Re: Mary Pomfret Waller Marriage documentation
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Re: Mary Pomfret Waller Marriage documentation
Cindy Henslee Stamps 5/10/06
Cindy,
Please read this message I posted about my viewing the transcript of the Walton Parish Register containing the marriage of Mr. John Waller and Mrs. Mary Pomfrett if you have not already done so.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pomfret/messages/112.htmlhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/pomfret/messages/112.html
I agree that I have not been able to confirm the title "Dr." for John Waller (d. 1723).His title "Gent.", meaning Gentleman, also leads to the fact that he has Mr. in front of his name where the average male does not have the "Mr." title.
I do seriously question the advice you were given by the British records advisor at the LDS library.I think that the Walton Parish register is very strong evidence that the "Mrs." title was only given to the brides of grooms who were entitled to be called "Mr." in the parish register during this time frame.Whether or not this was the general usage through-out England or just unique to this Clerk at Walton is not known.There were no other references to which brides were referred to as spinsters or widows during this time frame.The thought that the only widows were the brides listed as "Mrs." in the Walton Parish Register during during this time frame when they all coincidentally happened to marry grooms that were the only men listed with the title "Mr." in the parish register is way to incredible to be a correct interpretation of "Mrs." as used in the parish register.
I communicated with a knowledgeable researher in England who agrees that 'Mrs." in this time period was quite often used only as a high-class title for a woman and not necessarily to designate her status as a widow.So, it depends on which "qualified" researcher you ask.
What we do agree upon is that Mary Waller, daughter of John Waller (d. 1723), was apparently the Mary Waller who was buried in 1676 and was not the person who married Edward Herndon.
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Cindy Henslee Stamps 5/11/06
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Robert Allen 5/20/06
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Robert Allen 5/20/06
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Cindy Henslee Stamps 5/30/06
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Re: Mary Pomfret Waller Marriage documentation
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Re: Mary Pomfret Waller Marriage documentation
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Re: Mary Pomfret Waller Marriage documentation