HTML Transcription © F.Coakley , 2008
These are transcribed from the the 1911 official transcription (Still to be checked against the original Register); these entries, in conformance to a recent Act of Tynwald, provide more information - they give the parish of both parties, whether by banns (apparently very unusual - possibly they were chosen by the very poor to avoid the cost of a licence) or licence, the signatures or marks of both parties, and two witnesses.
Marriage partners and witnesses were required to sign the register - A few witnesses also signed with a mark. The choice of witnesses is also interesting, in many parishes the parish clerk was a common signatory - for the first period John Christian (jc), later John Bridson(jb) - Maughold was unusual in that many witnesses gave their trade or farm.
Date Male Female Witnesses Notes 27 Dec 1757 TEAR William CREER Isabel john christian clerk;will creer x farmer banns;ic otp ... on cd only 6 Dec 1774 COSTEAN John KIRMEEN Anne jb;robt cottier x jc onchan;ak otp
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