Ware marriage licence?

[Davedrave]

Findmypast

Joshua Chamberlain son of James and Ann baptized 6 July 1781 at Ware

Thanks. I’m just not sure whether all of the children of James and Ann in the 1760-1780 period in Ware were children of the same James and Ann Chamberlain.

Dave

[trish1120]

A 20 year period of bapt children is not unusual.

[Davedrave]

A 20 year period of bapt children is not unusual.

Thanks. It isn’t really the timescale though but the fact that a will exists which possibly throws some doubt on it (or not!). It seems likely that all of these baptisms were of people in the same extended family, but maybe there were two cousins named James, who both happened to marry Anns. OTOH, I have only found one marriage in Ware itself, so maybe I’m inventing problems!

Dave

[garstonite]

Joshua
Johnathon
Susan
Edward
William
James
Sarah
all Chamberlain and baptised in Ware between 1750 -1800

13 pages - if it has a green tree next to it - you can see the family tree - unfortunately all the Ware baptisms are pay per view
may be of interest to you though ??
https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/individus/?country__0__=GBR&country__1__=&country__2__=&country__3__=&country__4__=&exact_day=&exact_month=&exact_year=&from=1781&go=1&ignore_each_patronyme=&ignore_each_prenom=&nom=chamberlain&page=1&place__0__=&place__1__=&place__2__=&place__3__=&place__4__=&prenom=&prenom_operateur=or&region__0__=ENG&region__1__=&region__2__=&region__3__=&region__4__=&sexe=&size=10&subregion__0__=HRT&subregion__1__=&subregion__2__=&subregion__3__=&subregion__4__=&to=1800&type_periode=between&zonegeo__0__=Hertfordshire,+England,+United+Kingdom&zonegeo__1__=&zonegeo__2__=&zonegeo__3__=&zonegeo__4__=

[Davedrave]

Thanks for this information, garstonite.

Dave 

[LizzieL]

On FindMyPast - Herts baptisms to James and Ann
Mary 1762
Ann 1765
James 1767
Thomas 1769
Sarah 1771
John 1774
Kitty 1776 possibly buried as Catherine 1778
Kitty 1779
Joshua 1781

The spread of baptisms is consistent with only one James  / Ann couple. Have you traced the other siblings to see if they left wills (or wills of husbands of the daughters) and any of the property from James's will turns up again ?

The will of James in 1799 names John and James and "other children" of which there would be 6 still living by the time James died, or he could have meant those who were under 21 and not yet adults, which would just be Kitty and Joshua.

[LizzieL]

- Joshua Chamberlain
- Sarah Trudget
- Ware St Mary
- marriage register
- 10 Nov 1800

Unfortunately, not a licence, just their entry in the marriage register. I wonder if the licence has actually survived, as I cannot find any evidence of it online. Maybe worth contacting the Hertfordshire Archives directly?

Looking at the image of the marriage register on FindMyPast, I can see that the witnesses were George Skegg and Ann Brown (x). Do these names ring any bells?

Queenie 

Ann Chamberlain of Ware married Daniel Smith in 1784 in Sacombe, so Ann Brown , the witness, is not Joshua's sister unless she was widowed and married a Mr Brown later

[LizzieL]

Mary Chamberlain married Jonathan Neal in Ware in 1782

Sarah Chamberlain married William Harrison in Ware in 1795, John Chamberlain was one of the witnesses

[Davedrave]

On FindMyPast - Herts baptisms to James and Ann
Mary 1762
Ann 1765
James 1767
Thomas 1769
Sarah 1771
John 1774
Kitty 1776 possibly buried as Catherine 1778
Kitty 1779
Joshua 1781

The spread of baptisms is consistent with only one James  / Ann couple. Have you traced the other siblings to see if they left wills (or wills of husbands of the daughters) and any of the property from James's will turns up again ?

The will of James in 1799 names John and James and "other children" of which there would be 6 still living by the time James died, or he could have meant those who were under 21 and not yet adults, which would just be Kitty and Joshua.

Many thanks. I hadn’t thought of your very good point about the spread of children through time being consistent with only one couple. Joshua looks to fit well with the rest, but I’ll see if I can locate any more wills.

Dave