Burials 1734 - 1755
Transcribed from BT's by Michael Russell 2007 from CLDS film 1279496
[Transcribers comments are in brackets in italics]
Notes:-
The original registers for this period exist in the Dorset Registry Office & there appear to be some transcription errors between those records and the Bishops Transcripts transcribed here which were done in some cases several years later by the vicar. The originals still need to be transcribed, any additional information added including missing years, and corrections made where appropriate.
Readers are reminded that each year started on 25 th March not the 1 st January [ up until 1752]so January and February Christenings for example will appear at the end of the year
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1710 to 1733 Inclusive Missing
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1734 A Copy of the Register of Fordington
[Note this one return seems to cover 1734 to 1736 and is then signed by the Vicar]
Buried
Elizabeth daughter of George LISTER & Mary his wife May 5 [Note Baptised April 9 th ]
Rebekah wife of Joseph BENETT May 22
John son of John COAT & Elizabeth his wife May 27
Elizabeth HALL Widow July 22
Alice BUNN Widow Oct 27
Thomas FROME [Foane?] Nov 1
John PARSON January 31
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[ 1735 ? - continued with no break on same return]
Mary daughter of John KING & Sarah his wife March 26 [Note Baptised June 30 1734 - i.e. 9months old]
Ann daughter of Andrew HALL & Bridget his wife April 20
Mary daughter of Wm [William] LOCK & Mary his wife June 27
Elizabeth daughter of John FOAN & Elizabet his wife July 15 - which said Elizabeth was privately baptised July ye 8 [Note John FOANE married Elizabeth Lawrence in Fordington 26 Dec 1724]
Tho: [Thomas] BUNN September 14
John son of John MATHEWS & Sarah his wife September 21 [Note; Bap Jan 30]
Elizabeth daughter of Tho: [Thomas] HARRIS & Eleanor his wife January 11
Betty daughter of John & Cecilia SEAL of Dorchester January 23
Elizabeth BARTLETT January 24
Ann & Elizabeth daughters of William LOCK & Mary his wife February 26 which said Ann & Elizabeth were privately baptised
James COLLINS March 1
Sarah KING March 11
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[ 1736 ? - continued with no break on same return]
Tho: [Thomas] son of Moses BEDLOW & Deborah his wife March 25
Wm: [William] CHICK of Dorchester April 7
Richard SQUIB of Dorchester June 25
Tho: [Thomas] SANGER July 6
Prudence LOCK July 8
Joseph son of Joseph [surname omitted] & Hannah his wife August 4
Tho: [Thomas] WINZAR August 11
Signed Jn: [John] JACOB [someone has added a note to this record John JACOB Vic 1714-1757]
[rest illegible]
[New page with no heading still 1736]
Thomas MEADER October 28
Joseph BISHOP of Dorchester January 6
George PRICE? January 28
Betty daughter of John JANES & Elizabeth his wife February 2
John son of William CHIN & Ann his wife February 17
Elizabeth daughter of William BISHOP & Mary his wife March 5 [Note: Baptised Feb 6 th ]
Anna & Ann daughters of Brian WEST & Mary his wife March 23
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[ 1737 ] [Note new document no heading ]
Deborah daughter of Andrew & Bridget HALL April 3?
Nathaniel BRICE April 5
Elizabeth daughter of Richard & Elizabeth DILLER June 12
Mary CHICK Widow Aug 14
Jean JOANS [Jones?] Nov 16
Thomas son of Thomas and Mary MANUELL Nov 20
Mary wife of John SWIER [Swyer?] Nov 18
Andrew son of Samuel & Martha ALLEN Jan 6 [Note previous entry in register Bapt. Jan 6 th ]
Thomas TAPP Junior February 5
Susanah ye wife of Samuel BEDLOW [Bedloe] February 7
Bety D a [daughter] of William & Bety TRIPP March 5 [Note Bapt 9 June 1737 so aged 9 months at death]
Richard son of ye Widow SQUIBB March 9
Betty D a [daughter] of John & Ann HAYN March 17
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[ 1738 ] [Note new document no heading ]
Rebekah D a [daughter] of William & Mary BARTLET April 18
Amos son of Thomas & Sarah ARNOLD April 20
Mrs Ann HACKHAM Widow May 1
Joseph BISHOP Se r [Senior] of Dorchester June 14
Betty D a [daughter] of John & Elizabeth MANUELL July 9
Joseph BONNETT [Bennett?] July 16
William son of Jeremie & Mary CLARK July 19
Thomas JOANS July 27
Robert son of Robert & Mary SEAGER August 1
Ann D a [daughter] of John & Sarah MATHEWS August 16
Johanna FREAK Widow August 20
Robert son of Robert & Jean MYDFORD August 22
Elizabeth D a [daughter] of Thomas & Elizabeth MITCHELL Sept 1
Elizabeth BARTLETT Aged 89 years [i.e. born approx 1669] Sept 2
Margaret SQUIBB Widow Oct 19
Elizabeth D a [daughter] of George & Mary LESTER Nov 26 [Note Baptised same day]
Mary D a [daughter] of John & Mary NELSON December 18 [Note baptised Oct 3]
Ann D a [daughter] of John & Ann GREENING January 1
Thomas MITCHELL January 5
Christon BRINE January 15?
Henery son of Richard & Elizabeth DILER [Diller?] January 26?
Frainces PRONS Widow Age 89 [i.e. born approx 1669] January 28?
John Son of William & Mary CLEAR February [day illegible]
Sarah ye wife of John LUCKAS February [day illegible]
Mary D a [daughter] of Samuel & Martha ALLEN February [day illegible]
Thomas DILLER March 22
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1739
Samuel KAYN May 19
Mary FRANCES Widow May 20
Christopher RASKER Ides [Note the “ides” here should refer to 15 th May or 13 th of June but that would place the entry out of date order- may simply refer to June]
Christmas son of William & Mary FOWELL July 17
John son of John and Ann ANDERSON August 24
Betty D a [daughter] of William & Susanah BARTLETT August 24
John LUCKNES Oct 7
William son of William & Mary LOCK Nov 2 [Note: Baptised Sep 27]
Mary wife of Robert VALLENS Nov 11
Honor D a [daughter] of John & Sarah JOANS Nov 27
Mr Nathaniel SEAGER Dec 9
Elizabeth COWARD Dec 9
Ann D a [daughter] of William & Ann LOUCAS Dec 26
Elizabeth WINZOR Dec 28
Ann D a [daughter] of Thomas & Mary MANUELL January 14
John HOCKEY January 15
Sarah baseborn D a [daughter] of Martha ALLEN January 21 [Note Bap Jan 16]
Joan DENES [Dennis?] Widow Feb 10
William BELMAN Feb 20
Martha ye wife of Jacob HITCHCOCK Feb 22
John GREENING Feb 29
Thomas son of John & Sarah BENNETT March 1
Samuel baseborn son of Christin ROSETTER March 2 [cant read whether Baptism or Burial]
Mary BENSON Widow March 2
[Signed on a separate sheet]
Jn o [John] JACOB Vicar of Fordington
Chas [Charles] WELLS } Ch Wds [Churchwardens]
Wm [William] HACKHAM }
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1740 Dorset Fordington - A Copy of the Register of Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials
in the Parish of Fordington for the following years.
Buried
John son of Samuel BEDLOE April 20
Joseph BENNETT April 21
Thomas son of Thomas & Elizabeth SEAL May 7
Charles ALLEN May 26
Elizabeth Daughter of Jeremy & Mary CLARK May 27
Mrs Honer SPARKES September 4
James son of James & Jane ALLEN September 9
Mary Daughter of William & Ann CHINN September 19
William son of William & Ann CHINN November 22
Joan SPARKES of Puddletown January 8
Alice HOLMER January 18
Robert BELMAN January 21
Joan BLANDMORE aged 84 years [i.e. born approx 1656] February 16
Joan the wife of John SCANDANETT March 10
[Note a John Scandnett married a Joan Cobback 25 May 1731]
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1741 [continued on same return]
Richard GILLINGHAM April 16
Mary the wife of Ambrose HUNT May 8
Mary Daughter of William MARSHFIELD & Margaret his wife May 15
Robert? BURT May 17
Marjory the wife of Henry TAPP July 20
Mary SYMES of this Parish aged 82 years [i.e. born approx 1659] August 16
Edward SMITH August 16
Alice ADAM? of Dorchester August 28
James KATE September 29
Mary Daughter of Richard MEADER & Joan his wife October 11
Elizabeth Daughter of Mary PARKER October 25
Mary PARKER Widow November 20
Mrs Sarah GATRELL December 22
Sarah the Wife of Thomas ARNOLD December 27
Betty the Wife of Thomas LOCK December 29
Margaret the Wife of Giles LUCAS January 6
Mary Daughter of Benjamin BRINE and Mary his Wife January 17 [Note baptised January 10]
William CRABB February 3
William DOWLE February 8
William BARTLETT February 10
Joseph GAY [Gey?] February 19
Mary BISHOP widow March 7
Mary SPARKES aged 76 years [i.e. born approx 1665] March 10
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1742 [continued on same return]
Mary daughter of Samuel CROSS & Dianah his Wife April 11
James son of Alexander CREST & Honor his wife April 12
Mary RASKER Widow April 16
Robert COMB aged 43? years [i.e. born approx 1699?] April 23
John JONES May 2
Edith HUNT Widow aged 82 years [i.e. born approx 1660] May 4
Rebekah DOWLE May 25
George RYALL June 20
William BELBIN July 16
William COALIER July 28
Elizabeth SPARKES August 20
Rachel GREENING Widow August 23
Thomas son of John FREKE and Susanah his Wife August 24
George son of George BENNETT and Ann his Wife September 3
Amos STYLE September 5
Mrs Hannah ROBERTSON September 5
John son of William HILL and Grace his Wife September 21
Mary Daughter of Thomas STONE and Ann his Wife October 15
Thomas son of William BISHOP and Mary his Wife October 25
Betty Daughter of Henry JACOB and Betty his Wife October 31
John son of John FREKE and Susanah his Wife November 3
Arthur HACKHAM November 5
Mary BISHOP Widow November 12
Jane MORES aged 86 years [i.e. born approx 1656] November 29
Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas LOCK December 8
Hannah Daughter of Widow DREW December 18
John son of Thomas HARRIS and Eleanor his Wife December 24
Bathsheba SQUIBB January 10
Mary the Wife of Robert HURDLE January 22
Mary the Wife of William NORRIS January 23
Elizabeth the Wife of John COATE February 1
John BENNETT March 9
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1743 [continued on same return]
Thomas MANUEL March 20
Elizabeth BALL April 8
Joan WINZAR April 17
[Rest of 1743 would have been on a subsequent return]
Signed Jno. [John] JACOB Vic [Vicar]
Tho: [Thomas] TERREL
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1744 & 1745 Missing
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1746 Fordington Parish - A Copy of the Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials
from March 27 th 1746
Ann Daughter of Henry TOMKINS and Ann his Wife March 27
John HALLS April 7
Elizabeth WALDEN April 8
David KATE April 19
Mary Daughter of Mary CLARE Widow April 29
William PARKER April 30
Elizabeth Wife of William HARDY May 2
Thomas ROBERTS June 5
Sarah TRIP June 16
Vertue Daughter of James ALLEN and Jane his Wife June 26
John son of George ADAMS and Ann his Wife July 19
John DIFFEY August 10 [Note son Thomas baptised 3 days later]
Jane Daughter of Robert MUDFORD and Jane his Wife August 27
Christian MILLER November [date illegible]
Ruth ALLEN December 2
Rachel SQUIBB December 10
James SEAGER January 10
Sarah wife of Richard DAW February 7
Mary CHURCHILL February 10
Elizabeth MOORS March 1
Sarah SEAGER March 12
Rebekah CHURCHILL March 19
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1747 Fordington Parish - A Copy of the Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials
from March 27 th 1746
Elizabeth BUNN of Dorchester [date illegible]
William HILL [date illegible]
Elizabeth PARKER [date illegible]
Mary TOMBS [date illegible but before 14 th May]
Edward VOSE June [day illegible]
John ROBERTS June 27?
Elizabeth wife of Giles COOMBS July 28
Humphrey HARDY August 11
Edith RASKER Widow August 14
John? WILLIS? September 21
[illegible 1 st name] LOCK September 29
[illegible line] October 1
[Page Break]
Sarah Daughter of Thomas LOCK November [day illegible]
John son of Henry TOMKINS and Ann his wife November [day illegible]
Elizabeth ROBERTS Widow November [day illegible]
Mary wife of William DERBY December 8
Joseph CHRISTOPHER January 19
Mary ALLEN January 26
Amos son of Amos STILE and Mary his wife January 30 [Note Baptised January 20 th ]
Elizabeth HALLET February 9
Margaret WHITE February 18
John SPARKES March 3
Joseph WINZAR March 20
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1748 [Continued on same return]
Ann FRAMPTON April 11
Mary HITCHCOCK April 21
John LOCK May 16
Sarah HOUNSELL May 22
Robert HURDLE June 5
William CWAD [Coward?] June 16
Elizabeth LOCK June 23
Susanna Daughter of John LOCK July 7
Mary Daughter of Robert POPE July 14
William LOVELESS August 3
John WINZAR August 12
Elizabeth HALLETT August 31
Martha HALLET September 15
John BUSSELL September 25
John WHITE October 10
John SEAL December 1
Richard STEVENS December 4
Benjamin JACOB December 9
James FRAMPTON December 25
John CRAFT December 25
Thomas BRINE January 29
William BURD January 29
Philip BYSHOP February 11?
Mary HARVEY March [date illegible]
Mary HELLARD March 17
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1749 Dorset [illegible] the Parish of Fordington - A Copy of the Register, of Births, Marriages and Burials
Dorothy WHITE March 27
Daughter of Mr William BRYERS April 10 [Note no name given for daughter in Bishops Transcripts]
Rebeccah BEDLOE April 12
Sarah MATHEWS April 19
John BENNET April 20
James GARRET April 27
Robert VALLENS May 5
Mary NORRIS May 7
Sarah BENNETT age 17 years i.e. born approx 1732] May 31
Thomas FRAMPTON June 21
William SEAL June 26
Robert HUNT June 28
[next line illegible 1 st name might be Ann?] July 10
[Illegible] WINZAR July 12
Charles PITFIELD July 14
Thomas BEDLOE July 23
John PARKER August 13
Maria? FREAK September 6
[1 st name illegible] CHIN September 12
Henry? HIGGINS September 12
Christopher COLLINS December 10
William base born son of Elizabeth BISHOP December 27 [Note Baptised December 3]
Ann Daughter of John BUNN January 23 [Note Baptised July 18 1749]
Mary BULL baseborn Daughter of Elizabeth VOS January 30 [Note Baptised March 27 1748]
William WEBBER February 19
Mrs Elizabeth JACOB March 9
Frances Daughter of William WEBBER March 9
Elias LIDE [ LYDE ] March 14
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1750 [Continued on same return]
Roger BINSTON? June 14
Rebeccah READ June 17
Ann ALLEN July 2
John [illegible] of Weymouth August 2
[illegible] August 12
John SPARKES November 25
William BARTLET January 11
Ralph BULBEN February 8
Jane DIFFEY February 20
Elizabeth BELBEN February 22
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1751 [Continued on same return]
Mary SEAGER April 7
John HELLARD April 7
Margaret HUNT aged 77 years [i.e. born approx 1674] April 12
Mary BRINE April 30
John WINZAR May 1
Mary FREAK August 6
Joseph son of John SEAL and Cecilia his Wife September 11
Richard DOWLE September 23
Jane MOXLEY a stranger October 17
Thomas FARRELL October 18
John STEVENS aged 81 years [i.e. born approx 1670] December 17
Charles DEMAR December 9 [appears to be out of date sequence on return]
Elizabeth DOLLEN December 20
Jno: [John] JACOB Vicar
Francis PURCHASE
John INGRAM
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[1752 Missing]
NOTE : Unfortunately we do not have Bishops Transcripts for the year 1752 for Fordington but in case the original records survive please also note that this was the year that the English Calendar was changed from the Julian to the more accurate Gregorian system that had been introduced in Catholic countries by Pope Gregory XIII in March 1582. A difference of eleven days had accumulated between the two systems so the change necessitated England 's calendar losing that number of days. To bring this about the day following 2 nd September 1752 was renumbered the 14 th .
The commencement of the year was also brought forward from 25 th March to the preceding 1 st January. This changed January, February and most of March from being the last months of the Old Year to the first of the New.
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1753 Copy of the Register of marriages, Baptisms and Burials
Jan 1 Sarah TAPP
Jan 17 Philip CLARE
Mar 7 Catherine SEAL Widow
Mar 13 Sarah SEAL
Mar 30 Richard DILLER
Apr 5 Ann HAYN
Apr 10 Milliar WINZAR
Apr 16 Elizabeth BISHOP
Apr 27 Joseph CHANNING
May 11 James ADAMS
Jun 10 Thomas CANTERBURY
Jul 8 William FUDGE
Aug 23 William INGRAM
Nov 11 Deborah LUCASS
Dec 11 Hannah BISHOP
Dec 13 Lucy ALLEN
Dec 27 Edith BEDLOE
Dec 27 Elizabeth BELLBIN
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1754 [Continued on same return]
Jan 1 Ann HANCOCK
Jan 3 Richard STEVENS
Jan 27 Joseph SEAL
Feb 3 Mary AISH
Feb 10 Susannah MEADER
Feb 15 John WEBBER
Feb 26 Susannah PAUL
Apr 5 Hannah WHITE
May 20 Mary MIDDLETON
May 28 Mr KNAPTON
Jun 24 Daniel STILE
Aug 1 Ambrose HUNT
Aug 2 Mary COAT
Sep 1 Edna TOLLERFIELD
Sep 1 Ann READ
Oct 6 Ann BARTLETT
Nov 3 Thomas SEAL
Nov 28 Joseph BISHOP
Dec 2 A Stranger
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1755 [Continued on same return+ a separate return headed as follows]
A True and Perfect Register of all Marriages, Baptisms and Burials in the parish of Fordington in the County of Dorset and Process of Salisbury for the year of our Lord 1755
Jan 12 Margaret HALL
Jan 13 Margaret STEVENS
Jan 18 John JENKINS
Mar 1 William SEAL
Apr 27 Sarah BALLOE [Bedloe?- note out of date order on original Bishops Transcript]
Apr 6 Elizabeth SQUIBB
Apr 6 Joseph DIFFEY
Apr 20 John INGRAM
Apr 21 Hannah NORMAN
Apr 22 Stephen SEAL
Apr 28 Samuel NORMAN
Apr 30 Sarah JONES
May 26 Elizabeth WHITE
May 28 Thomas ROBERTS
Signatures
Jno [John] JACOB Vicar
John MORGAN Church [Warden]
John NELSON
[2 nd return written later starts with burial of Thomas Roberts May 28 and continues as below]
William GARRETT June 18
Edith GUY June 21
Elizabeth baseborn Daughter of Mary ALLEN June 25
William son of John WINZER and Sarah his Wife July 6
Thomas son of John HAREY? and Mary his Wife July 31
Richard DART? August 7
John BISHOP September 19
John KING September 21
Mary RUTHERFORD [date illegible]
Henry HUNT [rest of line illegible]
[Note end of CLDS Film 1279496]
John LUCKES December 14
John WYETT [Wyatt] December 19
John COAT December 28