Drant!

[bugbear]

Possible marriage: George Drant and Susanna Welburg, in York, 26 September 1822

It's even better than that - the "York" is Yorkshire (not York the City).

It looks like this marriage is (actually) near Hull;

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL7G-Z5W

Name:    George Drant
Spouse's Name:    Susannah Welbury
Event Date:    28 Sep 1822
Event Place:    Sculcoates,York,England

(today Sculcoates is a district of Hull)

 BugBear

[ShaunJ]

An 1822 Directory has

Drant, George, gent, Providence Row, Beverly Road.

So he must have retired around 1821.

I also saw an 1814 newspaper reference to George Drant, Trundle Street, soap-maker

[bugbear]

Looks like the family may (well) have moved to Grimsby, judging by the location of this Marriage

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVHH-34P

Name:    George Henry Willows
Spouse's Name:    Sarah Ann Drant
Event Date:    12 Jun 1845
Event Place:    St James', Great Grimsby, Lincoln, England
Father's Name:    George Willows
Spouse's Father's Name:    George Drant

 BugBear

[ShaunJ]

Here's a bit of a puzzle:

Hull Packet 4 September 1868

Drant-Dann: August 26, at the parish Church, Great Grimsby, by the Rev. P. Ainslie, Mr. George Drant, eldest son of William Kennington, esq., to Margaret Letitia, second daughter of William Dann, esq., Wellow House, Great Grimsby

[bugbear]

Here's a bit of a puzzle:

Hull Packet 4 September 1868

Drant-Dann: August 26, at the parish Church, Great Grimsby, by the Rev. P. Ainslie, Mr. George Drant, eldest son of William Kennington, esq., to Margaret Letitia, second daughter of William Dann, esq., Wellow House, Great Grimsby

No, that's fine. "George Drant" are his two forenames, just like "Margaret Letitia" are the bride's two forenames. Their surnames are Kennington and Dann respectively.

George Drant Kennington is the 2nd child, b1846, of William Kennington and Susanna Drant.

This is the 1st cousin marriage that I suspected (see first post)

But I have found a confounding record;

The father of this birth:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N15W-NGS

May or may not be the same guy as the husband of Susanna, our Gent or the Tallow Chandler.

 BugBear

[ShaunJ]

George Drant Kennington is the 2nd child, b1846, of William Kennington and Susanna Drant.

Did he change his name to Drant? The marriage is Drant-Dann. Or perhaps that was an error in the newspaper.

Re the 1805 birth I have seen references to a George Drant who had a brickyard at Sculcoates around that time. There was also a George Drant in Salftfleetby, a bit further away.

[ShaunJ]

Back to George and Betty Drant, parents of the George who was born (and died ) in 1805.

Betty Drant died in Hull and was buried on 22 December 1818. So it is feasible that this was the same George who married Susanna Welbury - BUT on the BT of the 1822 marriage George is described as "gentleman & bachelor".

Witnesses to the 1822 marriage were John Vause and Margaret Welbury.

[bugbear]

Thanks very much for all your help and information. These Drants are tricksy, aren't they?

And I'm no further forward on establishing wether (or not) Ann (wife of Thomas Kennington) is the sister of George (father of Susanna).

 BugBear

[ShaunJ]

George & Betty Drant had at least two other children: Mary Appleton Drant baptised in 1800 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKT-STL and Elizabeth Drant baptised in 1807 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK6Q-HXH

Mary Appleton Drant married William Bauch, a mariner, at Holy Trinity in 1820. Witnesses were William Drant and Mary Ann Harrison.