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Thanks Dave, always good to have a second opinion even if negative!  I'm looking now for all the variants of GREGORY.

Totally stumped by this one, Pat. Searched Ancestry, Findmypast, FreeReg and FamilySearch - deaths, burials, marriages, emigration, family trees etc- all to no avail. Possible change of name?

Dave Erasmus

I think the majority of people in the photos are unidentified. We are pretty confident we have identified most close family but are unsure if Auntie Aggie is in some of the photos.  The sisters between them ran the boarding house in Weston for around 50 years, so they must have known a lot of people.  I now know that my grandfather met his wife at Maycot, just as my father met my mother there, so I certainly owe my existence to the enterprise of the sisters!

Like you I have also noticed the recurrent names listed as witnesses at marriages in two other parishes. JOHN ISGAR is a witness at the marriage of JOHN PALMER and SARAH BERRIMAN in 1778 at Churchill and on previous records back to 1762. From 24.12.1778 JACOB ISGAR's name appears instead as a witness.

At Yatton JOSEPH LUKINS similarly is listed in numerous marriage records. In the Monumental Inscriptions for that parish JOSEPH LUKINS who died 26.6.1785 is described as "Clerk of Parish". It seems possible that The ISGARS were also Parish Clerks and that acting as a witness at marriages was part of that role.

I've put some pictures on display at https://www.flickr.com/photos/61381495@N03/albums in the Petties and Ritchies album.