1632/33 Roger Omer and Mary Rigden were issued a marriage licence on January 28. "Omer, Roger, of Minster in Thanet, yeom., ba., about 24, and Mary Rigden of Elmstead, v., about 18, d. of Nicholas Rigden, s.p., yeom., who consents, as is testified by Edward Toddie of S. John's in Thanet, yeom. At Elmstead, Jan. 28, 1632." [1]
1632/33 "Roger Ummer & Marye Rigden" were "maryed the 7th of February" in Elmsted St James the Great, Kent, England. [2]
1634/35 "Rogerus Omer iun [junior] domest" was buried on January 17 in St. Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England. [3] [4]
1635 "Marye Omer the daughter of Roger Omer and Marye his wife" was baptized on June 18 at Elmsted St James the Great, Kent, England. [5][6]
[1] Joseph Meadows Cowper, ed., Canterbury Marriage Licences, Vol. 2, 1619-1660 (Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1894), 721, [InternetArchive].
[2] Elmsted, St James the Great, Parish Register 1538-1812, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/250/1/1, In its description of the registers of Elmsted St James the Great parish, the Canterbury Cathedral Archive catalog states that Elmsted is in the North Downs near Stone Street. The village contains many listed buildings. A church is mentioned here in the Domesday Monachorum c. 1100. The present building has three aisles and a low wooden steeple, and contains a rare octagonal Norman font, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord], [CanterburyCathedralArchives], [CanterburyCathedralArchives].
[3] Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/164/1/1, St. Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent, Composite Register, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1557-1699, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord], [CanterburyCathedralArchives], [CanterburyCathedralArchives].
[4] Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CCA-DCa-BT/126, Archdeacon's Transcripts, St. Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1563-1812, FHL film 1751981, Item 3, [FHLCatalog].
[5] Elmsted, St James the Great, Parish Register 1538-1812, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/250/1/1, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord], [CanterburyCathedralArchives], [CanterburyCathedralArchives].
[6] FamilySearch.org, The event place in this record is incorrectly identified as Elmstead by Bromley, Kent, England, and the date is incorrectly stated as June 17, [FamilySearchRecord].