I may have provided this reference from a transcript. Thomas is "of Morpeth". The witness may well be Eden Falcus. The final letter(s) are a squiggle. There is a burial entry in the Bedlington transcript for Sept (3?) 1781 "Frances, wife of Thomas Fawcuss, Choppington". John Swann witnesses a number of marriages at this time and could well have been the parish clerk. Best, Pamela > It concerns the marriage of Frances Curry to Thomas Falcus 17.1.1781 at > Bedlington. > My notes suggest that he was of the parish of Morpeth and that witnesses > to the marriage were Edm Burton/Barton and John Swann. > A couple of questions: could the witnesses be Eden Burton and was John > Swann an official > If so there must surely be a > death for his first wife Frances Falcus (nee Curry). Can anyone find > this death?