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

 

The Parish

The parish of Holton St Mary (there being 2 villages called Holton in Suffolk) lies in the far south of the county close by the border with Essex. The parish is about 4 miles northwest of the small Essex port of Manningtree and adjacent to the busy A12 road. The village is astride the B1070 road which leads from the A12 to the market town of Hadleigh. Holton St Mary is a relatively small parish, about 800 acres, and with a small population of less than 200 parishioners. The area is a rich agricultural one at about 50 metres above sea level and above the pretty valley of the River Stour made famous by the paintings of Constable. Despite its small size Holton St Mary has a long history being mentioned in Domesday Book as held by a Saxon Eisger and possessing 7 ploughs.


The Church

St Mary's church sits adjacent to the B1050 on the south side and central to the village. The church is of the 13th and 14th century and largely Perpendicular in style. A curiosity is the tower which has an unfinished look barely rising above the roof height of the main body yet buttressed almost to the top it was clearly designed to have an additional section and yet was finished with battlements at this height. Perhaps the money or will ran out.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 22nd October 1754 - 30th January 1812 Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FB73/D2/3
Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 11th January 1814 - 30th October 1835 Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FB73/D2/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Raydon St Mary
Raydon St Mary
Great Wenham St John
Higham St Mary
Great Wenham St John
Higham St Mary
Stratford St Mary
East Bergholt 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 22/10/1754 Thomas CHISNALL   Roydon, Essex Elizabeth JAGGARD    
2 13/04/1755 Samuel PICKISS     Susan OSBORNE Single  
3 26/06/1757 Edward SCOTT     Mary POPE    
4 10/07/1759 Thomas RUSHBROOKE Single   Martha BUSH Single  
5 20/07/1759 Thomas RUSHBROOKE Widower   Mary MUNNING Widow East Bergholt
6 05/11/1759 William WYMARK Widower   Alice GROSS Single  
7 22/11/1759 George STOWERS Widower   Sarah REGINALD Widow Hadleigh
8 07/03/1760 Thomas WOOLVETT Single Ramsey, Essex Martha RUSHBROOK Single  
9 30/11/1760 James LOTT   Boxted, Essex Elizabeth DURRANT Single  
10 09/01/1761 Thomas ASKEW Single Little Clacton, Essex Anne STOLLERY Single  
11 01/11/1761 John LEWIS Single East Bergholt Mary RUSHBROOK Single  
12 14/02/1763 Robert HOYE Single Lawford, Essex Mary DURRANT Single  
13 20/09/1763 Philbrick CLEFT Single Dedham, Essex Sarah BUSH Single  
14 13/10/1763 Samuel PICKISS Single   Elizabeth CLARKE Single  
15 28/03/1764 Thomas WARREN Single Roydon, Essex Susannah COOK Single  
16 11/10/1764 James BUSH Single   Sarah DAY Single Washbrook
17 07/07/1765 John ROLF Single   Elizabeth SMITH Single  
18 07/03/1769 John LEWIS Single Great Clacton, Essex Jane MANNING Single  
19 20/08/1769 Richard ANNES Single   Elizabeth ROLF Single  
20 10/11/1769 Edmond SAWYER Single West Mersea, Essex Hannah HERSOM Single  
21 31/01/1770 George DOUBLE Single   Mary WHITE Single  
22 26/04/1770 William BARTON Single   Elizabeth STOWERS Single  
22 23/07/1771 Robert HYNARD Single Great Holland, Essex Elizabeth PRIKE Single  
23 16/10/1771 Isaac CLARKE Single   Bridget NORMAN Single  
24 11/11/1772 John DOUBLE Single   Anne ALLEN Single  
25 02/03/1773 Stephen DURRANT Single   Rachel GRIGS Single  
26 09/09/1773 Henry WHITE Widower   Ann WELHAM Widow  
27 03/05/1774 John GUNN Single   Ann PRIKE Single  
28 11/04/1776 Thomas BEACHAM Single   Elizabeth WYMARK Single  
29 04/12/1777 Abraham DURRANT Single   Ellen WYMARK Single  
30 30/12/1777 James STILES Single East Bergholt Amy HAMMOND Single  
31 31/01/1780 Joseph DOUBLE Single   Mary WRIGHT Single  
32 07/11/1781 Thomas MANN Single   Mary WYMARK Single  
33 10/12/1783 John PICKISS Single   Sarah CARPENTER Single  
34 24/01/1784 William ORSBORNE Single   Susanna ROLFE Single  
35 06/04/1784 Samuel PICKESS Single   Mary CHURCH Single  
36 10/10/1785 Jacob SONGER Widower Brantham Martha WHITE Single  
37 15/11/1785 Samuel SCOTT Single   Lydia HOWE Single  
38 30/04/1786 John BOLEY Single   Mary WYMARK Single  
39 25/07/1787 George BANHAM Single Higham Judith KETTLE Single  
40 08/11/1787 Isaac LAYFELL Single   Mary HOY Widow  
41 21/10/1788 Nathaniel STOWERS Widower   Ann GUNN Widow  
42 05/11/1788 John MALEN Widower   Elizabeth JORDAN Single  
43 02/11/1790 James CORDER Single Dedham, Essex Elizabeth PICKESS Single  
44 02/08/1792 William POTTER Single   Sarah CUNDY Single  
45 17/05/1793 Zechariah NEWMAN Single Dovercourt, Essex Elizabeth WHITE Single  
46 23/09/1793 William LAMBERT Single   Hannah HOY Single  
47 29/03/1796 William BARFIELD Single Shelley, Essex Lucy COOK Single  
48 17/05/1796 John WRIGHT Single   Ellen DURRANT Single  
49 11/12/1798 William LAMB Widower Great Wenham Judith BOLEY Single  
50 02/11/1800 Abraham RUSHBROOK Single   Susanna TOWNS Single  
51 14/12/1800 William SCOTT Widower   Sarah HOY Single  
52 08/06/1802 Edward HILL Widower   Hannah COOK Widow  
53 28/06/1802 James LAWS Single   Mary GRIMES Single  
54 05/09/1802 Samuel FAIRS Widower   Martha WELHAM Single  
55 02/05/1804 John LAMBERT Single Chattisham Clarissa CANDLER Single  
56 03/12/1805 James KETTLE Single Higham Sarah HAMMOND Single  
57 08/03/1806 John BELL Widower Washbrook Abigail DOUBLE Single  
58 27/01/1809 James KEMP Single Stratford St Mary Sarah MALYN Single  
59 09/10/1809 Thomas MALYN Single   Mary PICKESS Single  
60 25/10/1809 Henry COOK Single   Mary Marren SYER Single Stratford St Mary
61 02/07/1810 Samuel BEARDWELL Widower   Frances GARROOD Single  
62 03/06/1811 Henry HURREL Single   Susanna WARREN Single  
63 30/01/1812 William BAKER Single Roydon, Essex Fanny JAMES Single  
1 11/01/1814 James STEFF Single   Sarah PRIKE Single  
2 26/12/1814 John BIRD Single Roydon, Essex Ruth PICKESS Single  
3 09/05/1815 Robert MARTIN Single St Osyth, Essex Hannah COOK Single  
4 27/11/1815 Thomas HICKS Single   Mary WHATSON Single Dedham, Essex
5 29/04/1817 John BLOMFIELD Single Little Wenham Elizabeth HEARSOM Single  
6 04/11/1817 William DEEKS Single   Abigail RIVERS Single  
7 08/01/1818 Henry KING Single East Bergholt Eleanor WRIGHT Single  
8 27/01/1818 Daniel PITCHELL Single Higham Sarah LAIT Single  
9 02/08/1820 Thomas SCOTT Single   Judith HOY Single  
10 26/08/1821 John MALYN Single Manningtree, Essex Deborah PAGE Single  
11 05/12/1822 John SMITH Single   Charlotte PECK Single  
12 19/10/1823 Henry GRIGSON Single Roydon, Essex Hannah BYRES Single  
13 13/08/1824 Daniell DEEKS Single   Nancy BUSH Single  
14 13/10/1824 Thomas POWELL   Great Holland, Essex Mary BOORE Single  
15 09/11/1824 James DEEKS Single East Bergholt Elizabeth MANN Single  
16 16/11/1824 Thomas BYLES Single Stratford St Mary Ann WHYMARK Single  
17 22/02/1825 Thomas TAILBY Single   Susan ABLETT Single  
18 11/07/1825 William STOWE Single Stratford St Mary Eleanor KING Widow  
19 25/10/1825 Samuel PETTINGALE Single   Elizabeth BECKWIRTH Single  
20 24/10/1826 James BENNETT Single Stratford St Mary Lucy STIFF Single  
21 07/11/1826 George WHICKER Single Stratford St Mary Mary DOUBLE Single  
22 03/12/1828 Samuel ROLFE Widower   Elizabeth SEAGER Widow  
23 16/12/1829 Devereux LAMBERT Single Chattisham Anne COOPER Single  
24 28/08/1831 William BASKET Single   Sarah WRIGHT Single  
25 11/01/1832 William PETTINGALE Single   Harriet FULLER Single East Bergholt
26 24/06/1832 William Chaning GARDENER Single   Mary JOSLYN Single  
27 18/03/1834 Henry HARRISON Single   Mary LAMBERT Single  
28 30/10/1835 James PARKER Single Ardleigh, Essex Anne REYNOLDS Single  

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