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    1. Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend"
    2. Daniel W Treadway

    3. On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:26:36 -0600 Diane Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I have a quick question for this list. > > I have 2 Connecticut ancestors whose first (given) name was Friend. > >Friend White. Birth dates are 1748 and 1775. > > I know that "Friend" is a title of respect used when Quakers >addressed > each other in conversation. > > Is there any reason to suspect that a given forename of Friend may >hint > at Quaker background? > > Thank you, > Diane > It seems unlikely to me. I'd be looking for a nearby Friend family and trying to find the connection. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 [email protected] http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/

    12/15/2008 12:33:09
    1. Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend"

    3. I share Dan's skepticism, if no other reason than that there were very few Friends in Connecticut at this time. Tom Hamm On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:26:36 -0600 > Diane Graham <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I have a quick question for this list. >> >> I have 2 Connecticut ancestors whose first (given) name was Friend. >> >>Friend White. Birth dates are 1748 and 1775. >> >> I know that "Friend" is a title of respect used when Quakers >>addressed >> each other in conversation. >> >> Is there any reason to suspect that a given forename of Friend may >>hint >> at Quaker background? >> >> Thank you, >> Diane >> > > It seems unlikely to me. I'd be looking for a nearby Friend family > and trying to find the connection. > > > -- > Dan Treadway > P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 > [email protected] > http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

    12/15/2008 03:24:51
    1. Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend"
    2. Leslie Hope

    3. The Puritans and Separatists sometimes used first names of qualities such as Constant, Love, Wrestling (presumably with Satan) and so forth. Perhaps Friend falls into this category. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel W Treadway Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:33 AM To: Diane Graham; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend" On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:26:36 -0600 Diane Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I have a quick question for this list. > > I have 2 Connecticut ancestors whose first (given) name was Friend. > >Friend White. Birth dates are 1748 and 1775. > > I know that "Friend" is a title of respect used when Quakers >addressed > each other in conversation. > > Is there any reason to suspect that a given forename of Friend may >hint > at Quaker background? > > Thank you, > Diane > It seems unlikely to me. I'd be looking for a nearby Friend family and trying to find the connection. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 [email protected] http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ ------------------------------- 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 Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.5.4/1567 - Release Date: 7/22/2008 4:05 PM

    12/15/2008 04:55:18