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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: shume on Saturday 08 September 18 12:14 BST (UK)
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Could someone please help with the following from Betham Genealogical Abstracts, Top LHS.
I have this so far:
Hume George Rev Tulley Co Fermanagh Clk to Dorothy the wid(ow) of Wm Connelly of ?Delb ?Rin ?
Admon 4 day May 1699.
The eldest son of George Hume and Dorothy was born Ruthvin, Wales if that helps.
Many thanks
Stephanie from Australia
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Dorothy the wid(ow) of Wm Connelly
or is it perhaps "Dorothy the wid & Wm Connolly" ?
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Although it looks like Delb, I think the l is the downstroke from the y of Dorothy on the line above. I did wonder if it was an abbreviation for Denbighshire but I think there is a letter between the e and the b.
I am not sure if the second word starts with an R or a P. Ruthin is the obvious thought but it doesn't look like an abbreviation or variation of Ruthin.
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If it was Wales,I think the only place it could be is Denb(ighshire) Ruthin.
FindMyPast might have some records. Also try Welsh Wills:
https://www.library.wales/discover/nlw-resources/wills/
Gadget
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I think the first word is Dub - for Dublin. The next bit is possibly Prin Cred = Principal Creditor.
Compare this from a 1694 document:
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That looks more like it, Shaun :)
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So it would run like this:
...to Dorothy the wid(ow) and Wm Connolly of Dub(lin), Prin(cipal) Cred(itor)
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A couple of burials for a William Connelly, Dublin 1705 and 1730
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Could someone please help with the following from Betham Genealogical Abstracts, Top LHS.
I have this so far:
Hume George Rev Tulley Co Fermanagh Clk to Dorothy the wid(ow) of Wm Connelly of ?Delb ?Rin ?
Admon 4 day May 1699.
The eldest son of George Hume and Dorothy was born Ruthvin, Wales if that helps.
Many thanks
Stephanie from Australia
It is 'Administration Granted' the 4 Day of May 1699, could the abbreviation Clk be Clerk? Wiki mentions Hume under the history of County Fermanagh
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Yes it is Clerk.
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For what it's worth, it's 6 Day May 1699 (not 4).
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Thank you everyone for your help: I always had Dorothy Bingham m George Hume but was starting to doubt that when Wm Connelly was mentioned. It makes even more sense because Hume family leased from Connelly estates.
Many thanks...another puzzle solved.
Stephanie
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Yes it is Clerk
Presumably a "Clerk in Holy Orders" = a Church of England bishop, priest or deacon
"Anglican clergy were described as clerks in holy orders or clerks"
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Clergy_of_Church_of_England_(in_England)
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Yes he was the Rev George Hume brother of Sir John Hume of Tully, Co Fermanagh
Stephanie (Hume)
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I know I sometimes see things which aren't there ::) but I simply can't see Wm Connelly here...
OK, so clerks were not always consistent in their handwriting, but the "W" is nothing like the one at the beginning of "Waterford" in the next entry below.
Also...and I could be wrong!...to me it looks more like "formally" than "Connelly" (...formally of Dub...).
Just my two penn'th... :)
Karen