Mary Hocombe: Featherstone One Name Study

Mary Hocombe: Featherstone One Name Study

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Name	Mary Hocombe
Gender	Female
Name	Mary Slocombe [1]
Reference Number	P5444
Residence	1832	St Eustachius, Tavistock, Devon [1]
Notes	Tavistock, Devon William Down of this Parish a labourer a bachelor and Mary Hocombe of this Parish a spinster were married in this Church by Banns this fifteenth Day of December 1832 both signed in the presence of Edward Williams and Samuel Doney name also transcribed as Mary Slocombe
Person ID	I5444	Paul and Pam Featherstone's family tree
Last Modified	20 Mar 2024

Family	William Down
Married	15 Dec 1832	St Eustachius, Tavistock, Devon [1]
	Tavistock, Devon William Down of this Parish a labourer a bachelor and Mary Hocombe of this Parish a spinster were married in this Church by Banns this fifteenth Day of December 1832 both signed in the presence of Edward Williams and Samuel Doney
Last Modified	20 Mar 2024
Family ID	F3800	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S857] Devon, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset.
Record for William Down
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62287&h=218361&indiv=try

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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.