On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:17:54 -0000, Janine Gall <janine.gall@hotmail.com> wrote: > The birth you found of Hannah Uley, in Winterbourne, is about the right > age to be the Hannah Uley I found who married a William Clark on 16 > October 1825 but in St. Augustine Watling Street Church, London. Did > mariage records have much info on them at this time? Would it have if > Hannah and William were of that parish? But it seems a long way to go > from Bristol to marry and if Hannah was baptised Methodist would she be > marrying in an Anglican Church? On the other hand this marriage fits in > with the birth of William Uley Clarke in St. James Church, Bristol. Hi Janine, Marriage records could include whether the groom was a bachelor or a widower and whether the bride was a spinster or a widow. The name of the parish of the groom or bride could be included if it was not the same parish where the marriage took place. However, in Bristol, couples were often recorded as being 'of the parish', when they came from other parishes outside the city. Other information, in marriage records, included the names of the witnesses. After Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, which came into force on 25th. March 1754, only Church of England marriages and those of Jews and Quakers were legal. Even if someone had a Methodist baptism, they would have married in an Anglican church. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Josephine, Thanks for explaining the marriage act, it sounds like it would be worth getting a copy of the marriage in London, even if it is to prove it one way or the other. This family certainly have been very elusive. regards Janine ---------------------------------------- > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:09:54 +0000 > Subject: [B&S] Marriage records and Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753 ( was HOOPER, CLARKE & ULEY)‏ > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:17:54 -0000, Janine Gall > wrote: > > > The birth you found of Hannah Uley, in Winterbourne, is about the right > > age to be the Hannah Uley I found who married a William Clark on 16 > > October 1825 but in St. Augustine Watling Street Church, London. Did > > mariage records have much info on them at this time? Would it have if > > Hannah and William were of that parish? But it seems a long way to go > > from Bristol to marry and if Hannah was baptised Methodist would she be > > marrying in an Anglican Church? On the other hand this marriage fits in > > with the birth of William Uley Clarke in St. James Church, Bristol. > > Hi Janine, > > Marriage records could include whether the groom was a bachelor or a > widower and whether the bride was a spinster or a widow. The name of the > parish of the groom or bride could be included if it was not the same > parish where the marriage took place. However, in Bristol, couples were > often recorded as being 'of the parish', when they came from other > parishes outside the city. Other information, in marriage records, > included the names of the witnesses. > > After Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, which came into force on 25th. > March 1754, only Church of England marriages and those of Jews and Quakers > were legal. Even if someone had a Methodist baptism, they would have > married in an Anglican church. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message