USEFUL info on --Parish register aliases

[marie]

I am presently working through Imber in Wiltshire in the 1600 - 1700s and I am getting some entries I don't know how to interpret
(bap) Nov 14 1714 - Eleanor daughter of Matthew and Hanah Piplor
(bap)Oct 22 1716 - Walter son of Matthew and Hannah Collin alias Pipler
(marr) Mar 30 1719 - John Moody and Magdalene Collins alias Pipler
(bur) Dec 19 1721 - Patient daughter of Matt. and Hana. Pepler
(bap) Jan 30 1726 - Paul son of Matthew Peplo alias Collins
In Oct 5 1748 - Joseph Peplar and Christian Brittain are married and the Collins game continues
(bap) May 13 1749 - John Pepler alias Collins son of Joseph and Christian
and possibly another son
(bap ) Feb 7 1752 John son of Joseph Colence and Christian

Any Ideas why this sort of listing. I had thought at first that it was because Collins was Hannah's maiden name - but that wouldn't explain the second couple(actually there is a third one as well that is affected). I've also seen a couple other names in this register that have aliases attached. So - what were they conveying with these entries? Help????

[MarkCDodd]

Generally alias or "als" is used for two things.

If the parentage of a person is in question then the alias is listed.

i.e Fred was base born to his mother Mary Smith and baptised as Fred Smith.

Mary marries John Brown, who may or may not be the genetic father of Fred Smith.

Fred is then known as Fred Brown.

In the parish register for a burial or marriage the register may list him as "Fred Smith alias Brown" indicating Brown is not his birth name.

Sometimes with marriages they use it to indicate a woman's previous married name.

i.e Fred Brown kicks the bucket and Mary Brown nee Smith marries a Tom Jones.

The marriage entry may refer to her as Mary Smith alias Brown indicating Brown is not her birth name but she did use that name when previously married.

[Margarett]

We have had a lot of discussion on this topic before. See my "Johnson/Hunt" posts on Brick walls.

[gardener]

Hi
Here is Margaret's brickwall post viewtopic.php?t=1314

I have a book called Succeeding in family history, by John Titford. He lists various reasons for aliases:

1 Mother remarried and children get step-father's surname
2 New name adopted to comply with terms of a will
3 Child illegitimate, uses both surname of mother and father
4 Couple not married so children use both surnames
5 Two possible spellings of the surname eg Matthew Cook alias Coke
6 Some tenants who had copyhold land in more than one manor could be known by a different form of an alias in each, being referred to as "James Batt, alias Boxall" in one and "James Boxall, alias Batt" in the other.


I seem to recall seeing an alias or two in the Court Rolls for Halesowen but they are a few centuries earliet than 1700's. If the alias persists for a long time I think it suggests some legal reason for it, but that is just my feeling and probably wrong!

Here is something off another site:
http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/57ALIAS.htm