Saxilby Marriage of Hawstead & Wilkinson 1765

[sbur]

Can anyone help please?  I need to find evidence of the births and marriage of WILLIAM HAWSTEAD (May be a different spelling e.g. HORSTEAD) and MARY WILKINSON. According to someone else's tree on Ancestry, they were married in SAXILBY (St Botolph Church), Lincolnshire on 9 Nov 1765 but no source or proof was offered.

According to that tree but again with no proof, William was born on 9 Sep 1729 in nearby Lincoln and Mary on 5 Feb 1731 in Willingham-by-Stow, a few miles away.

Thanks
sbur

[JAYNNIS]

Hello, Saxilby History Group here.

Their marriage is recorded in the Parish Records. These are not yet available generally, but a copy may be obtained from Lincolnshire Archives.

The vicar spelt the name as Hawsted, but William has signed his name as Hawstead.

The record says he was from the parish of Utterby, a village to the north of Louth. Mary is recorded as from Saxilby.

They were obviously fairly well educated for the time, as they have both signed the register.

[sbur]

Thank you Jaynnis that's just what I needed.  Tried to contact you/Saxilby Group direct but, for some reason, my laptop wouldn't let my email on your website be sent.  I shall order a copy from the Archives.

I'd thought they were like most others in my tree at that time, Ag Labs or Dom Servants so I wonder what their backgrounds were?  Obviously educated folk if they coulod write their names.  Do you have any idea about Mary Wilkinson?  Is her family listed anywhere in your archives for that time?

Anyone in Utterby know anything about the Hawsteads in the 1700s?  I'm from Louth so I know about the Ludensian Horsteads after their arrival there from Brigg around 1885.  But I wasn't aware there were any in Utterby earlier.

Thanks again Jaynnis.  So in 2 years time I can celebrate their 250th wedding anniversary in St Botolphs!

sbur