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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Sutton by Dover St Peter & St Paul

 

The Parish

The parish of Sutton (the suffix "by Dover" to distinguish it from others of this name) is located in the extreme southeast of Kent close to its English Channel coast. As the suffix suggests the parish is located near the Cross-Channel port of Dover, this lies about 5 miles south of Sutton. Sutton is a fairly compact small village sited in lanes to the east of the A256 road which links Dover with Sandwich. Most of Sutton's settlement lies around a "T" junction of two lanes, one headed southwest to northeast and the other headed northwest off that lane. Both lanes are narrow and lined with cottages and farms. The village is built on reasonably high ground on a chalky substrate, despite being less than 3 miles from the sea the village is sited at around 40 metres above sea level on rolling downland that rises a further 20 metres higher to the northwest. Sutton itself is built in a "dry" valley with no obvious surface drainage beyond field ditches, what water falls is headed northeast to reach the sea at Sandwich. The parish was rather small in extent, just over 1,000 acres and supported barely 150 parishioners. The parish does not merit a separate entry within Domesday Book.


The Church

St Peter & St Paul's church lies just off the northwest headed lane a few metres from its junction at the centre of Sutton. The church, as befits one built on chalk, is largely constructed of the local flint. The church is quite an old building with many Norman features dating the building to the 12th or early 13th centuries. Unfortunately the Victorian restorers were rather severe, including adding what Pevsner describes as "improbable embellishments" to its relatively rare semicircular sanctuary. The church is accessed along Church Hill and sits behind a low brick wall in a slightly elevated setting. A pair of yew-shaded wooden gates gives access to the graveyard. Unfortunately the site is rather filled with mature trees making it quite a difficult building to achieve satisfactory photographs.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 1st April 1756 - 18th July 1812 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/142/1/5 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 Fading leads to the possibility of a few misreads
2 2nd March 1813 - 9th April 1837 Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/142/1/7 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads The fading issues apply more intensely with this register which has a likelihood of many misreads as a consequence


Northbourne St Augustine
Northbourne St Augustine
Great Mongeham St Martin
Northbourne St Augustine
Ripple St Mary the Virgin
Northbourne St Augustine
West Langdon St Mary the Virgin
Waldershare All Saints (detached)

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
01/04/1756 John FOPTEL Single   Catharine PILCHER Single  
17/03/1760 Michael WELLARD Widower Deal Ann AMES Widow  
14/10/1760 Henry CHANDLER Single West Langdon Mary PETLEY Single  
16/10/1760 John HUDSON Single Northbourne Margaret LADD Single  
23/10/1760 Alexander DAVISON Single   Hannah LADD Single  
07/04/1761 Silvester WOODROOFFE Single Ripple Sarah COPPEN Single  
02/11/1761 Robert CLADINGBOLD Single East Langdon Elizabeth HORTON Widow  
27/09/1764 John LADE Single   Rachel BROADLEY Single  
13/10/1764 Thomas WILDISH Single Preston Next Faversham Mary DILMOT Single  
23/04/1765 John DUNN Single Sholden Alice MARSH Single  
23/07/1768 John NEWING Single   Elizabeth MENGEN Single  
12/10/1768 John TAYLOR   Lydden Margaret PRITCHARD    
07/11/1768 John BEAN     Sarah MAKENEY    
25/03/1769 William REVEL   Worth Elizabeth BRICE    
11/10/1769 William BEAN     Sarah FERRY    
15/03/1773 Thomas GORE     Jane NEWIN    
01/04/1774 William WATTS   Deal Elisabeth DUNN    
07/08/1774 Joseph MARSH Single   Mary TAYLOR Single West Langdon
13/10/1774 Vincent LADE Single   Ruth BURLE Single Wye
21/12/1774 John FOSTER Widower   Sarah ARNOLD Widow  
19/07/1775 John JORDAN Single Sholden Mary CHADWICK Single  
14/10/1775 John PALMER Single   Sarah CURLIN Single  
12/04/1777 William ARNOLD Single   Elizabeth HORN Single  
16/10/1777 Richard FAGG   Northbourne Mary PARIMORE    
21/11/1777 William STRINGER Single   Sarah PEGDEN Single  
03/11/1778 Valentine BARTLETT     Frances PETS Single  
30/07/1779 William NEWING     Anne PARKER    
06/02/1780 William AMES   Allington Eleanor MOUNT    
24/01/1782 William MARSH Single   Mary BAKER Widow Walmer
30/03/1782 Henry HOPPER Single West Langdon Mary LAWRENCE    
01/11/1782 Joseph MARSH     Frances COLEMAN    
02/02/1785 Brett MERCER   St Margaret At Cliffe Ann HORN Widow  
05/05/1785 John POUT     Mary POTT    
12/05/1785 Thomas RUDDLE Single   Sarah QUESTED Single  
09/07/1785 Thomas DUNN Single Ripple Elizabeth STRINGER Single  
13/10/1785 Thomas MARSH     Margaret EPPS    
03/03/1787 Thomas HAMBROOK     Elizabeth BARCE    
13/10/1787 William THOMAS   Ripple Elizabeth ARNOLD    
14/10/1789 William MOSELIN     Margaret DIXON    
17/10/1789 George DUNK     Ann FLOWERS    
11/10/1790 Thomas HAYWARD   Northbourne Jane YOUNG    
30/07/1791 William SHILVEY   Northbourne Esther MORRIS    
05/11/1791 Matthew ELDEN     Martha BEAN    
02/09/1792 William BUSHEL     Eleanor MORRIS    
20/10/1792 John GILLMAN   Ripple Sarah MORRIS    
17/03/1793 Isaac PIEARCE     Elizabeth JONES    
26/03/1793 John DILMOT Single   Ann ELLISON Single  
15/10/1793 Nathaniel DENN Single   Ann COWPER Single  
13/02/1794 William GARSIDE     Mary MARSH Single  
05/04/1794 John STRINGER     Mary NEWING    
22/07/1794 William MORRIS     Martha JONES    
25/04/1795 William RATLEY   Nonington Elizabeth BANKS    
21/09/1795 Daniel HOLIDAY   Hougham Joice DAWKINS    
17/10/1795 Abraham NEWMAN     Sophia STRINGER    
21/01/1797 Thomas COUSENS     Ann MARSH    
30/09/1797 Joseph ELLENOR     Elizabeth JOURDAN    
02/01/1800 Stephen GOUDEN Single St Mary, Dover Mary DILMOT Single  
17/11/1800 Joseph GARSIDE Single   Mary CORLING Single  
04/04/1801 Stephen ELLINDEN   Deal Elizabeth CHIDWICK    
18/04/1801 James SHEARPOINT Single   Susanna FRIEND Single  
25/06/1801 John FAGG     Elizabeth TAYLOR    
14/10/1801 William NEWING     Jane BEER   Waldershare
23/02/1802 Thomas WALKER   Hougham Elizabeth MARSH Single  
14/10/1802 Richard FAGG     Catherine BANKS    
20/12/1802 Benjamin Fuller STOW Widower St Mary, Dover Ann RICKCORDS Single  
17/02/1803 John LEGGETT Widower   Martha AUSTIN Widow  
17/05/1804 John SUTTON Single Deal Sarah STOKES Single  
10/10/1804 John HOLMES Single   Jane PATTERSON    
15/10/1804 Thomas UPTON     Sarah NEWING   Preston Next Wingham
30/10/1804 Michael UPTON Single Guston Ann FAGG Single  
30/10/1804 William WOOD Single   Ellenor HOGBEN Single  
30/11/1805 Andrew WOOD     Sarah PREBLE    
29/11/1806 Thomas CHIDWICK     Elizabeth COLTROOP    
29/11/1806 William TAYLOR     Mary PALMER    
03/11/1807 John GILLBEE Single St Mary, Dover Ann MARSH Single  
30/01/1808 James BARROW   Northbourne Mary STOKES    
20/09/1808 John JOYNER Single   Maria NEWING Single  
13/05/1809 John CHAPMAN Single   Sarah CHIDWICK Single  
17/10/1809 Robert SUTTON     Catherine STRINGER    
07/12/1809 Thomas GILBERT     Hannah KEMP    
27/06/1810 Charles GRIGGS Single St Mary, Dover Mary MARSH Single  
15/10/1810 James COSSETT Single   Mary MACDONALD   St Margaret At Cliffe
10/11/1810 William CHILDS     Ann SLAUGHTER    
14/12/1811 Robert KEMP   Ripple Margaret CHIDOWN    
18/07/1812 John SUBBLE Single   Elizabeth HOILE Single  
1 02/03/1813 George MANSER Single Northbourne Mary Jane KELSEY    
2 27/03/1813 Robert NORRIS Widower   Sarah THROWLER Single  
3 09/05/1813 Thomas BOWMAN Single   Sarah EASTER Single  
4 17/10/1813 William LEWIS   Hougham Elizabeth HAMBROOK    
5 30/12/1813 William LOUD   Cliffe Sarah DILMOT    
6 31/07/1814 John BELSEY     Susanna OVENDEN    
7 06/08/1814 John HEWING     Ann TERRY    
8 25/02/1815 James SPIER   Deal Mary AUSTEN    
9 14/03/1816 William FOREMAN     Catherine GOULDER    
10 15/10/1816 Richard PIDDOCK   Great Mongeham Mary LOTT    
11 19/10/1816 Stephen LADE     Sarah PARAMOR    
12 13/07/1817 James TERRY     Susanna STOKES   Eythorne
13 06/08/1817 Joseph MARSH     Ann WEST   Northbourne
14 29/10/1817 William MARSH Single   Jane STOKES Single  
15 09/04/1818 John LEGGETT     Ann SMITH   Deal
16 14/11/1818 James HUTCHINS   Northbourne Harriett FAGG    
17 26/12/1818 John NORRIS     Hetty BETTS    
18 01/11/1819 William HILLS     Susanna PITCHER    
19 14/10/1820 Thomas GODFREY     Mary Ann GRAVES    
20 11/07/1821 John BOWLES   Northbourne Mary BROUGHTON    
21 29/09/1821 Edward AGARS     Frances CONSTABLE    
22 18/10/1821 Richard TAYLOR   Ripple Elizabeth LAWRENCE    
23 18/03/1823 John CANNON   Walmer Ann LADE    
24 26/07/1823 John DIXON     Sarah PEARCE    
25 24/07/1824 William MARSH     Mary WINDSOR    
26 14/01/1826 John DEVISON     Sarah FAGG    
27 04/12/1826 William TWYMAN     Elizabeth LEGGET    
28 29/07/1827 Charles COUSENS     Mary HORNE    
29 06/09/1827 William PAIN Single Deal Mary HOMERSHAM Single  
30 15/04/1828 John AUSTIN Single   Abgail Pubble DRAKE Single Deal
31 29/06/1828 James BOWMAN Single   Mary Ann WILLIAMS Single  
32 15/12/1828 James SUTTON Single   Elizabeth COUSENS Single  
33 09/04/1829 Benjamin EASTER Single Cheriton Mary Anne SCOTT Single  
34 12/10/1830 Isaac HAMBROOK Single   Margaret HICKS Single  
35 09/09/1832 Thomas KEMP     Elisabeth CASTLE    
36 30/10/1832 Henry HOPPER     Elisabeth Simons MARSH    
37 03/11/1832 Stephen LEGGETT Single   Susannah HOOD Single  
38 20/04/1833 John FAGG     Ann TAYLOR    
39 19/10/1834 William CHAPMAN Single   Eliza WARMAN Single  
40 15/10/1835 Henry BUDDLE     Jane PALMER    
41 12/10/1836 William UPTON Single St Margaret At Cliffe Jane SOLES Single  
42 15/02/1837 John Jenkin TERRY Widower Smarden Mary Ann GARSIDE Single  
43 09/04/1837 Joseph FITALL Single   Sarah SMITH Single Deal

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