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Title: deciphering names in 1661 Scottish will part 2
Post by: ksyw2x on Saturday 13 January 18 22:17 GMT (UK)

This is again regarding the will of Christiane Wyllie, 1661, Kilmarnock Ayrshire.

1. "Item be the good wyfe of [  ]". The first letter matches with other C's in the document.
2. "Item be [  ] calderwood in peacockbank"

Thanks,
Katherine

Title: Re: deciphering names in 1661 Scottish will part 2
Post by: horselydown86 on Sunday 14 January 18 05:30 GMT (UK)

I think the second is:  Neill calderwood

The first is something like:  Clonhars

The s is a bit different to other final s in the five extracts, but still looks more like s than anything else.

Title: Re: deciphering names in 1661 Scottish will part 2
Post by: ksyw2x on Monday 15 January 18 01:29 GMT (UK)

Thank you! I thought that the second one was Neill just because nothing else fit with the "iell". I considered "Heiw" but there is a clear Hew on the page and the H looks nothing like our likely N. I guess that the N is just a really sloppy N.

Katherine

Title: Re: deciphering names in 1661 Scottish will part 2
Post by: horselydown86 on Monday 15 January 18 04:15 GMT (UK)

Take a look at the image attached to this recent thread:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=785755.0

The second last word of the first line is Nicholas.  The capital has the same form as your N.

It's a typical mid-seventeenth century form, so not really "sloppy" as such.