Hello dobfarm, Goughy and Bumblebee
Thanks, these are my thoughts.
The George Hood Marriage Bond and License are possibly a clue, I feel.
1) The Bond and Licence were dated 16 May 1815, but they did not marry until July 1815, so no hurry, or was George's time taken up, with urgent family business (winding up an estate or business), family illness or loss.
2) They did not marry in private, as they publicly declared their Marriage in the newspaper. Early newspaper announcements did not appear to be placed by poor, but usually traders, merchants and nobility
Family Search ... Allegations, Bonds and Licences in England and Wales ...
"Couples in a hurry or requiring privacy might include those where:"
1. The bride was pregnant or the groom was on leave from the Army or Navy.
Could be in the Militia, Navy but would they train / employ Coopers? Ports are recorded as employing Coopers, so Navy a possibility.2. The parties differed greatly in age, such as a widow marrying a much younger man or an old man marrying a young woman.
George 28 yrs and Sarah 21 yrs - Ok3. The parties differed in social standing, such as a master marrying a servant.
Does not appear to be, but was George from landed Gentry, but why take up a trade? Did he want to find his own way, but still received a yearly or other income from a Will, or his family?4. The parties differed in religion or did not attend the parish church because they were Nonconformists or Roman Catholics.
This is a possibility in his early life. But he baptised his children in the Selby Parish Church. The Baptisms of James Collinson's children are in the Protestant Dissenters Register, but the Selby Register only begins in 1811, hence no George Hood baptism at Selby.
The newspapers indicate The London Missionary Society formed in 1795, were sending out ones to form/support Auxiliary Societies or Friends including Hull or Leeds and Holmfirth. Some early 19th Century meetings raised hundreds of pounds and dissenters were Merchants and Traders and there was generally money amongst them. The Methodists have said he was not a member.
Some Hoods were dissenters and some originated from Scotland where there were Non-Conformists.5. The parties were of full age but still faced family opposition to their marriage.
Not known, but no parent as Witness, but who was Jane Cockin, Witness, was she nee Hood, or a remarried Hood widow, or friend?6. The parties had already married, perhaps in Scotland or overseas, and wished to clarify their status in English law.
Unlikely, he was a "Bachelor" and in the 1841 Census - Born in same County "Y".https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Marriage_Allegations,_Bonds_and_Licences_in_England_and_WalesJane Cockin"Jane Cockin" is a Witness on the George Hood X Sarah Russel 1815 Marriage.
The 16 Sept 1837, Jane Cockin Birth Certificate, Selby in the Sub-district of Snaith, gives her father as William Cockin Labourer Cowick and mother Ann Cockin formerly Robinson.
I was hoping the mother might have been Jane Cockin, so no clue there.
It is baffling, but:-
George's Baptism record could still remain to be discovered, mis-transcribed, or no surviving Register.
George Hood's burial still remains to be discovered.
I think Beverley and Hull is where we'll be having our holiday!
Kind regards, Mark
