GARRAWAY John and Mary marriage probably 1730s probably Gloucestershire

[barbatalice]

I am looking for the marriage of John GARRAWAY and Mary Unknown.
The marriage date is probably in the 1730s and possibly in Old Sodbury or close by.

John and Mary had three known children baptised in Old Sodbury Gloucestershire:
Francis  baptised 8 Sep 1738
Jane baptised 24 Jan 1740
Sarah baptised 19 Nov 1742

John and Mary’s daughter Jane GARRAWAY married Thomas WATTS on or after 28 Nov 1762. I have seen a transcript of the marriage bond dated 28 Nov 1762 .

I am also looking for the burial /will of either John or Mary GARRAWAY.
After the death of her husband Thomas WATTS in 1770, Jane WATTS nee GARRAWAY married Thomas PEACHEY in 1776 in Old Sodbury. The witnesses at Jane WATTS'  2nd marriage were her parents John and Mary GARAWAY [sic]

It is possible that the John GARRAWAY I am researching is the son of John GARRAWAY who died in 1734 in Old Sodbury. In his will, written in 1732, the executors were his wife Jane and son John. 
John GARRAWAY, the son of John and Jane, was baptised in Old Sodbury 1713 or 1714. The parish register reads “John the son of John Garroway and Jane his wife Novemb the 20th”

Note: In A* the baptism year has been mis-transcribed as 1725.

[genechaser]

Hi

I have check the Old Sodbury marriage records and John and Mary were not married there. I checked 10 years either side of the year that you gave.

[genechaser]

Hi

I have check the Old Sodbury marriage records and John and Mary were not married there. I checked 10 years either side of the year that you gave.

[barbatalice]

Thanks genechaser - I'll try widening the parish search.

One online forum suggests that some Old Sodbury GARRAWAYs descended from a Wiltshire line but I have no documentary evidence for that idea.

[Garraway]

This family lived at Lyegrove Farm. Try checking the Bristol registers. I think I can remember coming across early John garraway marriages there many years ago. My family descend from the Lyegrove family in Old Sodbury

[Capetown]

Checking on the

Forest of Dean Family History Website -
Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1747-1837 and Marriage Bonds 1730-1823

The Surname has been registered as :

GARROWAY/GARRAWAY/GARAWAY

Elizabeth :  1729
John : 1762  (two entry copies)
Francis : 1766 (two entry copies)
James : 1785 (two entry copies)
Ann: 1769 (two copies)
Sarah: 1769 (two copies)

[Capetown]

The Forest of Dean website - has both the Licence and the Bond for

Jane - (on the bond) surname spelt: GARAWAY

on the licence spelt : GARRAWAY

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Licence

28 November 1762

Thomas WATTS, aged 30, Batchellor : residence: Old Sodbury

Jane GARRAWAY, over 21, Spinster: residence: Dodington

he signs:  Marriage Allegation: To Marry at Dodington, Licence issued by W Hughes

and the Bond

28 November 1762

Thomas WATS, Yeoman, Old Sodbury

Jane GARAWAY - residence: Dodington

He Signs

Witness 1: John GARAWAY of Old Sodbury yeoman and DI Hughes

The groom and John GARAWAY are bound to the sum of £200 to marry at Dodington.


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There is also a Licence for a

Joanne GARWAY - 25 Mar 1732
residence: Sodbury vet

to James BROWN - residence: Box


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There is a tree on Ancestry who names Mary as Mary ENGLAND


There are some later Licences etc for England ad DOYNTON/DEIGHTON etc.

May be it's worth checking ENGLAND surname Wills.

[Capetown]

Ancestry- has a number of GARAWAY burials at Old Sodbury

Burial at Old Sodbury : 7 September 1780

John GARAWAY

?

Ann GARAWAY - 5 August 1795

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One of my x Grandmother was Mary Ann - sometimes the children's baptism give her the name of Mary, other times Ann

There is a Mary Ann GARAWAY - 22 June 1809, Old Sodbury

[barbatalice]

Hi there Garraway and Capetown

I’m attempting to get up to speed on this Old Sodbury GARRAWAY line after a 5 year break, so I apologise that I’m not responding to  the detailed content of your posts in this message. I will do so once I’ve looked at what information has come online since I last looked.

I too am descended from the Lyegrove GARRAWAYs.

Here’s what I have pieced together about the Old Sodbury GARRAWAYs. As so many of them were named John and Jane some of this may be incorrect. Please feel free to correct me.

Mary GARRAWAY of Malmsbury Wiltshire, widow/ relict of Richard GARRAWAY, moved to Old Sodbury, lived at Lyegrove and was buried at Old Sodbury 23 Nov 1731. Her husband Richard GARRAWAY was buried in Malmesbury  15 Nov 1724.

Mary died intestate. The inventory of  her estate was made by her daughter Jane GARRAWAY and  witnessed by John DOLLING who was probably the husband of her granddaughter Jane GARRAWAY, born about 1702 location unknown. This granddaughter Jane  appears to be the daughter of Mary’s son John GARRAWAY.

John GARRAWAY the son of Mary and Richard,  was probably born in Malmesbury Wiltshire date unknown. He was the executor of his father’s will.  He married Jane surname unknown. At some point John moved to Old Sodbury. His daughter Joanna  was baptised in Old Sodbury in 1708. John was buried in Old Sodbury 19 Jun 1734. In the burial register he is recorded as John GARRAWAY of Lyegrove in this parish. The executors of his will were his wife Jane and his son John baptised 1713.

I am descended from the John baptised 1713, via his daughter Jane GARRAWAY baptised 1740. This Jane first married Thomas  WATTS in 1762 and then Thomas PEACHEY in  1776. Jane PEACHEY died in Bristol in 1807 and is buried in Old Sodbury. The administrator of her estate was her son Thomas WATTS victualler of Chipping Sodbury.

I’ll respond more thoroughly to your posts once I’ve had a good look at all the new docs.

Cheers from Down Under.