLAND Single   Ann King RENALL Single  
67 05/10/1830 John HOWLETT Single   Sarah MILLS Single  
68 09/10/1830 Thomas SMITH Single   Emmaretta JORDAN Single  
69 22/10/1830 Samuel GRIGGS Single   Sarah PONDER Single  
70 30/11/1830 Thomas FARRER Single   Elizabeth PAMETER Single  
78 00/00/1831 George Stammers WEBB Single Heybridge Jane SMITH Single  
71 14/02/1831 Isaak WAGER     Hannah BUXTON   Kelvedon
72 20/02/1831 Samuel RAWLINSON Widower   Ann WILLMORE Widow  
73 14/03/1831 Isaac SPALLS Single   Sarah SAMMS Widow  
74 14/03/1831 William APPLEBY Single   Mary QUY Single  
75 17/04/1831 George COLEBY Single   Bridget THEOBALD Single  
76 09/08/1831 Samuel JORDAN     Sarah HANSELL   Heybridge
77 27/09/1831 John RAVEN   Hadleigh, Suffolk Mary Ann HAMMOND    
79 03/12/1831 John MILLER Single   Mary AMOS Single  
80 30/04/1832 Joseph DALE Single   Elizabeth PARKER Single Great Totham
81 01/05/1832 William BROWN Single   Hannah HICKS Single  
82 18/10/1832 John WHITBY   Ipswich, Suffolk Lydia HAMMOND    
83 23/10/1832 James HUXTER     Susannah PARTRIDGE    
84 13/11/1832 James HOPGOOD Single   Sarah Ann JORDAN Single  
85 15/12/1832 George SHARP Single   Sarah JOHNSON Single  
86 24/03/1833 Charles SMITH Single   Eliza HUMPHREYS Single  
87 13/04/1833 George AGER Single   Sarah PAMMENTER Single  
88 17/09/1833 William STANES Single   Eliza WAGER Single  
89 05/10/1833 James WILLIS Single   Mary SALLOWS Single  
90 16/10/1833 Samuel RAWLINSON Single   Susannah HOLMES Single  
91 31/03/1834 Samuel CURTIS Single   Sarah RAWLINSON Single  
92 20/07/1834 William BASHAM Single   Louisa JENNINGS Single  
93 12/09/1834 James WESTGATE Single   Mary CROW Single  
94 11/11/1834 Charles GRIMWOOD Single   Ann PONDER Widow  
95 06/12/1834 John SHARPE Single   Elizabeth JOHNSON Single  
96 05/05/1835 Samuel RAWLINSON Widower   Charlotte Lilley WOOD Widow  
97 01/06/1835 Robert Lilley GURTON Single   Elizabeth EDWARDS Single  
98 17/11/1835 Thomas FORDHAM Single   Rebecca BRAND Single  
99 29/10/1836 William WRIGHT Single   Sarah HOWLETT Single  
100 05/11/1836 Samuel JOHNSON Widower   Elizabeth DICKENSON Widow  
101 24/12/1836 William COOK Single   Elizabeth HEARD Single  

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