Will help, please

[ElizabethHerts]

After a very fruitful visit to Hertfordshire Archives yesterday, I am on something of a roll with OH's ancestors in Hertfordshire.

Through the wills I am transcribing from yesterday and wills on Ancestry (PCC wills) I have established quite a large tree.

In the will of Robert Hill (on Ancestry) written in 1638, he mentions two wills from which his daughter Parnell benefits. Both are PCC wills.

One will is of his wife's father, Edward Chambers of Kimpton.
The second is the will I need help with. I haven't established the link with the family yet.

It is for William Mathew of Kimpton, probate year 1625.
He is mentioning John Hill, OH's 9x-great-grandfather, and I want to know their relationship. It is the 10th line down at the right-hand side of the page.
He says "unto my ?? John Hill...".

Please could you give me your opinions of this word.

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[crawfie]

I think it could be "God" with a fancy capital G - comparing it with the word on the previous page.

Linda

[ElizabethHerts]

Crawfie, thanks, yes, I think it is "Godsonn".

At the bottom I have found "my brother in lawe Edward Chambers." Edward Chambers was the father of Mary, the wife of Robert Hill, so it is possible that her mother (Edward Chamber's wife) was the sister of William Mathew.

[crawfie]

I had to write that all down to get it straight in my mind - so William Mathew was the great-uncle (and Godfather) of John Hill?

[Olde Crone]

Off topic - I have a branch of my family which has a Parnell in every generation for about 10 generations. Have never seen the name elsewhere and I believe it to be a corruption of Pernuille.

OC

[ElizabethHerts]

Possibly, Crawfie. The trouble is it is so early that even the fairly reliable Hertfordshire registers aren't giving me a marriage for Edward Chambers.

One thing is for sure, William Mathew is leaving a lot of his estate to the children of Robert and Mary Hill.

[ElizabethHerts]

OC, Parnell pops up quite a lot in Cornish records, I think. It seems to be an early name.

[Asa]

I think Parnell/Pernell are from Peternell which I've known as a Cornish name - from Petronella?