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From: "John R. Clarke" <>
Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] David, Ethelrid, Issac M, Joshua Daniel. Johnston county, NC
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 09:05:58 -0400
References: <20040512045338.37497.qmail@web80004.mail.yahoo.com>


Vickie,
That is one of the names I watch like a hawk - Etheldred. Others in
this little group of non-standard given names are Noah and Frederick. They
seem to roll, to some degree, in a select group of families, all of which
are probably related in some way or another. This Etheldred "or "Dred" as
they are sometimes called, is a quite early name, too, long before TN was
even a gleam in its father's eye. <grin>
Etheldred is a definite given name in the LANE, SMITH, TARVER families
of eastern NC and probably others of which I am not aware. This is the first
time I have seen it associated with a DANIEL family, albeit a later time
frame.
This name seems to be located in Bertie, Edgecombe and Northampton
County, NC. Other NC families in which this name is found in the 1730-1770
time frame are: BOYETT, BUNN, BOZEMAN, ELLIS, EXUM, FUTRELL, HARRIS, JONES,
MARTIN, MAYO, NEWSOM, OWENS, PRICE, RUFFIN, THIGPEN, THOMAS, THWEATT and
WEBB. As most know, these folks are located around many of the DANIEL
families we see in this area.
There are no instances of the name, Etheldred, in the 1680-1720 time
frame in NC but there are incidences of its use in VA, primarily IOW County,
VA and other areas of Southside. There, it is found in the EXUM, JONES,
PHILLIPS, RUFFIN and TAYLOR families. We also know these families are
generally found around many of the DANIEL family of that area and later in
NC, as before.
The earliest instance of the name, Etheldred I have been able to find is
in the HOWELL family (1635) of Jamestown, which ties into the BOYETT family.
It also seems to be "centered up" pretty much in VA around Jamestown and
spreads out from there. It is also an English given name because there are
lots of instances of its use in England in an earlier time frame, as a name
for both boys and girls.
This given name, Etheldred, is not found in SC or MD in the 1680-1720
time frame, at least that I can find, which seems to tell me it is pretty
much a Southside VA given name, which seems to roll out of families of the
original Jamestown area.

John R. Clarke
Thomasville, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vickie Lomon" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:53 AM
Subject: [DANIEL-L] David, Ethelrid, Issac M, Joshua Daniel. Johnston
county, NC


> While searching for Daniel's in the nearby vicinity of Dobbs county, I
> found these Daniels in Johnston county, I wonder if the Ethelrid is names
> after Ethelred Williams in Tennessee, near Bean Station, Grainger county,
> VA.
> Daniel David 1830
> Daniel Ethelrid 1840
> Daniel Isaac M. 1840
> Daniel Joshua 1820
> Darden James 1840
>
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