Is it Shippon or Skippen or Skippin or Skipper or Shippen?!

[bitzar]

An old post I now, but could sks please check the burial record for David SKIPPEN at Wetheringsett for 1760 for any further info.

Many thanks and Merry Christmas,

bitzar.

[LizzieL]

Burial date 09 Apr 1760. Transcript on FindMyPast gives parent's names as William and Eleanor, implying this David was a child.

Added
Corresponding baptism with same parents
28 May 1758

[LizzieL]

You may have these but, two other David's buried in Wetheringsett
buried 31 Dec 1818 (birth abt 1733)
buried 01 Mar 1821 (birth abt 1759)

[LizzieL]

The nearest marriage I can find for William is on 12 Dec 1757 at Earl Stonham, bride Ellen Bullet. This is a transcript so the name could have been abbreviated.

[LizzieL]

Marriages in that parish include David SKIPPON & Martha WEYMAN in 1779 and widower David SKIPPON & Ann FLORA in 1793.

Martha w/o David buried W'sett 17 Apr 1793
David remarried 10 Oct 1793

[bitzar]

Thank you Lizzie for all the info.  I'm attempting to work out siblings and possible cousins.

The David that died in 1760, was a William also buried around the same day with the same parents?

Many thanks,

bitzar.

[LizzieL]

FindMyPast shows the burial of a William on the same day, with no mention of parents.
The record for David is from England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991. There is no William in that year in that record set.
The record for William is from National Burial Index For England & Wales. There is no record for David in that year on the NBI.

I have looked at a few other burials in W'sett for that year and all the ones I've looked at have entries on each record set. England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 gives parents names if a child burial, NBI doesn't.

i am wondering whether the transcriber of the NBI has picked up on the name William from David's record and thought that he was the person buried.

[bitzar]

Hmmmmm.  Wm and Eleanor baptised both a David and a William.  The burial of both issue could be correct.  Another William was baptised in 1761.

The name David repeats across generations and cousins which doesnt help matters.  Many tree's have this David buried in 1821 bit I think he may be a cousin David which I cannot find a baptism for, s/of David and Elizabeth.

Thanks again,

bitzar.

[LizzieL]

I can see a William bapt in 1759 - parents William and Eleanor, but not one in 1761