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    1. [CORNISH-GEN] Henry and Honor Hellyer - Liskeard 1679`
    2. Wesley Johnston via
    3. I am working on a transcription of the 1679 will of Anne (Hore) Came of St. Austell. I had been hoping to trace some of her descendants, and she is particularly thorough on the family of "my daughter Honor Hellyer wife of Henry Hellyer of Liskeard" who she designated as co-administrator of her will. Anne left 100 pound to her granddaughter Elizabeth Hellyer and 60 pounds each to her granddaughters Honor and Margarett Hellyer. (The spelling of Honor in the vast majority of records is as Honor and not the later Frankified Honour now used as the official spelling.) I had thought that with so many named family members that I could find records of this family and trace some descendants. And there are indeed marriages at Liskeard for an Honour (14 Sep 1684 with Richard Penhallow), an Elizabeth (7 Feb 1687 with William Oliver) and Margarett (9 Jul 1693 with John Marke). But these records apparently no longer exist in the original and are from transcriptions by Thomas Jago (see https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12053-25893-28), and all of them identify the bride with "Mris" which I initially assumed was the same as "Mrs.". But now I am not really sure what Thomas Jago meant by "Mris" because I think that all three of these brides were the spinster daughters of Henry and Honor Hellyer. Does anyone have any insight into what Thomas Jago may have meant by "Mris"?     Wesley Johnston PS ... here is the page with Jago's 1693 transcription of Margarett's marriage, so that you can see the "Mris" in context:     https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12053-25740-44  

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