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MollyMay

MollyMay

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Can I have some opinions on this baptism from Norwich St James with Pockthorpe 1620

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It is the second Mathew.
I have Mathew ? of Mathew ? Michelborrow baptised 31st of March.
Is it Mathew and another named child?

I have tried very hard with the handwriting in this Register, but I just cannot 'tune' into it at all.
 
I have just solved it myself:oops:. I turned the register page and found that the 1620 baptisms have been re-entered and then crossed through, but this time I can read it.
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It is Mathew the daughter of Mathew Michellburrow:nailbiting::headbang:
The other Mathew is also entered as daughter.
 
Just found this on a web site of British baby names
Interestingly, there are several examples of girls named Matthew, alongside boys, in Norfolk in the 17th and early 18th century. This isn't the first time Matthew recieved a feminine twist either. A few rare examples survive of women in the 12th century named Masota, which is thought to be a feminine diminutive form of Masse.
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AnnB said:
Just found this on a web site of British baby names
Interestingly, there are several examples of girls named Matthew, alongside boys, in Norfolk in the 17th and early 18th century. This isn't the first time Matthew recieved a feminine twist either. A few rare examples survive of women in the 12th century named Masota, which is thought to be a feminine diminutive form of Masse.
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That's food for thought, I'm pretty sure I've got at least on female Matthew in my Essex lot, finding her will be fun, :rolleyes: think she is sibling
 
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