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Title: Marriage lookup request - Newmarket Allsaints Brown(e)=Barton
Post by: gbrowne on Wednesday 09 February 11 16:49 GMT (UK)

Looking for the possible marriage at All Saints, Newmarket, Suffolk (Cambs) of William Brown(e) and Elizabeth Barton pre-1774, when their first child was born.  She was bap. Allsaints on 22/8/1744, we don't know anything about him at the moment.

Any help much appreciated.

Geoff Browne.

Title: Re: Marriage lookup request - Newmarket Allsaints Brown(e)=Barton
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 13 May 11 22:41 BST (UK)

Marriages for that period give very little useful info

Fathers names were not shown on marriage entries prior to 1.7.1837 which is the date when Civil Registration was introduced.  Mothers names are never shown on English marriage certs

All you will get will be on the lines of the following 

Names, date and venue

Spinster/bachelor - or widow/widower

If over 21yrs - will just say "full age"

Under 21yrs - "Minor"

Of this parish (OTP) - does not necessarily mean they were both born in that parish - just that they satisfied the short residential qualifying time required to enable them to marry there (approx 3wks)

The name and signature of the person marrying them plus the signatures of the 2 witnesses (occasionally more than 2 witnesses but not usual)

Title: Re: Marriage lookup request - Newmarket Allsaints Brown(e)=Barton
Post by: Selina on Saturday 14 May 11 10:54 BST (UK)

I can't see the marriage at Newmarket All Saints.

Do you know where the first child was baptised?

Selina