Help with deciphering please

[Nell]

George, son of George Eplet, 2nd entry from the bottom of the righthand page of this image

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St. Ervan baptism, marriage & burial register 1699, image 63.

I can't make out the name of George's mother.

[Lindsay]

If I squint it looks a bit like Lyhdia, but it's quite a stretch.

[Nell]

Thanks for your prompt response, Lindsay. I guess I'll have to trawl the marriages in the hope of finding it recorded more clearly.

[Phoenix]

Philip, isn't it?

[Phoenix]

They have a son Richard in 1697

[Phoenix]

Second from top rhs on previous page, Henry Eplet has a daughter Philip.

[Nell]

George's mother is called Philip?

[Nell]

Thanks Phoenix. I know my Cornish lot have many females called Philippa, Philip is a new version!

[Phoenix]

Marriage is on image 27

[Nell]

Ooh yes just found marriage
Samuel Eplet & Philip Hicks 1696!

[Phoenix]

Nell, I've never worked out whether all the Matthew, Philip and Denis etc were called by men's names. I have a lot of West Country examples in my family.

[Nell]

Well I don't have any female Denises or Matthews. But Philip/pa and Honor/Honour are names that are very popular in my Cornish lot. I have yet to discover the original ones.

[Shona]

Oh, the number of times I've done sex changes on my Scottish lot when I'd assumed Duncan, Christian, Nicolas and Angus were men! Also came across a Jacob and was sure he was a he. He became a she when I found out it was short for Jacobina.

[tenterfieldjulie]

Well you have me amazed Pippa (Philippa), Denise (Denis) I can understand,
but Matthew!! ..
Nicola(s), Christian (Christine) yes but Duncan and Angus ...
wow I would have been really stumped .. never too old to learn here ..

[Phoenix]

Don't ask how it was pronounced, but Matthew is a variant of Martha. (I have never understood how frenchmen could be called Anne)

[Nell]

I've learned something new in genealogy. I know they do it abroad - Frenchmen are Jean-Marie for example, and the writer of "All Quiet on the Western Front" was called Eric Maria Remarque.

[Mary from Italy]

And John Wayne was called Marion, of course.

[kiterunner]

Marion seems to be quite common as a man's name in the US, Mary.

[Janet]

In principle, Marian for a woman and Marion for a man over here. But I had a female cousin Marion.

[Shona]

In principle, Marian for a woman and Marion for a man over here. But I had a female cousin Marion. My cousin Marion is a lass. Perhaps it's another Scottish thing.

[Nell]

My Mum's best friend was Marion and definitely a woman. She also had a step-grandmother called Marion (who pronounced it Mary-on).

Shirley can also be a chap's name, like Beverley and Hilary. But it is confusing, especially if you find a marriage witness and you don't know which sex s/he is. In my case, with the baptism I'd be fairly certain that "Philip his wife" is a lady, especially as she's given birth!!!

[tenterfieldjulie]

Until John Wayne, I thought Marion/Marian was female .. but Matthew and Angus I am still amazed ..