Thursday, December 21, 2023

Treasure Chest Thursday - 1700 Marriage of William Marshman and Millicent Hawkins in Melksham, Wiltshire

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1700 marriage entry for William Marshman and Millicent Hawkins in the Melksham, Wiltshire parish records:


The marriage entry is the 3rd entry  in the list for "1700:"


The transcription of this record is::

"[1700] Will: Marshman & Millicent Hawkins Both of this p'sh: October 5"

The source citation for this record is:

"Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Melksham > Parish Registers > 1672-1708, image 81 of 134, Marriages, 1700, William Marshman and Millicent Hawkins marriage entry, 5 October 1700. Original data: Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

This is an entry in the Melksham, Wiltshire parish register.  It is an Original Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of William Marshman and Millicent Hawkins in Melksham, Wiltshire.

William Marshman (1674-1743) was christened 4 November1674 in Melksham, the son of  Thomas and Rachel (Busle) Marshman.  Millicent Hawkins (ca 1680-1728) was born about 1680, in Wiltshire.  
   
William and Millicent (Hawkins) Marshman are my 6th great-grandparents; they had at least 10 children, including my 5th great-grandfather John Marshman (1713-1761) who married Jane Crook (1720-1785) in 1740 in Melksham, Wiltshire.

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