Help finding someone in England?

Question

I am having trouble with this one. He and his son were on some very old papers from this side of the family. There is no family left that knows anything about it anymore. I no longer have those papers.

This info is what I could make out on the paper when I had it. I am not 100 percent family had it perfect. I feel confident about names and the dates are guesstimated.

Thank you in advance for anyone who reads this, works on it or breaks it down for me.

Comments

The marriage record of William Abraham and Mary Drips (this is how the name was transcribed )  on the date and location you have is at Ancestry, with an image. Mary’s surname looks more like Tripp to me. There are no parents names. I did not find a baptism for William at Ancestry or FamilySearch.

Name:	Willm Abraham
Gender:	Male
Event Type:	Marriage
Marriage Date:	12 Dec 1709
Marriage Place:	Winscombe, Somerset, England
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:	View this parish
Spouse:	Mary Dripps

Source Citation

Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\winsc/2/1/1

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Original data: Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

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The baptism of their daughter Mary is at Ancestry with image as well

Name:	Mary Abraham [Maria Abraham]
Event Type:	Baptism
Baptism Date:	8 Jan 1713
Baptism Place:	Winscombe, Somerset, England
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:	View this parish
Father:	Willim Abraham
Mother:	Mary Abraham

The date in the record is actually 8 Jan 1712/13.

Source Citation

Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\winsc/2/1/1

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Original data: Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

Answer 1

FreeReg has William Abraham and Mary Tripp marrying in 1710 but I think this is a mistake because their eldest child, William, was baptised in 1710. They also have a marriage month of November.

Somerset : Winscombe : St James : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865ece93790eb7fb98ac4 : viewed 10 Oct 2021) marriage Willm. Abraham to Mary Tripp 12 Nov 1710

https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581865ece93790eb7fb98ac4/mary-tripp-willm-abraham-marriage-somerset-winscombe-1710-11-12?citation_type=wikitree&locale=en

Somerset : Winscombe : St James : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58182562e93790eca38d1d22 : viewed 10 Oct 2021) baptism William Abraham 19 Apr 1710

https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58182562e93790eca38d1d22/william-abraham-baptism-somerset-winscombe-1710-04-19?citation_type=wikitree&locale=en

Comments

Matthew, it's not that uncommon for the marriage to take place while the bride is heavily pregnant :}

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The bride was pregnant either way but I was actually commenting on the discrepancy between the Ancestry marriage date of 12 Dec 1709 and FreeReg's 12 Nov 1710. As William was baptised in April 1710 the 1709 year seems much more likely.

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Here is an image of the marriage register page, seems the Ancestry transcript is accurate. FreeReg could be using another transcript but their entry does specify the Parish Register as source.