Two Signatures

[Mitch in Notts]

Suggestions Please.
1728: Robert COOPER, John COOPER & which other COOPER?
1902: illegible WHEATCROFT & Margarot WHEATCROFT

Thanks
Mitch

[Pam Downes]

Silas Cooper and John Wheatcroft?

Pam

[Sandyhall]

I thought the same as Pam. silas and John

[Mitch in Notts]

Thanks.
I just hadn't even considered John because of the long scrawl and yet it is so obvious.
I concur with Silas - just what is annoying is that there are NO records of a Silas COOPER anywhere in England, never mind Derbyshire, 40 years each side of 1728 so where the hell did he spring up from to sign a family Will!

Thanks again,

Mitch

[arthurk]

In the first image, the dots after the mystery name could be a colon indicating abbreviation, so it might be worth also looking for similar names such as Silvanus, Silvester (and Syl- variants) etc.

[Mitch in Notts]

In the first image, the dots after the mystery name could be a colon indicating abbreviation, so it might be worth also looking for similar names such as Silvanus, Silvester (and Syl- variants) etc.

There is a single Silvanus COOPER buried in Derbyshire in 1701 the only evidence of anything like that from 1646-1806 on Findmypast and UK wide is not much more helpful! Local parish registers around Wirksworth contain only Samuel as a first male name beginning with an 'S for COOPER. A right mystery!

[Peter Goodey]

I'm with Arthur. I would look for a Silv*

[arthurk]

It couldn't possibly be Titus, could it?

It would mean the first letter starting with the stem, looping round clockwise to cross over the top, then a flourish to finish. 'ilas' and 'itus' could easily be confused, if the 't' wasn't crossed.