Bev, The first message was rejected because my computer, unless I watch it, wants to send mail under another e-mail address which is not recognized by the list. I think the message was "Perhaps PULSIPHER?" Then I did a little more digging and came up with the additional information in the message you saw. David On Jan 25, 2014, at 2:58 PM, B. Edmonds wrote: > Thanks David, I did not get that first e-mail from you or the List, so it > must still be flying around out there. > > As you suggest it must be a version of PULSIPHER which now makes sense to > me. Thanks Bev > > re Perhaps PULSIPHER? > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "David L. Langenberg" <gallienus@mac.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 1:24 AM > To: <devon@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [DEV] Nicholas PULISBER c 1600 > >> A little bit more on PULSIPHER. It's not an unknown name in the United >> States, but apparently it is rarer in England and perhaps more often >> occurs with the spelling PULCIFER or PULSIFER. Apparently most of the US >> PULSIPHERs descend from a Benedict PULSIPHER of unknown origin in England, >> in the middle of the 17th century (i.e., a little after the Great >> Migration). A cursory search on English censuses indicates to me that it >> may be more of a Midlands name than a West Country one. >> >> David >> >> On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:24 AM, David L. Langenberg wrote: >> >>> Perhaps PULSIPHER? >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Jan 25, 2014, at 12:15 AM, B. Edmonds wrote: >>> >>>> As far as I can see there is no such name [at least not on famsearch] of >>>> this name, so what could it be? >>>> >>>> Nicholas s/o Nicholas PULISBER chr 3 Apr 1631 Stokenham >>>> >>>> Any takers at a guess at what it is meant to be? No other close >>>> baptisms, so >>>> must be a stray in the parish of Stokenham >>>> >>>> Bev >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >>>> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >>>> and >>>> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >>>> List archive for Devon can be found at >>>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6530 - Release Date: 01/24/14 >> > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message