Chelmsford Marriage 1799 Look Up Request

[rebeccaclaire86]

I've recently found a likely marriage for my 5x great-grandparents in Chelmsford on 4th July 1799 (Sarah Baldwin and Edward Parfery).  It's thrown me a bit as both were from near Bury St Edmunds, I've been hunting for this marriage for some time but hadn't expanded my search into Essex before.  Not sure what they were doing that far south, but we already know from parish registers that Sarah's maiden name was Baldwin so it does appear to be them, and fits in with the timeline of their first child being born in 1800.

I'd love to know the details from the marriage of who witnessed it from the marriage certificate, and the residences given in the banns book if at all possible as I don't have an Essex subscription as it's not one of the counties I research in normally!

Thanks in advance for any help

[CaroleW]

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD7-1YSY

Re Sarah

Residence Place   St James Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

Re Edward

Residence Place   Of This Parish

A tree on Family Search shows surname as Palfrey

[rebeccaclaire86]

Thank you 

[suffolk*sue]

Witnesses

[rebeccaclaire86]

Thank you for that, really appreciate it!

[sandiep]

the church they married in was St Mary the virgin(St Peter & St Cedd) a large gothic church which in 1914 became a cathedral it had some work done in 1800 would Edward perhaps have been there for work?

[rebeccaclaire86]

That's an interesting idea!  I don't believe he was a skilled worker though, just an agricultural labourer in later years, but it's entirely possible he was working as a general labourer during the construction.  Thanks for the suggestion!