Name in Register

[Colin Cruddace]

I think it might say 'Wedoe Lake' i.e., 'widow'. Not a chance of it saying Marion, I
would suggest.

vv.

I would suggest that is a brilliant call vv. Much better than mine.

[veeblevort]

Thank you Colin.

vv.

[Colin Cruddace]

No problem vv. You have saved me from a sleepless night, or maybe not

It was a difficult one and your inspiration won through. It's the lateral thinking that I appreciate.

[Redroger]

Context fits beautifully for "widow", but there is another possible context. I have in the 18th century a wife who was married to a believed relative of mine and had a child in an adulterous relationship. Her husband threw her out, and remarried (in church). The description "sometime wife of" would fit her circumstances quite well too.

[rla10]

The first one doesn't look much like Marion, more like Merloe 
Sometyme wyfe of Wm Lake, doesn't sound as though she re-married, so perhaps separated.

The second looks like Ann but checking for another capital A might help.

Colin

Hi Colin, with regard to the second one, there is a similar 'writing' a few entries above the one I posted which looks like an Ann - see what you think:

[Colin Cruddace]

It could be Ann but there's room for doubt.

Colin

[Redroger]

I don't think that it is Ann, looks like one of those indeterminate words where all the strokes are short ups and downs, like a series of I's, M's and N's after the first letter.

[veeblevort]

I tend to agree with Redroger. There are six very clear vertical strokes to account for, and I can't
account for all of them.

vv.

[Redroger]

No. The nearest I could get was Amin, looking for Admon, but they don't really work.