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30 April 1704: Whitby’s Church of England parish register records a wedding celebrated, perhaps illegally, at the Quakers Meeting

George Young. 1817. A History of Whitby, and Streoneshalh Abbey, Vol. 2/2. Whitby: Clark and Medd. Get it:

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The births of dissenters in 1703 are entered in the parish register. They were 8 in number, viz. 5 quakers and 3 presbyterians. One of the latter is entered thus: “March 4 [1703/4] George son of George Cooper a rank Presbyterian!” A quaker wedding is thus entered in 1704: “April 30. Philip Wright and Elizabeth Dales married at the Quakers Meeting.”

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My understanding is that prior to the Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 marriages could take place anywhere, but that they had to be celebrated by an Anglican clergyman, which is unlikely to have been the case here.

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The births of dissenters in 1703 are entered in the parish register. They were 8 in number, viz. 5 quakers and 3 presbyterians. One of the latter is entered thus: “March 4 [1703/4] George son of George Cooper a rank Presbyterian!” A quaker wedding is thus entered in 1704: “April 30. Philip Wright and Elizabeth Dales married at the Quakers Meeting.”

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