Susanna Neame of Ash

[waynenort]

I’m trying to find the correct Susanna Neame (of Ash) born c:1691 who married George Norton (of St Lawrence) on 11 Nov 1713, St Mildred Canterbury. George Norton was baptised 9 April 1682, Margate

Attached is a snippet of the marriage

I think it’s Susan(na) Neame, baptised 20 April 1691, Eastry, Kent. Parents Richard and Sarah.

There’s also a Susanna Neam, 4 Nov 1692 Woodnesborough, Kent .Parents Thomas and Jane.
Although this seems to be the marriage: Susanna Neam who married Thomas Wanstall, 18 Dec 1717, St Mary Woodnesborough.

Many thanks

[bearkat]

It might be worth checking wills to see if their married daughter is mentioned.

https://wills.canterbury-cathedral.org/

[waynenort]

There are two possible wills:   
         
Will   Norton   George   St. Lawrence in Thanet   Made 1759  Probate: 1765   PRC/17/97/157a   PRC/16/433 N/2
Will   Norton   Susanna   St. Lawrence in Thanet   Made 1740   Probate :1741    PRC/17/91/27h   PRC/16/407 N/2      1741

Sussana who died 1741 was said to be married to a George of St Lawrence.

Thank you for the website

[bearkat]

I will thinking of wills to check Susanna's parentage.

There's a will for Richard Neame of Eastry dated 1721 has been transcribed

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/neam1721.html

It says his daughter, Susan, was married to Thomas Wanstale of Guston.

[waynenort]

Thank you again. This means the Richard and Sarah Neame family of Eastry aren't the parents. And explains why it's Susan and not Sussana.

It shows the importance of evidence.

[Zacktyr]

Hello, Wayne,

Just to add to the evidence is the marriage license of Thomas Wanstall.  It reads:

"Wanstall, Thomas, of Goodnestone n. Wingham, bachelor and Sus. Neame of Eastry, spinster.  At. Eastry, Woodnesboro' or Knowlton.  Dec. 11, 1717."

Just one thing you should be made aware of:  the Christian name "Sus." can be either Susan or Susanna (regardless of spelling).  Spelling of names, surnames and even common words was not settled until the late-mid 1700s and even then many rural areas didn't catch up until the early 1800s.

Susan was used interchangeably as Susanna and vice versa.  In parish registers if you see a ":" following either a Christian or surname, the colon symbol indicates that the word has been abbreviated.  This is quite often seen after the name 'Elizabeth' as "Eliza:".  It is so subtle that many people miss the colon symbol completely.  The only real information of a person's Christian name is the baptism for that person.  Even then, children's, and later wives and husbands', names were often modified to a diminutive or pet name, e.g. Flossie for Florence, Hannah for Ann, Molly for Margaret and so on.