Mary Colpits b. Abt 1762: Featherstone One Name Study

Mary Colpits

Abt 1762 -

Name	Mary Colpits [1]
Born	Abt 1762 [1]
Gender	Female
Name	Mary Featherston [1]
Person ID	I51812	Featherstone Main
Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

Family	Thomas Featherston, b. Abt 1761
Married	16 May 1782	St Thomas the Apostle, Stanhope, Co Durham, England [1]
Last Modified	13 Aug 2023
Family ID	F16525	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S267] online records, Marriages, Weardale District - Record Number: 195216.1 Location: Stanhope Church: St. Thomas the Apostle Denomination: Anglican 16 May 1782 Thomas Featherston married Mary Colpits.

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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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