Subject: Re: [BOONE-L] Joseph, son of Joseph Boone and Elizabeth Warren I have found this too, for example, George Boone III had two daughter's both named Mary. However, I have not found any evidence that this occurred in Joseph Jr. and Elizabeth Warin/Warren Boone's family. Won't say that it never happened though. Until 1758 it appears that there is a 2 year space between children. Then there are 4 years between Thomas and Joseph then Sarah follows 2 years later then there is a 5 year break before Hannah then another 4 years before Abner and then 2 years before the baby Johab was born. There probably were at least some miscarriages or stillborns during some of the larger breaks, either that or Joseph was on the road for an extended period of time for which there is no evidence of. However, none of the Friend's records that I have seen, or anything else for that matter indicate that there were. Joseph lived a long life (73 years) and married. If there was a son named Joseph before him, the first Joseph would have had to been born during one of the two year breaks between the first three children (Ann, Catherine and Joseph). Doesn't seem that likely to me, but like I said, possible. Pauli Driver Smith Subject: Re: [BOONE-L] Joseph, son of Joseph Boone and Elizabeth Warren > I have found several families where a child was born, > named after a particular person in the family, usually > a grandparents, and then died. When the next child of > the same sex was born the same name was used. > > My gr-grandfather was named for his paternal > grandfather. However he had an older brother with the > same name who died a couple of weeks after his 2nd > birthday. > > Then consider the boxer George Foreman. He gave all > his sons the name George as their first name (at least > 5 of them). I know he has at least one daughter > Georgia. Who knows, the other daughters (4 of them) > may have the name Georgia too. > > > Debbi Geer