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  • #21
    Could be - I read the name in the will as Stonnell.

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    • #22
      Originally posted by Joan of Archives View Post
      For some reason I can't load it but the bit above Dorothy's bequest says he left her "one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her by my exit? when as soon as the said Dorothy shall attain the age of one & twenty years, also I do give and bequeath unto the said Dorothy Stowell (?) my granddaughter etc.."

      Would you agree this gives the impression that Dorothy was under the age of 21 when the will was made? I can't find any baptism for her or her brother Nathaniel or sisters Hannah, Susanna, Elizabeth & Sarah on the IGI at all. I am guessing they may have been born around 1700-1718 ?


      It should mean that she was under 21 when the will was written, but I do have one in my collection which was similar and eventually it turned out the person in question was actually over 21. But that's one out of a lot! Usually it does mean they were under 21.

      Oh, and that "exit?" will be "executors".
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