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Help deciphering a word Please
« on: Tuesday 02 April 13 17:46 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help decipher a word please.

The bit beginning:- William Braithwhait and Elizabeth Braithwhait my ??
Children all the rest of my..........

Is the word after Elizabeth Braithwhait 'Tow' as in two or is it sons 'sons'.

Help gratefully received.

Judy
CUMBERLAND  Armstrong Little Nixon Richardson Pearson Watson Braithwaite
WESTMORLAND  Richardson Dent Nicholson Hanson Kersey Smith Heigh
DURHAM Reed Smith Reay Hammond Metcalf Bell
Thompson Armstrong Branford Parkin Heaton Oates
NORTHUMB'LAND Nixon Johnson Armstrong Branford Thompson
DUMFRIES Armstrong Bell Halliday Little Carruthers Johnstone
YORKS Richardson Branford Siddle
ROXBURGH Jackson Elliot Armstrong Scott
FIFE Adamson Gosman Brown
AUSTRALIA Richardson Dent Hanson Kersey

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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 17:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Judy

I am not an expert but it looks like ... my daughter... :-\
Slingsby- Ashford, Kent
Bevis - Hastings, Sussex
Avery - Hastings, Sussex
Harding - Hampshire, Surrey
Breakspear - Oxfordshire
Rigden - Whitstable, Kent
French - Hastings and Rye, Sussex
Bond - Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Butcher - Whitstable, Kent
Kemp - Whitstable, Kent
Josey - Berkshire
Marshall - Ashford, Kent
Papps - Berkshire

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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 17:58 BST (UK) »
I would interpret it as 'tow' = two.

Alexander

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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 18:08 BST (UK) »
Hi
At first glace I would have said it looks like a "F" something like fond but last letter doesn't look like a "D".

But looking at the rest of the handwriting I would agree the first letter looks the same as other "T's" in the script.
Abbott _little wigborough
Potter_Essex
Yardley_sawbridgeworth
Johnson_Essex
Finch_Essex


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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 18:38 BST (UK) »
Hi All,
Thank you for the replies.

I have cropped it a little more because I think Hazel maybe looked at the wrong piece. I left some more writing in to help but in doing so it may have been misleading.

Judy
CUMBERLAND  Armstrong Little Nixon Richardson Pearson Watson Braithwaite
WESTMORLAND  Richardson Dent Nicholson Hanson Kersey Smith Heigh
DURHAM Reed Smith Reay Hammond Metcalf Bell
Thompson Armstrong Branford Parkin Heaton Oates
NORTHUMB'LAND Nixon Johnson Armstrong Branford Thompson
DUMFRIES Armstrong Bell Halliday Little Carruthers Johnstone
YORKS Richardson Branford Siddle
ROXBURGH Jackson Elliot Armstrong Scott
FIFE Adamson Gosman Brown
AUSTRALIA Richardson Dent Hanson Kersey

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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 20:26 BST (UK) »
I think its:

....William Braithwait and Elizabeth Braithwait my Sons...
England:  Archer, Bailey, Bates, Blower, Bosworth, Court, Hicklin, Orton, Palmer, Robbins, Sedgwick, Smith, Stevenson, Stone, Varnam, Wakelin, Walker
Canada:  Archer, Walker, Spencer, Shepherd
Australia:  Taplin
South Africa:  Risley

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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 02 April 13 20:36 BST (UK) »
I agree with Alexander that it's tow, i.e. two - in view of what comes after that word:

......William Braithwhait and Elizabeth Braithwhait my tow children all the rest of......
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Re: Help deciphering a word Please
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 03 April 13 15:22 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for your opinions.
I transcribed the whole will last night and looked very carefully at the formation of the letters and with your help too I am now convinced it is "my tow children".

I was hoping it was 'my sons children' as then I would get a generation further back.

Thank you all.

Judy
CUMBERLAND  Armstrong Little Nixon Richardson Pearson Watson Braithwaite
WESTMORLAND  Richardson Dent Nicholson Hanson Kersey Smith Heigh
DURHAM Reed Smith Reay Hammond Metcalf Bell
Thompson Armstrong Branford Parkin Heaton Oates
NORTHUMB'LAND Nixon Johnson Armstrong Branford Thompson
DUMFRIES Armstrong Bell Halliday Little Carruthers Johnstone
YORKS Richardson Branford Siddle
ROXBURGH Jackson Elliot Armstrong Scott
FIFE Adamson Gosman Brown
AUSTRALIA Richardson Dent Hanson Kersey