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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Question and 2 pages of Devon Banns
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:32:19 +0100
In-Reply-To: <f2.f913c4.26a68ec0@cs.com>



>I was under the understanding that Banns were published for the 3 weeks prior
>to a wedding.I have just recieved the Banns for my Moses MOODY and Sarah
>HOLLAND hoping to find Moses birth origins.The DRO office says he was born
>out of Exeter because there is no record of him.Yet on both the Banns and
>marriage entry it says "both of this Parish"!

This does not imply that he was born there or even necessarily had
lived there for a long time - just that in the 3 weeks period when the
banns were being called, he was living in the parish (or nominally so,
since he may just have said that, to avoid paying two sets of banns
fees.) Cities often attracted people from outside their own catchment
area, who could be bold and say they belonged.
However, have the archives actually checked every chapel, as well as
the churches? I doubt it, since the records would be in London if
surviving.

>I don't understand whats going
>on.Plus now,to add to my confusion instead of clearing up this matter,Moses
>and Sarahs Banns are for July and Aug.1772,but the marriage entry is for 11
>Jan.1773.

Banns lasted a maximum 6 months - some clergy were sticklers and made
the couple have them called again after a couple of months. Others were
quite pleased to see a couple doing the right thing (at last) and didn't
fuss.

Trawl around for Moodys with Bible names - Aaron etc - and check if
they have a Moses among them. IGI is the first resort, but check the
entry.


--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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