Family history

I'm starting to re-live my previous existence, by spending lots of my free time on researching the family fossils. It is mind-blowing to see four  hundred-year-old documents on which they are named, and two hundred-year-old documents which bear their signatures. Centuries ago this branch of the family appeared to be wealthy. I have a transcript of a will from 1625, where my ancestor left money to his numerous 'dafters' (spelled that way). Daughter used to rhyme with laughter. It made me chuckle.