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Title: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: MattD30 on Monday 26 June 17 20:41 BST (UK)

Does anyonre know where I can view indexes to Canterbury Marriage Licences for Kent from 1750 onwards online? I have pdf versions of the volumes by Cowper which cover 1568-1750 which are very useful. Does anyone know if there are volumes covering the later years?

Thanks

Matt

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: bearkat on Monday 26 June 17 22:20 BST (UK)

Ancestry has Canterbury Marriage Licences for 1751 to 1837

see

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5888

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: MattD30 on Tuesday 27 June 17 21:55 BST (UK)

Quote from: bearkat on Monday 26 June 17 22:20 BST (UK)

Ancestry has Canterbury Marriage Licences for 1751 to 1837

see

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5888

Hi

Thanks for that. I'm puzzled though as the link only brings up the search page for the "Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records" database in Ancestry. I did a search in the card catalogue for the Marriage Licences but that returned no results.

Any other suggestions on how I can find them or where they would be located in Ancestry?

Thanks again

Matt

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: bearkat on Tuesday 27 June 17 23:34 BST (UK)

The Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records includes the marriage licences.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page it lists the records included.

Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1751-1780
Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809
Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1810-1837

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: MattD30 on Tuesday 27 June 17 23:53 BST (UK)

Quote from: bearkat on Tuesday 27 June 17 23:34 BST (UK)

The Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records includes the marriage licences.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page it lists the records included.

Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1751-1780
Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809
Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1810-1837

Hiya

Many thanks for that.

Matt

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: ronsaghey on Tuesday 17 October 17 01:16 BST (UK)

Hi:

Another source is through the Family Search catalog.  Marriage and general license registers for the Diocese of Canterbury, 1568-1924 have been digitized. However, in order to view the records, you would need to have a Family Search account, which is free, and visit a Family History Centre.  Here's the link to the records.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/390754?availability=Family%20History%20Library

The books do have indexes with them.  I was recently able to view and download an image of an actual marriage license from 1803.

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: MattD30 on Wednesday 18 October 17 14:28 BST (UK)

Quote from: ronsaghey on Tuesday 17 October 17 01:16 BST (UK)

Hi:

Another source is through the Family Search catalog.  Marriage and general license registers for the Diocese of Canterbury, 1568-1924 have been digitized. However, in order to view the records, you would need to have a Family Search account, which is free, and visit a Family History Centre.  Here's the link to the records.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/390754?availability=Family%20History%20Library

The books do have indexes with them.  I was recently able to view and download an image of an actual marriage license from 1803.

Hi

Many thanks for that. I didn't know they'd been digitized. I have an account for Familysearch so I will take a look later.

Thanks again

Matt

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Tuesday 18 January 22 13:15 GMT (UK)

I have the three Arthur J Willis Canterbury Marriage Licences books from 1751-1837:

1751-1780
1781-1809
1810-1837

Happy to do a look-up. The books are organised in year order but the entries in the year are not necessarily in date order - a year of entries may be 10 or so pages. There is an index of surnames at the back of the book so you can find the pages for a groom's or bride's surname. The index helps to locate the surname within a year as you use the index to find the page within the year instead of having to scan through 10 or so pages. There is a second index of surnames of guardians or bondsmen that may be mentioned in some of the marriage licence entrries.

An example of an entry from 1795:

Wm FREEMAN of St Peter under-butler bach & Sarah HARLOW of the s sp. 24 Jul. John HUGHES of the s groom bond.

Robin Harlow
Harlow One-Name Study

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: janew on Friday 13 May 22 08:13 BST (UK)

Hi Robin

Thanks for your kind offer.  I wonder if you could see if there is an entry for the following marriage by licence:
Solomon WIS(S)ENDEN & Mary LEM(M)ON married 25 Jul 1768 Milton next Sittingbourne

Thanks
Jane

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Thursday 13 October 22 12:52 BST (UK)

Hi Robin,

I wonder if you would kind enough to check the Canterbury Marriage Licences books for the below couple:

John Lancefield & Anne Harrisson married by licence 3 Dec 1782, Lenham, Kent

Much appreciated  ;)

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Thursday 13 October 22 13:13 BST (UK)

Hi Jane

The entry in the 1751-1780 Canterbury Marriage Licences - Page 192:

Solomon Wissenden of Milton wheelwright bach[elor] (24) & Mary Lemon of the s[ame] sp[inster], at M[ilton] 20 Jul 1768

Robin

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Thursday 13 October 22 13:32 BST (UK)

Hi Jenny

I am sorry I can't an entry for Lancefield or Harrisson in 1782.

The previous entry for a Lancefield was James Lancefield in 1774 and the subsequent entry for a Lancefield was Pascal Paoli Lancefield in 1795

Robin

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: janew on Thursday 13 October 22 15:02 BST (UK)

Hi Robin

Thanks very much for the useful information.

Jane

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: grandarog on Thursday 13 October 22 21:36 BST (UK)

Find my Past has the marriage date at Milton Next Sittingbourne, transcribed as 25th July 1768.

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: janew on Thursday 13 October 22 23:01 BST (UK)

Thanks grandarog

I had seen the marriage on Findmypast.

Jane

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Friday 14 October 22 04:19 BST (UK)

Thanks for checking Robin ;)

John Lancefield was described in the parish register at the time of his marriage as "of the Parish of St John Wapping, Middlesex" so I wonder if the marriage licence was obtained in London rather than Kent....

I already have the marriage licence details for Pascal Paoli Lancefield & Sarah Wraight from 1795 (this was John's half brother), and as far as I am aware James Lancefield is not in my direct line.

Thanks again!

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Friday 14 October 22 09:20 BST (UK)

Robin, I wonder if I could trouble you for another marriage licence check?

Henry Ranger & Harriot Wright married 29 Jan 1800 Maidstone, Kent, by licence

Fingers crossed these two show up ;)

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Friday 14 October 22 12:46 BST (UK)

Hi Jenny

The entry in the 1781-1809 Canterbury Marriage Licences - Page 224:

H[enr]y Ranger of Yalding bach[elor] & Harriott Wright of Maidstone sp[inster], at M[aidstone]. 25 Jan[uary] 1800

I also have John & Pascal Paoli Lancefield in my tree though I didn't know about John's marriage. As I am chasing all the Harlow surnames, I think I must have a very indirect link with them via their sister Mary Lancefield b. 1761 who married George Stevens.

Robin

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Saturday 15 October 22 00:39 BST (UK)

Thanks so much Robin, fits perfectly ;)

Genealogy does make the world small doesn't it! Fancy being distantly connected through the Lancefields. I have not followed George Stevens & Mary Lancefield's line down past the baptisms of their 6 children in Ramsgate. Where does the Harlow name link in? If you ever need or want any info on the Lancefields let me know.

Mary's half brother John Lancefield (1747/48-1812) who married Ann Harrisson was a master mariner. He was rather prolific as a Captain and ship owner, as well as a coal merchant, and was the Mayor of Faversham in 1801. The couple had 6 children, 2 ended up in Sweden, and one (my direct relative) John Lancefield (b 1785) followed in his father's footsteps also becoming a master mariner. I descend from John's daughter Frances Lancefield (1814-1897) who emigrated to Australia in the 1840s and settled in Brisbane, Queensland.

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Wednesday 19 October 22 05:12 BST (UK)

Hey Robin,

I've just come across one more marriage licence in Kent as below:

John Rucke & Frances Lancefield married 2 Nov 1773 Charing, Kent, by licence

Would you be able to check for me?

Thanks ;)

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Wednesday 19 October 22 18:08 BST (UK)

Hi Jenny


The entry in the 1751-1780 Canterbury Marriage Licences - Page 240:

John Rucke of Throwley bach[elor] & Fran[ces] Lancefield of Charing sp[inster], at C[haring]. 1 Nov 1773

Is this the Frances Lancefield b. 1750 in St Lawrence, Nr. Ramsgate, Kent, England?

Robin

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: JenClark on Thursday 20 October 22 07:26 BST (UK)

Thanks Robin ;)

Yes it is...Frances Lancefield (who married John Ruck) was a sister to John Lancefield (who married Ann Harrisson) and a half sister to Mary Lancefield (who married George Stevens)

I am intrigued to know how the Harlow name ties in....can you enlighten me?

Jenny

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: kerryb on Monday 25 September 23 12:33 BST (UK)

Hi Robin

I am hoping that nearly a year later you are still here on Rootschat.  I wondered if you could look up the following marriage licence.  I have the marriage from Findmypast from the East Peckham parish register but wonder if the licence gives me any more information. 
Richard Bodkin of Yalding and Mary Fisher of East Peckham on 13 May 1771

Thank you very much if you even read this.
Kerryb

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Monday 25 September 23 13:15 BST (UK)

Hi Kerryb

Yep, I am still here.

I can't find a Canterbury Marriage Licence entry for Richard Bodkin or Mary Fisher and so I would guess it may be a Rochester Marriage Licence.

There is a 1771 entry for William Bodkin; a shoemaker in Wye & a 1769 entry for a Thomas Bodkin; a grocer in Dover.

Robin
 

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: kerryb on Monday 25 September 23 13:16 BST (UK)

Thank you for your quick reply Robin.  It was worth a try and thank you for William and Thomas, I will store them.

Kerryb

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: Harlow One-Name Study on Monday 25 September 23 15:59 BST (UK)

Kerryb

The entries for Bodkin surname in the 1751-1780 Marriage Licences:

Page: 31 - Mich[ael] Stone of Marden yeo[man] wid[ower] & Hannah Bodkin of the s[ame], at M[arden] or Cath. 24 Jul 1752

Page: 48 - Tho[ma]s Bodkin of St Mary Dover Husb[andman] bach[elor] (24) & Eliz[abeth] Mawkins of the s[ame] sp[inster] (24), at St Mary D[over]. 12 Jan 1754

Page: 108 - [the index says there is a Bodkin on this page but I can't find it]

Page: 138 - John Gaskin of Bockingfold (Entered at 'Kent'. There is a Bockenfield in Northumberland) bach[elor] (33) & Ann Bodkin of Marden sp[inster], at M[arden]. 23 Apr 1763. Nath[aniel] Allen of M[arden] bond.

Page: 169 - Tho[ma]s Bodkin of St Mary Dover grocer wid[ower] & Eliz[abeth] Lampart of the s[ame] sp[inster], at St Mary D[over]. 10 Jun 1769. John Stiles of D[over] gent[leman] bond.

Page: 223 - W[illia]m Bodkin of Wye shoemaker bach[elor] & Sarah Wyman of the s[ame] sp[inster], at W[ye]. 27 Nov 1771

Robin
 

Title: Re: Kent Marriage Licences 1750 Onwards
Post by: kerryb on Wednesday 04 October 23 11:44 BST (UK)

Quote from: robinh916 on Monday 25 September 23 15:59 BST (UK)

Kerryb

The entries for Bodkin surname in the 1751-1780 Marriage Licences:

Page: 31 - Mich[ael] Stone of Marden yeo[man] wid[ower] & Hannah Bodkin of the s[ame], at M[arden] or Cath. 24 Jul 1752

Page: 48 - Tho[ma]s Bodkin of St Mary Dover Husb[andman] bach[elor] (24) & Eliz[abeth] Mawkins of the s[ame] sp[inster] (24), at St Mary D[over]. 12 Jan 1754

Page: 108 - [the index says there is a Bodkin on this page but I can't find it]

Page: 138 - John Gaskin of Bockingfold (Entered at 'Kent'. There is a Bockenfield in Northumberland) bach[elor] (33) & Ann Bodkin of Marden sp[inster], at M[arden]. 23 Apr 1763. Nath[aniel] Allen of M[arden] bond.

Page: 169 - Tho[ma]s Bodkin of St Mary Dover grocer wid[ower] & Eliz[abeth] Lampart of the s[ame] sp[inster], at St Mary D[over]. 10 Jun 1769. John Stiles of D[over] gent[leman] bond.

Page: 223 - W[illia]m Bodkin of Wye shoemaker bach[elor] & Sarah Wyman of the s[ame] sp[inster], at W[ye]. 27 Nov 1771

Robin

Thank you Robin, very much appreciated

Kerry