Names that contain a double “s” often are written in such a way that the double “s” resembles a “p.” Transcribers often interpret these letters incorrectly. Searching for Moss may requiring looking for “Mops.”
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In my early days of researching, I found a large number of “Bap” families in NE Louisiana!
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Lucy
I think I have this fixed. Hopefully at least. Thanks for your patience.
My Revolutionary War ancestor’s first name was Hieronymus, but he went by Muss, which was indexed as Mup!
Maybe what you have seen in the name Moss and suggested could be ‘p’ might actually be an ‘f’. If you look at Georgian printed English you can see obvious cases where an ‘f’ or even ‘ff’ has been used where our sense now reads ‘ss’
Here in England this usage is quite common.
Just my two pennorth.