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Title: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: benn34 on Thursday 23 September 21 16:01 BST (UK)
Hi Guys,

Can someone possibly help me with this baptism record for 1579 Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire please?
Someone has it down as Julian daughter of Toram Lamb, I definately know that the fathers name starts with J as there is a John elsewhere on the record with the same style J, could the fathers name be Jerom?

Thank you


Ann
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: horselydown86 on Thursday 23 September 21 16:14 BST (UK)
Looking at the image on Ancestry the father's forename is definitely Joram.

It could well be a variant spelling of Jerom.
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: benn34 on Thursday 23 September 21 17:27 BST (UK)
Looking at the image on Ancestry the father's forename is definitely Joram.

It could well be a variant spelling of Jerom.

Thank you for that  :) Do you have an idea what the daughters name could be?
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: horselydown86 on Thursday 23 September 21 17:33 BST (UK)
It is Julian, as transcribed by Ancestry.  There's nothing unusual in Julian being a girl's name in the C16th.
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: benn34 on Thursday 23 September 21 17:35 BST (UK)
It is Julian, as transcribed by Ancestry.  There's nothing unusual in Julian being a girl's name in the C16th.

Brilliant, thank you so much  :)
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: manukarik on Thursday 23 September 21 19:37 BST (UK)
Agree with horselydown86.

The first letter is an I (but that often stood for a J). The middle letter that almost looks like a w is an r.

Jehoram or  Joram was the ninth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel  - so very biblical!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel)
Title: Re: Help with baptism record pls
Post by: benn34 on Thursday 23 September 21 19:55 BST (UK)
Agree with horselydown86.

The first letter is an I (but that often stood for a J). The middle letter that almost looks like a w is an r.

Jehoram or  Joram was the ninth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel  - so very biblical!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel)

Thank you  :)