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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Puriton St Michael

 

The Parish

The parish of Puriton lies in western central Somerset close to its Bristol Channel coast. Puriton is about 4 miles northeast of the market town of Bridgwater, it is sited by the junction of the A39 road which links Bridgwater to Glastonbury with the M5 motorway on its way from Birmingham to the southwest and Exeter. Puriton is a compact settlement largely built around a crossroads of lanes to the north of the A39. The parish is at the heart of many communications as the main Bristol to the southwest railway line also passes just west of the village. Puriton is located at the western end of a long ridge of higher ground which stretches like a finger through the lower lying Somerset Levels, a number of villages being sited on its edges. This ridge peters out where it meets the River Parrett flowing northwestwards into the Bristol Channel. The area was mixed pastoral land, cattle on the grazing marshes of The Levels and sheep on the limestone rich ridge making for quite a prosperous settlement. Puriton is sited at around 15 metres above sea level, the ridge rises a further 50 metres to the southeast. Puriton parish was of a typical size for this area covering some 1,500 acres and supported around 450 parishioners. In Domesday times the parish was held by Queen Edith and supported 8 ploughs as well as extensive meadows and pastures.


The Church

St Michael's church is tucked away and well-screened from the triangle of roads off The Rye. The building has a western tower from the 13th century and the remainder is in the Perpendicular style dating from the late 14th century. Much use of local limestone has been made making for a characteristically pale building. In addition to the normal nave and chancel the building has a northern aisle and a prominent south doorway. The church is accessed from the western corner of the triangle where it is hidden behind tall hedges and a prominent evergreen. A pair of metal gates with pillars gives access to the graveyard which is relatively open making for east photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 20th April 1754 - 30th May 1795 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/pur/2/1/1 Plain, ruled & bordered book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Fading of this register may lead to one or two misreads
2 5th April 1796 - 17th November 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/pur/2/1/2 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 26th March 1813 - 29th April 1837 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/pur/2/1/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Pawlett St John the Baptist
Huntspill St Peter
Huntspill St Peter
Pawlett St John the Baptist
Wembdon St George
Woolavington St Mary
Chilton Trnity Holy Trinity
Chilton Trinity Holy Trinity
Bawdrip St Michael

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
20/04/1754 John GOOD     Sarah FRANKLIN    
06/04/1756 Richard TOLLMAN     Jane TRIVET    
27/04/1756 Marmaduke SAWTELL     Mary ARNOTT    
27/04/1756 John GOULD     Joan TAYLER    
24/06/1756 David EDWARDS     Elizabeth DURHAM    
09/07/1756 Robert STEVENS Widower St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol, Gloucestershire Betty HAMLEN    
06/09/1756 John HURTNELL     Mary RICE    
27/09/1756 Josias HAILSTONE     John BOARD   Huntspill
04/11/1756 William PERRY     Mary DAVIS    
13/04/1757 Joseph SHIPTON     Ruth ARNOTT    
25/04/1759 Thomas GOOD     Joanna MEAKER    
19/06/1759 Joel HUNT     Jane HARVEY    
28/08/1760 Richard RICE     Rachel HOLWELL    
19/09/1760 Arthur GOOD     Ann HARDING    
01/02/1761 Giles DOWTON     Ann BASLEN    
28/03/1761 George SOMMERS   Woolavington Mary HORSEMAN    
16/04/1761 Thomas SPEED   North Petherton Mary PALMER    
25/04/1762 Robert BLOWER     Grace MEAKER    
27/04/1762 William SHERSTON     Mary STONE    
19/07/1762 John QUIRE     Betty BROCK   Cheddar
28/03/1764 John GENKINS   Cossington Ann RICHARDS    
03/04/1764 Gregory BURROUGH   Pawlett Mary ORAM    
12/09/1764 John DOWDEN Single Lympsham Jemima LOVELESS Widow  
17/10/1764 William HORN     Sarah COLLINGS    
10/01/1765 Richard ODY Single Pawlett Elizabeth TUCKER Single  
30/01/1765 William LINCAM     Ann NICHOLS    
12/06/1765 William SHERSTON Widower   Mary SOMMERS Single  
17/04/1766 Hugh LINCAM     Mary MORSE    
07/07/1766 William CULLIN     Sarah BAKER    
02/04/1767 Thomas SAUNDERS   Huntspill Joan RICE    
09/12/1767 Thomas MEAKER Single   Jane TOLMAN Widow  
02/02/1768 George MEAKER Single   Anne SELLER Single  
28/04/1769 Daniel ATWELL     Betty PHILIPS    
02/10/1769 Malachi PALMER     Mary TATTON    
25/11/1769 John GOULD     Mary VICKERY    
21/12/1769 Thomas GOULD     Hannah TOLMAN    
26/04/1770 Benjamin GOOD Single   Mary DOWDEN Single  
20/10/1770 Thomas NEATH     Ann LINCAM Widow  
06/12/1770 John HARRIS     Elizabeth ARNOTT    
05/04/1771 Francis SAUNDERS   Huntspill Elizabeth RICE Single  
29/02/1772 George SOMERS     Mary NEATH Widow  
17/03/1772 James HASE     Sarah THORN    
05/04/1773 George LYDE     Ann PHILLIPS    
20/12/1773 Joseph HOLE     Mary HARTNELL Widow  
10/09/1774 Richard LYDE     Betty NEATH   Pawlett
08/10/1774 Aaron MEAKER     Ann ADAMS    
17/05/1776 Edward WILLIAMS Single Wembdon Mary BARTLET Single  
12/09/1776 William DANTON     Grace NEATH    
30/09/1776 Thomas SUTTON     Anne BARGE    
12/08/1777 William ADAMS     Joanna PRIEST    
08/03/1779 Daniel MAYNE     Sarah MEAKER    
15/07/1779 Thomas SELLER Widower   Jane PALMER Single  
27/07/1780 George PARKER Single Pawlett Ann TUCKER Single  
01/05/1781 Joseph POPLE     Mary NEATH    
05/06/1781 Giles DUSSTON     Jane HARDAGE    
08/09/1781 William FANE     Ann BASTABLE    
25/03/1782 James MORSE     Rebekah MITCHEL    
19/09/1782 George YEO   Stawell Betty GOOD Single  
02/11/1782 John SELLICK Widower   Sarah THORNE Widow  
12/07/1783 John DAY     Mercy MEAKER    
22/06/1784 William HARE Single St James, Bristol, Gloucestershire Elizabeth ODY    
03/11/1784 Thomas ARTHUR     Mary SHERSTON    
18/01/1785 John MEAKER Single   Betty WILLIAMS Single  
28/03/1785 William SUTTON     Ann SPILLER    
25/06/1785 William CLIST     Joan BAKER    
23/07/1785 William SHERSTON Single   Edith LINCAM Single  
06/09/1788 Joseph NEATH Single Pawlett Joanna BLOWER Single  
24/12/1789 John TRAPNELL     Sarah MORSE    
03/04/1790 Thomas GOOD Single   Joan BURROW Single  
26/09/1790 Joseph SUMMERS     Mary DELY    
10/02/1791 John NICHOLS     Hannah GOOD    
12/04/1791 John CULLEN Single   Elizabeth LANGFORD Single  
27/07/1791 John NEATH     Mary WILTSHIER    
00/07/1792 John SURLE Single   Mary HULETT Single  
00/07/1792 John TOULMAN Single   Lydia WALKER Single  
01/10/1792 Reuben MEAKER Single   Sarah BLOWERS Single  
01/10/1792 James BLOWERS Single   Martha BRYANT Single Pawlett
07/10/1792 John GOULD Single   Jemima ARTHUR Single  
11/02/1793 Thomas STOREY Widower Lympsham Betty TOLEMAN Widow  
01/06/1793 George BRICE Single   Ann RICHARDS Single  
05/04/1794 William RICHARDS     Elizabeth ATWELL    
23/03/1795 John MEAKER Single   Grace SANDY Single  
25/03/1795 Thomas NEETH     Margaret HOW    
30/05/1795 Daniel POPLE Single   Joanna ADAMS Widow  
1 05/04/1796 Joseph SHIPTON Single   Mary HAMLYN Single  
2 09/04/1796 Cornelius MEAKER Single   Sarah RICHARDS    
3 21/04/1796 William SHEARSTONE Widower   Hannah LOVEDER Single  
4 11/06/1796 Richard MIRFIELD Single   Ann SAUNDERS Single  
5 25/03/1797 John VERMAN Widower Pawlett Grace DURSTON Widow  
6 06/09/1797 Richard WESTLAKE Single   Elizabeth DUNSTONE Single Burnham On Sea
7 21/04/1798 James RICE Single   Mary DOSSON Single Pawlett
8 12/01/1799 Henry PALMER Single   Lydia TOULMAN Widow  
9 20/07/1799 George MEAKER Single   Diana WINTER Single Pawlett
10 21/08/1799 Robert HEAL Single   Betty SHIPTON Single Burnham On Sea
11 07/09/1799 William CLYST Widower   Ann POLLARD Single  
12 11/01/1800 John TURNER Single   Esther HOOPER Single  
13 10/09/1800 Reuben MEAKER Widower   Hannah MITCHELL Single  
14 18/10/1800 Thomas EDNEY Single Wembdon Mary RICHARDS Single  
15 22/11/1800 Robert PALMER Single Berrow Betty MEAKER Single  
16 11/04/1801 John MORSE Single   Jane RICE Single  
17 14/04/1801 James SHIPTON Single   Jane CODIN Single  
18 18/04/1801 John WOODS Single   Susanna MORSE Single  
19 04/09/1802 William NEATH Single   Sarah POPLE Single  
20 09/10/1802 John DALE Single   Betty ADAMS Single  
21 16/05/1803 Abraham YOUNG Single   Ann LEDICOTE Single  
22 16/06/1804 Aaron MEAKER Single   Mary NEATH Single  
23 08/11/1804 Philip WHITE Widower Cannington Ann GILLENT Single  
24 26/12/1804 Thomas CHIN Single Weston Zoyland Jane MAJOR Single  
25 25/04/1805 John DAWBIN Single Stawell Mary YEO Single  
26 05/10/1805 Daniel ATWELL Single Huntspill Mary POPE Single  
27 14/05/1806 Joseph GOOD Single Cossington Jane YEO Single  
28 04/12/1806 Joseph DURSTON Single Chilton Trinity Hannah TOLEMAN Single  
29 01/11/1807 William MORSE Single   Sarah DURSTON Single  
30 13/08/1808 James DAY Single   Betty LINHAM Single  
31 24/04/1809 Thomas PARKER Single   Ann CHEDZOY Single  
32 01/09/1810 Richard LINHAM Single   Elizabeth FUDGE Single  
33 19/10/1811 Cornelius STEVENS Single   Jane SHIPTON Widow  
34 16/11/1811 John MATTHEWS Single   Mary RAMSEY Single  
35 14/06/1812 Charles LOOKSTONE Single Siston, Gloucestershire Hannah WINTER Single  
36 17/11/1812 William MORSE Widower   Elizabeth GRIFFITHS Single  
37 17/11/1812 George CLIST Single   Betty POLLARD Widow  
1 26/03/1813 Thomas ALLEN     Hannah TRAPNELL    
2 27/04/1813 William PIM Single Mark Fanny GOOD Single  
3 27/05/1813 John FURZE Single   Anna COLEMAN Single  
4 28/07/1813 James RAINEY Single Cossington Judith ATTWELL Single  
5 23/04/1814 William ARTHUR Widower   Mary ARTHUR Widow  
6 05/05/1814 John CHAPMAN Single Brent Knoll Sarah GOOD Single  
7 14/11/1814 Robert LEDICOTT Single   Jane SHIPTON Widow  
8 16/01/1815 John WEARE Single Cannington Rebecca POPLE Single  
9 01/04/1815 James WEDEN Single   Hester LASPER Single  
10 23/12/1815 William ROE Single   Mary NEATH Single  
11 14/09/1816 Joseph LINHAM Single   Elizabeth WAIT Single  
12 24/09/1816 James DUCKORN Single   Honour BROWN Single Biddisham
13 14/04/1817 William BENNET Single Huntspill Grace BLOWER Single  
14 11/02/1818 James GRANVILLE Single Edington Mary OLMAN Single  
15 28/03/1818 Robert CRIDLING Single   Ann POPLE Single  
16 02/05/1818 Reuben NEATH Single   Ann NEATH Single  
17 26/09/1818 William BUTT Single Burnham On Sea Hannah DYER Single  
18 08/03/1819 John DYER Single   Elizabeth CULLING Widow  
19 30/05/1820 Abraham WINTER Single   Elizabeth NICHOLS Single  
20 09/07/1820 Joseph Lucas COX Single Covent Garden, Middlesex Ann CUFF Single  
21 02/12/1820 John WOODROW Single   Patience MEAKER Single  
22 25/04/1821 George COX Single Woolavington Sarah GOULD Single  
23 03/04/1823 Edward BOND Widower Heathfield Mary BLOWER Single  
24 17/04/1823 James PHILPS Single   Rebecca CASWELL Widow  
25 21/04/1823 Charles HOOPER Single   Frances OLMAN Single  
26 15/07/1823 John LINHAM Single   Miriam WESTLAKE Single  
27 16/08/1823 Isaac ARTHUR Single   Mary MEAKER Single  
28 24/04/1824 William LINHAM Single   Mary TRISTRAM Single  
29 14/11/1824 William SULLY Single Langport Sarah SILK Single  
30 23/11/1824 James LUCKWELL Single Stogursey Harriet SOMERS Single  
31 04/04/1825 Samuel PHELPS Single   Dinah BAILEY Single  
32 06/06/1825 George HOOPER Widower   Catherine HOOPER Widow  
33 24/06/1826 Richard MEAKEN     Miriam LINHAM    
34 02/09/1826 Robert POPLE Single   Mary ANDREWS Single  
35 07/12/1826 William RODFORD Widower   Hannah GANDERD Single  
36 29/01/1828 James COOKE Widower Portchester, Hampshire Harriet BIGNALL Single  
37 22/02/1830 John SYMMONS Single   Elizabeth STEVENS Single Huntspill
38 09/02/1831 George NICHOLS Widower   Mary GOOD Single  
39 04/07/1831 James NEATH Single   Ann COX Single  
40 19/11/1831 John WOODROW Widower   Ann CORP Single  
41 08/12/1831 John PERRATT Single Yeovil Ann SAUNDERS Single  
42 04/04/1833 William BURNELL Single   Maria SUTTON Single  
43 14/05/1833 Matthew PERRATT Single North Curry Maria SAUNDERS Single  
44 04/07/1833 Robert BAGG Single   Elizabeth BLOWER Single  
45 14/08/1834 Israel DAY Single   Elizabeth CLYST Single  
46 03/10/1834 Matthew GIBBS Single   Ann DURSTON Single  
47 13/04/1835 Thomas Henry JENKINS Single   Elizabeth PEPPER Single  
48 23/05/1835 Charles SILLICK Single   Hannah MEAKER Single  
49 11/07/1835 John CORP Single   Mary HAM Single  
50 02/05/1836 Esau POPLE Single   Jane CORP Single  
51 30/07/1836 Robert BURROUGH Single   Elizabeth PARISH Single  
52 04/09/1836 James HOLLAND Single   Ann TRISTOM Single  
53 22/09/1836 Charles MORSE Single   Sarah HARVEY Single  
54 18/03/1837 Charles WEARE Single   Maria WILKINS Single  
55 01/04/1837 Joseph NEATH Single   Elizabeth LUSCOMBE Single  
56 17/04/1837 William PINNER Single   Ann WESTLAKE Single  
57 29/04/1837 James PARKER Single   Eliza MORSE Single  

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