Hale Family Enquiries (General)
Brenda
The Joseph Hale who married Mary Baldwin was baptised 28 Jul 1776 :
Year: 1776
Month: Jul
Day: 28
Parents_Surname: HALE
Child_Forenames: Joseph
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Betty
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: John COPNER
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 39
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
They married in Walford 1805, 2 months before your ancestor Edmund Hale was born.
Year: 1805
Month: Jul
Day: 28
Grooms_Surname: HALE
Grooms_Forenames: Joseph
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Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Parish of Ruardean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
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Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BALDWIN
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age:
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Brides_Residence: Walford
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Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Moses Eldwin
Witness_2: Mark of Ann Baldwin
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: J. H. Beeston Minister
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AO19/5
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Walford
My guess is that the 1st witness should read Moses Baldwin - her brother and the second witness his wife Ann Baldwin nee Brain.
Jim Ashton