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Is anybody able to look up a marriage for me between John Cooper and Rebecca Peacock, 1793. Probably in Merton, Surrey, St Mary's
Thankyou
Virginia
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It`s on familysearch as a SUBMITTED record..
they married on 4th august 1793.........doesn`t give any other details......allan :)
probably was Merton , Surrey as Rebeccas babtism is on there as well
19th january 1772 Merton Surrey....Rebecca Peacock , daughter of Thomas Peacock...mother Jane..extracted record
Thomas Peacock married Jane Lunt on 12 nov 1767...Merton, Surrey....extracted record
allan ;)
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Thanks, yes I have seen this, but I am trying to tie to Merton, where all their children were born. I need a positive identification to try and probe back further into the Cooper history.
Thanks anyway
Virginia
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Hiya ...if Rebeccas parents were married in Merton and Rebecca babtised there , the chances are Rebecca married there...is it the Cooper connection to Merton you are trying to establish ???.....allan
Added...the nearest to Merton for a John Cooper babtism is Wandsworth,Surrey...do you know if that is close to Merton ?
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It is indeed, Rebecca married John Cooper, and they stayed in Merton as all their children were born there so it is a strong possibility that John was born there too. This is where I am stuck, I cannot find out who John was, when and where he was born. There is a record of a John Cooper marrying Rebecca in St George's Hanover Square, but why would she go to London to marry, there never has been any record of money in the family and St George's Hanover Square Westminster was I think a little too 'posh'.
Regards
Virginia
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It is near enough to be definitely worth some research. John and Rebecca's son William moved in that direction s it is a possibility. What details do you have?
Virginia
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If Rebecca married in Hanover Square maybe John was from that area and had money for a big posh wedding...why not ?.....it does say on IGI they married in London....but it is only submitted......I see your problem now , but it looks like they married in St Georges like you have stated.....maybe one of them was in service there for someone rich....
John Cooper born 31st March 1765 Wandsworth , Surrey father John Cooper mother Jane...submitted
.allan :)
added...I`m from the North...how far is Wandsworth to Westminister ?
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Thanks for the information. The London Borough of Wandsworth is just across the river Thames to the Borough or City of Westminster, so not far really, walking distance, but in terms of prosperity, miles apart. Wandsworth was and I guess still is a poor borough when compared to Westminster.
Thanks again
Virginia
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I cannot find any supporting evidence for a marriage in Merton - no entry for Rebecca Peacock or John Cooper. The extracted marriage records are included on the IGI.
When was the first child born?
Nell
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Hi
'St George's has been considered a fashionable church almost from its beginning and it's popularity kept rising until it hit about 1,000 weddings a year in Regency times. The record was set in 1816 with 1,063 weddings, about three a day, making St George's a Regency equivalent to a Las Vegas Wedding Chapel!'
All types of people married at St George Hanover Square. By tradition you married in the woman's parish. Only three weeks residency was required if the marriage was by banns. Since paying for banns was an expensive business one partner often moved for a short duration into the same parish to avoid the necessity of paying for banns to be called in two different parish churches. Many young women worked as servants in London before their marriages.
The marriage parish registers for St George Hanover Square are not on the IGI but are on Pallots Marriage index (there doesn't seem to be a relevant entry). It might be worth checking Boyds marriage index. Ancestry's coverage of Westminster parishes is poor as the London Metropolitan Archives does not hold those parish registers only some Bishop Transcripts (the yearly copies of the registers that were supposed to be made and sent to the Bishop).
http://www.britishorigins.com/
Regards
Valda
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Their first child was Thomas b. 1794 Merton
This whole thing is a puzzle, I just wish they didn't always, use, John, Thomas or William with no middle name, it makes it so hard to trace them.
Thanks everybody
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hiya Virginia was Merton sometimes called Merton Kirkney ?....there`s a 1777 birth for Mary Cooper there...allan
forget that.....not Surrey...sorry