Help in reading name please

[Ravelin]

Hello

Can someone please help me in trying to decipher the 2nd childs name on this will of 1788.

I was hoping it to be Samuel but it looks like another name to me.

Thank you in advance.

Ravelin

[genjen]

It doesn't look like Samuel to me and if it was, wouldn't it have come first, being male?

The first letter looks as if it could be an L, maybe?

[mshrmh]

At a quick glance I thought either Hester or Esther - on closer inspection I'm not sure.....

[genjen]

Would it be possible for us to have a bit more of the document so that we can compare letters in other words?

[Ravelin]

Thanks for your help.  

Yes i suppose it would be a female name as it is after the 1st child Mary Ann. Good point.

Ravelin

[Ravelin]

Yes i will attach a larger proportion of the will for you to compare letters etc.

Ravelin

[Ravelin]

More of the will.

[Beximus]

Looking at London, I'm fairly convinced the name starts with an L

[lizdb]

Just a suggestion - I am not convinced myself - but could it possibly say Mary Ann and brother? Was this Will written as soon as baby son was born but not yet named?

Other wise I'd suggest Hester as a possible.