Hello Anne, Did you look in London marriages?? Some of the more well to do &/or adventurous Kent mob went to London to be married ie Blaxlands. Worth a try & Ancestry has that lovely London marriage index there for all to see. Cheers. Annie > Anne Chambers <anne.chambers@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Pam - I have the FARMERs pretty well sorted in Bermondsey, I > just can't find the marriage of Edward > Thomas. > > The Farmers were ropemakers/mariners/carpenters; the Edward Thomas > baptised in 1796 is him (he?). > > I'll investigate the Susannah Wigmore 1798 baptism - the family bible > has her dying in 1872 'in her 75th year' > so that might fit. > > What I really need is the 1820 marriage! And an ASQUITH/WIGMORE > marriage would be nice too ;) > > Anne > > pam hillier wrote: > > Hi Anne > > No Marriage that I can find by other means but I have not got the > marriage > > cd......only the baptisms. > > Just a thing of note Anne, Bermondsey is being transcribed by the West > > Surrey FHG not Kent. > > 4 Asquiths on the CD > > 13 Wigmores and a swag of FARMERS, loads in Bermondsey. > > lee is 3.6 miles from Bermondsey according to Parloc Parish locator. > > BUT > > There is an Edward Thomas FARMER baptism St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey > > 25/9/1796 to Nicholas and Ann (ropemaker), birth date 22/8/1796 > (making him > > 24 at marriage) I wonder if this is him. > > others of lesser note..... > > > > 2. There's one Asquith In St Mary Mag, Bermondsey, Bapt Thomas Gibson > > Asquith son of David and Susanna, captain, 29/9/1786 born 6/9/1786 > > Susanna???? > > 3. There's also a David FARMER, son of Edmund and Ann, baptised > 14/2/1728/9 > > born 13/2/1728/29 > > These are all Bermondsey St mary mag and notice the links to the sea > > (Captain, ropemaker) > > Casting my eye quickly down the list of Farmers, they could mostly be > > connected to the sea, ropemakers, Mariners, Captain, carpenter (could > be > > ships carpenters) > > 4. There are three Asquiths in Hoseleydown, children of > Phillip......and > > interestingly, there is a Susannah wigmore born Horsleydown, St Johns > to A > > William Thomas and Susanna WIGMORE, bapt 11/4/1798 and born 20/3/1798 > - WT > > was a biscuit maker. > > 5. You still need the marriage to really clinch the birth hon...... > > But I hope this helps a little. > > Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> For years, I've been looking for the marriage of my gggrandfather > Edward > >> Thomas FARMER to Susannah ? - he > >> came from a Bermondsey (Surrey) family and there is a connection (his > >> mourning ring has been handed down as a > >> family heirloom) through Susanna with Amos ASQUITH, who was either > her > >> father or grandfather, a Bermondsey > >> brewer who died in 1793, so I disregarded this marriage in the IGI, > >> thinking > >> that Kent was unlikely. > >> > >> EDWARD THOMAS FARMER > >> Marriages: > >> Spouse: SUSANNA WIGMORE > >> 12 MAR 1820 Lee, Kent, England > >> M016504 > >> > >> However, browsing through the Ancestry LMA collection, I discovered > that > >> Lee > >> was in the Hundred of Lewisham > >> (only about 6 miles from Bermondsey) and some of the St Margaret's > records > >> are in the database. The > >> marriages, however, end at 1813. My local FHC has just broken its > only > >> fiche reader (wasn't me, honest!), so > >> getting the film isn't an option at the moment. > >> > >> I'm hoping the marriage entry will give Edward's parish as St Mary > >> Magdalene, Bermondsey. I've Googled and > >> there seem to be some transcriptions in the Lewisham library but not > for > >> the > >> period I am interested in. > >> I'd be grateful for any ideas as to where I can find out the details > of > >> the > >> marriage; their first child was > >> born in March 1821, so it fits. > >> > >> Anne > >> South Australia > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus.