Hi List,     I have come across unusual variants in surnames in my own tree. e.g. I had an ancestor who married at New Moat |Pembrokeshire in 1770.  He was John Gibbin who married Martha Harry. John Gibbin was of Henry's Moat parish.  However his daughter Elizabeth became Elizabeth Gibby, and the family and children thereafter became "Gibby".    The surname "Gibby"is  quite frequent in Pembrokeshire . There are however Gibbins still in existence in Pembrokeshire and West Carmarthenshire. Also it seems that   my g.g.g John  Peregrine of Llanycefn/Llandissilio Pembrokeshire had been known as John John in years preceding 1841 census. He therefore took patrynomic susrname(his father's given name having been John. ) However  much to my confusion and confusion of other relatvies studying this line, John John changed his surname to Peregrine by 1841 census!  Does the List believe  that Peregrine could have been the true surname but had been altered to "John" because of local difficulty in spelling and pronouncing "Peregrine"?   Yvonne Evans