Thanks, Janet! Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: <JANETHESKI@aol.com> To: <gloucester-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 11:36 AM Subject: [GLS] Biblical names [WILKINS/VIZARD] > As there is preponderance of Biblical names in both families this might > suggest a Non-Conformist background. This area of Gloucestershire had > many > Non-Conformist congregations. Personally I have concentrated on Shortwood > Baptist Church, Horsley - the largest village Baptist congregation in the > late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, with people travelling from > the surrounding district to attend. > > There were some Biblical names amongst the congregation including > Hepzibah > and Barzillai but most of the name were usual English names even amongst > the > ministers' families. > > Cheers, > > Janet Heskins > > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >