It can get complicated, however. My 8th gr.grandfather in VA was Anthony....he had twin boys, who were named Anthony & William. William (1764 VA), was my ancestor. He named his oldest son Anthony, and youngest son William. Anthony, his son, named his oldest son William. This Anthony had 11 children, and NOT ONE of them named one of their sons Anthony...the name kind of died out. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Jones" <howard.jones@uni.edu> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Jr and the younger > YES! In fact, in the 18th century and earlier, jr. and sr. were usually > used simply to denote which was the younger and witch the elder. With all > those same names, it was really necessary, I think. > > When the modern usage confining the terms to father and son came in, I don't > know. > > Howard V. Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:23 PM > Subject: [Boyd] Jr and the younger > > > > Didn't they some times refer to them as John the younger instead of Jr? > > And > > when did Jr become the Senior and his son become Jr? Oh boy! Do we have > > a > > lot to worry about! > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > >