In earlier times, folks named their children from famous people or the Bible and the Classics. Jacob was the younger twin grandson of Abraham in the Book of Genesis and the progenitor of the modern day Hebrew or Jewish peoples. James is the English form of Jacob, so it was used by the Scots to disguise their allegiance to King James I of England. >From: "Betty lovell" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Jacobite's >Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:12:36 -0800 > >what was the jacobites > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 6:56 PM >Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Jacobite's > > > > That would be in the first half of the 18th century... > > > > > > >From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > > ><[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, ><[email protected]> > > >Subject: [GEORGIA] Jacobite's > > >Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:54:17 -0500 > > > > > >During the Scottish Jacobite rebellion there were a bunch of >Scots/Irish > > >families leaving Ireland and Scotland. Some to flee religious > > >persecution....others to flee political persecution. Whatever the >reason >I > > >just learned an important thing concerning these people. > > > > > >Many of those that fled CHANGED THEIR NAMES to keep from being located >by > > >the bad guys. Just thought you might be interested in keeping this >little > > >tidbit in mind. > > > > > >Joyce Gaston Reece > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes > > >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Visit MSN Holiday Challenge for your chance to win up to $50,000 in >Holiday > > cash from MSN today! > > http://www.msnholidaychallenge.com/index.aspx?ocid=tagline&locale=en-us > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - Release Date: >12/11/2006 4:32 PM > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song.  Get a customized station.  Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001