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HelpEye-catchers from an 1888 Publication, Batch 1 (27 names)
This batch comprises "A" & "B" names which stood out to me while scanning through 400-some pages of an 1888 publication detailing the descendants of my 9th gr grandfather, an early settler in Massachusetts. A female descendant of this line married a male descendant of the line from the previous 1871 publication, said couple becoming my 4th gr grandparents.
I did find Eliphalet, Azubah, Asaph, Huldah and others used here, but not nearly as frequently as in the previous publication. I have omitted repeat names, unless featured in combos; please forgive any repeats that sneaked through. Overall, the majority of names seen in this line are rather "normal", though I did certainly find some "new" oddities. This line enthusiastically embraces surname-names; obvious sources of such are noted. Combos are firsts and middles...
"A" Female:
Abigail Augusta
Adelia
Alva Bradford - mn is father's given name
Annie Ernestine
Annis
Arethusa
Aurelia - sister of my 4th gr grandfather
"A" Male:
Abner
Albert Ansel
Ansel - brother of my 4th gr grandfather
Arad
Artemas
Asa
Auburn Ware
Austin
"B" Female:
Bathsheba
Bessie Belle
Bethia
Bethiah - daughter of above Bethia; listed as a family group in this publication
Bertha
Beulah Maria
"B" Male:
Barclay
Barnabas Bursley Bonaparte - Bursley is mother's maiden name
Bayard Banks
Bedet
Benoni
Bradford
I did find Eliphalet, Azubah, Asaph, Huldah and others used here, but not nearly as frequently as in the previous publication. I have omitted repeat names, unless featured in combos; please forgive any repeats that sneaked through. Overall, the majority of names seen in this line are rather "normal", though I did certainly find some "new" oddities. This line enthusiastically embraces surname-names; obvious sources of such are noted. Combos are firsts and middles...
"A" Female:
Abigail Augusta
Adelia
Alva Bradford - mn is father's given name
Annie Ernestine
Annis
Arethusa
Aurelia - sister of my 4th gr grandfather
"A" Male:
Abner
Albert Ansel
Ansel - brother of my 4th gr grandfather
Arad
Artemas
Asa
Auburn Ware
Austin
"B" Female:
Bathsheba
Bessie Belle
Bethia
Bethiah - daughter of above Bethia; listed as a family group in this publication
Bertha
Beulah Maria
"B" Male:
Barclay
Barnabas Bursley Bonaparte - Bursley is mother's maiden name
Bayard Banks
Bedet
Benoni
Bradford
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Barnabas Bursley Bonaparte is brilliant. It also sounds very Yorkshire - where were the ancestors from originally?
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According to this publication, my 9th gr grandfather's family were Londoners and he, as a teen, was beginning to associate with a rough crowd there and to get into a bit of trouble (times being difficult in London, upheaval and big changes, etc.); thus, his family (a well-to-do merchant family) sent him off to the colonies to make his fortune there, respectably, and to be out of harm's way. It is suggested, from records indicating that it was my gr grandfather's idea to rename his new home in Massachusetts "Ipswich" in honor of "home", that his family may have originally been from Ipswich.
Also according to this publication, all the British LEE families, and various spellings, go back to two very early families who established themselves in Cheshire County.
I do happen to have plenty of ancestors from Yorkshire on other lines, some in the weaving industry there, ornamental plasterers also; family writings mention the children being required to speak proper English growing up and not being allowed to speak as they heard others do.
Also according to this publication, all the British LEE families, and various spellings, go back to two very early families who established themselves in Cheshire County.
I do happen to have plenty of ancestors from Yorkshire on other lines, some in the weaving industry there, ornamental plasterers also; family writings mention the children being required to speak proper English growing up and not being allowed to speak as they heard others do.
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Benoni was my favorite boy name when I was a young teen. I believe it means "son of my sorrows." I loved the meaning -- guess I had a bent for the dramatic.
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Benoni's meaning doesn't draw me but it doesn't bother me either. Personally, I wouldn't choose a name to commemorate trials I was suffering at the time of my child's birth, but getting through hard times does build character/strength.
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