Chilham Marriage 1808

[Melbell]

Please can someone check an 1808 marriage at St. Mary Chilham for me?

9 January 1808 Thomas EPPS m. Ann SCOTT.  It's in FreeREG, but what I need to know, please, is the condition of the bride.  Was she a spinster, or as I think, a widow?

Thank you,
Melbell

[bearkat]

She was a spinster.

[Melbell]

Thanks for your quick reply, bearkat.  That's odd, in view of other research I've carried out!

Melbell

[grandarog]

Find my Past has a transcription and the original register entry, which states he was a Bachelor and she a  Spinster   both of the Parish of Chilham. Married after banns 20/27th Dec & 3rd Jan.By Jarvis Kenrick ,Vicar.

[Melbell]

Thanks grandarog.  The thing is, I know (99% sure), that she was a widow, but I think she found it easier to 'forget' that, because it might rake up stuff from her past that she didn't want to acknowledge.

Melbell