John Belcher and Hannah Lyar/Sier, Westbury on Severn (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 18:47 (2497 days ago) @ gladys

Hi Janet and a warm welcome to the forum !
Have you tried searching this site's Parish Records database ?
Struggling to find either marriage within this site's PRs, but using the Advanced Search for Baptisms can find the following seven Baptisms for John & Hannah which appear relevant to your search. I've also given a few other PRs for each person where they were easily found, sadly my time is limited today. Of course it's quite possible the men especially might have moved/married out of Westbury, maybe Gloucester etc which was easily reachable up the river if not further north.

Year Surname Child Forenames Parent's Forenames Parish Chapel
1763 BELCHER John.John & Hannah. Westbury on Severn
1766 BELCHER Joseph. John & Hannah. Westbury on Severn
1771 BELCHER Benjamin.John & Hannah. Westbury on Severn
1773 BELCHER Richard.John & Hannah. Westbury on Severn
1775 BELCHER Elizabeth.John & Hannah. Westbury on Severn
1777 BELCHER Mary.John & Hannah.Westbury on Severn
1781 BELCHER Sarah.John &Hannah.Westbury on Severn

The full PRs may be found within the database.
http://forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/advanced-search

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Joseph's Marriage & Burial, perhaps ?
I suspect more relevant PRs may be found within the database as well as any I have found.

Record_ID: 206979
Entry_Number: 127
Year: 1793
Month: Jun
Day: 13
Grooms_Surname: BELCHER
Grooms_Forenames: Joseph
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: HORWOOD
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both Mark
Witness_1: Mark of John Potter
Witness_2: Tobias Cowles
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: William Boughton Minister
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 32
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: B426
Soundex_Bride: H630

Record_ID: 384410
Entry_Number: 459
Year: 1828
Month: Mar
Day: 10
Surname: BELCHER
Forenames: Joseph
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 62
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page_No: 58
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B426

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Benjamin b1771;

Record_ID: 384391
Entry_Number: 440
Year: 1827
Month: Oct
Day: 9
Surname: BELCHER
Forenames: Benjamin
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 58
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page_No: 55
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B426

(UPDATE, See my next post !)

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Richard b1773;

Record_ID: 385970
Entry_Number: 418
Year: 1857
Month: Dec
Day: 7
Surname: BELCHER
Forenames: Richard
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 84
Officiating_Minister: CW Payne Crawford Off[iciatin]g Minister
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/16
Page_No: 53
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B426

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Elizabeth b1775;

A possible Marriage, altho' bear in mind Westbury is just one port on the River Severn, which in those days was a busy "highway" to nearby villages such as Broadoak, Newnham, Minsterworth and so on. Also Arlingham just across the River may be worth your attention, the site of a busy ferry to Newnham. Here you will find several Belcher PRs in this site's database, as well as those in Westbury. Until quite recent times it was entirely routine for many people to cross the river daily by this ferry, including children for school and suchlike.

Record_ID: 207012
Entry_Number: 160
Year: 1796
Month: Apr
Day: 17
Grooms_Surname: RIDER
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BELCHER
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both Mark
Witness_1: Tobias Cowles
Witness_2: Sarah Rider
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry Southouse Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 40
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: R360
Soundex_Bride: B426

Possibly ?

Record_ID: 384553
Entry_Number: 601
Year: 1832
Month: Jun
Day: 10
Surname: RYDER
Forenames: Elizabeth
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 57
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page_No: 76
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: R360

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Mary b1777;

this looks possible, altho perhaps a few years late for this Mary ??

Record_ID: 207224
Entry_Number: 27
Year: 1815
Month: Nov
Day: 13
Grooms_Surname: BENNETT
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: [Not stated]
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: [Not stated]
Grooms_Residence: Of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Surname: BELCHER
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age: [Not stated]
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [Not stated]
Brides_Residence: Of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [Not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [Not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns: [Not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: She signs He marks
Witness_1: Ann Young
Witness_2: John Belcher
Other_Witnesses: Anth[ony] Bennett
Officiating_Minister: Rich[ard] Wetherell Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 9
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: B530
Soundex_Bride: B426

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For Sarah b 1781,

continued on next post.