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Title: first name of witness
Post by: dovely on Tuesday 06 July 10 13:48 BST (UK)

Hi, I hope someone can help,

I am struggling to make out the first name  of a witness to the wedding of-

John Kingdon  to Mary Ann Lycett, on 22nd November 1831, at St Mark, Kennington, it's the Lycett witness that I can't read.

This record is on ancestry, only I still haven't worked out how to load it on to the boards.

Thanking you in advance, Dovely

Title: Re: first name of witness
Post by: JenB on Tuesday 06 July 10 13:56 BST (UK)

I think the names are:

Edw(ard) Lycett
Elizabeth Ward
Edw(ard) Steane
Benj(amin) Kingdon.

Jennifer

Title: Re: first name of witness
Post by: dovely on Tuesday 06 July 10 14:25 BST (UK)

Hi  Jen B,
 thank you very  much, as soon as you said it  ,I could see it .
Sadly  for me that means that this record is not of my Mary Ann Lycett.

Back to the drawing board !!
Once again thanks.
Dovely

Title: Re: first name of witness
Post by: achiltibuie on Wednesday 02 July 14 16:51 BST (UK)

The first name of the Lycett witness is Edward - if you compare it with the second forename on the first line also abbreviated to Edw you will see that what can be distinguished of the E is identical.

I hope this helps