Completed HAWKINS baptism Shipton Gorge look-up please

[janan]

Hi
Would anyone be able to check this entry from the Dorset OPC site please?

Martha daughter of ?John and Mary HAWKINS baptised 26 November 1749

Thank you
Jan

[nanny jan]

Hi Jan,

I've recently transcribed some parish registers for the Dorset Family History Society and have that exact entry:

Martha d.o. Jno & Mary Hawkins 26 November 1749 at Shipton Gorge.

Can never work out why John is "shortened" to Jno!

Nanny Jan

[janan]

I've recently transcribed some parish registers for the Dorset Family History Society and have that exact entry:

Well that was lucky

Thank you, that clarifies he was John. I agree the shortening to Jno is weird - maybe to do with Latin

Jan