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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Devon => Topic started by: Higpoidius on Thursday 02 October 25 17:04 BST (UK)
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Trying to find any information about Agnes Mafis:
WILLIAM EVANS m. AGNES MAFIS 1 JAN 1713 PLYMOUTH ST. ANDREW
I have found these children:
WILLIAM MASON 14 FEB 1719 PLYMOUTH
ALEXANDER MASON 14 OCT 1722 PLYMOUTH
Wondering if Mafis might be Mathis, or perhaps a foreign name? Can't find a birth or parentage anywhere. Any help or suggestions gratefully received.
Many thanks.
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The register images on FindMyPast are not mentioning Mason on either of those baptisms :-\
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Sorry, rosie99, my mistake. The surname should be EVANS for both children.
Working on several lines at once and confused the names!
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Without seeing the original image, I wonder if the name might be MOSES or similar, with the "f" being mis-transcribed?
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Thanks for this maddys52. Nothing coming up. Will try some other combinations.
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Sorry I cannot post an image but I was trying to compare letters with others on the page.
The Ma were the same as those in Mary in an entry below, the i was also the same as others on the page. The f could be an f but I did not find another to compare. The s could be anything, it did not look like other s that were on the end of a word.
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Thanks rosie99, that's enormously helpful that you've seen the actual image. At least I now know 3 of the letters, so narrows the search down considerably.
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image here on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC9X-3H6?lang=en
Sorry - didn't see your clip when I posted.
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I think that the name written is Mafis. For the final S compare with the Francis Harris marriage on the same page March 12th 1713.
As they were married by licence you should be able to find the entry in the Bishops Act books at the Devon Heritage Centre & compare her name there. The reference or the correct volume is:
DEX/1/b/8 Act Book Volume 8 1704- 1719
Furthermore also at the Devon Heritage Centre is the library of the Devon & Cornwall Record Society which has transcripts of the Devon marriage licences granted, using either of the above you may if it has survived find a copy of the licence bond or allegation, which also give the name of the bride.
Quote from the Devon Heritage Centre Catalogue
Marriage Bonds and Allegations: documents prior to the issue of a Licence
“The Exeter Diocesan marriage bonds and allegations, covering the years 1660 to 1842, were sorted some years ago into chronological (date) series for Devon (held in 169 boxes) and a separate series for Cornwall (held in 32 boxes). The Exeter marriage bonds have a maximum date range of December 1660 to October 1823 for Devon........”
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Thanks so much, Comberton and osprey. Great to see the image and rest of the page. Wondering if it could possibly be Mafit =Moffat?? Still following up possibilities!
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Thanks too to Reg Scribe for the excellent lead. Will follow that up.
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I'm reading it as MASIE -check the end 's' in Edmonds below, or even in Agnes' own forename - the 5th letter is not an 's' in your Agnes' name. There is also an annotation to the right of Agnes' surname - it's repeated on a few other female entries - Li or Si.
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Thanks for this, DOB7. definitely worth considering.
There is an Agnes MAYSEY 1510 1681, Ermington, Devon (only 12 miles from Plymouth)...
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Image of BT here.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93K-GJTY
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Thanks as always jonwarrn for this. Definitely Mafis there. Still wondering if it might have been MAVIS, and just written down differently. The only Mavis families I can find are in Staffordshire, but again no record of an Agnes. This might just be one of those cases where we can only surmise.
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“The Exeter Diocesan marriage bonds and allegations, covering the years 1660 to 1842, were sorted some years ago into chronological (date) series for Devon (held in 169 boxes) and a separate series for Cornwall (held in 32 boxes). The Exeter marriage bonds have a maximum date range of December 1660 to October 1823 for Devon........”
So the films of these are here
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/olib:4092067
Many films have been indexed by FamilySearch, but not all of them.
I do think maybe the bonds for 1713 are not all there. January - March 1713/1714, yes, and the bond could be dated the same day as the marriage (1 January 1713/14)
But if it was dated a day or more before, as they often are, then so far I haven't seen a film, say, covering December 1713.
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This is fantastic, jonwarrn, thank you so much for the link.
I see what you mean about not all the files being there. Will keep checking them, but can't find anything so far. Frustrating if that period is missing!