Richard Cuttell, 17201722 (aged 2 years)

Name
Richard /Cuttell/
Birth
Death of a sister
Death of a father
Death
Family with parents
father
mother
16861730
Birth: 3 June 1686 21 22 Hayton, Notts
Death: 19 March 1730Hayton, Notts
Marriage Marriage27 September 1703Tilne, Hayton, Notts
12 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
17181721
Birth: 20 January 1718 35 31 Hayton, Notts
Death: 20 August 1721Hayton, Notts
3 years
himself
17201722
Birth: 25 October 1720 38 34 Hayton, Notts
Death: 8 November 1722Hayton, Notts
-17 years
elder brother
17041706
Birth: 2 June 1704 21 17 Hayton, Notts
Death: 11 February 1706Hayton, Notts
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
-22 months
elder brother
Mother’s family with John Burtt
stepfather
mother
16861730
Birth: 3 June 1686 21 22 Hayton, Notts
Death: 19 March 1730Hayton, Notts
Marriage Marriage2 December 1723Hayton, Notts
Shared note

After much deliberation, now convinced after discussions with Catherine Stewart, that Richard Cuttell died as a two year old in 1722, and that the priest mistakenly wrote the name Thomas instead of Richard. The confusion was caused by Richard's father's death just two weeks earlier, also called Thomas Cuttell (agricola). Supporting evidence is the lack of a death or marriage or any other data on Richard subsequent to this date, together with the lack of a suitable Thomas Cuttell to marry in 1732 to Elizabeth Colton. The only possible Thomas who could have died in 1722 as recorded by the priest was Thomas b1710 in Hayton, and if he died in 1722 then there was no-one to be married in 1732, and start the whole Cuttell dynasty from which we are descended.
Further supporting evidence are the names of the children of Thomas and Elizabeth, which fit in with Thomas effectively being part of the family of Thomas Cuttell (agricola) and Elizabeth Hopkinson (spinster - to differentiate her from the Elizabeth Hopkinson - widow, a contemporary).