Bride's surname, 1749 London clandestine marriage

[Alexander.]

How would you interpret Mary's surname? This is from a London clandestine marriage in 1749.

Thanks!

[Rosinish]

Looks like possibly cliford (Clifford) or clifane (Clephane)?

Annie

[horselydown86]

The best I can do with the surname is to break down the possible letters as follows:

c - l - i - f/t - a/o - n/w

The last word is Spr = Spinster (but I'm sure you already knew that).

[ShaunJ]

Possibly Clissam

[Dulaigh]

Probably Cliford following Mary.

[Alexander.]

Thank you all to the input, really struggling with this one. I think we can definitely say the name starts Cli... but after that it is anyone's guess.

Thanks.

[Rosinish]

The more I look at it, I think Clifane although the recent spelling I've come across is Clephane?

It's definitely an 'n' as it matches most of the others which stop short leaving it looking like an 'r'.


Do you have any other text for comparison?

Annie

[Oneday]

Ancestry has them recorded as Mary Ditem & Mary Clifen however I personally would sway towards Clifton as the surname with the f & t joined.

What is interesting is where they married.  If you don't have much info on it this is an interesting article:  https://www.marriagerecords.me.uk/fleet-prison/