Hi Pam, I don't know where Pychovil came from, but it's clearly a transcription by someone who doesn't know the old letter shapes and was guessing based on how we write - a recipe for disaster! It clearly says Rychord, which was quite a common female name in Devon at one time (I doubt you've got back to the C16th without coming across it but in case you haven't though similar to Richard, and sometimes mistranscribed as Richard, it generally has an o in it - Richord, Richoard, etc.). It you have a subscription to FMP you can see a good image there. Teresa - with Hambling etc ancestors but no idea where they were in the C16th On 13/11/2016 15:35, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:05:38 +1000 > From: PMR<[email protected]> > To: "'DEVON Mailing List'"<[email protected]> > Subject: [DEV] What is this name? > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings Listers > > > > It seems (not yet proven) that my HAMLIN family resided in > Frithelstock in the 1500s and 1600s. > > > > One possible ancestral couple is William HAMLIN who married > Pychovil MARTIN in Frithelstock on 5 Jul 1588. > > > > I'm intrigued by the bride's first name. Is there a modern > equivalent? > > > > Does anyone else have any connection with the Frithelstock > HAMLINs? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Cheers > > > > Pam > > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Hi Pam, Checking the marriage entry on Find my Past the name definitely looks like Richord. I have several in my family in Devon. Good luck, Jean -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Goatham Sent: 13 November 2016 18:11 To: [email protected] Subject: [DEV] Subject: What is this name? Hi Pam, I don't know where Pychovil came from, but it's clearly a transcription by someone who doesn't know the old letter shapes and was guessing based on how we write - a recipe for disaster! It clearly says Rychord, which was quite a common female name in Devon at one time (I doubt you've got back to the C16th without coming across it but in case you haven't though similar to Richard, and sometimes mistranscribed as Richard, it generally has an o in it - Richord, Richoard, etc.). It you have a subscription to FMP you can see a good image there. Teresa - with Hambling etc ancestors but no idea where they were in the C16th On 13/11/2016 15:35, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:05:38 +1000 > From: PMR<[email protected]> > To: "'DEVON Mailing List'"<[email protected]> > Subject: [DEV] What is this name? > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings Listers > > > > It seems (not yet proven) that my HAMLIN family resided > in Frithelstock in the 1500s and 1600s. > > > > One possible ancestral couple is William HAMLIN who > married Pychovil MARTIN in Frithelstock on 5 Jul 1588. > > > > I'm intrigued by the bride's first name. Is there a > modern equivalent? > > > > Does anyone else have any connection with the > Frithelstock HAMLINs? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Cheers > > > > Pam > > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message