Hello Derek
I have just discovered this forum and am hoping your kind offer about look-ups in Derbyshire PRs is still 'on', as I am interested in knowing what the original registers may say about certain spellings.
I am researching the COWLEY family who lived in Ashover in the 16th & 17thC. The early PRs were destroyed in the Civil War but I have been able to piece things together using wills & other docs back to Robert who died in 1584.
I am now on a mission to try to discover whether there is a link between the many early Cowleys in Gloucestershire & those in Derbyshire. Searching recently for Cowleys in Gloucestershire took me to several intriguing entries from the ECKINGTON entries at Family Search.
I don't know if my questions are due to abbreviations with which I'm not familiar or errors/difficulties in transcription from the original handwritten register entries.
I am particularly interested in the names:
- Mary COWLEY AB DARY, &
- Robert COWLEY AB SARDUS
Both came up in a search (in FamilySearch) for Cowleys in Gloucestershire, but actually relate to a christening in Eckington, Derbyshire, as follows:
Name: Mary Cowley Ab Dary
Christening Date: 06 Apr 1666 Eckington, Derbyshire
Father's Name: Robert Cowley Ab Sardus
What could Ab Dary & Ab Sardus mean? Is it really ‘Ab’ or perhaps a misreading of ‘Al’ for ‘Alias’?
I'm also interested in
- Robte COWLEY OR DARBY
- Easter COWLEY ABS DAEY, &
- Robert COWLEY OR DAVY
as follows:
Name: Cowley Or Darby
Christening: 05 Oct 1662 Eckington, Derbyshire
Father's Name: Robte Cowley Or Darby
Name: Easter Cowley Abs Daey
Gender: Female
Death Place: Eckington, Derbyshire
Burial Date: 12 Jul 1677
What could Abs Daey mean?
Name: Robert Cowley Or Davy
Christening: 04 Sep 1653 Eckington, Derbyshire
Father's Name: Robte Cowley Or Davy
Could Davy just be a misreading of the handwritten Dary?
If you have anything in your records or could offer any suggestions that could answer my questions, I should be most grateful to hear from you.
Best wishes for 2015!
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