Alsey was my great-grandfather's real name. He was Alsey Taylor Strickland, 1860-1933, Nash County, NC. I've never known who he was named for, if anybody in particular, as I don't know of any Alseys or Taylors in his background. There were several men named Alsey in the area though, and a number of Taylors (surname) too. Rocky Strickland In a message dated 12/2/2007 11:11:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kwec@simpledsl.com writes: Could someone tell me if the name Alcey (& various spellings) is a real name, or is it a nickname, maybe for Alexander? I know Sandy is one nickname for Alexander, but there are probably others. One Alcey Freeman, younger brother to my ancestor Needham Freeman of Wake, was in Wake Co. until he left for SC shortly after the early 1800s. Thanks. Wilma K. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Thanks, everyone, for telling me about your Alceys. I guess I will never know where the name came from, as he seems to be the only one in the family named that. There are several Alexanders and I thought perhaps they might be named after him. I do know NC has a lot of Alceys, as I seem to run into them with all my names, but they usually are witnesses or land bounders. Thanks again. Wilma K. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RockyIII@aol.com> To: <ncwake@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [NCWAKE] The name Alcey > > Alsey was my great-grandfather's real name. He was Alsey Taylor > Strickland, > 1860-1933, Nash County, NC. I've never known who he was named for, if > anybody in particular, as I don't know of any Alseys or Taylors in his > background. > There were several men named Alsey in the area though, and a number of > Taylors (surname) too. > > Rocky Strickland > > > > In a message dated 12/2/2007 11:11:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kwec@simpledsl.com writes: > > Could someone tell me if the name Alcey (& various spellings) is a real > name, or is it a nickname, maybe for Alexander? I know Sandy is one > nickname for > Alexander, but there are probably others. One Alcey Freeman, younger > brother to my ancestor Needham Freeman of Wake, was in Wake Co. until he > left for > SC shortly after the early 1800s. Thanks. > > Wilma K. > > > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >