G’day Petra The marriage occurred in a “steeple house” – it’s recorded in 1748 at St Cuthbert’s Carlisle according to the IGI (but I’ve not had that microfilm in at my local library yet). I believe it is the first marriage for both of them. Mary was a Quaker by birth, so I imagine there’s a story to be had in the Quaker Minute Books (it’s a pity the LDS haven’t microfilmed them as they have the Quaker BDM registers). Now that I have an age for Thomas, it appears from Family Search that he was baptised in Lanercost in 1728, son of Edward, so he may even have been under 21 at the time of their marriage. Cheers David From: Petra Mitchinson via Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 2:56 AM To: cumberland@rootsweb.com ; 'Westmorland List' Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Thank you, David. I'm pleased the transcription gave you new information! Was this either David's or Mary's second marriage? Otherwise this age difference with the wife being older was (and still is) quite unusual. Petra -----Original Message----- From: cumberland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cumberland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Armstrong via Sent: 07 January 2016 22:56 To: Petra Mitchinson <petra.mitchinson@doctors.org.uk>; Cumberland Mailing List <CUMBERLAND@rootsweb.com>; Westmorland List <ENG-WESTMORLAND@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Many thanks Petra Thomas was the husband of Mary Sutton (and I hadn’t previously known that he was nearly ten years younger than his wife). David Armstrong Maylands Western Australia From: Petra Mitchinson via Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 4:15 AM To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List Subject: [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Saturday 27 Mar 1819 (p. 3, col. 5) DEATHS. In Carlisle, on Tuesday last, the 23rd inst., in the 91st year of his age, Thomas CARRICK, father of David CARRICK, Banker, one of the Society of Friends. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus