can you decipher ????

[Gadget]

Have a look at the Ls on here, particularly the right hand one :

http://www.genealogia.fi/faq/faq031ce.htm

also:

http://www.genealogia.fi/faq/faq031fe.htm

I'll PM you my e-mail 

[DudleyWinchurch]

At first glance, I would have said the middle word was South.  It looks like "Sou", superscript "th", to me.

I also though that the first letter could be an "O" perhaps followed by an "l" but the equally it could be an "A".  Several letters in the adjoining words are more open than the same letter elsewhere.  The long letter is definitely an "s" (the ascender is before the descending stroke on the lower part, rather than after it).

[Gadget]

Iain - what was the name of the person who lived in the parish?

[243rose]

the will is of james BAGG.
The person living in Oxfordshire is Joseph BAGG.

[JenB]

Entering the fray very belatedly....I initially thought there was a superscript 'r' at the end of the second word. However, the writer has also added a vaguely similar curlicue to the 'e' of Oxfordshire, so I'm now wondering if this might be some sort of affectation in his handwriting rather than a superscript.

The more I look at it the more I see Assen Don.

Jennifer

[DudleyWinchurch]

However, it clearly says "parish of" so shouldn't it refer to a parish rather than a village or hamlet?

If the writer was not local could it be "Asson" for Aston?  There are several parishes called Aston ... in Oxfordshire.

[243rose]

i did initially think it may be aston as there are a few parishes that start this way.
however is does look like assen Don.

[DudleyWinchurch]

According to IGI there was a Robert Baggs christened in Aston Rowant in 1771 whose parents were Joseph and Ann.

How old would you expect your Joseph to be at the time of the will?

[243rose]

No clue, James who is the subject of the will was born in 1730ish where is unknown.
his 4 children  john ann louisa and harriett were born 1783, 1785, 1787 and 1790 all baptised in Abinger, Surrey. Joseph BAGG must be a relative of sorts........ brother ??, son by a 1st mariage as ann his named wife was 23 years his junior.