Person:Anne Batt (3)

m. 12 Oct 1629
  1. Anna Batt1630 - 1688
  2. Jane Batt1631 - 1710
  3. Christopher Batt1633 - Bef 1712/13
  4. Thomas Batt1635 - Bef 1678/79
  5. Elizabeth Batt1636 - 1652
  6. Rev. Samuel BattEst 1639 - Bef 1690
  7. John Batt1641 -
  8. Paul Batt1643 - 1678
  9. Barnabas Batt1643 - 1671
  10. Timothy BattEst 1645 - 1678/79
m. 12 Jun 1657
  1. Edmund Angier1659 -
  2. Hannah Angier1660 - 1690/91
  3. John Angier1664 - 1664
  4. Nathaniel Angier1665 -
  5. Elizabeth Angier1667 - 1732
  6. Mary Angier - Bef 1742
  7. Sarah AngierEst 1670 - 1738/39
Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Anna Batt
Married Name Anna Angier
Gender Female
Christening[1] 1 Aug 1630 Salisbury, Wiltshire, EnglandSt. Edmund's
Marriage 12 Jun 1657 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Edmund Angier
Death[2] 3 Oct 1688 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Baptized as "Anne" as was her mother (Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, pp. 1:83 and 1:135, citing parish registers. Married and died as "Anna" as recorded by a Town Clerk or other appropriate official. Gravestone also has "Anna" - see image. What then is the criteria for determining which given name is the "correct" one?

References
  1. Batt, of Boston, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
    1:83.

    "Anne (Batt), bapt. Aug. 1, 1630, at St. Edmund's (Salisbury); m. June 12, 1657, Edmund Angier."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
    2:451.

    "Anger, Anna, w. of Edm[un]d, [died] Oct. 3, 1688, a. 58 y."
    [Birth about 1630.]

  3. 3.0 3.1 Ann Batt Angier, in Find A Grave.