Listers might find this useful piece of information, which I found on one of the Message Boards, helpful in their research. The "English Naming Pattern" (ENP) encouraged parents to follow a set convention in choosing names for their children. No1. First son to be named after child's father's father. No2 Second son to be named after child's mother's father No3 Third son named after his father. No6 First daughter to be named after her mother's mother. No7 Second daughter to be named after her father's mother. Therefore, a list of the sequence of how a couple named their children, afforded clues as to the names of the couple's own parents. Deaths of children sometimes messed up our sight of the naming sequence. ENP lasted until about end on C19th" Marie