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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Fornham St Martin

 

The Parish

The parish of Fornham St Martin lies in northwestern Suffolk about 2 miles north of the large market town of Bury St Edmunds. St Martin is part of a group of 3 Fornhams along with All Saints & St Genevieve. Fornham St Martin is a substantial village lying on the eastern banks of the River Lark, the village sits on the B1106 road which connects Bury St Edmunds with Brandon. Much of the property of the parish is built along this road or small lanes running east and west off it. The village has much expanded in recent times becoming almost contiguous with the built up area of nearby Bury St Edmunds. At the time of this transcript Fornham St Martin would have been a simple farming community, the riverside setting would have enabled it to have pastoral as well as arable farming. The Lark drains the parish westwards heading off into The Fens to join the Great Ouse near Ely and reach the North Sea through The Wash and the port of King's Lynn. Fornham St Martin is sited at around 40 metres above the sea, land rises gently to the east from the Lark valley to reach a general height of around 60 metres. Fornham St Martin parish was fairly typically sized for the area which has many small parishes, it covered around 1,200 acres and would have supported a population of about 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Fornham St Martin was held by Bury St Edmunds Abbey and was a very small place holding just 5 ploughs and small numbers of domestic animals.


The Church

St Martin's church stands on the western side of the B1106 at the southern end of the village. The church is a fairly typical example of the Perpendicular style that dominates this area of the country. If an earlier church existed prior to that period there is no trace today. Following the standard layout of nave, chancel and western tower the church was augmented in Victorian times by the addition of a southern aisle (in 1870). The tower is probably the most notable feature with top and bottom decorated with chequerboard designs. The church is enclosed in a flint, brick and tile wall and entrance is at the northeastern end by the Woolpack Inn. The eastern end of the church is close to the trees surrounding the site but otherwise the churchyard has few obstructions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 11th October 1754 - 5th November 1782 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL510/4/1/2
 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads The register is badly faded making it likely that many misreads will have been made.
2 19th January 1784 - 2nd July 1787 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL510/4/1/3 Plain, unruled book, another composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads The register is badly faded making it likely that many misreads will have been made.
3 17th October 1787 - 25th August 1812 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL510/4/1/4 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
4 9th October 1814 - 6th October 1836 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL510/4/3/1 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Fornham St Genevieve
Fornham St Genevieve
Timworth St Andrew
Timworth St Andrew
Fornham All Saints
Great Barton Holy Innocents
Fornham All Saints
Bury St Edmunds St James
Great Barton Holy Innocents

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
28/01/1754 Thomas JACKSON Single Hawkedon Alice HAMMOND Single  
18/02/1754 William COVELL Single Preston Elizabeth HARRINGTON Single  
11/10/1754 John CATCHPOLE Single   Elizabeth BURTON Single  
16/04/1755 Thomas SARGENT Single Hengrave Mary PENTENEY Single  
08/02/1756 William LAST Single   Mary WOOLLARD Single  
02/03/1756 John MANNING Single Stanton St John Alice WENLOCK Single  
20/08/1757 James TAYLOR Single   Susanna SMALLWOOD Single  
11/10/1757 John GOOCH Single Rushbrooke Elizabeth WOOLLARD Single  
20/11/1757 James PLUMMER Widower St James, Bury St Edmunds Mary COCKSEDGE    
07/02/1758 James FROST Single   Martha BARKER Single  
10/09/1758 Nathaniel MANNING Single   Ann DESBOROUGH Single Soham, Cambridgeshire
22/06/1761 Robert MORTON Widower St James, Bury St Edmunds Elisabeth PIERPOINT Widow  
02/05/1762 John KING Widower   Elisabeth NEALE Single  
07/10/1762 John STUTTER Single Hengrave Sarah PAINE Single  
06/06/1763 Isaac COLE Single   Sarah MORRICE Single  
20/06/1763 William CARVER Single   Sarah PUNTT Single  
03/10/1763 William DEEKES Single   Elizabeth BOON Single  
17/06/1765 Charles DANHAM     Mary DOLBY    
14/12/1767 John MOOR     Elizabeth CROSLEY    
18/10/1768 John NORMAN Widower   Elizabeth GATES Single  
27/10/1768 John PEVERET Widower St Cuthbert, Thetford, Norfolk Rachel CAWSTON    
16/05/1769 John BROWN Single   Sarah COLE Widow  
17/10/1769 Samuel BULLET Single Easton Jane STERN    
21/05/1770 Samuel GURLING Single   Elizabeth GOLDSMITH Single  
23/07/1770 Thomas JACKSON Single St Mary, Bury St Edmunds Susannah BRUCE Widow  
05/02/1771 Robert OSBOURN Single Langham Ann BARSHAM Single  
14/07/1773 William BRETON Single   Elizabeth FERMAN Widow  
12/11/1775 John TOMPKIN Single   Edith BIRD Single  
21/04/1776 John MORE Widower   Elizabeth PRICK Single  
21/02/1779 John PEAK Single Hengrave Hannah TURNER Single  
06/01/1780 John HINARD Single   Jane PLUMB Single  
12/12/1780 John SARGEANT Single   Hannah CLARKE Single  
27/04/1781 Robert NUNN Single Bury St Edmunds Lucy BANHAM Single  
11/02/1782 Henry GATES Single   Anne WILDING Single  
21/02/1782 Henry GERALD Single   Agatha Henrietta Dorothea DE KIMBER Single  
05/11/1782 Thomas CARPENTER Single   Martha BRUMSTED Single  
19/01/1784 William LAST Widower   Anne BANHAM Widow  
21/02/1784 Samuel CURSON Single   Jane HOWARD Widow  
01/06/1784 Michael BRIDGES Single   Rose ALCOCK Single  
04/01/1785 Richard PETTIT     Elizabeth GORBOULD    
18/10/1785 Christopher WILLSON Single   Elizabeth RODWELL Widow  
18/10/1785 Cornelius ALDERTON Single   Mary PENDALL Single  
12/10/1786 William HORNER Single   Mary BULLOCK Single  
10/04/1787 Christopher NOCKILS   Ingham Martha COOK Single  
02/07/1787 John ARNOLD Single   Mary BANHAM Single  
1 17/10/1787 Thomas CARPENTER Widower   Patience ALCOCK Single  
2 21/07/1788 William CALVER     Mary BIDWELL    
3 14/09/1789 John FREWER Single   Elizabeth BORLEY   St James, Bury St Edmunds
4 08/07/1790 Jonathan SPINK   Timworth Susan ADKIN    
5 04/10/1790 Brady LAST Single   Elizabeth MORRIS Single  
6 14/02/1791 John CATCHPOLE Widower Icklingham Mary EDWARDS Single  
7 01/08/1791 Robert SIMPER     Phillis FLACK    
8 05/06/1793 William BAKER Single   Susanna BULBROOKE Single  
9 06/06/1793 Daniel PENDALL Single   Mary TURTILL Single  
10 05/04/1795 John BARBER Single   Mary Ann DUKE Widow  
11 16/10/1795 George BARNES Widower Rougham Catherine MANNING Widow  
12 03/11/1795 George FENNER     Mary CATER Single Fornham St Genevieve
13 01/02/1796 William Lorimer DIER Single   Sarah SIMONDS Single Fornham St Genevieve
14 28/03/1796 Thomas DERISLY     Isabella TURNER   Ingham
15 17/10/1796 Richard BULLOCK     Rebecca MERRINGTON    
16 27/04/1797 Hammond ALPE Widower Hardingham, Norfolk Harriet Frances HASSELL Single  
17 28/08/1797 William GEERS     Elizabeth UNDERWOOD    
18 06/09/1797 Robert BOWLE   Fornham All Saints Lydia BAKER    
19 14/12/1797 John George SHORING   St Cuthbert, Thetford, Norfolk Elizabeth TAYLOR    
20 10/12/1798 True JACOB   St James, Bury St Edmunds Susan STERRY    
21 11/02/1799 John PETCH   Fornham St Genevieve Mary Ann MAYHEW    
22 02/06/1799 John FENNER Single Fornham St Genevieve Sarah PEARSE    
23 12/07/1799 Thomas MORRIS Single   Mary TURNER Single  
24 11/11/1799 John LAST Single   Elizabeth PETCH Single  
25 30/03/1800 John GOSSICK   Ickworth Ann CUTTRESS    
26 26/11/1801 Godfrey Basil MUNDY     Sarah RODNEY    
27 22/09/1802 John BETTS Widower   Hannah BANHAM Single  
28 12/10/1802 Thomas PETCH Single Culford Sarah CALVER Single  
29 08/04/1803 Thomas MOORE Single   Mary FURRENT    
30 25/07/1803 Charles GURLING Single Halstead, Essex Dilla BROWN Single Hawstead
31 29/10/1803 Isaac HINNARD Single   Mary UNDERWOOD Single  
32 06/01/1804 Richard CALVER     Alice PETCH   Culford
22/05/1804 James LEWIS Single Culford Elizabeth PETCH Single  
06/08/1804 Absalom HEWKE Single Ampton Lydia BOWLE Widow  
05/10/1804 Jeremiah MAYHEW Single   Mary CUTTS Single  
27/10/1807 John PITTUCK Single Eye Ann Elizabeth WINKUP    
04/11/1807 Henry HASTED Single St James, Bury St Edmunds Mary Anne ORD Single  
04/09/1808 William JAMES Single Timworth Sarah PERCY Single  
05/10/1808 Thomas Marcus WESTON Single   Elizabeth NICHOLSON Single  
13/10/1808 William MURRELL Single Timworth Mary BULLUCK Single  
04/06/1809 William BARNARD Single   Martha CARPENTER Single  
23/10/1809 Peter APPLETON Single   Ann ENGLISH Single  
21/12/1809 John BRAY Single Troston Mary SIMPKIN Single  
12/10/1810 Thomas RANNS Single   Honour BELSHAM   St Mary, Bury St Edmunds
12/10/1811 Ham CALVER Single Timworth Frances SPARROW    
04/11/1811 William SMITH Single   Anne BETTS Single  
14/11/1811 William BAKER   Rougham Mary ELMER    
23/03/1812 James GRAY     Maria Charlotte WORBY    
25/08/1812 James WILSON   Hackford By Reepham, Norfolk Ann LOCK    
4 09/10/1814 John BAKER Single   Elizabeth PETCH Single  
5 10/07/1815 William TYLER Single   Elizabeth PETTITT Widow  
6 12/10/1815 Walter GATES Single   Rebecca VINCENT Single  
7 29/10/1815 James BRIDGES Single   Ann BEALES Single  
8 25/12/1816 Jonathan BETTS     Mary FAKES   Bury St Edmunds
9 20/07/1817 James MAYES     Margaret CURSON    
10 13/10/1817 Thomas LOFTS   Great Barton Sarah DEVEREUX    
11 24/11/1817 James REACH   St James, Bury St Edmunds Sarah ELMER    
12 13/01/1818 William BRAY Single Great Barton Elizabeth ALDERTON Single  
13 24/01/1818 William BARBER   St Mary, Bury St Edmunds Mary PHILIPS    
14 25/05/1818 Peter BAKER Single Hitcham Elizabeth BUTLER Single  
15 25/12/1818 William RAMPLEY   Sapiston Mary CALVER    
16 07/02/1820 Edward LEADER Single St James, Bury St Edmunds Thirza CALVER Single  
17 23/09/1821 James MILLS Single Fressingfield Lucy DEVEREUX Single  
18 30/12/1821 George BRIDGES     Sarah WILLIAMS   Fornham All Saints
19 19/10/1822 Thomas BREAM Single Great Barton Sarah FRUDGET Single  
20 17/06/1823 Thomas HAMMOND   Risby Ann BUCKEL   Fornham St Genevieve
21 24/06/1824 James PETCH Single   Mary GREENE Single  
22 26/07/1824 Robert MAYS Widower   Elizabeth BUCKEL Single  
23 16/10/1824 Jon CARPENTER     Mary CARTER   Fornham All Saints
24 23/10/1824 James FRUDGET Single Ingham Sarah PALFREY    
25 25/05/1825 William RANSOM Single   Caroline HARDACRE   Fornham St Genevieve
26 02/04/1826 John PALFREY Single Fornham All Saints Mary MOORE Single  
27 03/10/1826 George REYNOLDS Single Lackford Mary REED Single  
28 18/01/1827 John SAUNDERS Single Pakenham Mary GATES Single  
29 04/04/1827 Henry RAYNER Single   Elizabeth DERSLEY Single  
30 01/06/1827 William MOORE Single   Susan FORD Single  
31 11/07/1828 Robert PETCH Single Fornham All Saints Rebecca BULLOCK Single  
32 20/03/1829 James ELMER Single Fornham St Genevieve Eliza BANTICK Single  
33 07/12/1829 Thomas MOORE Widower   Pleasance PILGRIM Single Fornham St Genevieve
34 25/03/1830 Charles VARRER Single   Susanna KEMP Single  
35 12/06/1830 John GALE Single St James, Bury St Edmunds Anne CROFT Single  
36 28/09/1830 Henry WING Single St Mary, Bury St Edmunds Mary MUSKETT Single  
37 23/10/1830 John BUCKLE Single   Eliza KEMP Single  
38 15/10/1831 Oliver BLAKE Single   Esther DEVEREUX Single  
39 17/01/1832 Robert HORROCKS Single   Sarah DRAKE Single Fornham St Genevieve
40 23/07/1832 John GALLANT Single   Sarah CARPENTER Single  
41 21/12/1832 Edward CODLING Single   Maria LEACH Single Fornham St Genevieve
42 25/09/1833 Joseph SMITH Single   Emily FOOTER Single  
43 25/11/1833 William JOLLY Single Wattisfield Charlotte CALVER Single  
44 14/02/1834 Henry BULLOCK Single   Mary Anne CARPENTER Single  
45 18/02/1834 John Thomas WADDINGTON Single   Mary Anne COCKSEDGE Single  
46 15/03/1834 John SPINK Single   Maria SPINK    
47 10/04/1834 Samuel FENTON Single Chevington Louisa JAMES Single  
48 07/10/1834 George Plumwell LE NEVE Single Barrow Louisa Nutbeam THACKER Single  
49 09/06/1835 Robert SMITH Single   Mary Anne TRUDGIT Single  
50 27/07/1835 Samuel CALVER Single   Hannah GALLANT Single St James, Bury St Edmunds
51 23/09/1835 Harry EDGELL Single Hawstead Jane Esther COCKSEDGE Single  
52 09/11/1835 Samuel CLAXTON Widower   Elizabeth CODLING Single  
53 22/12/1835 Levi CUTMORE Single   Sarah ELMER   Great Livermere
54 05/04/1836 Walter GATES Widower   Fanny LYFREAT Single  
55 06/10/1836 Clement GOODRICH Single Pakenham Sarah BAKER    

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