From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 18:47:34 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"    
   wrote:   
      
   >I have a marriage in Chester 1760-5-7 of "Richard Amery of Caughall of   
   >the Parish of Backford" (to Mary Brown of this Parish).   
   >   
   >I've found a baptism (1731-10-19 in Backford) of "Richard Son of Tho:   
   >Ambrey of Caughall".   
   >   
   >Do we think it's the same person? Both names are clearly written, so   
   >different, but both mention Caughall (which is a small area about 3   
   >miles north of the centre of Chester - it's more or less where the zoo   
   >is).   
   >   
   They might be clearly written in the register but that is not   
   inevitably where it was first recorded which could often be an odd   
   scrap of paper or on a couple of braincells. Add a barely literate   
   (maybe also much in need of spectacles) parish clerk and you have   
   plenty of scope for the name altering between baptism and writing it   
   in the register.   
   If you can't find any other mentions of the "wrong" version then that   
   probably increases the chance of it being erroneous.   
      
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