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From: "Becky Smith" <>
Subject: [Q-R] Re: Given name Keziah
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:16:29 -0400
References: <web-210093904@cgpb4.cgp.netins.net>


I have an ancestor named Keziah. She was not a Quaker. The Quakers in my
family were in a different branch. I've also noticed that in the 1800's
there were (at least in my ancestors) a tendency toward names that are
uncommon these days: Keziah, Adelaide, Adeline, Egeria, etc. Some of the
names seem to have been "made up" or a combination of several family names.
But Keziah was not uncommon in those days.

Becky Smith





----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel W Treadway" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Given name Keziah


> Keziah is a biblical name, from Job 42:14. It was the name of Job's
> second daughter, born to him after his prosperity was restored.
>
> --
> Dan Treadway
> P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105
>
> http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:08:48 EDT
> wrote:
> >Was Keziah a name commonly used for naming Quaker daughters? We have
> >a
> >Keziah Marshall born in 1786 in Washington Co. PA. We're trying to
> >determine if
> >she came from a Quaker family. Some information says she was
> >adopted, and we
> >have found no record so far of her parents. In subsequent
> >generations many of
> >her descendants were Quaker or married Quakers, but that may only
> >have been
> >because they were then living in the area of Clinton Co.OH where many
> >Quakers
> >lived. In subsequent generations many of the daughters were also
> >named Keziah...
> >throughout the 1800s. Is Keziah a contraction of Hezekiah? Was there
> >a
> >particular naming pattern for Quaker families and their children?
> > Thanks so much
> >for any answers anyone might have.
> >
>
> ______________________________


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