200 marriages at Sadberge St. Andrew in Darlington district from its start as a chapel-of-ease in the parish of Haughton-le-Skerne in 1663 to the end of 1812, including witnesses. We also took the opportunity to add the witnesses to our existing 70 marriages at Sadberge for 1813-1837, giving you an additional 175 witnesses in which to search for your ancestor.  Witnesses start appearing in 1755.  Groom’s occupations are generally listed 1759-1797.

Sadberge is not indexed by the IGI and is not available anywhere else on the Internet as far as we know.  Some samples:

• 12 May 1663 Peter Widdifield, of Auckland married Elizabeth Marlys, of this parish
• 5 Dec 1744 Robert Humphrey, of this parish married Margaret Widdofield, of this parish
• 18 May 1766 George Goldsbrough (shoemaker), of this parish married Mary Coulson (spinster), of this parish, by banns
  Witnesses: Peter Radcliffe, George Goldsbrough, Hugh Toner
• 2 Jul 1808 George Cowling (jun’r), of the parish of Aycliff married Margaret Coulson, of this parish, by licence
  Witnesses: John Hornsby, Mary Adamson, Edward Corner

1,775 burials at Jarrow St. Paul for the years 1836-1853 plus 1860. We will fill the gap of 1854-1859 in a couple of months.  1836-1842 and 1847 are from the parish register; 1843-1846,  1848-1853 ,and 1860  are from the Bishop’s Transcripts. Residences mentioned include, besides Jarrow (East Jarrow, Jarrow Colliery, and Jarrow Row), Brockley Whins, Bill Quay, Curliew, Felling, Follingsby, Gateshead, Harton, Hebburn (and Hebburn Hall, Colliery & Quay), Hedworth, Monkton, North Shields, Newcastle and Wallsend (across the river), Simonside, South Shields, Templetown, and Westoe.

• 3 Nov 1846 Francis Reay, age: 14, a native of Easington found drowned on Jarrow Slake
• 18 May 1843 James Heslop, of Urpeth, age: 70
• 5 Jan 1836 Isabella Spoors, of Jarrow, age: infant
• 24 Aug 1845 Benjamin Robinson, of Jarrow, age: 19
  [Note: killed by explosion at Jarrow Colliery 21st August]

852 burials at Sunderland Holy Trinity for the year 1856. Some samples:

• 17 Apr 1856 Thomas Hutchinson, of Coronation Street, age: 99, died 14 Apr 1856, butcher
• 20 Apr 1856 Jane Dodds, of Barrack Street, age: 82, died 17 Apr 1856, wife of James Dodds (mariner)
• 30 Apr 1856 Mary Summerson, of Flag Lane, age: 80, died 26 Apr 1856, widow of Robert Summerson (ostler)
• 25 May 1856 Joseph Hornsby Engleton, of Albert St, Bishopwearmouth, age: 11 months, died 21 May 1856, son of William Engleton (shipwright)

755 marriages at Monkwearmouth St Peter, covering 1820-1826, including all witnesses. In December 1822, the clerk started recording the marital status (bachelor, widower, spinster, widow) of the bride & groom in nearly all the marriages. Some samples:

• 10 Jan 1820 John Rosewarne, of this parish married Ann Bellis, of this parish, by Banns
  Witnesses: John Pickering, Mary Pickering
• 20 Jul 1820 William Ogle Dickinson, of the Parish of St John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne married Elizabeth Davidson, of this parish, by Licence
  Witnesses: John Davidson, Margaret Davidson, A. Dickinson
• 21 Dec 1823 John Fenwick (widower), of this parish married Margaret Liddle (widow), of this parish, by Banns
  Witnesses: William Hall, Thomas Hall
• 7 Oct 1826 John Rutherford (bachelor), of the Chapelry of Lamesley married Elizabeth Beldon (spinster), of this parish, by Licence
  Witnesses: Ralph Wood, A. Robson

Marriages for 1827-1831 will follow in a few weeks.

6,132 marriage bonds issued by the Durham Diocese 1782-1795.

Marriage bonds often provide ages, occupations, and place of residence for the bride and groom during a period when marriage registers did not provide that information. Please read the Marriages Bonds section of the Transcription Samples page for a description of what information is found in bonds, allegations, and associated documents, and how we present that information. For example:

11 Nov 1790 Thomas GRAYDON, age 21, Southwick, Monkwearmouth, miller
obtained a license to marry Elizabeth WANDLASS, age 21, Monkwearmouth
Surety: Thomas WANDLASS, Monkwearmouth Shore, baker

The Diocese of Durham covered all of County Durham and parts of Northumberland and North Yorkshire. Marriage bonds were not issued on a per-district basis, so the District filter is ignored when the marriage bond database is searched.

These records are from Ron Nubley’s Index, which we are in the process of integrating into our collection, so when you buy one of these, you will immediately get the brief index entry, and the full entry will be transcribed and emailed to you within 3 days, at which point it becomes part of our database and you can view it again at any time.

Replaced the index to burials 1765-1789 at Ryton Holy Cross with full details, so those 3,063 burials are now instantly available.