Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1725 Marriage of Thomas Wills and Mary Screven in Merriott, Somerset

 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 1725 Marriage record of Thomas Wills and Mary Screven in the Merriott, Somerset Church of England parish records.

The marriage entry for Thomas Wills and Mary Screven is the second record for 1725 marriages in the right-hand column on the right-hand page:

"[1725] Thomas Wills of this Parish & Mary Screven of Crewkhern [June ?] 24"

The date for the record above this record is clearly June 12 and below this record is clearly 29  September. The indexers on Ancestry.com listed this marriage as 24 June 1725.

The source citation is:

Merriott, Somerset, Church of England records, Thomas Wills and Mary Screven marriage entry, 24 June 1725;  imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriage and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com  (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60856/records/4395809 : accessed 10 December 2025), Merriott > 1710-1775, page 17, image 10 of 35; Original records in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

Thomas Wills was born before 23 August 17095 in Merriott, Somerset, England to Anthony Wills and Joan Laver.  Mary Screven was born before 27 May 1705 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England to Thomas Screven and Hannah Perry.  Thomas Wills and Mary Screven were married on 24 June (?) 1725 in Merriott, Somerset, England.  Thomas Wills was buried on 23 June 1772 in Merriott, and Mary (Screven) Wills was buried on 22 May 1762 in Merriott, Somerset, England.

Thomas Wills and Mary Screven are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Elizabeth Wills (1730-1796) who married John Lavor (1722-1799) in 1750 in Lopen, Somerset, England.

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