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December 7th, 2009

Marriage witnesses added to Great Stainton, Grindon, Norton, Auckland, Staindrop

Filling in some gaps, we added witnesses to the marriages at Great Stainton 1804-1811, Grindon 1813-1837, Norton 1813-37, Auckland St Andrew 1813, and Staindrop 1826.

December 7th, 2009

Barnard Castle marriage witnesses & consents added for 1813-37

Marriage witnesses added to our existing 767 marriages at Barnard Castle for 1813-1837, giving you 1,629 new names to search in. The Barnard Castle marriages were particularly revealing, because it turned out that for minors, the person who gave consent was named, and we didn’t record that level of detail the first time through these records. If you purchased a marriage in Barnard Castle, you’ll want to review it (log in, click My Previous Orders), especially if the groom or bride was a minor, because for most minors, you get records like this:

  • 28 Sep 1825 Thomas Stephenson (bachelor, mason), of this Chapelry married Jane Stephenson (spinster, minor), of this Chapelry, by licence with consent of the father Douthwaite Stephenson
    Witnesses: George Bell, Margaret Bellwood
  • 31 Jan 1833 William Humphreys (bachelor, minor, clock & watch maker), of this Chapelry married Mary Linn (minor & spinster), of this Chapelry, by licence with consent of Thomas Humphreys his father and John Linn her guardian
    Witnesses: Dorothy Humphreys, Joseph Stephenson

We also made several corrections to names, so if you were unable to find a marriage here before, you might want to try again now.

December 1st, 2009

Barnard Castle baptisms 1816-1831, burials 1815-31

2,407 baptisms covering 1816-1831 and 1,632 burials covering 1815-1831 at Barnard Castle St. Mary in Teesdale district, from the Bishop’s Transcript with some cross-checking against the parish register. Residences mentioned besides Barnard Castle include Barnard Castle Moor, Bede-kirk, Blades Field, Bluestone Grange, Bales Hill House, Bridge End (Startforth), Cotherstone, Caininby (Kinninvie), Dent Gate, East Shaws, Forthbourn, Garforth Pond, Haremire, Hawksley Hill, Hedrick Grange, Holling Hill House, Hunger Knowl, Low Shipley, Low Startforth, Marwood, Marwood Grange, Mount Eff, New Broomielaw, Parrock House, Pecknell, Romaldkirk, Stainton, Streatlam, Westwick, and Whorley Hill.

Samples:

  • baptized 1 Mar 1816 Elizabeth Benning, of Barnard Castle, daughter of James Parkin Benning (cabinet maker) & Mary
  • baptized 31 Aug 1821 Robert King, of Barnard Castle, son of the late William King & Isabella Martha King (the late William King, father of this child, had two wives living at the same time, Martha King being the latter)
  • baptized 7 Dec 1831 Christopher Stockburn, of Bolton House, son of William Stockburn (farmer) & Diana
  • buried 2 Feb 1816 Jane Procter, of Barnard Castle, age: 98
  • buried 1 Apr 1820 Bayles Gill, of Barnard Castle, age: 99
  • buried 2 May 1817 Major General James Hugonin, of Barnard Castle, age: 88