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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
East Quantoxhead St Mary

 

The Parish

The parish of East Quantoxhead is located on the north coast (Bristol Channel) of western Somerset. As its name implies it stands at the northern end of the Quantock Hills where they meet the sea. East Quantoxhead is located just to the north of the A39 road which links Bridgwater (and about 13 miles from there) to Minehead down a narrow lane which ends at the village. East Quantoxhead is a relatively small settlement most buildings being located either along that small lane or its branch to the west. East Quantoxhead is sited on a narrow coastal plain at about 40 metres above sea level, the Bristol Channel is only a quarter of a mile away, land rises rapidly, however , once the A39 is crossed and rises in less than two miles to Beacon Hill at over 300 metres above the sea. The area would have been dominated by pastoral farming at the time of this transcript but nowadays heavy machinery makes a mixed agricultural regime possible. The parish was a relatively large one largely as a result of incorporating over 1,000 acres of common on the northern edge of the Quantocks, the total being over 2,200 acres and supporting around 300 parishioners. In Domesday times East Quantoxhead was held by one Ralph of Reuilly and supported 9 ploughs, meadows and pasture plus a mill.


The Church

St Mary's church lies at the northern end of East Quantoxhead, the main lane peters out at a private estate gate and a footpath takes you across a meadow to the site. The church has few indications of its age as it was extensively restored by the Victorians, Pevsner doesn't give much detail merely listing an early 14th century arch by way of acknowledgment. Otherwise the building clearly had little to interest him as it was dismissed in less than a half dozen lines. The access from the path is by way of a tiled lychgate, the graveyard is relatively open although the church is hemmed in to the north by the Court House, otherwise photographic angles are good.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 7th May 1755 - 18th October 1812 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/qua.e/2/1/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 17th March 1813 - 30th November 1836 Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference - D/P/qua.e/2/1/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


West Quantoxhead St Etheldreda
Kilve St Mary
Bicknoller St George
Bicknoller St George
Kilve St Mary
Kilve 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
07/05/1755 William WILLIS     Ann GRIFFITH    
02/05/1756 John WILCOX     Ann RAWLINS    
08/07/1757 John CLATWORTHY     Mary POPHAM    
18/09/1758 Abraham WILLIS     Mary ASKEY    
12/10/1758 John GATCHELL   St Decumans Elizabeth ESCOTT    
23/04/1759 William COOKESLEY     Mary STOCKHAM    
07/05/1761 George PERKINS     Martha ALFORD    
13/09/1761 Samuel DATE     Sarah POPHAM    
19/02/1762 Cornelius CHEDGEY     Abigail POPHAM    
01/11/1762 John PINNEY   Stogumber Elizabeth DUDDERIDGE    
31/12/1762 John CLATWORTHY     Mary DUDDERIDGE    
22/01/1764 John DATE     Abigail PAINE    
28/10/1764 Robert BRYANT     Jane POPHAM    
07/04/1765 Richard POPHAM     Susanna STONE    
20/12/1765 John ESCOTT   St Decumans Elizabeth FELTHAM    
23/01/1766 Samuel FELTHAM     Jane ESCOTT    
28/08/1766 William MOGRIDGE     Martha DATE    
30/12/1766 John PAITE     Mary CREECH    
05/05/1768 Henry DIBBLE   Holford Joan POPHAM    
29/05/1769 William SHURT     Katharine MOORE    
07/10/1769 William CAPLE     Joanna HEWLETT    
14/10/1769 Benjamin HAWKINS   Kilve Ann PERKINS    
19/10/1769 Thomas KINGDON Widower Stogursey Joan BULLER Widow  
14/04/1771 Joseph HUNT     Hannah PORTER    
11/06/1772 Henry BEFFIN     Sarah PERKINS    
16/12/1772 William MARTIN Single   Sarah WHITE Single  
05/11/1773 William LETHERBE     Beatrice RIDLER    
07/11/1773 William BURGE     Eleanor HURLEY    
21/10/1775 William CREECH     Ann STONE    
15/11/1775 James SHEPHARD     Elizabeth CAPEL    
04/12/1775 Michael PAIN     Elizabeth DARCH    
17/06/1776 William LOCKEAR     Mary PERKINS    
23/06/1776 Samuel JONES   St Decumans Ann RIDLER    
24/01/1777 Robert BRIANT     Ann WITTON    
23/01/1778 William SHURT     Mary HUNT   Stogursey
06/07/1778 John HANCOCK   Withiel Florey Ann HEWLETT Single  
28/10/1779 Michael PAYNE     Johanna PERKINS    
01/01/1780 George PARSONS   Bicknoller Elizabeth BURCHER    
06/02/1780 Robert WHITEFIELD     Mary MOORE    
15/10/1780 Thomas WILCOX   Kilve Alice WHITE    
07/01/1781 John CASE   Old Cleeve Jane DATE    
20/08/1781 Samuel PHIPPEN   Batcombe Elizabeth ESCOT    
09/09/1781 Thomas BAILEY     Mary LOCKEAR    
24/06/1783 Thomas HOCKHAM     Elizabeth POOLE    
06/07/1784 William WILCOX     Sarah CREECH   Kilve
18/07/1785 William WHIDDON   Stogumber Susannah POPHAM    
12/06/1786 William BIFFEN   Stogursey Abigail PAYNE    
11/04/1787 Francis HALE   St Decumans Ann DATE    
17/10/1787 Richard WITHERS     Ann WOOD    
12/05/1788 Edmund HURLEY     Priscilla DATE   St Decumans
15/09/1788 James BINDING   St Decumans Mary KEPPEL    
08/10/1788 Edmund PUGSLEY   Kilve Joan BURCHER    
04/05/1789 Robert HALFYEAR     Johanna PAYNE    
26/12/1789 James BURGE     Sarah LOCKYER    
02/11/1790 Francis WOOD   Stogumber Jane BRYANT    
07/11/1791 James CHILCOTT     Joan STEVENS    
26/03/1792 David RALPH   Kilve Hannah WHEDDON Widow  
22/10/1792 James GOODLEY   Stringston Elizabeth PAYNE    
31/08/1793 Richard WILCOX     Mary BURCHER    
19/09/1793 James HEWLETT     Mary BIDDLE    
20/07/1794 James DATE     Joan WITHERS    
23/01/1796 Thomas MOGGRIDGE     Mary CAPEL    
19/10/1796 Henry SWEETING   Stogursey Elizabeth FELTHAM    
31/10/1796 John WILCOX     Jane DATE    
16/04/1798 James WOOD     Joan BURCHER    
06/06/1798 William MOGG   Old Cleeve Ann BAILEY    
11/07/1798 Thomas DYER   Kilve Mary DATE    
04/02/1800 Thomas MOGG     Sarah HUNT    
29/11/1800 Thomas DATE     Mary MOGGRIDGE    
06/09/1802 John BURCHER     Ann EMMERY    
03/10/1802 Richard TAYLOR   Carhampton Elizabeth JENKINS    
28/03/1803 William THRASHER     Jane CROCKER    
11/04/1803 William DATE     Jane LETHEBEE    
09/11/1803 Charles CAPLE     Sarah BURGE    
03/06/1804 John CLATWORTHY     Ann HANCOCK Widow  
05/10/1804 Michael PAYNE     Beatrice CAPLE    
03/03/1805 William BAILEY     Jane GOLD    
09/09/1805 Thomas BURGE     Hannah BAILEY    
16/10/1805 Joseph GREEDY     Mary WHITE    
23/10/1805 William WESTERN     Mary HUNT    
26/03/1806 William CROCKER     Joanna SWEETING   Kilve
30/03/1812 James CREECH     Ann WILCOX    
16/09/1812 Thomas MOGG     Sarah CAPLE Widow  
18/10/1812 John BROWNING   St Decumans Joan HUNT    
1 17/03/1813 Samuel BAYLEY   Kilve Jane HUNT   Lydeard St Lawrence
2 14/01/1814 Thomas GROCE   Stogursey Sarah LETHEBY    
3 28/07/1815 Joseph HUNT   Old Cleeve Charlotte CREECH    
4 25/10/1815 George SHEPERD     Sarah SHURT    
5 25/12/1816 William DAVIS   Stogumber Mary STONE    
6 02/07/1817 Charles HURLEY     Elizabeth WITHERS    
7 02/04/1819 Samuel LOCKYEAR     Sarah DATE    
8 29/08/1819 William HUNT     Jane WITHERS    
9 26/02/1820 George HALL   Bicknoller Ann CHILCOTT    
10 16/03/1820 William WITHERS     Jane LETHEBEE    
11 06/05/1821 John FELTHAM   Bridgwater Anne JENKINS    
12 26/12/1821 Thomas BAILY     Jane SHEPHERD    
13 30/04/1823 James LOVELL   Stowey Lavinia HUNT   Dodington
14 25/09/1823 John DUDDRIDGE   Stogumber Jane HUNT    
15 06/10/1823 Charles THRESHER     Elizabeth CAPEL    
16 31/12/1823 James STONE     Mary Anne CHAPMAN    
17 16/12/1824 James DATE     Mary LEWIS    
18 25/12/1824 George STOCKHAM     Hannah BURGE    
19 25/07/1825 Samuel BURGE     Sarah SHEPHERD    
20 20/10/1825 Abraham GILES   Kilve Elizabeth Ann FELTHAM    
21 16/05/1826 George JENKINS     Louisa STONE    
22 05/03/1828 Robert BULL     Martha BURCHER    
23 12/02/1829 George BAILY     Grace BURGE    
24 08/04/1829 John HOLE     Jane CREECH    
25 22/06/1831 Samuel BAYLEY     Sarah SHEPPARD    
26 09/12/1831 William WILLIAMS   Broomfield Mary STONE    
27 18/04/1833 James BURGE   Stogumber Sarah PARHAM    
28 16/05/1833 Henry SHEPHERD   Enmore Jane THRESHER    
29 18/06/1833 James JONES   Pitminster Mary SHURT    
30 24/06/1833 Samuel PAYNE   Kilve Jane BURGE    
31 03/10/1833 Robert JONES     Mary MOGGRIDGE    
32 16/12/1835 Samuel FELTHAM     Ann HEWLET    
33 03/02/1836 William WESTERN     Charlotte GREEDY    
34 21/09/1836 Thomas STONE     Ann WAKE    
35 30/11/1836 Jonathan DATE     Mary Anne WITHECOMBE    

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