Whats the origin of the name Sarail?

[griffin1977]

Came across the woman’s name Sarail in a distant bit of our family tree from early 17th Century England:

Pretty much uniquely for any name I’ve googled there is absolutely nothing about this name in all the billions of “name origin” or “baby name” sites.

The only things that come up are from Asia, which seem unlikely to be an origin given the date, 1602-1652, long before England had much direct interaction with Asia (and even when they did, English families borrowing Asian names for their kids wasn’t really a thing until much much later AFAIK)

Anyone heard of it or know its origins?

[penultima_thule]

Any possibility its just a typo and should be Sarah?

[UDS1]

It is Sarah. The name doesn’t end in “-IL”; it ends in “-H.”

Check the other names on the same table to see if they have a full stop after them.

[Colibri]

@UDS1

It is Sarah. The name doesn’t end in “-IL”; it ends in “-H.”

It looks to me like it actually ends in a comma rather than a period (full stop).

It may be worth mentioning that Abraham’s wife Sarah was originally called Sarai.

[Kimstu]

Yeah, it’s very clearly “Sarah” with an H followed by a period, or possibly comma. I can see the crossbar of the H faintly if I blow it up.

(Interesting sidenote: that John Nalson, rector of Walkington, is probably this John Nalson whose son Dr. John Nalson was born in 1637. Can’t tell from that what the name of John Nalson pere’s wife was, though.

[Kimstu]

ETA: Well, I’ll be a son of a rector. The English just keep records of everybody, don’t they?

The late old church, at Holbeck, was built at the instance of the Rev. John Nalson, A.M., the pious minister there, when his learned son, Dr. John Nalson, the historian, was born, who, as appears by the parish register, was baptized August 2nd, 1637. His mother was Sarah, daughter of Thos. Sharp, Esq.

[griffin1977]

Yeah you’re right all. The type face fooled me.

And yup that’s the one. The Sharps are ancestors of mine, and this family tree is a one we found in the public records THEY wrote in the 1700s, tracing their ancestors back even further.

The most interesting thing about it, is that means we are related to this dude (who is listed in the Sharp’s family tree). Anyone who earned the moniker “the scoundrel” has to have been an, err, interesting chap:

Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet

[Kimstu]

Wowza! According to that link, your ancestor was one of the very few people to get officially divorced in England before 1700.