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Title: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: venelow on Saturday 10 October 15 20:22 BST (UK)

Hello Rootschatters

Can anyone decipher the surname in the Will extract below?  The date is 1672 and the place is Yorkshire.  I believe the first name is Edward and the place could be Muston.

This person is the Testator's illegitimate son. There are two grandchildren mentioned called Edward and Peter who appear to have the same name although they are not directly stated to be sons of Edward.

I have looked at the Muston BTs and cannot find a name that looks anything like Edward's so he and his children must have been born elsewhere.

Thanks for reading. Looking forward to your suggestions/interpretations.

Venelow
Canada
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: chrish53 on Saturday 10 October 15 20:49 BST (UK)
"of Marton" is all I can help with I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: venelow on Saturday 10 October 15 21:19 BST (UK)
Thanks Chris

I had not considered that.
Genuki has at least seven places in Yorkshire called Marton so that will keep me busy for a bit!

Venelow
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: Thornwood on Saturday 10 October 15 21:21 BST (UK)
There is a village just outside York called Murton. May be worth a try.
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: goldie61 on Saturday 10 October 15 21:25 BST (UK)
Hi Venelow
It often helps to have a slightly larger portion of writing to look at, so letters can be compared and hopefully worked out.
You say there are grandchildren with the same name?
Can you post that bit as well and maybe it can be worked out from there.  :)
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: despair on Saturday 10 October 15 22:52 BST (UK)
Could the surname be Arthr,perhaps a variant of Arthur?

Regards
Roger
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: Bookbox on Sunday 11 October 15 00:17 BST (UK)
Wortlie looks possible. As has been said, it would be good to see a little more of the text to compare letter-forms, especially h.
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: venelow on Sunday 11 October 15 00:37 BST (UK)
OK  here is some more.
This Will is a mess. The testator was buried three days after he signed it. It seems to have been written in haste and probably not by a lawyer. I'm afraid the writing is very inconsistent.

Venelow
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: Bookbox on Sunday 11 October 15 01:07 BST (UK)
Perhaps it is Warth or Warthe? It does seem to begin Wart...  Compare the w in the phrase In wittnesse where of (last 4 words showing).
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: jael438 on Monday 12 October 15 19:17 BST (UK)
I am probably way off here but every time I look at the original I see Arthur Pritchard of Marton!
Title: Re: Name in a Yorkshire Will
Post by: venelow on Monday 12 October 15 21:33 BST (UK)
Hi Everyone

Many thanks to all who replied with suggestions. I think is does start with a 'W' (was seeing M or N). Warth(e) is not a very common name and I have not been able to find any marriages or deaths for the grand children so far. I also looked at Worth(e) just in case but no luck there. Maybe too many missing records for the time period.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadian Rootschatters
Venelow