"singhals" wrote in message news:mailman.2.1379107186.23963.genbrit@rootsweb.com... On the West coast of the pond, back in the 18th and 19th centuries, people's "marks" are frequently registered in a deed book where they live. Is that true on the East Coast of the pond? IOW -- I have a signature mark of a man in Maryland in the 1750s; I'd like to confirm/refute that he's the same person as a man of the same name in England earlier for whom I can find no signature. Is there some way to find the "mark" of the 2nd man? Thanks. Cheryl I've never seen it, Cheryl. In Scottish records, it's usually just a cross and the signature of a witness to say that A had made that mark. Lesley Robertson

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:09:17 +0200, "Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote: >"singhals" wrote in message >news:mailman.2.1379107186.23963.genbrit@rootsweb.com... > >On the West coast of the pond, back in the 18th and 19th >centuries, people's "marks" are frequently registered in a >deed book where they live. > >Is that true on the East Coast of the pond? IOW -- I have a >signature mark of a man in Maryland in the 1750s; I'd like >to confirm/refute that he's the same person as a man of the >same name in England earlier for whom I can find no >signature. Is there some way to find the "mark" of the 2nd man? > >Thanks. > >Cheryl > >I've never seen it, Cheryl. In Scottish records, it's usually just a >cross and the signature of a witness to say that A had made that mark. >Lesley Robertson That's what I've seen in American colonial and early federal records as well--mostly wills and related matters. Some also have a hand-drawn rosette pattern labeled "seal" or "sealed." -- Don donsgenes@charter.net