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Susannah GRIGSBY
1798 - Yes, date unknown
Has 59 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Susannah GRIGSBY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 30 Sep 1798 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings4 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch 
John GRIGSBY, b. Est 1530, d. Apr 1600, Marden, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) (6 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth TOWNSDEN, b. Between 1766 and 1771, d. Abt 1847, Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 81 years) (Mother) Person ID I6500 All Last Modified 2 May 2011
Father Samuel GRIGSBY, bap. 6 Dec 1768, St. Margaret’s Church, Hucking, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1844, Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 75 years) Mother Elizabeth TOWNSDEN, b. Between 1766 and 1771, d. Abt 1847, Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 81 years) Banns of marriage 6 May 1798 to 20 May 1798 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on CityArk), shows Samuel Griggsby and Elizabeth Townsend, both otp
Banns of marriage 27 May 1798, 3 Jun 1798 and 10 Jun 1798 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Married 16 Jul 1798 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Jul 2021)
"No 134
Samuel Grigsby of this Parish Batchelor
and Elizabeth Townsden of the
same Parish Spinster were
Married in this Church by Banns
this Sixteenth Day of July in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Ninety Eight by me Jas: Downs Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us Samuel + Grigsby his mark, Elizabeth X Townsden her mark
In the Presence of William + Whitehead his Mark, Mary + Whitehead her mark"
Samuel's sister Mary Grigsby was a Whitehead by marriage - witnesses were probably her and her son or her daughter and her son. Witnesses were usually young people, most often siblings or else cousins; Samuel being the youngest child of his parents and Mary the oldest he was actually closer in age to his nephew and niece William and Mary Grigsby than to his sister Mary.
Banns were read first first in Chatham, declaring both as of Chatham parish, for three weeks from 6th May, then in Bredgar for the following 3 weeks (with both now said to be of Bredgar parish). At this time many from Bredgar seem to have married elsewhere, particularly in Chatham, making out they were of Chatham parish. Perhaps it came to light in Samuel and Elizabeth's case that they were actually of Bredgar, and so they had to change their plans.
It would have cost them, to have had an additional reading of the banns in Chatham.
Family ID F3710 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 30 Sep 1798 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
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