Cazaire may well be a variant spelling of Keziah, a common Bible name in colonial America. I have seen it "mangled" as Cazire and Curzirah. Keziah was one of the daughters of Job. The other 2 named were Jemima and Kerren-happuch (commonly abbreviated as Kerren H.). Looking at Cazaire's siblings, do they have Bible names? Was John's wife born in America? In dealing with variant names, we need to remember that R is not a consonant. --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com, <snip> >>I don't know where the name Cazaire came from. All the Baker >>researchers I have run across have that as her name. Her dad John MULWEE >>was born 1744 in Ireland so it may be an Irish or Scottish name.<snip> >Cessaire, Casair, Kesara, and other spellings, was an old Irish >culture heroine dealing with some of the early "invasion/migration" >history. <snip>