Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod

Hi You say that this name was recorded in 1615. This would be a little early for a Quaker name, since George Fox wasn't born until 1624, if memory serves me. It would be just a Puritan name in general. One way of telling which gender you are dealing with is to see whether they married anyone with a more conservative name, or, if they died young, to see whether the burial register records them as 'son' or 'daughter' of their parent. Kathleen Rod Blaker <rod.blaker@gmail.com> wrote: Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

I know of one Morefruit who was male. Document PAR372/33/5 at the East Sussex Record Office (on microfilm XA 30/188) is an apprenticeship indenture dated 2 July 1635 that I had transcribed into modern spelling by Hilary Marshall, whom I contacted through the website of AGRA, the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives. It records that Morefruite Walkett was apprenticed to Richard Waters "until the said Morefruite Walkett shall accomplish his full age of four and twenty years". Mike Waters -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rod Blaker Sent: 05 March 2008 14:33 To: sfhg-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFHG] Quakers ? Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message