1675, Nov. 5. Joan, daughter of Robert and Hester Gunter, baptised.
Persons of this name may be traced from this period to the present time in our locality. It is the earliest entry of the name I have found.
1676, Jan. 8. Margerite, the daughter of Elizabeth Bedford by Mr. Philip Thomas.
1677, June 17. Tristram, the son of Tristram and Anne Huddlestone.
1677, July 20. George, son of Berkley Trye, Esq., by Mary his wife, baptised by Jo. Andrews, entered at St. Martin’s.
The Tryes are a very ancient Gloucestershire family.
1678, Jan. 3. Robert, son of Robert and Hester Gunter.
1681, April 11. Anne, the daughter of George Sams by Martha Wheatley, his servant, as ’tis told me.
1682, May 27. Thomas Dennis, 30 years of age, was baptised.
1683, March 4. Jane Rutter was baptised. A black woman.