From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   Nathaniel Blurton, signed 1753-5-21 (he died the same year):   
      
   Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Blurton one Shilling   
   Memorandam for want of Heirs of my son John Blurton I give it to   
   My Daughter Mary Adderly and her Heirs for Ever  Item I   
   give all my personal Estate to my wife for her life with al hous   
   hold goods and Husbandryware and Cattle and Chattel Bonds Bills   
   Item I give to Mary my Wife all my Lands for he life   
      
   [I _think_ the word - repeated several times - is "Item" (used as a sort   
   of bullet point here?); it looks like "Ham", but that makes even less   
   sense.]   
      
   Any idea what it means, particularly "Memorandam"? (And yes, there's no   
   punctuation. I've got a scan of the original. It can be found on   
   FindMyPast for those with a subscription.)   
      
   FWIW: I know he _did_ have a son John, and a daughter Mary who did marry   
   Mr. Adderley about five weeks before the will was written. I have no   
   evidence that he had _another_ daughter Mary, though I have found the   
   marriage (173x) of another Mary Blurton, who I think is someone else's   
   daughter.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum." Translation: "Garbage in, garbage out."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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