Saturday, March 15, 2014

Marriage Records

Learning About Marriage Banns 


Title Page of Register Book for St. Chad's in Saddleworth (Ancestry.com)

Recorded Marriage of John Schofield and Hannah Fox, St. Chad's Saddleworth, (Ancestry.com)

#1075 John Scholefield, of this Parifh [parish], and Hannah Fox of the same [parish] were married in this Chapel by Banns this twenty-fifth Day of February in the Year One Thoufand [thousand] seven Hundred and eighty two by me, Charles Hague.

The Marriage was folemnized [solemnized]  between us John Scholefield and Hannah fox [their signatures]. In the Prefence [presence] of Arthur Scholfield [ likely his brother, signature] and Benjamin Brierley's [his mark indicating he could not write his name.

So, they were wed. John and Hannah came to America after having six children and had more born here.

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