Thank you Mary. That's worth knowing. Language usage is important, but it's a tricky thing! Ken C. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:08 PM, FredandMaryFrances Powell < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Kenneth Collier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This deed seems important, but...the deed mentions "Cader Powell, Junr." > > Now I don't know how they counted things like Junior in 1769, but there > > being a junior suggests to me that there was a senior. Wouldn't that > make > > the deed's Cader Dempsey's brother? > > > > Ken Collier > > > > Ken, in NC, in 1769, when two men of same name lived in close proximity, > one > was the Senior and one was the Junior, and these designations were appended > to the names until one of the men either left the area or died; however, > these designations did not imply blood kinship of any degree as they do > today. > > It seems logical that most men with identical names were blood kin, but > neither Junior nor Senior was used to so indicate. > > Mary Frances > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- The tao we call "tao" is not the Tao; The name we call "Holy" is not the Holy Name. --Lao Tsu