Why not "June" or something similar, as a last name, with
"Pitches" as her maiden name? --Dorothy Stephens
At 10:29 AM 11/22/2003, you wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>Has anyone ever come across an example of an early modern woman using "jun /
>junior" as part of her name?
>
>It seems unlikely. But I've been looking at a 1648 copy of Eikon Basilike
>that has on its title page, in a more or less contemporary hand, the
>ownership inscription: "Heneretta: Maria / Pitches Jun / Her Book". The "n" in
>"Jun" has an abbreviation tilde over it. I had thought that "Jun" might be
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