----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beames" <dave.beames@ntlworld.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [OXF] Viewing Original Parish Registers > Wendy said > >> Richard - > >> The entry in MSS. D.D. Par. Witney c4 Register of Baptisms and >> Burials for 30 Jan. 1809 is William WRIGHT aged 56. This is >> perfectly clear and confirms the transcription. There are no other >> WRIGHT burials in the register within a year. > > Richard had said: > >>> Could I add to your list of check-ups? The OFHS for St. Mary's >>> Witney has burial of William WRIGHT, aged 56, on 30 January >>> 1809. This is a puzzling entry. I have the will of Thomas >>> WRIGHT the elder of Curbridge, proved 28 Jan. 1809, and its >>> codicil was made on 20 Aug. 1808. >>> >>> It may be that there is a glitch in the transcription of the >>> January 1809 entries and two or more entries and dates >>> compressed into one in error;, a portmanteau entry, "William" >>> Wright actually someone else with a >>> different surname and Thomas Wright somehow left out though the >>> Wright surname is included. > > A "portmanteau entry" might also have come about when the parish clerk > copied his rough book up into the Register, maybe months later. > If that was the case, you'll never know :-( I've photographed the entry, & will send it to you. Dave's theory is a possibility - the entries on that & the next page are very consistent writing & ink. Wendy