Branscombe bapt register has this entry “inserted at the top of the page”: “Godney, John, s. o John & Ann Godney, born 19 June, [bpt] 6 July”. Other nearby entries only gave date of bapt.124 Marriage entries in the 1760s are often witnessed by Abel Brown and John Godfrey. Was this the man described by Sally Pyke: “..had a son who was as deaf as (torn) [sic] they declined in the world, I do not know anything more about them.”?159