Parish recs.

[dodgyknees]

On some PR's I have found the Mother/Wife's name is listed as JAMAICAE

What does this imply?   

[rosie99]

Can you tell us which parish & when, it may help us answer your question.  Could you give us an example to look at

[dodgyknees]

HI! Thanks for responding.

I do not have an example to attach but one of my ancestors was a

Susannah Lavender baptised in Stokesay, Salop in 1691. Her mother's name is give as Jamaicae.

Cheers

Derek.

[rosie99]

I would say it was a latinised version of her first name and not implying anything    The other baptisms showed Edward as Edwardi, also William as Gulielmus.

[dodgyknees]

You don't happen to know what the English meaning of Jamaicae would you?

[rosie99]

You really need to look at the originals of the parish registers to see what you can make of the name.  I doubt that she would have spelt it out to the vicar so it could be how he heard it.

[bevj]

Another one on 27th July 1693

Alathea, fa Edwardi Lavender et Jamaicae

The old parish records for Stokesay can be found at www.archives.org.
I had a look to see if I could see the marriage of Edward Lavender, but no luck.   
Bev

[davidft]

Thinking laterally it could be that the women's name was Jamaica and she was named after the Island. What do you know of the family, where there any merchants in it, or sailors or soldiers. In short is there anything that could establish a link between the family and the Island?

[bevj]

Yes, Edwardi means 'of Edward' and 'Jamaicae' means 'of Jamaica'.
It must be that she was named after the island.  The Wiki says

Named Santiago, the island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it and renamed it Jamaica.

So as davidft says, perhaps there were sailors or traders in the family.

Bev