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Manx Genealogy

Re: Manasah Quay
In Response To: Re: Manasah Quay ()

final 'e's are like will o'wisp until quite late in 19th C - phonetic spelling ruled as most manx illiterate - 17th + some 18th C deeds have have the same name spelled in two or three ways in same document - Quay also rendered Key/Kay