Brick Wall, parents of Sarah Hicks, 1780 married at Cudham, Kent, 1800 [closed]

Question

Please help break through a brick wall, I have tried all of the usual suspects.

There is a spurious entry on Ancestry based on a mis transcription of LNAB from the marriage lines, copy in Sarah's profile, that I have based a search on, with no sensible results.

It occurs to me that I may have misread the register entry, it could be Wicks, not Hicks.

Answer 1

I realise you're already aware of this possibility and didn't want to prejudice other researchers but I think you're wrong to reject the surname Hooke.

The marriage record does appear to have a dot over her surname in the middle of the entry but I think this is just an inkspot. The entry at the top has no dot despite the groom's name having the i's dotted neatly.

I found an entry on findmypast (no image available) where the bride's name has been transcribed "Sar Nocke" and I can see how Hooke could be read as Nocke.

First name(s)    Sar
Last name    Nocke
Role    Bride
Marriage year    1799
Marriage date    11 Oct 1799
Place    Cudham, Ss Peter & Paul
Spouse's first name(s)    Michael
Spouse's last name    Burkin
County    Kent
Country    England
Supplier    Kent Family History Society
Record source    West Kent Marriage Index, Cudham marriages 1653-1812
Record set    Kent Marriages And Banns
Category    Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory    Parish Marriages
Collections from    England, Great Britain

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FFHS%2FKENT%2FMAR145%2F030178%2FB

The year is also incorrect with your image on the profile showing quite clearly it was 1800.

At first I thought the best fit was Sarah Hooker baptised in St.John's, South Croydon in spring 1778 but she died, aged 6, in 1784. The remaining strong candidate is Sarah Hooker from Limpsfield which is only about five miles from Cudham.

First name(s)    Sarah
Last name    Hooker
Birth year    1778
Birth date    20 Nov 1778
Baptism year    1778
Baptism date    06 Dec 1778
Father's first name(s)    Thomas
Mother's first name(s)    Sarah
Place    Limpsfield, St Peter
County    Surrey
Country    England
Archive    Surrey History Centre
Archive reference    P11/1/6a
Register type    Baptisms & burials
Year range    1760-1812
Page    38
Record set    Surrey Baptisms
Category    Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory    Parish Baptisms
Collections from    England, Great Britain

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FSURREY%2FBAP%2F0917809

Comments

I now think that you are right about Hicks, Michael is obviously no penman, there are several ink splatters below his signature.

Review of the Curates hand, notably the words Banns, October and spinster suggest that it is probably not Hooker, but may be Hooks.

I'll edit Sarah's profile in the light of this, and search for possible parents.  I have put all of the info found to date, and a discussion of the alternatives in a Research Note, which is as far as i am able to take this.