MACHEN Family and SMITH Family Letter 1873-1889 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, September 11, 2016, 23:37 (2783 days ago) @ jevans

Hi again Janet,
well, not sure why I'm posting, got me well stumped this time !

I've just spent a while trying to find the death of your Mrs Linnett of Huntsham, thinking it would be easy, yet...
Huntsham is just in Devon, on the border with Somerset, not far from Tiverton which is the nearest town of any size.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsham

Well, judging by Ancestry it seems the LINNETT/Linnet name is more associated with the north or middle of England, not the southwest. There are a few Linnett families in the Yeovil area c1870s/1880s, about 30 miles due east so not really Huntsham but is the right county !..., but their ladies seem to live well into the 1900s, or move away from Devon altogether.

??? Sorry !

Re Polly, this is usually considered a nickname for Molly, which is itself a nickname for Mary; do these names fit your family ?.

see https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Traditional_Nicknames_in_Old_Documents_-_A_Wiki_List#P

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