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Hi David,

Thank you very much for your very helpful post.  This does appear to be the Will of the Mary Balders I am looking for.  Having looked at her Will, it is easy to see how her name was reorded as Boldero.  I had the same problem with reading her name when transcribing Elizabeth Asty's Will.

If it's not too much trouble, please could you tell me how you tracked down the Will on Family Search as it would be very useful to know for tracking down other Wills.  I have been trying to find it via the Search page but am obviously not looking in the right place!

Thanks very much,

Rosemary

I've just discovered this document at NRO which indicates that Elizabeth Asty, daughter of Robert Asty married Robert Maltwood so it looks as if she is not the Elizabeth Asty of Great Ellingham

https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/manor-of-saham-toney-extracts-from-court-roll-admission-of-elizabeth-maltwood-on-the-death-of-robert-asty-her-father-and-surrender-of-robert-%20maltwood-and-elizabeth-his-wife-and-re-admission-to-uses-specified

I forgot to mention in my original post that Elizabeth Asty of Great Ellingham also mentions Robert Asty of Orford in her Will; he is a different Robert from the Robert son of Robert Asty, Congregational minister in Norwich.

Hello,

Does anyone have any Asty ancestors connected to the Quadling and Bolder/Balder surnames?

I have recently been transcribing the 1724 Will of Elizabeth Asty of Great Ellingham.  Elizabeth is described as a 'singlewoman'.  She left a number of legacies but she doesn't mention any brothers, sisters, nephews or nieces and so appears to have been an only child.  She does, however, mention the following relatives:

Her cousin Mary Balders who is also her executrix
Her cousin, Mary Quadling.
Houses and lands in Great Ellingham owned by her mother, Eliza or Elizabeth Asty before the time of her marriage
Robert Asty and John C Asty, the sons of Robert Asty (deceased) former minister of the Congregational Church in Norwich.

Elizabeth and her Asty relations were Nonconformists and so trying to work out their family connections is proving to be challenging. 

If anyone is able to help, I would be very grateful.

Thank you very much.

Hello,

Could anyone tell me what the symbol above the colon in the words on the attached image means, please.  It come from a Norfolk Will dated 1724.  I am not sure what the words themselves are and hope that understanding what the symbol is may help.

The first one occurs in the following phrase:
''that my Trustees shall endeavor wth ye Consent of ye Lord of ******* to puchase a fee simple...'' 
Logic would say the word is 'Manor' but the word is followed by a colon and so appears to be a shortened form of the word.

The second one occurs in the phrase ''to assist my aforenamed Executrix & in selling ye Lands & to advise her in ye best ****** be.
Again there is possibly a colon, although it is more difficult to be certain, and the word is possibly 'manner'

But in both cases what is the significance of the symbol above and does it affect the meaning of the words?
 
Grateful thanks to anyone who can help.

Colin,

Thank you very much for your reply to my post.  I have been looking at the Fiddler families in the four parishes you listed where a baptism for a Margaret Fiddler has been recorded.  The Cowie 'Rover' family were all fishermen and so the Cromarty and Slains references are especially interesting.

The Cromarty family is also interesting because one of the children was named David. One of James Cowie's sons was also named David but it wasn't a common name among the fishing families in Buckie at that time and I have often wondered where it came from.

I think it is very possible that one of the Margaret Fiddlers you have found is the one who married John Cowie but, without further information,  it is going to be difficult to work out which one!

I am still hoping that someone may have John Cowie and Margaret Fiddler hidden away among their ancestors!

Tamarclaire