Help reading baptism entry please

[Flora]

This is a copy of the baptism of Mary, D(daut) of Richd & Frances Moar on 10 February 1754 at St Mary's PC, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. OK so far.

Underneath her entry there is what looks like another child, " ???? D of Ditto " I think
Have I read this right, and if so, can anybody decipher the child's name ?




Any suggestions gratefully received

F

 

[mugwortismy cat]

Joan ?

 

[MollyMay]

I think it could be Ann - the first mark is a tick (you can see one before Mary, and every other entry on the page).
If you look at the previous page (it is on Anc.) 10th September Ann d of John and Mary (cannot work out the surname). The capital A looks like a 'P' with an additional stroke, which is what the first letter in your mystery daughter's name looks like.

 

[Flora]

Thanks Mugwort., that looks very promising

 

[Flora]

I think it could be Ann - the first mark is a tick (you can see one before Mary, and every other entry on the page).
If you look at the previous page (it is on Anc.) 10th September Ann d of John and Mary (cannot work out the surname). The capital A looks like a 'P' with an additional stroke, which is what the first letter in your mystery daughter's name looks like.

That's it, thank you Molly May. I only looked around on the same page, but even so, I don't think I would have noticed that A that looks like a P

 

[Sis]

For what it's worth FMP have transcribed it as Ann (they only have transcriptions).

 

[Sis]

I think that all people that write in parish registers these days should take a course in legible hand writing, for the sake of future genealogist so they don't spend half there time going

 

[mugwortismy cat]

I think that all people that write in parish registers these days should take a course in legible hand writing, for the sake of future genealogist so they don't spend half there time going

In my transcribing of the more modern registers I must say they do tend to be very neat and highly legible

 

[Bay Horse]

It looks as though an older hand has written the above, going by the shaky writing.

 

[Sandiep]

Familysearch also have it transcribed as Ann...........I see poor Mary only lived a year died 6th April 1755