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Offline Wulfsige

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Forenames
« on: Tuesday 04 July 23 09:04 BST (UK) »
My Miles line is not hard (so far) to trace, but I am wondering why in the 1700s children within it had names like Sarah, Hannah, Daniel, Isaac, Moses, Aaron - all biblical names, some unusual. They lived in Nibley, Gloucestershire, where I have not discovered an early Wesleyan presence.
Young, Gameson, Miles, Williamson, Cramond

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Re: Forenames
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 July 23 09:26 BST (UK) »
- Kiernan from County Meath
- Kelly from County Kildare
- Donnelly from County Tyrone
- McKenna from County Tyrone/Moghanan

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Re: Forenames
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 July 23 10:09 BST (UK) »
Hi. I'm not a. Expert here but the names caught my eye.
There is an obvious biblical link but a quick look found some interesting lists of common names in early England that may give some hints on where to go next.
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/historic-names/
Winn, Wynne, Wynd, Wind, Winde

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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 July 23 10:21 BST (UK) »
A quick analysis of baptisms on Durham Records Online for that era. Main counts are for 1750 plus or minus 20 years. Where that was too large I looked at 1750 plus or minus 5 years.

Boyd, Dove, Blakey, Burdon
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