Family:Ephraim Hunwick and Ann Raven (1)

THOUGHTS: 19 Mar 2002 The Earls Colne parish records for marriage show a marriage between Ephraim Hunnix and Ann Raven on 25 Dec 1781. I believe that the date was miswritten and should have been 1791. The first marriage recorded on this same page was dated March 1791, two marriages including Ephraim and Ann's were then recorded as 25 Dec 1781 and the last marriage on this page was dated March 1792. If the marriage did take place in 1781 and was not recorded for ten years Ephriam would have been 12 at the time of their marriage and Ann 11. Then a gap of 11 yrs before their first child was born in 1792. While this could happen, it is more likely that the dates on the two marriages performed on 25 Dec 1791 were miswritten as 1781.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Earls Colne (Essex). Earls Colne Parish registers, 1558-1805. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990).

   Item 25 Marriage 1754-1805

2. ↑ Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers. (Essex Record Office and Essex Society for Family History).

   The Index notes Ephraim Hunwick and wife were removed from Earls Colne to Pattiswick 1792. (D/P 209/13/2)

3. ↑ Jack H. Baxter. The Essex Marriage Index. (Unpublished personal index created by Jack H. Baxter).

   Jack responsed to my letter of 4 Feb 2002 inquiring into the location and date of the marriage of Ephraim Hunwick and his wife Ann. He has record of an Ephraim Hunnix and Ann Raven being married on 25 Dec 1781 in Earls Colne.