On 2012/01/04 02:38, Elizabeth Thorpe wrote: > I have an older version of the Notts FHS marriage CD in which there is a > marriage for Richard Pettiner m. Mary .... on 13 Feb 1704 in Clarborough. > Does anyone have a newer record of this marriage that shows Mary's maiden > name? At this time, registers rarely included the maiden name of the chattel who married the all-important man :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg ------------------------------ Thankfully not. Even though the English savages insist on taking the wife's name away! Here's my PETTINGER stuff from pretty close by. Regards, Don McArthur, Johannesburg 1 William PETTINGER d: Bef. 5 Jun 1706 bur: Headon .. +Mary WHELPDALE m: 2 Jun 1669 in Headon d: Bef. 15 Jan 1705/06 bur: Headon ... 2 John PETTINGER 11 Sep 1670 ~ Headon ... 2 Mary PETTINGER 1 Apr 1673 ~ Headon d: Bef. 28 Jun 1744 bur: Headon ....... +Richard HAWKESMORE b: 15 Apr 1659 ~ Headon [mother not . rec] m: 9 Jun 1698 in Headon d: Bef. 3 May 1721 in . Headon Father: George HAWKESMORE Mother: Sarah NN