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Offline petey22

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Who are the witnesses?
« on: Sunday 20 October 24 13:03 BST (UK) »
dear all,
I am having trouble reading the names of the witnesses on the marriage entry for James Bocking and Elizabeth Tiffen, 13-11-1820 at all Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk. I am hoping that one or more of the witnesses may help me discover the origins of Elizabeth Tiffen (or Tiffin).
I hope that someone has a better eye than myself  ::)
Sudbury Suffolk, Bocking/Braintree Essex, Hendon/Bethnal green Middx.

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 October 24 13:34 BST (UK) »
Not entirely sure  ???
Third witness  James Washington  :-\
Second Lucy B..r
First Edward Johns  :-\ edit or does it begin with a T
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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 20 October 24 14:30 BST (UK) »
Maybe Edward Johns

Lucy Bear and James ?ton

Not very helpful I'm afraid - sorry, but they really are difficult aren't they!
Places of interest;
Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Southern Ireland, Scotland.

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 20 October 24 15:01 BST (UK) »
Edward Rokes the k is like the end of mark and the es is like the end of James

Sorry, now the picture has vanished, I'll try again

Richard Wernham (Berkshire 18th century),
William Hissey (1805 to 1813, Hampstead Norris),
Kapirin (Siberia 19th Century),
Kitching 1850,
Mary Howse born 1806 ish,
Chris Truelove marr. John Pocock 2-7-1696, Kintbury, Berks

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 20 October 24 15:50 BST (UK) »
Lucy Bear was baptised in Sudbury in 1800
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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 20 October 24 17:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Pejic on Sunday 20 October 24 15:01 BST (UK)
Edward Rokes the k is like the end of mark and the es is like the end of James

Or Edward Fokes? Aka Foakes!
Maybe this one, bap All Saints in 1798
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5YP-779

Might the third witness be a regular? Everyone else marked.

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 20 October 24 17:17 BST (UK) »
I had:
Edward Holmes
Lucy (now I agree with bear)
Edward Slaughter (only because Slaughter would fit like a proverbial key)
Sudbury Suffolk, Bocking/Braintree Essex, Hendon/Bethnal green Middx.

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 20 October 24 18:27 BST (UK) »
Great baptism finds Shaun and jonwarrn.

I see that the Fokes parents Thomas and Eliza/Elizabeth had other children baptised in Sudbury as Fokes.

Thomas Fokes, widower, had married an Elizabeth Bacon at Sudbury in 1797.

So no surname connection with the couple originally being sought - yet!
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Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Southern Ireland, Scotland.

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Re: Who are the witnesses?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 20 October 24 21:51 BST (UK) »
Have you checked other marriages either side of this one? The same names might keep appearing (in which case they may well have been connected with the church, not the couple). If they are common witnesses, you might be able to see their names more clearly in a different entry.
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