Hello Moni Thanks for sending on the copy of the cert. I spoke to Haverfordwest registrar office this morning and they insisted your couple's marriage would be recorded in Carmarthen register Office which I very much doubted as every Narberth registered marriage I have seen was held in Haverfordwest - also if, as I suspect this is a "slip of the pen" rather than a double wedding then my couple who were registered in Narberth as married in October, would not be known to Carmarthen. Anywaay I phoned Carmarthen and they were intrigued and looked up their records - For Dec qtr 1852 they have no record of any of the four names concerned. They asked if I could send them a copy for them to investigate - I'm sure you are OK with that?? Haverfordwest said if there was still a problem then Carmarthen would contact then so obviously they would respond more to a call from Carmarthen than from me!!! Meanwhile while talking to CMN I had another look at your cert and I have a theory. If you have a good look at it there seems to be a small mark on the right hand end of Lewis Evans and Jane Butler so I think this is marking the error - and I think the Seven with & D below is really E D which is the initials of Edward Davies the registrar. I don't know what the "Seven" is possibly a different word that means error or alteration. I mentioned this to the lady in the registrar's office so we'll see what she thinks. All for now Pat In message <8b2612690911250742w53a05efcueb140fe4b14bba7d@mail.gmail.com> , A Spell In Time <spellintime@googlemail.com> writes >Dear Allen and Pat > >I called this a double wedding and put a question mark in the title >line because I don't know at the moment what else to call it and I >have never seen anything like this before. > >The marriage certificate is for just one couple, Samuel John and >Martha Phillips, married at Bethel Baptist Chapel in Monachlogddu in >1852. However it seems that two couples were married at the same time >because the certificate states that "This marriage was solemnised >between us..." and four names are given in the space for the bride and >groom's signatures/marks: Samuel John and Martha Phillips, plus Lewis >Evans and Jane Butler. There are two separate witnesses to the >marriage as per usual. In the margin beside the names of those who >were married is a note that looks like "Seven & D." > >It certainly got me intrigued! Perhaps, as you suggest, Pat, this >could be a case of Lewis Evans and Jane Butler getting married in one >chapel and then blessed in another to accomodate both their places of >worship. But if that's what Lewis and Jane did, it's strange that >their names have been given on Samuel John and Martha Phillips >marriage certificate in the way that they have. Perhaps the wedding >and the blessing both took place at the same time in front of >witnesses. > >So for me there's still a bit of a mystery there. > >I hope you've got the scan of the marriage certificate now, Pat. > >With thanks and best wishes > >Moni -- pat