Thomas Who?

[Schnurrbart]

I'm not sure if his name was an afterthought but, in the attached, how do I read the bit from Thomas on to deceased And? Is that a full stop after the line and most importantly what is the word before deceased? I thought that it might be a surname ending in "eale" and I've tried on Anc using A through to Z as the initial letter, with no joy.
Any ideas would be most welcome. The date is 1742, the place Somerset.

 

[Daft Bat]

The word Thomas appears in different ink and handwriting to the rest of the document and therefore the line ____ could be the rest of a 'blank' to be completed after the original document was written. This would mean that the next word would be at the beginning of a new sentence..... If you see what I mean.

However, what that word is.....

@burt is good at reading old documents, wills etc.

 

[Schnurrbart]

Thanks Jan

 

[arthurk]

I think the mystery word is the surname Veale; since he was deceased, my guess is that they couldn't remember his first name, or had only known him as 'Old Veale' etc, so they left a gap to be filled in when they found out what it was. What looks like a full stop is probably just a drop of ink that got there by mistake.

 

[AnnB]

I agree with Arthur, the surname Veale is found a lot in the West country.

 

[Ma-dotcom]

Yet that letter reminds me of an early 'Q',which doesn't seem to sit right .

 

[burt]

Absolutely agree with Arthur in his analysis. Veale occurs
across the Mendips area!

 

[Archie's Mum]

I have Veale’s in Ashwater Devon. Then on to Cornwall.

 

[Schnurrbart]

Thanks a lot, you extremely helpful bunch (as usual)

 

[Findem]

Just out of interest there are Veales in Essex, spelled various ways one of them Vale(s), which has reminded me I need to give Samuel Vales another look.

 

[Archie's Mum]

My Veale’s who arrived in South Australia, became Vale when they got here. Vale from then on.

 

[Findem]

The name I came cross yesterday in various parts of Essex was spelled Vale, Veale, Vail and Vile, Vial all of those variants at times had an s tacked on the end.