From: nemonews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 14-Aug-18 01:50 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   > I have found 2 marriages at St Mary's, Alverstoke Hampshire, where   
   > Consent was involved.  The first was in 1818, after Banns, and the bride   
   > is described as "Hannah Paul a minor with consent of her father Peter   
   > Paul" and the name Isaac Kiln is written after the printed "With consent   
   > of".  Isaac Kiln was also named as one of the Witnesses.  The father was   
   > alive at the time.   
   >   
   > In the second case, by Licence, the bride was about 9 or 10 months short   
   > of 21, but her age or condition is not mentioned.  The Printed "with   
   > consent of" is followed by the name Joseph Gear and Joseph Gear is one   
   > of the Witnesses.  Joseph Gear (and possibly his wife) was also a   
   > Witness to the bride's second marriage after she was widowed.   
   >   
   > Previously, I have only come across consent being given to a minor's   
   > marriage by the father.  Why is there a second person consenting to the   
   > first marriage, and who is the person giving consent likely to be in the   
   > second case?  (I don't know if the second bride's father was alive at   
   > the time of her marriage or if Joseph Gear was in any way related.)   
      
   Bad form to follow-up oneself, I know, but I have now found that Joseph   
   Gear was witness to quite a few marriages, so suspect he was a Parish   
   Clerk or similar.   
      
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   Jenny M Benson   
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