Various names such as Comfort and Content have been used for children of both sexes, but one name I never expected to see cross the gender line was Ebenezer. Believe it or not, there was a female named Ebenezer. She was clearly listed as the daughter of Thomas & Mary Nichols, b. 3 Aug 1664 in Salisbury, Essex, MA. To further confirm her sex, the records also show she was married to a male, Benoni Tucker, and their children's surnames were all Tucker. [All records found in the Salisbury VRs.] Sorry, if there is a Mayflower connection, I don't know it. Jim Bullock Littleton, CO -----Original Message----- From: genferret1 [mailto:genferret1@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:47 PM To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] The name Abiah The Genferret, has done a quick and dirty survey of the Plymouth Co. VR CD from S & R and has found instances where the gender of an Abiah is clear to be about in the ratio of 7 male to 31 female. The Genferret admits to not being scrupulous about keeping count or of being absolutely certain there were not duplications or omissions. In fact the Genferret can pretty well guarantee there were as this was very quick and very dirty. In an earlier message the Genferret mentioned that there is Biblical precedence for the use of Abiah for either sex. Clearly it was freely used for boys and girls by the people of Plymouth County. The Genferret, who is so often bemused at the ways of humans, has no idea why.

Since I just finished pleading my case with some new cousins, what about the name "Heseram?" Some of us have Bible pages, written by the mother of the eight children (Not WEBB family). Two people have "Eseram" as a male, but it is very clear to me that the name is very clearly "Esterann," sort of like, "Esther Ann." Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bullock" <jbbullock@earthlink.net> To: <MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: RE: [MFLR] The name Abiah > Various names such as Comfort and Content have been used for children of > both sexes, but one name I never expected to see cross the gender line was > Ebenezer. Believe it or not, there was a female named Ebenezer. She was > clearly listed as the daughter of Thomas & Mary Nichols, b. 3 Aug 1664 in > Salisbury, Essex, MA. To further confirm her sex, the records also show she > was married to a male, Benoni Tucker, and their children's surnames were all > Tucker. [All records found in the Salisbury VRs.] > > Sorry, if there is a Mayflower connection, I don't know it. > > Jim Bullock > Littleton, CO > > -----Original Message----- > From: genferret1 [mailto:genferret1@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:47 PM > To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MFLR] The name Abiah > > > The Genferret, has done a quick and dirty survey of > the Plymouth Co. VR CD from S & R and has found > instances where the gender of an Abiah is clear to be > about in the ratio of 7 male to 31 female. The > Genferret admits to not being scrupulous about keeping > count or of being absolutely certain there were not > duplications or omissions. In fact the Genferret can > pretty well guarantee there were as this was very > quick and very dirty. > > In an earlier message the Genferret mentioned that > there is Biblical precedence for the use of Abiah for > either sex. Clearly it was freely used for boys and > girls by the people of Plymouth County. The > Genferret, who is so often bemused at the ways of > humans, has no idea why. > > > > ==== MAYFLOWER Mailing List ==== > Check out the web page of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at http://www.mayflower.org/ > >