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« on: Thursday 13 March 25 02:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi all
I've been tracing a Clutterbuck family and I've got back as far as a Richard Clutterbuck who married Mary Woodward in Frampton on Severn in 1762. While looking around for Richard's parents, I came across a Richard Clutterbuck baptised in Eastington, Gloucestershire, in 1769. These locations are a few miles apart but this Richard could still be a possibility, I feel. His baptism date is given as 18th May, 1869. However, there's another record written in the same hand which shows a James Clutterbuck being baptised on that date. I think that James's record is a bishop's transcript - some earlier entries are labelled as copies, they're on long, separate pieces of paper year by year, and have been folded (presumably to be sent off). Richard's record is in a bound register.
The question is, which name to believe? Is 'James' likely to be a mistranscription or a correction?
Thanks
Eddie