Plymouth, Devon Family History Guide

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Plymouth consists of the following parishes:

Plymouth Parish Registers

St Andrew’s, Plymouth Marriages 1581-1654

The St Andrew’s, Plymouth Marriages 1581-1654 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Marriages at St Andrew’s, Plymouth 1581-1654 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 2. General Editor Thos. M. Blagg, F.S.A. Edited by A. Terry Satterford. Published London 1915. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., Ltd. 124, Chancery Lane. Contents: St Andrew’s Plymouth 1581 to 1654.

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Marriages at St Andrew’s, Plymouth 1581-1654 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 2. General Editor Thos. M. Blagg, F.S.A. Edited by A. Terry Satterford. Published London 1915. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., Ltd. Contents: St Andrew’s Plymouth 1581 to 1654.

Registers of the French Churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth and Thorpe Le Soken

The Registers of the French Churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth and Thorpe Le Soken are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Registers of the French Churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth and Thorpe Le Soken. The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London. Volume XX. Registers of the French Churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth and Thorpe Le Soken. Edited by Charles Edmund Lart. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., New Street Square, London 1912.

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Registers of the French Churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth and Thorpe Le Soken. The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London. Volume XX. Edited by Charles Edmund Lart. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., New Street Square, London 1912.

Plymouth Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Plymouth. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 and London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

Albett, William of Bromsgrove, co. Worcester, a marine, 21, b., & Ann Dyer, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, sp., at Portsmouth, 2 Nov., 1782.

Alland, Michael, of the Plymouth, transport, w., & Honor Roe, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, sp., at Alverstoke, 2 Nov., 1784.

Bevis, William, of Plymouth, co. Devon, mariner, b., & Grace Fowles, of Gosport, w., at Alverstoke, or G., 21 Feb., 1703.

Booth, John, of H.M.S. Endymion, seaman, 21, b., & Jane James, of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, sp., at P., 5 May, 1805.

Buckingham, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, mariner, 21, b., & Ann Brewer, of Hamble, 21, sp., at Hound, 2 Apl., 1787.

Cowan, Robert, of H.M.S. Princess Mary, b., & Ann Teague, of Plymouth, co. Devon, w., at Havant, or Portsmouth, 29 May, 1735.

Croker, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, b., & Eliza Dewey, of Alverstoke, 21, sp., at A., 16 Nov., 1833. Aff.

Day, William, of Plymouth, co. Devon, seaman, 21, b., & Ann Hill, of Holy Rood, Southampton, 21, sp., at H. R., 31 July, 1814.

Edwards, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, b., & Mary Fitzgerald, of Alverstoke, 17, with c. of her f., Thomas Fitzgerald, of the s., waterman, at A., 18 June, 1833. Aff

Gibbons, John, of H.M.S. Sampson, corporal, R.M., 21, b., & Sarah White, of St. Andrews’s, Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, sp., at Portsea, 13 Dec, 1794.

Haynes, Rollings, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 21, & Mary Perkes, of Havant, 21, at H., 4 Dec, 1784.

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Beere, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, gent., bachelor, about 30, and Ann Hichens, of same, widow, about 32, at the church of St. Andrew or of Charles in Plymouth, or Bickley, co. Devon. 24 Jan. 1678/9. V. 

Buckley, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, clerk, M. A., bachelor, 22, and Joane Glanvile, spinster, 21, daughter of Thomas Glanvile, late of same, merchant, deceased, and her mother also — at Plymouth parish church. 26 March, 1633. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

BEDFORD STREET, Plymouth
BEDFORD STREET, Plymouth
DEVON PLYMOUTH EBENEZER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL 1914
DEVON PLYMOUTH EBENEZER WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL 1914

Plymouth Strays

Peeter Emmett, gent., of Plymouth, & Mrs. Mary Tyack 9 July 1672 married at St Breward

George Savage, of Plymouth, & Thomazin, dau. of Richard Sergeant 28 Mar. 1707 married at St Juliot

Bankruptcy

London Gazette

George Stone Baron – Plymouth Devon – London Gazette April 1850

Declaration of Dividend under a Fiat, dated 20th day of August 1845, against George Stone Baron, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Money Scrivener, and also carrying on a trade or business at the Sutton Chemical Works, in Plymouth aforesaid. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Second Dividend, at the rate of 1s in the pound, is now payable, and that warrants for the same may be received by those legally entitled, at my office, Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday after the 23rd instant, between the hours of eleven and three. No warrants can be delivered unless the securities exhibited at the proof of the debt be produced, without the special direction of a Commissioner. Executors and administrators of deceased creditors will be required to produce the pro bate of will and letters of administration.- April 13, 1850. HENRY LAKE HIRTZEL, Official Assignee.