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Witness name - Eliz ?
« on: Monday 25 April 22 11:22 BST (UK) »
Can anyone suggest what the name of this marriage witness might be? Eliz ?

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Re: Witness name - Eliz ?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 April 22 14:47 BST (UK) »
I think maybe it's Elizabeth Goares or Godres. There does seem to be a faint upward stroke on the third letter, but I can't tell if they meant to write an a or d.
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« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 April 22 14:51 BST (UK) »
I see (Eliz)abeth Goares.
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Re: Witness name - Eliz ?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 25 April 22 19:43 BST (UK) »
I see an x in there but can’t really make a name with an x in it from the other letters!

… or could it be Gooles?
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 25 April 22 19:59 BST (UK) »
Maybe  Goves as a outside possible. She could have been not a very confident writer  :-\
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Re: Witness name - Eliz ?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 25 April 22 20:33 BST (UK) »

In case we might be able to find her on other records, the marriage was between Benjamin Hart and Elizabeth Jackson

14th October 1782 Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
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« Reply #6 on: Monday 25 April 22 20:40 BST (UK) »
There's a marriage in Breedon on the Hill in 1787. The bride is an Elizabeth Goves

Not sure, but this is her signature for comparison.

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Re: Witness name - Eliz ?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 25 April 22 21:53 BST (UK) »
Looks like you’ve cracked it, Gadget, that G is identical.  Looks like she’s put an a in the first signature, but as we know, spelling was more fluid then than it is now!
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Re: Witness name - Eliz ?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 25 April 22 22:50 BST (UK) »
The Eliz  looks very much the same too  :)

PS - the Clerk has entered her surname as Groves
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