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Re: ?????? King
« on: Wednesday 19 July 17 19:58 BST (UK) »
The attached, is a witness signature at a Marriage of an Elizabeth King and Michael Soanes, an Oxfordshire marriage. It looks to me like 'Hester'. Can anyone, please, help me decipher it?

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 20:02 BST (UK) »
Nestor?

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 20:12 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Mike in Cumbria on Wednesday 19 July 17 20:02 BST (UK)
Nestor?

Thanks Mike, a possibility. Pity, as I do not have a 'Nestor'

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 21:06 BST (UK) »
Do you have a Hester?

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 21:30 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Mike in Cumbria on Wednesday 19 July 17 21:06 BST (UK)
Do you have a Hester?
No but I do have an Esther, which is sometimes interchangeable, but maybe I am grasping at straws!!

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 22:21 BST (UK) »
It's not too clear from your clip, but the 'X' in the middle would seem to indicate this is not her signature, but that she has 'marked' and whoever wrote the entry has written her name. Is this writing the same as the rest of the entry?
In which case, if she said 'Esther', the clerk may well have written 'Hester'.
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 22:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: goldie61 on Wednesday 19 July 17 22:21 BST (UK)
It's not too clear from your clip, but the 'X' in the middle would seem to indicate this is not her signature, but that she has 'marked' and whoever wrote the entry has written her name. Is this writing the same as the rest of the entry?
In which case, if she said 'Esther', the clerk may well have written 'Hester'.

Sounds very feasible.

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Re: ?????? King
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 20 July 17 07:55 BST (UK) »
Quote from: goldie61 on Wednesday 19 July 17 22:21 BST (UK)
It's not too clear from your clip, but the 'X' in the middle would seem to indicate this is not her signature, but that she has 'marked' and whoever wrote the entry has written her name. Is this writing the same as the rest of the entry?
In which case, if she said 'Esther', the clerk may well have written 'Hester'.
Hi Goldie,
Thanks for your post. I agree with Mike that it sounds feasible. I have other ESTHER's and Hester's. If they were illiterate then no one was going to correct it.
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