England Marriages, 1538-1973

England Marriages, 1538-1973 · FamilySearch

For “Married” 17 JUL 1821 of William Nelson & Sarah Billaman

William Nelson | England Marriages, 1538–1973 | Marriage 17 July 1821 | Whepstead, Suffolk, England | Spouses Sarah Billiman

FamilySearch index of the Whepstead parish register, relayed field-by-field by the orchestrator from a signed-in browser; the register image was not seen and the url recorded is the search that reaches the entry rather than the record's own ark. The date sits thirteen months before their son Robert's Hawstead christening of 25 August 1822, and the spelling of the bride's surname here is BILLIMAN.

England Marriages, 1538-1973 · FamilySearch

For “Married” 3 AUG 1804 of Thomas Crossingham & Keziah Noakes

Thomas Crassingham | England Marriages, 1538-1973 | Marriage 3 August 1804 | Rye, Sussex, England | Spouses Keziah Noakes

FamilySearch index row, read in a signed-in browser by the orchestrator 2026-09-07 and relayed verbatim; no per-record ark URL was captured, so the URL here is the spouse search that returned it. This is the record that gives Kezia her maiden surname - she had been created with a given name only, from the 'THOMAS | KEZIA' of their son Richard's 1874 NSW death registration and the 'son/Thomas & Kezia' of his Lansdowne headstone. Cited at quality 2 because the index entry, not the register image, was read; the register at Rye would confirm it.

England Marriages, 1538-1973 · FamilySearch

For “Married” 26 SEP 1863 of Henry Cole & Harriet Jane Meaker

Henry Coles | Marriage 26 September 1863 | High Ham, Somerset | Source Details 79 | Harriet Jane Meaker's father George Meaker | Thomas Coles Father-in-law

The same marriage in the England Marriages index, which unlike the Somerset panels extracts BOTH fathers: George Meaker for the bride and Thomas Coles for the groom. That is the single most valuable line in this proposal — it is the record that lets Thomas be created as Henry's father, and it corroborates George Meaker independently of Harriet's christening. Read in the signed-in browser by the orchestrator on 2026-09-07.