Use this only as a hint, a clue, rather than fact. Personally, none of my families have ever followed any particular naming order, and many named children for adult friends rather than family members.... Sandra Does someone have information on the naming order of children born in the mid 1800'S? Were they still using the naming order at that time?

These naming conventions may only be true foe Scotch and Irish Visit The George Smedley Homepage http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandra Ferguson Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 12:17 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [PaOldC] naming order Use this only as a hint, a clue, rather than fact. Personally, none of my families have ever followed any particular naming order, and many named children for adult friends rather than family members.... Sandra Does someone have information on the naming order of children born in the mid 1800'S? Were they still using the naming order at that time? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sandra, Actually, your/our ancestors, Joshua and Mary (Lewis) Pusey followed this pattern fairly closely but in the mid-18th century. Their first son Ellis was named for Mary's father, Ellis Lewis Their second son William was named for Joshua's father, William Pusey Their third son Joshua was named for his father Their first daughter was named Elizabeth (for either or both Elizabeth Bowater and Elizabeth Newlin) Their second daughter was named Mary for her mother. Starting with their sixth child they seemed to go pretty random - Susanna, Robert, Phebe, Hannah, Lewis and Lydia with innumerable cousins, aunts, uncles, and a grandfather as possible sources. I haven't seen much of the tradition into the 19th century but I suppose there were some families that continued it... John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 12:17:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [PaOldC] naming order Use this only as a hint, a clue, rather than  fact.   Personally, none of my families have ever followed any particular naming order, and many named children for adult friends rather than family members....                                                                                        Sandra