Tori, this is how middle name used to work - most of the time. Example: James Hancock marries Suzy Hardee They name their son James Hardee / Hardy Hancock Or there is an important or loved relative, The son or daughter is given the first name of that person as there middle name. In one of my wife's lines almost every male was either James, Charles or William and those that missed out got both of them for good measure. So we get James Charlie, James William, or William Charles, etc. Now if you really want a problem. In Europe, unless you where High Born you did not get a middle name until about 1600 when Tax Collectors had to find a way to improve collections for the kingdom. Middle name could then be your town, your occupation or even the name of the Census/Tax collector. Regards Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "tori counts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] HANCOCK connections for (Capt.) John Hancock > I am just now connecting an idea I had to what you sent------- does it seem > to you that middle names were used from surnames? If so this could really > connect families. Mine used middle names of Bowen and Tilllllman, and > Newton. I see you list some,,,,,, like Graves and Monroe. > I've looked for when my John Hancock should have been in VA, and I see those > surnames also. > > > > Tioraidh an drasda, > Tori - [email protected] > Searching- COUNTS(Crouch, Sartain,Williams,Raper, Martin), HANCOCK(Adams, > Abbott, Shepperd, Leach,Imel,Speck, Sprunger), > MCNIEL(Gaddy,Brown,Lindsey,Mason,Moon)CAREY(Hancock, > Catterton,Gibson,Dodder(Dobson),Leach), and any family connections. > > > > > > >From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [HANCOCK-L] HANCOCK connections for (Capt.) John Hancock > >Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:23:09 -0500 > > > >More and more circumstantial evidence continues to reinforce my theory of > >family connections to the men (William Hancock of Orange Co., VA; Joseph > >Hancock of Hanover Co., VA; & Austin Hancock of Louisa Co., VA) who I > >consider to be brothers of our family's ancestor, (Capt.) John Hancock. > >John is believed to have been born in Hanover Co., VA (even though many > >written histories have indicated Henrico Co., VA), lived in Louisa County, > >VA, removed for a time to Woodford, Fayette, & Franklin Cos, KY; and > >finally > >settled in Butler Co., OH. > > > >1850 Federal Census > >Franklin County, Kentucky > >#97-97 > >Francis Wiorhaye (sic) 62, F (sic), carpenter, born France > >Nancy [Hancock] Wiorhaye 54, F, born Virginia [dau/o William Hancock & > >Jemima Brockman] > > Margaret Wiorhaye, 26, F, born Virginia > > Nelly Wiorhaye, 23, F, b Kentucky > > Susanna Wiorhaye, 17, F, b Kentucky > >[Living nearby at #95-95 (2 houses away) Jane (Hancock) Yancey, dau/o > >Thomas Graves Hancock & #1 Jemima Haydon. Thomas was s/o John Hancock and > >Nancy Ann Graves. John Hancock is believed to be brother of William > >Hancock, who was the father of Nancy (Hancock) Woirhaye.] > > > >Monroe Beadles Hancock witnessed a deed for Thomas Graves Hancock, s/o > >John. > >Monroe married Sidney Eleanor OVERTON/HOWERTON. Monroe was s/o William > >Hancock; and Monroe was brother of Nancy (Hancock) WOIRHAYE. > > > >I have been updating my WorldConnect file with what I am learning about my > >hubby's HANCOCK line: > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=grannyapple > >Dates and places for the above men can be found at this site. > > > >Audrey > > > > > >==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > >Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > >http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list. This means that unless > you are subscribed to the list, you can't post > messages.