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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Pakefield St Mary & All Saints

 

The Parish

The parish of Pakefield lies in the northeast of Suffolk, indeed it forms part of Suffolk's eastern North Sea coast. Pakefield is located about 2 miles south of the port of Lowestoft and today forms part of that port's extended urban area. Pakefield sits on the B1532 road (formerly the A12) as it heads southwards from Lowestoft to join the rerouted A12. Pakefield would have had a mixed economy, as a coastal settlement fishing would have been important, mainly from beach-hauled craft, as well as agriculture. Today it earns much of its living from its sandy beach. There are few streams draining the parish, those that do head northwards to reach Lake Lothing and the sea through Lowestoft. Pakefield is sited at just 2 metres above the sea and has an extensive beach frontage. Suffolk parishes are quite small and Pakefield was no exception, it covered just under 700 acres and would have supported a population of around 500 parishioners. In Domesday times Pakefield was largely held by the King, himself, with a small portion held by Earl Hugh of Chester. Pakefield could offer 14 ploughs as well as meadows and woodland.


The Church

St Margaret & All Saint's church sits almost on the beach at the eastern end of Saxon Road. This curious church is actually comprised of two former churches which formerly were divided by a solid wall. It was only in 1748 that the two parishes, dedications and congregations were merged. Sadly the building received considerable damage during World War 2 and it was not until 1950 that repairs were sufficient for it to be re-consecrated The basal date of the current building is the 14th century, evidenced by the Decorated style of the eastern windows. Car-bound visitors should approach from "Causeway" where a parking area is sited, the site is surrounded on three sides by a low flint wall, the fourth being open to the beach. The site has no restrictions to photography being devoid of trees.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 30th June 1754 - 27th July 1812 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD551/9 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 16th February 1813 - 28th May 1837 Norfolk Record Office - Reference - PD551/10 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Carlton Colville St Peter
Carlton Colville St Peter
Kirkley St Peter

Carlton Colville St Peter

Gisleham Holy Trinity
Gisleham Holy Trinity
Kessingland St Edmund

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 30/06/1754 John SINNELL Widower Carlton Colville Margarett KELLER Single  
2 21/08/1754 John SWAIN Single Kirkley Martha NICHOLLS    
3 23/12/1754 Robert WARD Widower   Elizabeth FISH Single  
4 14/04/1755 John FRANCIS Single   Rachael COOK Single  
5 15/09/1755 Charles MILLS Single   Ann NEASBATH Widow  
6 23/11/1755 Daniel MULINDER Single   Mary EVERETT Single  
7 23/12/1755 William BOON Single   Mary CANDLER Single  
8 26/04/1756 John FOREMAN Single   Elizabeth ARTIS Single  
9 25/07/1756 Randwill FARMAN Single   Mary ARTIS Single  
10 20/09/1756 Francis ARTIS Single   Margarett FOREMAN Single  
11 28/12/1756 Thomas COOK Single   Elizabeth BEALS Single  
12 20/01/1757 Henry BRAME Widower   Frances WIGG Single  
13 12/07/1757 Thomas ARTIS Single   Anne CALVER Single  
14 13/09/1757 William STONE Single   Martha CALLOW Single  
15 30/01/1758 John PEEK Single   Mary LINKHORN Single  
16 27/03/1758 John RUFFELS Single   Mary MULLET Single  
17 29/09/1758 William SPRUNT Single   Elizabeth FAIRCHILD Single  
18 21/12/1758 John COOK Widower   Esther KEMP Single  
19 26/11/1759 Charles WARREN     Margaret KEMP    
20 03/01/1761 John Woolley COOTE     Mary CATCHPOLE    
21 04/01/1761 Jeremiah ALDHOUSE     Susan MULLENDER    
22 10/05/1762 John SPARDON Single   Elisabeth PAGE Single  
23 07/06/1762 John JARVIS Single   Mary BALLS Single  
24 22/07/1762 John COLEBY Single   Margaret BELL    
25 22/07/1762 James NICHOLLS     Ann AYERS    
26 19/12/1762 Emanuel MULLENDER Single   Ann MAPES Single  
27 28/01/1763 John NEWSON Single   Elizabeth CANDLER Single  
28 18/04/1763 William BOBBEE Single   Ann HARMAN Widow  
29 12/06/1763 Robert BALDREY Widower   Martha SWAIN Widow  
30 27/11/1763 Thomas COOK Single   Elizabeth GOWEN Single  
31 29/11/1763 William COLBY Single   Susanna ROWLAND Single  
32 24/01/1764 Arthur ARTIS Single   Abigal TURNER Single  
33 07/05/1764 Thomas AIRS Single   Elizabeth WOOLLIGE Single  
34 25/07/1764 Nathaniel KILLOCK Single Kirkley Esther MULLINER Single  
35 20/09/1764 Thomas WEST Widower Kirkley Mary FOREMAN    
36 27/12/1764 Noah MULLENDOR Single   Elizabeth ROUSE Single  
37 22/04/1765 Thomas NICHOLS Widower   Mary BEALS Single  
38 23/07/1765 Robert CROTCH Single   Mary ROUSE Single  
39 22/09/1765 John HOLSWORTH Widower   Martha PARSKE Widow  
40 24/12/1765 William CUTLER Single   Mary DENNY    
41 24/04/1766 James CALVER Single   Elizabeth STANFORD Single  
42 23/10/1766 Jonathan SAWYER     Sarah GOODWIN    
43 28/04/1767 John CALVER Single   Sarah CARR    
44 30/06/1767 Charles CHAPMAN     Martha FULLER    
45 21/09/1767 William MULLENDER Single   Elizabeth EVERET Single  
46 06/10/1767 Jefery AUSTIN Single   Judith STUBBS Single  
47 24/11/1767 William LEWIS Widower   Mary PURCE Single  
48 04/01/1768 John MARJORAM Single Blundeston Christian BALES Single  
49 31/03/1768 Samuel ROUSE Single   Margaret COLBY Widow  
50 06/12/1768 John COOK Single   Judith STAMFORD Single  
51 28/12/1768 John COOK Widower   Mary TURNER Widow  
52 24/01/1769 William MITCHELS Single   Mary ROBERTS Single  
53 06/02/1769 William GOODWIN Single   Mary ROBINSON Single  
54 09/05/1769 William HOLT Single   Sarah BALES Single  
55 13/07/1769 Philip STROWGER Single Blyford Martha EDMONDS Widow  
56 07/05/1770 James BALLS Single   Martha CAPPS Single  
57 04/10/1770 Rouse MABSON Single Southwold Susanna COLBY Single  
58 12/02/1771 John THACKER Single   Sarah MUD Single  
59 04/10/1771 Robert RAVEN Single   Hannah ELLIS Single  
60 30/01/1772 James CUTTLER Single Ellough Jane RIX Single  
61 19/11/1773 Jeremy COOPER Single   Elizabeth PULLER Single  
62 27/12/1774 John TURNER Single   Ann CUTTLER Single  
63 12/06/1775 Thomas BULYAN Single   Martha BAILEY Widow  
64 31/08/1775 Mark Munds WATSON Single Lowestoft Elizabeth MACHIN Single  
65 14/12/1775 William HUNT Single   Patience PANKS Single  
66 19/12/1776 William BREWSTER Single   Martha ELLIS Single  
67 17/01/1777 William THURELL Single   Elizabeth COLEBY Single Kirkley
68 11/02/1777 Henry MOYSE Single Kirkley Sarah ROUSE Single  
69 28/10/1777 John RICKERS Single   Ann COOPER Single  
70 10/02/1778 Samuel CAPP Single   Alice BANKS Single  
71 13/02/1778 Joseph PAGE Single   Mary PENNANT Single  
72 23/07/1778 William MACKER Single   Elizabeth ALEXANDER Single  
73 23/12/1778 Thomas CAPP Single   Susan GOODING Single  
74 14/01/1779 Matthew JOHNSON Single Lowestoft Susanna ALDEN Single  
75 15/05/1780 John MANSFIELD Single   Mary LANE Single Gisleham
76 16/10/1780 Robert STROWGER   Carlton Colville Martha LAY Single  
77 04/06/1781 Charles SOLOMON Single   Susanna POPE Single  
78 05/06/1781 John CHRISTIAN   Great Ryburgh, Norfolk Mary MACHIN Single  
79 24/04/1782 John SMITH Single   Elizabeth THACKER Widow  
80 03/02/1783 John UTTING Single Somerleyton Mary BOON Single  
81 11/02/1783 Mark ROPE Single Gisleham Susannah SALTER Single  
82 31/08/1783 James TOUT Single   Sarah HOULT Widow  
83 29/09/1783 William SALTER Single Gisleham Elizabeth SEARLES Single  
84 28/03/1785 Joseph CHITTERHAM Widower Lowestoft Susanna JOHNSON Widow  
85 18/06/1793 James PORSONS Single   Elizabeth HARE Single  
86 02/10/1794 Samuel WHITE Single   Elizabeth WOODROW Single  
87 12/10/1795 Robert DAYNES Single   Mary CATCHPOLE Single  
89 11/10/1797 William FOREMAN Single   Elizabeth MULLENDER Single  
90 21/11/1797 John COLBY Single   Mary WHITE Single  
91 30/11/1797 William ALLEN Single   Sarah HOLT Single  
92 22/01/1798 Henry PRITTY Single Southwold Ann COLBY Single  
93 07/04/1799 John HOOKE Single   Ann WHITE Single  
94 06/05/1799 Thomas BISHOP Single   Sarah PURDY Widow  
95 17/10/1799 William BROWNING Single   Jane BAXTER Single  
96 29/10/1799 James CLARKE Single   Sarah MULLINDER Single  
97 30/10/1800 James VINEYARD Single   Maria GIRLING Single  
98 24/11/1800 Henry HAWNING Single   Rose JENKINSON Single  
99 07/06/1801 Charles BARRET Single   Sarah PACK Single  
100 03/09/1801 Samuel WEST Single Kessingland Phoebe PACK Single  
101 06/01/1802 Nathaniel COLBY Single   Susanna PRITTY Single  
102 07/01/1802 Emmanuel MULLENDER Single   Catherine NUDD Single Lowestoft
103 27/05/1802 Thomas ROCKHILL Widower   Ann PACK Single  
104 12/10/1802 James CONE Single Kirkley Mary KNIGHTS Single  
105 10/01/1803 Jonathan CARR Single   Mary SMITH Single Lowestoft
106 11/04/1803 Jeremy COOPER Single   Martha BARBER Single Kirkley
107 14/04/1803 John MULLENDER Single   Elizabeth KEMP Single  
108 25/04/1803 Edmund RAVEN Single   Ann PITCHES Single  
109 07/06/1803 James CLARKE Widower   Elizabeth CATCHPOLE Single  
110 03/01/1804 Randal COLBY Single   Judith FISHER Single  
111 02/04/1804 James MILLS Single   Sarah CHAPMAN Single  
112 10/08/1804 Thomas MULLENDER Single   Martha CHAPMAN Single  
113 09/10/1804 Samuel BARBER Single   Maria PEARCE Single  
114 11/12/1804 Jonathan WRIGHT Widower Gisleham Martha CATCHPOLE Single  
115 23/04/1805 James CLARKE Widower   Elizabeth BERNARD Widow  
116 26/12/1805 Henry YOUELL Single Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Esther GOODINGS Single  
117 12/06/1806 John BROOME Widower   Hannah HATCHER Single  
118 13/10/1806 Benjamin WHURR Single Brooke, Norfolk Ann CHASE Single  
119 15/01/1807 William PEAKE Single Kirkley Elizabeth WHITE Single  
120 03/12/1807 William MARTIN Single   Hannah WHITE Single  
121 31/12/1807 Charles CHAPMAN Single   Hester MULLENDER Single  
122 01/08/1808 William BALLS Single Westhall Maria CUNNINGHAM Single  
123 16/09/1808 James PEEK Single   Sarah HOLLINGSWORTH Single  
124 10/11/1808 Thomas COOLBY Single   Elizabeth BALLS Single  
125 16/02/1809 Joseph CAPPS Widower   Judith CLARKE Widow  
126 27/04/1809 Edward DURRANT Single Kessingland Sarah CUNNINGHAM Widow  
127 09/05/1809 Samuel LINCOLN Single   Mary BARBER Single Kirkley
128 26/04/1810 William WARFORD Single   Susannah THOMPSON Single  
129 29/10/1810 William SMITH Single   Mary Ann MURTON Single  
130 11/12/1810 William FISHER Single Kirkley Mary Ann COLBY Single  
131 25/04/1811 William DODINGTON Single   Mary CUTTER Single  
132 19/05/1811 James BARBER Single Lowestoft Maria ADAMS Single  
133 12/05/1812 John SERLES Single Ellough Hannah HOULT Single  
134 27/07/1812 Henery COOK Widower Lowestoft Mary RIX Widow  
1 16/02/1813 John CUNNINGHAM Widower Kirkley Susanna MORRIS Widow  
2 26/04/1813 Edward CUTTER Single   Kezia KNIGHTS    
3 10/11/1813 Edward JERMYN Single Carlton Colville Sarah HILL Single  
4 14/12/1813 Samuel BENSTEAD Single   Anne RALPH Single  
5 20/12/1814 William COLBY     Susan TODD    
6 26/12/1814 John FULLER     Hannah THOMPSON    
7 06/03/1815 Samuel CLUTTEN Single Kirkley Susan GALLAND Single  
8 01/05/1815 William STONE Single   Mary KING Single  
9 05/06/1815 Charles SMITH     Mary PEARCE   Kirkley
10 25/12/1815 John Tunney REEVE     Virtue PEARCE    
11 27/12/1815 John TODD     Maria PECK    
12 28/03/1816 George OLNEY Single   Ann RUDD Single  
13 05/12/1816 William ALBROW Single   Margaret COLBY Single  
14 16/12/1816 Amos LINCOLN Single   Rachel BARBER Single  
15 17/02/1817 Peter BEECROFT Single Kirkley Mary BROWNING Single  
16 06/03/1817 James CUNNINGHAM Single   Sarah DOWNING Single  
17 19/01/1819 William GRAY Single Kirkley Sarah BAXTER Single  
18 27/05/1819 Thomas BARNJUM Single   Sarah GUILD Single Carlton Colville
19 22/05/1820 Robert FAIRHEAD Single   Phoebe LAY Single  
20 25/12/1820 John MOISE Single Carlton Colville Honor TODD Single  
21 26/02/1821 William ALLEN Widower   Elizabeth GARDINER Widow Kirkley
22 11/06/1821 John HACHER Single Carlton Colville Lydia TODD Single  
23 03/09/1821 Edward PEEK Single   Phebe HORN Single  
25 20/12/1821 John LEWIS Single Kirkley Susannah COLBY Single  
26 19/12/1822 Robert PEEK Single   Jemima WARFORD Single  
27 19/12/1822 John WARFORD Single   Martha MEEK Single  
28 07/08/1823 William LEWIS Single Kirkley Susannah PIERSONS Single  
29 08/12/1824 William MADDIS Single   Esther POLL Single  
30 06/07/1825 James RAVEN Single Mutford Ann DRIVER Single  
31 13/10/1825 Robert KNIGHTS Single   Elizabeth FOREMAN Single  
32 21/11/1825 William COLBY Widower   Susannah THOMPSON Widow  
33 08/12/1825 William KING Single   Mary BENJAFIELD Single  
34 03/01/1826 Thomas GOFF Single   Susan WIGG Single Henstead
35 28/00/1827 William WRIGHT Single   Elizabeth Barrett CROW   Lowestoft
36 08/04/1828 Isaac DURRANT   Kessingland Amelia PYE    
37 27/05/1828 Robert RAVEN Single   Hannah ROLFE    
38 29/06/1828 William MANTRIPP Single Lowestoft Elizabeth CLARKE Single  
39 30/10/1828 David WHAYMAN Widower Snape Mahalah GOLDSMITH Single  
40 29/01/1829 James KNIGHTS Single   Maria MAYS Single  
41 04/01/1830 John HUNTING Single Kirkley Mary CLARKE    
42 19/01/1830 John BROWN Single   Mary READ   Carlton Colville
43 21/04/1830 James BEANE     Mary Ann DAVIE Single  
44 07/06/1830 William WOODS Single   Elizabeth GIRLING Single  
45 30/09/1830 James ADAMS Single   Eleanor RAMSEY Single  
46 03/10/1830 Samuel PEEK Single   Phoebe JENKINSON Single  
47 15/12/1830 James WARFORD Single   Phebe PEARSONS Single  
48 17/01/1832 William FISK Single   Elizabeth MEADOWS Single  
49 12/07/1832 Samuel CLUTTON Single   Elizabeth COOPER   Lowestoft
50 24/09/1832 Henry COLBY Single   Mary Anne ADAMS    
51 27/12/1832 James PEEK Single Kirkley Charlotte CLARKE    
52 11/03/1833 James PECK Single Carlton Colville Rachel BROWN Single  
53 27/08/1833 George Medmer GOODWIN Widower   Elizabeth JAY    
54 12/09/1833 William FISK Single Carlton Colville Mary CLUTTON    
55 24/09/1833 Samuel WIGGINS Single Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Mary Ann LINCOLN Single  
56 05/11/1833 William DANN Single Fritton Sarah DALBY Single  
57 05/11/1833 Charles GOODWIN Single   Elizabeth MULLENDER Single  
58 11/11/1833 Barzillai THOMPSON Single   Elizabeth NEWSON Single  
59 22/09/1834 William KNIGHTS Single Gisleham Hannah BLOWERS Single  
60 20/01/1835 James WARD Single   Maria ROUSE Single  
61 01/04/1835 John MULLENDER Single   Sarah ALDEN Single  
62 21/04/1835 John COLBY Single   Margaret WARD Single  
64 03/03/1836 Robert LINCOLN Single   Elizabeth CLUTTON Single  
65 19/04/1836 Robert BROWN Single   Charlotte PIZZEY Single  
66 16/05/1836 George MAYS Single   Ann CLUTTON Single  
67 16/09/1836 James MUTTETT Single   Phoebe GIRLING Single  
68 17/11/1836 John Curtiss ADAMS Single   Hannah THURSTON Single  
69 04/12/1836 John STONE Single   Caroline SEAMAN Single  
70 06/12/1836 Henry BATTRICK Single Lowestoft Sarah CLARKE Single  
72 28/05/1837 Edward Rade AUSTINS Single   Maria WARD Single  

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