Marriage certificate query

[Clarinetguy]

Thanks Pam. I really need to get to grips with the resources which can be found on line. All replies have helped with this specific issue and my approach to research.

[Pam Downes]

I think this is the burial of Ann, wife of Nicholas, in Winthorpe in 1796. (I think it says 32, and not 52 as 52 wouldn't fit with Isaac's baptism, nor 'match' the age of the Nicholas buried in 1832) http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=525114&iid=141243

Also check out two lines down for the burial of Matthew. I wonder if Ann died in childbirth, and Matthew died a few months later?

I believe Nicholas then married a Susan/Susannah but I at the moment I don't know where I've put the index which might help me find where they married.
In about a month's time, give this thread a bump by posting a message which says 'Bump for Pam', and I'll try to find the stuff in the meantime.

p.s.
OK. That's it. There are too many Nicholas Simpsons.

There's Nicholas and Susanna baptising a son in October 1809 in Addlethorpe.
Then there's this page for Withern http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=706771&iid=139464

1809, baptism of Susanna, (4 Feb) d/o Nicholas and Susan.
1809 burial of Nicholas Simpson (16 Sep)
1810 baptism of Martha, (3 Nov), d/o Nicholas and Susan.

Now, admittedly, it doesn't say how old Martha was when she was baptised, so her father could be the Nicholas who died in 1809 but I'm going

Pam
(who's off for a very long lie-down in a very dark room )

[Pam Downes]

The good news is that I've remembered another way of accessing the indexes I have on fiche, diskette, and CD, in particular the marriage indexes.
Lincolnshire Family History Society are currently updating all their marriage indexes and are now issuing them on CD in batches of 4 or 5 deaneries per CD.
If you don't know what a deanery is http://www.
genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/index.html
And a map http://
http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/im...DeaneryMap.pdf

LFHS publications are available through Parish Chest
http://www.parishchest.com/Lincolnsh...ciety__LID6958
Parish registers on CD - Vol 4 of the marriage indexes covers a lot of the parishes around Mumby/Ingoldmells/Withern, etc. 212 of them to be exact; so a ten quid CD which means that I can check 212 parishes for 137 years (1700-1837) is excellent value for money.
Ditto with the baptisms and burials 1754-1812, issued per deanery. Makes it very easy to pick out families, even in different villages, and to spot where you have, say, two John and Marys as parents.

The marriage indexes are also on FMP, as well as the Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1628-1837 (another CD). Baptisms 1754-1812 aren't on FMP.

Starting at the beginning: There is a marriage bond/allegation for 'a' Nicholas regarding marriage to Ann Soulden in 1770. Nicholas is allegedly 23, so born in 1747. You can get a copy of the document from Lincolnshire Archives (not LFHS) using the reference number MB 1770/163&164. When ordering documents from Archives always ask them to check that nothing is recorded on the back of the document, and if necessary to copy the back too. As I have the CD I can also tell you that Ann was 31(bear that in mind re that burial I found for an Ann aged 32/52), and was a widow. That document might give Nicholas' occupation.

I looked at Withern marriage register at the pages labelled 1768-1772, but didn't find a marriage for Nicholas and Ann, so looked in the general register and found this. http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=706771&iid=139428

But according to the (new) marriage index there should be more information available so I went back to the actual marriage register and forwarded a couple of images and found this http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=531198&iid=139374
Read every single word of that document.
Note that the spelling of Ann's surname seems to vary.

Ann was formerly Ann Maidens and she married John Soulden in Brinkhill in 1765. On Lincs to the Past, http://www.
lincstothepast.com/
advance search, enter Brinkhill PAR 1 in the 'With the exact phrase box'.
From the results I would assume that you need General register 1561-1785. The register is in a very poor state, and I was looking in the region of image 42 but without much luck.

Marriage of Nicholas and Susanna Chapman in Tothill in 1800. http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=519401&iid=211579

Without wishing to further cloud the issue there is also a Nicholas Simpson marrying in West Keal to an Elizabeth Cheals in 1787. http://www.
lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=516364&iid=172148

Think I might leave you to munch over that lot for a while, and try to sort out who's who and what's what.

Pam

[Clarinetguy]

Think I might leave you to munch over that lot for a while, and try to sort out who's who and what's what.
Pam

This is 'above and beyond' Pam - yes I shall need to chew all this over. Thanks again.

[Pam Downes]

I hope I haven't confused you too much, CG, and that at least some of it makes sense in the end.

There's quite a bit of stuff on FreeREG http://
freereg.rootsweb.com/
for some of the places I've mentioned - check out the 'counties and parishes' and the events/dates so you know exactly which before you start searching - and obviously the online PRs on Lincs to the Past means it's relatively easy to see the entry.

One tip on FreeREG I've only just discovered myself is that if you're searching for, in this instance, children of Nicholas Simpson, select baptisms, enter Nicholas Simpson as the name, select county plus place if wanted, and then search. Much easier than just searching for Simpson in a place and then having to sort through them all to find which have Nicholas as a father.

Pam