Richard Wood ( - )

  • Name:

  • Richard Wood1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Parent:

  • 2 May 1750

  • Baptism of son Richard

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Susanna ( - )

  • Children:

  • Richard Wood (1750-bef1841)

  • Marriage:

  • 18 Nov 1741

  • the Fleet Prision2

  •  

  • Address: London

    During the first half of the eighteenth century, thousands of Londoners (and people from the rest of England) married clandestinely (i.e. away from the home parish and possibly without prior notice) at the Fleet Prison. More weddings were celebrated there than any other location in England and by c.1750 the Fleet was hosting at least 10 per cent of all marriages in England.

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Baptism of Richard Wood, St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, 9 April 1765, London Metropolitan Archives.

2.

Rev. Ashwell, Register Entry for Marriage between Richard Wood and Susanh Crouch, (FMP website). Custom Id: Fleet Register; Cit. Date: 18 November 1741. National Archives.