Charsfield St Peter

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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Charsfield St Peter

The Parish

The parish of Charsfield lies in the southeastern portion of central Suffolk being roughly 5 miles north of the small port of Woodbridge. Charsfield is located just north of the B1078 road which connects Needham Market with Wickham Market. Charsfield has a rather L-shaped layout with most properties lining the small tributary of the River Deben which flows through the village, whilst others line up with the church along a northward running lane. Like most Suffolk parishes Charsfield would have largely earned its living from arable farming, this is a rich soil area supported broad field of largely cereals together with beet & in more recent times the vivid yellow of oil-seed, modern maps show an extensive area of orchards to the west of the parish too. The small stream, which runs parallel to the main street, heads eastwards to meet the Deben close to Wickham Market and thence to the south to the Deben's estuary & the North Sea passing through Woodbridge. Charsfield is sited at around 20 - 30 metres above the sea with land rising away from the stream northwards in gentl terrain where local high points reach almost 60 metres close to Monewden. Measuring just under 1,300 acres Charsfield was entirely typical of parishes in this area, within that acreage would have been supported a population of around 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Charsfield was a much more significant village, its population made amongst the largest 20% recorded in that book. and no fewer than 8 landholders had a piece of the parish, collectively their assets amounted to 17 ploughs and some meadows.

The Church

St Peter's church sits on the eastern side of that northward leading lane, which heads for Hoo. Whilst the church has ancient origins the remains of those early periods are small and it is the later additions which make St Peter memorable. A Norman Romanesque style window and a partial one too on opposite walls of the nave show that the building had its origins in the 12th century, similarly the chancel has a 13th century lancet window from the early English Gothic period. It is the church's stately red brick western tower, however, that is its show-piece. Donations from local beneficiary Henry Tolly show the tower as dating from c1454 whilst its matching southern porch is a little later at c1513. Both dates place these additions to the late Perpendicular period, a time when many churches were built or extended like Charfield's and reflecting the prosperity brought about by the wool trade and cloth weaving. Brick forms the material of the churchyard walling, too, the church sitting curiously flush to the lane with that tower best viewed from outside the churchyard. Within there are many tress requiring ingenuity from the photographer to acquire acceptable landscape views encompassing the whole church.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	2nd February 1755 - 28th December 1812	Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC106/D5	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	None
2	25th March 1813 - 29th November 1836	Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FC106/D6	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Monewden St Mary	Hoo St Andrew & St Eustachius	Letheringham St Mary
Clopton St Mary		Letheringham St Mary
Clopton St Mary	Debach All Saints Dallinghoo St Mary	Dallinghoo 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
	06/02/1754	Edward	FRYAT			Mary	BLACKDOM
	07/03/1754	Thomas	ADAMS			Ann	SMITH
2	02/02/1755	Jacob	CULLINGTON	Single		Elizabeth	DOWNING	Single
3	02/05/1756	Carew	WADE	Single		Elizabeth	BENNETT	Single
4	24/06/1756	William	WHITE		Framlingham	Sarah	WATERS
5	08/08/1756	Thomas	WATERS	Widower	Grundisburgh	Mary	GRAYTON	Single
6	17/04/1759	Jeremiah	LEGGETT	Single		Mary	FULCHER	Single
7	14/10/1759	Thomas	WEBB	Widower		Susanna	FLETCHER	Single
8	19/10/1759	Jonathan	BEAUMONT		Nayland	Lydia	JOHNSTON
9	24/11/1761	Henry	CHURCHYARD	Single		Elizabeth	THREADGALE	Single
10	11/11/1762	John	SPINLOW	Single		Elizabeth	WOODS	Single
10	02/12/1762	James	FULCHER	Single		Sarah	CRANE	Single
11	17/03/1763	Thomas	COOPER	Single		Jane	FULCHER	Single
12	20/09/1765	Robert	SCARLETT	Single		Susanna	SCARLETT	Single
13	10/10/1765	John	CROSS	Single		Mary	FOLKARD	Single	Thorndon
14	10/10/1765	William	BRETT	Single	Boyton	Elizabeth	DOOL	Single
15	27/03/1766	Simon	VIRTUE	Single	Bedfield	Mary	LEGGETT	Single
16	31/07/1767	Joseph	BRADSTREET	Single		Susan	DURRANT	Single
17	22/02/1768	John	CROSS	Widower		Susan	DAVEY	Single
18	13/10/1768	Robert	MAULDEN	Single	Hasketon	Sarah	LORD	Single
19	17/11/1768	Daniel	WARNER	Single	Ufford	Mary	CHURCHYARD	Single
20	29/06/1769	John	RANDALL	Widower		Sarah	THREADKELL	Single
21	13/07/1769	Cornelius	LEGGETT	Single		Ann	NOLLER	Single
22	20/07/1769	Peter	FLURRY	Single		Sarah	HOVEL	Single
23	08/10/1769	Thomas	CUDBARD	Single		Mary	HUNT	Single
24	12/12/1769	William	MILLS	Single	Wickham Market	Elizabeth	CHURCHYARD	Single
25	09/09/1770	Richard	CUDBARD	Single		Elizabeth	ABLETT	Single
26	24/07/1771	Robert	CHANEY	Single	Monewden	Hannah	ADAMS	Single
27	06/04/1772	John	TOMPSON	Single	Woodbridge	Susan	CATTON	Single
28	19/04/1772	Thomas	WORTOR	Widower		Sarah	DAVE	Widow
29	03/05/1772	Joseph	JORDAN	Single		Hannah	GRAYSTONE	Widow
30	18/02/1773	James	PEMBERTON	Single	Dallinghoo	Elizabeth	BUSH	Single
31	29/12/1773	James	BURRELL	Single		Elizabeth	GOODWIN	Single
32	15/07/1774	James	BURWOOD	Single		Mary	MAULDEN	Single
33	25/01/1775	Jeremiah	SKILTON	Single		Mary	DAVEY	Single
34	02/02/1775	John	LEECH	Single		Elizabeth	GRAYSTONE	Single
35	20/08/1775	Robert	HURNARD	Widower		Mary	COOK	Single
36	11/10/1775	James	ABBOTT	Single		Elizabeth	WHYTHE	Single
37	06/05/1776	Thomas	THREADKELL	Single		Elizabeth	LANHAM	Single
38	21/05/1776	Richard	HARRIS	Single	Hoo	Elizabeth	COLE	Single
39	26/11/1776	William	BUCKINGHAM	Single	Hollesley	Ann	MAULDON	Single
40	16/09/1777	Richard	CHISNALL	Single	Holbrook	Mary	FORDOCK	Single
41	18/11/1777	William	BRAINTON	Single	Brandeston	Sarah	SCARLETT	Single
42	03/12/1777	Henry	LAST	Widower		Mary	FRYETT	Single
43	05/12/1777	James	NEWSON	Widower	Framlingham	Mary	FLORY	Single
44	16/06/1778	John	MARTIN	Widower		Elizabeth	BROOKE	Widow
45	16/07/1778	Robert	GIRLING	Single		Lidia	FLORY	Single
46	15/03/1779	George	FISKE	Single	Dennington	Esther	NESTLING	Single
47	12/07/1779	Robert	GERRADE	Widower		Elizabeth	JORDAN	Single
48	09/08/1779	William	GOODCHILD	Widower	St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich	Susannah	COLE	Single
49	19/10/1779	John	KING	Single		Sarah	BURCH	Single
50	28/05/1780	John	LANCASTER	Single		Sarah	FLETCHER	Single	Letheringham
51	12/09/1780	George	KITSON	Single	Debach	Susan	GRAYSTONE	Single
52	21/09/1780	John	COLE	Single		Anne	WATKINS	Single	Monewden
53	19/04/1781	John	NEWSON	Single	Woodbridge	Lydia	KERSEY	Single
54	21/06/1781	Jonathan	WRIGHT	Single		Sarah	PECK	Single
55	25/12/1781	John	TAYLOR	Single		Mary	LANCASTER	Single
56	06/01/1782	Robert	TAYLOR	Single		Sarah	PLUMMER	Single
57	18/02/1782	Robert	GERRARD	Widower		Susan	GERRARD	Single
58	09/07/1782	James	DURRANT	Single		Elizabeth	WOODARD	Single
59	29/01/1784	William	BROOME	Single	Letheringham	Mary	JEAFFRESON	Single
60	02/03/1784	Thomas	WARD	Single		Margaret	GRAYSTONE	Single
61	24/10/1784	Samuel	LANCASTER	Single		Ann	HAWS	Single
62	18/01/1785	William	DAVEY	Single		Lydia	CAPON	Single
63	08/08/1785	Muns	YOUNGS	Single		Susan	BURCH	Single
64	08/09/1786	William	DURRANT	Widower		Susan	WOOLNOUGH	Widow
65	09/11/1786	Daniel	WAYMAN	Single		Unitey	SKOPES	Single
66	03/07/1787	James	LEGGETT	Single		Frances	HAMMONT	Single
67	01/11/1787	Charles	NUNN	Single		Mary	COLLINS	Widow
68	01/11/1787	Jonathan	NUNN	Single		Elizabeth	LADD	Single
69	29/11/1787	Christopher	CRANE	Single		Mary	MANN	Single
70	08/01/1788	Robert	CLARKE	Widower	Dallinghoo	Elizabeth	HARVEY	Single
71	26/12/1788	John	WHYTH	Single		Mary	BURCH	Single
71	03/12/1789	John	MAYS	Single	Hemingstone	Mary	EASTER	Single
72	27/04/1790	Joseph	BURCH	Single		Amelia	EMERSON	Single
73	16/08/1790	William	WOODARD	Single		Sarah	BIRD	Single
74	11/04/1791	James	STANTON	Single	Hoo	Elizabeth	LEECH	Single
75	05/07/1791	Benjamin	REED	Widower		Sarah	REED	Single
76	21/07/1791	Abel	HERRING	Widower		Mary	BATLEY	Single
77	18/10/1791	George	DAVEY	Single		Ann	ADERSON	Single
78	25/10/1791	John	RANDALL	Single		Martha	GRAYSTONE	Single
79	15/11/1791	Joseph	LEECH	Single		Sarah	LEGGETT	Single
80	05/02/1793	John	CURTIS	Single		Barbara	TAYLOR	Single
81	21/03/1793	John	RANDALL	Widower		Ann	SMITH	Widow	Bredfield
82	26/03/1793	Benjamin	FLORY	Single		Ann	WOOD	Single
83	26/12/1793	Samuel	NICHOLS	Single		Jane	BURCH	Single
84	26/12/1793	William	LEGGETT	Single		Sarah	SALMON	Single
85	07/02/1794	Thomas	WOODARD	Single		Hannah	CALVER	Single
86	25/02/1794	James	LANCASTER	Widower		Ann	SMITH	Single	Monewden
87	12/06/1794	Samuel	FULCHER	Single		Mary	DAVY	Single
88	11/11/1794	Henry	CURTIS	Single		Charlotte	COATES	Single
89	26/01/1796	James	CHAPLING	Single		Elizabeth	ABBOTT	Single
90	31/03/1796	Robert	WRIGHT	Single		Ann	GROSS	Single	Debach
91	10/10/1796	John	DURRANT	Single		Sarah	HOWARD	Single
92	11/01/1797	Samuel	GRAYSTONE	Single		Sarah	FLETCHER	Single
93	07/04/1797	Samuel	LANCASTER	Widower		Lidia	NEWSON	Single
94	20/04/1797	William	COLE	Single		Deborah	CORNELL	Single	Woodbridge
95	18/05/1797	John Atkins	GRAYSTONE	Single		Elizabeth	OXBORROW	Single	Bredfield
96	31/10/1797	Samuel	GRAYSTONE	Widower		Ann	LEECH	Single
97	04/11/1797	John	LEECH	Single		Sarah	LEGGETT	Single
98	07/11/1797	John	FLURY	Single		Frances	CALVER	Single	Debach
99	21/11/1797	Jeremiah	DAVEY	Single		Deborah	BROOME	Single
100	11/10/1798	Ezekiel	DURRANT	Widower	Burgh	Elizabeth	CALVER	Single
101	17/01/1800	John	LEGGETT	Single		Mary	MARJORAM	Single
102	17/01/1800	Stephen	MARJORAM	Single	Debach	Fanny	LEGGETT	Single
102	16/09/1800	Thomas	WARD	Widower		Mary	MANN	Widow
103	02/10/1800	Thomas	THREADKELL	Single		Lidia	GRAYSTONE	Single
104	05/10/1801	Isaac	RANDS	Single	Kenton	Mary	BORRETT	Single
105	04/02/1802	Daniel	GRAYSTONE	Single	Debach	Ann	MARJORAM	Single
106	07/06/1802	William	STARK	Single	Kettleburgh	Rebecca	DRIVER	Single
107	14/10/1802	Henry	GENNERY	Single		Mary	CRANE	Single
108	11/05/1803	Charles	NUNN	Widower		Susan	WILSON	Single
28	11/05/1803	Robert	HOSTLEY	Single	Dallinghoo	Susan	STOLLERY	Single
29	31/01/1804	Samuel	HERRING	Single		Lydia	ANDREWS	Single
30	03/06/1805	Daniel	SAWYER	Widower	Otley	Mary	SPENDELLOW	Single
31	29/03/1807	John	PEMBERTON	Single		Ann	LEGGETT	Single
32	03/09/1807	William	THREADKELL	Single		Elizabeth	SCOULDING	Single	Hoo
33	30/05/1808	William	PEMBERTON	Single		Thamar	LEGGETT	Single
34	20/09/1808	John	KERRIDGE	Single		Mary	TAYLOR	Single
35	29/12/1808	Daniel	STEVENS	Single		Sarah	SMITH	Widow
36	07/02/1809	William	BROOK	Single		Hannah	BURCH	Single
37	11/07/1809	James	KERRIDGE	Single		Hannah	LAMBERT	Single
38	19/07/1809	Samuel	FOSTER	Single		Frances	ANDREWS	Single
39	20/07/1809	William	THOMPSON	Single		Deborah	MORLDEN	Single
40	12/10/1809	John	LEGGETT	Single		Hannah	MANN	Single
41	05/01/1810	John	BROOKS	Single	Chelsea, Middlesex	Lydia	LEGGETT	Single
42	28/03/1810	Joseph	BRADSTREET	Single		Mary	DURRANT	Single
43	24/04/1810	Thomas	MANN	Single		Martha	CLOW	Single
44	24/04/1810	Samuel	CULLUM	Single	Easton	Susan	LANKASTER	Single
45	10/10/1810	John	THREADKELL	Single		Sarah	PAGE	Single
46	10/12/1810	William	DAVY	Single		Sarah	BLOMFIELD	Single
47	13/01/1811	John	NEWSON	Single		Sarah	TYE	Single
48	26/02/1811	John	GOODERHAM	Single	Hoo	Ann	BURWOOD	Single
49	19/03/1811	James	BIRCH	Single		Martha	LAWS	Single
50	24/03/1811	Isaac	FLORY	Single		Elizabeth	LEECH	Single
50	11/07/1811	William	GOLDSMITH	Single		Mary	BUCKLES	Single
51	02/11/1811	William	STOLLERY	Single		Mary	FLETCHER	Single
52	04/02/1812	James	BLOCK	Single		Ann	READ	Single
53	13/02/1812	William	BARKER	Single		Sophia	EDWARDS	Single
54	25/02/1812	John	PARKER	Single		Sarah	GODBOLD	Single
55	24/03/1812	John	BUCKINGHAM	Single		Elizabeth	BUCKINGHAM	Single
56	09/07/1812	John	GOLDSMITH	Single	Rickinghall Inferior	Hannah	WARD	Single
57	28/12/1812	Samuel	SMITH	Single		Elizabeth	READ	Single
58	28/12/1812	Robert	SPALL	Single		Charlotte	READ	Single
1	25/03/1813	James	BUCKLES	Single		Mary	NUNN	Single
2	27/10/1813	William	CHURCHYARD	Single		Lettice	SMITH	Single
3	02/12/1813	James	PAGE	Single		Mary	VERTUE	Single	Marlesford
4	25/10/1814	John	WILSON	Single	Dallinghoo	Elizabeth	RANDALL	Single
5	18/06/1815	William	LAST	Single		Sarah	SMITH	Single
6	11/01/1816	Philip	HILL	Single	Hoo	Mary	PAGE	Single
7	22/02/1816	William	LAMBARD	Single		Hannah	CLARK	Single
8	04/10/1816	George	DAVEY	Single		Rebecca	BROOM	Single
9	30/10/1816	Samuel Atkins	GRAYSTON	Widower		Mary	WYTHE	Widow
10	07/01/1817	John	KNIGHTS	Single	Leiston	Susanna	GRAYSTON	Single
11	03/03/1817	William	PAGE	Single	Pettistree	Lucy	BURWOOD	Single
12	15/04/1817	James	BURCH	Single		Elizabeth	GROSSE	Single
13	18/07/1817	Robert	TAYLOR	Single		Harriet	KEER	Single
14	08/08/1817	Adam	FELL	Single		Mary	HERRING	Widow
15	17/10/1817	Bartholomew	GRAYSTONE	Single		Elizabeth	SHEMMING	Single
16	17/10/1817	John	DIKES	Single	Debach	Mary	PARKER	Single
17	01/11/1817	Robert	BOWEN	Single		Susan	LANKASTER	Single
18	25/11/1817	William	MANN	Single		Lydia	READ	Single
19	25/11/1817	John	WOODS	Single	Cretingham	Jemima	BROWN	Single
20	25/12/1817	John	LEECH	Single		Mary	CRANE	Single
21	05/05/1818	James	CHURCHYARD	Single		Mary Ann	BUCKINGHAM	Single
22	25/03/1819	William	CAPON	Single	Great Bealings	Elizabeth	BURCH	Single
23	29/04/1819	John	FLORY	Widower		Elizabeth	PEMBERTON	Single
24	30/05/1819	William	ALDOUS	Single	Worlingworth	Mary Ann	GOODERHAM	Single
25	04/10/1819	Samuel	PULHAM	Single	Stradbroke	Hannah	GRAYSTON	Single
26	21/10/1819	John	CURTIS	Single		Sarah	BUTTON	Single	St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich
27	16/11/1819	Isaac	JOHNSON	Single	Worlingworth	Ann	BROOM	Single
28	27/12/1819	John	BARKER	Single		Mary	DAVEY	Single
29	27/12/1819	Benjamin	FLORY	Single		Mary Ann	MASTERS	Single
30	09/12/1820	George	READ	Single		Mary	FISK	Widow
31	26/12/1820	James	FLETCHER	Single		Elizabeth	LEECH	Single
32	14/02/1821	David	FORSDIKE	Single		Louisa	LANKESTER	Single
33	20/09/1821	Stephen	BIRCH	Single	Framsden	Mary Ann	RANDALL	Single
34	17/10/1821	Robert	ALLEN	Single		Ann	NUNN	Single
35	27/09/1822	William Page	BECK	Single		Priscilla	FULCHER	Single
36	21/10/1822	Abraham	LAMBERT	Single		Mary	NUNN	Single
37	10/03/1823	Charles	NUNN	Widower		Deborah	DRIVER	Widow
38	17/04/1823	John	READ	Single	Helmingham	Mary	BLOWERS	Single
39	12/05/1823	Thomas	WRIGHT	Widower		Elizabeth Dorothy	HALL	Single
40	22/07/1823	James	LANKESTER	Single		Mary	BARKER	Widow
41	29/07/1823	James	BRUNNING	Single		Lydia	CURTISS	Single
42	08/08/1823	Henry	CROWFOOT	Single	Hoo	Mary	CLOW	Single
43	23/09/1823	William	PECK	Single	Hacheston	Mary	CROWFOOT	Single
44	24/10/1823	William	SHEPPARD	Single		Lucy	HERRING	Single	Hoo
45	15/12/1823	William	WRIGHT	Single		Elizabeth	LANKASTER	Single
46	25/12/1823	William	ROSE	Single	Wickham Market	Anne	FLORY	Single
47	27/01/1824	William	CHURCHYARD	Widower		Mary Ann	WRIGHT	Single
48	28/09/1824	James	JOHNSON	Single	St Botolph, Colchester, Essex	Susan	BARKER	Single
49	04/10/1824	Robert	BAKER	Single	Hoo	Susan	WRIGHT	Single
50	11/10/1824	John	WRIGHT	Single	Clopton	Lucy	DURRANT	Single
51	20/10/1824	Samuel	MALLETT	Single	Grundisburgh	Lydia	LEECH	Single
52	01/12/1824	James	RATTLE	Single		Harriot	DAVY	Single
53	08/02/1825	William	WYTHE	Single		Mary	SCOTCHMER	Single
54	07/11/1825	John	SHEPHERD	Single	St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich	Eliza	LANKASTER	Single
55	01/06/1826	George	GOODERHAM	Widower	Clopton	Mary Ann	RANDALL	Single
56	03/11/1826	William	BECK	Widower		Maria	DAVY	Single
57	30/11/1826	Philip	BUCKINGHAM	Single		Harriott	RANDS	Single
58	23/07/1827	James	PEMBERTON	Single		Sarah	FLETCHER	Single
59	14/02/1828	James Oliver	FRAZER	Single	Kirton	Susan	BAILEY	Single
60	18/03/1828	Thomas	BUTCHER	Single		Susan	SYMONDS	Single
61	31/07/1828	William	RANDALL	Single		Maria	BROADSTREET	Single
62	14/09/1828	John Francis	PARKER	Single		Margaret	WADE	Single
63	27/09/1828	John	TAYLOR	Widower		Mary	FINCH	Single
64	26/02/1829	William	LEECH	Single		Abigail	GLANFIELD	Single	Letheringham
65	12/03/1829	John	MOOR	Widower	Woodbridge	Mary	MEADOWS	Single
66	27/07/1829	George	BARKER	Single		Mary	MOSS	Single
67	04/10/1830	James	SMYTH	Single	Great Glemham	Jemima	MEADOWS	Single
68	22/05/1831	John	NUNN	Single		Mary	DAVY	Single
69	16/08/1831	Isaac	LAMBERT	Widower		Martha	MARJORAM	Single
70	19/10/1831	John	CATON	Single	Dallinghoo	Elizabeth	NUNN	Single
71	19/10/1831	James	CATON	Single	Dallinghoo	Hannah	LEECH	Single
72	24/11/1831	John	GARNHAM	Single	Culpho	Betsey	ALLEN
73	29/11/1831	Henry	BARDWELL	Single	Framlingham	Mary Ann	GOODRUM
74	15/10/1832	John	MEADOWS	Single		Lydia	RANDALL	Single
75	19/10/1832	John	WHALEY	Single		Mary Ann	CRACKNELL	Single
76	30/06/1833	John	SMITH	Single	St Peter, Colchester, Essex	Eliza	BARKER	Single
77	13/09/1833	James	ROUT	Single	Stowmarket	Mary Ann	MANN	Single
78	09/01/1834	James	DURRANT	Single		Harriet	JESSOP	Single
79	06/03/1834	William	MANN	Single		Rebecca	CURTIS	Single
80	23/02/1835	John	LACEY	Single	St Marylebone, Middlesex	Mary	THREADKELL	Single
81	07/04/1835	John	FISK	Single		Mary Ann	WOODS	Single
82	04/11/1835	David	NUNN	Single	Clopton	Sarah	FLORY	Single
83	05/11/1835	Samuel	FOSTER	Single		Mary	READ	Single
84	29/11/1836	John	MOTUM	Single		Elizabeth	MARJORAM	Single

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