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Title: Surname
Post by: knowlite on Thursday 30 May 13 14:04 BST (UK)

HI!,

I need help to decipher this lady's name.

It's from a PR circa 1717.

Cheers.

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Post by: Mike in Cumbria on Thursday 30 May 13 14:06 BST (UK)

Tricky. Could it be Seaward?

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Post by: SWar on Thursday 30 May 13 14:16 BST (UK)

My guess

Joane Beav--d

Sue

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Post by: heymin on Thursday 30 May 13 15:10 BST (UK)

Hi, could it be Beavais or Beavoir?

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Post by: sami on Thursday 30 May 13 15:44 BST (UK)

My best guess:  Joane Beawand

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Post by: amber39 on Thursday 30 May 13 17:40 BST (UK)

Joane Beavant    Perhaps ?

Regards    Amber39

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Post by: Hackstaple on Thursday 30 May 13 18:16 BST (UK)

In my late wife's ancestry we have de Beauvoir and a spelling Beavoir.

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Post by: Greensleeves on Thursday 30 May 13 21:56 BST (UK)

I read it as Joane Beavoir.

Regards
GS

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Post by: Maggie. on Thursday 30 May 13 23:27 BST (UK)

Joane Beavand ?

Maggie  :)

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Post by: Greensleeves on Thursday 30 May 13 23:31 BST (UK)

Or Beavard?

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Post by: Maggie. on Thursday 30 May 13 23:36 BST (UK)

Hmmmm - now I'm seeing Beavand.  :-\

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Post by: copperbeech5 on Thursday 30 May 13 23:43 BST (UK)

Joane Beauard or Beaumond?

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Post by: Bookbox on Friday 31 May 13 09:29 BST (UK)

Quote from: knowlite on Thursday 30 May 13 14:04 BST (UK)

I need help to decipher this lady's name.
It's from a PR circa 1717.

Can you please post more of the surrounding text? The key to deciphering is comparison of letter-forms. It would be helpful to see how this scribe normally writes the letters U, V, D etc.

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Post by: knowlite on Friday 31 May 13 23:48 BST (UK)

HI!,

As requested the whole page to help with deciphering name.

Knowlite.

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Post by: Maggie. on Saturday 01 June 13 00:01 BST (UK)

Thank-you for posting the page knowlite. For me it helps to confirm that the last letter is a 'd'.

Maggie  ;)

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Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 01 June 13 00:07 BST (UK)

Thanks, knowlite. I agree with Maggie -- Beavand  :)

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Post by: Maggie. on Saturday 01 June 13 00:17 BST (UK)

Does the surname appear lower down  ...... ?Samuel? Beauvand? Or am I seeing things that aren't there?

Maggie 

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Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 01 June 13 09:37 BST (UK)

Quote from: Maggie. on Saturday 01 June 13 00:17 BST (UK)

Does the surname appear lower down  ...... ?Samuel? Beauvand?

Possibly. But comparing with the minims in Samuell, it looks like Beam...d (not helped by the crease). I don't see a V in it, but I do in Joane's surname at the top.  :-\