Help in Deciphering this name please

[Robdev019]

It looks like Malan!

[Rosinish]

I don’t think the end letter is an ‘n’ as it’s different from the ‘n’ in Stone/Mason/Bonthron(e)
I would say the end letter looks most like the other ‘r’s

I don’t think the middle letter has any resemblance to any of the other ‘l’s in William/apopleptic/paralysis

I now think the middle letter looks most like the other ‘d’s

I think the name should be Mather but pronounced with a silent ‘h’ pronounced Mater & could sound like Madar which is written (in my view)?

I agree with Gadget in a different sense 

Annie

[sheila]

Thanks again Annie . I had my doubts about the last letter. When I enlarge the scan it looks like an x to me . I'll go back to looking at William and Mary's other children to see if I can find another version of Mary's surname

Sheila

[arthurk]

Thanks again Annie . I had my doubts about the last letter. When I enlarge the scan it looks like an x to me .

Phonetic version of 'Maddox'? (Or legitimate alternative spelling?)

I'll go back to looking at William and Mary's other children to see if I can find another version of Mary's surname

Good idea.

[sparrett]

To me
Madax

So agreeing with arthurk. Phonetic interpretation of what we might see as Maddocks.

Sue

[Rosinish]

All I know about Mary was that she wasn't with her husband  William at Fairy Hall , Kirkpatrick Flemming , Dumfriesshire in 1841.

Nor with him at the Toll- bar in Gretna in 1846 so presumably she died pre 1841.

What was the age of William on 1841 for a c yr of birth for Mary (assuming there wasn't a big age difference) 

Good observation with the 'X'!!!

Annie

[sheila]

What was the age of William on 1841 for a c yr of birth for Mary (assuming there wasn't a big age difference) 

Annie
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William was said to be 69 .Give or take 5 years if the age was rounded off as it should have been. Working on a birth year around 1772

I'm trying to get in touch with another researcher of this family  who has MatherS down as a surname but will have to be patient as Ancestry's messages aren't working for me .

[Rosinish]

I did a quick search on SP (OPRs) for surname, very few but here are the variants;

Madex, Maddex, Maddox

Annie

[Rosinish]

Was the child on the DC you have, born in Dumfries?

Annie