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Old 18-08-19, 12:29
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I have a lot of women in my family waging perpetual warfare with the clergy over what their children should be named. Usually the child is baptised as Sarah, but is married or buried as Sairey (other spellings are available)

I suspect it is a regional variant. I have found it in Surrey and Norfolk, but not noticed it in other counties.
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