Untangling Isaac and Mary Holdens

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Brightlingsea, Essex, England

There were three 'Isaac and Mary Holden' couples in the Brightlingsea area around the same time. This seems to have led to much conflation, particularly of Mary Elizabeth Bond and Mary Bacon.

The Three Couples

Three 'Isaac Holden and Mary' couples were married at Brightlingsea between 1797 and 1830.

1. Isaac Holden who married Mary King in 1797^[1].
2. Isaac Holden and Mary Bacon who married in 1817.^[2]
3. Isaac Howard Holden who married Mary Elizabeth Bond in 1830.^[3]

These all appear to be different people as all men were recorded as single/bachelors on their marriage records.

The Isaac who married in 1817 appears to be the son of the first couple - Isaac Holden (1777-bef.1834) and Mary (King) Holden (abt.1777-).

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Mary King (born about 1777) married Isaac Holden (abt 1777) in 1797

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Mary Bacon (born about 1800) married Isaac Holden (abt 1798) in 1817

• 1841 - Brightlingsea ^[4]

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Mary Elizabeth Bond (born abt 1811) married Isaac Howard Holden (abt 1807) in 1830

• 1841 - Brightlingsea ^[5]
• 1851 - Burnham ^[6]
• 1861 - Harwich, St Nicholas ^[7]
• 1871 - Rochester ^[8]
• 1881 - Rochester ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Essex : Brightlingsea : All Saints : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817d643e93790eb7fa84b42 : viewed 28 Feb 2022) marriage Isaac Holden to Mary King 20 Aug 1797
2. ↑ Essex : Brightlingsea : All Saints : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817d638e93790eb7fa8352b : viewed 28 Feb 2022) marriage Isaac Holden to Mary Bacon 27 Jul 1817
3. ↑ Essex : Brightlingsea : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817d63ae93790eb7fa83905 : viewed 28 Feb 2022) marriage Isaac Howard Holden to Mary Elizabeth Bond 09 Oct 1830
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2F-86D : 6 March 2021), Mary Holdon in household of Ann Bacon, Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2F-8XD : 6 March 2021), Mary Holdon in household of Isaac Holdon, Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGV6-9RY : 9 November 2019), Mary Holden in household of Isacc Holden, Burnham, Essex, England; citing Burnham, Essex, England, p. 27, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M741-B7G : 3 March 2021), Mary Elizabeth Holden in household of James H Holden, Harwich St Nicholas, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD89-VJD : 20 January 2022), Mary Holden in entry for Isaac Holden, 1871.
9. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-7BWT : 11 December 2017), Mary Holden in household of Isaac Holden, Rochester Cathedral Church Precincts, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 885/84, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,425.