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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Ruishton St George

 

The Parish

The parish of Ruishton lies in southwestern Somerset about 2 miles east of the town of Taunton. Ruishton, much grown in recent times, lies just north of the A358 road which connects Taunton with Ilminster. At the time of this transcript Ruishton was a small, riverside village with fields separating it from its larger neighbour. Today not only has Taunton spread eastwards with only the barrier of the M5 motorway keeping it from joining up but also Ruishton has been enlarged by modern housing developments into a desirable suburb of the nearby town. Ruishton sits on the southern banks of the River Tone, which was navigable at this point, river traffic thus enhanced the farming economy which was largely pastoral exploiting the rich water-meadows of the Tone's floodplain. Modern developments in abundance have come to Ruishton, the Tone was an canalisation quickly followed by the Great Western Railway's line from London to the southwest which passes to Ruishton's north. In more recent times the M5 motorway has carved through between Ruishton & Taunton stimulating urban growth. The Tone drains the parish eastwards joining the Parrett and turning north to reach the sea through the port of Bridgwater and to the outer Bristol Channel. Ruishton is sited at just 10 metres above the sea in its valley setting, outside the valley land rises to local hills reaching close to 100 metres. Somerset parishes are often small in extent and Ruishton was one of those, covering a little over 1,050 acres it would have supported a population of just under 500 parsishioners. Ruishton is not mentioned in Domesday Book.


The Church

St George's church sits almost on the banks of the Tone at the northern edge of the village. Whilst remnants of a Norman Romanesque southern doorway from the late 12th century still exist the remainder of the church is a construct of 14th and 15th centuries. Curiously the chancel is out of alignment with the nave and this may be indicative of two distinct phases of build. Certainly there are both Decorated style features and also late Perpendicular styles too present. The only certain dates are given by documented bequests for construction of the Perpendicular style western tower which run from 1530 to 1535, rather late for the era. For once Pevsner does not mention a major Victorian restoration so if one occurred it was light and sensitive. Church Lane is a short dead-end lane running north from the main street, it turns right at the end into Drake's Close where a small parking bay may be found. The rather compact churchyard is elevated above road level and accessed up a flight of steps through wooden gates. The compact churchyard has many trees making the better views from outside despite the challenge of so much foliage.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 3rd May 1754 - 9th September 1811 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/ruis/2/1/3 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 3rd May 1814 - 2nd October 1836 Somerset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - D/P/ruis/2/1/5 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 Poor handwriting in this register may lead to one or two misreads


West Monkton St Augustine
West Monkton St Augustine
Creech St Michael
Creech St Michael
Taunton St Mary Magdalene
Thornfalcon Holy Cross
Stoke St Mary
Stoke St Mary
Stoke 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
1 03/05/1754 James SMYTH Ann HEMMINGS Huntspill
2 25/02/1756 John BENNETT Mary GOALD
3 23/08/1756 Nicholas GODDING Sarah PAVIOUR
4 18/10/1756 Elias MARTIN Rachel PHILLIPS North Curry
5 27/10/1756 Benjamin BEVES Mary WHITE Bishops Lydeard
6 13/12/1757 Robert DOLLING Mary MEAD
20/06/1758 William MOGGRIDGE West Monkton Mary CORNISH
30/05/1760 John FOSTER Tryphena CAMP
05/11/1760 William SALTER Mary SMITH
10/03/1761 John KIMBERLEY Gladdes MARKS Combe St Nicholas
23/02/1762 William HEMBOROUGH Mary DOSSITER West Monkton
21/04/1762 Thomas COOPER Frances GOODLAND
27/04/1762 James FUDGE Mary MURFEY
18/05/1763 Ephraim PHILPOT Single Stoke St Mary Jane HEMMINGS
30/05/1763 Barnard SUFFELL Trull Jane MEAD
15/10/1764 William FOURANCE Creech St Michael Charity DOLLING
05/02/1765 Robert KEWER Creech St Michael Joan HEMMINGS
01/01/1766 James NOTT Mary SMYTH
09/04/1766 John DENSON West Monkton Joan ENNS
15/04/1766 Robert HILL Mary MILLS
21/04/1766 John MUDFORD Rebecca PAYNE
09/08/1768 William HARMAN Mary GROVES
20/12/1768 James SMYTH Hannah STRONG
02/08/1769 Thomas HURFORD St Mary, Taunton Jane PAYNE
07/08/1769 John PAYNE Sarah BOND
04/12/1769 Thomas NOTT Sarah MARLER
07/02/1770 Richard THORN Mary DOLLING
25/02/1770 Thomas WELMAN Joan ADAMS North Curry
02/05/1770 John DUNN Trull Judith CHAPPLE
22/04/1771 William WADHAM Betty CANDY
22/04/1771 William KEEVIL Mary WADHAM Thorne
30/07/1771 William COOK West Monkton Rachell MARTIN
05/11/1771 William TROUT Mary BENNETT
01/04/1772 Richard ELSON North Curry Elizabeth LYSSENT
22/06/1773 James HOWE Prudence BENNETT
14/02/1774 James ELSON North Curry Molly NATION
29/03/1774 Thomas HARRIS Mary NOTT
12/05/1774 Thomas CHARD St Mary, Taunton Betty STEVENS
22/02/1775 Joseph DAVIS Mary PAYNE
26/04/1775 Samuel NOTT Ann HILL
29/05/1775 William CROSS Hannah BILLETT
31/10/1775 William BROWN Hinton St George Hannah STRONG
14/07/1778 Thomas LINTON Mary KEATES North Curry
05/11/1778 George UPHAM Elizabeth PAINE
20/01/1779 Richard MAYNARD North Curry Sarah LYSSENT
11/04/1780 Augustine SMYTH Mary VINCENT West Hatch
12/06/1780 James DOLLEN Mary MARTIN
12/09/1780 Robert WESCOMBE Ann ELSON North Curry
16/11/1780 Abraham BOND St Mary, Taunton Jane PHILPOT
04/01/1781 James SMYTH Joan JENKINS West Hatch
30/10/1781 William PLEASS Mary HILL
26/05/1782 John HILL Mary SALTER
22/11/1784 James POOL Ann WEBBER
05/01/1785 John NORRISH Mary SALTER
03/05/1785 Joel MURLIS Grace TAYLOR
11/05/1785 Thomas EBDEN Ottery St Mary, Devon Betty BREWER
13/01/1786 Joseph VECKERY Betty GOVIER
26/04/1786 Benjamin OLDING St Helen, City Of London Peggy LISSANT
09/06/1786 Steel SMITH Annis GREENSLADE
02/08/1786 Francis GOVIER Mary DWELLY
14/09/1786 William HANDEL Elizabeth TOURNER
12/02/1787 John APPLEBEE Susanna BOND
29/08/1788 Robert BUNCOMBE Elizabeth JEANS
09/10/1788 Abraham COZENS Fivehead Joanna BICKNELL
20/04/1789 James DURK Elizabeth BUNKCOMBE
13/05/1790 John LYDDON Mary TRUMP
27/11/1790 Thomas HAKE Elizabeth NEVEL Kingsbury Episcopi
08/12/1790 William HARMAN Single Elizabeth MORGAN Single
02/10/1792 Richard CRIDGE St Mary, Taunton Meriah HENBERER
06/10/1792 Abraham POPE Betty BICKNELL
20/08/1793 George HILL Mary POCOCK
10/12/1793 John KNIGHT Ann ASHFORD
19/09/1794 Henry PAINE Single Hannah MAYNARD Single
11/12/1794 John WARR Oake Sarah KIMBERLY
01/04/1795 Robert HARISH St Mary, Taunton Betty BOLS
05/01/1796 Francis FARBER Mary SNOOK
26/09/1796 Richard DARCH Elizabeth SELWAY
18/10/1796 Richard HAYWARD West Chinnock Hannah BROWN
29/05/1798 John COOKNEY Lyme Regis, Dorset Esther TYTHERLEIGH
16/01/1799 Richard TRISCOMBE Single Ann KNIGHT Widow
12/02/1799 Richard LEACH West Monkton Meldrake POCOCK
05/05/1799 John DAVY Betty NEWBERY
08/04/1801 William COMBE Single Kingston St Mary Sarah MAYNARD
14/04/1802 John TROTT Mary GILLARD
28/02/1803 John DINHAM Sarah MALLOR
14/07/1803 John PARSONS St Peter, Dorchester, Dorset Elizabeth BALL
21/05/1804 James SMITH Elizabeth NOWELL
03/09/1805 John BROWN Sarah WILLIAMS St James, Taunton
22/04/1806 Robert THORN Betty PALMER
19/05/1806 William BAKER Elizabeth CHARLES
07/01/1807 John BARTLETT Single Beaminster, Dorset Elizabeth BARTLETT Single
18/05/1807 John HYDON Nether Stowey Fanny REDWOOD
27/11/1807 Edward CLARK Joan MAY
16/08/1808 John MUNCKTON Jemima HUTCHINGS St Mary, Taunton
11/10/1808 William BROWN Elizabeth HOOKINGS
21/11/1808 James KEEN Mary SMITH
07/03/1809 James DWELLY Jane MARLER
04/04/1809 Robert HITCHCOCK Betty BILLETT
28/04/1809 Richard MAYNARD Single Kingston St Mary Elizabeth UPHAM Single
10/07/1810 John KIMBERLY Widower Thomasin BUNCOMBE Single
03/12/1810 John WARR Single Beaminster, Dorset Mary GARDNER Single
14/05/1811 William SUMMERHAYS Single Mary BILLETT Single
09/09/1811 Samuel WILKINS Widower St Mary, Taunton Sarah THOMAS Single
1 03/05/1814 James STODGELL Ann BROOMFIELD
2 22/08/1814 Joseph VINCENT Mary COBHAM
3 28/09/1815 John Stevens CHARD Single Creech St Michael Mary ELSON
4 07/11/1815 Joseph VICKERY Single Mary MANLEY
5 25/12/1815 Allen WILLIAMS Single Elizabeth HURDY
6 16/04/1816 Isaac TOMPSON Elizabeth ILLES
7 31/03/1817 Robert BATTEN Jane QUICK
8 29/09/1817 John VEEN Grace POOLE
10 03/02/1818 George FUDGE Maria SEALY
11 31/12/1818 Robert VERRIER Amey STACEY
12 06/01/1819 Joseph CORDING Single Ann BURGE Single
13 21/01/1819 John KEECH Eliza BOAIT
14 29/03/1819 William WILLMENT Grace JENNINGS
15 29/03/1819 Robert DADEN North Curry Ann BOWERMAN
16 22/07/1819 Alexander GIBBS Single Sarah FARTHING Single
17 01/02/1820 Francis GOVIER Rebecca BAKER
18 13/01/1821 William HODGES Churchstanton Sarah VINCENT
19 22/02/1821 James HILL Hannah STACEY
20 10/11/1821 Simon SMITH Mary Ann HILL
9 02/04/1822 Robert YARD Mary HAKE
22 16/04/1822 John STACEY Maria DALLEY
23 24/09/1822 James STEVENS Hannah SMITH
24 11/11/1822 Richard STEVENS Mary AMERY Bishops Hull
25 16/06/1823 William JOHNS Mary VICKERY
26 13/07/1823 John MARTIN Mary HICKS
27 17/07/1823 James PREDDY St Mary, Taunton Mary ROWLAND
28 29/07/1823 William LILLYCRAP Single Sarah BERREY Single
31 23/09/1824 Daniel CORDING Single Betty ROWLAND Single
32 08/10/1824 John OLDFIELD Widower Wellington Elizabeth TOWNSEND
34 08/12/1825 John COSWAYE Single Maria TRUMP Widow
35 24/01/1826 John HOUNSELL Single Bridport, Dorset Eliza Treble STRANGWAYS
36 12/02/1826 John GARLAND Mary Ann MEAR
37 02/05/1826 Richard HILL Single Sarah KIMBERLEY
38 16/11/1826 Francis FACKRELL Single Elizabeth HILL Single
40 25/02/1827 Thomas WESCOMBE Single Jane Kimberley KIMBERLEY
41 20/12/1827 Joseph CHORLEY Widower Hatch Beauchamp Fanny CHAPMAN
42 21/08/1828 Francis DURK Sarah CALLER
43 02/09/1828 John LUXTON Mary Ann DARBY
44 11/10/1828 Abraham CANN Sarah HAYMAN
45 27/10/1828 William SHEEN Charlotte HUGHES
46 23/12/1828 James HAYMAN Eliza MEECHAM
47 02/04/1829 Thomas COLWILL Single Bishops Hull Susannah BRYANT Single
48 11/08/1829 Richard Paul BURD Single Sarah PHILPOT Single
49 10/09/1829 John BIDON Single Betty SMITH Single
50 20/07/1830 Richard LEACH Charlotte HAYMAN
51 02/09/1830 George BAKER Single Harriet BORD Single
52 28/12/1830 John WESTOVER Widower St James, Taunton Ruth GOVIER Single
53 16/03/1831 Uriah HILL Single Elizabeth CLARKE Single
54 04/04/1831 George DURK Single Mary SYDENHAM Single
55 22/08/1831 William BENNETT Single Sarah HALLETT Single
56 01/09/1831 John Eland BULT Kingston St Mary Maria MAYNARD
57 12/04/1832 Henry Stone LUCKES Single Elizabeth TROTT Single
58 19/09/1832 Robert Rogers DINNING Single Mary STORY Single
59 07/03/1833 Charles CAPE Mary TROTT
60 26/03/1833 William HARDING Single Ellice HARDY Single
61 02/04/1833 Abraham MARLER Eliza BASKET Widow
62 24/04/1833 John POOL Single Ann HAWKINS Single
63 27/05/1833 John TURNER Single Sarah Caroline FUDGE Single
64 07/11/1833 Thomas PARSONS Single Mary SIMMONS Single
65 31/07/1834 William TURNER Single Sarah HELLIER Single
66 22/07/1835 Henry MAYNARD Mary Ann BROWNE
67 19/10/1835 Francis WESTERN Single Sarah GARLAND Single
68 03/12/1835 John KIMBERLY Harriet Louisa WILCOX Single
69 05/05/1836 Andrew LOCKYEAR Single Honour MITCHAM Single
70 09/05/1836 James ALLEN Single Elizabeth RAPSEY Single
71 23/05/1836 John BENNETT Single Sarah THORNE Single
72 08/09/1836 John Charles HANDEL Single Ann Hannah POLLARD Single
73 02/10/1836 Robert POCOCK Single Sarah AISH Single

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