Hi Heather, I'm no expert, but I'd say that if anything, the "ow" part of "Found" is more exaggerated in the Cornish dialect than in " received pronunciation", making it even less like the "awe" in Vaughan. Best wishes Mike Gould Leicestershire, but born Bristol (which has its own unique accent) -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Stootman Sent: 22 January 2017 11:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [DEV] North Devon/Cornwall pronunciation In the musters of one of his navy ships my ancestor Richard VAUGHAN gave his origin as Morwenstow in Cornwall. He married in Northam parish in Devon on 28 Dec1800, the register entry is VONE. He used his mother's maiden name ELLIOT in the navy (I have a copy of a letter to his son where he requests the answer to be sent to Richard ELLIOT). The navy heard and recorded him under the surname HALLET throughout his career to pension days. This I have proof of, after years of work. The only entry in Morwenstow baptisms which fits the correct age and mother's maiden surname is for a Richard FOUND, baptised 4 Jan 1778, son of John FOUND and Elizabeth. There is a marriage of John FOUND to Elizabeth ELLIOT on 23 Jan 1768, also in Morwenstow. My question is whether FOUND is a close pronunciation of VAUGHAN in Cornwall/North Devon. Any ideas? Heather Stootman, Sydney ------------------------------------------ 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