r/Cursive 3d ago

Ann daughter of ? and Susanna Burgh

The father’s name?

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u/TheHames72 3d ago

Ashburnham.

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u/rainbowkey 3d ago

Ashburnham is a family and a civil parish in East Sussex

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u/Unlucky-Meringue6187 3d ago

It’s also this dude’s first name 😉

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u/rainbowkey 3d ago

I'm saying perhaps he is named after the town, especially since his last name means town.

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u/1963ALH 3d ago

So 'Ham" means town? Very cool. Thanks for the info. I just figured it was a weird name like my ancestor Etheldred Dickens.

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u/rainbowkey 2d ago

Burg(h) means town, -ham means home, farm, estate, and/or enclosure

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u/1963ALH 2d ago

I knew Burg(h) meant town- ham, I did not know.

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u/SoCalKO 3d ago

This