George Wood b. Abt 1719: Featherstone One Name Study

George Wood

Abt 1719 -

Name	George Wood [1]
Born	Abt 1719 [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	26 Feb 1744	St Mary, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England [1]
	Mariner
Reference Number	51144
Person ID	I51144	Featherstone Main
Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

Family	Anne Featherstone, b. Abt 1719
Married	26 Feb 1744	Fleet, London, Middlesex, England [1]
Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
Family ID	F16319	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S1669] Fleet Marriages, Various, (National Archives), George Wood of St. Mary Westminster, Mariner and bachelor
and Anne Featherstone St. Mary Westminster spinster February 26th 1744.

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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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