Hi Ann....... Aren't these old Wills fun? I have two here.....1500 and 1535 where any resemblance to English letters as we know them is coincidental....grin. The script is either Gothic or Court Hand. I don't know Latin, but the word 'comissario' could be the same as Commissioner. I was a Commissioner of Oaths when working in law. Much the same as a Notary Public, with certain restrictions. And I would have been able to swear the signatures to be true and all that. But witnesses to a Will don't have to be notaries or commissioners......just disinterested 3rd parties. Interesting that a couple of the names appear to have Spanish spelling. Yssabel. One document I have from your end of the world (Colombia) spells the area as the 'Yndies'. Which reminds me.......if I don't get those transcriptions finished (and they are from Norfolk), I will be thrown out of the family tree......grin!! But boy, are they hard!! Cheers....Heather (Canada) > Will of Mickles/Nicholas Tubman of Barrowhead - 1661 > (it was attached to the 1661 will of Christopher Brownrigg of Ireleth) > > Page 1. In Latin. > Yssabelam Tubman of Barrowhead witnessed by: Lance Dowbiggin > Law. Lau. Tubman > John Rafloe? of Barrowhead John Raflours? > Joseph Cradork - the 'comissario' signed by: Yssabel Tubman > > Page 2. In English > > .the 14th day of December 1657, Mickles Tubman of Barrowhead.last will.and > my body to be buried within the parish churchyard of Dalton.I give unto > John Tubman my oldest son,.my tenemant in Barrowhead > > My younger child. > > Goes on to mention payments in 1661, 1662 and 1663 > > ... > ..I give to Alixandor Tubman, my son > I give to William Tubman my son.which was given to him by his grandfather's > will > I give to Richard Tubman my son. (same as above) > I give to James Tubman my son.(same as above) > I give to Ffrainces Tubman my daughter (same as above) > I give to Elizabeth Tubman my daughter (same as above) > I give to Ann Tubman my daughter (same as above) > ..Yzabel my wife shall have the profit and benefit > > last two lines James Tuman, Alixandor Tubman, ? Tubman, Elizabeth Tubman, > Ann Tubman. > > (I have tried my best to 'transcribe' this will but cannot vouch for it). > > Ann Brownrigg (Costa Rica) > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >