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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Little Maplestead St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Little Maplestead lies in north-central Essex not too far from its border with neighbouring Suffolk. Little Maplestead is located about 3 miles north of the small market town of Halstead. Little Maplestead sits a half mile west of the A131 road which connects Halstead with Sudbury in Suffolk. There is not much to Little Maplestead no compact village as such just a grouping of cottages and farms loosely around the Hall & church. Little Maplestead's history is unusual in that the village was granted to the Knights Hospitallers in 1185 who sited a preceptory here. The village would, otherwise, have largely earned its living from arable farming and that practice still dominated today Little Maplestead is drained westwards by small feeder streams of the River Colne, from reaching that river the flow heads southeastwards to reach the North Sea through the port of Colchester. Little Maplestead is sited at around 80 metres above the sea and land is gently undulating for many miles at or near to that height. Little Maplestead parish was small but then many in Essex are so, it covered almost 1,100 acres and would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Little Maplestead was, indeed a small place. Despite this two landowners shared the parish, the greater part in the hands of John son of Wateran with a small portion with Aubrey de Vere's wife (an unusual instance of a woman as landowner at that time). The parish could offer a single plough, small meadows and woodland but did possess a mill.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church sits on the southern side of Church Road the main lane heading west from the A131. The church's piece de resistance is its rotunda style nave, the only remnant of what would originally have been a circular church in honour of the pattern of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the model for Templar churches. That original building was probably from the 12th century but the present one's earliest origins lie in the mid-14th century. Despite the 14th century origin much of the exterior of the church dates from a major restoration conducted between 1851 and 1857. As Pevsner states much of the mediaeval has been lost except the composition which is unusual indeed. Hedges largely mask the church from the road but a short gravel drive leads to a wooden gateway granting access to a large and almost oval churchyard. Whilst the hedges limit access to the southwestern side other angles are available to admire this unusual church.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 27th February 1757 - 27th December 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference D/P363/1/3 Plain unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 22nd April 1813 - 27th April 1837 Essex Record Office - Reference D/P363/1/4 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number The register suffers from poor handwriting leading to a likelihood of a few misreads


Great Maplestead St Giles
Gestingthorpe St Mary
Gestingthorpe St Mary
Great Maplestead St Giles
Pebmarsh St John the Baptist
Halstead St Andrew
Halstead St Andrew
Pebmarsh 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
27/12/1757 John FRANKLIN     Ruth SPARK    
24/07/1759 William LAVENDER     Elizabeth RAMPON    
30/10/1759 William MOSS     Mary SMITH    
21/06/1761 John FRENCH     Elisabeth FRANKLIN    
19/01/1762 Thomas HARTE   Pebmarsh Mary OTTLEY    
19/02/1762 Thomas FRANKLAND     Elisabeth SPOONER    
23/12/1762 Francis PERCIVAL     Sarah THEOBALD    
14/01/1763 Jordan FIRMIN     Anne FRENCH    
26/04/1763 John THOMPSON   Pebmarsh Anne SMITH    
23/11/1764 James WATTS     Anne OTTLEY    
04/12/1764 Edward PERCIVAL   Wickham St Paul Susanna WATERS    
00/00/1765 Thomas OTTLEY Widower   Anne FINCH    
18/08/1765 George BYFORD   Gestingthorpe Sarah CLARKE    
23/04/1767 Ralph COE     Sarah FINCHAM    
04/04/1771 Thomas MOSS Single Stisted Sarah NOTT Single  
07/04/1771 Thomas FRENCH Single   Mary THEOBALD Single  
11/07/1771 Joseph JOSLIN Single   Mary FIRMIN Single  
23/12/1772 Richard HURREL Single   Ann CLARK Single  
09/05/1776 Edward PERCIVAL Widower   Ann BOCKING Single  
03/10/1776 Joseph KEEP Single St Martin, Colchester Elizabeth SEWELL Single  
29/10/1776 John GALLANT     Sarah THEOBALD    
29/07/1777 Laurence SCOTT Single Great Waltham Elizabeth NOTT Single  
23/10/1777 William THOMPSON Widower Bures, Suffolk Mary FIRMIN Single  
31/01/1779 Daniel ROBERTS Single   Sarah PERCIVAL Single  
08/07/1779 Joseph STUCK Single   Mary BRYANT Single  
13/10/1779 William OSBORN Single Belchamps Walter Ann THEOBALD Single  
09/11/1779 John FRENCH Single   Sarah THEOBALD Single  
02/12/1779 Thomas THEOBALD Single   Sarah GALLANT Single  
18/04/1780 Samuel CLARK Widower   Sarah COE Single  
09/01/1781 Samuel WENDEN Single   Elizabeth STUCK Single  
05/06/1781 William WYATT Single Halstead Mary BARRON Single  
20/05/1782 James FRENCH Single   Sarah WATERS Single  
09/10/1782 Thomas WRIGHT Single   Mary THEOBALD Single  
25/06/1783 John FREEBORN Single Great Maplestead Sarah BREWER Single  
02/03/1785 John PARKER Single   Martha COE Single  
14/05/1785 John WENDEN Single   Elizabeth FRENCH Single  
17/05/1785 Thomas FRANKLIN Single   Martha CARTER Single  
04/10/1785 John CHAPLIN Single   Ann HART Single  
16/05/1786 Thomas MAYS Single   Elizabeth BOCKING Single  
25/10/1786 Samuel DAVIS Single   Ann FINCH Single  
15/02/1787 James WATTS Single   Susanna BYFORD Single  
10/05/1787 Ambrose ELLIS Single Pebmarsh Elizabeth BREWER Single  
12/12/1787 Samuel BRYANT Single   Rebecca AMIS Single  
31/01/1788 Joseph ROOT Single   Susanna ROOT Widow  
15/07/1788 John FRENCH Single   Hetty THOROGOOD Single  
18/01/1791 Thomas PURKISS Single   Alice THEOBALD Single  
22/04/1792 Samuel BUSH Single   Hannah BLAND Single  
23/09/1792 Mark NOKES Single   Elizabeth HARVEY Single  
11/10/1792 William HART Single   Judith RAYMENT Single  
07/11/1792 James CABLE Single   Ann NASH Widow  
16/02/1793 Joseph ABRAHAM Single   Jemima BARKER Single Wickham St Paul
23/04/1793 William HURREL Single   Margret FRANKLIN Widow  
21/05/1793 William BOCKING Single Great Maplestead Ann WRIGHT Single  
22/10/1793 John HART Single   Elizabeth HOWE Single All Saints, Maldon
27/12/1793 George FIRBANK Single   Sarah CHURCH Single  
05/01/1794 William HART Widower   Henrietta CHAPLIN Single  
24/03/1794 William PAMPHLIN Single Halstead Hannah WHEELSMER Single  
16/04/1795 John TURNER   Great Maplestead Hannah HART Single  
19/07/1795 Samuel WENDRON Widower   Sarah FRANKLIN Single  
24/10/1795 Jacob FIRMIN Single   Eleanor LAMPULL Single  
19/05/1796 Thomas FIRMIN Single   Mary CHAPLIN Single  
27/05/1798 Samuel JACKSON Single   Elizabeth PASK Single  
19/09/1798 John GREY Single Gestingthorpe Mary BREWER Single  
03/10/1798 Isaac ROOT Single   Mary CANT Single  
03/01/1800 Thomas FRENCH Single   Elizabeth WILKIN Single  
13/10/1801 Robert WHYBOROUGH Single   Elizabeth ABBOTT Single  
12/10/1803 John MILLS Single Halstead Abigail HART Single  
00/00/1804 William ROBERTS Single   Ann FRENCH Single  
10/09/1804 Isaac MOSS Single   Hannah BUSH Widow  
16/10/1805 John BARNARD Single   Alse FRENCH Single  
29/11/1805 Daniel ROBERTS Single   Hannah CHANDLER Single  
05/10/1807 Samuel DAVEY Single   Esther FRENCH Single  
07/03/1808 Aaron LAMPULL Single   Sarah KEBBLE Single  
09/07/1808 Robert EVANS Single Chelmsford Susannah STUCK Single  
29/11/1808 Samuel COCKETON Single   Sarah WATTS Single  
27/04/1809 Thomas ELY Single Ware, Hertfordshire Elizabeth SEWELL Single  
12/11/1809 William YOUNGS Single   Rachael RAYMOND Single  
20/03/1810 George TURNER Single   Sarah Earl WORTERS Single  
05/04/1810 Isaac CLARKE Single   Elizabeth FRENCH Single  
05/05/1811 Thomas FROST Single   Anne BOWLES Single  
02/08/1812 Robert WILSMORE Single   Elizabeth DAVIS Single  
27/12/1812 Stephen ROOT Single   Mary MAYS Single  
2 22/04/1813 Samuel AMYS Widower   Diana WILKIN Widow  
1 08/02/1814 Thomas PORTER Single Wickham St Paul Mary Ann FREEBORN    
3 08/11/1814 William HURRELL Single   Hannah RULE Single  
4 07/10/1815 Numan TURRELL Single   Elizabeth STUCK Single  
5 17/10/1815 John UNDERWOOD Single   Elizabeth THEOBALD Single  
6 24/10/1815 Jacob FIRMIN Widower   Mary MOSS Widow  
7 21/03/1817 William CRACKNAL Single   Susan THEOBALD Single  
8 17/06/1817 James TUFFIN Single   Sarah HURRELL Single  
9 27/02/1818 Joseph BRIANT Widower   Hesther FRENCH Widow  
16 31/08/1818 Samuel WENDON Single   Thursey SMYTH Single  
17 29/09/1818 Jaabus BISHOP Single   Elizabeth WATTS Single  
18 21/10/1818 Isaac JOHNSON Single   Sarah FRENCH Single  
19 26/01/1819 John WORRAN Single   Jemima HURRELL Single  
20 01/03/1819 William RIDGWELL Single   Susanna MAYES Single  
21 13/03/1819 Joseph COCKERTON Single   Mary JOHNSON Single  
22 14/07/1819 Samuel JOHNSON Single   Maria PASEFIELD Single  
23 26/07/1819 Thomas WENDON Single   Lydia FRENCH Single  
24 30/08/1819 James LAVENDER Single   Mary FRENCH Single  
25 22/11/1819 Samuel ARGENT Single   Marianne FIRMIN Single  
26 18/10/1820 John WHITEN Single   Hannah HARROLD Widow  
27 13/03/1821 Henry GOLDING Single Gestingthorpe Anne DAVIS Single  
28 16/10/1821 Thomas MAYES Single   Hannah ROOT Single  
29 27/04/1824 William SMITH Single   Elizabeth CLARK Widow  
30 20/06/1825 George BYFORD Single   Sarah SALMONS Single  
31 26/06/1826 William BINKS Single Halstead Mary MOSS Single  
32 10/07/1826 Joseph KIBBEL Single   Mehetabel CLARK Single  
33 11/12/1827 James BYFORD Single Great Maplestead Hannah HARRINGTON Single  
34 10/09/1828 William RAIMENT Single   Hannah TURNER Single  
35 26/12/1828 John BISHOP Single   Mary THEOBALD Single  
36 10/03/1829 William HART Single   Ann TEEBLE Single  
37 19/01/1830 John HUTCHENSON Widower   Margaret THEOBALD Widow  
38 21/04/1830 John MARSH Single Wickham St Paul Harriott NOTT Single  
39 18/09/1830 Edward WILLSMORE Widower   Mary ROOT Widow  
40 07/11/1830 George BUTCHER Single St Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk Sarah HARRINGTON Single  
41 28/12/1830 James BUTCHER Single   Sarah HEARD Single  
42 27/01/1831 John WENDON Single   Hannah WATTS Single  
43 24/03/1831 James BYFORD Widower Pebmarsh Elizabeth SMITH Widow  
44 06/05/1831 John POTTER Single Colne Engaine Jemima HUNT Single  
45 21/06/1831 Henry PYE Widower   Amelia RAYMENT Single Pebmarsh
46 25/09/1832 Charles BUTCHER Widower Pebmarsh Maria JOHNSON Widow  
47 25/09/1832 Robert ELLIS Single   Sarah BISHOP Single  
48 21/10/1832 James BISHOP Widower   Rose BYFORD Widow  
49 30/10/1832 Oliver SMITH Single   Harriett BYFORD Single  
50 05/03/1833 William BUGUS     Mary DAVY    
51 09/07/1833 Thomas NORMAN     Mary Ann DOWNING    
52 31/12/1833 Joseph PARTRIDGE   Great Maplestead Mary WILSMORE    
53 05/03/1834 John BISHOP     Ann WATTS    
54 29/03/1834 Joseph HEDGES     Sarah MOSS    
55 29/01/1835 Thomas CROFFIELD   Pebmarsh Charlotte BUTCHER    
56 16/04/1836 John DAVY     Mary ROOT    
57 03/05/1836 John WYBREW   Great Maplestead Mary HARRINGTON    
58 22/09/1836 William KNIPP     Elizabeth COCK    
59 27/09/1836 William GILBY   Pebmarsh Ann COCKERTON    
60 28/09/1836 Robert CLARKE   Littlebury Edda DAVIS    
61 27/04/1837 Samuel PATRICK     Ann KILLINGBACK    

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