I am hoping someone can help me identify a possibly christening for my ancestor Sarah Heat.
My ancestor Joseph Turner married Sarah Heat on 20 January 1796 in Hartfield, Sussex. This was his second marriage and took place by Licence.
What is puzzling me is the fact that her name appears sometimes to be transcribed as Heat [which is what I have it as] and in other cases it is recorded as Heath!
So far I have only found two possible candidates for Sarah's christening, both in the neighbouring parish of Withyham and within 3 years of each other:
Sarah Heat - christened 4 May 1773 Withyham - daughter of Henry and Ann Heat
Sarah Heath - christened 25 December 1776 Withyham - daughter of Thomas and Ann Heath
Frustratingly I can't find a burial for either of these two, which is making is hard to know which one was married to Joseph Turner.
I have just been able to look at the original PR entry on Familysearch tonight and her name does look like HEAT rather than HEATH, which leads me to suspect that my Sarah is the daughter of Henry and Ann.
Thomas and Henry might be brothers but so far I haven't found anything beyond the christenings of their children.
If anyone can confirm my suspicion that my Sarah was the daughter of Henry and Ann, or can add any other useful info, I would be very grateful.
Many thanks in advance.
Matt