In response to George's email regarding Courtney/Coatley/Conrad Broyles and the early tax lists of Orange Co., VA ..... It turns out that the name Curt is a nickname of Conrad. This may be surprising to us English speakers, but it is no more strange than Dick being a nickname of Richard, or Bill being a nickname of William. "Little Curt" is Curtle/Curtli and the like. English speakers use a variation of this idea by adding 'ee' to the end of a name (e.g. Billy, Stevie, Bobby, etc.) The name Curtli could be rendered any number of ways by English speakers. Courtley is certainly among them, and it's only a tiny leap to get to Courtney. Christley, on the other hand, is a distinct name. I've examined the tax list handwriting and it is clearly Christley and not some other name. Christley looks to be a nickname for Christian, but I have not confirmed this. In any case, I've assumed that Christley Browel was a son of Johanne and Ursula, born in VA after their arrival, probably 1718 based on his appearance in the poll list of 1739 when he was 21. Ursula would have been in her 30's when he was born, and, generally speaking, we'd expect them to have had children on this side of the pond. Christley's birth c. 1718 also explains the fact that he doesn't show in earlier lists. What happened to him is not known. I'd love to know if he is found on any tax lists after 1739. Jacob and Conrad, sons of John Broyles, sell 200 acres of John's estate in 1744. Since he appears to have owned 400 acres at his death, we might expect that he had four heirs. One is certainly daughter Catherine. The other is unknown, leaving room for a son such as Christley.

Steve, once again, "THANK YOU"! At least that clears up the Courtley/ Coatley/Cotley/etc. name!!!!! Now I have to re-do my database and make some notes explaining this. It certainly clears up the problem in the NC records; however, it still leaves old Christley. (GROAN) I wondered why Conrad didn't show up in those Tithe Lists, but the other names did. Now I know. Anyone out there ever run across the name "Christley", or any spelling variants, anywhere? We really need to find out what happened to him. Thanks again, Yer Cuz, George At 09:40 AM 12/11/2000, steve_broyles@notes.teradyne.com wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >In response to George's email regarding Courtney/Coatley/Conrad Broyles >and the early tax lists of Orange Co., VA ..... > >It turns out that the name Curt is a nickname of Conrad. This may be >surprising to us English speakers, but it is no more strange than Dick >being a nickname of Richard, or Bill being a nickname of William. > >"Little Curt" is Curtle/Curtli and the like. English speakers use a >variation of this idea by adding 'ee' to the end of a name (e.g. Billy, >Stevie, >Bobby, etc.) The name Curtli could be rendered any number of ways by >English speakers. Courtley is certainly among them, and it's only a tiny >leap to get to Courtney. > >Christley, on the other hand, is a distinct name. I've examined the tax >list handwriting and it is clearly Christley and not some other name. >Christley looks to be a nickname for Christian, but I have not confirmed >this. In any case, I've assumed that Christley Browel was a son of >Johanne and Ursula, born in VA after their arrival, probably 1718 based >on his appearance in the poll list of 1739 when he was 21. Ursula would >have been in her 30's when he was born, and, generally speaking, we'd >expect them to have had children on this side of the pond. Christley's >birth >c. 1718 also explains the fact that he doesn't show in earlier >lists. What >happened to him is not known. I'd love to know if he is found on any tax >lists after 1739. > >Jacob and Conrad, sons of John Broyles, sell 200 acres of John's estate in >1744. Since he appears to have owned 400 acres at his death, we might >expect that he had four heirs. One is certainly daughter Catherine. The >other is unknown, leaving room for a son such as Christley. **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********