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

 

The Parish

The parish of Little Stonham, which is sometimes rendered as Stonham Parva, is located in central Suffolk. Little Stonham lies about 4 miles east of the market town of Stowmarket. Little Stonham is a small village of two halves, part gathered along a lane leading to its church, the other a frontage to the main A140 road which connects Norwich with Ipswich, the notable signage of the Magpie Inn a feature of this road with its gallows-like structure across the road topped by a magpie motif. The area around Little Stonham is almost entirely arable and little has changed since the time of this transcript. Little Stonham is drained by a small tributary of the River Gipping which it joins close to Stowmarket before heading for the North Sea through the port of Ipswich. Little Stonham is sited at around 50 metres above the sea and whilst the stream bed is some 10 metres lower that represents the most significant change of height for many a mile, the land best described at fairly level. Little Stonham parish was typically small as are most Suffolk parishes, it covered just under 1,200 acres and would have supported a population in the region of 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Little Stonham, together with earl Stonham, was held by one Roger of Poitou, it could offer 14 ploughs, small woodlands and meadows together with a mill, a prosperous small place indeed.


The Church

St Mary's church sits, appropriately enough, at the end of Church Lane on the western edge of Little Stonham surrounded by farm buildings. St Mary is almost entirely of the Perpendicular era with the possible exception of its eastern window which shows the reticulated tracery of the early 14th century. Much else is later and probably late 14th to early 15th centuries. The matching stepped gables of chancel and nave are a feature and the richly decorated western tower is also a fine piece. Internally the church shows a double-hammerbeam roof which is of fine construction. The Victorian restorers did little to change St Mary other than to re-roof the chancel leaving a nice typical Suffolk Perpendicular church. At the end of Church Lane a grassy pull-in leads to a pair of white-painted gates granting access through the hedged churchyard boundary. The western end of the church is rather hemmed in by trees which limit the views available of that western tower,


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 22nd April 1754 - 31st December 1793 Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FB18/D/1/7
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
2 28th May 1794 - 12th June 1810 Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FB18/D/1/8 Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None
3 26th January 1813 - 18th November 1836 Suffolk Record Office - Ipswich - Reference - FB18/D/1/9 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Mendlesham St Mary
Mendlesham St Mary
Wetheringsett cum Brockford All Saints
Earl Stonham St Mary
Mickfield St Andrew
Stonham Aspal St Mary & St Lambert
Earl Stonham St Mary
Earl Stonham St Mary
Stonham Aspal St Mary & St Lambert

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 22/04/1754 Daniel QUINTIN Single Earl Stonham Elizabeth MAYHEW Single  
2 16/08/1754 Thomas CALVER Single   Elizabeth FELGATE Single  
3 10/10/1754 Francis WHISTLE Widower   Catharine BROWNING Single Coddenham
4 27/10/1754 John DAMANT Single   Mary HARTE Single  
5 17/12/1754 Charles THURLOW Single   Sarah REYNOLDS Single  
6 12/11/1755 Booles KIPPIN Widower   Elizabeth BATTLEY Single  
27/07/1756 John PARKER Single   Susan HOWLETT Single  
12/10/1756 Isaac ATTERTON Single   Prudence FRANCES Single  
14/10/1756 William MAPLESTON Single Orford Martha SCOTHMAR Single  
01/12/1757 Robert STAMERS Single   Deborah HAYWARD Single  
18/01/1758 Samuel SOUTHGATE Single   Mary ALLEN Single  
30/05/1760 William LING Single   Rachel GOULDSMITH Single  
30/08/1760 John SHELDERICK Single   Jemmima HAYWARD Single  
10/11/1760 Francis WARD Widower   Susanna THURSTON Single  
12/10/1761 John CHAPMAN Single   Elizabeth FLETCHER Single  
03/05/1762 Thomas PHAROAH Single   Alice PARKER Widow  
25/05/1762 John HAWKINS Single Mendlesham Elizabeth HOLDING Single  
23/11/1762 Robert MEEKINS Single   Elisabeth ATTERTON Single  
13/09/1763 William AMASS Single   Ann PIPE Single  
30/09/1765 George LEA Single   Mary FELGATE Single  
05/11/1765 William RUSH Single   Susan THURSTON Single  
19/02/1766 Henry CHENERY Single Stowmarket Elizabeth HAMMOND Single  
02/01/1767 John SHEPPARD Widower   Elizabeth PALMER Single  
02/01/1770 Henry TEVERSON Single Little Wratting Ann TADD Single  
07/03/1770 John Simpson BARRET Single   Sarah DAMANT Single  
09/04/1770 George BOWTEN Single   Mary JACOB Single  
30/06/1770 John WICKS Single   Elizabeth DAMANT Single  
02/10/1770 Philip TOOSEY Single   Sarah DENTON Single  
13/10/1772 William BATEMAN Single   Ann REYNOLDS Single  
13/04/1773 Thomas FORD Single   Jane ROGERS Single  
11/10/1773 Richard LONG Single Rougham Mary PRING Single  
14/04/1774 Edward HARMSWORTH   Newbury, Berkshire Elizabeth STUDD    
08/08/1775 William SMITH     Mary AMYS    
27/01/1777 John JACOB     Martha RANSON    
05/12/1777 Robert SMITH     Alice RAYNER    
17/09/1778 Jonathan SEAMAN Single Thorndon Catharine DOE    
16/10/1778 Thomas HOOD   Claydon Mary EDWARDS    
29/01/1779 Edmund SMITH Single   Elizabeth SIMPSON   St Lawrence, Ipswich
05/04/1779 John EDWARDS Single   Ann BLOMFIELD Single  
02/11/1779 Robert WHISSEL Single Thwaite Ann RANSON Single  
15/05/1780 William AMAS Widower   Esther SPRINGER Single  
23/11/1780 Lionel PEPPER Widower   Elizabeth ALEXANDER Widow  
15/07/1782 Richard WALLEDGE Widower   Elizabeth OSBORN Widow  
27/11/1783 William WUDD Single   Rachael ALEXANDER    
03/12/1783 Jonathan SMY Single   Elizabeth BATTLEY Single  
30/01/1784 James SMITH Single   Sarah SIMPSON Single  
23/08/1784 John HORTH Single   Margaret SMITH Single  
03/12/1784 John FROST Single   Susan READ Single  
12/12/1784 Charles TYDEMAN Single   Sarah POLLARD Single  
18/05/1785 John HICKS Single Creeting St Mary Rachael LING Single  
05/06/1786 Edmund GOYMER Single Debenham Elizabeth GAYMER Single  
26/06/1787 John MANSFIELD Single   Elizabeth POLLARD Widow  
13/12/1787 William LAW Single   Mary BLOMFIELD Single  
18/12/1787 Thomas PHAROAH     Rachel NUNN Single  
03/04/1788 John GOYMOUR Single   Mary DOVE Single  
12/01/1789 John HICKS Single   Esther DOVE Single  
26/03/1789 Harper FARRER Single Monk Soham Elizabeth ALEXANDER Single  
10/04/1789 Richard VINCENT Single   Mary WRIGHT Single  
03/11/1789 Edward WELLS Single   Elizabeth QUINTON Single  
02/01/1790 William FROST Single   Elizabeth TRICKER Single  
12/09/1790 Benjamin DILLISTONE Single   Elizabeth KING Single Stonham Aspal
28/09/1790 William BAKER Single Buxhall Susanah LING Single  
08/10/1790 James ALDOUS Single Brandeston Martha DOVE Single  
31/12/1790 Robert KERSEY Single Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Mary BOON Single  
16/05/1791 Stephen OXBOROW Single Bredfield Ann ALGER Single  
11/10/1791 Robert WADE Single   Thamar PARKER Single  
26/12/1791 Robert SHEPHERD Single Eye Mary GOLDSPINK Single  
19/11/1792 John LANMAN Widower Mickfield Ann GILLINGES Single  
01/01/1793 William WOOLTERTON Single Whitechapel, Middlesex Ann ALEXANDER Single  
29/01/1793 Robert CROOX Single   Margaret AGER Single  
30/04/1793 Thomas WARNES Single Nettlestead Hannah BASKET Single  
31/12/1793 Robert RASE Single   Elizabeth CARR Single  
1 28/05/1794 David LINGWOOD Single Eye Hannah WARD Single  
2 25/08/1794 Anthony ALEXANDER Single   Elizabeth GARNHAM Single  
3 07/10/1795 John GILLINGS Widower Mickfield Mary LAMMAN Single  
4 23/05/1797 William HAGGAR Widower   Sarah PHAROAH Single  
6 04/06/1798 Thomas PHAROAH Widower   Ann PAYMER Single  
7 11/07/1798 Isaac CHURCHYARD Single Earl Soham Catharine LING Single  
5 04/04/1799 Cayward LING Single   Ann TYDEMAN Single  
8 28/08/1799 Esau HART Single   Susanna MYLES Single  
9 27/01/1800 Robert SHELDRAKE Single Kersey Catharine SHELDRAKE Single  
10 03/04/1800 Edmund CRASKE Single Wickham Skeith Martha SHELDRAKE Single  
11 13/04/1801 John HAMMOND Single   Ann DICKERSON Single  
12 12/05/1801 John WRIGHT Widower   Jemima RACE Widow  
13 22/12/1801 Richard COLE Single St Matthew, Ipswich Charlotte JARMY Single  
14 25/04/1802 Robert FROST Single   Ann CRACKNELL Single  
15 14/12/1802 William BANTOCK Single   Rachel PALMER Single  
16 26/07/1803 Francis LANMAN Single   Sarah CAPON Single  
17 01/12/1803 Martin TYDEMAN Single   Elizabeth FROST Single  
18 09/01/1804 William PLANTON Single   Sarah ALLARD Single  
19 25/09/1804 Frederick Francis LEEKAMP Single St Matthew, Ipswich Mary THURSTON Single  
20 09/12/1806 Henry RUNNICLES Single Nacton Elizabeth DAMANT Single  
21 20/04/1807 Philip LEE Single   Susan PARMER Single  
22 12/10/1807 Elisha COOK Single   Elizabeth GRIMWOOD Single  
23 15/10/1807 John MAYHEW Single Pettaugh Mary Ann GOYMOUR Single  
24 02/03/1808 Henry LAMBART Single St Mary At Elms, Ipswich Ann WICKS Single  
25 10/07/1808 James RUSH Single   Amy CODD Single  
26 12/10/1808 James PHILLIPS Widower Old Newton Sarah BENT Single  
27 16/03/1809 James FROST Single   Phillis LUFF Single  
28 31/07/1809 Edmond OTLEY Single   Mary TOMPSON Single  
29 12/06/1810 James NORMAN Single Manningtree, Essex Mary Ann SHELDRAKE Single  
1 26/01/1813 John SELF Single   Maria BATLEY Single  
2 23/02/1813 Isaac SHEPHARD Single   Martha WHISSEL Single  
3 04/01/1814 Philip COOK   Earl Stonham Letitia GAYMOUR Single  
4 13/01/1814 John PAGE Single   Hannah LILLY Single  
5 27/06/1814 John LILLEY Single Essex Mary PAGE Single  
6 17/10/1815 Robert PRATT Single   Rose POTTER Single  
7 29/02/1816 Isaac SHEPHERD Widower   Letitia PENNEL Widow Ringshall
8 16/10/1816 Samuel BOND Single   Sarah Ann LANMAN Single  
9 05/11/1817 William POPE Single   Rachel ALLARD Single Creeting All Saints
10 12/10/1818 Henry CLAMP Single Stonham Aspal Hannah CROOKS Single  
11 19/10/1818 John SELF Widower   Elizabeth GOODING Single  
12 29/01/1819 Wells PENTIN Widower   Susannah BALLS Widow  
13 17/03/1820 John FULCHER Single   Sarah BUGG Widow  
14 27/10/1820 Isaac PAINE Single   Ann RACE Single  
15 03/04/1821 Edward PAGE Single   Frances Alexander STUDD Single  
16 25/09/1821 John WINTER Single Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset Mary PRESGRAVE Single  
17 23/10/1821 John THURMOTT Single   Mary CREASY Single  
18 23/10/1822 Robert SQUIRRELL Single Earl Stonham Maria WARNES Single  
19 25/07/1823 William BROWN Single   Caroline TAYLOR Single  
20 02/10/1823 Charles EYLAND Single Walsall, Staffordshire Elizabeth BORSLEY Single  
21 13/10/1823 John ELY Single   Mary PYEL Single  
22 15/10/1823 Richard BURMAN Single Creeting St Peter Martha TYDEMAN Single  
23 21/10/1823 James TYDEMAN Single   Lydia WILSON Single  
24 21/11/1823 William SYRETT Single   Mary BLAKE Single  
25 20/03/1824 William AGER Single   Eliza BLAKE Single  
26 10/11/1824 Joseph GRAINGER Single   Rose PRETT Widow  
27 30/11/1824 William STERN Single St Andrew Holborn, City Of London Martha TYDEMAN Single  
28 13/12/1824 Robert CULLUM Single   Martha WARBY Widow  
29 01/08/1825 Charles STEGGAL Single   Mary HART Single  
30 19/10/1825 John COWLES Single   Mary LANMAN Single  
31 21/10/1825 John CROOKS Single   Mary Ann COOK Single Pettaugh
32 19/09/1826 George VINCENT Single   Jane DALLISTON Single  
33 30/10/1826 Robert KALEY Widower   Hannah JESSOP Widow  
34 13/12/1826 Zephaniah PERCY Single Mendlesham Sarah Ann LANMAN Single  
35 09/02/1827 Samuel PECK Widower   Matilda REEVE Single  
36 09/02/1827 James MARJORAM Single   Ann Maria EAST Single  
37 07/09/1827 John STUDD Single   Elizabeth WOOLNOUGH Single  
38 26/09/1827 Francis SAWYER Widower   Charlotte BANTICK Single  
39 16/10/1827 Robert SALTER Single   Sarah SALTER Single  
40 06/02/1828 Charles GOODRUM Single   Sophia BLAKE Single  
41 08/04/1828 Seth CRACKNELL Single   Lydia PELLS Single  
42 07/07/1828 Isaac STANNARD   Thwaite Jemima BALDWIN    
43 04/10/1828 William PARKER Single Woodbridge Rebecca BUGG Single  
44 16/06/1829 John DURRANT Single Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Phoebe STAMMERS Single  
45 14/10/1829 Robert CROWFOOT Single   Miriam BURY Single  
46 15/11/1829 John CUTTER Single Kersey Jemima JOHNSON Single  
47 12/04/1830 John RACE Widower   Mary HAYHOW Single  
48 13/09/1831 Robert LAMBERT Single   Susanna HART Single  
49 03/11/1831 Thomas LAST Single   Mary BLOMFIELD Widow  
50 06/12/1831 William CHENEY Single   Sarah AVIS Single  
51 06/08/1832 Isaac HAYHOW Widower   Susannah WARD Widow  
52 22/01/1833 John REYNOLDS Single   Anna HAMMOND Single  
53 18/02/1833 John AGER Single   Elizabeth BLAKE Widow  
54 10/12/1833 Robert BUTCHER Single   Naomi PAGE Single  
55 26/12/1833 Lionel LEE Single   Harriet BUXTON Single  
56 17/01/1834 Thomas MARRIOTT Single   Catharine EDWARDS Single  
57 28/01/1834 Joshua GODDARD Single Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Maria REYNOLDS Single  
58 09/06/1834 Samuel ROPER Single   Lydia WILLIAMS Widow  
59 20/01/1835 Daniel BARKER Single Laxfield Jane LANMAN Single  
60 10/09/1835 William MARRIOTT Single   Mary CREASY Single  
61 07/01/1836 Samuel WEBBER Single Ampton Elizabeth BLAKE Single  
62 25/04/1836 John MILLER Widower Stowmarket Harriet DRINKFIELD Widow  
63 23/05/1836 John CHAPLIN Widower Gosbeck Clement BATLEY Widow  
64 27/07/1836 John RACE Widower   Elizabeth SALISBURY    
65 27/10/1836 William THOMPSON Single Ufford Margaret BARBER Single  
66 18/11/1836 Jonathan FUNNELL Single   Susan TAYLOR Single  

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