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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Otham St Nicholas

 

The Parish

The parish of Otham lies in west central Kent about 2 miles southeast of the town of Maidstone. Otham, once a discrete separate village, has almost been absorbed into the growing town and is contiguously joined along the A274 road which connects Maidstone with Headcorn and onwards to Tenterden. Most of the properties in Otham lie to the north of that road in what was once a quite dispersed settlement. At the time of this transcript Otham would have been a farming community with a mixed farming regime, albeit the local stone was quarried mainly for building locally, a substantial portion of the parish was also still under managed coppiced woodland. Today Otham is very much a suburb of its larger neighbour with modern developments swamping the prior landscape. The small River Len drains the parish westwards to shortly join the Medway in Maidstone and turn northwards to reach the Thames Estuary & the North Sea. Otham is sited on a sloping site, the church being at 60 metres whereas those properties along the A274 are some 30 metres higher; the general landscape is undulating but not unduly hilly. Otham parish was one of the smaller in the area, it covered around 950 acres and would have supported a population of about 350 parishioners. In Domesday time Otham was held by one Bishop Odo of Bayeux and was tiny place indeed, it could offer just a pair of ploughs, small meadows and woodlands but did possess a mill.


The Church

St Nicholas' church stands over a mile north of the A274 appropriately enough on the western side of Church Road. The church is unusual in having its tower placed on the southern side and its shingled spire is an attractive feature. The church has its origins in the 12th century but has been much modified over the centuries. Parts of the tower & nave have been dated to that century but much else was extensively modified in the 14th century from which period the northern doorway, chancel arch and the nave to aisle arch are examples. The whole church was, however, extensively restored during the 1860s which Pevsner claims has "ruined close-up charm & authenticity". It cannot be denied, however, that the church remains a picturesque feature. The church site sits on the edge of modern developments with most views of open fields and woodland. The church stands behind a low rubble wall with a pleasant lychgate granting access, some trees close to the southwest corner do impede slightly but most angles are available for photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 15th April 1754 - 27th May 1811 Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P280/1/A/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Poor handwriting makes it likely that a few misreads will have occurred
2 27th September 1813 - 9th August 1835 Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P280/1/D/1 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 Poor handwriting makes it likely that a few misreads will have occurred


Maidstone All Saints
Bearsted Holy Cross
Bearsted Holy Cross
Maidstone All Saints
Leeds St Nicholas
Langley St Mary
Langley St Mary
Langley St Mary
Langley 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 15/04/1754 Benjamin HATCH Single   Elizabeth BROMFIELD Single  
2 07/07/1756 John MOORE     Elizabeth BURSE    
3 09/10/1757 Robert BROWN   Maidstone Alicia MUDDLE    
4 01/11/1757 Thomas PHILPOT Single   Mary WOOD Single  
5 08/10/1758 John WINDER Single Lamberhurst Sarah RICH Single  
7 09/10/1758 Thomas BARKER Widower   Anne HILLS Widow  
6 19/10/1758 John HAMMOND Single Leeds Anne MANNERINGS Widow  
8 26/08/1759 Robert KNIGHT   Sutton Valence Anne MAPSDEN    
9 22/11/1759 William JOY Widower Brenchley Mary TROWELL Single  
10 27/07/1760 John BRIDGE Single Milton By Sittingbourne Anne COLLISON    
11 30/07/1760 John PILE Single   Elizabeth GROOMBRIDGE Single  
12 25/10/1760 William POLHILL Single Boxley Anne WILES Single  
13 04/12/1760 Thomas FULLER Single Maidstone Mary COLLISON Single  
14 16/09/1761 Thomas DIPROSE Single   Elizabeth RAYNOLDS Single  
15 21/09/1761 James SINE Single   Anne CAR Widow  
16 16/11/1761 Nicholas MOLE Single Linton Susanna WEDD Single  
17 19/10/1762 Robert DENCE Single   Mary AUSTEN Single  
18 11/01/1763 Robert STEPHENSON Widower   Eleanor COLGATE Single  
19 04/08/1763 John SLEMAN Single   Sarah COLLISON Single  
20 12/10/1763 John COLLISON Widower   Mary GROOMBRIDGE Widow  
21 17/09/1764 Richard BRISTED Single   Sarah GEORGE Single  
22 21/10/1765 William MILLS Single Rainham Mary CHADOCK Single  
23 14/06/1766 John HAMSHIER Widower Sutton Valence Margaret COOK Single  
24 29/10/1766 Thomas BOLTON Single Chart Sutton Elizabeth COLLISON Single  
27 12/01/1767 William BASSETT Single   Mary MILLER Single  
25 04/10/1767 John COX     Mary HART    
26 06/11/1767 John USHER Single Bexley Jane JORDAN Single  
28 02/09/1768 Samuel HOADLY   Chart Sutton Elizabeth MILLER Single  
29 18/10/1768 John ADAMS Single   Elizabeth RAYNOLDS Single  
30 21/11/1768 John MOORLAND Single   Ann COOK Single  
31 29/11/1768 John MOORE     Frances MILES    
32 14/05/1769 Edward MASTERS Single Loose Elizabeth NICHOLLS Single  
33 29/10/1769 John MOORE Widower   Elizabeth DOWN Widow  
36 24/03/1771 John RAYNER Single   Martha OWLLETT Single  
35 09/10/1771 Daniel MAYLAM Single   Sarah JENKIN Single  
34 21/10/1771 John HIGHWOOD Single   Mary JOY Single  
37 21/07/1772 Thomas JURY Single Maidstone Sarah COLLISON Single  
38 26/09/1772 Joseph GREY Single   Mary HODGES Single  
41 03/10/1772 George BETTS Single   Mary ADAMS Single  
39 05/10/1772 George CHAMBERS Single   Elizabeth BOLTON Single Thurnham
40 12/10/1772 Peter DAY Single Headcorn Elizabeth LINDBRIDGE Single  
42 18/12/1772 John COLLISON Single   Susannah CARTER Single  
43 12/10/1773 John HEIGHWOOD Widower Leeds Elizabeth BETTS Single  
44 19/12/1773 James BODIAM Widower   Mary MILES Widow  
45 05/04/1774 Richard CUTBUSH Single Maidstone Elizabeth WALKER Single  
46 26/09/1774 Daniel CORK     Mary MATSON Single  
47 23/01/1775 John WILES Single Harrietsham Susannah BROWN Single  
48 04/09/1775 Thomas MILLER     Eleanor RONENAY    
49 19/10/1775 George TUPPER Single   Ann MARTIN Single Linton
51 07/11/1775 Thomas CAPPER Single Leeds Elizabeth PARKER Single  
50 12/11/1775 John WHITE Single   Ann GUNNINGS Single  
52 25/02/1776 Richard WOODMAN Widower   Elizabeth WILLIAMS Widow  
53 05/11/1776 James BETTS Single   Martha ADAMS Single  
54 14/01/1777 Alexander ANDERSON Single   Margaret ADAMS Single Bearsted
55 31/03/1777 Henry MAYTUM   Lynsted Ann STEPHENSON    
56 10/10/1777 Stephen MOORLAND Single   Jemima MANTLE Single  
57 02/03/1778 William BOULTON Single Bexley Mary HIGGINS Single  
58 14/07/1778 William MORLAND Single   Elizabeth HUNT Single  
59 16/12/1778 William TAYNER Single   Susannah COLLISON Widow  
60 20/08/1779 Samuel WRATLEN Widower   Mary HATCH Single  
61 04/10/1779 Joseph CROCKER     Mary DANCE Single  
62 03/01/1780 John TOWN Single   Mary CARTER Single  
63 20/05/1780 Thomas WILES Single   Elizabeth SWINEYARD Single  
65 05/01/1781 William WRATTEN   Benenden Elizabeth DENNIS Single  
64 27/09/1781 William DINGLEY Single   Sarah COLISTED Single  
66 23/10/1781 Daniel MAYTUM Widower   Mary WILKINGS Single  
67 02/11/1781 Richard ADAMS Single Leeds Elizabeth WHITE Single  
68 05/11/1781 John BOTTEN Single   Ann RAYNER Single  
69 24/12/1781 Jeremiah CHEVERS Single   Abigail WILES Single  
70 01/05/1782 William DAWSON Single Thurnham Sarah ADAMS Single  
71 28/11/1782 Richard BRISTED Widower   Elizabeth GULL Single  
72 26/12/1782 George PARKS Single   Lucy HATCH Single  
73 31/08/1783 George ALEXANDER Single   Alice JARRARD Single  
74 11/07/1784 Edward WILES     Catherine BRISTEAD   Boxley
75 17/08/1784 John AUSTEN Single   Elizabeth COLGATE Single  
76 02/12/1784 James CHEESEMAN Widower   Elizabeth BUNNYARD Widow  
78 03/10/1785 William WICKER     Charity WRIGHT    
77 10/10/1785 Samuel WAGHORNE Single   Margaret BOLTON Single  
80 17/10/1785 John PARKS   Bearsted Elizabeth JUDGE Single  
79 24/10/1785 William WILES Single   Elizabeth HATCH Single  
81 10/07/1786 Samuel ATWOOD Single   Elizabeth WHITE Single  
82 09/08/1786 Thomas BURTON   Maidstone Elizabeth PRICE Single  
83 31/10/1786 Richard TOWN     Elizabeth GULLEN   Chatham
84 10/04/1787 William WOOLLETT Single   Priscilla HATCH Single  
85 21/05/1787 William BROWN Single   Mary ALLINGHAM Single  
86 10/10/1787 William EVERSFIELD Single St Andrew, Canterbury Sarah CULLEN Single  
87 18/12/1787 John MUNN Single   Mary CULLEN Single  
88 17/10/1788 Richard MARTIN Single Maidstone Philadelphia ROBINSON Single  
89 02/11/1788 John WILLIAMS Single   Margaret BLAND Single  
91 21/04/1789 James PARKER     Ann CLAPBOARD Widow  
90 12/05/1789 Robert ELLIS Single   Mary HINKLY Single  
92 18/05/1789 James HIGGENS Single   Ann BOWMAKER Widow  
93 02/07/1789 James BURRIN     Alice WHITE    
94 05/07/1789 William LOWER Single   Mary CHAMBERS Single  
95 12/04/1790 Thomas BARROW Single   Jane CARPENTER Single  
96 21/08/1790 William HARRIS Single   Mary JUDD Single  
97 02/10/1790 Robert DAVIS Single   Frances BROOKS Single  
18/10/1790 Richard CLAPSON Single   Ann TICKNER   Boxley
28/05/1792 Robert KNIGHT Single   Catherine JANTON   Maidstone
01/08/1792 Thomas MARTIN Single   Mary MARTIN Single  
24/09/1792 George WIMAN Single   Sarah LEW Single  
29/09/1792 John DANIELS Single   Elizabeth BREWER Single  
01/10/1792 Thomas ISAAC Single   Alice BROUDLEY Single  
04/10/1792 Samuel WOOD Single   Mary EDNEY Single  
23/12/1792 Richard BARTON Single Langley Jemima BETTEN Widow  
23/03/1794 William PENROSE     Priscilla CULLY    
07/04/1794 James KITNEY Widower Maidstone Rebecca CAPON Single  
21/04/1794 George CHAMBERS Widower   Elizabeth WHENHAM Widow  
28/08/1794 William PETTIT Widower   Elizabeth ALCHIN Single  
23/09/1794 William RICE Single   Sarah LEECH Single  
28/09/1794 James WOOD Single   Frances STEER Single  
29/09/1794 William HARRIS     Mary LEW    
27/10/1794 Samuel WAGHORN Widower   Ann ROSE Single  
08/12/1794 George MILLER Single Faversham Mary BOTTEN Single  
15/03/1795 Thomas FOX Single   Mary NORRIS Single  
12/07/1795 Thomas BRITTER Single   Sarah INFIELD Single  
09/02/1796 Richard KNOWLES Widower   Mary PORTER Widow  
27/05/1796 Thomas TOLHURST     Esther GRIGSBE    
02/08/1796 John MASTERS Single   Sarah RAYNER Single  
25/08/1796 John AUSTEN Single   Elizabeth AUSTEN Widow  
11/10/1796 John FRIDD Single   Mary BROOKER Single  
13/11/1797 William PRICE Widower   Phoebe KEELY Widow  
11/06/1798 James HAMMOND Single   Martha SMITH Single  
12/05/1799 William SMITH Single   Elizabeth BOTTEN Single  
27/08/1799 Thomas WAGHORN Single   Elizabeth WILES Single  
17/10/1800 George RALPH Widower   Sarah SEAGER Widow  
29/04/1801 Robert PERRIN Single   Janny BRISELDEN Single  
03/10/1801 James BETTS Single   Ann SMITH Single  
23/03/1802 Matthew JUDD Single   Esther BOICE Single  
17/06/1802 James RAYNER Single   Sarah BAKER Single  
03/10/1803 Thomas ROWE Single   Mary WARN Single  
03/10/1803 Joseph CHURCHWELL Widower   Mary CROCKER Widow  
06/03/1804 Stephen BRITCHER Single   Mary BRISTED Single  
07/12/1804 James WILES Single   Susanna RATCLIFF Single  
27/07/1807 John ADAMS Single   Jane MILLGATE Single  
12/03/1808 Thomas BIGG Single   Ann BRITCHER Single  
25/07/1808 Isaac HUBBARD Widower   Mary DAY Single  
21/10/1808 William MOORLEN Single   Mary BIGG   Leeds
31/10/1808 William CLAPSON Single   Elizabeth SPICE Single  
02/07/1810 James CHEESEMAN Widower   Elizabeth RIDDELL Widow Boughton Monchelsea
26/11/1810 John HUMPHREY Single   Mary TILBE Widow  
18/04/1811 William WELLER Widower   Mary Ann RICHARDSON Single  
27/05/1811 Robert BEAN Widower   Charlotte RANSLEY Single  
1 27/09/1814 George ANDERSON     Frances DRUREY    
2 08/11/1814 John EATON     Sarah BOTTEN    
3 25/02/1816 William FROUD Single Maidstone Ann BARROW Single  
4 15/04/1816 William POOL Single Headcorn Martha PIERCE Single  
5 25/06/1816 Stephen BOTTEN Single   Mary Ann GIBBONS Single  
6 09/09/1817 William AUSTIN Single   Susanna ACKAWS Single  
7 04/10/1817 James CARTER Single   Ann HANKING Single  
8 16/09/1818 John SHEEPWASH Single   Celia WELLER Single  
9 16/10/1819 Thomas WILES Single   Mary BARTON Widow  
10 09/11/1819 Samuel REEVES Single   Sarah CHRITTENDEN Single Smarden
11 05/05/1820 James HALL Single   Maria WAGHORN Single  
12 12/10/1820 Daniel RALPH Single   Mary SHEEPWASH Single  
13 23/10/1820 James MOSELEY Single Langley Sarah PAIN Single  
14 29/12/1820 Thomas BAKER Single   Frances NORMAN Single  
15 27/05/1821 Robert KNIGHT Widower   Hester JUDD Widow  
16 07/06/1821 John COPPIN Single   Mary WAGHORN Single  
17 19/08/1821 William COPPIN Single   Elizabeth WICKEN Single  
18 10/11/1822 Edward PHYALL Single Boughton Monchelsea Ann MAYLAM Single  
19 13/11/1822 James BETTS Single Langley Martha AUSTEN Single  
20 25/12/1822 John FIELD Single Burwash, Sussex Sarah WHENHAM Single  
21 01/03/1823 Stephen MORLAM Single   Mary Ann SAMMES Single  
22 31/08/1823 Richard SAGE   Wormshill Esther JUDD    
23 21/10/1823 Thomas THOMPSON Single   Elizabeth MEPHAM Single Maidstone
24 13/01/1824 George TOMLIN Widower   Mary Ann LATTER Single  
25 12/11/1825 George GRIGSBY   Boughton Monchelsea Elizabeth WILES Single  
26 28/11/1826 William GILLY Widower Wanstead, Essex Sarah Ann KNOWLES Single  
27 19/02/1827 William KING   Chart Sutton Martha COLLINGS Single  
28 13/03/1828 Thomas AVERY Single Langley Mary WILES    
29 06/11/1828 Henry LUXFORD Single   Sarah AVERY Single Leeds
30 20/04/1829 Thomas JUDD Single   Sarah FORSTER    
31 08/06/1829 William DAY Single   Sarah MAYTUM   Maidstone
32 19/10/1829 Joseph FOREMAN Single   Matilda KITNEY Single Boxley
33 24/10/1829 Horace BENSTED Single   Celia Burden NEVES Single  
34 08/11/1829 John CAESON Single   Margaret WILSON    
35 06/12/1829 William WALKER Single   Harriet FINCIT Single  
36 15/12/1830 Robert COOPER Single   Hannah COLLINGS Single  
37 28/11/1831 Thomas BETTS Single   Rebecca RAYNER Single  
38 05/09/1832 Joseph SALIS Single   Sarah BLAKE Single  
39 17/10/1832 William CAMBER Single   Harriet NEW Single  
40 03/11/1832 Benjamin BARROW Single   Sophia SHARPE Single  
41 05/11/1832 William SNASHALL Single Maidstone Elizabeth MORDEN Single  
42 27/07/1833 Henry LUXFORD Widower   Catherine CLIFFORD Single Bearsted
43 05/08/1833 William DUNK Single   Louisa FOREMAN Single  
44 10/11/1833 Joseph CHAMBERS Single   Martha RALPH Single  
45 06/05/1834 James APPLETON Single   Sarah HODGES Single  
46 27/10/1834 William REED     Maria MILLS    
47 09/08/1835 George KIDNEY     Jane FOREMAN    

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