Saturday 21 Dec 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Marriages. At St. Mary Church, in this city, on Thursday the 19th inst., by the Rev. John DAYMAN, rector of Skelton, Cumberland, William Lettsom GRONOW, Esq., of Christ Church, College, Oxford, eldest son of the Rev. Thos. GRONOW, of Brompton Square, Middlesex, and Court Herbert, Glamorganshire, South Wales, to Catherine Anne, only daughter of the late William NORMAN, Esq., of this city. At St. Cuthbert's Church, in this city, on the 9th instant, Mr. Robert HETHERINGTON, to Miss Mary WALKER, both of Burthwaite Lane; same place, on the 14th, Mr. George BLAIR, whip maker, Union Street, to Miss Sarah LECKENBY, of Botchergate; also, Mr. Isaac THOMLINSON, husbandman, Bread Street, to Miss Jane NICHOLSON, of Botcherby. At Penrith, on the 15th inst., Mr. Jonathan WILKINSON, clogger, to Miss Jane JACKSON; on the 19th, Mr. William THOMPSON, shoemaker to Miss Esther HOLMES. At the Independent Chapel, Alston, on the 18th inst., by the Rev. Jonathan HARPER, Mr. Utrick WALTON, Officer of Customs, Greenock, to Elizabeth, daughter, of Joseph DICKINSON, Esq., of Loveladyshield, near Alston. At Harrington, on the 9th inst., Mr. Robert BETHWAITE, joiner, of Egremont, to Miss Betsy TALLANTIRE, of Harrington. At Workington, on the 16th instant, Mr. William NICHOLSON, yeoman, to Miss Elizabeth RAY. At Torpenhow, on the 7th inst., Mr. Francis SCOTT, of the Low Wood Nook inn, to Mary, only daughter of Mr. James LITTLE, of Threapland Lees. At Crosscannonby, Mr. Thomas SIBSON, to Miss Mary SANDERSON, both of Maryport. At Hensingham, on the 16th inst., Mr. John DALZELL, butcher, of Whitehaven, to Esther, second daughter of the late Mr. John BURNYEAT, butcher. At Askham, on the 14th inst., Mr. Mark BELASS [BELLAS according to FreeBMD], of Mauld's Meaburn, to Mary, daughter of the late Mr. William DONALD, of Askham. At Whitehaven, on the 14th inst., Mr. Richard WITNEL [WIGNALL according to FreeBMD], fisherman, to Miss Ann ROBINSON; on the 15th, Mr. Robert WILSON, tailor, to Miss Hannah WOOD; Mr. Robert HIGGIN, mariner, to Miss Elizabeth Margaret M'NULTY. At Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man, on the 3rd inst., Mr. George ROOM, stone cutter, formerly of Whitehaven, to Miss Catherine BAYLEY, late pastry cook to Richard SIMPSON, Esq., Cliffe, Crescent. At Moat Farrell, last week, Polly M'GLYNN, widow of the late Patrick WHITE, James GRAY, and John HANLEY, at the age of 89 years, to William TUITE, pig doctor in ordinary and dancing master extraordinary, at the age of 84 years, after burying his fifth wife. Their combined ages make a total of 173 years, and their marriages amount to no fewer than ten.