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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
East Tilbury St Catherine

 

The Parish

The parish of East Tilbury is located in southern Essex, indeed it forms part of its southernmost border with the estuary of the River Thames. East Tilbury is about 4 miles east of the town of Grays and about 7 miles south of the new town of Basildon. The parish is sited at the end of a long minor road which heads southwards from the A13 towards the Thames. East Tilbury once hosted a ferry across the river to neighbouring Kent and is the location for one of London's major Napoleonic forts which defended the Thames from potential invasion. In more recent times it was famed for its 1930s planned "Factory Village" created by the Bata company. The original small village was sited on the first river terrace above the Thames at about 10 metres above sea level, a noticeable steep slope runs down from there to grazing marshes. The parish was quite extensive at over 2,000 acres and whilst the higher ground was arable the marshes provided pastoral land and wildfowling opportunities. The parish supported in excess of 300 parishioners. In Domesday times, where it shared several entries with its neighbour West Tilbury, it supported 6 ploughs, 300 sheep and a fishery.


The Church

There seems to be some disagreement over the dedication of East Tilbury's church. Some references give it as St Margaret, however I follow Pevsner in calling it St Catherine. The church is sited at the southern end of the village at the point where the land falls away to the Thames-side grazing marshes, it thus has a fine view across to Kent. The church is a very old one with features which give an indication of a Norman origin. The chancel is in the Early English style and the north arcade is datable to the late 12th century. An interesting story (fact or fiction?) relates that the tower, which was 13th century, was destroyed by the Dutch during a raid in 1667. An attempt to rebuild the tower resulted only in creating the vestry and there is no tower today. St Catherine's is almost the last building in East Tilbury, it is sited behind a low stone wall where access is through some wrought-iron gates. The church sits is a graveyard which has ample tree-cover making for some tricky photograph angles.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 12th September 1754 - 20th June 1783 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P92/1/5 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
2 11th October 1783 - 13th October 1812 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P92/1/6 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
3 11th February 1813 - 26th March 1837 Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P92/1/10 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


West Tilbury St James
Mucking St John the Baptist
West Tilbury St James
West Tilbury St James

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 12/09/1754 James MINTER Single   Elizabeth HARVEY Single  
2 26/12/1755 John BARNETT Single   Sarah HERRINGTON Widow  
3 08/02/1756 William LANDERS Single   Dinah WIGNALL Widow  
4 20/04/1756 Anthony YOUNGER   West Tilbury Mary HOLMES Widow  
5 10/07/1756 William HERRINGTON   West Tilbury Elizabeth BINES    
6 16/10/1756 John EATHERTON Single West Tilbury Mary KING Single  
7 01/11/1756 Samuel CAMPION Single   Ann ROBGEN Single  
8 07/06/1757 Thomas GREENAWAY Single   Elizabeth HOUGH Single  
9 11/10/1757 Joseph NIGHTBRIDGE Single   Sarah BROWN Single  
10 17/10/1757 Gabriel ELLENGER Widower   Elizabeth CHAPMAN Widow  
11 09/10/1758 Richard ATKINSON Single   Mary BUTLER Single  
12 16/05/1759 William TOWERS Single   Elizabeth SKINNER Widow  
13 04/06/1759 Joseph KEAY Single   Ann KNOWLER    
14 30/07/1759 Charles WILKINSON Single   Ann JOCE Single  
15 17/10/1759 John WOOD Single   Mary HAWKINS Single  
16 07/01/1760 William FORD Widower   Isabella MACKLENHE Single  
17 07/02/1760 Thomas SKINNER Single Stanford Le Hope Mary WILDING Single  
18 10/10/1760 Nathaniel LARG Single   Ann THOMPSON    
19 13/10/1760 James MANNIN Single   Elizabeth JOCE Single  
20 13/10/1760 John HORNSBEY Single Laindon Sarah MEAD Single  
21 17/10/1760 Benjamin SILSBY Single   Isabella FORD Widow  
22 31/03/1762 Jeremiah ALLIS Single West Tilbury Mary DULLER Single  
23 10/01/1763 John CLARK Single   Sarah HAYES Widow  
24 13/07/1763 John WEBB Single Gravesend, Kent Mary CAMPEARNE Widow  
25 04/10/1763 Thomas HATCH Single   Rebecca BATH Single  
26 08/11/1763 William ALLIS Single Mucking Love JACKSON Single  
27 05/06/1764 George SUMMERSON Widower   Mary CRAB Widow  
28 18/06/1764 Andrew BRAY Single   Mary WRAY Widow  
29 30/06/1764 John LEMMON Single   Mary WILLIAMS Single  
30 11/02/1765 John CHOPPEN     Sarah FULLER    
31 08/10/1765 Samuel EVANS Widower   Catharine SCARLETT Widow  
32 24/12/1766 Joseph WRIGHT Single   Elizabeth KNIGHTBRIDGE Single  
33 03/03/1767 Joseph THOMPSON Widower   Susanna BEAVLIN Single  
34 09/11/1767 Thomas JOHNSON Single Orsett Hannah MAN Single  
35 05/01/1768 John MONK Single   Mary SOUTHERDEN Widow  
36 05/04/1768 Samuel LEMON Widower   Elizabeth BOARDMAN Single  
37 27/07/1768 George BOWER Single Ashover, Derbyshire Mary SKINNER Single  
38 15/08/1768 John STOUT Widower   Susanna FULLER Widow  
39 17/09/1769 Stephen CHANDLER Single   Sarah THORN Widow  
40 22/01/1770 John LEMON Widower   Sarah BECK Single  
41 29/04/1770 Thomas ALLEN Single   Mary ROBERTS Single  
42 29/01/1771 George SCOTT Single   Sarah MADELL Widow  
43 06/10/1772 Daniel CLARK Single   Betty HORSELER Single  
44 11/11/1772 Thomas BENSTEAD   St Marylebone, Middlesex Susan SAWEN Single  
45 21/04/1773 William MARTIN   Harrow On The Hill, Middlesex Ann CURTIES Single  
46 07/06/1773 Thomas FORD Widower   Mary SMEE Widow  
47 27/09/1773 William MINTER Single   Mary CARELEE Widow  
48 11/07/1774 John BRITES Single   Sarah LITTON Single  
49 13/09/1774 Charles LONG   Writtle Elizabeth SKINNER Single  
50 16/05/1775 John BRETT Single   Rebecca HATCH Widow  
51 05/12/1775 William HUNT Single Dunton Ann SKINNER Single  
09/04/1776 James BEVERLY Single Bethnal Green, Middlesex Catharine DANKINGS Single  
17/10/1777 Stephen ANDREWS Single   Elizabeth ETHERTON Single  
17/08/1778 Andrew SMALLMAN Single   Mary LITTLE Single  
19/04/1779 Richard RUSH Single   Sarah BENTON Single  
11/11/1780 Samuel FLETCHER Single   Jemima CURTIS Single  
03/02/1781 Thomas CAREFUL Single   Sarah UMTON Widow  
17/10/1781 Thomas PLAIL Single   Sarah OTTLEY    
23/10/1781 Samuel OTTLEY Widower   Mary VEALE Single  
26/11/1781 William HOCKLEY Single   Mary HAINS Single  
14/01/1782 Robert HALL Single   Sarah PEEK Single  
25/01/1782 Benjamin NORRIS Widower   Rebecca BRETT Widow  
23/05/1782 Stephen FORD     Sarah HATCH    
20/06/1783 John CLARK   Shenfield Ann BREWER    
1 11/10/1783 John TITMASS Single   Lucy OFFWOOD Widow  
2 11/10/1783 Simon PAYNE Single   Elizabeth HOCKLEY Single  
3 06/11/1783 John KEALING Single Mucking Elizabeth VEIL Single  
4 04/07/1784 Daniel DORRINGTON Single   Elizabeth COCKS Single  
11/10/1784 John SETTON Single   Sarah HOCKLEY Single  
28/03/1785 James NICHOLAS Single Mucking Anne DOUCETT Single  
7 25/06/1787 Edward TROWER Single   Mary PURSER Widow  
24/07/1787 Samuel CLARKE Single Stanford Le Hope Elizabeth SUMNER Single  
29/09/1788 William HATCH Single   Elizabeth DORRINGTON Widow  
27/10/1788 Thomas KEMP Single   Sarah PURSER Single  
08/07/1789 William SMITH Single   Sarah BECK Single  
13/11/1789 Daniel COOPER Widower   Mary BROUGHTON Widow  
25/05/1790 John ADAMS Single Chatham, Kent Mary ADAMS    
26/04/1791 Daniel ATTERIDGE Single   Hannah SMITHERMAN Single  
01/10/1791 William BARNS Widower Stone Next Dartford, Kent Susannah CHOPPING Single  
21/11/1791 Jacob JOSLIN Single   Sarah UNTON Single  
24/06/1793 Joseph FORDHAM     Elizabeth BUTCHER    
21/10/1793 John MONK Single   Ann HALLS Single  
28/01/1794 William DOUSETT Single   Mary POTTER Single  
19/05/1795 John RIGWELL Single   Elizabeth OFLEY Single  
25/07/1795 William AYLEY Widower   Elizabeth BECK Single  
15/10/1795 James POTTER     Sarah DENNIS    
08/12/1795 John PURSER     Ann RAILTON    
11/04/1796 James SUMNER Widower Mucking Ann DORRINGTON Single  
21/06/1796 Edward TROWER Widower   Elizabeth ANDREWS Widow  
23/04/1797 Daniel WOODLEY Single   Sarah CARPINTER Widow  
28/08/1797 James HARDIN Widower   Sarah EDWARDS Single  
11/10/1797 Edward WELLS Single   Mary ROGERS Single  
25/12/1799 Joseph SMITH Single   Susannah BALLET Single  
15/12/1800 William DAVIES Widower   Elizabeth RIDGWELL Widow  
06/04/1801 Samuel DYE Single Mucking Sarah OFFWOOD Single  
21/11/1801 Thomas WOOD Single   Mary CLARK Single  
04/12/1802 James BAKER Single   Mary KNOX Single  
28/12/1802 George FOSTER Single   Susanna CAREFULL Single  
25/05/1803 John TRIGUE Single   Ann PAIN Single  
31/05/1803 William AMBERSON Single Mucking Sarah WINRIT Single  
01/11/1803 John BURRELL Single   Rebeckah SPURGE Single  
21/11/1803 John ALLEN Widower   Alice BROWN Single  
14/07/1804 Thomas JOICE Single   Elizabeth ANDERS Single  
03/10/1804 Nathaniel LEGGATT Single   Caroline MESSER Single  
28/02/1806 Thomas BAKER Single   Susannah FREEMAN Single  
25/06/1806 William HATCH Widower   Elizabeth GARNISH Widow  
31/01/1807 Alexander COLE Single   Sarah LONG Single  
14/04/1807 James READ Single   Elizabeth LITTLE Single  
04/07/1807 Thomas BROWN Single   Hannah SMITH Single  
29/07/1807 Stephen WHITEBREAD Single   Ann NICHOLS Single  
19/04/1808 Edward ATKINSON Single St Giles In The Fields, Westminster, Middlesex Louisa Elizabeth KENT Single  
29/06/1808 James DRADGE Single   Sarah GIN Single  
09/05/1809 Samuel BENTON Single North Shoebury Charlotte SAWELL Single  
14/05/1809 Samuel SMITH Single   Ann Susannah PAINE Single  
12/08/1810 William TIPPLE     Ruth RADLEY    
01/10/1810 John HORNSBY Single   Mary CLARKE Single  
13/09/1811 William PANNEL Widower   Ann DAY Widow  
11/02/1812 William PAIN Single   Mary KEELING Single  
13/10/1812 Joseph DUFFIELD Single   Charlotte IVES Single  
1 11/02/1813 George VENABLES Single   Elizabeth HORNSBE Single  
2 12/10/1813 Robert CLOVER Single Stock Harward Sarah Thompson CHAPMAN Single  
3 16/05/1814 Charles SMITH Single   Martha AILEY Single  
4 03/11/1814 Isaac BALLS Single   Sarah KEELING Single  
5 06/06/1815 William BROAD Single   Sarah SAWELL Single  
6 08/06/1815 George JOSLIN Single   Eleanor FAIRHEAD Single  
7 09/09/1815 William COLLINS Single West Tilbury Sarah KEMP Single  
8 12/02/1816 Richard WATLING Single Rayleigh Susannah HARTLEY Single  
9 27/06/1816 William PETCHY Single   Anne BRETT Single  
10 11/03/1817 John PAIN Single   Elizabeth DENCH Single  
11 03/02/1818 Thomas ATKINSON Single   Sarah MARTIN Single  
12 03/08/1818 William COLLINS Widower   Mary Eastwood AYLEY Single  
13 30/05/1819 Michael MERRY Single   Elizabeth SEATON Single  
14 19/10/1819 John SPARKS Single   Susannah HARROD Single  
15 08/11/1819 Joseph CLARKE Single   Anne BALLS Single  
16 11/06/1821 Abraham TIRP Single   Elizabeth BENSON Single  
17 24/11/1821 Charles NEWMAN Single Horndon On The Hill Mary PERRYN Single  
18 26/12/1821 Thomas PLUMB Single   Mary MONK Single  
19 28/02/1822 Thomas REEVE Single   Elizabeth SPEARMAN Single  
20 03/11/1822 John PRENTICE Single   Elizabeth JEFFERY Single  
22 14/10/1823 William HOCKLEY Single   Ann ARTHUR Single  
23 25/01/1824 Joseph CLARKE Widower   Elizabeth HATCH Widow  
24 18/11/1824 Joseph RIPPING Widower   Mary GREEN Single  
25 28/11/1825 Mark EDWARDS Single   Elizabeth PEEL Single  
29/10/1827 George BUTCHER Single   Elizabeth SAMMS Single  
26 22/08/1829 James FLETCHER Single Orsett Ann WHITEBREAD Widow  
28 09/11/1829 Stephen PERKINS Single Chadwell Rachel DALE Widow  
29 20/06/1830 George GREY Single   Sarah BALLS Widow  
30 11/10/1830 Robert RICHARDSON Single   Ann CAMPLIN Single  
31 12/04/1831 Joseph JARVIS Single   Charlotte DUFFIELD Widow  
32 06/10/1831 John CLAXON Single   Elizabeth WATSON Widow  
33 31/10/1831 William ROSE Single   Elizabeth CLARK Single  
34 15/03/1833 Isaac SAMS Single   Rebecca EMBERSON Single  
35 14/01/1834 James COLLINS Widower   Hannah SHEPHERD Widow  
36 21/01/1834 Reuben William BOND Widower   Mary GENT Single  
37 21/04/1834 James Fletcher KNOP Single   Mary Ann POTTER Single  
38 12/10/1834 John CLAYDON Single   Sarah NICHOLS Single  
39 25/11/1834 Thomas SCOTT Single   Eliza GOODWIN Single  
40 29/05/1835 Charles TRUMAN Single Mucking Sarah BURRELL Single  
41 01/06/1835 Thomas REEVE Widower   Rebecca ROSS   Gravesend, Kent
42 30/07/1836 James REID Single   Mary Ann MATTHEWS Single  
43 17/10/1836 William HILL Single   Sarah SMITH Single  
44 01/02/1837 Henry Francis MARTIN Single   Amelia HOWELL Single  
45 26/03/1837 James BROWNING Single   Sarah HATCH Single  

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