Name of father on this birth certificate?

[mona_lisa]

Would you read this as:

May 18 John Armstrong and Grizal Beatty in Holhouse had a __________ son baptized John

-the location Holehouse would make sense

Thanks so much for your help,
Mona

[Marmalady]

missing word = lawfull ?

ie born to married parents and not illegitimate

and yes, Jo = John

[c-side]

Definitely 'lawfull'

[mona_lisa]

Thank you again Marmalady! Can you tell this is the project I am working on today?

[mona_lisa]

What do you think about the location? I don't want to assume it's a misspelled "Holehouse" just because that would make sense.

[Marmalady]

Location looks like Holhouse to me

[mona_lisa]

Thanks all.

[c-side]

Sorry, I missed your query on location.  It does say Holhouse but the record looks old and the further back you go the less consistant the spellings become.

You don't say which parish/county you are looking at but you need to check whether there is a place called Holhouse.  If not then it could well be Holehouse.

Christine