John Featherston: Featherstone One Name Study

John Featherston

Name	John Featherston [1]
Gender	Male
Baptism	24 Dec 1797	Weardale, Co Durham, England [1]
Reference Number	23165
Person ID	I23165	Featherstone Main
Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

Father	John Featherston, b. Bef 1797
Mother	Ann (Unknown), b. Bef 1797
Married	Bef 1797 [1]
Family ID	F8538	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S1416] Baptism Records of St John the Baptist, (see citation, Period, -2013), Extracted by Weardale Museum from Parish records of St Johns Chapel
Baptism 24 Dec 1797, John Featherston father John, mother Ann of Holmepool.

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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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