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From: "Melinde Sanborn" <>
Subject: [APG] Proliferation of names Was Deception on census
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:42:00 -0500
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George Foreman may be the most famous current example - all five sons are
George, also?
My favorite multiple appearance of a name comes from the families of Solomon
and Absalom Stonecipher of Surry County, North Carolina, and Greene County,
Tennessee. Both these brothers had large families of sons and each named one
son Absalom. Many of the sons in that second generation named a son Absalom.
The original Absalom lived into his nineties and at certain times had to be
distinguished from as many as six other younger Absaloms. It is somewhat
unusual to see a Biblical given name with tragic connotations have such a
flash of popularity. Perhaps that first Absalom, like David's son, was much
loved.
Melinde
Not wishing to break the chain, our hero, William Pence of Washington state,
had three sons, two of whom he named William.
Richard P.
Fairfax, Virginia
Within 36 hours all three were delivered of
> boys, all three were named Robert Jr. Same father on all three birth
> certificates.
>
One of my brothers, whose name is Terry, has married not one but two
ladies named Terry so anything is possible. I'm sure that will confuse
researchers in years to come.
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