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Does this say what I think it says?
« on: Yesterday at 13:52 »
Hello,

I would appreciate some feedback please regarding the attached two words, especially the second one. I think the first word is 'my' and I have an idea what the second word might be but I'm not sure. For context, the words are from an old English Will and they immediately precede the name of a person.

Many thanks,

Lesley

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 14:00 »
my sonne = my son

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 14:50 »
Well spotted,an f was often used instead of an s,in earlier times.
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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 15:50 »
Thank you both. I did think it said 'my sonne', meaning 'my son', but I wasn't certain. This Will has now left me with a bit of a mystery because the son in question (my direct ancestor) has a father (so I thought) who is not the testator of this Will and his surname is different to that of the testator!

Lesley

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 18:38 »
Are you sure you have linked the correct son to the correct father and not to someone with the same name?
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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 18:57 »
it's not 'f', it's a long s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

Cornwall: Allen, Bevan, Bosisto, Carnpezzack, Donithorn, Huddy, James, Retallack, Russell, Vincent, Yeoman
Cards: Thomas (Llanbadarn Fawr)
Glam: Bowler, Cram, Galloway, James, Thomas, Watkins
Lincs: Coupland, Cram
Mon: Cram, Gwyn, John, Philpot, Smart, Watkins
Pembs: Edwards (St. Dogmael's)
Yorks: Airey, Bowler, Elliott, Hare, Hewitt, Kellett, Kemp, Stephenson, Tebb

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Re: Does this say what I think it says?
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 21:35 »
emeltom,

To be honest, no, I'm not certain (there's quite a lot in my tree pre-civil registration and pre-census that I'm not certain about!). But now I'm thinking of possible reasons for a male not having the same surname as his father. I do have one example in my tree: a much more recent ancestor (whose parentage I'm certain of) was raised from a very young age by his mother and step-father and from that age he had the step-father's surname. As an adult he continued using that name and he even married with it and gave it to his children (though his death cert had both his original legal surname and his step-father's).

osprey, thanks for the point about the long 's' and the link, it's very helpful because a lot of people researching their family don't know about that, esp. newbies.

Lesley
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