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Marriage entry from 1653

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Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 27 Aug 2020 19:11

Anyone who can read parish records from the 1600's will you please have a go at deciphering this image on Ancestry.....


Name: Henry Ashworth
Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1653
Parish: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View this parish
Register Type: Parish Register
Reference Number: Pr 2886/3

greyghost

greyghost Report 27 Aug 2020 20:04

Anything here - para 3 - to help. Haven't time to check through myself at the moment

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/LatinNotes

or

https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/latin-irish-parish-registers.html

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Aug 2020 20:24

The page heading is :
Wedinges Anno Dom 1653

Februarius 1653

Henricus Ashworth & J [Pabell ?] or [Armienst ? ] , published in the Parish [written as p'ish] ] Church of Ormskirk, Januarius 29 and 5 & 12th of Februarius, married the [written as "ye" ] 16th of Februarii before Mr Jeremiah Aspinwall [Esq ?] and others.


ADDED:
Ashworth could perhaps be Ashcroft. [ A*croft ]
I've edited a few other words of my original "translation" above.



ADDED MORE:

Also found someone else's attempt at it:

Marriage: 16 Feb 1653/4 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Henrie Ascroft -
Isabell Wainrit? -
Banns Read: 29 Jan 1653/4, 2nd: 5 Feb 1653/4, 3rd: 12 Feb 1653/4
Married by Banns
Notes: [Bride’s surname unclear] Before Mr Jeremiah Aspinwall and others
Register: Marriages 1653 - 1679, Page 109, Entry 2
Source: LDS Film 1849663
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ormskirk/stpeterstpaul/marriages_1653-1679.html

And looking at the original again, the bride's name could well be a version of Isabel Wainwright.

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 28 Aug 2020 10:06

I'm wondering whether the wife's first name is 'Issabellam' ie Isabell. I'm thinking that the first letter that looks like a J is an I and that the second letter that looks like a P is the old fashioned way of writing a double S.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Aug 2020 10:14

Agreed - see the edits to my post above.

Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 28 Aug 2020 10:24

Those sites are very helpful. Thank you greyghost.


ArgyllGran, how on earth have you managed to make any of the words out? I can see numbers, but the words are as clear as mud to me. Thank you so much.

Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 28 Aug 2020 10:28

I take so long to type now that I only saw up to the added bit on ArgyllGran's post before replying. Thanks for the additional info ArgyllGran & LondonBelle.

Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 28 Aug 2020 10:46

Do either of you think Isabella's surname could be read as Brooke??

Found this on Ancestry....mentions a son James (married to a Margaret Greenhalgh) who may be my direct ancestor.

Henry Ashworth
in the Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

Name: Henry Ashworth
Gender: Male
Residence Place: Wolfenden, Rossendale
Spouse: Isabella Brooke
Father: Robert Ashworth
Mother: Margaret Ashworth
Children: James Ashworth
John Ashworth
George Ashworth
Henry Ashworth

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 28 Aug 2020 10:58

I have to say that my initial thoughts was that the surname began with an O but there is a Bap for Isabell Waynwright in 1629 father Thomas.

I'm also of the opinion that the surname for Henry is Ashcroft not Ashworth.

I'm afraid I don't think the surname for Isabel is Brooke though.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Aug 2020 11:26

No, it doesn't look anything like Brooke.

Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 28 Aug 2020 11:42

Thanks both. Just wishful thinking on my part. Trying to get back from .....


Baptism: 8 Feb 1685/6 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Alice Ashworth - Daughter of James Ashworth & Margaret
Born: 2 Feb 1685/6
Abode: Turton
Source: Rev. Canon Powell Transcripts


And found this, again on Burke's, but can't find a marriage for James Ashworth to Margaret Greenhalgh either

Name
James Ashworth
Spouse
Margaret Greenhalgh
Mother
Isabella Brooke
Father
Henry Ashworth
Marriage
12/12/1676
Residence
Great Oak, Turton, Lancashire


Thanks again, at least that's another one eliminated.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Aug 2020 12:22

The Burkes mention of James Ashworth's marriage is likely to be all there is. Any parish record may not have survived.

For our reference:
I see from the image on Ancestry that he was the second son of Henry Ashworth of Wolfenden, Rossendale and Isabella Brooke.