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Title: Help needed reading given name in 1655 Essex baptism please
Post by: Scrabble on Tuesday 19 January 21 19:11 GMT (UK)
I am unable to figure out what the father's given name is in this baptism of Gilbert Kinder. It is from 1655 in Essex. At first I thought it must be Hry (Henry) but having read a few more pages the first letter appears to be a W - see the last line of the clip attached in which we have Henry Walch showing the difference between the writer's H and W. There are several baps where this given name is written and it is always written the same way with a dot in the loop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Scrabble
Title: Re: Help needed reading given name in 1655 Essex baptism please
Post by: osprey on Tuesday 19 January 21 19:27 GMT (UK)
think it could be Mr Wm with a bit of a tail on the m.   :-\
Title: Re: Help needed reading given name in 1655 Essex baptism please
Post by: Bookbox on Tuesday 19 January 21 19:34 GMT (UK)
It is definitely Wm (for William), with an extended tail on the m (as osprey says).

Have a look in the same register for any other children for William Kinder at the same period?
Title: Re: Help needed reading given name in 1655 Essex baptism please
Post by: sandiep on Tuesday 19 January 21 19:35 GMT (UK)
it is translated  as Wm for father and Judith for mother in FindMyPast
Title: Re: Help needed reading given name in 1655 Essex baptism please
Post by: Scrabble on Tuesday 19 January 21 19:44 GMT (UK)
Thank you all very much. I can see it now, it was the tail on the m that threw me!

Scrabble