I would say not myself Where it states single, widowed etc, which is far from all registers in my experience, I would expect it to be as stated by that party (which is not necessarily the truth of course) It could be a mistake on the part of the scribe, registers were often written up later from notes Are there other entries in the same register stating widow or widower? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03-Dec-17 10:54 AM, Brian Sillett wrote: > I have numerous examples where a second marriage record describes the groom as single. > > The example in front of me is in 1693 in Ipswich. Can I assume it was commonplace then for a widower to describe himself as single? > > Brian Sillett

Thanks Nivard. It looks as if I have wrongly assigned bits of notes about marriages in cut and paste episodes (stupid boy!) I rather suspect that might be the case in other half remembered instances and when I come across another case, I will be more careful. Brian Sillett -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:15 AM To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Single or widowed? I would say not myself Where it states single, widowed etc, which is far from all registers in my experience, I would expect it to be as stated by that party (which is not necessarily the truth of course) It could be a mistake on the part of the scribe, registers were often written up later from notes Are there other entries in the same register stating widow or widower? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03-Dec-17 10:54 AM, Brian Sillett wrote: > I have numerous examples where a second marriage record describes the > groom as single. > > The example in front of me is in 1693 in Ipswich. Can I assume it was > commonplace then for a widower to describe himself as single? > > Brian Sillett ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have one in from the mid 18th century in Bruisyard, where the banns state widow and the marriage entry shows single woman> Karen Stewart -----Original Message----- From: SUFFOLK [mailto:suffolk-bounces+stewarte=tpg.com.au@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Sillett Sent: Monday, 4 December 2017 6:27 PM To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Single or widowed? Thanks Nivard. It looks as if I have wrongly assigned bits of notes about marriages in cut and paste episodes (stupid boy!) I rather suspect that might be the case in other half remembered instances and when I come across another case, I will be more careful. Brian Sillett with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message