Jane Serging - is the surname real?

[Andrew65]

Hello,

According to Phillimores and the Wiltshire Marriages Index I have an ancestor called Jane Serging (of Brimble or Bremhill) who married John Simpkins (of Brinkworth) in Lydiard Millicent in 1721.
These are only printed records so I cannot see the original written entries.
I can find only 2 other people called Serging on Ancestry and 3 on Find My Past - none of them contemporary and none from Wiltshire. Minor spelling variations get a few options, but nothing that has similar dates or locations.
If anybody has any advice or suggestions it/they would be welcome.

Andrew

[..claire..]

Hi

It does appear to say Serging, snippet from the register

Claire

[..claire..]

For comparison here is how the minister wrote John Simpkin

[Andrew65]

Thanks Claire.
Clearly no errors in the transcription then - could I have found the actual register online myself?

[Rosinish]

Clearly no errors in the transcription then - could I have found the actual register online myself?

No 'P' in Simkins on Claire's image.

Do you have quite a few children for the couple as her surname may be a sound-a-like for a possibly foreign name or an accent problem e.g. Sergeant/Sargent...just a thought 

Annie

[Andrew65]

Hi Annie,

Thanks for the comments.

I only have one child for them, John died in November 1721, their son William was born in June 1722 and Jane remarried in early 1723. I also have a feeling that who I have thought was John (b1698) and his father John (c,1670) may in fact have been the same person, which could make Jane his second marriage.
The spelling of the name Simpkins, Simkins, Simpkin, Simkin, is somewhat interchangeable across the various records I have.
Given that priests did most of the writing, and probably wrote what they heard, that is unsurprising.
I have checked some alternate sounding names, but nothing from the same area at that time has come up.

Andrew

[Capetown]

? Could the surname been Sergeant - being Wiltshire born and bred a long ago.....  we don't emphasis the t at the end of the word and would have said Sargin (that is silent t ....  singing would be pronounced  singin.


?  There is a Jane Sargeant, born 24 March 1716 at Alderton, Wiltshire, parents Francis and Mary.   This surname does appear early in Wiltshire.  Alderton is about 13 miles from Bremhill.

Number of siblings on Family Search.

[Andrew65]

Thank you Capetown.

I will see what I can find - the one you mention would not be the one, but she may have an aunt or cousin.

regards'

Andrew