Hi folks, a man on another list has found the following reference to the term from 1663: >Here is a record in Charles County >from the Archives of Maryland dated 29 July 1663: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000053/html/am53--379.html >"Goodie Belayne" referred to is my ancestor Elizabeth, her husband at that >time being John Belaine, the second of her three husbands. Thanks to Rick Saunders: http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html "Callest Troge and goodie dod sayd she was no Scoatchmans whore and goodie neuill sayd that nether scotch Irish or English came anus to her and with that goodie dod sayd to goodie neuill cum will you go horn and eat sum of goodie belaynes fat Porke if I haue any and goodie neuill spit at her .... " etc Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net