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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Slebech St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Slebech lies in central southern Pembrokeshire, albeit because of the deep indentation of the Cleddau Estuary it forms part of Pembrokeshire highly fretted southern coast. Slebech is located about 4 miles east of the market town of Haverfordwest and sits astride the busy A40 road which links Haverfordwest onwards to Carmarthen. Slebech has no distinct village as such and is spread over a wide area either side of the A40 and down to the shores of the estuary. Much of the parish lies within the grounds of Slebech Park surrounding Slebech Hall. The 19th century history of Slebech is bound up with the eccentricities of its Latvian owner Baron de Rutzen who made extensive changes not only to the estate but also closed the mediaeval (perhaps Norman) church and had the present (and now closed) church built along the A40 then a new turnpike. The parish would largely have earned its living from pastoral farming at the time of this transcript. As a coastal, albeit estuarine, settlement only minor streams drained the parish into the nearby Cleddau. Slebech is sited between sea level and 90 metres above the sea, the present church building standing at 69 metres, in gently rolling countryside. Slebech parish was one of the larger in this part of Pembrokeshire, it covered over 4,400 acres and would have supported a population of just under 300 parishioners. Like most of Wales Slebech is not mentioned in Domesday Book as that tome did not cover this area.


The Church

St John the Baptist's church, as stated above, sits alongside the busy A40; it is no longer used for worship as it was closed in 1990 due to subsidence. Built in the early English style between 1838 & 1840 at the expense and initiation of Baron de Rutzen it stands rather forlorn alongside the traffic clogged road. The site is accessible but the building is apparently not. Despite it's modern age Pevsner does make kind comments, in particular praising the tiled floor which is not currently accessible.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 1754 - 1761 No register or BTs survives for this period
2 27th July 1762 - 1st December 1812 Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/30/3 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 The register has suffered damage over the years but this does not unduly impact legibility
3 26th June 1813 - 17th June 1837 Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/30/2
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 suffers from bleedthrough as a result of use of a heavy pen, it may cause a few misreads


Wiston St Mary
Wiston St Mary
Llawhaden St Aidan
Boulston St Ismail
Robeston Wathen
Newton
Martletwy St Marcellus
Minwear St Womar

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
27/07/1762 Thomas WILLIAMS Widower Prendergast Jane WATTS    
23/10/1762 William THOMAS   Brawdy Elizabeth RINAULT    
27/11/1762 John NARBERTH Single Llawhaden Margarett ROBLIN Single  
06/01/1763 David WILLIAM     Elizabeth PHILLIP Single  
06/01/1763 John JONES   St Mary, Pembroke Mary EDWARDS    
07/01/1763 Richard BARZEY     Mary PHILLIPS Single  
05/04/1763 Morris THOMAS     Elizabeth LLEWELIN    
13/10/1763 George JAMES     Ruth PARROTT    
12/11/1763 Griffith DAVID   Martletwy Jane PHELPS    
05/02/1764 Isaac WILLIAMS     Elizabeth SAUNDERS   Yerbeston
06/03/1764 Lewis THOMAS   Martletwy Esther LEWIS   Lawrenny
31/03/1764 John HOWELL   Yerbeston Alice WILLIAMS Widow  
04/04/1764 John TWIG Single Minwear Sarah PAGE Single  
26/05/1764 William DALLY Single Martletwy Elizabeth PICTON Single  
14/07/1764 William BARTLETT Single Wiston Mary REES Single  
19/08/1764 Daniel THOMAS Single Wiston Anne REES    
13/10/1764 Elias LLEWELIN Single   Jennett PHILIP Single  
05/03/1765 George BEVAN Single Wiston Margaret PROPERT Single  
11/10/1765 John THOMAS Single   Jane GRIFFITHS Single  
01/11/1765 John BEVANS Single Minwear Priscilla DAVIDS Single  
31/03/1766 James HILL Single Minwear Martha JOHN Widow  
16/10/1766 Thomas EVAN Single   Jane WILLIAM Single  
16/11/1766 John WILSON Single Cockermouth, Cumberland Sarah THOMAS Single Martletwy
25/10/1768 Charles LEWIS Single   Margaret LEWIS Single  
05/02/1769 John LLEWELLIN Single Wiston Martha LLEWELLIN Single  
13/06/1769 John MORRIS Single Minwear Mary HILLING Single Martletwy
26/08/1769 Hugh SMITH Single   Elizabeth JENKINS Single  
02/02/1770 John LEVETT Single Lawrenny Mary TWIG Single Martletwy
20/02/1770 Shadrach MORRIS Single Newton Elizabeth JONES Single  
09/06/1770 William REES Single   Martha PRICE Single  
13/10/1770 Israel STEPHENS Single Llawhaden Anne THOMAS Single  
08/12/1770 William LEWIS Widower Boulston Susan LEWIS Single  
14/01/1771 Thomas MORRIS Single   Sarah FOWLY    
13/10/1771 William JONES Widower Llangan, Carmarthenshire Jinnett PROTHEROE Single  
26/10/1771 David MORRIS Single Boulston Mary LEWIS Single  
31/10/1771 James EDWARDS Single   Anne JONES Single  
13/03/1773 Daniel LEWIS Single   Catherine MORGANS Single  
28/12/1773 James ABRAHAM Single   Anne HUGHES Single  
24/10/1774 Benjamin PHILIP     Elizabeth DAVIES    
05/11/1774 Thomas BATEMAN     Elizabeth THOMAS    
19/08/1775 William MILLER   Narberth Mary REES    
04/09/1775 Caesar WILKINS     Mary REED   Boulston
11/11/1775 James WILLIAMS Single   Sarah PERKINS Single  
15/12/1775 William THOMAS     Mary JOHN Single  
28/08/1776 David MORRIS     Mary MOOR Single  
27/11/1776 David WILLIAMS Single   Jane BEVANS Single  
29/09/1778 William JONES Single   Sarah THOMAS Single Boulston
11/10/1778 Lewis NICHOLS Single   Margaret ESMUNT Single  
20/10/1778 John JAMES Widower   Sarah DAVIES Single  
31/10/1778 William LEWIS Single   Martha DAVIES Single  
06/04/1779 Thomas DAVID Single   Mary EVANS Single  
26/09/1779 John DAVIES Single   Mary GRONO Single  
10/10/1779 John PAGE Single   Martha MORRIS Single  
16/10/1779 John JONES Single Wiston Mary SCOURFIELD Single  
13/11/1779 Morris OWENS Single   Anne MATHEWS Single  
21/11/1779 Thomas DAVIES   St Issels Anne PHILIP Single  
04/12/1779 John WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth LEWIS Single  
01/10/1780 John BROWN Single Wiston Anne JOHN Single  
13/10/1781 John THOMAS Single   Anne JOHN Single  
30/06/1782 George JOHN Single   Elizabeth JOHN Single St Mary, Haverfordwest
14/09/1782 Essex DAVID     Sarah STEVENS    
28/09/1782 Michael WILLIAMS     Mary THOMAS    
06/01/1784 William JOHN   Begelly Kezia MORGAN    
29/10/1785 Thomas ROBERTS Widower   Mary JAMES Single  
08/11/1785 David MORRIS Widower   Martha GRIFFITH Single  
29/09/1786 Edward PHILLIPS Single   Elizabeth BARZEY Single  
15/05/1787 Daniel MATHIAS   St Martin, Haverfordwest Mary COUZINS    
02/06/1787 Thomas PRICE Single   Sarah ALLEN Single  
19/01/1788 Richard JONES Single   Mary EVANS Single  
25/10/1788 John HARRIS Single Newton Anne WILLIAMS Single  
20/06/1789 William REES Single   Rachel WILLIAMS    
24/10/1790 Thomas MORRIS Single   Mary JAMES Single  
21/11/1790 George THOMAS Widower   Jane ROGERS Single  
26/06/1791 John WILLIAMS Single Narberth Sarah LEWHELLIN    
09/07/1791 Thomas ADAMS Widower   Mary EDWARD Single  
14/08/1791 David PHILLIP Single Walton East Frances LLOYD Single  
22/12/1791 Thomas BOWEN     Rebecca RICHARDS    
13/10/1792 John LEWIS Single Boulston Joannah CASTLE Single  
22/12/1792 John EVANS     Martha JONES Single  
05/12/1793 William DAVIES Single   Ann HARRIES Single  
09/02/1794 John CONROY     Martha JOHN Single  
24/07/1794 John DAVIES Single   Martha THOMAS    
04/11/1794 John MAINTEE Single   Sarah MORRIS    
29/03/1795 Lewis CIROUZ     Mary JONES Single  
24/03/1796 James MATHIAS     Catherine FURLONG Single Wiston
1 05/03/1799 William THOMAS   Wiston Ann JACOB    
2 31/03/1799 James NIGHTINGALE Single   Jane WATTS Single  
3 08/04/1799 Thomas VAUGHAN Single Steynton Martha HAVARD Single  
4 30/07/1799 William NICHOLS Widower St Mary, Pembroke Sarah THOMAS Single  
5 26/10/1800 William LLEWELLIN   Llawhaden Martha WILLIAMS    
6 27/01/1801 Charles Allen PHILIPPS Single St Brides Cecilia PHILIPPS Single  
7 23/03/1802 James FRANCIS   Wiston Hannah LEWIS    
8 11/05/1802 Thomas MORGANS     Rebecca BARZEY    
9 29/05/1802 John JAMES     Mary MORGANS    
10 22/06/1802 John HARRIES   Wiston Jane EYNON    
11 12/12/1802 Thomas TASKER   Monkton Mary LEWIS Single  
12 07/05/1803 John MORGAN     Hannah WILLIAMS    
13 01/10/1803 John DAVIES   Nash Mary EYNON    
14 05/11/1803 William GEORGE     Jane PROSSER    
15 19/11/1803 Thomas JESSE     Margaret MORRIS    
16 06/12/1803 Thomas PRICKETT     Margaret LEWIS    
17 24/06/1804 John TYLOR     Mary DAVIES    
18 29/09/1804 John FREEMAN     Elizabeth BARTON    
19 02/10/1804 John PHILLIPS     Rosamond JAMES    
20 06/10/1804 Matthew EVANS   Llawhaden Martha RICHARDS    
21 03/11/1804 James MORRIS     Ann ROW    
22 24/11/1804 John THOMAS     Elizabeth DEVONALD    
23 15/04/1805 James NUNN Single   Isabella LITTLE Single  
24 21/04/1805 James MORRIS     Elizabeth OWENS    
25 02/11/1805 William GITTINS   St Mary, Haverfordwest Elizabeth THOMAS    
26 22/12/1805 Evan THOMAS     Mary PHILIPPS    
27 30/03/1806 David PHILLIPS Single   Mary MORRIS Single  
28 14/06/1806 John JENKINS   Haroldston West Dinah JENKINS    
29 11/10/1806 John JAMES   Martletwy Mary GAITES    
30 20/01/1807 David JONES   Narberth Martha MORRIS    
31 13/06/1807 Thomas REYNOLDS Single   Jane THOMAS Single  
32 18/10/1807 Edward PHILLIPS Single   Ann COUSINS Single  
33 14/11/1807 James REES     Mary LEWIS    
34 22/10/1808 William MOORE     Sarah WILLIAMS    
35 11/07/1809 Isaac THOMAS     Anne BROWN    
36 01/08/1809 Isaac JOHN     Elizabeth LEWIS    
37 10/10/1809 David THOMAS   Llandewi Velfrey Charlotte PHILLIPS    
38 23/09/1810 John REES   Wiston Margaret DAVIES    
39 04/10/1810 John MORGAN   Robeston Wathen Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
40 03/11/1810 William LLEWELLIN   Martletwy Elizabeth GRIFFITHS    
41 27/11/1810 William LEWIS Single   Hester MOY Single  
42 04/12/1810 John PHILLIPS   Lawrenny Mary BEVAN    
43 09/02/1811 Edward PHILLIP Widower   Ann WHEELER Single  
44 10/09/1811 William TAYLOR     Ann HOWELLS    
45 08/10/1811 John PRIEST   Prendergast Sarah PHILLIPS    
46 24/10/1812 Isaac THOMAS   Martletwy Catharine THOMAS    
47 01/12/1812 Henry MERCHANT   Wiston Elizabeth FRANCIS    
1 26/06/1813 Isaac MORGAN     Sarah EVAN    
2 30/01/1814 Griffith BROWN     Ann MORRIS    
3 17/05/1814 William THOMAS     Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
4 07/02/1815 James THOMAS   Wiston Martha COZENS Single  
5 16/09/1815 John HOOPER   Nash Elizabeth JAMES    
6 10/10/1815 William REES     Catharine JENKINS    
7 14/10/1815 Benjamin ROBLING     Margaret VAUGHAN    
8 16/12/1815 James MORRIS     Mary GRIFFITHS    
9 13/05/1817 John JAMES     Louisa OWENS    
10 16/09/1817 John NOOT Single   Martha LEWIS Single  
11 10/11/1817 William GRIFFITHS Single   Mary WILLIAMS Single  
12 16/11/1817 Edward PHILLIPS     Mary GLAZEN    
13 17/01/1818 Thomas DAVID     Jane GRIFFITH    
14 23/02/1818 Charles BORABE Single   Martha ROACH Single  
15 21/10/1820 William REES     Frances THOMAS    
16 28/10/1820 John LEWIS     Esther WILLIAMS    
17 26/12/1820 William BEVAN     Mary MOORE    
18 13/10/1821 John JAMES Single   Mary GRIFFITHS Single  
19 12/02/1822 James THOMAS   Boulston Maria STEPHENS    
20 22/08/1822 William REES     Margaret ROBLIN    
21 14/11/1822 William ARNOLD     Elizabeth JAMES    
22 18/07/1823 James JONES   Lawrenny Frances EYNON    
23 11/11/1823 George DAVIDS     Mary STEVENS    
24 13/01/1824 John FURLONG Single Rhoscrowther Caroline CURRIE Single  
25 06/10/1824 Thomas GIBBY     Catharine DAVIES    
26 01/03/1825 Daniel LLOYD     Sarah MACATEE    
27 16/06/1825 James BUTLER   Clarbeston Frances MORGANS    
28 12/06/1826 Francis HAYWOOD Single Liverpool, Lancashire Lucy WALDRON Widow  
29 18/11/1826 John BOWEN   Ambleston Elizabeth LANDRY    
30 21/04/1827 Lewis DAVIES     Mary COLLINS    
31 06/10/1827 John COLLINS     Elizabeth COLLINS    
32 10/12/1827 William Thomas HARRIES   St Thomas, Haverfordwest Martha GRIFFITHS    
33 22/12/1827 William PROSSER     Mary LANDRY    
34 27/12/1827 John LEONARD     Martha LEWIS    
35 31/07/1828 William MORGANS Single   Catharine EYNON Single Wiston
36 18/10/1828 Richard THOMAS     Martha NOOT    
37 21/02/1829 John GRIFFITHS     Elizabeth ROBERTS    
38 24/02/1829 James THOMAS Widower   Dinah THOMAS Widow Ambleston
39 19/09/1829 John LEWIS     Martha LANDRY    
40 03/10/1829 William MERRYMAN     Sarah PRICKETT    
41 27/12/1829 James MORGANS     Mary MORGANS    
42 15/02/1830 Samuel COLLINS Single   Helen MITCHEL Single  
43 04/07/1830 Thomas COLLINS Single   Charlotte THOMAS Widow  
44 00/00/1831 George JAMES     Elizabeth NICHOLAS    
45 03/08/1831 William EVANS Single   Anne WILLIAMS Single Mathry
46 15/11/1831 William DALTRY     Mary WILLIAMS    
48 00/00/1832 John BEVANS     Anne TWIGG    
47 14/02/1832 David DAVIES     Margaret HARRIES    
49 17/03/1832 William MORGANS     Martha REES    
50 21/03/1832 William BOWEN     Mary WILLIAMS    
51 26/05/1832 David LEWIS     Catherine PILGRIM    
52 10/11/1832 William THOMAS     Sophia DAVIES    
53 27/12/1832 Jonah JOHN     Elizabeth COLE    
54 02/03/1833 James LEWIS   Boulston Jane JOHN    
55 23/03/1833 Joseph LEWIS     Martha MERRYMAN    
56 30/06/1833 James DAVIES Widower Lawrenny Jane MITCHELL Single  
57 27/07/1833 Thomas MACKATEE     Susanna THOMAS    
58 13/10/1833 John JONES     Susanna DAVIES    
59 04/11/1833 Thomas BESWICK   Jersey Elizabeth OWENS    
60 09/11/1833 William REES     Anne OWENS    
61 21/12/1833 David LEWIS     Harriet COLLINS    
62 01/03/1834 William MOOR     Mary NARBERTH   Robeston Wathen
63 04/05/1834 Thomas PHILLIPS     Lettice BROWN    
64 17/09/1834 Samuel OWEN     Frances PHILLIPS    
65 11/10/1834 William JOHN     Elizabeth JOHN    
66 20/01/1835 Richard THOMAS     Harriet OWEN    
67 03/05/1835 Elias JAMES   Llanstadwell Martha LLOYD    
68 03/10/1835 Lewis GRIFFITHS     Hannah ROACH    
69 24/10/1835 George BROWN   Wiston Elizabeth PHILLIPS    
70 31/12/1835 Charles RODNEY   Llawhaden Mary VAUGHAN    
71 01/03/1836 William JENKINS     Mary MORRIS    
72 26/03/1836 Henry MATHEUS     Jane JAMES Single  
73 16/05/1836 James GAITES     Elizabeth REES    
74 12/10/1836 Thomas MATHIAS Single   Elizabeth MERRYMAN Single  
75 16/10/1836 John JENKINS     Lucy DEVONALD    
76 23/10/1836 John LEWIS Single   Mary JENKINS Single  
77 07/11/1836 James DAVIES     Margaret VAUGHAN    
78 17/06/1837 Lewis JOHN Single   Martha ROBLIN Single  

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