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

 

The Parish

The parish of Henstead lies in northeaster Suffolk not too far from its North Sea coastline. Henstead is located about 6 miles southeast of the market town of Beccles and is small village sitting on the southern side of the valley of the Hundred River just under a mile west of the A12 (Lowestoft to Ipswich) road. Henstead formerly sat a little further west close to the church but a fire in 1641 destroyed most of the village houses and the rebuild took place further east. Like most Suffolk parishes Henstead was, and still is, an arable farming community albeit some pastures can be found close to the river. The Hundred river drains the short distance eastwards to meet the North Sea just to the south of Kessingland. Henstead is sited at around 10 metres above the sea and sits within the coastal plain where height rarely ranges above 20 metres for some distance. Henstead was a fairly typically sized parish for this area, covering just under 1,500 acres it would have supported a population of close to 550 parishioners. In Domesday times it was an even more modest place, held by William de Warennes it could offer just 4 ploughs and a small stock of livestock.


The Church

St Mary's church sits west of the current village centre isolated by the location where the B1227 performs a sharp right-angled bend en route from Beccles to Wrentham. St Mary has ancient origins with the southern doorway its showpiece, Norman in style and heavily decorative, the Norman southern doorway is matched by northern doorway, albeit less showy. The remainder of the church is a usual mixture of Decorated and Perpendicular styles. The fire of 1641 which caused the rebuilding of the village also destroyed the original chancel leading to a rebuild. The western tower, with documentary evidence dating it to 1470, is fairly typical of that era's style and rather tall for the balance of the building. The church sit sits alongside a rather busy junction with no close parking it being safer to park well away and approach on foot. Sitting behind the normal wall of mixed flint & brick the churchyard is relatively open and has few restrictions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 15th October 1754 - 10th November 1812 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 125/D4/1 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with X entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 11th January 1813 - 18th January 1837 Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft - Reference - 125/D4/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Ellough All Saints
Mutford St Andrew
Rushmere by Lowestoft St Michael
Gisleham Holy Trinity
Sotterley St Margaret
Kessingland St Edmund
Benacre St Michael
Wrentham St Nicholas
Wrentham St Nicholas
Benacre 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
1 15/10/1754 Francis ELLGOOD Widower   Hannah CRISP Single  
2 01/01/1755 William SAED   Lowestoft Mary ELLIS    
3 02/05/1755 James ALMOND Single Mutford Elizabeth BARNES Widow  
4 21/10/1755 John LIVOCK     Sarah FISK Single  
5 28/10/1755 Robert BLOSS     Martha READ Single  
6 09/05/1756 Daniel ROUPE     Esther LUTKINS Single  
7 10/01/1757 John MATCHET   Gisleham Honor CLARKE    
8 13/10/1757 Charles BEALE   Kessingland Sarah PAINE Single  
9 14/10/1757 Joseph ALDING     Sarah BROWNING Single  
10 22/12/1757 Nevil NUTHAL   Rushmere By Lowestoft Elizabeth CRACKNEL Single  
11 27/09/1758 James WALLIS Single   Sarah MORE   St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich, Norfolk
12 31/12/1758 John PALLANT Single   Elizabeth LEGGET Single  
13 08/10/1759 William FISKE     Anne DENNINGTON Single  
14 16/10/1759 Thomas FARROW Single   Susan BALDRY Single  
15 15/01/1760 William ALLEN     Sarah KEET Single  
16 13/10/1760 John BRUNEL Single   Susan WOLSTON Single  
17 27/10/1760 John RAVEN Single   Elizabeth FLEET Single  
18 07/02/1763 Francis HILLERY Single   Margaret FARRAR Single  
19 11/10/1763 John TOD Single Ellough Jane ALGOOD Single  
20 24/11/1763 John HALLIFAX Single   Mary FARRAR Single  
21 16/02/1764 Lawrence UNDERWOOD Single Framlingham Ann MARKHAM Single  
22 27/03/1764 William BROWN Widower   Ann WALKER Widow Beccles
23 09/10/1764 Benjamin MILLER Single Lowestoft Esther HILLERY Single  
24 15/10/1764 John BELL Single Gorleston Elizabeth CARSEY Single  
25 23/10/1764 Thomas BELLS Single Wrentham Elizabeth SKOULDING Single  
26 03/09/1765 William CORPES Single   Mary SHORT Single  
27 28/11/1765 William RAVEN Single   Elizabeth CARTER    
28 09/02/1768 James HAWES Single   Sarah BALES Single  
29 03/04/1768 John CARTER Single   Mary GORBLE Widow  
30 11/10/1768 William CRICKMORE Single   Mary BLOCK Single  
31 28/03/1769 William VARLEY Single   Drucilla CRISP Single  
32 01/10/1770 John BARRELL   Mutford Susanna SALLOWS    
33 11/10/1770 Francis TURREL Single Sotterley Elizabeth FLETCHER Single  
34 18/02/1771 John PATRICK Single   Sarah MOOR Single  
35 02/07/1772 William PEEK Single   Mary RAVEN Single  
36 21/12/1772 Joseph ALLDON Widower   Ann PAIN Single  
37 31/05/1773 William STRATFORD Widower   Sarah REYNOLDS Single  
38 20/09/1773 Simon PAIN Single   Sarah BULLARD Single  
39 29/09/1773 Jonathan PAGE Single   Drusilla VARLEY Widow  
40 11/10/1773 John MAPES   Mutford Mary ALEXANDER    
41 27/10/1773 John BUTCHER Single   Ann STRATFORD Single  
42 01/11/1773 John PAIN Single   Hannah DOWSON Single  
43 01/11/1773 William PAIN Single   Jane WOLTON Single  
44 21/12/1773 Samuel ALDRED Single   Mary TYRREL Single  
45 14/04/1775 John ELLIS Single   Mary CHASTON Single  
46 27/04/1775 William LOWNS Single   Elizabeth SHARMAN Single  
47 09/10/1775 George BARNES Single   Jemima STEWARD Single  
48 12/12/1775 Peter TOOK Single   Elizabeth HERRING Single  
49 09/07/1776 Thomas KING Single Rushmere By Lowestoft Sarah HOLT Single  
50 11/10/1776 John FISHER Single   Martha GOWING Single  
51 15/10/1776 John GOWING Single   Sarah BALLS Single  
52 30/10/1777 Thomas PLEASANTS Single   Elizabeth PEARSONS Single Kessingland
53 25/06/1778 Stephen HOWEL   Mendham Elizabeth NELSON    
54 12/10/1778 Robert BRABON Single   Ann ALLEN Single  
55 16/04/1779 Robert NEWSON   Wrentham Martha ROSE    
56 28/05/1779 John BAXTER Single   Esther BISHOP Widow  
56 02/11/1779 Thomas FARROW Widower   Elizabeth MORRIS Single  
57 17/04/1781 Thomas BALLS Widower Wrentham Susanna FARRA Single  
58 30/04/1781 John THURRELL Single   Judith ROLLS Single  
59 14/05/1781 John ELLIS Widower   Mary DOWNING Single  
60 11/10/1781 William OSBORN Single   Susan WEALY Single  
61 27/11/1781 David PAIN Single   Sarah HUFLET Single  
62 02/07/1782 Benjamin BALES Widower   Hannah HAZEL Widow  
63 14/11/1782 Thomas FOULGER Single   Amy COOKE Widow  
64 04/03/1783 John BUNN Widower   Susanna WARNER Single  
65 17/02/1784 William GREENACRE   Loddon, Norfolk Frances ALP    
66 21/03/1784 James SCURELL     Sarah LIVICK    
67 02/08/1784 James CATCHPOOL     Hannah SAMPON    
68 12/04/1785 Benjamin BALES Single   Hannah HAZEL Single  
69 14/10/1785 Thomas JOHNSON Single Kessingland Mary MILLS Single  
70 18/10/1785 Robert PEEK Single   Honour RAYNOR Single Billingford By Diss, Norfolk
71 01/12/1785 Samuel SPATCHET Single   Trency COCK Single  
72 22/12/1785 Robert SMITH Single   Ann CHITTEL Single  
73 17/09/1786 James GRIMBLE Single   Ann WALL Single  
74 28/12/1786 Robert DAINS Single   Charlotte RAVEN Single  
75 07/11/1787 William FLETCHER Widower   Mary CROSS Single  
76 12/05/1788 Scarlet MAYHEW Widower Sotterley Sarah PATRICK Widow  
77 13/06/1788 Thomas VALE Single   Honour MAYHEW Single Sotterley
78 15/07/1788 Samuel CROSS Single Westhall Sarah PAKE Single  
79 13/10/1789 Henry MOORE Single   Mary MAY Single  
80 25/01/1790 William SCALES Single   Martha WARNER Single  
81 17/02/1790 Samuel SNELLING Single   Rachael MILLS Single  
82 24/06/1790 William BARNABY Single   Mary PORTER Single  
83 26/11/1790 Richard THACKER Single   Elizabeth KNIGHTS Single  
84 11/01/1791 Isaac CUNNINGHAM Single   Susan BARRELL Single  
85 13/06/1791 John MITCHELLS Widower   Mary FLETCHER Widow  
86 16/08/1791 William RAVEN Single   Rachael MITCHELLS Single  
87 05/10/1791 Thomas LINCOLN Single   Mary SAMSON Single  
88 13/10/1791 Henry NIKER Single Barnby Susan TUNGATE Single  
89 08/11/1791 John SEWELL Single   Elizabeth TURRELL Single  
90 08/06/1792 John Balding CLARKE Single   Sarah PAIN Single Rushmere By Lowestoft
91 02/10/1792 Samuel CLARKE Single   Lucy FOX Single Worlingham
93 17/10/1792 John EBBS Single Mutford Elizabeth FISK Single  
94 22/10/1792 Joseph STAMMERS Single Ellough Mary HALLIFAX Single  
92 23/10/1792 John PARSONS Single   Mary CHASTON Widow  
95 23/10/1792 James BALLS Single Mutford Elizabeth BRUNNING Single  
96 29/10/1792 Isaac TUNGATE Single   Mary PARSLEY Single  
97 20/05/1793 Samuel PEEK Single   Elizabeth RAVEN Single  
98 31/07/1793 Thomas COLMAN Widower   Sarah CATCHPOLE Single  
99 01/07/1794 Robert RIVETT Single   Frances MITCHELS Single  
100 21/08/1794 William FISK Widower   Rose TODD Widow  
101 30/09/1794 William TILLS Single   Mary WARNS Single  
102 30/11/1794 William BOATWRIGHT Single   Mary LANGLEY Single  
103 17/12/1795 Joseph KNIGHTS Single   Sarah MILLS Single  
104 17/12/1795 Thomas THROWER Single   Rachel KNIGHTS Single  
105 20/10/1796 Robert RATLER Widower Carlton Colville Elizabeth ALEXANDER Single  
106 10/11/1796 John RAVEN Single   Sarah CATCHPOLE Single  
107 28/12/1796 Robert BRABEN Widower   Mary BORTEN Widow  
108 19/07/1797 Anthony WINYEARD Single   Esther PECK Single  
109 03/10/1797 George ROBERTSON Single Mettingham Lydia MILES Single  
110 11/10/1797 Philip COLEMAN Single Mutford Sarah HOWLET Single  
111 02/01/1798 Wetherby THACKER Widower Rushmere By Lowestoft Susan CRICKMORE Single  
112 30/07/1798 John TODD Widower   Elizabeth WRIGHT Single  
113 11/10/1798 Benjamin BAXTER Single   Mary BUNN Single  
114 30/04/1799 Benjamin ANDREWS Single   Mary RIGHT Single  
115 16/05/1799 William BAXTER Single   Elizabeth WIGHTEN Single  
116 28/08/1799 Samuel HOOK Single   Sarah BURWOOD Single  
117 30/10/1799 William THACKER Single   Matthew SAMPSON Single  
118 06/11/1799 Jonathan TURNER Single   Matthew MITCHELS Single  
119 10/02/1800 John WATLING Single   Charlotte CULYER Single  
120 16/05/1800 John FISHER Single   Anne FOUNTAIN Single  
121 23/10/1800 William ROBERTS Widower   Judith DENNINGTON    
122 03/11/1800 William BUTCHER Single   Martha CARVER Single  
123 30/11/1801 James FISK Single   Jereminea GORBELL Single  
124 13/09/1802 David PAIN Single   Jemima MOORE Single  
125 15/03/1803 Nathaniel WRIGHT Single   Charlotte PAIN Single  
126 11/05/1803 William LAWN Single   Margaret PARSELY Single  
128 14/06/1803 Richard KING Single Carlton Colville Martha RUMBLE Single  
129 18/10/1803 John BRUNNING Single   Elizabeth BEAMISH Single  
127 08/12/1803 William RATCLIFFE Single   Hannah CHITTLE Single  
130 27/11/1804 Robert FISK Single   Mary TURNER Single  
131 29/11/1804 Robert CHITTLE Single   Elizabeth GOLDSPINK Single  
132 27/12/1804 William BENNS Single   Sarah PLEASANTS Single  
133 26/02/1805 Robert CATCHPOLE Single   Eddy DADY Single  
134 09/05/1805 James BUTCHER Single   Sarah LAWES Single  
135 09/07/1805 James HUKE Widower North Cove Susan WILSON Single  
136 18/07/1805 Henry PARKS Widower   Frances BURROWS Widow  
137 10/10/1805 John PARSLEY Single   Lydia THACKER Single  
138 07/01/1806 William CRICKMORE Single   Martha FISHER Single  
139 25/02/1806 William MUD Single   Deborah HAMLING Single  
140 15/09/1806 Jehosephat GORBELL Single   Mary CATCHPOLE Single  
141 09/01/1807 James BROWN Single   Sarah ELLISS Single  
142 30/05/1808 Benjamin WRIGHT Single   Sarah BUCK Single  
143 14/11/1808 James WARNE Widower   Frances DIGENS Widow  
144 22/11/1808 Jonathan PECK Single   Mary UTTON Single  
145 10/02/1809 William PLEASANTS Single   Elizabeth CHAMBERLIN Single  
146 16/03/1809 James ELLIS Single   Rachael HOLT Single Gisleham
147 02/10/1809 John CLUTTEN Single Westhall Martha COLMAN Single  
148 08/10/1811 William READ Widower   Ann KENT Single Beccles
149 12/10/1811 John WELSH Single   Elizabeth COLLINS Single  
150 29/10/1812 William FOULCHER Single   Margaret LANGLEY Widow  
151 10/11/1812 James HOWEL Single   Ann TUNGET Single  
1 11/01/1813 Benjamin BECKET Single   Mary MUDDET Single  
2 06/12/1815 William FISK Single   Amy IVES Single  
3 28/12/1815 John WORNES Single   Mary READ Single  
4 12/02/1816 John ELLIS Single   Honor WALES Single  
5 04/04/1816 Samuel BALDREY Single   Mary LARTER Single  
6 31/07/1816 Thomas WALES Widower   Rosetta WARD Widow  
7 21/10/1816 Samuel BALDRY Single   Hannah UNDERWOOD Single  
8 22/11/1816 William FRYAT Single   Jemima MUDET Single  
9 13/02/1817 Thomas WRIGHT Single   Rachiel TURRELL Widow  
10 11/03/1817 Edward SWAN Single Wangford By Southwold Sarah CANDLER Single  
11 27/10/1817 Samuel SAYER Single   Mary Ann FISHER Single  
12 03/11/1817 John GUNTING Single   Mary Ann MITCHEL Single  
13 01/01/1818 John BOTWRIGHT Single   Sarah BOLSTON Single  
14 28/04/1818 Robert RUMSBY Single Gislingham Charlotte BUTCHER Single  
15 30/04/1818 John KNIGHTS Widower   Ann REEVE Widow  
16 03/11/1818 William READ Single   Margaret HURREN Single  
17 28/12/1818 Isaac LANGLEY Widower   Ann NAVE Single  
18 08/06/1819 Robert BALLS Widower   Martha BUTCHER Widow  
19 07/12/1819 John FRESHFIELD Single   Marianne GILBERT Single  
20 22/02/1820 James HAWARD Single   Sarah MUDD Single  
21 04/05/1820 Samuel RAVEN Single   Mary CHAMBERS Single  
22 29/05/1820 Jeremiah MUDDETT Single   Mary SPAUL Single  
23 23/01/1821 William BUNN Single Gisleham Mary THACKER Single  
24 03/04/1821 John CHENERY Single Beccles Sarah BALLS    
25 20/04/1821 William EBBS Single   Hannah SMITH Single  
26 23/11/1821 William ELLIS Single   Lucy STONE Single  
27 05/02/1822 William HARROD Single   Elizabeth ANDREWS Single  
28 01/04/1822 Samuel MOYES Single Benacre Mary RAVEN Single  
29 06/05/1822 James CATCHPOLE Widower   Sarah LANGLEY Single  
30 17/01/1823 John HUNT Widower Mutford Mary ELLIS Widow  
31 26/10/1823 John DURRANT Single Carlton Colville Elizabeth BUTCHER Single  
32 18/05/1824 James COLTON Single Wangford By Southwold Sarah BUCKEL Single  
33 23/11/1824 William EVES Single   Sarah JOHNSON Single  
34 20/01/1825 John MOYSE Single   Mary Anne RAVEN Single  
35 24/02/1825 John TYRRELL Single   Susanna PARSLEY Single  
36 02/08/1825 John Bowler COOK Single   Sarah RAVEN Single  
37 01/11/1825 George RAVEN Single   Jane RAVEN Single  
38 26/11/1825 William WILSON Single   Lydia BARNABY Single  
39 24/10/1826 Robert MILLS Single Wrentham Esther RIVETT Single  
40 14/11/1826 John SHERWOOD Widower Frostenden Anne HUNN Single  
41 05/12/1826 James BUTCHER Single   Phoebe FOLKARD Single  
42 15/01/1827 John MITCHELLS Single Reydon Sarah ROOT Single  
43 20/12/1827 George PLEASANTS Single   Anne WATLING Single  
44 21/01/1828 Daniel HART Single Brampton Mary CROSS Single  
45 15/04/1828 John HUNN Single   Elizabeth ROBERTS Single  
46 23/11/1828 David WALE Single   Letitia COOPER Single  
47 08/06/1829 William BOTWRIGHT Single   Mary Anne FISHER Single  
48 14/07/1829 Alexander Keable GLOVER Widower St Peter, Colchester, Essex Mary WHINCOP Single  
49 16/08/1829 James DUNHAM Single   Harriet FOULGER Single  
50 17/12/1829 William PEAK Widower Wenhaston Mary TINK Single  
51 25/12/1829 Thomas BLOCK Single   Hannah COOPER Single  
52 17/06/1830 William TYRRELL Single   Maria OAKS Single  
54 28/04/1831 John THACKER Single   Susan DAINES Single  
55 23/05/1831 Elisha BARNES Single Holy Trinity, Bungay Celia OSBORNE Single  
56 30/05/1831 John EAVES Single   Mary LYDIMORE Single  
57 03/07/1831 James FAIRMAN Single   Rebecca THURLING Single Pitsford, Northamptonshire
58 23/10/1831 Edmund SAUNDERS Single Wrentham Hannah QUANTRILL Widow  
59 29/03/1832 George ROUSE Single   Mary Anne RIVETT Single  
60 16/07/1832 John SMITH Single   Hannah FOSDYKE Single  
61 15/11/1832 George ANDREWS Single   Ann ANDREWS Single  
62 26/11/1832 William COTTINGHAM Single Wrentham Hannah LYDAMORE Single  
63 27/11/1832 William PELLS Single Frostenden Hannah MAYHEW Widow  
64 11/04/1833 John OKES Single   Harriet MANNING Single  
65 28/05/1833 William SAMSON Single Mutford Elizabeth ANDREWS Single  
66 08/07/1833 David DUNHAM Single   Charlotte EVES Single  
67 08/08/1833 James DOY Single Barnby Elizabeth WALE Single  
68 07/11/1833 Samuel SUTTON Single St Mary, Bungay Anna DENNY Single  
69 23/02/1834 James ROUSE Single   Emily EVES Single  
70 14/10/1834 Isaac BUTCHER Single   Emma HICKELTON Single North Cove
71 29/10/1834 James THURSTON Single   Mary COOPER Single  
72 05/10/1835 John RAVEN Single   Sarah GRIMBLE Single  
73 28/04/1836 George TOWNSEND Single   Mary Ann ROUSE Single  
74 13/08/1836 Francis BUTCHER Single Holton By Halesworth Mary Anne TAYLOR Single  
75 25/08/1836 Charles CANDLER Single Glemsford Letitia WOODCOCK Single  
76 27/10/1836 James BARBER Single   Jemima CHESTON Single  
77 03/11/1836 William WRIGHT Single Carlton Colville Louisa COOPER Single  
78 20/12/1836 Charles UTTON Widower   Sarah WELTON Single  
79 12/01/1837 John DUNHAM Single   Mary Anne EAVES Single  
80 18/01/1837 William HOWELL Single   Jemima ROUSE Single  

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