Elijah Brown

MS248 reel 6, Vol. 8, page 35
Elgin County Marriage Register, 1865-1869

Extracted from a list of marriages that were solemnized under the headings of Reverends W. C. Watson and W. F. Morrison, both Wesleyan Methodist ministers. The actual marriage of Elijah and Sarah is recorded as being done by W. C. Watson. This for the year ending 31st December, A.D. 1866

Elijah Brown, 25, born Walsingham, residing Dereham. Parents Abraham and Clarissa Brown.
Sarah McDonald, 22, born Whitby, residing Dereham. Parents Wm. and Amanda McDowell.
Witnesses Jas. McDowell and Josiah Mahoney, both of Dereham.
On March 29, 1866.

Some index information places the marriage in Leeds & Grenville, which disregard.

Elijah's place of birth, Walsingham, presumed to be Walsingham Township, is in present day Norfolk County. Sarah's place of birth, Whitby, per her Wesleyan Methodist baptism record, is actually Whitby Township.

Clergy in the early days were often circuit riders. It isn't always certain that where they reported a marriage, in this case Elgin County, was where it was actually performed, but by 1866 in all probability that marriage was in Elgin County, as reported. The only glitch to that thought is that the bride, groom, and the witnesses, were residents of Dereham Township which was in Oxford County.

Mrge reg. Dereham Twp., Oxford County
Elijah Brown, 29, widower, farmer, Wesleyan Methodist. Born Walsingham, residing Dereham. Parents Abraham and Laura.
Hannah Jane Husband, 24, spinster, N.C. Methodist (New Connexion Methodist). Born Pelham, residing Brownsville. Parents George and Susannah.
Witness Mrs. E. Eveleigh of Tillsonburg.
On February 22nd, 1870, in Dereham Township, by Rev. J. R. Gunby, Methodist N.C. minister.