Immigrants from hamburg?? Fortens

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Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4 821 Send Message	Flip	Report	3 Jan 2014 13:26
	Sophia's mother gave consent for the first marriage licence - her name was Susannah Ann vincent Henry Beckerton Residence : Cadmas, Norfolk Spouse's Name: Sophia Vincent Spouse's Residence: Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent Licence Date: 13 May 1797
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	Wow, that was a quick re-marriage!! George Wm Fortens [Goerge Wm Fortens] Record Type: Burial Estimated Death Date: abt 1816 Burial Date: 11 Sep 1816 Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1772 Parish or Poor Law Union: Deptford St Nicholas Borough: Greenwich Register Type: Parish Register Guess she didn't mourne too long.
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jan 2014 13:13
	A 3rd marriage for Sophia... London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Sophia Fortens Name: Sophia Fortens (Widow) Spouse Name: Robert Whiting (Widower) Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 7 Oct 1816 Parish: Horselydown St John Borough: Southwark Register Type: Parish Register
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	London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Sophia Vincent Name: Sophia Vincent (Spinster) Spouse Name: Henry Beckerton (Bachelor) Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 13 May 1797 Parish: Deptford St Paul Borough: Lewisham Register Type: Parish Register
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	Name: George William Fortens Spouse's Name: Sophia Vincent Event Date: 10 Apr 1804 Event Place: Saint Mary,Lewisham,Kent,England Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00668-2 System Origin: England-ODM GS Film number: 288425
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Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4 821 Send Message	Flip	Report	3 Jan 2014 10:35
	Sophia was a widow when they married, he was a bachelor. The image confirms her fathers name of Vincent: George William Fortens Spouse Name: Sophia Beckerson Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 10 Apr 1804 Parish: Lewisham St Mary Borough: Lewisham Register Type: Parish Register
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jan 2014 10:01
	Hi Karen Have you googled. Just found this snippet and there is more... Georg Wilhelm Fortens (son of John Hinrich Fortens and Magdalena Juergans) was born 30 May 1772 in Hamburg, Germany, and died 1816 in Deptford, kent, England. He married Sophia Vincent on 10 Apr 1804 in St Marys Church, Lewisham, England, daughter of William Warren Vincent and Susannah Ann. More About Georg Wilhelm Fortens and Sophia Vincent: Marriage: 10 Apr 1804, St Marys Church, Lewisham, England. Children of Georg Wilhelm Fortens and Sophia Vincent are: +George Fortens, b. 1804, Deptford, Kent, england, d. 15 Jan 1893, Westham, Essex.England. +Susannah Mercy Fortens, b. 1809, Woolwich, Kent, England27, d. 13 Aug 1892, Hackney, Middlesex, England.
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	A daughter for the couple London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Name:Susannah Mary Fortune Baptism Date:15 Feb 1807 Parish:St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich County:Kent Borough:Greenwich Parent(s): George William Fortune, Sophia Fortune Record Type:Baptism Register Type:Parish Register London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 Name:Susannah Mercy Fortens Spouse Name:John Christian Record Type:Marriage Event Date:29 Jun 1828 Parish:St George in the East Borough:Tower Hamlets Register Type:Parish Register
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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26 550 Send Message	Gee	Report	3 Jan 2014 09:12
	This looks like the sons baptism record...spelling mistake? London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Name:George Fortune Baptism Date:3 Feb 1805 Parish:St Mary, Lewisham County:Kent Borough:Lewisham Parent(s): George Fortune, Sophia Fortune Record Type:Baptism Register Type:Bishop's Transcript
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 9 Send Message	Im looking for any info I can on my ancestors that came from Hamburg- I have all or most of the English descendents but am stuck on the original immigrant. George Wilhelm FORTENS married in 1804 after going to London England. His first born was born in England in 1804-5 George William FORTENS according to census records. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you from New Zealand :-)

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