And also, why would only a first name be listed for a mother? I see this
all the time while perusing the IGI.

I too have noticed that at times the mother's surname is not listed
on one christening record and is written on others. However, with the
records I've researched, when the surname is not ever mentioned, she
probably was Indian. The father's surname is often not mentioned either if
he was Indian, especially in the 1700s.

~Deena Ortiz~