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From: "Jess Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY-L] RE: Begley, Cox
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:10:59 -0400


J D Begley, In close knit families, if a boy was named for an uncle or some
other close relative nearby he might be called Junior, What grips me about
Junior as a name is for an old man , years after his father dies, to
continue to be called "Junior". Thers is nothing junior about an elderly
man. There is nothing wrong in naming a boy after his father. My father was
Pleas Wilson. My youngest brother was Pleas Raymond Wilson. He was never
called Jr. ,, he was always called Raymond or Pleas Raymond,

Jess Wilson.

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> Subject: Re: [KYCLAY-L] RE: Begley, Cox
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 10:46 PM
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> The Begleys apparently moved to Clay County from Hawkins County,
Tennessee
> shortly 1800. They intermarried with the Bowlings and Sizemores,
families
> with Melungeon traditions - and continued to do so throughout the 19th
> century. Their recurrent use of the names Henry, John, William, and
Hiram is
> frequently confusing - but the name Thomas seems to have been pretty much
> dropped from use after 1817. I do, however, question a Thomas Jr whose
father
> is named Henry. Any clarification of these (or other) Begleys would be
> greatly, greatly, appreciated.
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