John Horner and Elizabeth Charles

St Mary, Over - East end
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/5208416

John Horner and Elizabeth Charles married at the parish church of St Mary, a Grade I Listed Building in Over, Cambridgeshire, on 6 Jan 1789. 

John Horner was reputedly born in 1756 in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Horner, but I've not yet found any record to substantiate this. Similarly, Elizabeth Charles is reputedly the daughter of John Charles and Elizabeth Stanford (m. 22 Apr 1764), born in 1769, in Over, Cambridgeshire, which seems entirely reasonable, but I have not yet seen a record to confirm this.

There are records for two children:

1. John Horner bap. 16 Nov 1794 at St Andrew's church, Impington
2. Ann Horner bap. 12 Jun 1796 at St Andrew's church, Impington

On the original record of the baptism John is described as "John, Son of John and Elizabeth Horner, Labourer". On that for Ann, "Ann, Daughter of John and Elizabeth Horner, Soldier". At this time of the French Revolutionary Wars, it seems entirely probable that he may have joined the Cambridgeshire Militia.

There's a burial of a John Horner, on 10 Jan 1837, in Impington, which although lists the age at death as 70, may relate, and a burial of an Elizabeth Horner at St Mary the Virgin, Over, on 6 Jun 1839, with birth year of 1769, which seems likely, as daughter Ann was still in Over and it would be the logical place for her to be.