Southampton St Mary, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire Hampshire Parishes  Southampton St Mary

Parish History
SOUTHAMPTON, a seaport, borough, market-town, and county of itself, locally in the S. division of Hampshire, 75 miles (S. W. by W.) from London. Southampton comprises the parishes of All Saints, Holy Rood, St. John and St. Lawrence united, St. Mary, and St. Michael. There are places of worship for Independents, Baptists, the Society of Friends, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics. .

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Genealogy
Blundell, L. S. The Blundells. History and family tree of Henery and Ann Smith Blondell (with an 'o') married in 1776. Article covers years 1776-1970, and is found in Hampshire Family Historian vol.10,#4,1982, pages 200-204. Family History Library, Ref. 942.27 B2h

Contributed by Haughey, Betty. Sailing for Georgia. Betty noted from the Southampton Records Office the following details of couples married at the St. Mary's Extra, Southampton while waiting to sail to Georgia. It gives the Bridegroom and Brides name and the dates mainly in April, May 1738. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol.XII, no.4,Feb 1986, page253, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12

Bugden, E. V. Portsea, St Mary's - Forces Baptisms - part 1. Extraction of baptisms in 1813 and 1814 in which the child's father is shown to have been in the Services. Gives the child's Surname, christian name, name of the parents and the Rank and Unit of the father. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XII, no.4, February 1986 page 257, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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