The entries were found at NEHGS in a search for the surname Capen in the Massachusetts Vital records to 1850. The listing produced by the search show the surname as Tertius, but that showed up because the search was for Capen. Sorry if it was overkill on the data shown. I get carried away. I was Tertius meant third, but couldn't find it in a Google search. I was looking for confirmation on the meaning. My spousal unit could not remember the Latin either. He took Latin in high school, I did not. After 45 years, he is entitled to have replaced the knowledge of a dead language with other stuff! Seriously, later on in the VR there are persons with Tertius as their given name! Thanks to all! Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest@plymouthcolony.net> To: "GenMassachusetts" <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Tertius as a surname? > At 08:43 PM 1/20/2009, Kathy Parkinson wrote: > >>I think that Samuel is more likely Samuel Capen the third, and his >>surname is not Tertius. > > You are correct. I don't know where you found the birth entries you > cited (I presume somewhere online), but it looks as though the person > who indexed them did not understand that. The entries are taken from > BRC21, where there is no index entry for "Tertius" and those entries > are indexed as "Capen" - " A Report of the Record Commissioners of > the City of Boston, Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and > Deaths to the End of 1825" (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1890; > Second Impression 1891). > > Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; > Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project > Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here for great quotes from top international movers! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw28IuZRVoMVAj7Y4fnyAewSX56QmBHbDeziRu08WLWJKejKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 11:54 AM 1/21/2009, Kathy Parkinson wrote: >The entries were found at NEHGS You could post a message in the NEHGS forums, or email the webmaster, letting them know that those entries are incorrectly indexed. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on how to reduce your debt by filing for bankruptcy. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw22U59o1F738PBhbqd6W6E9mWQFLgBIIZeDW5PG8I2d15fbs/