Advice please: Further to my letter last week. I received a copy of the 16 March 1737 Marriage Allegation today and to my surprise see that it notes Richard BRAND age 27 Bachelor and Jane THACKER spinster both of the parish of St.Andrew Undershaft. A search on the web tells me this parish is in London.A further search on Ancestry noted that this marriage actually did take place there. IF these "are" the parents of my 4xgt grandparents is it likely that they would travel from Lincoln to London to be married? Quite a journey in 1737. There was an older brother of "my" Richard, a William bp "24 Jan 1737" in St.Swithin Lincolnshire. You would have thought however, that they would have waited until after the marriage to have the child christened ! I have found no other couple with those names married in Lincolnshire. Do you think I should discount this couple and keep searching for a marriage of a Richard BRANT and a Jane? Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont)

"You would have thought however, that they would have waited until after the marriage to have the child christened !" They did Margaret. :) Prior to 1752 the UK were using the Julian calendar when the year began on 25th March, and then went April, May, June, etc, December, January, March. So what was written in the PR as 24 Jan 1737 is what we today would call 24 Jan 1738. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.co.uk/ On 30/01/2014 22:35, Margaret Taylor wrote: > Advice please: > Further to my letter last week. I received a copy of the 16 March 1737 > Marriage Allegation today and to my surprise see that it notes Richard > BRAND age 27 Bachelor and Jane THACKER spinster both of the parish of > St.Andrew Undershaft. A search on the web tells me this parish is in > London.A further search on Ancestry noted that this marriage actually did > take place there. > > IF these "are" the parents of my 4xgt grandparents is it likely that they > would travel from Lincoln to London to be married? Quite a journey in 1737. > There was an older brother of "my" Richard, a William bp "24 Jan 1737" in > St.Swithin Lincolnshire. You would have thought however, that they would > have waited until after the marriage to have the child christened ! > > I have found no other couple with those names married in Lincolnshire. > Do you think I should discount this couple and keep searching for a marriage > of a Richard BRANT and a Jane? > > Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont) > > > > ------------------------------- >

This is a difficult one Margaret. Perhaps you should eliminate this couple before you decide they are not yours. Have you found any children of a Richard & Jane Brant in London? Most of the London parish registers are searchable on Ancestry. I have a couple married in St Paul's, Lincoln in the 1670s - he was from Beverley in Yorkshire and she was from Winteringham, north Lincolnshire. People did travel a long way to marry sometimes, particularly if they had some reason to keep the fact that they were getting married a secret. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html http://duncalfonenamestudy.tribalpages.com/ Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Margaret Taylor Sent: 30 January 2014 22:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [LIN] Richard BRANT/Jane THACKER marriage licence find.1736/7 Advice please: Further to my letter last week. I received a copy of the 16 March 1737 Marriage Allegation today and to my surprise see that it notes Richard BRAND age 27 Bachelor and Jane THACKER spinster both of the parish of St.Andrew Undershaft. A search on the web tells me this parish is in London.A further search on Ancestry noted that this marriage actually did take place there. IF these "are" the parents of my 4xgt grandparents is it likely that they would travel from Lincoln to London to be married? Quite a journey in 1737. There was an older brother of "my" Richard, a William bp "24 Jan 1737" in St.Swithin Lincolnshire. You would have thought however, that they would have waited until after the marriage to have the child christened ! I have found no other couple with those names married in Lincolnshire. Do you think I should discount this couple and keep searching for a marriage of a Richard BRANT and a Jane? Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message