"her mark" Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Attorney, historian, genealogist, grandmother 155 Polifly Road--3rd floor (office) Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: juliasgenes <juliasgenes@yahoo.com> To: "dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com" <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:10 PM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Deed term question In this 1706 Orange County, NY deed, there are several places where"her merck" is used, but for the names of men. I assume from the usage that "her" doesn't mean a female, but is a pronpun that includes men. I checked Bing and Google's translators, but they weren't helpful as their translations were both "re merck". This is the deed, "her merck" entered on the bottom of the right-hand page: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-32875-17679-2?cc=2078654&wc=M9M4-JGS:1748883472 Thank you, Julia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message