Frances horsnail and William stiloman's births. Marriage 1705 west hanningfield

[nannyj]

Trying to find their births (haven't found their deaths either yet). I found them having children in west hanningfield 1706, bowers Gifford 1709 & 1711 (it says he was of bowers Gifford on marriage entry) and John (my direct ancestor) born 1723 woodham Ferrers.
Can't get back further as can't find their births.
Any help appreciated.

[pjm99]

Hi nannyj,
I don't know where your marriage info came from (SEAX?) but FamilySearch has transcribed it as:
Name            William Stilleman
Spouse's Name    Frances Horsnail
Event Date    28 Sep 1704
Event Place    West Hanningfield, Essex, England

Sorry. I can't find any likely baptisms.

Peter

[nannyj]

Hi Peter.
Thanks for your reply. It was SEAX and you're right. Their first child has them as stilliman, and their last as steloman! Further forwards in time, they're stillermon, stilloman. Good old English spellings, when people just wrote phonetically. On their first child's birth it says they were of bowers Gifford.

[Jolee]

Don't know if this will help but the marriage of William Stilliman and Frances in 1704 says West Hanningfield but the marriage above it has (both) in brackets from West Hanningfield theirs does not.

I also found a marriage  on 10/10/1708 in West Hanningfield of John Stilliman to Mary Wormley this says that John came from Danbury Essex

[findem]

Just thought I'd mention that some years ago while browsing for my lot in Chelmsford PRs on SEAX I noticed the name Horsnail in various forms.