Hi Gerald I suspect that the spelling of Peskett has more to do with the preference of the minister, census enumerator or registrar than anything else. There seems to be a historical trend moving from Peascod and its variants to Peskett/Pescott. In my own Pescott line, even into the late 19th C, I find variations in spelling between closely related Pesketts. In Windsor there is a Peascod Street but the local pronunciation is Peskett. My Albery family came from Liss, in Hampshire as Alberry, to Petersfield, where there was already an Albery family, and became Albery by precedent as far as I can see. Don't get me started on my Leadbetter ancestors. I think I have about 20 spelling variations there. L*b*t*r sums it up. Whose right? They all are! Tony Albery 12351 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Peskett Sent: 22 October 2012 22:18 To: [email protected] Subject: [SFHG] Peskett to Pescod Hi, I have been researching the Peskett surname for many years, but still struggle to make the connection from the present Peskett name to the earlier Pescod variations.  The period where the surname seems to have changed was in the mid to late 1700's, but unfortunately, this is also the time period when parish registers tend to be rather vague.  I have many thousands of individuals in my database from the 1800's onwards, but lack the ability to connect them earlier.  If they weren't on the early censuses that's where I'm running into problems.  The Pescod surname along with it's variations (Pescud, Pescott, Peskett and others) seems to stem from the Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey areas, although the Pescod name also has lines in the north. The problem is, there are so many Pescod families in the Sussex area, and unless there is a very uncommon forename, then it's very difficult to identify the correct family.  There are so many Pescod families in such close proximity to each other it hard to tie down the right one.  I look at the Sussex map and there are Pescod families from probably 75% of the parishes.  There are some parishes that I've been able to make the conversion over from Pescod to Peskett, Billingshurst and Pulborough are a couple of them.  But alas there are hundreds more unconnected.  How do you definitively make the connection?  My own Peskett line I've traced back to Midhurst in the mid 1700's to a Richard Pescod,  unfortunately from there I run into trouble.  There are several Richard Pescod's all from roughly the same area born around the same time.  Which one's which?  I've been told my Richard Pescod was from Lodsworth, but it seems that if I look at online trees it seems that a lot of people have taken that Richard Pescod as theirs.  Whose right? I would appreciate any advice or would love to correspond with anyone that's make the connection from Pescod to Peskett or has Pesketts in their tree.  I'm restricted to online information as the distance across the pond to England makes a quick visit to the records office, impossible. Thanks in advance. Gerald Peskett Ontario, Canada ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5347 - Release Date: 10/22/12 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5347 - Release Date: 10/22/12