Cumberland Pacquet, 10 Nov 1778 - BMD

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Tuesday 10 Nov 1778   (p. 2, col. 3)

 

MARRIED

 

Sunday se'ennight at Brigham, by the Rev. Mr. DIXON, Mr. DODGSON of Lymcroft, to Miss LEATHES of Low-side, near Cockermouth: an agreeable young lady with a handsome fortune.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, John DODGSON of Lamplugh and Grace LEATHES of Blindbothel married on 01 Nov 1778 at Brigham.]

 

Sunday last, at Gosforth, Mr. John KITCHEN to Miss Betty PORTER of the same place.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, the bride's forename was Elizabeth, and they married on 08 Nov 1778 at Gosforth.]

 

Mr. Tho. CARRICK of Carlisle, to Miss GRAY of Newcastle.

[According to the Quaker Register, Thomas CARRICK, Grocer of Carlisle, Son of Thomas CARRICK of Carlisle, yeoman, & Mary his Wife; and Elizabeth GRAY, Daughter of Joseph GRAY & Eleanor his Wife of Low Ellswick, Northumberland married on 03 Nov 1778 at the Quaker Meeting House in Newcastle.]

 

Last week, Mr. George DIXON of Middleton Place to Miss Margaret THOMPSON of Dovenby.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, George DIXON of Corney, aged 65, and Margaret THOMPSON of Bridekirk married on 06 Nov 1778 at Bridekirk.]

 

DIED

 

Mr. Thomas MOORE, in the 81st year of his age, an eminent bricklayer in the Ginns near this town.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, Thomas MOORE, aged 75, was buried on 10 Nov 1778 at Holy Trinity, Whitehaven.]

 

 

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“Mr. DODGSON of Lymcroft, to Miss LEATHES of Low-side, near Cockermouth: an agreeable young lady with a handsome fortune.”

 

When the Reveley family of Egremont arrived in Virginia in 1765, two of the sons managed to marry ‘agreeable young ladies with a handsome fortune.’

They even acquired plantations! Unfortunately, none of their fortunes made it down to me.