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

Again not from Lincs but again interesting especially as they were christened in the 1820s.  My great grandmother had 5 brothers and all had, as forenames, Napoleon or Bonaparte or both.  Yes, her name was Josephine!! Mike

Mine are also not from Lincs although they are allied to my Lincs family - does that count? Grin! Dimples Lee married either Gilbert or Carl Cheek in California (I can't remember which, so I'll have to wait until next month when the 1940 census comes out). They had insurance with the company my mother worked for when I was in 4th grade and we chuckled at how she must have been teased as we were recycling their index card (we used a bleach solution to remove the ink so the cards could be reused and this is a MAJOR insurance company already recycling in 1964!). Little did my mother know this Cheek family was related to her Tynes family which became allied to my Lincolnshire Winter family when George William Winter married Willene Marie Jones (Sarah Tynes was her great grandmother), my grandparents, making Dimples Cheek her very distant 3rd cousin. Susan