You deserve first prize for this lot. Who can out-do you? Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline & Arthur Kennedy" <akpak@balmnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 11:56 AM Subject: [LIN] Unusual Forenames - ROBBINS in Sutterton >I descend from the ROBBINS family of Sutterton (also spelt ROBBIN, > ROBIN, ROBINS etc) and in one generation there is a collection of > unusual forenames. > > Thomas ROBBINS married Anne MARSHALL in 1762, and their children, all > baptised in Sutterton, were: > > Marshall George 1763 > Sabra 1765 (my ancestor) > Marshall George 1766 > Deighton/Deeton 1767 > Marshall George 1769 > Sempronius 1772 > Julius Caesar 1775 > Zadoc 1778 > Nightingale Ittai 1782 > > The 3 Marshall Georges are easy enough to understand as the Thomas > ROBBINS' father's name was George and his wife's maiden name Marshall, > and the Deighton/Deeton may come from his grandmother's maiden name, but > I'm not sure why the other names were chosen. > > Pauline > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >