Ancestral naming patterns change family to family. I discovered 2-3 explanations for odd names appearing in Montgomery line while transcribing the church records - males were namesakes of ministers or members. Some of you might be interested in another I stumbled upon: Hemphill in the Nesbitt line Seems to go back to Paden-McCalla connections of NC bef. 1810. Just interesting . . .  . Marsha http://padenfamily.org/showmedia.php?&mediaID=6802&medialinkID=&albumlinkID=&page=578 James Hemphill.C. Nisbett below .-. 1 Robert W. Paden 1789 NC-1850 MS m. Martha Elizabeth McCalla 1793 NC-1867 MS .-.-. 2  William Paden b. 1816 NC d. 1861Fulton Co., AR Burial Harmony Cem. Salem AR .-.  + Jane Hemphill McCalla   1817-1910 Burial Harmony Cem. Salem AR .-.-.-. 3 John Hemphill Paden,   b. 3 Mar 1841 MS d. 18 Dec 1902, Wheeling, Fulton Co., AR .-.-.-. 3 Samuel Laurens Paden,   b. 22 Jan 1844 MS d. 18 Jul 1862 Burial Salem AR .-.-.-. 3 Robert Baxter Paden,   b. 18 Jul 1846 MS d. 26 May 1919 Burial Salem AR  .-.-.-.   + Mary W. b. 26 Feb 1851, TN  d. 23 Aug 1892, , Fulton County, AR .-.-.-.-. 4 Minnie Paden m. James H.C. Nisbett .-.-.-.-. 4 James Robert Paden m. Cleffie Hubbell .-.-.-. 3 Jannette E. Peden,   b. Abt 1849, , , MS    d. Aft 1880 .-.-.-.   +Unknown Livingstone .-.-.-. 3  Adolphus V. Paden,