BURIALS 1673 - 1860
Transcribed from the Parish Registers held at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Sue Thornton-Grimes
The following list was extracted mainly from the registers of Iwerne Minster Parish, for those identified as being 'of East Orchard'. East Orchard was a Chapelry within this parish. Where entries were found in other registers, this is shown in the 'Comment' column.
Prior to 1752, the Julian Calendar was used and the year ended on March 24th. The dates below are shown according to the Gregorian calendar with the Julian date to the left of the forward slash (/).
Date of Burial Given name Surname Status/Relatonship Age Comments 19th Apr 1673 Edith BENNET daughter of Mr Will. Bennet Fontmell Magna Register 15th May 1673 John BENNET son of the said Mr Bennet Fontmell Magna Register 23rd Jan 1675/6 Christian OWBORNE Fontmell Magna Register 30th Apr 1677 An CHIP Fontmell Magna Register 9th Dec 1715 June (?) COOKE Margaret Marsh Register 4th Dec 1725 Philip HONBURY Fontmell Magna Register 25th May 1742 Samuel COOK 13th Jan 1742/3 Wid. PILL Widow 6th Feb 1742/3 Mary HISCOCK daughter of Betty Hiscock 14th Aug 1743 Robt. HUNT son of Robt. and Jean Hunt 27th Sep 1743 William HUNT 14th Mar 1743/4 Morgan SEAMOUR son of Robt. and Eliz Seamour 14th May 1744 Charles NEWTON son of Charles Newton 28th Oct 1744 George HUNT son of Robert and Jean Hunt 27th Nov 1744 Eliz. SEAMOUR daughter of Morgan Seamour 10th Oct 1745 Richd. HISCOCK 1st Jan 1745/6 Emmy WILLIS Mrs 20th Aug 1746 Sarah SEAMOUR wife of Morgan Seamour 21st Sep 1747 Wid. HUNT Widow 12th Dec 1747 Mary SEAMOUR daughter of Will. Seamour 23rd Mar 1747/8 Eleanor TAPPER wife of James Tapper 26th Sep 1748 Robert HUNT 26th Oct 1748 Thos. SEAMOUR 10th Nov 1748 William SEAMOUR 2nd Jan 1748/9 Judith HISCOCK wife of John Hiscock 18th Sep 1749 Wid. BROOKMAN Widow 8th Nov 1750 John SCOT 14th Jul 1752 Martha RABBETS daughter of John and Katherine Rabbets 10th Oct 1752 John RABBETS 7th Feb 1753 Susannah MITCHEL wife of James Mitchel 8th Feb 1753 Thomas COOK 17th Sep 1753 Ann STONE 12th May 1754 ELizabeth CARD Fontmell Magna Register 27th Jun 1754 Samuel SEAMOUR 3rd Jul 1755 James HUNT son of Uriah Hunt 11th Dec 1755 Joseph MEATCHARD son of John & Mary Meatchard 3rd Mar 1756 Betty MITCHELL daughter of Daniel & Betty Mitchell 6th Dec 1756 George COOK 16th Dec 1756 Ann SEAMOUR 8th Feb 1757 John STONE 25th Apr 1757 Deborah HISCOCK wife of John Hiscock 4th June 1757 John HISCOCK Sen 28th Dec 1758 Edward CARD Fontmell Magna Register 5th Jan 1758 John SEAMOUR son of Willm Seamour 1st May 1759 William MATCHAM son of William & Judith Matcham 6th Jun 1759 Eliabeth METEYARD daughter of John & Mary Meteyard 28th Sep 1759 James PLOWMAN son of James Plowman 26th Feb 1760 Debora HISCOCK 28th Apr 1760 John WILLIS Mr 28th Jun 1760 Stephen BROOKMAN 22nd Jul 1760 Mary HISCOCK 27th Aug 1760 Isaack BURT Fontmell Magna Register 20th Apr 1761 James TAPPER Mr 24th Apr 1761 Jean COOK Widow 25th Aug 1761 Thomas BURT Fontmell Magna Register 3rd Nov 1761 Willm SEAMOUR 2nd Apr 1762 Morgan SEAMOUR Senior 12th Oct 1763 Ann HUNT daughter of Uriah Hunt 15th Oct 1763 Willm HISCOCK 7th Jun 1764 Morgan SEAMOUR Senior Aug 26th 1764 Ann SEAMOUR daughter of Morgan Seamour 12th Nov 1764 Susannah COOK 18th Jun 1765 James MITCHEL 6th Aug 1766 Petter ASHWOOD son of John Ashwood 10th Aug 1766 Penty BROOKMAN Widow 21st Jan 1767 Mary MITCHEL wife of Willm Mitchel Fontmell Magna Register 20th Feb 1767 ELizabeth BURT Widow Fontmell Magna Register 30th Apr 1767 James WILLIAMS son of John Williams 27th May 1767 Jean STARK 29th Sep 1767 Hannah NEWTON 29th Sep 1767 Elizabeth MITCHEL daughter of Daniel Mitchell 8th May 1768 James TAPPER son of James Tapper 19th Jul 1771 Ezard COOK 24th Nov 1771 Richard HISCOCK son of Edward and Rachel Hiscock 12th Jan 1772 Rachel HISCOCK wife of Edward Hiscock 27th Nov 1772 Robert SEAMOUR 31st Dec 1772 Elizabeth BOWER Mrs 12th Aug 1773 Mary SEAMOUR Widow 18th Aug 1773 Uriah HUNT 1st Oct 1773 Rachel TAPPER 23rd Jan 1774 James PLOWMAN Senr 8th Jun 1774 Mary PLOWMAN wife of James Plowman 25th Nov 1774 Catherine BOWER the wife of Mr Thomas Bower 8th Jan 1775 Mary MITCHEL 6th Aug 1775 William TAPPER son of James Tapper 24th Sep 1775 Henery ASHWOOD son of John and Ann Ashwood 28th Sep 1775 James TAPPER son of James Tapper 26th Nov 1775 Elizabeth MACHEM dau of William & Judith Machem 10th Dec 1775 John HISCOCK son of Edward Hiscock 15th Jan 1777 William MITCHELL son of Daniel Mitchell 7th Nov 1777 Jean COOK 12th Jul 1779 Katherine MEATYEARD 6th Feb 1782 William MATCHAM 29th Jun 1783 Mary WILLIS 12th May 1784 Jonathan HISCOCK 13th May 1784 Richard HUNT 29th Dec 1784 William TAPPER 10th Jan 1785 Grace MEAD 27th Feb 1785 Ann SUTTON a pauper 27th Feb 1785 Stephen BROOKMAN a pauper 18th May 1785 Mary SPEARING 21st Aug 1785 Edward HISCOCK 7th Mar 1786 John WILLIS 17th Sep 1786 Thomas SUTTON a pauper 21st Jan 1787 Elizabeth HISCOCK 14th Nov 1787 Sara TAPPER Widow of William Tapper 54 Fontmell Magna Register 3rd Jan 1788 Morgan SEYMOUR 25th Jan 1788 John ASHWOOD a pauper 15th Jun 1788 Mary PLOWMAN a pauper 20th Jun 1788 John ASHWOOD a pauper 2nd Aug 1788 John MITCHEL 28th Jul 1790 William SEYMOUR 16th Dec 1790 Ann CLENCH 27th Jul 1792 Daniel HISCOCK 27th Sep 1795 Ann PIKE 94 9th Mar 1796 Clement MEAD 93 20th Nov 1796 Mary COOK 30th Mar 1797 Rose FOOT 31st Jul 1798 Ann MEAD 79 31st Jul 1798 Mary PIKE 2nd Jul 1799 William COOK 74 15th Dec 1799 Betty FOOT 42 1st Jan 1801 Sarah ASHWOOD 9 13th Jun 1802 Mary ROBERTS Infant 24th Aug 1802 Charlotte TOOP Infant 1st Mar 1803 Catherine WILLIAMS 64 31st July 1803 Sarah SPEARING 23 7th Aug 1805 Judith MATCHAM 73 31st Jan 1806 Catherine MATCHAM 41 27th Aug 1806 Lemuel GULLIVER 77 9th Nov 1806 Susannah COOK 80 1st Mar 1808 James TAPPER 65 23rd Mar 1808 Mary GULLIVER Widow 72 25th May 1808 Mary DENNESS Daughter of Jos. & Christine Denness 13 Fontmell Magna Register 21st Jul 1808 Christine DENESS Wife of Jos. Deness 56 Fontmell Magna Register 25th Jan 1810 John MITCHEL son of Thomas Mitchel 7 23rd Apr 1810 William STICKLAND 78 1st Aug 1810 Clara SEYMOUR widow of Morgan Seymour 68 2nd Mar 1811 Thomas DENESS 65 Fontmell Magna Register 22nd Mar 1812 Elizabeth ROSE 84 13th May 1812 Elizabeth ROBERTS 3 10th Jun 1812 Martha GALPINE 80 22nd Nov 1812 Ann SEAMOUR Widow 87 24th Feb 1813 James SWEATMAN Infant Fontmell Magna Register 22nd Nov 1813 Catherine MOGGERIDGE 5 mths 28th Mar 1814 James SWEATMAN Infant Fontmell Magna Register 8th Dec 1816 Matthew HUNT 69 Fontmell Magna Register 17th May 1817 Ann SWEATMAN Infant Fontmell Magna Register 31st Jul 1817 Mary DENNIS 9 20th Aug 1817 John WILLIAMS 81 21st Aug 1818 William HUNT 75 1st Dec 1818 Ann MOGRAGE 32 6th Jun 1820 Mary DENNIS 9 mths 27th Dec 1820 Edmund SWEETMAN 65 Fontmell Magna Register 7th March 1821 Susan STICKLAND 88 8th April 1821 John STOKES 41 12th Aug 1821 Grace BOCOK 73 19th Sep 1821 Ann STICKLAND Infant 28th Oct 1821 Emmanuel GOOD Infant 11th Nov 1821 Peter ASHWOOD 55 10th Jun 1822 Mary HUNT 71 Fontmell Magna Register 13th Jun 1822 Mary SEYMOUR 57 5th Mar 1823 Mary STICKLEY 44 13th Apr 1823 Martha MATCHAM 13 mths 13th May 1823 Barnabas BOWN 63 26th Aug 1823 Elizabeth MICHELL 90 24th May 1824 John SPEARING 75 31st Oct 1824 Anne TOOP 67 6th Apr 1825 George SNOOK Infant Fontmell Magna Register 26th Jun 1825 Susannah RUSSELL 37 4th Nov 1825 Alice SMITH 36 15th Feb 1826 William SEAMOUR 67 26th Feb 1826 Susannah BASTABLE Fontmell Magna Register 24th Mar 1826 Joseph DENNIS 72 28th Sep 1826 Love SNOOK Infant Fontmell Magna Register 28th Sep 1826 Unity SNOOK Infant Fontmell Magna Register 16th Nov 1827 John GINGER 77 7th Mar 1828 Milicent ROBERTS Infant Fontmell Magna Register 19th Jul 1831 Hannah WELLS 6 1st Apr 1832 Saray TAPPER 90 17th May 1832 Henry SEYMOUR 8 mths 21st Mar 1833 Susannah SEYMOUR 70 4th Dec 1833 Joseph Thomas LAURENCE 1 mth 29th Mar 1835 Thomas Ginger MOCKRIDGE 17 5th Jun 1835 John FOOT 86 30th Sep 1835 Ann TOOMER Infant 13th Mar 1836 Edward GRAY 7 16th Apr 1836 George ASHWOOD 2 26th Feb 1837 Ginger KERLEY 3 10th Sep 1837 Samuel KERLEY 1 4th Jan 1838 James TOOP 82 8th Feb 1839 Mary KERLEY 11 mths 5th Mar 1839 Benjamin ROBERTS 75 5th Apr 1839 Sarah ASHWOOD 35 16th Jul 1839 Ann MATCHAM 21 13th Jan 1840 Thomas MATCHAM 70 29th May 1840 Frances SPEARING 90 30th Aug 1840 Richard WHEATON 65 19th Dec 1841 William STICKLEY 72 23rd Oct 1842 Ann STOKES 4 mths 31st Jan 1843 William DENNIS 60 18th Jul 1843 Jane WHEADON 24 1st May 1844 Elizabeth SPEARING 65 15th Nov 1844 Martha HUNT 34 Fontmell Magna Register 3rd Oct 1845 James FOOT 68 11th Jan 1846 Mary GOOD 71 25th Jan 1848 Georgiana Jemima Tuffen BUTT Infant Fontmell Magna Register 17th Nov 1848 Daniel MITCHELL 63 15th Sep 1851 Joseph ASHWOOD 10 26th Dec 1852` James LAURENCE 44 24th Jul 1853 John SPEARING 63 12th Mar 1854 Samuel GOOD 5 4th Apr 1855 William MATCHAM 30 4th Jul 1855 Jane MATCHAM 74 13th Feb 1856 John SNOOK 58 Fontmell Magna Register 16th Oct 1857 Elizabeth ASHWOOD 13 11th Mar 1858 Harriet HUNT 35 Fontmell Magna Register 11th Mar 1858 Henry John TUFFIN 11 mths Fontmell Magna Register 7th May 1858 Henry SNOOK 63 Fontmell Magna Register 13th May 1858 John GEORGE 63 21st Sep 1858 Martha Anne MATCHAM 5 30th Dec 1860 Elizabeth TUFFIN 3 Fontmell Magna Register