Those were called grace names. Among my Dad's many New England ancestors was a fellow whose given name was Preserved. He had siblings named Experience, Supply, Wait and Waitstill, among others. In general, Quakers did not use grace names. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Hope" <[email protected]> To: "'Daniel W Treadway'" <[email protected]>; "'Diane Graham'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend" > 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 Internal Virus Database is out of date.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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

And my impression is that even the Puritans used them less frequently in the 1700s than in the 1600s. Dan Treadway On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:12:36 -0500 "Mark E. Dixon" <[email protected]> wrote: > Those were called grace names. Among my Dad's many New England >ancestors > was a fellow whose given name was Preserved. He had siblings named > Experience, Supply, Wait and Waitstill, among others. > > In general, Quakers did not use grace names. > > Mark > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Leslie Hope" <[email protected]> > To: "'Daniel W Treadway'" <[email protected]>; "'Diane Graham'" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Q-R] Given name of "Friend" > > >> 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