Matt, I can give a link to the parish register entry
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6RQ9-7SM?i=282&cat=452239
and throw in the BT for good measure!
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYQ9-MPN?i=784&cat=581076
On the PR the marriage has been written out a second time and said entry is crossed through. So we get two looks at it!
I thought at first Sarah's surname might be Beaston, but on reflection the first letter is not like the other capital B's on there. However it does look very similar to the capital H in Henry on the first marriage in 1714.
Samuel and Sarah seem to have called their second son Abraham, bap 1719 (first son was Samuel), so the 1787 baptism of Samuel with Abraham as father looks promising.
John
Hi John
Thanks for posting those, I never though of putting the link to the image in my original post.
I see what you mean about the entry being written down twice which is interesting. Above the second entry of the marriage [the crossed out one] is written the word "Monday". Only the marriage of Samual and Sarah is recorded as the next line states "1716" so I wonder if their marriage took place on a Monday?
With regards to the first letter of Sarah's surname, I'm not so sure it is an "B" now I look closely at other entries on the page. There are two burials on the opposite page which both have surnames starting with "B"
1716
31 March - James Turner/Torner of Beeding
August 28 - Mary Banks
The "B"s in "Beeding" and "Banks" looks similar and closer to the "B" in "Burials" but not as close to the initial letter of Sarah's surname.
There is a burial on 19 June 1714 for a "Joan Henshaw" [I think it is Henshaw] and the initial letter of that surname looks similar to that in Sarah's case. Also at the bottom of the right hand page there is the following marriage:
1718 July ye 10th
John Puttock of Horsham and Mary Potter of Itchingfield
Again I think the initial "H" of "Horsham" looks much like the first letter of Sarah's surname and also close to the initial letter of the surname in the 1714 burial mentioned above.
Whilst these are not identical they do look similar and closer to "H" than "B"
What you think?
BTW I assume that you meant to refer to the 1687 christening of Samuel rather than 1787 lol!
Best Wishes
Matt