Marriage of Thomas TEAGUE of Redmarley. (General)

by djanej , Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 13:02 (3374 days ago) @ Jefff

Hi Jefff,

I meant to reply to your posting ages ago, but something happened and then it got buried. Anyway, hope you pick this up....

I totally take your point about HOLMES, and you are right to chide me for jumping to conclusions, when I get cross when I see others do it! And yes, I totally agree that names that sound as though they belong somewhere can then crop up somewhere else, even in quite early times. The old view that our ancestors didn't travel or move to totally new areas is certainly not proved by fact, and also, names are not always what they sound.

One point that I made originally however, is I think still quite persuasive (- and I think you may have thought I was pinning my argument on the name Mary, which was not the case. As you say, Mary is a hugely common name.) But as I mentioned in my last post, I think a VERY good candidate for Thomas' wife Mary "is Mary JONES who was christened in Linton on 22 April 1798, and had parents William and Lucy. Looking at Mary and Thomas TEAGUE's children's names, this looks a very likely candidate."

My reasoning is that 1. the D/B would be an excellent fit given all we know about Mary's age, 2. the much more unusual name of Lucy for her mother would read across to the twin they called Lucy, and 3. they called their son William, although Thomas also had a brother William.

Best wishes

Jane