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Title: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Sunday 26 July 20 07:45 BST (UK)
Baptism records for at least 8 children indicate his wife's name as Ann / Anne.
I am trying to locate the surname of his wife Ann / Anne.
Any information would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: garstonite on Sunday 26 July 20 08:57 BST (UK)
Can't see a marriage to an Anne
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Sunday 26 July 20 09:05 BST (UK)
Hi garstonite,
The name Nancy was originally a form of Anne or Ann.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_(given_name)
Will check it out.
Thanks for the information.
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: garstonite on Sunday 26 July 20 09:09 BST (UK)
Quote from: Fitz1 on Sunday 26 July 20 09:05 BST (UK)
Hi garstonite,
The name Nancy was originally a form of Anne or Ann.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_(given_name)
Will check it out.
Thanks for the information.

I removed it - the date was too late ?   he would be far too old  ???
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Sunday 26 July 20 09:12 BST (UK)
Thanks for looking anyway
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: goldie61 on Sunday 26 July 20 09:38 BST (UK)
Not sure if that date of 1686 is when you think Richard Willets was married, his date of birth or his date of death.
Have you seen there are  at least a couple of references to a Richard Willetts in Rowley Regis/Staffs on The NAtional Archives CAtalogue around the right dates, which could be him, or at least a member of his family.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5370803

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4d7c75d6-2d41-4afc-b8b7-ce777c00e

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/906f0165-9156-4ca1-a4cd-2c2d55659cda

Although TNA give you a precis of each one, you never know what gems might turn up in the full document.
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Monday 27 July 20 06:09 BST (UK)
Hello goldie61,
He was baptised 13 Feb 1686 in Rowley Regis Staffordshire,
Thanks for the information, will check them out.
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: garstonite on Monday 27 July 20 08:42 BST (UK)
Quote from: Fitz1 on Monday 27 July 20 06:09 BST (UK)
Hello goldie61,
He was baptised 13 Feb 1686 in Rowley Regis Staffordshire,
Thanks for the information, will check them out.

1687 - not 1686
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5KW-8YB
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Monday 27 July 20 09:03 BST (UK)
Ancestry has 1686 as well as 1687!
Screen shots as attached
Thanks for information.
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: Fitz1 on Monday 27 July 20 09:06 BST (UK)
Forgot to add this file
Title: Re: Richard Willets 1686 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
Post by: goldie61 on Monday 27 July 20 09:24 BST (UK)
It will be the same baptism.
One of them will be dated 1686, as February came before the end of the year in April at this point in time, and the other will be because somebody has 'modernised' the date, and said that Feb was in 1687 (starting the new year Jan 1st as we do now, instead of in April as they did then).

That's why the old transcription of the register you posted gives the date as it would have been in the register - 1686. I suspect if you go a little further down the page, you'll see it change to 1687.