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Subject: Re: [MDFred] GARRARD DAVIS
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:33:51 EDT
In a message dated 9/12/02 8:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> I know this is not the person you are searching for, but it is an example
of
> Quaker
> name conventions. Also, the Quaker calendar is different than the one we
> know.
>
I know of no "Quaker" naming pattern but the early Welsh (whether Quakers or
not) used Patronymics where the son would take the father's given name as his
"surname." So David Ap (meaning son of) Meredith would possibly have a son
named Owen Ap David or even Meredith Ap David if the son was being named for
the paternal grandfather. Often when the Welshmen arrived in America they
would retain the "surname" they came with as an actual permanent surname and
the family used that surname from that point on.
As to calendar differences, again there was no Quaker calendar difference as
such. Europe used the Julian Calendar with the year beginning in March--this
didn't just apply to Quakers. As of Sept. 1752 the Gregorian Calendar was
put into use with the year beginning on January 1st. The only reason
researchers note a difference having to do with Quakers is that Quakers don't
use the names of months--January, February, etc. They use the names 1st
month, 2nd month, 3rd month and so on. So the trick is to know when the
change in calendar occurred so that you know whether a Quaker record refers
to January as the 1st month or March, and February as the 2nd month or April,
etc.
Joan
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