Married at 17?

[middlesbrough]

I think this could be the William who died 1826 aged 74 years who was a sexton for 35 years at Wolsingham according to newspaper reports.

[dtcoulson]

My search through the BT the other day picked up these Williams who were 'taylors'.

Baptism

() 1816 april 3 - Thomas son of William & Priscilla Collinson , wolsingham , taylor

() 1789 feb 22 – david son of William and Hannah collinson of wolsingham taylor (page 33)

Marriage
1775 nov 20 – William collinson to Hannah Wannup

... There sure seem to be a lot of tailors in Wolsingham named William Collinson, across the years.

Seems to me the deeper we dig the more confusing it gets.

-DC

[dtcoulson]

The new GRO database gives Mary's age at death as 59.

From 1843, that goes back to 1784.
Marriage date (we would optimistically expect to be in the range) 1805~1815.

-DC

[dtcoulson]

Hi all,

I don't know if anyone is still following this topic, but anyway I want to say that I have found a William Collinson born in Wolsingham who was born the same year as the Mary Collinson who died in 1843 (as reported in the newspaper) : 1784. I'm very surprised that we missed this fellow before. He is the son of the man we were checking out previously, the 35-year sexton who died in 1826. He would be (as it were) a suitable husband for this Mary.

I have not been able yet to find a death year for this William Collinson, which should be no later than 1843 and no earlier than 1817 when his son was born. Neither have I been able to find Mary Collinson in the 1841 census, as a wife or as a widow. Any help with that would be appreciated.

Cheers
David C