Marriage look-up request

[eial]

Marriage William STYLES to Wilmot NEPEAN ON 16 Dec 1792 at St. Stephens by Saltash.
I have found a marriage transcription by Cornwall FHS on Findmypast.    My query is - would the original parish entry give details of Wilmot's father ?
Also does anyone know if the name Wilmot could be used for a boy as well as girl ?   I was looking at two possible birth transcriptions for Wilmot but one gave the gender as boy not girl.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Many thanks.

[Little Nell]

Marriage records before 1 July 1837 (beginning of civil registration) do not routinely record a father's name - there is no specific box or space for it.  Occasionally the name might be entered but by no means guaranteed.

Nell

[KGarrad]

Also does anyone know if the name Wilmot could be used for a boy as well as girl ?   I was looking at two possible birth transcriptions for Wilmot but one gave the gender as boy not girl.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Many thanks.

Wilmot is both a boy's name and a girl's name - much like Leslie

[eial]

Thank you Nell and KGarrad for your replies.   That has helped me sort out two possible baptism entries.
Regards
|Eial

[terrymo]

Hi

If you would like a look up of the St Stephen's parish register, then Saltash Heritage can help you. They hold Parish fiche for the whole of the St Germans District.

Email your request to

archivist@saltash-heritage.org.uk 

Mo

[trish1120]

1851 has Wilmot Styles born c 1768 Saltash.

Wilmot NEPEAN Baptised 17 January 1768, St Nicholas & St Faiths, Saltash, Cornwall
Parents EDMUND/SUSANNA
Siblings;
EDMUND, 10 Oct 1755
EDMOND, 18 Aug 1759
HENRY, 12 Dec 1764

Edmond NEP[EI]AN Married Susannah SMITH, 25 Jan 1747/4 8, St Odulph, Pillaton, Cornwall

Baptisms, St Nicholas & St Faiths, Saltash to William/Wilmot STYLES;
MARY SOUTHGATE, 31 May 1794
WILLIAM BEDINGFIELD, 05 Aug 1801
JULIA, 08 Aug 1802

All on FreeREG

Trish

[terrymo]

Saltash Heritage hold the records for St Nicks church as well as St Stephens.
Mo

[eial]

Thank you Mo and Trish for all that information.   I feel sure now that the Wilmot Nepean baptized January 1868 is female and not male as recorded on the transcript available on Findmypast.  It ges a bit confusing when different branches of the  family feature the same name.    I will also use the contact  suggested by Mo for further information.
Many thanks.
Colleen

[twagios]

Hello Colleen - sorry to piggyback on your question but Wilmot Nepean/William Styles are my ancestors (via their daughter Lavinia Styles) & I wondered whether you were also interested in Lt. William Styles & whether you had managed to find out (a) anything about his parents (who I currently assume were probably <someone> Styles and Mary Southgate and (b) anything about William Bedingfield Styles. As far as I can tell, William and Wilmot may have had a son around 1813 called William Henry (never married), so I assume William Bedingfield may have died young.

Thanks also to all the other contributors in this thread.