Deciphering Names of Marriage Witnesses

[lyleswart]

Hi All - Names of two witnesses in lower right hand corner (I drew a red box around them).  The line below should be the name of the minister (I believe it is Rev Robert Sedgewick and that the writer transposed an L where an S should be).  No good idea about the witnesses, though.  Help appreciated!

Lyle

[ellvera]

More than likely wrong ,but worth a try 

W H Cummings and J A Archibald

[Jamjar]

I too saw Archibald, at first glance. Not sure about the first one.

Jamjar

[horselydown86]

One of the names in the entry two lines above appears to be Jennings.

Comparison of the first surname with Jennings shows (in my opinion) that there are two letters to the right of the letter - probably g - which descends below the line.  So I don't think it is Cummings.

Also, it looks to have too many letters before the descender to be Cummings.  However, like Jamjar I'm not sure what it is.

[ellvera]

I see what you mean horselydown - I should have compared endings in other names as well as how capital letters were formed.

 Now that I look at the first word,there seems to be an i between what I thought were two m's.

My first try and I have a lot to learn but I'm very pleased to have got one right (possibly)

Barbara

[lancs-lassie]

Could it be Cunningham?

[Karen McDonald]

@Lyle:

(I believe it is Rev Robert Sedgewick and that the writer transposed an L where an S should be).

If you look at the top entry in the snippet (Louis & Sophia) you will see that the scribe made little or no differentiation between an "L" and an "S". So it is Sedgewick. This kind of handwriting certainly makes things "interesting" years later... 

I also see Archibald for the 2nd witness.

But the first one? 
Agree with horselydown re: not simply an "s" following the "g".
lancs-lassie: I aslo wondered about Cunningham, but he must have made a right hash of the spelling... 

Do we have any other upper-case "C"s in the snippet? I have to admit that I have no idea what the names are in the first column, otherwise I might be able to answer my own question...

Also (and this is bugging me), it looks as though there are two dots above the word. The more I look, the more I see something like Cunimorgie. I think it's time for a break...

My first try and I have a lot to learn but I'm very pleased to have got one right (possibly)
Barbara

Careful! It gets addicitve and then you find yourself spending hours staring at a single letter on a 200-year-old document snippet... 

[josey]

This looks as though it is from novascotiagenealogy? Can you tell us the year please?

Maybe can look at an earlier censuses to see neighbours?

[oldohiohome]

This looks as though it is from novascotiagenealogy? Can you tell us the year please?

Maybe can look at an earlier censuses to see neighbours?

My thought also. Where is it and what surnames are common in the area?

I saw "Cunningham" and "Archibald" which seems like they would fit in Nova Scotia, but I'm not sure.