East Sutton St Peter & St Paul

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

The Parish

The parish of East Sutton lies in central Kent, it is located about 6 miles southeast of the town of Maidstone. East Sutton sits, in lanes, about 2 miles east of the A274 road which connects Maidstone with Tenterden. There is not much to East Sutton, no distinct village as such, merely a collection of scattered farms and cottages across a rolling rural landscape. East Sutton sits on a low ridge overlooking The Weald and the parish covers a portion of both the Greensand ridge and the Wealden clays too. The economy would have been largely agricultural with orchards, hop gardens and a mixture of both pastoral & arable farming. A small tributary of the River Beult drains the parish southwards and then joins the Medway before reversing direction and reaching the Thames Estuary. East Sutton is sited at around 110 metres above the sea, local heights of 160 are reached on the ridge whilst the Weald is closer to 40 metres and only a mile to the south. By the standards of this part of Kent east Sutton was a relatively small parish, it covered just under 1,600 acres and supported a population of just under 400 parishioners. In Domesday times East Sutton was held by one Bishop Odo of Bayeux and could offer just 6 ploughs as well as small meadows and woods.

The Church

St Peter & St Paul's church sits on the south side of the main east to west running lane, Church Lane, the land slopes to the south so the site is slightly below the road level. The church has been much altered over the centuries but enough remains in the form of the arcades to confidently place its earliest origins in the 14th century. There was much remodeling in both 15th and 16th centuries, the use of the Perpendicular style is a feature of much of the fenestration. The main restoration of 1897 also renewed and added to the features of the building to leave today's hotchpotch design. The churchyard is surrounded by a low local stone wall and a gate by the tower grants access. The church sits rather too close to the road for the best angles to be within the churchyard and to the south the view is somewhat marred by the Young Offenders prison.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	27th May 1754 - 25th December 1812	Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P360B/1/D/1	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads	The register from 1780 onwards has faded badly to the point of invisibility in places making for a very challenging read and some guessing, errors due to misreading are likely to be frequent.
2	27th March 1814 - 5th February 1837	Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P360B/1/D/2	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 begins as poorly as that above but soon improves, there is a consequence of a few misreads

Langley St Mary	Broomfield St Margaret	Ulcombe All Saints
Sutton Valence St Mary		Ulcombe All Saints
Sutton Valence St Mary	Headcorn St Peter & St Paul	Headcorn St Peter & St Paul

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	27/05/1754	Richard	WEST	Widower		Sarah	KEBLE	Widow	Sutton Valence
2	04/08/1754	William	SHIRLEY	Single		Abigail	JARMAN	Single	Chart Sutton
3	06/01/1755	Robert	HADDAWAY	Single		Elizabeth	WEST	Single
4	24/09/1755	John	COOK	Single		Mary	FORTUNE	Single
5	14/10/1755	Joseph	BARRET	Single	Ulcombe	Sarah	RIDDLE	Single
6	23/11/1755	John	CHAPMAN	Single	Wadhurst, Sussex	Frances	LUCKHURST	Single
8	11/10/1756	Thomas	HADAWAY	Single		Elizabeth	EVENDEN	Single
9	09/10/1757	John	CLAPSON	Single		Esther	TANNER	Single
10	12/10/1757	John	COLLENS	Single		Sarah	SHEPHERD	Single
11	16/01/1758	Thomas	CHEESMAN	Single		Jane Moore	PATTERSON	Single
12	06/02/1758	John	ALEHORN	Single		Elizabeth	TIPPETT
13	02/11/1758	John	BUCKHURST	Single	Sutton Valence	Ann	SHIRLEY	Single
14	27/09/1759	John	LUSHINGTON	Single	Elmstead	Mary	SHIRLEY	Single
15	08/12/1759	Maximilian	BATES	Widower		Ann	DUNSTER	Single
16	24/08/1760	William	SMITH	Single		Elizabeth	COOK	Single
17	26/08/1760	John	WATERMAN	Single		Elizabeth	SEARS	Single	Chart Sutton
18	15/04/1761	John	GIBSON	Widower		Elizabeth	PRYER
19	12/05/1761	William	BENTLEY		Sutton Valence	Mary	BILLS
20	13/10/1761	John	WALTER	Single		Jane	TREE	Single
21	14/10/1761	John	COOK	Single		Mary	EASON	Single
22	28/10/1762	Edward	KENNARD	Single	Ulcombe	Sarah	SELLIS	Single
23	16/11/1762	Thomas	SMITH	Widower		Constance	MORRIS	Widow
24	15/04/1763	William	RICKARD	Single		Elizabeth	STEERS	Single
25	05/03/1764	James	CLAPSON	Single		Elizabeth	SPRINGATE
26	01/05/1764	Joseph	OSBORNE	Single		Celia	RAYNER	Single
27	08/05/1764	Thomas	WINDER	Single	Headcorn	Elizabeth	FREED
28	07/10/1764	Joseph	HILLS	Single		Mary	SINNOCK	Widow
29	28/10/1764	Thomas	BOUTCHER	Single		Elizabeth	TITNESS
30	12/06/1765	John	ABRAHAM	Single		Mary	MARTIN	Widow
31	08/10/1765	Phillip	TOMLIN	Single	Shorne	Maria	SPRINGETT
32	28/11/1765	John	HODGES	Single	Sutton Valence	Jane	MORRIS	Single
33	28/12/1765	James	PAYNE	Single		Susanna	SCOORS		Leeds
34	22/06/1766	Thomas	TOWN	Widower		Susanna	TURNER	Widow
35	26/12/1766	James	FREED	Single		Ann	COOK	Single
36	08/02/1767	George	FREED	Single		Mary	HOMAN	Widow
37	01/03/1767	Richard	WEST	Widower		Mary	EASON	Widow
38	16/03/1767	John	WOOLLET	Single	Headcorn	Sarah	TRILL	Single
39	05/10/1767	Thomas	BURDEN	Single	Kennington	Dorothy	COOK	Single
40	14/01/1768	James	HASTEN	Single		Mary	MILLS	Single
41	04/10/1768	John	PAGE	Widower		Susanna	PANKHURST	Single
42	30/11/1768	John	SIMMS	Single		Anne	EVENDEN	Single
43	05/10/1769	Edward	TURNER	Single	Headcorn	Mary	HOYSTED	Single
44	25/10/1769	Matthew	CORK	Single	East Malling	Mary	EVENDEN	Single
46	17/04/1770	Charles	MILLS	Single	Loose	Mary	STONTAN	Single
47	25/12/1770	John	CROCKSFOOT	Single		Susannah	BURREN	Single	Ulcombe
48	22/07/1771	William	NOKES	Single		Ann	CLAPSON	Single	Sutton Valence
49	04/07/1773	Thomas	CASELDEN	Single		Elizabeth	BURDEN	Single
50	11/10/1773	Proctor	TONG	Single		Mary	SMITH	Single
51	25/10/1773	Thomas	SHAWALL	Single		Anna	SPRINGATE	Single
52	13/11/1773	John	MOORLEN	Widower	Otham	Mary	COOK	Single
53	27/12/1773	Samuel	TURNER	Single		Ann	MILLS	Single
54	04/04/1774	John	TAYLOR	Widower		Amy	RIGELS	Widow
55	18/09/1774	Thomas	WILKINSON	Single		Mary	THOMAS
56	16/08/1775	Francis	LONG	Single		Mary	ACTON	Single
57	17/10/1775	Thomas	FORSTER	Single		Mary	RANSLEY	Single
58	27/01/1776	James	RICKCARD			Mary	KINGSTON
59	19/03/1776	Thomas	SHIRLEY	Single		Elizabeth	CHAPMAN	Single	Westwell
60	16/04/1776	Samuel	GODSEEF			Ann	COOPER
61	15/07/1776	Richard	SARGENT	Widower		Mary	LEWIS	Widow
62	14/11/1776	John	EARLES	Single		Sarah	GAMBELL	Single
63	26/11/1776	John	ALEHEN	Single		Sarah	LOR
64	11/10/1777	Samuel	CHEESMAN	Single		Mary	HIAMS	Single
65	07/11/1777	Thomas	GEORGE	Single		Sarah	SIMSON	Single
66	16/11/1777	John	GRIGSBY	Single		Mary	CLOUT	Single	Loose
67	03/02/1778	John	THURSTEN	Single	Biddenden	Mary	CHRISTIAN	Single
68	06/01/1779	John	SMITH			Hannah	HEWES
69	21/10/1779	Samuel	TESTER			Elizabeth	MILLS
70	26/10/1779	John	HIAMS	Single		Elizabeth	PARKS		Ulcombe
71	27/03/1780	William	BOORNE	Widower		Elizabeth	EDMETT	Single	Maidstone
72	11/05/1780	James	LONG	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Widow
73	23/10/1780	Thomas	TOWN	Widower		Ann	COOMBER	Single
74	25/10/1780	John	SEDGWICK			Lydia	MILLS
75	08/01/1781	Reuben	ROBINSON			Sarah	THOMAS
76	15/10/1781	John	BLACK		Ulcombe	Rebekah	SMITH
77	19/02/1782	William	FARMER		Staplehurst	Mary	BENTLEY
78	16/05/1782	John	HANFORD	Single		Hannah	BURDEN
79	09/06/1783	James	HOCK	Single		Sarah	AVARY	Single
80	02/10/1783	Thomas	CLAPSON	Single	Ulcombe	Mary	BOUTCHER	Single
81	13/10/1783	William	HIGGINS			Elizabeth	SEDGWICK
82	25/12/1783	William	UPFOLD	Single	Milton By Sittingbourne	Mary	SMITH	Single
83	11/08/1784	Thomas	BARTON	Single	Staplehurst	Ann	BOUTCHER	Single
84	27/08/1784	Robert	LOVE	Single	Staplehurst	Martha	EARL	Single
85	24/02/1785	John	AVARD			Mary	RANSLEY
86	28/11/1785	Thomas	BALLARD		Sutton Valence	Judith	VALENTINE
87	03/01/1786	William	DANE	Single		Elizabeth	TANNER	Single
88	25/05/1786	Samuel	PANKHURST			Mary	WOOLLEY
89	25/10/1786	Edward	HONEYSETT			Martha	PARKER		Staplehurst
90	02/02/1788	John	SMITH	Single		Keturah	BRENCHLEY	Single
91	16/04/1788	Thomas	OVENDEN	Single		Susanna	WOOLLCOTT	Single
92	20/04/1788	John	BLACKER			Hannah	CHAMPION
93	05/05/1788	William	VALENTINE			Ann	RANSLEY
94	28/05/1788	Richard	BENTLEY	Single	Sutton Valence	Elizabeth	SMITH	Single
95	17/06/1788	George	HIGGINS	Single		Elizabeth	CLEARS	Single
96	28/09/1788	Robert	TUCKER			Charity	WILLIAMS
97	25/03/1790	Thomas	TASSELL			Ann	RABBIT
98	04/11/1790	William	LONG	Single		Elizabeth	HILLS	Single
99	20/04/1792	John	DREW			Sarah Mary	WATKINS
100	15/05/1792	Samuel	GILES	Single	Maidstone	Sarah	CHITTENDEN	Single
101	30/12/1792	Samuel	HADAWAY			Elizabeth	MOORE		Harrietsham
102	13/10/1793	John	LENHAM			Susanna	RAPSON
103	14/01/1794	Thomas	ABRIGHT			Ann	LUCKHURST
104	12/06/1794	Jeremiah	BATES			Ann	EASON
105	16/03/1795	Thomas	ROBINSON			Ann	SEAGER
106	28/04/1795	Thomas	BALDWIN		Linton	Ann	SMITH
107	14/10/1795	John	WAGHORN			Sarah	CHAPLIN
108	19/06/1796	James	VALENTINE	Single	Egerton	Elizabeth	FOSTER	Single
109	07/03/1797	Samuel	DALE	Single	Langley	Ann	STEERS
110	13/08/1797	James	READ			Mary	FREASH
111	15/02/1798	George	LANSDELL		Chart Sutton	Elizabeth	WESTGATE
112	02/09/1798	William	FOSTER	Single		Anne	GIBSON	Single
113	11/11/1798	William	BATES	Single		Elizabeth	BOTHWELL	Single
114	12/11/1798	William	SMITH	Single		Ann	BISHOP	Single	Sutton Valence
115	20/12/1799	William	NORTON			Ann	TURNER
116	11/08/1800	William	MERCER			Lucy	BRATTLE
117	13/10/1800	Jesse	HUBBARD			Frances	BAILEY
118	13/10/1800	William	BAILEY			Sarah	WOOLLEY
119	17/11/1800	William	STEVENSON			Emily	SMITH
120	21/09/1801	William	BEDFORD	Widower		Martha	BAKER	Widow
121	21/09/1801	William	WILLIAMS			Charity	BAKER
122	25/12/1801	Thomas	MARTIN			Sarah	BOLTON
123	01/01/1807	James	FREED	Single		Mary	SEABOROUGH	Single
124	27/09/1807	Joseph	GANTLAND	Single		Lucy	SHEWBRIDGE	Single
125	15/08/1808	Thomas	BOSWELL	Single		Ann	PEAVEY	Single
126	07/02/1811	William	CARPENTER	Single	Staplehurst	Sophia	BOORMAN	Single
127	17/08/1811	Thomas	LEDGER	Single	Ulcombe	Ann	COUCHMAN	Single
128	18/07/1812	Samuel	SHERWOOD	Single		Henrietta	WATERHOUSE	Widow
129	10/12/1812	William	SMITH	Widower		Nancy	COVILL	Widow	Sutton Valence
130	25/12/1812	Thomas	BOUCHER	Single		Elizabeth	HILLS	Single	Sutton Valence
1	27/03/1814	Robert	WATLING	Single		Elizabeth	TURNER
2	31/07/1814	Richard	BURDEN	Single	Sutton Valence	Elizabeth	LARKINS	Single
3	16/10/1814	John	CHAMBERHURST	Widower		Mary	BARRETT	Widow
4	07/04/1815	Edward	SHIRLEY	Single	Chart Sutton	Esther	BOORMAN	Single
5	17/05/1815	William	CROACH	Single	Hartfield, Sussex	Hannah	SMITH	Single
6	03/06/1815	John	LUCKHURST	Single		Martha	TURNER		Headcorn
7	02/10/1815	Patrick	CONNAL			Betsy	BUTCHER
8	03/06/1816	James	BATES	Single		Amy	KEMP		Ulcombe
9	14/02/1817	William	WHITE	Single		Maria	BARRETT	Single
10	10/05/1818	John	WRIGHT	Single		Susannah	BAKER	Single
11	20/10/1818	William	COOK	Single		Sarah	HARRIS	Single	Boughton Malherbe
12	13/11/1818	John	ATKINS	Single		Elizabeth	COLEMAN	Single
13	12/10/1819	Thomas	DOWN	Single		Elizabeth	CLOUT	Single
14	13/12/1819	Thomas	WICKENS	Widower		Ann	FARMER	Single
15	13/12/1819	Thomas	AVAND	Single		Phillis	WELCH	Single
16	26/02/1820	Thomas	BARRETT	Single		Charlotte	TURNER	Single
17	01/06/1820	William	SEDGWICK			Hester	HIGGENS
18	14/05/1821	Edward	BRADFIELD			Hannah	HIGGENS
19	13/11/1821	Phillip	LUCKHURST			Mary Ann	FORSTER
20	08/12/1822	Richard	GULVIN	Single		Hester	BENTLEY	Single
21	03/05/1823	William	GIBSON	Single		Mary	HARRIS	Single	Sutton Valence
22	23/02/1824	John	TANTON			Harriet	AISTRUP
23	30/03/1824	William	ADKINS	Single		Mary	FARMER	Single
24	21/02/1825	William	CLOUT	Single		Hannah	CORDLEY	Single
25	28/05/1825	Francis	HARRIS	Single		Phebe	PRICE	Single	Sutton Valence
26	19/11/1825	Charles	HIGGINS	Single	Sutton Valence	Sarah	WICKHAM	Widow
27	24/01/1828	William Elliott	LONG	Widower		Eliza	LOVE	Single	Headcorn
28	26/04/1828	John	LITTLE	Widower	Faversham	Sarah Elizabeth Page	HADLEY	Single
29	31/08/1828	Edward Elliott	KNIGHT	Single		Elizabeth	LENHAM	Single
30	05/11/1828	Richard	WRIGHT	Single		Mary	SMITH	Single
31	04/05/1829	John	RAYNER	Single		Ann	RANSOM	Single
32	23/05/1829	William	BARRETT	Single		Hannah	WISE	Single
33	15/01/1830	William	THORP	Single	Aylesford	Elizabeth	BARTON	Single
34	04/04/1831	William	GURR	Single		Elizabeth	SMITH	Single
35	29/05/1831	Stephen	OSBORNE	Widower	Sutton Valence	Ann	HIGGINS	Single
36	05/05/1832	Samuel	LONG	Single		Sarah	POPE	Single
37	01/12/1832	John	CLOUT	Widower		Martha	BISSENDEN	Single
38	30/06/1833	John	BARNDEN	Single		Sarah	TOWN	Single
39	31/10/1833	William	SLOMAN	Single		Phoeby	HIGGENS	Single
40	29/11/1833	James	DAVIS	Single		Susannah	DREWREY		Sutton Valence
41	10/04/1834	Richard	BENTLEY	Single		Amelia	WEEKES	Single	Staplehurst
42	22/05/1834	James	GILES	Single		Susannah	WRIGHT	Widow
43	03/08/1834	Thomas	BIGG	Single	Ulcombe	Elizabeth	WICKENS	Single
44	17/10/1834	Thomas	ATKINS	Single		Rebecca	TURNER	Single
45	04/11/1834	John	FREED	Single		Sophia	BATES	Single
46	31/01/1836	William	GURR	Widower		Ann	BRAZIER	Single
47	26/05/1836	James	REEVES	Single	Sutton Valence	Mary	TOWN	Single
48	02/02/1837	James	FREED	Single		Olivia	WILLIAMS	Single
49	05/02/1837	Edward	RAYNER	Single		Jane	POOL	Single

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