Hello. My Lancaster Co., VA(west side of the Chesapeake Bay)ancestor born abt 1749 named her third son her maiden name, Bailey. She was married 1769 and the first son was after husband's grandfather(or husband's father both William), second son was named after her father(John), third son was named after the husband(Henry), and the fourth son was her maiden name. This seems to be a practice with lots of either English or Scottish families. Seems like this naming would have resolved the despute about my first born son - he would have been Joseph. I believe this is why some have been called by their middle names! Mary in Alabama Quoting Elaine Sunde <elaine@sunde3.com>: > I was working at the Univ of Tulsa about 1971 when we encountered a > student who > had registered with a hyphenated maiden-married name, eg. Susie > Jones-Brown. We spent untold hours debating how to put her into our > registration system: was she a J or a B???? So, in at least some > circles (academia? Oklahoma??) > these practices have come very late! > > In my family tree, I more commonly find the woman's maiden name > appearing as a > middle name for her sons, eg. James Robley Hill. > > Elaine

I have found these naming patterns very common among my ancestors (all coastal VA and NC). I personally love it, because it helps with the research. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mydesire@gulftel.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:53 AM Subject: [LDR] Use of Maiden Name > > Hello. My Lancaster Co., VA(west side of the Chesapeake Bay)ancestor > born abt 1749 named her third son her maiden name, Bailey. She was > married 1769 and the first son was after husband's grandfather(or > husband's father both William), second son was named after her > father(John), third son was named after the husband(Henry), and the > fourth son was her maiden name. This seems to be a practice with lots > of either English or Scottish families. > Seems like this naming would have resolved the despute about my > first born son - he would have been Joseph. I believe this is why some > have been called by their middle names! > Mary in Alabama > > Quoting Elaine Sunde <elaine@sunde3.com>: >> I was working at the Univ of Tulsa about 1971 when we encountered a >> student who >> had registered with a hyphenated maiden-married name, eg. Susie >> Jones-Brown. We spent untold hours debating how to put her into our >> registration system: was she a J or a B???? So, in at least some >> circles (academia? Oklahoma??) >> these practices have come very late! >> >> In my family tree, I more commonly find the woman's maiden name >> appearing as a >> middle name for her sons, eg. James Robley Hill. >> >> Elaine > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message