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Archie's Mum
Always digging up clues
I think I know what you want it to be. Quite possibly that is a ‘J’ for Jaquess. Given that the G for Grace is all above the line with no tail so could be a J.
Although it looks more like o rather than a.
Although it looks more like o rather than a.
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Archie's Mum
Always digging up clues
Now it looks like "Tiguess"
Sis
Rootles out resources!
I know, I've tried all sorts of spellings to try and maybe find her on Ancestry.
burt
Where there's a will there's a way!
Using the letters in 'Grace as comparison for those
in the second word I see that as '[-] equess'.
The first letter could be either an S or T or J.
I think not an S by comparison with those at the
end of the word.
It needs comparison for the first letter from the page
or nearby pages.
in the second word I see that as '[-] equess'.
The first letter could be either an S or T or J.
I think not an S by comparison with those at the
end of the word.
It needs comparison for the first letter from the page
or nearby pages.
Sis
Rootles out resources!
She's a witness on a marriage.
Andromeda
Tenacity is her middle name
It might also help to know the location of the 1762 marriage.
I tend to agree that it looks like Jaquess, perhaps otherwise Jacques, Jaques or even Jakes.
There are various potential marriages, eg
26 Jul 1730 Somerton, Somerset - George Jaques & Grace Coggan
20 Jul 1747 Bedworth, Warwick - Robt Jeaques & Grace Mathews or Mathers
19 Sep 1776 Thorne, Yorkshire - Grace Jaques & Joseph Winn
Also one or two burials in various locations
I'm not at all sure about Jaques (or variant), as the second letter is very different from the 'a' in Grace. The first letter does look most like 'J' or 'I', but I wouldn't want to rule out 'S', with the top loop missing where the pen was raised slightly.
It looks to me most like Signess or Siquess - though I don't remember ever coming across either of those as a name or anything else. But as Andromeda says, a location would help in case it's a very localised name, or the accent has influenced the spelling.
It looks to me most like Signess or Siquess - though I don't remember ever coming across either of those as a name or anything else. But as Andromeda says, a location would help in case it's a very localised name, or the accent has influenced the spelling.
Andromeda
Tenacity is her middle name
I thought that too, but if you remove the 'backing' from the letter a in Grace then the front curve is the same - almost as if she only wrote half of the letter, or the ink ran out!
Sis
Rootles out resources!
The marriage was at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster.
Have to go out now, will pick this up later.
MollyMay
Knows where to find the answers!
For what it is worth I think she is either the mother, or the sister, of the bride - Sarah Jaques. Not that I have had any luck in finding a baptism for Grace
.
The marriage 1/6/1763 - between Sarah Jaques and Stephen Henry Metman (on Anc. for those also looking
)
.The marriage 1/6/1763 - between Sarah Jaques and Stephen Henry Metman (on Anc. for those also looking
)
Andromeda
Tenacity is her middle name
To save anyone thinking they're going blind or mad, the groom's surname has been transcribed as HEWRY, ie Stephen Hewry & Sarah Jaques, and its 1762.The marriage 1/6/1763 - between Sarah Jaques and Stephen Henry Metman (on Anc. for those also looking
MollyMay
Knows where to find the answers!
@Sis not sure if you have it, but Sarah Metman (Jaques) gave birth to 3 children (all I have found) at the Endell St. Lying in Hospital Holborn -
Henry 12/7/1770 baptised the same day
Sarah 29/9/1767 baptised 1/10/1767
On both entries Stephen is noted as a tailor born Germany
Plus Christopher as Mitman 11/3/1766 baptised 20/3/1766 no father's details entered
(shame there was no Grace Metman)
apologies for the year error on the marriage.
Henry 12/7/1770 baptised the same day
Sarah 29/9/1767 baptised 1/10/1767
On both entries Stephen is noted as a tailor born Germany
Plus Christopher as Mitman 11/3/1766 baptised 20/3/1766 no father's details entered
(shame there was no Grace Metman)
apologies for the year error on the marriage.