Thanks to everyone who replied with help on this Jenny Paul Prescott wrote: > > James / Jenny: > > The letters that look like "Xp" are not our letters "X" and "p" but the > Greek letters chi and rho. These are the first two letters of the word > "Christ" in Greek, so "Xp" is often found in early manuscripts as an > abbreviation for Christ, usually as part of a longer word - eg Christian, > Christiana, Christopher, etc which would be written Xpian, Xpiana, Xpopher, > etc. > > Best wishes > > Paul Prescott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JEH7698@aol.com> > To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:43 AM > Subject: Re: [OEL] Help with name > > > > > In a message dated 6/9/2004 6:21:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > Jenny.Joyce@sun.com writes: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm trying to transcribe a will and am stuck with a name. It is a > > daughter, and it appears to be "xpan". I have a scan of the section of > > the will if needed (if so, where do I send it to? > > > > Regards > > Jenny > > > > > > > > Hi Jenny, > > > > "X" usually stands for Christ, as in Christopher, so it might be > Christian, > > which was used for both male and female years ago in England as well as in > > Colonial America. > > > > Sincerely, > > James E. Hargraves > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > > SEARCHABLE archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 01-06-2004 > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/