EARLY MARRIAGES
FROM THE MAUCH CHUNK
NEWSPAPERS OF
1829 TO 1850
SURNAMES
ABEL TO BISER
PERSON MARRIED |
RESIDENCE |
SPOUSE |
SPOUSE’S RESIDENCE |
PERFORMED BY |
LOCATION |
EVENT DATE |
NOTICE DATE |
NP |
NOTES |
Abel, David |
Easton,
Pa. |
Conner,
Ann |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
L. Talf |
Mauch
Chunk |
1836/08/30 |
1836/09/05 |
C |
|
Ackerman, Peter |
Mauch
Chunk |
Stine,
Columbia |
Mauch
Chunk |
Jesse
K. Pryor, Esq. |
Mauch
Chunk |
1841/12/11 |
1841/12/13 |
C |
On same evening by same person as
the Hoffman/Fritz marriage |
Adams, Asaph |
|
Paign,
Cordilia |
|
Lucius
Blakeslee, Esq. |
White
Haven |
|
1849/04/19 |
CCG |
[No date given] |
Adams, Grace C. |
Philadelphia |
Lockhart,
Alexander |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
Mr. Brainard |
Philadelphia |
1841/02/11 |
1841/02/13 |
C |
|
Adams, John J. |
Kingston |
Pettebone,
Martha |
Kingston |
Rev.
Mr. May |
Kingston |
1830/03/31 |
1830/04/08 |
C |
Bride d/o Capt. Oliver Pettebone
of Kingston; Groom is one of the editors of "The Farmer" |
Adams, Sarah |
Mauch
Chunk |
Pollock,
William |
|
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1846/02/07 |
1846/02/26 |
CCG |
|
Aedey, Rebecca |
Beaver
Meadow |
Peltz,
Jonathan |
|
N.R.
Penrose, Esq. |
Beaver
Meadow |
1840/10/03 |
1840/10/17 |
C |
[Peltz may be of Beaver Meadow,
too] |
Aiken, John |
|
Walker,
Mary Ann |
Summit
Hill |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1845/09/04 |
1845/10/02 |
CCG |
Bride d/o Andrew Walker of Summit
Hill |
Albertson, Archibald |
Mauch
Chunk |
Whitesides,
Catherine |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
H. E. Gilroy |
Mauch
Chunk |
1843/10/15 |
1843/10/17 |
CC
T |
|
Alden, Prince |
Mauch
Chunk |
Smith,
Catherine |
Mauch
Chunk |
Isaac
T. Dodson, Esq. |
Mauch
Chunk |
1845/06/21 |
1845/06/26 |
C |
|
Alexander, Moses |
|
Tomkins,
Frances, Mrs. |
|
|
Bath,
NY |
1831/05/11 |
1831/06/20 |
C |
Groom age 98, bride age 105, taken
dead from their bed the next day |
Allen, Thomas |
Easton |
Dayton,
Mary |
Mauch
Chunk |
John
Pryor, Esq. |
|
1838/01/04 |
1838/01/08 |
C |
|
Allerson, Joseph |
Mauch
Chunk |
Fachs,
Alouisa |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
|
1849/02/25 |
1849/03/24 |
Demo |
|
Allison, Clarissa |
Hanging
Rock, Ohio |
Mears,
Henry |
Mauch
Chunk |
R.
W. Price, Esq. |
Hanging
Rock, Ohio |
1838/04/21 |
1838/05/14 |
C |
Bride formerly of Mauch Chunk |
Allison, James W. |
Hanging
Rock, Lawrence Co., Ohio |
Boal,
Mary |
Muncy |
Rev.
S. S. Shedden |
|
1837/04/17 |
1837/04/24 |
C |
Bride d/o James Boal of Muncy |
Allison, Robert |
Tamaqua |
Smith,
Sarah |
Tamaqua |
John
Franklin, Esq. |
Tamaqua |
1832/09/01 |
1832/09/03 |
C |
|
Andreas, Cecilia |
East
Penn Twp. |
Kistler,
Gideon |
East
Penn Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1850/04/21 |
1850/05/02 |
CCG |
Kistler, Gideon |
Andreas, Mary Ann |
E.
Penn Twp. |
Dengler,
Charles |
E.
Penn Twp. |
Rev.
John Zilch |
|
1837/12/26 |
1838/01/08 |
C |
|
Andres, Abraham |
Mauch
Chunk |
Campbell,
Sarah |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
Cherryville,
Pa. |
1840/09/19 |
1840/09/14 |
C |
|
Andrews, Peter |
|
Harman,
Catherine |
|
N.
R. Penrose, Esq. |
|
1838/01/03 |
1838/01/08 |
C |
|
Angst, Daniel K. |
Pennsville |
Beltz,
Salinda |
Pennsville |
Judge
Dinkey |
Pennsville |
1844/03/03 |
1844/03/12 |
CC
T |
|
Anthony, Elias |
East
Penn Twp. |
Snyder,
Maria |
Towamensing
Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1846/03/01 |
1846/03/05 |
CCG |
(Bride also known as
"Polly") |
Anthony, Maria |
Lowrytown |
M'Fane,
Jacob |
|
N.
R. Penrose, Esq. |
Lowrytown |
1837/03/26 |
1837/04/03 |
C |
|
Armbruster, Teresa |
Mauch
Chunk |
Armbruster,
Valentine |
Mauch
Chunk |
Jesse
K. Pryor, Esq. |
|
1849/02/27 |
1849/03/01 |
CCG |
|
Armbruster, Valentine |
Mauch
Chunk |
Armbruster,
Teresa |
Mauch
Chunk |
Jesse
K. Pryor, Esq. |
|
1849/02/27 |
1849/03/01 |
CCG |
|
Arner, Rebecca |
Weissport |
Germann,
Charles S., M.D. |
Weissport |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1844/12/26 |
1845/01/16 |
CCG |
|
Arnot, Susan |
Lowrytown |
Orr,
Abraham |
Lowrytown |
John
Pryor, Esq. |
Lowrytown |
1830/03/04 |
1830/03/11 |
C |
|
Aro, Abraham |
Mauch
Chunk |
Willdoner,
Mary |
Mauch
Chunk |
Isaac
T. Dodson, Esq. |
Mauch
Chunk |
1836/06/02 |
1836/06/06 |
C |
[Surnames spelled here as they
appeared, more common spellings are "Eroh" and
"Wildoner"] |
Artsdalen, D., Rev. |
Port
Carbon |
Warne,
Harriet Eliza |
Port
Carbon |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Port
Carbon |
1843/11/01 |
1843/11/07 |
CC
T |
Bride eldest d/o E. C. Warne,
Esq., of Port Carbon |
Ashley, Caroline |
Formerly
of Susquehanna Co. |
Blakslee,
James I. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Mr.
Dewey |
Waterloo,
Grant Co., Wisconsin |
1838/04/10 |
1838/05/07 |
C |
|
Ason, Jane, Mrs. |
Summit
Hill |
Brewster,
Samuel |
Summit
Hill |
James
Denton, Esq. |
Summit
Hill |
1843/06/27 |
1843/07/11 |
CC
T |
|
Atherton, Mary |
Kingston |
Needham,
Benjamin |
Lowrytown |
Elder
Richmond |
Kingston |
1831/01/05 |
1831/01/31 |
C |
|
Atkins, John |
Nesquehoning |
Waters,
Margaret |
Nesquehoning |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Nesquehoning |
1845/09/29 |
1845/10/02 |
CCG |
|
Aue, John |
Albany,
Berks Co., Pa. |
Zimmerman,
Lydia |
Towamensing
Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1846/07/12 |
1846/08/27 |
CCG |
|
Austin, Centhia |
Nesquehoning |
Bonum,
Alexander |
Nesquehoning |
A.
W. Butler, Esq. |
|
1849/02/25 |
1849/03/01 |
CCG |
|
Austin, Mary |
Philadelphia,
Pa. |
Mears,
Edward B. |
Philadelphia,
Pa. |
John
P. Durlin, MD |
|
1846/11/24 |
1847/01/08 |
CCG |
|
Bacon, Hannah E. |
Huntington
Twp., Luz. Co. |
Stiles,
Daniel |
Huntington
Twp., Luz. Co. |
Rev.
George Lane |
Wilkes
Barre |
1836/02/22 |
1836/03/07 |
C |
|
Bailey, Mary Ann |
Mauch
Chunk |
Pike,
Job |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1837/08/17 |
1837/08/21 |
C |
|
Baker, Julia M. |
Nesquehoning |
Blakslee,
William W. |
Nesquehoning |
Rev.
G. H. Blakslee |
Dimmick,
Susquehanna Co., Pa. |
1847/09/22 |
1847/10/07 |
CCG |
|
Baker, William |
|
?-?-?-mpson,
Caroline |
|
|
Dimock,
Pa. |
|
1846/03/05 |
CCG |
|
Balliet, Catherine |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Hubbes,
Michael |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1845/03/18 |
1845/03/27 |
CCG |
|
Balliet, George |
East
Penn Twp. |
Dinkey,
Leah |
East
Penn Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1846/11/03 |
1846/11/26 |
CCG |
|
Balliet, Sabina |
E.
Penn Twp. |
Yeager,
Thomas B. |
Allentown |
Rev.
Joshua Yaeger |
|
1850/10/08 |
1850/10/17 |
CCG |
Bride d/o Stephen Balliet of East
Penn Twp. |
Barber, Samuel S., Esq. |
Nesquehoning |
Sellars,
Elizabeth |
Philadelphia |
Rev.
Frederick Barnham |
Mauch
Chunk |
1840/03/03 |
1840/03/07 |
C |
|
Barnes, J. Edward |
Mauch
Chunk |
Woodbridge,
Elizabeth G. |
Perth
Amboy, NJ |
Rev.
B. Cory |
|
1847/03/27 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
|
Barnes, James W. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Randolph,
Marg. A. Fitz |
Perth
Amboy, NJ |
Rev.
James Chapman |
Perth
Amboy, NJ |
1841/02/10 |
1841/02/13 |
C |
Married at St. Peter's Church |
Barnes, Malvina F. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Wheeler,
O. H. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
B. Bethell Claxton |
|
1844/02/01 |
1844/02/06 |
CC
T |
|
Barr, George |
|
Sharp,
Mary |
|
John
Pryor, Esq. |
|
1837/12/07 |
1838/01/08 |
C |
|
Bauckman, Mary |
Lynn
Twp., Lehigh Co. |
Mank,
Philip |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
John Helfrich |
Wisburg
Twp. |
1836/10/29 |
1836/11/07 |
C |
["Wisburg Twp." probably
refers to Weisenburg Twp. in Lehigh Co.] |
Bauman, Benjamin |
|
Newell,
Mary |
Pottsville,
Pa. |
Rev.
J. McCool |
Pottsville,
Pa. |
1836/11/08 |
1836/11/14 |
C |
Groom editor of "The Miner's
Journal"; bride d/o William Newell of Pottsville |
Bauman, Eliza |
Towamensing
Twp. |
Butler,
James R. |
Mauch
Chunk |
John
Pryor, Esq. |
Cherryville,
Northampton Co. |
1836/10/28 |
1836/10/31 |
C |
|
Bayne, Catherine, Mrs. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Hyndman,
Hugh |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1843/09/25 |
1843/10/17 |
CC
T |
|
Bayne, Sarah |
Lowrytown |
Moore,
Elias |
Lowrytown |
John
Pryor, Esq. |
Lowrytown |
1830/03/14 |
1830/03/18 |
C |
|
Bayne, Tabitha |
Mauch
Chunk |
Enbody,
Josiah W. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
H. E. Gilroy |
Mauch
Chunk |
1843/10/26 |
1843/10/31 |
CC
T |
|
Beahm, Hannah |
Mauch
Chunk |
Brink,
Nicholas |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
Samuel Hess |
Hellertown,
Pa. |
1843/10/09 |
1843/10/10 |
CC
T |
|
Beahm, Israel |
Mauch
Chunk |
Dodson,
Mahala |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
J. A. Boyle |
|
1847/01/07 |
1847/01/14 |
CCG |
|
Beans, Amanda |
Hatborough,
Pa. |
Sisty,
Mahlon H., Rev. |
|
Rev.
James Smith |
|
1841/11/23 |
1841/12/13 |
C |
|
Beaumont, Elizabeth |
Wilkes
Barre |
Collins,
Samuel P. |
Wilkes
Barre |
Rev.
D. W. Bristol |
Wilkes
Barre |
1841/04/15 |
1841/04/24 |
C |
Bride eldest d/o Honorable A.
Beaumont of Wilkes Barre |
Beck, Esther |
Tamaqua |
Reed,
Henry |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
T. C. Murphy |
Lehighton |
1850/09/29 |
1850/10/05 |
CCG |
|
Beck, Esther |
Tamaqua |
Reed,
Henry |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
T. C. Murphy |
Lehighton |
1850/09/29 |
1850/10/05 |
CD |
|
Becker, David |
Towamensing
Twp. |
Silliman,
Louisa |
Towamensing
Twp. |
Rev.
E. August ______ |
|
1846/03/22 |
1846/04/09 |
CCG |
|
Been, Susan |
Upper
Towamensing Twp. |
Henry,
Robert |
Maria
Iron Works |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1846/12/07 |
1846/12/25 |
CCG |
|
Beer, Lewis |
Mauch
Chunk |
Harlyman,
Seriah |
Cherryville,
Pa. |
Rev.
Mr. Gearhart |
Cherryville,
Pa. |
1840/02/16 |
1840/02/20 |
C |
[Harlyman may mean Harleman] |
Behler, Barbara |
Lausanne
Twp. |
Oliphant,
Andrew |
Lausanne
Twp. |
N.
R. Penrose, Esq. |
|
1838/01/03 |
1838/01/08 |
C |
|
Beighe, Sarah |
|
Glenn,
Thomas |
|
Jesse
K. Pryor, Esq. |
Mauch
Chunk |
1845/08/28 |
1845/09/04 |
CCG |
[Bride's maiden printed as
"Beehe"] |
Bellman, Christine |
East
Penn Twp. |
Kachrney,
Leonard |
East
Penn Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1848/12/02 |
1849/01/25 |
CCG |
|
Beltz, Salinda |
Pennsville |
Angst,
Daniel K. |
Pennsville |
Judge
Dinkey |
Pennsville |
1844/03/03 |
1844/03/12 |
CC
T |
|
Beltz, Theressa |
Lehighton |
Helmuth,
George William |
Lehighton |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1844/10/06 |
1844/10/23 |
CCG |
|
Benfield, Helene |
Heidelberg
Twp., Lehigh Co. |
Hettinger,
Benjamin |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1847/03/31 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
|
Benham, Joseph |
|
Ornt,
Angelina |
Easton |
Christian
Busse, Esq. |
Nazarath |
1831/10/09 |
1831/10/17 |
C |
Groom late of Mauch Chunk |
Bennet, Hiram |
Penn
Haven |
Vanscoter,
Elizabeth |
Penn
Haven |
Rev.
T. C. Murphy |
Mauch
Chunk |
1850/11/09 |
1850/11/14 |
CCG |
|
Bennet, Wealthy |
Susquehanna
Co., Pa. |
Vanneman,
Isaac |
Mauch
Chunk |
E.
Carey, Esq. |
Hanover
Twp. Luzerne Co. |
1840/04/13 |
1840/04/18 |
C |
|
Bennett, Mariette |
Montrose |
Dimock,
Asa G. |
Honesdale |
|
Montrose,
Pa |
1833/04/14 |
1833/04/20 |
C |
Taken from the "Montrose
Volume"; groom one of the editors of the "Wayne Co. Herald" |
Bennyhoff, Jonas |
Mauch
Chunk |
Wassom,
Elizabeth |
Heidelberg
Twp., Lehigh Co. |
Rev.
Newton Heston |
|
1847/08/01 |
1847/08/05 |
CCG |
|
Berger, Sarah |
Petersville,
Northampton Co. |
Snyder,
John |
Bath,
Pa. |
Rev.
Mr. ________ |
|
1838/04/01 |
1838/05/07 |
C |
|
Bernbeck, Samuel |
Pottsville |
Leekley,
Sarah |
Nesquehoning |
John
Pryor, Esq. |
Mauch
Chunk |
1834/08/05 |
1834/08/09 |
C |
|
Bertsch, Caroline |
Mauch
Chunk |
Leisenring,
John, Jr. |
Mauch
Chunk |
Rev.
Richard Webster |
Mauch
Chunk |
1844/05/12 |
1844/05/15 |
CCG |
Married in the Presbyterian Church |
Bettle, Martah C. |
Wilkes
Barre |
Sisty,
Amos |
Wilkes
Barre |
Rev.
William James Clark |
Wilkes
Barre |
1840/05/12 |
1840/05/16 |
C |
Married at St. Stephens Church |
Bidlac, Maria |
Salem,
Luzerne Co. |
Lockhart,
George |
|
Rev.
S. Lacock |
|
1837/04/24 |
1837/05/01 |
C |
|
Bidlack, Benjamin |
Milford,
Pike Co., Pa. |
Wallace,
Margaretta Matilda |
Milford,
Pike Co., Pa. |
Rev.
Thomas Grier |
Milford,
Pike Co., Pa. |
1829/09/08 |
1829/09/17 |
C |
Bride d/o James Wallace, groom
late editor of the Northern Eagle |
Bilch, Eliza |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Dorner,
David K. |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1847/04/11 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
|
Billman, Elizabeth |
East
Penn Twp. |
Hickinger,
Levi |
East
Penn Twp. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1847/11/10 |
1847/11/18 |
CCG |
|
Billman, Jacob |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Zimmerman,
Mary |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1849/11/18 |
1850/01/17 |
CCG |
|
Billman, Rebecca |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Stroup,
Daniel |
W.
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
Rev.
E. Augustus Bauer |
|
1850/03/10 |
1850/04/11 |
CCG |
|
Bisbee, Betsey |
Susquehanna
Co. |
Chapmed,
James W. |
Susquehanna
Co. |
Rev.
John Boswell |
Montrose,
Pa. |
1844/03/21 |
1844/05/29 |
CCG |
Bride d/o Major S. Bisbee of
Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co.; groom editor of the Susquehanna Register |
Biser, William |
Wilkes
Barre |
Hantz,
Hannah |
Lausanne
Twp. |
Rev.
D. Harbinson of Beaver Meadow |
|
1850/06/04 |
1850/06/13 |
CCG |
[Groom's surname might be
"Bisey"] |
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Of Jim Thorpe
Research, transcription & web page by
January 2004