Also Lemuel and Samuel.
Ross, thank you so much for your kind words. We all struggle with writing and I hope to share ideas…
Good work, and another interesting post. Here are a couple of names I’ve found that can be mis-read in early…
This in interesting. I have an ancestor variously referred to as Mary/Mercy/Marcy. I've not found any original documents, but it…
Hi Garry, thank you very much for your additional information! I look forward to reading more about the "Blood brothers"…
I've always enjoyed your articles and your down home way of telling your stories. I have to tell you one..several…
Great article. Really illustrates the problem with even a rare surname like Blood when only a handful of given names…
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Very good article. It really illustrates the problem with even an uncommon surname like Blood in the 17th century. That…