George VOYCE 1756 (General)

by andrew walford, Friday, May 16, 2008, 02:14 (6044 days ago) @ slowhands

I have done research on George Voice and Elizabeth Jenkins as I believe their son William c 1762 married Elizabeth Anderson 1790 and these I believe are the William and Elizabeth(Betty) named as the parents of my great x 4 grandfather Jonas Voice c 1797 at Newland. George and Elizabeth did have a son George Voice c1756 who married Sarah Beach, this George left a will in 1824 in which it mentions his wife Sarah and sons James, George and John. They did have a daughter Mary c 1778 who may have married a John Alldritt in 1805 although there is no mention of her in the will.
Getting further back than George has proved a problem, what are the chances that he changed his name? There is a Germanus Voice c 1732 at Newland the son of Germani and Elizabeth who are likely to be the German Voice and Elizabeth Watkins who married at Abbeydore, Here'sh in 1731. What I have thought is that Germanus maybe changed to George to have a name that fitted in more, is this common?