Roger wrote: > Re; the name Lorenzo > > As with many, I am not only interested in genealogy, but related > history, life, lifestyle and "sociology", if you will, that made people > the way they were. Family gives a reason to look. > > Never having heard of the "itinerate" preacher, Lorenzo Dow, If I may: > > It proved relevant, as Dow was born in Connecticut and started preaching > as a Methodist there. Our family originated in Connecticut in the > 1700 & 1800s, they were Methodist Episcopalians, and the first Lorenzo > I know of in our family was born in 1851. In the 1850 it was a common > name, and naming children after him is one of the things for which he > is most famous. > > > > Maybe this also shows me another side of the family that is not > currently apparent. They may have been somewhat religious rebels. I > had found before that Methodist-Episcopalians were Presbyterian > breakaways of some kind; there was some divergence that may be reason > for some moving from Stamford Connecticut, which our family did.> > Roger A. Newman > Ditto somewhat: My family also started in CT. a little earlier, mid 1600's, Royce, and were apparently Puritans. The descendants of the five generation later, immigrant to Greene Co. NY. certainly were Methodist for many more generations. This guy would have been a contemporary of Dow, born 5 or so years earlier. He had a number of descendants that were also Methodist type, (without being ordained to my knowledge), circuit riding preachers. And I also had never heard of "Lorenzo" as well, but then that name never appeared to my knowledge in my line. Maybe I should be looking for it as a "possibility" to the one unknown brother of my gg grandfather and his known brother. (It was at that time, that the naming pattern seemed to change a bit, as well.) Clyde Rice, (Royce)