I am also tracing the Perrys of Wake Co. My ancestor was Francis Perry, his son, Sion; and his son, Ducalion A. Perry. Do you know of them? Lois Perry Richardson ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Whitaker <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Naming Children > At 06:13 PM 10/7/99 -0500, J Nolan Grady wrote: > > > >Can anyone tell me the "system" used to name children, i.e. the first > >daughter after the wife's mother, the second daughter after the father's > >mother, etc. I do know the English and Irish had different systems, but > >do not know the proper sequence for either. Thanks. > > Don't fall into the trap of assuming this was faithfully followed all the > time. Don't assume that this was followed even most of the time. > > I can't think of any lines of mine, almost all of which are from North Carolina, > in which this was faithfully followed. People named their kids what they wanted > to name them, unless one of the older generation leaned on them. (I've had > *that* happen in my immediate family.) > > "Don't assume" is a prudent guide in genealogy. > > Elizabeth Whitaker > Descendant of, among others, John Whitaker of Whitaker's Mill (c.1745-1823), > Polly Perry (presumably of Wake county), and John Whitaker's first wife, Elizabeth > Hardy, of parents unknown > > > ==== NCWAKE Mailing List ==== > Members of NCWAKE-L should use the following URL > for searches of previous messages. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >