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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Owthorne St Peter

 

The Parish

The parish of Owthorne lies in the extreme southeast of Yorkshire forming part of the county's eastern North Sea coastline. Owthorne is located roughly 15 miles east of the port of Hull and sits at the eastern end of the A1033 road which connects it with that port. This area has seen dramatic changes over the centuries, being steadily eroded westwards by the sea, the present centre of population is the large coastal village of Withernsea, Owthorne itself lying out to sea nowadays, albeit the name is remembered in a northwestern portion of Withernsea. This coastline is built on soft and largely unconsolidated Eocene sands, a rock type which exposes the land to severe erosional events but provides rich arable soil. Modern developments have come and gone from Withernsea, indeed the very place is a creation of the construction of a railway line eastwards from Hull to it. The intention to create a major seaside resort led to much development but things never really took off and eventually the line has closed leaving Withernsea as just one of a small coastal resorts today. The population has been largely maintained as a relatively economic location for commuting into the large port of Hull. Strangely for a coastal settlement drainage heads away from the sea eventually to be channeled to the outer Humber Estuary by the Winestead Drain. Owthorne is sited at just 10 metres above the sea and whilst land does rise gently to around 30 metres in places the landscape is largely flat. Owthorne parish's acreage has been steadily shrinking over the centuries from once being over 4,400 acres down to a more typical size today, within that acreage a population (pre-development) of just over 250 parishioners could have been supported. In Domesday times Owthorne was a holding of Drogo de la Beuvriere and was relatively small offering just 10 ploughs and a small meadow.


The Church

Churches on this coastline have a history of falling into the sea, originally there were two medieval churches of Owthorne St Peter and Withernsea St Nicholas. The latter was rebuilt inland after the first Withernsea church fell in the 15th century whilst the former tumbled over the shallow cliffs in 1816. Quite where these marriages occurred is debatable as a consequence but probably a bit of both. Today St Nicholas remains but the congregation has moved to a new church on Hull Road namely St Matthew, a modern building on 1935.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 7th January 1755 - 9th December 1812 East Riding Archives - Reference - PR59/1/7 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number Fading of this register and a large ink spill make it possible for one or two misreads
2 13th February 1813 - 1st April 1837 East Riding Archives - Reference - PR59/8/1
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Roos All Saints
Tunstall All Saints

Halsham All Saints

Winestead St German
Hollym St Nicholas

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Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
21/03/1754 John BILTON Single Elizabeth MOOR Single
1 07/01/1755 Richard PRESTON Single Margaret BILTON Single
2 09/01/1755 Thomas WALKER Single Burstwick Dinah PRESTON Single
3 12/08/1755 John HAGGIT Jane JORDAN Single
4 18/08/1755 John PEARSON Single Mary PECK Single
5 09/09/1755 John BOTS Hollym Ann HODSON
6 17/11/1755 David THEW Patrington Elizabeth COOKMAN Single
7 16/12/1755 Nathanael FENBY Elizabeth PEARSON Single
8 22/12/1755 Job FLINTOFT Hannah MARSHALL Single
9 26/04/1756 William BROWN Mary HARMAN Single
10 29/04/1756 John STEPHENSON Single Mary HAGGIT Single
11 25/05/1756 Brian RAYLAH Single Margaret HANTON Widow
12 21/06/1756 Matthew KIRKWOOD Alice FENWICK Single
13 03/01/1757 William TIPLADY Frances HODGESON Single
14 21/02/1757 Robert HART Ann HODGESON Widow
15 09/08/1757 Thomas BOYNTON Elizabeth FENBY Single
16 22/11/1757 George CARTER Mary STANDBANK Single
17 27/11/1758 Thomas BENTON Ann VASSEY
18 18/06/1759 John WALKER Margaret FOSTER
19 26/11/1759 John WEBSTER Patrington Ann KILLINGBECK Single
20 19/12/1759 James BOOTH Susannah JORDAN
21 21/01/1760 Obadiah STEPHENSON Single Preston Mary COOKMAN Single
22 06/07/1761 William COOKMAN Keyingham Ruth TOWSE
23 29/10/1764 Robert GEDNEY Frances ALLISON
24 02/12/1764 Anthony MARSHALL Skeffling Elizabeth ALLEN
25 06/12/1764 John NORDIS Single Ann BOYNTON Single
26 26/03/1765 John MERCER Single Elizabeth RIBY Single
27 15/04/1765 Richard FUSSEY Widower Abigail RODMAN Widow
28 06/05/1765 Henry ROBINSON Single Elizabeth DENNIS Single
29 05/08/1765 Jonathan GARGILL Single Hollym Jane BINGHAM Single
30 09/09/1765 John BRANTON Single Mary BROWN Single
31 31/03/1766 John KILVINGTON Aldbrough Frances COOKMAN
32 01/05/1766 William GORBUTT Single Rachel CARRICK Single
33 08/05/1766 John TOWSE Single Ann DUNN Single
34 20/11/1766 Gregory JEFFERSON Ottringham Elizabeth BAXTER
35 16/02/1767 John WILLINGHAM Single Sarah CHADWICK Widow
36 03/04/1767 John WEATHERHOG Single Hannah DALES Single
37 10/02/1768 John HAGGITT Widower Mary LAPPINGTON Single
38 12/01/1769 John STARK Widower Easington By Patrington Jane RIBY Single
39 16/05/1769 Grimstone COOKMAN Single Elizabeth PHILLISKIRK Single
40 06/06/1769 Richard BARRIT Single Mary GEDNEY Single
41 09/10/1769 Henry FOX Widower Winestead Ann HART Widow
42 06/11/1769 William OLIVER Single Elizabeth STORY Single
43 29/01/1770 George SINCLER Widower Mary CRAWFORD Widow
44 11/10/1770 John WESTERDALE Single Ann ALVIN Single
45 22/11/1770 Richard BROWN Single Jane PASHLEY Single
46 07/01/1771 Benjamin COOKMAN Single Christiana DEARLOVE Single
47 04/12/1771 George PEXTON Welwick Ann WINDER
49 19/11/1772 William ELLIS Roos Margaret HARMON
50 16/09/1773 Edward TURPIN Single St John, York Hannah STOREY Single
51 02/12/1773 Marmaduke GIBSON Mary HODGSON Easington By Patrington
52 01/12/1774 Christopher JESSOP Single Mary DENT Single
53 07/01/1775 Edward WALLAS Roos Elizabeth HALL
54 22/11/1775 Thomas PEERS Single Margaret Bottrell MARRIT Single
55 25/11/1776 Lawrence TENNYSON Single Elizabeth BRANTON Single Hollym
56 15/04/1777 Christopher PORTER Single Hannah PARK Single
57 23/06/1777 Christopher RICH Single Ottringham Mary BROWN Single
58 05/08/1777 John WHITING Single Elizabeth GRAY Single Hornsea
59 23/11/1779 Richard FENBY Single Ann BILTON Single
60 24/11/1779 William BRIGLING Single Hollym Jane FOSTER Single
61 10/01/1780 William BARRETT Single Hollym Ann SMITH Single
62 27/03/1780 John STUTT Single Jane SHIELDS Single
63 03/04/1780 Samuel CONISTON Single Halsham Jane HART Single
64 18/07/1781 William GIBSON Single Ann ALVIN Single
08/09/1782 William WILSON Tunstall Lavinia CHARLTON
25/11/1782 Newark DREW Single Tunstall Ann ALVIN Single
28/11/1782 John WARD Single Tunstall Ann MATTHEW Single
03/12/1782 Thomas TUTTIN Single Dinah WALKER Single
16/01/1783 Joseph MUNBY Single Elizabeth WISKER Single
26/11/1783 Henry GIBSON Single Hannah RUNTON Single
23/08/1784 Thomas THORPE Widower Halsham Ann WEBSTER Widow
13/01/1785 George WILKINSON Single Hollym Rebecca ALVIN Single
08/02/1785 Thomas RIBY Mary WRIGHT
07/03/1785 Thomas GEDNEY Eleanor DREW
05/04/1785 William BIGLAND Single Aldbrough Barbara ALVIN Single
17/05/1785 George DENNESS Single Ann BUCK Single
22/09/1785 William KEMP Single Ann BARCHARD Single
19/12/1785 Simon KEMP Widower Ann BURSTALL Single
03/04/1786 Robert STARK Single Sarah ANDERSON Single
24/07/1786 John BILTON Single Rachael GARGILL Single
15/02/1787 William HARRISON Single Elizabeth WRIGHT Single
17/05/1787 Matthew NETTLETON Widower Mary SIMPSON Single Ottringham
11/08/1788 Alexander FIDDES Single Mary CASLIN Widow
04/09/1788 Roger DARRELL Single Sarah TANTON Single
24/11/1788 John COOK Single Lydia PEARSON Single
19/01/1789 William GIBSON Widower Sutton On Hull Eleanor WALKER Single
18/05/1789 William BRANTON Single Elizabeth SUDEBY Single
23/11/1789 Thomas HODGSON Single Elizabeth TOWSE Single
15/02/1790 John FEWSON Single Welwick Jemima MENTRUP Single
31/05/1790 John LONGHORN Ottringham Mary TENNISON Single
18/11/1790 Edward TENNISON Single Nancy WRIGHT Single
25/11/1790 Robert DURSEY Single Ann RAMSEY Single
29/11/1790 John COALMAN Widower Hollym Sarah BOYNTON Single
27/12/1790 John WALKER Hannah SMITH
28/11/1791 Robert HOBSON Mary STEPHENSON Single
29/04/1793 Samuel COOK Single Rebeckah FOSTER Single Keyingham
27/05/1793 Henry STEPHENSON Single Lydia PINDER Single
13/01/1795 Jonas BATTERSBY Widower Eleanour GEDNEY Widow
25/01/1795 William LAMB Single Hull Betty CREASOR Single
17/05/1796 John BARCHARD Single Rose TURNER Single Burton Pidsea
23/11/1796 Thomas SIGSWORTH Single Paull Mary ACY Single
28/11/1796 Thomas DUKE Single Mary JOHNSON Single
15/03/1797 Robert ATKINSON Single Anne ELLETSON Single
17/04/1797 William WARD Widower Jane BROWN Widow
22/05/1797 Thomas PADLEY Single Winestead Anne CARTER Single
25/07/1798 Thomas JOHNSON Patrington Mary HARMON Single
18/09/1798 Thomas HARMON Single Hannah WILEY Single
25/09/1798 William FEATHERSTONE Single Catherine HUTCHINSON Single
26/11/1798 Michael WHISKER Single Halsham Elizabeth EDOM Single
03/12/1798 Robert SUDELY Single Elizabeth BROWN Single
04/07/1799 William BROWN Single Halsham Mary SMALES Single
28/10/1801 William TURNER Single Dinah WHITING Single
10/11/1801 Edward JACKSON Single Margaret BILTON Single
05/12/1801 Henry ADAMSON Single Dorcy LOTTY Single
20/04/1802 Thomas WRIGHT Widower Elizabeth BARCHARD Single
03/01/1803 Thomas WOODMANSEY Single Margaret SIMPSON Single
21/11/1803 Robert LOCKHAM Single Ann WRIGHT Single
19/04/1804 William HARMAN Hannah WESTERDALE Single
03/12/1804 William LAMB Single Mary STEPHENSON Single
06/12/1804 Martin ROBINSON Single Prudence SHIELDS Single
26/03/1805 William NEWSHAM Single Hollym Elizabeth SHIELDS Widow
11/07/1805 John COOKMAN Single Halsham Penninah HILTON Single
28/10/1805 Robert WRIGHT Single Patrington Martha SMALES Single
25/11/1805 Richard HILTON Single Welwick Ann WILLINGHAM Single
25/11/1805 William MASON Single Frances RIDER Single
03/12/1805 Richard CAPES Single Mary WRIGHT Single
20/03/1806 Henry HUTCHINSON Single Elizabeth CLARKE Single
15/05/1806 Matthew BACCHOUSE Single Easington By Patrington Barbara WESTERDALE Single
14/07/1806 Edward COATES Single Hollym Frances BRIGLIN Single
10/12/1806 Richard WEBSTER Sarah CUTBERT Single
12/01/1807 William JOHNSTON Single Easington By Patrington Mary WHITING Single
09/02/1807 James BOOTH Single Roos Mary EDDAM Single
25/03/1807 John Dunn BELL Single Hull Mary Ann ATKINSON Single
17/06/1807 John SMITH Single Hannah CORRY Widow
21/09/1807 William MARSHALL Single Hannah HARRISON Single
31/05/1808 George NORTON Single Elizabeth WRIGHT Single
02/11/1808 William BROWN Single Ann CLOSE Single
28/11/1808 David AKESTER Single Hessle Ann COULSON Single
13/05/1809 Isaac WALLER Single Rebecca DREW Single
23/05/1809 Francis WEBSTER Single Sarah DREW Single
05/06/1809 Samuel ELLIS Single Ann WARKUP Single Alborough
27/07/1809 Benjamin GILES Mary Dunn BELL Widow
02/09/1809 David SMALES Widower Ann GIBSON Single Ottringham
14/10/1809 Thomas STEARS Single Sigglesthorne Elizabeth HARRISON Single
09/11/1809 Cornwell BARON Single Hull Elizabeth ATKINSON Single
12/02/1810 Robert THOMPSON Single Roos Ann WHITING Single
02/04/1810 John HILTON Single Hollym Sarah STARK Single
04/04/1810 John CAMP Widower Roos Ann HUTCHINSON Single
19/08/1810 Robert COLLISON Single Jane MITCHINSON Single
28/08/1810 Jonathan BAILEY Single Roos Hannah WILSON Single
26/11/1810 Robert HUTCHINSON Widower Hollym Ann THOMPSON Single
10/01/1811 Edward ROBSON Single Garton Mary PICKARD Single
19/02/1811 Henry CASTLE Single Nancy TUTTIN Single
25/11/1811 John THORLEY Single Ann MELLON Single
09/12/1812 Thomas HUTTON Single Mary DUKE Single
1 13/02/1813 William SIGSWORTH Welwick Margaret BODEMAN
2 25/11/1813 Robert LONGMAN Easington By Patrington Phoebe MASON
3 30/12/1813 Robert WILSON Single Ann FISHER Single
4 03/04/1814 Thomas COLEMAN Single Jane NICHOLS Single
5 08/08/1814 Thomas COLEMAN Single Jane NICHOLS Single
6 08/11/1814 Thomas MORTSON Mary NICHOLS Single
7 24/11/1814 John WRIGHT Single Ann COOPER Single
8 23/01/1815 John HELLARD Single Harriet FOSTER Single
9 06/02/1815 John SMITH Single Burstwick Mary NICHOLSON Single
10 12/04/1815 John MARRIT Single Sunk Island Sarah BURCHARD Single
11 25/07/1815 Richard WRIGHT Single Mappleton Mary GRINDELL Single
12 09/09/1815 Robert FOSTER Single Mary HODGSON Single
13 12/03/1816 William BOOTH Single Mary SOUTHWICK Single Hollym
14 28/11/1816 Aaron BROWN Single Nancy ELLIS Single
15 16/12/1816 Robert CARTER Widower Elenoar HARMON Single
16 24/04/1817 Abraham GREENSIDES Single Ann CAMP Single
17 30/10/1817 Henry WESTERDALE Single Elizabeth STATERS Single
18 01/12/1817 John JOHNSON Single Elenoar CLARK Single
19 13/04/1818 John WRIGHT Single Hannah SUDDABY Single Sunk Island
20 14/10/1818 Daniel WING Single Faith ATKINSON Single
21 29/04/1819 Benjamin BOSEMAN Single Mary NICHOLSON Single Holmpton
22 11/11/1819 William HATON Single Hannah COOK Single
23 04/12/1820 William PICKERING Single Halsham Ann MARSHALL Single
24 09/08/1821 John BIRD Single Mary HART Single
25 13/12/1821 Jonathan DREW Single Hannah SCOTT Single
26 21/01/1822 Newark DREW Widower Elizabeth SELLER Widow
27 23/01/1822 Samuel LAMB Single Mary INGHRAM Single
28 11/02/1822 Edward EGGLESTON Single Ottringham Nancy HARMAN Single
29 09/05/1822 William BIGLIN Single Peace ATKINSON Single
30 08/07/1822 Henry HARMAN Widower Patrington Amelia RIEL Single
31 29/04/1824 Edward TENNISON Single Mary Ann BURNHAM Single
32 15/05/1824 Robert NORTON Single Keyingham Mary SHIELDS Single
33 28/06/1824 William GLENTON Single Tunstall Ann DICKENSON Single
34 18/10/1824 Thomas WRIGHT Single Charlotte CARRICK Single
35 26/04/1825 Nicholas DREW Single Elizabeth MILBURN Single
36 22/09/1825 James WRIGHT Single Rotherham Fanny WING Single
37 24/11/1827 Joseph BALLANCE Single Burstwick Ann WELBURN Single
40 06/05/1829 David DICKINSON Single Patrington Martha WRIGHT Single
41 28/09/1829 William WILSON Single Elizabeth GRINDELL Single
43 28/01/1830 Michael MUNBY Single Patrington Ann TATE Single
44 16/06/1830 Matthew MARWOOD Hackness Sarah BURNHAM
45 28/06/1830 John CHARLTON Single Mary GRINDELL Single
46 28/06/1830 John GRAY Single Hannah BOASMAN Single
47 22/11/1830 Benjamin BOASMAN Widower Mary CURTIS Single
49 23/04/1831 David STEPHENSON Single Elizabeth BOOTH Single
50 07/06/1831 William HILL Single Welwick Jane NORREY Single
51 14/11/1831 John WRIGHT Widower Alice LAMB Single
52 07/12/1831 Richard WEBSTER Single Elizabeth INGRAM Single
55 12/01/1832 John KIRMAN Single Mary Armat MOUNSEY Single
56 28/02/1832 John Dunn BELL Single Ann SMALE Single Welwick
57 03/05/1832 Francis WHITING Single Mary PYBUS Single
58 25/11/1832 John PYBUS Single Rose BATTY Single
59 26/11/1832 Joseph NEEDLEY Single Sarah WINTER Widow
61 30/05/1833 George HART Single Mary SMALES Single
62 06/07/1833 George EDSON Single Elizabeth ROBERTS Single
64 06/10/1834 William CARRICK Single Ottringham Mary SHIELDS Single
67 10/02/1835 Edward NICHOLSON Mary Ann CASTLE Single
68 02/04/1835 William TATE Single Maria WALES Single
69 18/04/1835 William COATES Single Hollym Frances WARD Single
70 27/05/1835 William BIRD Single Welwick Mary BENNINGTON Single
73 14/04/1836 Robert BURNHAM Single Stow In Lindsey, Lincolnshire Nancy TENNISON Single
74 23/11/1836 Robert KEMP Single Catharine INGRAM Single
75 31/12/1836 William HEBBLEWHITE Single Patrington Ann MEDFORTH Single
76 01/04/1837 William MARSHALL Single Hollym Ann COLEMAN Single

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