1783 Cornish will - a couple of words

[tonepad]

Cow in Welsh is "buwch"
Using Google Translate the pronunciation can be listened to.


Tony

[horselydown86]

The word for 'daughter' here, on this clip, I've initially transcribed as 'daster'
Looking again, it could well be 'dafter'.

It could be either dafter or daster.

We know it's after, but the f isn't crossed, despite being next to a t which is crossed.  Is the f in life crossed?

--Tony's reply has landed while I was typing.  Thanks Tony.--

I'm not sure we can ever be certain about this, but it's a very soft sound in the translator and therefore in my crude understanding would be more likely to be represented by an f than an s.

What the audio does tell us is that no English consonant is anywhere close to an exact match.

[moolerr]

Certainly puzzling. There were plenty of Grace Pomery in Cornwall round about that time. Try
Name   Grace Pomery
Residence   Kenwyn, Cornwall, England
Probate Date   7 Aug. 1846
Death Year   Abt 1846
which may be the death of your Grace and may contain a clue.

[goldie61]

Thanks everybody for your thoughts.

Grace, daughter of Thomasin Pomery of this will was born in 1670.
Sorry my mistake on the title of the post.
The date of this will is 1677.