MARRIAGES - ST THOMAS SACKVILLE REACH

 
 
During this decade eighteen marriages were performed at St Thomas' , almost 
half as many as in the previoius decade. However there were no marriages 
performed in the years 1837, 1839 & 1840 which suggests that records may have 
been lost.
 
The information recorded for each marriage is as follows:
 date
 groom 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 parish
 bride 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 parish
 consent given by
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
Post 1826 all parishes were required to record all marriages on a standardized 
printed form, which contained the following information: register entry 
number, family name and Christian name of both bride and groom, residant parish 
of the bride and groom, date of marriage, who gave consent to the marriage 
and the officiating minister. Information recorded on the register but not 
included here includes the names of the witnesses to  the marriage (Interested 
readers are urged to consult the original register for this information).
 
It should be pointed out that 'year and ship of arrival', 'civil status at time 
of marriage' and 'age at marriage' for both bride and groom are all "value added" 
additons researched by this work to complement the church register.
 
With regard to the grooms 13 (72%) have been identified and the brides 16 (89%) 
have been identified. The consent of the Governor was required in 9 (exactly 
half) cases.
 
The Reverend Matthew Devenish Meares continued as rector of this parish until 
the end of 1836, who was apparently a very busy man sharing his time between 
St James Pitt Town, St Johns Wilberforce and St Thomas Sackville Reach. The Reverend 
Henry Stiles was appointed for 1837 then the Reverend John Keane from 1838. As noted
above were no marriages performed in the years 1837, 1839 & 1840 
 
The remarkable thing about the marriages at this church during this decade 
was that the majority, 19 of 34, were between colonial born parties.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. In this decade the numbers continued on from the previous decade at 
0035 and run to 0048 by the end of the decade.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 3 or 4 using code "STSR" from which the date of marriage 
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the marriage would 
then be located on this list.

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