William Mallinder 17XX-1XXX
Named as father of Thomas Mallinder 1759-1821
The "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Registers, 1538-1910" indicate 3 possible paternal Williams for Thomas Mallinder (1759-1821) based on age analysis.
Possible 1: William Mallinder 1724 12th April Christening, Father William. Killamarsh: St Giles: Parish Register.
Possible 2: William Mallinder 1730 27th Dec Christening, Father William. Killamarsh: St Giles: Parish Register.
Possible 3: William Mallinder 1730 9th Aug Christening, Father Anthony. Killamarsh: St Giles: Parish Register.
None of these three possibilities have marriage records in this register prior to Thomas Mallinder's birth in 1759. This would imply either the records have been lost or the marriage took place outside of Derbyshire.
There is a marriage for William Malender to Hannah Taylor on 29th July 1751 at Handsworth in Yorkshire. They were both 21 years old which would imply they were born in 1730. Could this be the father of Thomas Mallinder (1759-1821)? This would imply that Thomas was born 8 years after the marriage. reference: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFBG-2B3 : 13 March 2020), Hannah Taylor in entry for William Mallender, 1751. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFBG-2B3
There is a record within the Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 that clearly shows this William Mallinder was from Killamarsh. The information below has been extracted from Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York © Borthwick Institute for Archives.
| First name(s) | Hannah |
|---|---|
| Last name | Taylor |
| Age | 21 |
| Birth year | 1730 |
| Residence parish | Laughton-En-Le-Morthen |
| Residence county | Yorkshire |
| Licence year | 1751 |
| Licence date | 29 Jul 1751 |
| Intended marriage place | Handsworth | Spouse's first name(s) | William |
| Spouse's last name | Mallender |
| Spouse's age | 21 | Spouse's parish | Killamarsh |
| Spouse's county | Yorkshire |
| Document ordering | http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/remote-services/copying/order-form | Record sequence number | 23 |
| Page number | 163 |
| Record set | Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 |
Marriage 29th July 1751
The above is the historical record from the Peculiar of Chancellorship Parish Register Tran Handsworth. It is located at the Borthwick Institute in Yorkshire.
Marriage by banns versus by licence
There are various reasons people historically chose to marry by License even though, from 1754 until 1837 all marriages in England & Wales had to take place in a Parish Church (apart from Quaker or Jewish marriages) including:
- - Non-conformists might choose Marriage by Licence in preference to having Banns read in the Parish Church.
- - People from different Parishes might not have wanted to go to the trouble of arranging for Banns to be read in both Parishes.
- - Not wanting to announce the intended marriage openly in the Parish, for whatever reason.
- - some need for 'urgency', which precluded waiting for Banns to be read in 3 consecutive weeks.
- - Because they wished to marry in a specific Church, but weren't resident in that Parish.
- - and quite possibly because it was sometimes seen as demonstrating that the couple were of a higher status than the 'common parishioners', or simply wealthy enough not to have to conform to normal practice.