A marriage license was agreed for Robert DEAKIN to marry Sarah MOORE on 7 Jun 1673. The marriage was to be conducted at St Mary's, Lichfield, however no record of this marriage appears in the Lichfield records or indeed anywhere. It seems likely that marriage went ahead as Robert (and presumably Sarah who was not mentioned in the records) baptized 5 children every 3-4 years from July the following year. There is no record of any marriage of a Robert of any surname in 1673 near Lichfield, reducing the chance that a different marriage went ahead.
There are few good candidate baptismal dates for Sarah MOORE near Lichfield:
- Sarah MOORE - 26 Mar 1645 - Benjamin & Margaret MOORE - Mancetter, Warks - married at 29, but Mancetter is 15 miles away on the other side of Tamworth.
- Sara MOORE - 28 Feb 1642 - John MOORE of Amington, Tamworth - was buried in 1646, and replaced by:
- Sarah MOORE - 23 Dec 1658 - John MOORE of Amington, Tamworth - would be only 14 in Jun 1673
There are two possible burials of a Sarah DEAKEN in Whittington:
- Sarah Deaken 12 Nov 1713
- Sarah Deaken 22 Feb 1729