What you are reading as MayC is the common representation in old manuscripts jmvijc, or jaj vjct, for the 18th century. It is a form of roman numerals: jaj was a representation of i m. James Irvine Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 02:13:13 +0100 From: "Christine Benson" <[email protected]> Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Interpreting year in will To: "Dumfries&Galloway Mailing List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi All, I have a will in which the year 1796 (I think) is consistently written MayC and Ninety Six with an umlaut (two dots) over the "y" as far as I can read and represent it. I have thought the "C" might be for "hundred" and/or the "M" could be "thousand" but that would give "MDCC" and it is not that. Can anyone suggest what it should read? Any suggestions gratefully received. Christine