Events
Date of Baptism: 20 April 1752.
Place of Baptism: Hallow, Worcestershire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 30 June 1792.
Place of Burial: Ombersley, Worcestershire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: William Burrow.
Mother: Elizabeth Jones.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: John Pardoe. Married 24 March 1768 in Ombersley.
The marrige is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Richard Pardoe (baptized 21 May 1769 in Ombersley - buried 6 January 1828 in Claines, Worcestershire).
Mary Pardoe (baptized 27 March 1774 in Ombersley).
Ann Pardoe (buried 23 July 1848 in Stafford, Staffordshire) married Samuel Mayers 6 April 1795 in St Peter the Great, Worcester. I think that Mary and Ann were likely identical, and named “Mary Ann”, as was one of Ann’s daughters. See Ann’s page for more on this.
Susannah Pardoe (baptized 28 May 1776 in Ombersley) married Richard William Fawkes 4 October 1797 in St Helen’s, Worcester.
Sarah Pardoe (baptized 30 December 1779 in Ombersley).
Evidence
from the Hallow parish register:
1752/
Susanna Daughter of William & Eliz. Burrow bapt.t April . 20.
from the Marriage Bond:
19th Day of March 1768
Appeared personally John Pardoe of the Parish of Ombersley in the County & Diocese of Worcester,Yeoman and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists alledged & made Oath as follows, That he is of the Age of twenty eight Years and upwards a Batchelor and intends to marry Susannah Berrow of the same Parish aged twenty one Years & upwards a Spinster….
bound: John Pardoe of the Parish of Ombersley in the County of Worcester Yeoman & Joseph Berrow of the same Place Taylor
John Pardoe [seal]
Joseph Berrow [seal]
Marriage Banns (Ombersley):
John Pardoe of this Parish and Susannah Burrow of this Parish were Married in this Church by Licence this twenty fourth Day of March in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty eight by me Nath.l Barnes vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Pardoe Susannah Berrow
In the Presence of Thomas Burrow Thos Webley
from the Ombersley parish register:
[1792]
Susannah the Wife of John Pardoe buried June the 30th
Commentary
Susannah’s parentage:
The 1768 marriage bond for Susannah’s marriage records Susannah’s age as 21 years and upwards, implying a birth date of about 1747 or earlier. This date fits with the baptism of Susan Berrow 10 December 1747 in Hallow, parents John and Ann Berrow; however, the 1782 will of John Berrow makes clear that this Susannah married Henry Nott.
I am a paper-trail descendant of Susannah and I share DNA with at least two paper-trail descendants of John’s brother Thomas Burrow (18 cM across 1 segment and 15 cM across one segment). John and Thomas had a brother William, who had a daughter Susannah baptized in 1752. This would make her significantly younger than the age recorded in the marriage bond (about 16 years old rather than 21 and upwards), but the DNA connection suggests that this is probably the correct baptism for the Susannah of this page (my ancestor). No other Susannah Burrows appear in indexes in the area in the period, and John, Thomas, and William do not seem to have had any more brothers.
Thomas was presumably the Thomas Burrow who was one of the witnesses at “my” Susannah’s marriage. The Joseph Berrow of Ombersley, tailor, who was a surety for “my” Susannah’s marriage bond was an uncle of John, Thomas, and William. He was much younger than their father.
References
Hallow parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 23 March 2026.
Marriage bond for John Pardoe and Susannah Burrow. Worcestershire, England, Marriage Licenses, 1661-1949. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 23 March 2023.
Ombersley parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 23 March 2026.
Will of John Berrow of Hallow. Proved 1788 in the Consistory Court of Worcester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.
Will of William Berrow of Hallow. Proved 1726 in the Consistory Court of Worcester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.
Will of William Berrow of Ombersley. Proved 1754 in the Consistory Court of Worcester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.