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Thanks for that. I will keep looking

The original record states that Jos/John Hannam & Sara Cardingbrook married 23 Mar 1723 - but at the end of the entry is says at (or "of") then very faintly something that looks like "Churchill".

Looking further up the original page is recorded a marriage (poss 3 Feb 1723) for Anthony Lewis and Mary Cardingbrook (and I'm sure it says this!) of Churchill.

The Marriage License for Anthony Lewis and Mary Cardingbrook (on ancestry) is very hard to read and is beyond me - but you can make out Anthony Lewis and Mary Cardingbrook of Winscombe (no mention of Churchill however!)

Looking at the entry for the marriage license for John & Sarah in "Marriage Allegation Bonds of the Bishop of Bath & Wells (up to 1755)" (which you can download for free from archive.org) it states that Sarah was a spinster of 27.

If these two (Sarah & Mary) were related and did hail from Churchill - then checking the original records for Churchill do not help as according to Ancestry some of the years around 1696 are missing.

This would explain why you cannot find a birth entry however! Would there be any Bishops Transcripts for Churchill? 

I think you will find that the double date is only used for Jan, Feb or March before 1752.  Therefore Abraham was buried in May 1744, Elizabeth was buried in June 1728.Abraham's marriage was in March 1728/9.

A Sarah THAYER was buried at Bedminster 26 Jan 1755 which was after the introduction of the Julian Calendar. Image from Ancestry

I am happy that Abraham and Elizabeth died in Kewstoke etc but can't find the marriage of these two. I will have a look at the above death of Sarah. Thanks for your input

Brian

Thanks Pat. That would explain a marriage AFTER possible death of John.

Thanks, Pat, for another information-packed newsletter.

Everyone would know exactly where you lived if you told them that you lived in Anti Dry Rot Lane!  Maybe the Anti Dry Rot Company built the cottages for their workers and insisted that they should be allowed to call it that!!