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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: jim234j on Thursday 08 October 20 18:59 BST (UK)
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I am trying to find information on John Dent and Mary Myers 4x great grandparents, especially their parents and Johns first marriage
I found their marriage certificate and the important part reads as follows
St Dunstan and all Saints Stepney Mar 9 1787
John Dent of this parish and of the Hamlet of Ratcliff widower and Mary Myers of this parish and formerly of the same Hamlet.
I looked up Ratcliff(e) and cannot find a church before the early 1800s. I learnt that Ratcliff was a very bad area of London or suburb of London at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcliff
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and best wishes from Winnipeg Canada.
Jim
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Hi
I don't see formerly, just that John was of this Parish and Hamlet of Ratcliff
Mary the same
Image on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-S7B8-B
By Banns. Looks like the second witness is a regular.
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Thanks for the reply. You are absolutely right it does not say fomerly
So I suppose they went to church where they married but lived in Ratcliff
I corrected my original entry.
However I think I am at dead end.
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A possible earlier marriage at the same church...
John Dent to Jane Elison 20 Nov 1775.
Found on familysearch.
Tazzie
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Thank you Tazzie. Much appreciated