Marriage entry help please

[arthurk]

I'm going to disagree with folks here:

Nathaniel Hubbard of Berkin in the
County of Esix and Elinor Hill of
this parish weere marryed the 26
of Desember 1695

I couldn't see it as saying "widow", but I went to look at the image on Ancestry (it's from St Margaret Lothbury in the City of London). The same word appears in almost every entry in the image, and it seems rather unlikely that all the brides were widows. In fact the entry for Beniamin Perkins and Mary Boswell on 24 Sep 1695 also includes the word "widdow", so I'm now certain that this is "weere", i.e. "were".

As for the year, I too first thought it was 1694, but if you look at the whole page it's clear that it was 1695 - the "4" is very different (and clear).

Arthur

[Alexander.]

I agree Arthur - it's not widow. I thought it was a bit strange especially since what we can see of the entry above ends the same way.

For the year I still see 1694, but it could be 1695 - if you've viewed the whole page Arthur, then you're probably right.

Alexander

[PrueM]

Nice work Arthur!   I can see now it says "weore" or "weere" 

[ringarosy]

I'm happy to go with that Arthur, I thought if they had written widow for her they would have put something down for him. Sure can't see "weere" though for the life of me,, but I am not very good at his old writing. And thanks for looking at the whole page to settle the date issue...............Helen

[jonwicken]

Hi I have come across this post and assume this marriage is the Nathaniel Hubbard of Bethanl Green who died in 1731?

I have found details of him here http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I14841&tree=Norfolk and think he may well be my ancestor.

I am descended from an Ebsworth Hubbard who married Martha Perry in February 1748/9 in a fleet marriage at Westminster.

Given the unusualness of the name I believe he is probably the son of Nathaniel named in his will, as quoted on this website.

Ebsworth Hubbard was apprenticed in 1728 to Thomas Chitty (named in the will as Nathaniel's son-in-law so Ebsworth's brother-in-law). The record states he was the son of Nathaniel Ebsworth Esq. I would therefore assume that as apprentices were generally around fourteen, that Ebsworth was born c1714.

I wonder what else you may please be able to tell me about the family and I wonder if perhaps if the information on the website is from you?

Kind regards,
Jon

[Suffolkgal]

I think it's 'Bockin', i.e. Bocking near Braintree.

[jonwicken]

According to the will, which is outlined on the weblink, he was buried in Barking, Essex, in 1731 so I would assume that this is in fact the intended place.

Kind regards,
Jon

[Suffolkgal]

And, for what it's worth, I agree that it's 'were married' and December  

[jonwicken]

There is even more information online about the Hubbard family and the Barking connection here:

http://www.foxearth.org.uk/CaptainBennett.html

And also more about Thomas Chitty here:

http://chittyoflondon.awardspace.co.uk/page45.html

What is interesting about this to me is the name of his son-in-law Samuel Seawell.

My Hubbards have a Samuel Seawell Hubbard baptised in the late 1790s. I had no idea where the surname came from and assumed it was a maiden name somewhere in the family. However it now seems clear it was in fact after this man.

All for now,
Jon