In the presence of...

[Redroger]

If it is Isaac Inns then why is the I different in each word?A further thought check other marriages to see whether he was a "professional" witness, e g a churchwarden etc.

[JenB]

If it is Isaac Inns then why is the I different in each word?A further thought check other marriages to see whether he was a "professional" witness, e g a churchwarden etc.

I am doing that at this very moment 

[Gadget]

I've just been going through a fair number of pages and nothing seems to match . It's not Thos J as the Js go below the line.

If it is an initial it's most likely an L or an S but then you have the problem with that strange letter which isn't like any of the other Ds 

[JenB]

A further thought check other marriages to see whether he was a "professional" witness, e g a churchwarden etc.

I can't see the name repeated - William Wouldhave and William Preston seem to be the resident 'professional witnesses'.

[Redroger]

Another good idea gone wrong!!

[Nel86]

Richard WHITE is turning out to be equally as useless.

I suspect that this Catherine NELLES is either a possible daughter of James NELLES and Catherine STRATFORD (m. 18 Sep 1805 at St. Hilda's, South Shields according to the I.G.I. but the bishop transcript is missing) or Catherine got remarried. If she got remarried, I don't see why she would need her parents consent though so a daughter seems more likely.

James NELLES had 2 daughters which were born in Seaton Sluice, Northumberland , which comes under Earsdon parish, and Catherine STRATFORD had a younger sister Ann.

... there is an Ann STRATFORD and a James WHITE married in Earsdon By North Shields, Dec 1807 (Bishop Transcript is useless). So perhaps Richard WHITE is a brother of James and therefore this Catherine NELLES's uncle-in-law  

[Gadget]

I've been going through the baptisms and found a Donkin - there are quite a few Thomas Donkin (variations) in Durham on the IGI. I've not done a full check yet.

[josey]

The flourish certainly looks like an upper case D compared with others. Perhaps the letter between Thos & the D is an upper case I for a middle name?

The next 2 letters look very like the a & u of Maugham [the registrar's name].

Josey

[Nel86]

I've been able to confirm that there was both a Richard White and a James White born to a Richard and Elizabeth White in South Shields in the 1780s so theory on that one is looking good.

I'm of the opinion the middle initial is an S - compare it with "Sept". Perhaps this stands for STRATFORD