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Hello,
Emblen Clements born C1660 (not sure where she was born). But what I know about this Emblen that she married an ancestor of mine. Walter Hancock (Jnr) was born 1658 and he married Emblen on 18 June 1684 at St. Mark's Church, Mark, Somerset.

Hope you can give me birth, baptism and any siblings, also who were her parents.

Thank you

Kongwak333

Submitted by Pat Hase on Sat, 07/05/2016 - 0:45

You have done very well to get back as far as you have. The marriage appears in our transcriptions for Mark but interestingly there is also a marriage on Familysearch for the same date and people what is presumably an error because it states the marriage was at Maperton in Somerset - another example of the need to check with the original record.

Emblen and its variants is not uncommon as a forename in the West of England especially Cornwall so you might find her birth there. I suppose it is possible that she was a widow when she married Walter so her name might not have been CLEMENTS when she was born. Have you found her death?

Submitted by on Sat, 07/05/2016 - 2:38

Thank you Pat,

I have never been able to find a death for her under the name of Emblen Hancock. I am wondering if she may have married again. The story within the family that they got divorced, don't know if this is true or not. I don't know what the procedure was for a divorce back in the late 1600 or early 1700's.
So thank you again.

Kongwak333

Submitted by Pat Hase on Sat, 07/05/2016 - 11:55

Now that is interesting, because there is a marriage in Wedmore in 1691 - see Wedmore Genealogy Pages of an Embin HANDCOKE[sic] - That is before the death of Walter HANCOCK junior. I'm also in dodgy territory here - I believe that divorce at that time would have required a legal imput - bigamy would have been easier!!

Where does the family story come from?

Submitted by daveerasmus on Sat, 07/05/2016 - 20:03

There is a useful summary of the history of divorce here:

http://www.historyofwomen.org/divorce.html

Dave Erasmus

Submitted by on Sun, 08/05/2016 - 3:22

Thank you again Pat,

I don't think this is her, because her last born child was baptised in May 1697 and he also was buried in June 1967.

Also I checked the Cornwall Births and Baptisms for her as you suggested, but sorry no luck with her in being in Cornwall.

Robyne

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