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Thanks for your reply. I have not got my files to hand at the moment. From memory in 1841 both parents and daughter and son William were said to have been born in Essex. Subsequent censuses suggested that Dagenham was birthplace of son William which led me to concentrate on SE Essex but then found that the similar name of the Neave estate (now occupied by the GLC area of Havering) was a red herring. In recent months I have had very promising results in Stansted, Downham and Terling some of which had clues to Hadham

and here we are Richard Chapman bachelor and Sarah Bazell spinster both otp published banns July 1774 ref: D/P 81/1/11 image 18

Barking, St Margaret's marriage register ref: D/P 81/1/12
I searched the register from 1796-1801 (images 1-15) and found the actual marriage for Charles Chapman at image 46 on 1st July 1796.The surname of the bride may be Dare not Done. The witnesses to the marriage were Frances Chapman and John Chapman

Barking, St Margaret's Marriage register ref: D/P 81/1/11
I have searched this from 1790-1796 images 137-157. The only Chapman marriage I can find is John Chapman bachelor married Sarah Smith by banns both otp on March 20 1796. Both made their mark. Witnesses were John Cuff and Wm Everett. These entries were right at the end of the register so I'll go on to the next one. More soon.

Parish register coverage will extend from at least 1538 to 1837 with the period 1837 to the present partly included at go-live date or planned imminently. Marriages within the last 50 years will be excluded, in compliance with government guidelines, however.

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