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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Craig M on Friday 19 November 10 15:15 GMT (UK)
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This is part of a will dated 1720.
What is the word after daughter?
Thanks
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Possibly......."of" ..... Pat
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Can you show a bit more of it so we can see it in context to the rest of the sentance.
George.
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daughter of Kateran?
Please would you show it not so enlarged - the start of the word is all pixilated (is that the right word?)
Thanks
Hephzibah
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This is part of a will dated 1720.
What is the word after daughter?
Thanks
of Cateran
esdel
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The full doc for context.
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Agree with Esdel it's Cateran
Hephzibah
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Well below the word in question is the word Chattels ( as in goods & chattels) so the name begins with a C and would perhaps be a spelling variant of Catherine .
Spelling was very variable at this time..
It says ---- Janet Oldourm(?) Daughter of C(ateran)----
Viktoria.
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The will belongs to John Oldcorne.
Earlier in the will he says.
“I give unto my Jannett Oldcorne my daughter forty pounds”
Our reading of the line in question is
“I give unto Jannett Oldcorne my daughter of ??????????????? one cupboard”
The residue of the estate goes “unto Jane Oldcorne my present wife” (Her maiden name was Hineson).
John Oldcorne was married twice, and has children by both wives. His second wife is young enough to be his daughter. He was 57 and she was 21 when they married.
We think we know the Christian name, but not the surname of the first wife. We wondered if in this context the illegible word was the name of his first wife.