Cumberland Pacquet, 15 Jul 1777 - BMD

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Tuesday 15 Jul 1777   (p. 2, col. 4)

 

MARRIED

 

A few days ago at the Quakers Meeting-House, at Gillfoot near Hesket-New-Market, with that decorum so observable in their meetings, Mr. John FEARON of Deanscales to Miss Sarah MARK of Mosedale.

[According to the Quaker Register, John FEARON, Son of John FEARON of Dean Scales, Parish of Dean, Yeoman, and Deborah his Wife, both living; and Sarah MARK, Daughter of Thomas MARK of Mosedale, deceased, and Mary his Wife, living; married on 03 Jul 1777 at Gillfoot nigh Hesket in Coldbeck.]

 

Last week at Harrington, Mr. William HODGSON to Mrs. Ann HAYSTON, widow.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, they married on 12 Jul 1777.]

 

At Carlisle, Mr. Edmund ATKINSON, a reputable farmer in that city, to Miss Molly YEOMAN.

[According to FamilySearch, Edmund ATKINSON, aged 34, and Mary ARMSTRONG (not YEOMAN), aged 26, married on 03 Jul 1777 at St. Cuthbert, Carlisle.]

 

Tuesday, at Reading, Wilts, Mr. WILLIAMSHURST to Miss WILLIS, the date of the year being 1777, her father paid down 1777 l. as her marriage portion.

 

A few days ago in London, Capt. James YOUNGHUSBAND, to Miss BRAGG, both of this place.

[According to the Parish Register, James YOUNGHUSBAND of the Parish of St. Botolph Aldersgate, Bachelor, and Mary BRAGG, of the Parish of St. Mary le Bon, Spinster, married on 09 Jun 1777 at St. Botolph Aldersgate, London.]

 

DIED

 

Wednesday morning, in this town, Mr. Joshua GEE, in an advanced age.

[According to the Copeland Registers Index, Joshua GEE of Queen Street was buried on 11 Jul 1777 at St. Nicholas, Whitehaven.]

 

Same day, Mr. John BARWISE, cabinet maker in Church-street, and on Friday his remains were interred at Distington.

 

Suddenly, at Great-Corby, near Carlisle, on a visit to a sick woman, the Rev. Mr. RAY, chaplain to the lady of the late Francis WARWICK, Esq.; of Warwick-hall; a gentleman, whose goodness of heart, rendered him universally respected by his neighbours.

[The WARWICK family were Catholic, so Rev. Mr. RAY must have been a Catholic priest.]