Recently someone asked about the sex of a person named Abiah. Almost everytime I have seen it, it is in reference to a male, but I have an ancestor, Abiah Peirce who was a female. I have come across this ancestor in tow primary sources as well as several secondary and this is always her name (Not Abigail, etc) Betty Wilson

--- Elizwil827@aol.com wrote: > Recently someone asked about the sex of a person > named Abiah. Almost > everytime I have seen it, it is in reference to a > male, but I have an > ancestor, Abiah Peirce who was a female. > > Betty Wilson 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. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com