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Title: Help deciphering word in 1637 will
Post by: AH on Saturday 05 April 25 15:22 BST (UK)
Hello,
I wonder whether anyone could help me decipher the 4th word on the first line.
“Bequeath unto my ??? Mable Wren”
Title: Re: Help deciphering word in 1637 will
Post by: Robert_Britt on Saturday 05 April 25 15:37 BST (UK)
Maybe "neighbor"
Title: Re: Help deciphering word in 1637 will
Post by: Vance Mead on Saturday 05 April 25 15:43 BST (UK)
unto my mother Mable
(which could be mother in law)
Title: Re: Help deciphering word in 1637 will
Post by: AH on Saturday 05 April 25 15:58 BST (UK)
Many thanks
I had thought it might be mother, although that would make the testator approximately 16 which surprised me.