Ron and Carl, Could it be possible that "supp" might be short for "supported by", I have an old Indenture which binds an apprentice and a weaver. Part of the Indenture requires the weaver to provide bed, board, lodging, clothing and washing of linens in house ...
Leo > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parish register problem > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 07:01:26 +0100 > To: [email protected] > > Carl, > > As somebody who regularly looks at the original Westmorland Parish Registers, > (there is no "e" btw.) I cannot say that I have come across that. However, I > suspect that it means "supposed". Normally I have seen "putative father", > where a chilld is illegitimate. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > "Carl Cox" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I know this is off topic, but if someone can help it would be greatly > >appreciated. > >I am looking at a parish register from Westmoreland in the 1780s. I keep > >seeing a name with Supp. after it, where the surname should go. Always > >the father is there, with any surname, usually not matching the surname > >of the child, which would come before the Supp. The mother's name is > >always given (in many cases ii does not appear, which is what makes this > >term interesting), and no mention or appearance of His Wife or similar > >designation. I suspect that the term has something to do with > >illegitimate, but then how would they always know the father's name? You > >can send me private answers. > > > >Carl [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
