In 1590 John Duncalf, who was then a curate at Legsby, named his first son Hamlet. John's presentation deed says on the back that he was born in Tabley in Cheshire, so he is somehow related to my Cheshire Duncalfs. He was presented to the living of Ashby Puerorum some time after 1600 by Hamlet Marshall, a local man whose name is perpetuated through the centuries (a Hamlet Marshall was baptised in 1850 and I even have one in the workhouse records). Both John and his son Hamlet are mentioned in Hamlet Marshall's will. It is my belief that HM was godfather to HD and HD was given his forename. This is a way for a previously unused forename to be introduced into a family. Hamlet did have a son Hamlet but he didn't survive infancy. He also called a son Orlando, another son that didn't survive infancy. Hamlet Duncalf was buried at South Ormsby, just before the arrival of Samuel Wesley, father of John, so Hamlet just missed being buried by John Wesley's father! There are some wonderful forenames in Lincolnshire. Several of the men in the Lincoln City Freeman register bear the forename Original, and there is one Onesiphorus (biblical, meaning "bringing profit"). In the Holland area there are several men bearing the name Aquila. It seems that even our ancestors were not averse to using names that were fashionable at the time, particularly unusual ones. It is interesting to see Queen Victoria's children's names coming into use during the 19th century. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk

It's not a Lincolnshire name as far as I know, but I have run into a "Typhoo" down in Kent.  It's a Chinese word meaning Doctor, but I've also been told that its a place name in India.     Lou

Hi list, I am the caretaker of the LONG family Bible. The Bible itself intrigues me, as I believe it provides an insight into the moral stance of a number of my maternal ancestors. The Bible is called the Self-interpreting Bible. It's the 4th edition published in 1808. The Bible was attributed to the late Reverend John Brown. The interpretations of the verses and texts are true fire and brimstone stuff penned to put the fear of God into the reader. The original owners of the Bible were principally farmers. There are a number of marriages etc recorded in the front of Vol 1. A few Biblical names are recorded: Joseph, John, James. The rest are Anglo-Saxon: Edward, Charles, Henry, William. Women's names include Mary, and Anne. The names are not remarkable, but the Bible provides an interesting slant on how my ancestors lived and thought. -- Richard Brown Bromley, Kent U.K. Member of: - E. Surrey Family History Society ) And in http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/ ) very Lincolnshire Family History Society ) good http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ ) company.