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HelpRe: Eye-catchers from an 1871 Publication, Batch 1 (49 names)
in reply to a message by Anneza, nsi
I'll bet you're right about Theodorus; hadn't thought of that. If I recall, his bio said he was a military man.
This publication details the descendants of an early settler in Massachusetts, so there is a heavy "Puritan"/"virtue"/biblical style to their naming and they seem to enjoy handing down family names through the generations, even the really obscure ones, or at least obscure to us in our time.
I also noticed a good smattering of handing down names (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc. as firsts and middles) honoring our American founding fathers; would make sense that early American principals, particularly freedom of religious worship, were important to these folks.
Interestingly, to me at least, many of these large families feature one, or two or three, "out there" names while the remaining siblings bear very common traditional/biblical names.
I noted several Hepzibah(s) right in there with siblings bearing very serious "virtue"/religous names, so I'm guessing that name then had none of its "witchy" vibe we tend to think of today. (Nothing wrong with Hepzibah in my book.)
This publication details the descendants of an early settler in Massachusetts, so there is a heavy "Puritan"/"virtue"/biblical style to their naming and they seem to enjoy handing down family names through the generations, even the really obscure ones, or at least obscure to us in our time.
I also noticed a good smattering of handing down names (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc. as firsts and middles) honoring our American founding fathers; would make sense that early American principals, particularly freedom of religious worship, were important to these folks.
Interestingly, to me at least, many of these large families feature one, or two or three, "out there" names while the remaining siblings bear very common traditional/biblical names.
I noted several Hepzibah(s) right in there with siblings bearing very serious "virtue"/religous names, so I'm guessing that name then had none of its "witchy" vibe we tend to think of today. (Nothing wrong with Hepzibah in my book.)
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