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Elusive marriage
I'm looking in vain for a marriage between a Thomas Shapman and Sarah. Her maiden name was Ayling. I can't find it in Hampshire from the FHS CD.
I have her husband's name from the will of Sarah's father, which was written on 3rd October 1722 at Bentley, Hampshire, three days before his death. At the time the will was written Thomas and Sarah Shapman had three children, Sarah, Thomas and Mary. The Aylings had connections with Sussex, so the marriage could have taken place there. |
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While you are looking, would you look for any Pulling/Poling/Poulden marriages in the Petersfield area? I have a large number of missing marriages for a similar period, with a possible retreat into Sussex. I don't know enough about the area to speculate whether there were lax vicars, lax morals, or a few fires which took the registers with them.
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No sign of an Ayling- Shapman marriage in Sussex either. Out of curiosity I checked for baptisms, and there were none for Shapman in Hampshire at that time, but Thomas and Sarah Chapman of Hartley Mauditt (about 6 miles from Bentley) had Sarah (3 May 1715), Thomas (22 Jan 1716) and John (19 Dec 1718). No sign of Mary. Checked for Chapman-Ayling marriages, but again there were none in either county.
Not much help I'm afraid |
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Roger Poling 8/5/1681 to Mary Sheryer Rodger Poling 22/4/1683 to Elizabeth Heb Roger Poling 4/9/1688 to Margaret Young all in Petersfield. Elenor Poling 31/10/1708 to Richard Utley Mary Poling 2/4/11727 to Lewis Ayling (!) again both in Petersfield Only other one was William Poling 19/1/1717 to Elizabeth Hoare in Catherington. Finally 2 for Poulden Mary Poulden 30/12/1721 to James Garret at Portsmouth St Thomas Sarah Poulden 18/1/1726 to Kilbury Garret at Alverstoke |
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Well done Phoenix - makes sense, Farnham is only a hop skip and a jump away from Bentley. |
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It is the Bermuda triangle of Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire. I never know where to look. |
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Just realised the marriage entry says Thomas is from Hartley, so those baptisms are quite possibly theirs.
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Thanks for looking, Crawfie!
I have a gut feeling that that William Poling ought to be connected as another William (son of Thomas of Petersfield) was apprenticed in Catherington some twenty years later, but no proof. Elenor and Mary are both distant aunts. I have four generations of Polings, and not a single marriage between them
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Well, now that's sorted I could add my list of missing marriages.....and births....and lol
Well done though. Great to get a breakthrough.
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