Hello listers, Have a Francis {any of the the above} who married in Bartlow to Amy LAGDEN on 02 Dec 1712. They had at least Francis, William, Lawrence, James and Mary. With all the confusion of possible spelling variants I'm lost! Anybody recognises any of them? Francis may be related to a William MAYNARD of Bury St. Edmonds (Suffolk). Regards, Joao Pereira

Dear Joao, good spelling is a modern preoccupation but your sources have gone too far! The list of alternatives includes MYNOTT: from Old French mignot 'dainty; pleasing' MAYNARD: from Old German maganhard 'strength-hardy' It's too late to criticise the scribes, but I do wonder if these folk are really related. Regards, David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "João Pereira" <jpereira@ipimar.pt> To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: [ENG-CAMB] MYNOTT/MYOTT/MINOT/MINNARD/MINARD/MAYNARD (Bartlow)

Dear David, My sources: 1) IGI (2 versions - 3 records for the same event) MYOTT, MINOT 2) Father-in-law's will - MYNOTT 3) Mother-in-law's will (2 versions) - MINARD, MINNARD 4) In-laws have property on lease from a MAYNARD I guess Amy could have married twice, first to a MYNOT than to a MINNARD. The MAYNARD connection may be a coincidence but made me wonder ... Thanks for the input. Regards, Joao Pereira > From: "David DOWD" > > The list of alternatives includes > MYNOTT: from Old French mignot 'dainty; pleasing' > MAYNARD: from Old German maganhard 'strength-hardy'