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From: Mariana <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Kentisber/bear
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:28:58 -0400
In-Reply-To: <11216725.997140908445.JavaMail.imail@goochy.excite.com>


At 04:35 PM 8/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a 3rd ggrandfather, William Kentisber Chase, born in Lynn on
>1/1/1816. I've been puzzling over the significance of the middle name and
>wondered if there is any. I find it rather odd. What I've found is that
>there was a Wm. P. Kentisber (various spellings) in Marblehead early on. He
>doesn't appear to have left much of a trail. But, of course, there's that
>name. I thought he may have been named after a circuit-riding preacher, ala
>Lorenzo Dow, Francis Asbury, John Wesley, etc., but I've found nothing to
>indicate that. The only other association to that name that I've found is
>Kentisber/bear, a parish located in Devonshire, England. Does anyone have
>this name in their research that can give me clue?

Duane,
Seems William, the gent of Marblehead found his second and third wife in Lynn,

William Kentisbear [Capt intent], of Marblehead, and Hannah Ramsd[e]l married 24 Feb 1784, 2:216
William P Kantisbear and [Mrs. intent] Ruth Gooden married 29 Jan 1809, 2:214

Source:
Vital records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, MA : Essex Institute, 1905-1906. 2 v.

Ruth died in Lynn......suggesting he lived in Lynn.
As you suggest, not unusual in that time to name a child for a respected person in the community.

Essex Vital Records are available on a CD by Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO
available at http://www.essexbooks.com

Mariana

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