Help with Doust

Question

Hi everyone, here's hoping some of the bright sparks of Wikitree can help pull down a brick wall.

Looking for the parents or any relatives of John Doust Born 1673 in Margate, Kent, England. Married Mary Cock 1 Jun 1699 in St. Peter in the Thanet, Kent, England. Died 1713 in Margate, Kent, England.

3 known children Thomas Doust, Jane Doust, Henry Dousted.

Note some of the records started changing the last name spelling, so this may also be part of the confusion.

Comments

Shaun, what other spellings have you seen?

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Pip, in this case, it goes from Doust to Dousted then back to Doust.

In other parts of my tree, there is Dowst from the early 1700's becoming Doust in the mid 1700's.

Then there are also a few other versions, Dost, Doast, Doustie, Dousett, Dousette, Douste, Douse, Dousty.

The people of today still can't pronounce it properly and so, I can understand why there are so many versions from days gone by!