Marriage of Joseph Sharp and Mary Foster
St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire
7 November 1796

No. 440

Joseph Sharp of this Parish Clothmaker
and Mary Foster of this Parish Spinster

Married in this Church by Banns this Seventh Day of November in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety six

By me Edward Wilson Cl.

This marriage was solemnized between us

X Joseph Sharp's mark
X Mary Foster's mark

In the Presence of

Robt. Foster [Probably Mary's Father]
Thos. Atkinson [Frequent Witness]

There are 5 other Mary Foster marriages between 1791 and 1811, but this is the most likely one - the witness Robt. Foster's signature is almost identical to Mary's father Robert's signature at his own marriage in 1775.

Source: West Yorkshire Archive Service; New Reference Number: RDP68/4/7/1
Source: Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812