Hi, Everyone,
Have recently downloaded a will from TNA, one drawn up in 1752 in Cambridge by a John JOHNSON, cordwainer. He doesn't seem to have any surviving children, or indeed a wife to give his wordly goods to, but does mention a great many acquaintances and dwelling places which seem to have belonged to him.
One of the beneficiaries is a gentleman by the name of Gorst TAWNEY, barber. Does anyone know where a forename like that might have originated, or indeed does anyone know anything about him, or indeed John JOHNSON, who presumably is a dead-end in my JOHNSON research...
Very best wishes,
keith