Thanks to M. N. here are some specific examples of middle names with early dates that appear in American records. I note that some were likely of Eastern European speaking families, those names having been corrupted into English. ----- Original Message ----- From: .... To: Paul Drake Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: middle names Margaret Beall Jackson, 1710, MD Anna Maria Hite, 1738,VA Anne Marie Calvert, 1603, Eng James B. Beall, 1603, Scotland Robert John Ingleton, 1475Eng John T. Jones, 1800+ John Turner Kendrick, 1695, Eng John T. Kendrick, 1740 Maria Magdalena Lerchenzeiler, 1685, Palatinate Mary Mildred Long, 1735 VA Elizabeth Jackson Magruder, 1730 MD John Lamar Magruder, 1708, MD Ninian Beall Magruder, 1750, MD William Mills Magruder, 1715, MD Elizabeth Magruder Beall, c 1700, MD Mary Ann McCarty, 1706, VA Lyal Jane McKay, 1635, VA Eochaidh Muich Meadhoin, c 325, IR William Samuel Melton III, c 1709, VA (probably earlier Jr. and Sr.) William Mockabee Offutt, c 1753, MD James Haydon Oldham, 1746, VA Mary Ann Oldham, c 1724, VA Peter Thomas Oliver, 1700, VA Sarah Elizabeth Oxford, 1688, VA Micajah Chiles Terrell, 1749, VA Anne Elizabeth Terrill, 1728, VA Elizabeth Pierpont Warfield, c1637, MD Elizabeth Maria Weatherford, c 1740, VA Richard R. Weatherford, c. 1728, VA John Martin White, c 1743, VA Mary Martin White, c. 1734, VA Ada Magnolia Winfrey, 1742, VA Francis Torrance Wisdom, c. 1716, VA Elizabeth Williams Woodson, 1670, VA Mary Jane Woodson, 1678, VA Mary Jane Tucker Woodson, 1686, VA Betty Woodbridge Yerby, 1740, VA Judith Lewis Adams, 1716, VA Mary Jane Allen, 1615, VA Sarah Odle Austin, 1792, MD Aline Aliva Basset, c 1200, Eng Elizabeth Frances Battle, 1744, NC James William Beall/Bell, 1651, Scot Ninian Magruder Beall, 1731, MD Susanna Marie Brasseur, 1655, VA Margaret Newman Breckenbaugh, 1667, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 7/16/2005