William Orcutt and Mary Lane

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8th G Grandparents

William Orcutt
Parents: William Orcutt and Suzanne Edson

Born 18 Dec 1618 Willoughby, Warwick, England
Married 1) Mary Martha Lane 24 December 1663 Hingham, Massachusetts

2) Martha (unknown surname) after 1685
Died 14 Sep 1693 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Death: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records (Bridgewater Deaths) page 531

Marriage to Mary and Martha: Book: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700 page 545

Marriage to Mary Explanation: Blog: Sugden, B. Orcutt Family History. (2014). Retrieved from http://orcuttfamilyhistory. wordpress.com 23 Sep 2020

Family link: https://orcuttfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/william-orcutt-mary-martha-lane/

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

Family Search Group Sheet listed following sources:
Old Hancock County Families by Pierce
Orcutt Family by M.D. Hinckley
Vital Records of Higham, Mass., Second Church, Scituate 1645-89
Orcutt Genealogy
Mitchell's History of Bridgewater - Benjamin Washburn's Genealogy
My Forefathers from Brewer, Maine by Ethel Kenny

Mary Lane

Parents William Lane and Agnes (surname unknown)

Born

Died

Buried

Sources

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CHILDREN

William and Mary's children's christenings - remember, these are not birth dates

William Orcutt

Born abt 1664 Massachusetts

Note: no documentation in Scituate

Married 1) Jane Washburn

Children: Joanna, Elizabeth

2) Hannah Smith 21 Sep 1698 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Children: Jane, Deliverance, Martha, Caleb, Moses

Died 10 April 1789

Buried First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

Blog: https://orcuttfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/william-orcutt-mary-martha-lane/

Marriage to Jane Washburn: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/907934

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22674460/william-orcutt

Andrew Orcutt
Christened 24 Mar 1667 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Frances Ward 13 Aug 1793 Weymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children: Andrew, William, Frances, Mary, Samuel, Mercy, Remember
Died 18 August 1739 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

Christening: Blog: https://orcuttfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/william-orcutt-mary-martha-lane/

Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700

AGBI

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S. (Weymouth Historical Society, Howard H Joy, President. 1923), pg 447.

New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

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John Orcutt
Christened 18 Apr 1669 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married 1) Experience Pratt 1691 Weymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Unnamed baby, Hannah, Samuel, John
2) Mary Beale 23 Dec 1702 Higham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Ebenezer 

Marriage record for John and Mary 
Transcription: The 23rd day of December 1702 John Orcut of Bridgewater
was married to Mary Beale daughter of Lieutenant Jeremiah Beale
by me John Norton, Pastor of the Church of Hingham

3) Abigail Farrow 23 Nov 1719 Massachusetts

Note: widow of Francis Horsewell

Translation of marriage record:
John Orcutt of Hingham, was married to Abagail Horsewell, 
the daughter of John Farrow the ....day.....1719

4) Mary Daniels 10 Aug 1723 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Note: Widow of John Jepson
5) Esther (maiden name unknown) 31 Dec 1750 Cohasset, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Note: Widow of Daniel Sharp
Died Sep 1753 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Buried: Hingham Center Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77415238/john-orcutt

Martha Orcutt
Christened 23 Apr 1671 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Joseph Leonard 1695
Children: Joseph, Ephraim, Martha
Died 30 Sep 1752 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Buried: First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Note:  no headstones for her or her husband
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77699963/martha-leonard

Joseph Orcutt
Christened 9 Dec 1672 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Married Sarah Smith abt 1692 Massachusetts

Children: Ichabod, Sarah, Jerusha, Peter, Rachel, James, Joseph

Died 30 Sep 1752 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut

Buried 1752
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

Marriage:  US New England Marriages prior to 1700

Note: there was no year given at all for the marriage

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Hannah Orcutt (twin to Mary)
Christened 11 Apr 1675 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Given name spelled Hanah in record
Married Edmund Tilson 25 Dec 1706 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Some have recorded his given name as Edison or Edson
Died abt 1707 (possibly during childbirth)
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

AGBI

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

Book: North America Family Histories

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Mary Orcutt Hudson
Transcription: Here lies the body of Mrs
Mary Hudson who died June 28 1738 in
the 63 year (rest is beneath the soil)

Mary Orcutt (twin to Hannah)
Christened 11 Apr 1675 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Lieutenant Daniel Hudson 19 May 1697 Massachusetts
Children: Mary, Daniel, William

Death 28 June 1738 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Buried 1738 First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
Marriage: New England Historical Genealogical Register

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

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7th Great grandparents

*Thomas Orcutt
Christened 2 Oct 1677 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, Death Records record the 2nd but also claim that the date is worn, therefore it could be anything with a 2 - from the 2nd to the 29th
Married Jane Emerson 29 Jun 1703 Massachusetts
Children: Jane, Thomas, Mary, Emerson, Hannah, David

Died 5 December 1749 Boston, Massachusetts

Buried
Sources
Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, Death Records (Scituate Births) page 277

Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

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Benjamin Orcutt
Christened 9 Mar 1680 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Given name is spelled Benjemen in record
Married Elizabeth Randall abt 1695 Massachusetts

Children: Benjamin, Sarah, Hannah, Betty, Andrew, John, Silence, Keziah, Lydia
Died Feb 1770 Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Buried
Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249

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Elizabeth Orcutt
Christened 16 Jul 1682 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Married - did not find one

Died

Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

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Deborah Orcutt
Christened 7 Oct 1683 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died Before 30 Oct 1694 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850

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Susannah Orcutt
Born abt 1685 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: no documentation in Scituate
Married Captain Benjamin Washburn abt 1715
Children: Benjamin, Jonathan

Died

Buried

Sources
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William Lois Small 1858-1939 Maud Faustina Hapworth 1868-1943

William Lois Small

William Lois Small
Parents: Otis Harriman Small and Dorcas Jane Quimby

Born 29 Oct 1858 East Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Note: Though there are official documents with the middle name "Lewis" he insisted it was Lois and was very adamant about it.

William and Maud's Headstone

Married Maud Faustina Hapworth 16 Jan 1886 East Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Died 14 Jun 1939 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
http://www.hearthavenidaho.blogspot.com/

Note: this link is still working as of 15 May 2022
LDS deceased member record (note: his middle name is incorrectly given as Lewis in the record)
1910 US Census for Bucksport, Hancock, Maine page 8 (age 51)
His granddaughter, Bessie
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21597497/william-lois-small

Maud Faustina Hapworth

Maud Faustina Hapworth
Parents: Horatio Southgate Hapworth and Henrietta Godfrey Nickerson

Born 19 Jun 1868 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Died 12 May 1943 Bangor, Penboscot, Maine
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
http://www.hearthavenidaho.blogspot.com/
1910 US Census for Bucksport, Hancock, Maine page 8 (age 41)
Her granddaughter, Bessie
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21663347/maud-faustenia-small

CHILDREN

Howard Edwin Small

Howard Edwin Small
Born 29 May 1889 East Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Janet Beatrice Giberson 20 Nov 1912

Howard and Janet's headstone

Children: Joy Clarence, Laurel Maud, Bessie Amelia, Valeda Irene
Died 25 Oct 1918 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Note:  died in the flu pandemic of 1918
Buried 27 Oct 1918 Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
http://www.hearthavenidaho.blogspot.com/
Marriage: Wedding Invitation and Certificate
1910 US Census for Bucksport, Hancock, Maine page 8 (age 20)
His daughter, Bessie
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21544770/howard-edwin-small

Georgia Etta Small

Georgia Etta Small
Born 8 Jul 1892 East Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married 1) Herbert Leslie Ward 8 Jun 1918 Biddeford, Maine
2) Owen Guy Grey 2 Jul 1947 Maine
Note: unable to have children
Died 16 Jul 1969 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Georgia and Herbert's headstone

Sources
http://www.hearthavenidaho.blogspot.com/
1910 US Census for Bucksport, Hancock, Maine page 8 (age 17)
1920 US Census for Penobscot, Maine page 13 (age 27, visiting her parents)
1930 US Census for Bangor, Penobscot, Maine page 3A (age 37)
1940 US Census for Bangor, Penobscot, Maine page 11A (age 46)
Marriage certificate (Herbert)
Obituary from 17 Jul 1969 Bangor Daily News (they had her second husband's name, her age, the date of her birth, the spelling of her mother's name all wrong)
Her niece, Bessie

Walter Philip Small

Walter Philip (Oree) Small (adopted)
Born 29 Mar 1890 Maine
Note:  1900 Census claims February
Biological Parents: Walter Oree and Mary Judge
Note: father was black, mother was mulatto
The story I heard from Bessie (Howard's daughter) was that his parents separated. He was in an orphanage, then lived with Otis (William's father) for a while and when Otis died, Walter came and lived with William and Maud. He officially took the surname Small when he married.
Married 1) Ellen Kitchen 21 Feb 1915 Maine
Children:  Alice, Ruth, Rachel, Howard
2) Evelyn Boyles
Occupation: Grocery - Retired meat cutter (at time of death)
Died 29 May 1968 Osteopathic Hospital, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine (heart disease)
Buried 31 May 1968 Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine
Sources
1900 US Census for Bangor Children's Home page 6B (age 10)
Note:  in this census, he is listed as black and his surname is spelled O'Ree
1910 US Census for Bucksport, Hancock, Maine page 8 (age 20)
Note:  listed as white, living with the Small's and he has their surname
1920 US Census for Kennebec, Maine page 7 (age 29)
Note: with Ellen and three children
1930 US Census for Waterville, Kennebec, Maine page 15A (age 40)
Note:  With Ellen and four children
1940 US Census for Waterville, Kennebec, Maine page 3A (age 50)
Note:  With Ellen, 2 children, and five lodgers
Maine Death Certificate
His niece, Bessie
Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114963113

William Shepherd 1698 Elizabeth Piercy 1713

William Shepherd
Christened 10 Jan 1698 Selsey, Sussex, England
Note: This christening is my best guess, not in stone. I did not find any William within allowable dates in Pagham for the marriage and children. If this is the man, the surname is spelled Shepheard on record

Parents: John Shepherd and Sarah (no name given)

Married Elizabeth Piercy 3 Oct 1734 Pagham, Sussex, England

Note: I did not find this marriage in the Pagham IGI records

Burial: 12 Dec 1780 Pagham, Sussex, England

Source
Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C071021 Dated 1660-1876
Burial: Ancestral File

Elizabeth Piercy
Christened 17 Feb 1713 in Pagham, Sussex, England

Parents: Stephen Piercy and Dorothy (no surname given)

Source
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812

CHILDREN

Stephen
Christened 25 Dec 1735 Pagham, Sussex, England
Married: Mary Griffin 21 May 1759 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812
Marriage: IGI 0416749 Batch M070881 Dated 1662-1875
William
Christened 22 May 1737 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: I found four children with parents named William and Elizabeth in Pagham in the right time frame. If the children are their's, William didn't marry until in his 30's.
Source
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812
*Henry
Christened Pagham, Sussex, England
Married: Elizabeth Warden 3 Nov 1766 Pagham, Sussex, England
Source
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812
John
Christened 14 Aug 1743 Pagham, Sussex, England
Source
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812
Mary
Christened 24 Feb 1745 Pagham, Sussex, England
Died 1 Mar 1745 (Age 5 days old)
Source
Ancestral File
IGI Film 0416708 Batch C0707881 Dated 1690-1812

Henry Shepherd 1739 Elizabeth Warden 1745

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7th Great Grandparents

Henry Shepherd

Parents: William Shepherd and Elizabeth Piercy

Christened 29 Jul 1739 in Pagham, Sussex, England

Note: Surname spelled Sheppard in recordMarried 3 Nov 1766 in Pagham, Sussex, England

Buried: 6 Dec 1807 Pagham, Sussex, England

Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812 Burial: Ancestral File

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Elizabeth Warden 

Born abt 1745 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: I'm considering Elizabeth Warden of Pulborough, Sussex Christened 14 Apr 1745, whose father is William
Sources

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CHILDREN

Henry Shepherd

Christened 3 May 1767 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources

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IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812
Ann Shepherd

Christened 6 Nov 1768 Pagham, Sussex, England
Possible marriage to Joseph Fogden 22 Jan 1790 Donnington, Sussex, England
Sources

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IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812
Marriage:  England marriages 1538-1973 Film 1041532 Batch I03119-1
Elizabeth Shepherd

Christened 23 Sep 1770 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources

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IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812

*William Shepherd

Christened 17 Jan 1773 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Married Sarah Keates 13 May 1794 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources

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IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812
Jinny Shepherd

Christened 2 Jul 1715 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources

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IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812

Pamela Shepherd

Christened About 16 Nov 1777 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Buried 15 Feb 1780 (Age 2y 3m)

Sources

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Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812

William Shepherd 12 Jan 1773 Sarah Keates 1773

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6th Great grandparents

William Sheppard
Parents: Henry Shepherd and Elizabeth Warden

Christened 12 Jan 1773 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Married Sarah Keates 13 May 1794 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: Sarah's surname spelled Ceates on record - she may have been very pregnant or just given birth to their first son, who was christened a few months after this marriage 
Buried 28 Mar 1848 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated 1813-1876
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875
Burial: England Deaths and Burials Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597
Sarah Keates
Parents:  George Keats and Elizabeth (unknown surname)

Christened 14 Feb 1773 Sparsholt, Berkshire, England
Note:  this is abt 35 miles from Pagham
Burial 15 Dec 1839 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening:  IGI Batch P019861 dated 1707-1812 Film 0088410
Burial:  England Deaths and Burials Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597 ref #60

CHILDREN 

William Sheppard
Christened 13 Jul 1794 Pagham, Sussex, England
Died 16 Mar 1795
Sources
Christening and Death: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated 1690-1812
Henry Sheppard
Christened 6 Mar 1796 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: I found several possibilities for marriage for Henry, but nothing to prove any were his
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812

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5th Great Grandparents

*Thomas Sheppard
Christened 11 Dec 1797 Pagham, Sussex, England
Married Mary Coneage 20 Oct 1821 Donnington, Sussex, England

Occupation: Servant (1861)
Children:  Mary, Thomas, Henry, William, Charles, George, Fanny, Caroline, George

Died 2 Feb 1885 Donnington, Sussex, England

Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage:  England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03119-1 Film 1041532 p 9-10

1841 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (40y)

1861 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England  (62y)

Death: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I03119-3 Page 40-41
Sarah Sheppard
Christened 7 Apr 1799 Pagham, Sussex, England
Married John Gardiner 29 Jan 1825 St Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England
Note: His surname spelled Gardiner in the marriage record
Children: William, Caroline, Ann, Lucy, Harriet

Died

Buried
Sources
Marriage: IGI Batch M070761 dated 1655-1876 Film 0416755
1841 UK Census for Pagham, Sussex, England (age 35, which is incorrect)
Mary Sheppard
Christened 3 Dec 1804 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: mother's name misspelled as Satah on the record
Married Michael Crees 2 Dec 1826 Pagham, Sussex, England
Children: William
Buried 12 Apr 1830 Stoughton, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875
Buried:  England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 batch I03559-4 Film 1041567 item 3 p 20
Joseph Sheppard
Christened 3 Dec 1804 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: mother's name misspelled as Satah on the record
Married Lucy (Shea) Wright or Knight 14 Nov 1840 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: He's 35 and she's 38 years old.  Lucy was married before and her surname was extracted as Wright AND Knight. Needs more research, but her father's name was John Shea according to the marriage record
Children: Sarah, John
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875 (in this one her surname is Wright)
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597 Ref #7 (in this one her surname is Knight and her father's name is given as John Shea)
1841 UK Census for Pagham, Sussex, England (35y)