The name Pleasant was used by other families as well. Perhaps it was a "fad" name, just as we have today. Phyllis *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/5/00 at 8:08 PM James Watson wrote: >I was just looking through Dorothy's book and saw the name Pleasant >Maupin. It jogged my memory on something Bill said. He said that >originally they thought that Pleasant was maybe a surname, but it turned >out that one of the Maupins had a place called "Pleasant Retreat." And >that's where the name Pleasant comes from. I thought it was interesting >that they would name their children for a place. > >Love, Denise > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archives. To search RootsWeb list archives: ><http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html>