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pab
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Surname of" NAMES"
« on: Saturday 05 February 05 22:58 UTC (UK) »
I am trying to find somebody who has information on the "NAMES" surname which may have been Scottish in origin and in the northern counties in the 1850's.I have traced one family in Roscommon but cannot  find any other family of the name either side of 1850. There were McNames families in the Brideswell area but I have drawn a blank there as well. Can anybody shine a bit of light on this dilemma Huh?? There is one "NAMES" listed for Cloonfinlough parish in the National Archives but I have failed to find him. I'm losing sleep at this stage.
Thanking you in advance.
Peter.
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Jackpinesavage
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday 08 May 05 21:40 UTC (UK) »
Dear Peter,
  My maiden name was McNames.  My second cousin once removed wrote an excellent book called "McNames Names McNamish", which covers all she could learn about the family in America.
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 08 May 05 21:43 UTC (UK) »
I keep losing what I've written and having to start over, so I'll send this in pieces.  My gr-gr grandfather was born Abram Names in 1752 in New York state, but after 1800 he was called McNames.
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday 08 May 05 21:46 UTC (UK) »
He served in the Revolutionary War on our side, though he did move to Canada for a time after the war.  We suspect that he added the "Mc" because he was living among many Scotsmen.
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 08 May 05 21:51 UTC (UK) »
Abram's father was Isaac Names, who was born in 1711, but we don't know where.  He was an indentured servant, so was probably born overseas.  He was baptized in the NY Lutheran Church in 1731, age 20, and his father was said to be John, but we have never found any more about John than that.
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 08 May 05 21:56 UTC (UK) »
When I was a child, I was told the McNameses were Scottish.  Once cousin Maxine began serious research, it became obvious that if they were, there was hardly a drop of Scottish blood left in us, because generation after generation of McNames men married Dutch women.  They lived among the upstate NY Dutch and Palatine Germans and French Huguenots.
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday 08 May 05 22:06 UTC (UK) »
When I was a child, I was told the McNameses were Scottish.  Once cousin Maxine began serious research, it became obvious that if they were, there was hardly a drop of Scottish blood left in us, because generation after generation of McNames men married Dutch women.  They lived among the upstate NY Dutch and Palatine Germans and French Huguenots.
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 08 May 05 22:08 UTC (UK) »
Some time ago, while playing on the computer, I found some McNameses in Co. Roscommon in the 1840's.  I was amazed, especially when I looked at a map and found that was not northern Ireland.  To be honest, my father's family was very anti-Irish and anti-Catholic.
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday 08 May 05 22:11 UTC (UK) »
(Sorry!)  I never investigated further at the time, but I am very intrigued, and am most anxious to hear more.  Personally, I wouldn't mind being Irish at all.
             Mary Lee McNames Allen
              Rangely, Colorado, USA
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 01 June 05 21:16 UTC (UK) »
Hello Mary,
Thank you so much for replying to my query re the Names surname.I have been searching for info for five years and have turned up a bit of info from different places but none of it interlinks.Maybe some day it will all come together for all us curious ones.When I get time I will put a condensed  version together for you. I am just back from a short fishing trip to the west of Ireland and am still on a "high" ,but I promise you I will get down to this shortly.I would love to be able to see the book you mentioned but more of that anon. I dont know about your Names ancestors but the boyo I'm after did not leave many paper trails after him.
For now cheerio and best regards.
Peter.
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 30 July 05 21:54 UTC (UK) »
dear Peter,
  Cousin Maxine says no more of her books are available, but if you send me your snail-mail address, I'll try to copy the parts that may be of interest and send them.
    Mary Lee
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