Carlisle Patriot, 13 Nov 1824 - BMD (1)

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Saturday 13 Nov 1824   (p. 3, col. 5)

 

BIRTH.

 

On the 9th inst. in this city, Mrs. William HALTON of a Son.

 

MARRIED,

 

On Thursday last, at St. Cuthbert's church, in this City, Mr. Thos. OVERTON, Kendal, to Miss Elizabeth CLARK.

 

On Tuesday last, at Gateshead, Newcastle (by the Rev. J. COLLINSON, A. M.), Mr. Charles BESWICK, of Carlisle, to Miss Mary Ann CAIL, of Gateshead, sister of Mr. William CAIL, solicitor, of the latter place.

 

On Sunday, at Whitehaven, Mr. Charles STEWARD, steward of the ship Cumberland, to Miss Mary STEWARD. Mr. John GILEAD, to Miss Mary FARRELL.

 

At Muncaster church, Mr. Henry JACKSON, schoolmaster, to Mrs. BROCKBANK, widow.

 

At Workington, Mr. John SUMPTON, grocer, to Miss BANKS. Capt. WILKINSON, to Miss CARR.

 

At Dean, Mr. DICKINSON, of Salter Hall, near Whitehaven, to Miss PEARSON, of Loweswater.

 

Saturday last, at Harrington, Mr. John TAGGART, of that place, joiner, to Miss Jane DOUGLAS, of Dissington.

 

On the 4th inst. at Ireby, Mr. William EWART, of Bully-house, Embleton, to Sarah, daughter the late Mr. J. GRAVE, of the former place.

 

At Bongate, Appleby, on Tuesday last, Mr. Thos. WINDER, to Miss Mary THOMPSON, daughter of Mr. Isaac THOMPSON, Southfield.

 

At Kendal, Mr. Geo. MOSS, to Miss Margaret RIGG.

 

At Annan, Mr. William CARRUTHERS, ironmonger, to Margaret, daughter of John LITTLE, Esq. both of Annan. At Dumbretton, near Annan, Mr. LITTLE, of London, broker, to Janet, daughter of Mr. George ROME, Dumbretton.

 

On the 2nd inst. at Hartshead Church, Yorkshire, by the Rev. T. ATKINSON, Charles John BRANDLING, Esq. of the 10th Royal Hussars, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of Sir George ARMYTAGE, Bart. of Kirklees, in the same county.

 

At Penwortham, the Rev. W. BIRKETT, vicar of South Tawton, Devonshire, to Mary, fourth daughter of Samuel HORROCKS, Esq. M. P. for Preston.

 

At Lakehead, parish of Kirkmahoe, Mr. John FISHER, draper, London, to Miss Jessie NIVEN, of that place.

 

At West Grinstead Park, Sussex, Gabriel SHAW, Esq. to the Honourable Frances ERSKINE, eldest daughter of the Right Honourable Lord ERSKINE.

 

On the 29th ult. Mr. David FORBES, of Douglas, Isle of Man, to Miss Margaret CALVERT, of Pendleton.

 

Oct. 28, at Gretna Green, Lieut. WILLIAMS, 44th Regiment, son of Robert WILLIAMS, Esq. late Barrister and Counsel to the Hon. East India Company at Fort St. George, to Anne, only daughter of John BENTON, Esq. of Haughton-house, near Northampton.

 

At Gretna Green, Mr. Joseph CLARKE, of Askham, aged 65, to Miss HALL, aged 22. This is the old gentleman whose flight to Gretna we recorded in our last. Miss HALL was his housekeeper. Why they went so far in search of what might have been found nearer at home, we have not heard. But on Thursday last, the "loving couple" were re-married at Askham, near Lowther, by the Rev. R. ROBINSON—on which occasion a large portion of the inhabitants of the village assembled, and accompanied the bride and bridegroom to their home, with most obstreperous expressions of joy—a band of music, ringing of bells, &c. &c.

 

At Lowther, on the 4th instant, Mr. Richard CLARKE, to Mrs. Mary MARTIN, widow, of the parish of Morland. There are some peculiarities in this match deserving of record. The bride has attained the venerable age of 83, and has only one eye, thus practically realizing the idea of the poet, being to her husband's faults "a little blind." The bridegroom himself is no chicken, having seen upwards of seventy-six summers. He is also much celebrated in his neighbourhood for the universality of his genius as exemplified in the great number of pursuits in which he has engaged in the course of his career. He began as a tailor, and quitted that occupation for the more elegant profession of a dancing-master, in which capacity he highly distinguished himself. Growing tired of tripping on the light fantastic toe, he hopped off in the rambling pursuits of a potter; next he turned pig-merchant, then horse-dealer, sixthly, he gave up horses for the staff [sic] of life, becoming bread-baker;—and in addition to this useful occupation he now does a little in the way of preaching! It is but just, however, to observe that in all his multifarious callings, he has shewn himself a clever, industrious, honest man; and we wish him much joy in his newest and most arduous undertaking.—(From a Correspondent.)

 

 

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