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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Great Maplestead St Giles

 

The Parish

The parish of Great Maplestead lies in northern Essex about 2 miles north of the market town of Hadleigh. The parish lies in a network of small lanes to the west of the busy A131 which links Braintree and the Suffolk border town of Sudbury. Great Maplestead lies at around 70 metres above sea level above the east bank of a small tributary of the River Colne which drains through Colchester to the North Sea. It has been speculated that its name arose as a result of a concentration of Maple trees in the area. Great Maplestead is a compact village lining a narrow north-south running lane down to the crossing of the brook. The area is intensively arable farming with large fields of cereal mixed with sugar beet and oil seed. The parish is compact and of around 2,000 acres it supported around 450 parishioners during the period of this transcript. Great Maplestead has been around for a long time, in conjunction with its neighbour Little Maplestead it merits no fewer than 3 mentions in Domesday Book were the combination boasted 5 ploughs.


The Church

St Giles' church is sited alongside the north-south running lane mentioned above, it holds a position at the upper end of the slope. The church is a very early building for Essex. The tower and apse are believed to be Norman and the chancel is Early English making for a building largely complete by the end of the 13th century. There were later restorations and additions, notably the modification of the south transept to provide a chapel for the Deane family in the 17th century. Of course the church also received the standard Victorian makeover. The church sits tucked away behind a hedged graveyard accessed through neat gates, there are mature trees dotted around making for a very pleasant site.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 9th December 1754 - 15th March 1808 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P83/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 16th August 1808 - 17th December 1811 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P83/1/5 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
3 16th February 1813 - 4th May 1837 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P83/1/6 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Castle Hedingham St Nicholas
Castle Hedingham St Nicholas
Gestingthorpe St Mary
Gestingthorpe St Mary
Sible Hedingham St Peter
Little Maplestead St John The Baptist
Sible Hedingham St Peter
Halstead St Andrew
Little Maplestead St John The Baptist

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 09/12/1754 Thomas WRIGHT     Mary ELDRED    
2 02/01/1755 Samuel ARGENT     Ann BANISTER    
3 20/01/1756 Philip HARRINGTON     Sarah SHELLFORD    
4 30/09/1756 John MORLEY   Little Maplestead Mary Charlotte LEE    
5 14/10/1756 Edward RADLEY     Elizabeth LETCH    
6 29/04/1757 Isaac BEARD   Castle Hedingham Mary GILSON    
7 07/06/1757 Abraham BOCKING     Martha BRAND    
8 22/06/1757 John TYLER     Ann GOWLET    
9 14/06/1758 Thomas WICKES   Halstead Sarah MILLS    
10 28/09/1758 William BROWN   Colne Engaine Anne CHOPPEN    
11 02/11/1758 James TAYLOR     Mary BOUGHTLE    
12 10/07/1759 William AMES   Sible Hedingham Jemima TYLER    
13 11/12/1759 William ALLEN   Little Yeldham Hannah EVERET    
14 17/01/1760 Richard BENNET     Elizabeth RINGER   Halstead
15 20/05/1760 James PILGRIM   Wickham St Paul Elizabeth YOUNGS    
16 03/11/1760 Edward HALLS     Mary SMITH    
17 20/11/1760 John ROOT     Martha WILSON    
18 27/11/1760 James ELDRED     Mary CHOPPEN    
19 20/01/1761 Samuel VIALL   Castle Hedingham Jane FITCH    
20 15/09/1761 William HEARD   Little Maplestead Sarah ROOT    
21 11/10/1761 Robert MOSS     Mary BRAYBROOK    
22 27/10/1761 John MAYNARD     Elizabeth MOUGHTON    
23 16/02/1762 Henry NORMAN   Earls Colne Mary HARDY    
24 05/10/1762 John ABRAM     Elizabeth HALE    
25 05/03/1764 Robert YOUNGS     Elizabeth JACKSON    
26 07/12/1764 George RAYMENT     Sarah WILLET    
27 30/05/1765 Thomas CLARK     Sarah AMIES    
28 25/06/1765 Robert MOSS     Anne COLE    
29 05/10/1766 Robert CONEY     Elizabeth ABRAHAM    
30 11/11/1766 William BERNARD     Anne HARDY    
31 13/11/1766 Robert YOUNG     Mary LEWIS    
32 06/12/1766 Judah PHILIPSON     Hannah HILLINGBECK Widow  
33 20/05/1767 James LEWIS     Mary GUNTON    
34 22/07/1767 Samuel SPARROW     Susan SEWELL   Halstead
35 05/03/1768 Samuel FREEBORN     Anne LEWIS    
36 27/09/1768 Thomas ATHERTON   Castle Hedingham Sarah PASKE    
37 15/12/1768 William DALE     Mary WILSON    
38 22/07/1769 Isaac EVERITT Single Rushmere, Suffolk Lydia RIST Single  
39 27/12/1769 Robert DALE Widower   Ann DALE Single  
40 05/06/1770 Thomas MORGAN Single   Susannah DAVY Single  
41 28/12/1770 John DOD Single Little Maplestead Sarah RADLEY Single  
42 05/10/1771 George RHODES Single Hackney, Middlesex Elizabeth ROBERTS Single  
43 07/01/1772 Robert MOSS Single   Hannah TYLER Single  
44 24/02/1772 James COE Single   Sarah BLAND Single Little Maplestead
45 04/12/1772 Joseph DALE Single   Mary BINKS Single  
46 18/01/1774 Solomon DEAL Single   Sarah HARDING Single  
47 18/10/1774 Thomas WRIGHT Single Castle Hedingham Judith RADLEY Single  
48 20/07/1775 John RIST Single   Judith DEATH Single Braintree
49 07/11/1775 John ROOT Widower   Elizabeth DALE Single Belchamp St Paul
50 27/06/1776 Thomas HALE Single   Ann RAISIN Single  
51 03/10/1776 John COE Single   Rose GARDINER Single Pebmarsh
52 12/02/1777 Isaac POLLY Single Sible Hedingham Judith BUTCHER Single  
53 17/05/1777 William DEAL Widower   Mary CURTIS Single  
54 05/10/1777 John CLARK Widower Sible Hedingham Elizabeth RADLEY Widow  
55 24/02/1778 James SCARLET Single   Rebecca FITCH Single  
56 24/02/1778 Charles KING Single   Mary WRIGHT Single  
57 10/06/1778 William DIGBY Single Castle Hedingham Hannah FREEBORN Single  
58 29/10/1778 Samuel GARWARD Single   Ann DUNT Widow  
59 18/12/1778 Richard PIPER   Belchamp St Paul Hannah HARDEN Single  
60 24/04/1779 William ARGENT Single   Mary WINCH Single  
61 05/06/1779 Benjamin WARD Single   Mary COOPER Single  
62 08/07/1779 William BLAND Single Little Maplestead Sarah COE Single  
64 16/11/1779 Thomas HARWOOD Single Sible Hedingham Sarah FITCH Single  
63 21/11/1779 John PASK Single   Mary BOCKING Single  
65 12/12/1780 Richard EATON Single Great Yeldham Hannah FREEBORN    
67 22/01/1782 George FIRMIN Single   Mary ELDRED Widow  
69 25/03/1782 Charles WINCH Single   Jane REEVE Single Great Yeldham
68 01/04/1782 Thomas ROOT Single   Susanna BLAND Single Little Maplestead
70 17/09/1782 Thomas GREEN Single Halstead Sarah BUTCHER Single  
71 02/12/1782 James JOHNSON Single Little Maplestead Elizabeth THEOBALD Single  
72 22/04/1783 William MONK Single   Sarah STEBBING Single  
73 04/07/1783 John CROWN Single   Judith RIST Widow  
74 20/07/1784 Joseph BYFORD Single   Sarah SIBLEY Single  
75 26/01/1785 William TYLER Single   Elizabeth BRAY Single  
76 10/10/1785 George GARROOD Single   Elizabeth EASTERFORD Single  
77 11/10/1785 Thomas MIFVIN Single Halstead Mary BARBER Single  
78 22/12/1785 John FRITH Single Halstead Grace ELSDEN Single  
79 25/10/1786 Philip BYFORD Single Gestingthorpe Rose COE Widow  
80 02/01/1787 Isaac HARRINGTON Single   Sarah ELSDEN Single  
81 11/09/1787 Joseph ELSDEN Single   Mary GROOM Widow Halstead
82 10/10/1787 Samuel AMES Single Little Maplestead Sarah JOSLIN Single  
85 06/11/1787 James WASH Single   Mary SIMSON Single  
84 27/11/1787 Joseph CRACKLIN Single Stanton, Suffolk Sarah MAYS Single  
83 25/12/1787 Thomas ARGENT Single   Hannah GIBBON Single  
86 03/06/1788 William ELSDEN Single   Mary AMIS Single Little Maplestead
87 03/06/1788 William COOPER Single Halstead Mary ELSDEN Single  
88 28/10/1788 Joseph RADLEY Single   Margaret RAYNES Single  
89 15/12/1788 John BENN Widower   Sarah ASHBY Single  
90 22/10/1789 William HESLER Single Sible Hedingham Martha RADLEY Single  
91 10/11/1789 James TARBLE Single   Martha ROOT Single  
92 22/07/1790 Joseph COOK Single Earls Colne Catherine DOE Single  
93 07/08/1790 Philip BYFORD Single   Hannah ARGENT    
94 23/11/1790 Isaac WENDEN Single Gestingthorpe Ann MOSS Single  
95 06/05/1791 Richard HAMMON Single Witham Sarah ROOT Single  
96 25/07/1791 John TAYLOR Single   Sarah LOYD Single  
97 01/10/1791 James HARDY Single   Mary OWOS Widow  
98 07/12/1791 Robert BARRET Single   Elizabeth KEMP    
99 23/02/1792 Thomas CLARK Single   Sarah STOVEN Single Little Maplestead
101 14/06/1792 Halloway HARVEY Widower Sible Hedingham Elizabeth BARNARD Widow  
100 21/06/1792 Robert DRURY Single   Elizabeth CARNEL Single  
102 07/10/1792 John HANES Single   Alice NERSTON Single  
104 00/00/1793 Nathaniel CARHILL Single Witham Hannah HOLDEN Single  
103 25/04/1793 Joseph BEAVERS Single   Rebecca SECCAMORE Single  
105 18/12/1794 Edward DEEKS     Frances LEVER    
107 10/06/1795 William NUNN Single   Mary COOPER Single  
108 14/07/1795 Samuel HEARD Single   Lydia TAYLOR Single  
106 17/07/1795 Samuel WATERS Single   Catharine WRIGHT Single  
109 04/12/1795 William LAVENDER Single Earls Colne Mary KEMP Single  
110 23/02/1797 Samuel WINTERFLOOD Single   Mary DEAL Single  
111 31/05/1799 Joseph NUNN Single   Lydia AMISS Single  
112 22/10/1799 Daniel REDHAM   All Saints & St Peter, Maldon Ann RUDKIN Single  
113 19/01/1800 Henry WESTROP   Sible Hedingham Mary LEWIS Single  
114 18/06/1801 Benjamin RULE     Emily FRANKLIN    
115 19/10/1801 John JARVIS Single Earls Colne Mary GOODEY Single  
116 28/01/1802 John LEWIS     Martha PUDNEY    
117 17/09/1802 Matthew ARGENT     Mary PERCIVAL   Wickham St Paul
118 06/10/1802 John AMISS Single   Sarah CHAPLYN Single  
119 12/10/1802 James KEMP   Halstead Sarah CLAYDON    
120 03/11/1802 Robert COCK Widower   Susannah LEWIS Single  
121 16/01/1803 William JACKSON     Mary CLARK    
122 03/05/1803 John CLARK Single   Sarah COE Single  
123 19/09/1803 John MORPHEW Single   Elizabeth HAIL Single  
124 12/10/1803 James PARTRICK Widower   Sarah NASH Widow  
125 18/10/1803 Benjamin RULE     Mary TUFNELL   Halstead
126 28/12/1803 Henry HAWKINS     Rachael RULE    
127 10/04/1804 Thomas CLARK     Hannah POTTER    
128 24/04/1804 Thomas MARTIN     Elizabeth PARTRIDGE    
129 26/02/1805 John HECKFORD   Sible Hedingham Sarah DEAL    
130 08/10/1805 Edward PARTRIDGE Single   Susannah ALLEN Single  
131 24/12/1805 George LEWIS Single   Sarah AMISS Single  
132 26/07/1806 Thomas HARROLD   Woolwich, Kent Sarah CLARKE    
133 14/10/1806 John BAXTER Single   Rebecca RULE Single  
134 23/04/1807 William POTTER   Sible Hedingham Ann PARTRICK Single  
135 09/08/1807 Robert HOWARD     Mary BISHOP   Little Maplestead
136 29/09/1807 James ARCHER Single   Mary BYFORD Single  
137 20/10/1807 John PARTRICK Single   Susannah NASH Single  
138 05/11/1807 Robert RULE Single   Sarah EAGLE Single  
139 26/12/1807 Daniel LEWES Single   Mary HARRINGTON Single  
140 15/03/1808 Jacob HARVEY Widower Borley Sarah ROOT    
1 16/08/1808 Robert BARWELL   Maldon Mary RULE    
2 20/09/1808 John PHILIPS   Wethersfield Sarah HARRINGTON    
3 06/10/1808 John GRAY Widower Great Henny Sarah FREEBORN Single  
4 14/02/1809 Stephen BROWN Single Sible Hedingham Ann BUNN Single  
5 09/10/1809 John LEWSEY Single   Henrietta DEAL Single  
6 09/10/1809 Thomas THEOBALD Single   Elizabeth HARRINGTON Single  
7 30/10/1809 Thomas MALYON Widower   Mary DREWERY Widow  
8 01/01/1810 George PARTRIDGE Single   Elizabeth COE    
9 05/06/1810 Thomas HALLUM Single Wormingford Elizabeth LAY Single  
10 06/06/1810 John RAYMENT Single Coggeshall Mary YOUNG Single  
11 23/10/1810 John ARGENT Single   Elizabeth MAYES    
12 01/11/1810 John PARTRIDGE Single   Ann NUN    
13 17/12/1811 Joseph COOPER Single   Charlotte WILKS Widow  
1 16/02/1813 Thomas COE Single   Sarah HIGLEY Single  
2 23/02/1813 Isaac HARRINGTON Single   Sarah CRACKNALL Single  
3 09/03/1813 John COE Single   Catherine BRYANT Single  
4 12/03/1813 Henry WEYBREW Single   Sarah WESTROP Single  
5 11/05/1813 George AMOSS Single   Mary ARGENT Single  
6 09/11/1813 William BUSH Single   Hannah BYFORD Single  
7 20/12/1813 Samuel MOUL Single   Rebecca TUFF Single  
8 24/12/1813 Michael BARDER Single Sible Hedingham Elizabeth HUNT Single  
9 17/01/1814 Edward Daniel ALSTON Single Diss, Norfolk Eliza TRUEBORN    
10 19/10/1814 Richard MYALL Single   Sarah NUNN Single  
11 06/01/1815 Edward HARRINGTON Widower   Martha YOUNGS Single  
12 25/04/1815 Henry PASK Widower   Jane JACKSON Single  
13 15/05/1815 Jeffrey ROOT Single   Mary HURD Single  
14 01/01/1816 John STEWARD Single   Diana PATTRICK Single  
15 13/02/1816 William BROYD Single   Anne LAVSEY Single  
16 04/06/1816 James HARROLD Single   Mary CLARK Single  
17 04/06/1816 Thomas THEOBALD Single   Margaret BRAY Single  
18 16/07/1816 Edward CRACKNALL   Gestingthorpe Charlotte UNDERWOOD Single  
19 01/01/1817 George SNEEZUM Single Castle Hedingham Emily TYLCH    
20 01/01/1817 John NEWMAN Single Sible Hedingham Sarah TYLER    
21 01/04/1817 Isaac WILKINSON Single   Susannah HEVERS Single  
22 14/09/1817 John BUTCHER   Gestingthorpe Mary TAYLOR    
23 07/10/1817 Thomas PARTRIDGE     Jane MONK    
24 14/10/1817 Joshua WESTHORP     Mary WESTHORP    
25 09/02/1819 Isaac RAYNER     Hannah ARGENT    
26 03/05/1819 Israel RADLEY     Elizabeth FETHERSTONE    
27 04/04/1820 John COE     Mary DEAL    
28 13/06/1820 Abraham FURBANK     Hannah BROOKS    
29 27/06/1820 William HART Single   Mary HARRINGTON Single  
30 04/10/1820 James TURP   Wickham St Paul Lydia WATTS    
31 12/10/1820 John GARROD     Elizabeth CRACKNALL    
32 12/10/1820 Matthew ARGENT Widower   Elizabeth WEYBREW Widow  
33 29/11/1820 John FRENCH     Elizabeth ELLIS    
34 12/12/1820 William JOHNSON Widower   Anne COOK Widow  
35 28/01/1821 George BUTCHER   Gestingthorpe Esther ARGENT    
36 14/02/1822 Richard HARRINGTON Single Little Maplestead Martha BOCKING Single  
37 14/02/1822 Richard BASSETT Single   Mary Anne NATION Single  
38 01/03/1822 James POTTER Widower Stansted Mountfichet Louisa JARMAN Single  
39 07/05/1822 Charles MARTIN Single   Chehettobal PIPER Single  
40 09/05/1822 Frederic NICHOLS Single Finchingfield Matilda VAIZEY Single  
41 11/08/1822 Joseph DYSON Single Castle Hedingham Mary DRURY Single  
42 21/01/1823 Henry John EARLE Single High Ongar Charlotte SPERLING Single  
43 11/02/1823 James BECKWITH Single Halstead Anne FAIRBANK Single  
44 17/02/1823 George Evan James DAVIS Single St George, Liverpool, Lancashire Isabella SPERLING Single  
45 06/05/1823 Abraham TYLER Single   Elizabeth JACKSON Single  
46 06/05/1823 William RULE Single   Susan TYLER Single  
47 13/04/1824 Joseph FINCH Single Gestingthorpe Mary YOUNGS    
48 07/03/1825 William SPURGEON Single Halstead Jane DISNEY Single  
49 10/05/1825 William GIBSON Single Chelmsford Eliza SPERLING Single  
50 20/09/1825 Joseph BYFORD Single   Susannah TURNER Single  
51 04/12/1825 Benjamin BROYD Single Gestingthorpe Mary ROOT Single  
52 08/01/1826 Samuel DISS Single Halstead Sarah WEYBROW Single  
53 20/02/1826 Samuel HURD Widower   Anne GIBBS Single  
54 17/04/1826 Francis READ Widower Great Yeldham Jane JOHNSON Single  
55 16/05/1826 Richard WICKER Single Little Maplestead Sarah ARGENT Single  
56 20/10/1826 John BARKER Single Gosfield Charlotte TOSWELL Single  
57 05/12/1826 Thomas TUCKER Single   Louisa BINX Single  
58 01/05/1827 John SMITH Single Gestingthorpe Rachael RICHER Single  
59 17/07/1827 John ARGENT Single   Rachael BYFORD Single  
60 30/12/1827 James TARBLE Single   Martha DRURY Single  
61 08/01/1828 Thomas MARTIN Single   Mary PARMENTER Single  
62 25/04/1828 Charles PARR Widower Castle Hedingham Sarah LEWSEY Single  
63 06/11/1828 Stephen TYLER Single   Eliza BYFORD Single  
64 28/12/1828 William RINGER Single Earls Colne Mehetebel RAYNER Single  
65 23/06/1829 William JARMAN Single Sible Hedingham Harriett WILKS Single  
66 18/11/1829 Samuel ARGENT Single   Rebekah TYLER Single  
67 03/12/1829 Edward CRACKNALL Single   Mary Ann HAYWOOD Single  
68 08/12/1829 William PATRICK Single   Charlotte BYFORD Single  
69 09/04/1830 John BUNN Single   Rebecca PATRICK Single  
70 25/04/1830 William COE Single   Anne PASK Single  
71 02/05/1830 Ephraim TYLER Single   Elizabeth PASKE Single  
72 27/10/1830 Stephen Church SPURGEON Single Halstead Sarah ARGENT Single  
73 04/11/1830 Daniel LEWIS Single   Sarah CRACKNALL Single  
74 11/11/1830 David TYLER Single   Eliza MEAD Single  
78 13/02/1831 Samuel JACKSON Single Little Maplestead Mary COE Widow  
75 11/03/1831 George TYLER Single   Mary HOPGOOD Single  
76 25/05/1831 Frederic LAWS Single   Mary MARTIN Single  
77 09/09/1831 Joseph BUTCHER Single Sible Hedingham Louisa WESTROP Single  
79 18/10/1831 George CRESSALL Single Halstead Martha COE Single  
80 15/11/1831 Thomas BROWN Single   Sarah PEARSON Single  
81 06/12/1831 John WEBB Single Hawkedon, Suffolk Ursula HOWE Single  
82 27/12/1831 John LOT Single   Eliza HURD Single  
83 06/08/1832 John CRACKNALL Single Gestingthorpe Eliza HAWKINS Single  
84 18/10/1832 William Horatio KING Single   Mary CLARK Single  
85 11/11/1832 Edward RAYNER Widower   Allice FRENCH Single  
86 16/11/1832 John DREWRY Single   Eliza NEWMAN Single  
87 11/04/1833 James HARDY Single Great Yeldham Harriett LEWIS Single  
88 17/05/1833 James TYLER Single   Harriett HALE Single  
89 14/10/1833 Benjamin BECKWITH Single Halstead Hannah HURD Single  
90 15/10/1833 James ARGENT Single   Maria FROST Single  
91 19/11/1833 Samuel HURD Widower   Louisa Anne LEES Widow Gosfield
92 25/01/1834 Peter YOUNG Single   Mary RICHER Single  
93 12/03/1834 Josiah PEARSONS Single Halstead Amelia PHILIPS Single  
94 17/03/1834 Frederic Luard WOLLASTON Single City Of London Diana Harriet SPERLING Single  
95 05/06/1834 Mark COWLIN Widower Pattiswick Rebecca NAIREY Widow  
96 05/08/1834 Cowper ROCKFORT Single   Anna Matilda ROCKFORT Single  
97 26/10/1834 James BROWN Single   Mary Anne DOWKET Single  
98 21/05/1835 Thomas Baines HAWKES Single Halstead Rebecca LEWSEY Single  
99 25/12/1835 David DYSON Widower   Sarah MOLE Single  
100 06/12/1836 Henry COE Single   Martha ARGENT Single  
101 04/05/1837 Charles HAWKINS Single   Anne CHAPLIN Single  

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