Hi I was told, that in those days, first son usually named after father;s father, first daughter named after father's mother, second daughter after father's eldest sister, 3rd daughter after mother. I might be wrong, but sure someone will correct me. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Little Warren Farm" <littlewarrenfarm@btinternet.com> To: "Powys FHS" <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:09 AM Subject: [POWYS] names > Dear list, > > I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the naming pattern. Would you > expect the first son born to a couple to be the name of the father's > father. Then the name of the first daughter born to be the name of the > mother's mother etc. > > Richard Jenkins married Ann Moss at Bedwelty in 1800. The first son > born 1801 was called George therefore can I safely assume that the father > of Richard Jenkins was called George Jenkins? > > thank you > Diana > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message