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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
North Cray St James

 

The Parish

The parish of North Cray lies in northwestern Kent on the edges of the urban area of Greater London. North Cray is located about 2 miles south of the former market town & now suburb of Bexley. North Cray sits in a straggle along the eastern banks of the River Cray and is cut by the modern dual-carriageway road of the A223 which connects the many settlements on the southeastern fringes of the metropolitan area. At the time of this transcript North Cray would have been a small and very rural settlement devoted to farming, today it has almost become engulfed within the suburban area and is rapidly developing connectivity with the rest of the ever-expanding suburbs. The River Cray drains the parish to the northeast reaching the Thames estuary shortly after joining the Darenth north of Dartford. North Cray is sited at just 20 metres above the sea but as it sits within the valley of the Cray land rises nearby to over 80 metres in gentle undulations. North Cray parish was of a size typical of the smaller Kent parishes, it covered just over 1,400 acres and would have supported a population of around 350 parishioners. In Domesday times North Cray was a very small place indeed, it was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux and could offer just a pair of ploughs with small meadows and pastures.


The Church

St James' church sits on the western side of the busy A223 road, its sited is gated and accessed by a short driveway in which it is possible to park. Regrettably St James is a relatively modern replacement for its mediaeval church. The building, using the style of the Decorated period, was begun in 1850 and completed over a 20 years period. The design of nave and chancel is augmented by a northwestern tower topped by a shingled spire. The building, however, is clearly of little architectural interest as Pevsner describes it in a mere handful of lines. The site is tightly enclosed within trees and is therefore quite tricky to adequately photograph as it is difficult too get back sufficiently far for the "right" images.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 27th April 1755 - 8th September 1783 Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre - Reference - PA102/1/D/1
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 27th January 1784 - 6th August 1812 Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre - Reference - PA102/1/D/2 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 28th June 1813 - 1st June 1836 Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre - Reference - PA102/1/D/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Bexley St Mary
Bexley St Mary
Bexley St Mary
Foots Cray All Saints
Dartford Holy Trinity
Chislehurst St Nicholas
St Pauls Cray St Paulinus
St Pauls Cray St Paulinus
St Mary Cray St Mary

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 27/04/1755 William WILSON   Bermondsey, Surrey Elizabeth BEDELL    
2 09/10/1755 John ROBERTS     Elizabeth SCUDDER    
3 11/04/1756 Richard BENTLEY     Hannah JENKINS    
4 24/09/1757 William SAKER     Elizabeth KEEBLE    
5 02/04/1758 James WAIN Single   Elizabeth DELVER Single  
6 20/04/1760 John EDWARDS Single   Ann REMINGTON Widow  
7 17/06/1760 Thomas BRADFORD   Chislehurst Elizabeth WEBB    
8 17/06/1760 William WINN   Plumstead Ann WEBB    
9 17/12/1760 William JACOBS Single   Ann COOPER    
10 20/12/1760 Thomas RUDLAND Single   Mary KEEBLE Single  
11 12/01/1761 William CHILD Single Bromley Judith BEDELL Single  
12 25/02/1761 Hugh JONES     Jane HIGGINS    
13 20/09/1761 Edward STARLING     Martha HORNIDGE    
14 01/06/1762 Henry WILSON Single East Wickham Jane DELVER Single  
15 16/01/1763 William COOPER Single   Hannah HILLS Widow  
16 14/04/1763 William DAY Single Northaw, Hertfordshire Mary BATES Single  
06/06/1763 William BOYCE Widower   Hannah ANGEL Widow  
15/12/1764 Joseph MARTIN Single   Ann HIBBINS Single  
14/02/1765 Samuel HAYWARD Single   Anne JACKSON Single Foots Cray
15/10/1765 William WALLER Single   Mary BANISTER Widow  
08/01/1766 John MATTHEWS Single Bexley Elizabeth WATERS    
15/02/1768 William WILLMOT Single   Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER Widow Chevening
09/06/1768 Edward GUNSTON Single   Sarah BAKER Single  
02/02/1769 Walter RAWLINSON Single City Of London Mary LADBROKE Single  
09/10/1769 Richard BRATTON Single Milton By Gravesend Susan COOPER Single  
22/02/1770 Thomas MUNN Widower Sutton At Hone Lydia LEE Single  
15/04/1770 William MUCKRIDGE Single   Mary MILLS Single Chislehurst
19/05/1771 William HARWOOD Single Bexley Mary WEEKES Widow  
15/09/1772 Charles MOOR Single   Laetitia LAMBRECHT Single Kensington, Middlesex
17/11/1772 William ANSELL Single   Elizabeth RICH Single  
14/10/1773 Alexander DAVISON Single   Ann PAYNE Single  
16/11/1773 Thomas MOORE Single   Mary MARTIN Widow  
16/05/1774 James HUMPHREY Single   Rebecca BANISTER Single  
27/05/1774 Thomas LATHAM Single   Mary LEWIS    
15/11/1775 Isaac ADKINS Single Bidborough Barbara BAKER Single  
14/01/1777 Thomas ORPIN Single Wateringbury Elizabeth WEEKES Single  
24/10/1777 James MANDY Single Chislehurst Hannah BANNISTER Single  
21/10/1778 James WATES Single St Mary Cray Anne WAIN Single  
21/10/1778 William FRODSHAM Single St George The Martyr, Middlesex Alice HARRISON Single  
22/08/1779 Joseph NEALE Single   Mary WATKINS Widow  
18/10/1779 William GATLAND   Bletchingley, Surrey Mary SPICE Single  
28/11/1779 Thomas WOOD Single   Martha SHAW Single  
13/12/1780 Joseph BURGIN Single   Mary WEST Widow  
25/02/1781 William KNIGHT Single   Mary WEEKES Single  
21/12/1781 William CLARK Single   Jane FIVEASH Single  
20/04/1783 John BOST Single   Anne WEEKES Single  
08/09/1783 Stephen MATHEWS Single   Anne SLADE Single  
27/01/1784 Cuthbert POTTS Widower   Ethelinda Margaretta THORPE   Bexley
10/02/1784 Samuel COWPER Single   Margaret WEEKES Single  
12/04/1784 Richard WEEKES Single   Sarah RHODISON    
03/07/1784 John ACUS Single   Anne PINCOTT    
14/04/1785 William WEEKS     Esther LEE    
29/01/1786 Michael SMITH Single Bexley Elizabeth KEEBLE Single  
13/12/1787 William WILLIAMS Single   Anne WOODER Single  
09/08/1789 John HIND Single   Amy LUCAS    
16/08/1789 John USBORNE Single Chatham Anne COBB Single  
07/12/1789 William RUSSELL     Mary Anne WATTS    
02/08/1790 William WILLIAMSHURST Single   Mary COOK Single  
22/11/1791 Robert HARVEY Single Watton, Norfolk Charlotte PURDY Single  
03/06/1792 Joseph SMITH Single   Anne CHALKLING    
21/07/1793 Henry WARD Single   Mercy PENN    
27/08/1793 John MOORE   Covent Garden, Middlesex Elizabeth BEDELL    
19/12/1793 John BANNISTER Single   Margery POWELL Single  
06/01/1794 James NYE     Mary BLONDELL    
21/02/1794 John BRAIN Single Foots Cray Elizabeth JOHNSON Single  
26/08/1796 William PAINTER Single Foots Cray Elizabeth MOORE Single  
15/03/1799 Richard MILES Single Foots Cray Anne STANLEY Single  
10/04/1799 George DARLINGTON     Hannah COOKE    
07/12/1799 Charles SMITH Single St George Hanover Sq, Westminster, Middlesex Caroline HAKEWILL Single  
15/12/1799 Thomas ADAMS Single   Margaret DAVIS Single  
24/03/1800 Nicholas READMAN Single   Rebecca HANDEN    
21/05/1801 William JOHNSON Single   Anne STAPLES Single  
04/06/1801 Robert GIBBONS Single   Margaret ANDREW Single  
05/10/1801 Samuel WARD Single   Susanna HALBERT Widow  
22/12/1802 Thomas RICHARDSON Single   Mary COOPER    
07/05/1803 William WEBB Single   Anne GRAINGER Single  
02/06/1803 Francis Benjamin BADCOCK Single   Sarah Woodyear PERCIVAL Single  
14/05/1804 William MIELL Single   Elizabeth MIDDLETON Single  
26/11/1804 James WEEKES Single   Sarah BOAST   Bexley
23/05/1805 John HOOK Single   Sarah GREEN Single  
09/09/1805 George SMITH Single   Mary FURBANK Single  
05/11/1805 William EVEREST Single   Maria THICKBROOM Single  
06/10/1806 William MEADE Single   Katharine GUNSTON Single  
18/07/1807 William PINCOTT Widower   Lydia HAMSON Single  
13/01/1808 John DANN Single Bexley Mary Ann BURGIN Single  
17/08/1809 James SALMON Single   Elizabeth FORSTER Single  
28/05/1811 William SALVAGE Single   Dianah BATT Single  
11/12/1811 Thomas RUSSELL Single   Mary SMITH Single  
17/02/1812 James HUMPHRY Single   Sarah MANDY   Chislehurst
06/08/1812 John CRISP   St Dunstan In The East, City Of London Lillias SCOTT    
1 28/06/1813 Henry Booth HIBBERT Single Bromley Caroline Augusta HOLSHIP Single  
2 13/02/1815 John MILES Single Wilmington Rachel INGRAM Single  
3 21/06/1815 Martin BOWYER     Mary WARREN Single  
4 14/10/1816 Thomas BEVINS Single   Mary THORPE Single  
5 17/02/1817 John ROUSE Single   Mary Anne COOK Single Foots Cray
6 17/02/1818 John CALLOW Single   Jane SALES Single  
7 11/05/1818 John FARMER Single   Elizabeth BOOKHAM Single  
8 31/08/1818 Harry Gough ORD Single Greenstead, Essex Louisa LATHAM    
9 27/04/1819 William Redman ORD Single Greenstead, Essex Eliza Dare LATHAM Single  
10 02/06/1819 Frederick COX Single Folkestone Matilda HOLSHIP Single  
11 22/11/1819 John HIGGINS Single Woodstock, Oxfordshire Mary BANNISTER Single  
12 06/10/1822 John RUSSELL Single   Catherine BROWN Single  
13 25/12/1822 John YOUNG Single Chislehurst Susannah BANKS    
14 07/05/1823 William HUTCHINSON Single Foots Cray Elizabeth Ann BENNETT    
15 22/06/1823 William HODGES Widower   Elizabeth KNIGHT Single  
16 04/10/1824 William CONSTABLE Single   Mary PINNEY Single  
17 24/10/1825 William PLUMMER     Harriot TAYLOR    
18 25/10/1826 William ALLEN Single Erith Lucy BUTLER Single  
19 03/05/1827 David Howard MORGAN Single St Mary Cray Frances Jane MARRIOT Single  
20 08/10/1827 William YATES Single   Hannah WELFARE Single  
21 11/09/1828 Shirly NEWDICK Single Epsom, Surrey Elizabeth HARRISON Single  
22 20/09/1829 Charles WELLS Single   Sally KEEBLE Single  
23 24/06/1830 Jeremiah FAWLING Single Plumstead Martha TOWNSEND Single  
24 16/04/1831 Thomas MATTHEWS Widower   Mary Ann FOWLER Single  
25 22/05/1831 Henry SWASELAND Single   Ann FAIRMAN Single  
27 30/11/1831 Thomas Henry USBORNE Single Waltham Holy Cross, Essex Emma BENSON Single  
28 02/01/1832 Thomas STAPELEY   St Mary Cray Susannah CADLETT   Wilmington
29 05/02/1832 William KEEBLE Single   Diana ROFFE   St Mary Cray
30 12/05/1832 James BELLCHAMBERS Single   Sophia HOOK    
31 16/06/1832 Michael HAMMANT Single Crayford Sarah Ann Louisa TOPPING Single Erith
32 30/04/1833 George Richard ANSTEY Single Brighton, Sussex Eliza JAMES Single  
33 22/09/1834 Thomas Wilkes PLAISTED Single Woolwich Louisa BAXTER Single  
34 27/04/1835 James SEGUSS Single   Sarah WEEKS Single  
35 01/06/1836 Charles PAYNE   Dartford Mary Ann BAXTER    

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