ok so hi! i’m levi and i come from a relatively small community on the north carolina coast called the outer banks.
the outer banks is a collection of barrier islands all along the coast, which you can see in this image. i’m from nags head, and most of my extended family is in kill devil hills, colington, and wanchese. my family immigrated to nags head before ~1732, which is when my 7x great-grandfather was born. he was born and died in nags head woods, which is where my great-grandparents house and my family’s cemetery are located.
enough about me; one of the more interesting things about outer banks is that it was the first english settlement in north america! the towns of manteo and wanchese (which are croatan and roanoac, respectively) are settled on roanoke island, home of the lost colony. a majority of the tourists who visit manteo are there for fort raleigh, where the original settlement is preserved, or for the lost colony, which is a theater that stages a muscial based on the the real lost colony every summer.
fun fact: i have never seen the play, which is pretty lame coming from a local. also, if you want to read more about the outer banks and its history written by someone who knows what they’re talking about, i recommend a journey through the outer banks, by wes snyder. you should also check out memories of manteo and roanoke island, as told by cora mae basnight, by suzanne tate b.c. cora was one of my cousins!
ok so thats enough backstory, onto the funny stuff! the first drop down has some funny, weird and down-right terrible names from wills i read, and the second just has some funny commentary i wrote while reading. please ask me if you want to know more about any of these people, i know way. too. much.
names
comfort applestal chandler
cuniff powers
uriah angel
azariam parker
armstead soles
bethiah miller
uphanne miller
proskate nickens
william farquhar
wineford chittam
wineford jarvis (niece of wineford chittam)
solo (short for solomon) alcock
comfort litchfield
cisiah litchfield
archelaus turtne
rasha lee
zebulon lee
fornete chrismas
zebah lee
lydia except its spelled “lyddea”
brazilla jones
zadock jones
catron jones
darkis jones
sier jones
bunnell whealey
docksey jones
freelove jones
uphan ives
ebyah fisher
darkes jasper (dorcas???)
love jenkins
rilane heath
joleff (jolliff) holstead
maharshalhashbas gamewell
molleky gregory
director hall (84)
director gregory (daughter of director hall)
director chaplin (granddaughter of director hall)
vashte hall
euphan ferebee
butts roberts
larsus flora
beriss etheridge
berther beggs
rosimon perkins
glishby scarborough
linner etheridge
righte dauge
huldey dauge
epaphroditus davis
jacque linner douge (jacqueline???)
partheany dough
azehel simmons
dyke bunnel
isles cooper
dixia creed
robbard burrus
zilphae burrus (daughter of robbard burrus)
wealthey caffey
theopheloust kiln
ezebell baxter
affiah rodgers
thamil brooks
marmeduke cox
drives greves
mordica beasley
joakim beasley
presseller bennet
laban ballance
cortena ballance
luraner adams
marchant woodard
zorabable hampton
magor whidbee
SCHOONER RESOLUTION
lettissha white
mordecia beesley
dorastus williams
fawnia williams
lem woodhouse
persiller wright
[at this point i realized there was an index and started going alphabetically]
hosea ball
aseneath ballance
irrenoia ballance
sivility miller
angilies bernard
eudissa bernard
bretania gallop bean
daygherredge beasley
fernetty beasley
jerustae ann beasley
brickhouse bell
lycurgus bell
cornelius but its spelled cornealus
sacky boldin
DOS BRIGHT
stannop brit
millborough capps
embley bunnel
susias abiar burnham
roassa burrus
earthdy burt
salatheal capps
alidae bradley
archabell daniels
beltashaser daniels
seineth daniels
elverge douge
nelope douge
unas douge
roeding deers
southwood denby
catherny dough
doitridge dough
GARLOP DOUGH
hambelton dough
green berry dowdy
suffier dowdy
tamer dowdy
ardelea doxey
thirza doxey
mager everton
barcilla farrow
barshaba farrow
laranza burris farrow
nasa farrow
pharaoh farrow.
permely fisher
dorpha foster
jehue gaimel
shadrack gallop
joiles/giels gibbs
lowdenner glasgow
manloff r. gregory
matt drives grieves
toleyse grieves
altinteo griggs
zero hamelton
augustus servantor hawkins
rosmus hersleff
bershaby holloway
parentha parr
sinney parr
JULIAN MCHORNEY
equila jarvis
oliff jarvis
jabez jennett
izayah jones
zackaryath jones
burthy ann kaymore
johnack land
doyley and doysey latter
horashe lee
pashea whitehurst
bathiah long
brittania mchorney
manlif mchorney
sinderelly melson
cateran midgett
temptey morriset
alice but its spelled aliss
sngth murrell
jsua nash
metable norton
malchia palmer
wicker parker
isaher parr
thamer thaney and thermy parr
otelia parsons
golden gallop
latimore thomas poyner
whitust poyner
felinda pugh
parhance pugh
barley quidley
cloah ritter
wrincher roberts
readin rollison
penolipe sanderson
ressia sanderson
scarllea sanderson
sharloty sanderson
surrey sanderson
patient savage
zephaniah sawyer
zebedee scarborough
gwinefold shepard
telamaceus shergold
sementer simmons
permenos smith
armistead soles
gehue tatem
beannia taylor
bonapart taylor
gallaton taylor
trimegan taylor
pormenus turner
assenth white
lykercus whitehead
cleopatra wicker
unice williams
appelone winship
ireana woodhouse
ansaline worden
ibcoy wright
commentary (there are swear words but they are censored)
not a name but they did used to spell dowdy as “odowdee”
also not a name but a guy left his still to his two young daughters and i think thats hilarious
[during the jones episode at the beginning] jesus what are they feeding those jones people
jesus fucking christ what is this next one [about maharshalhashbas]
COME ON GUYS [about butts roberts]
oh my god why would you do that. thats like me naming my son the n-word. [about dyke bunnel]
oh director chaplin made a comeback, shes on her fathers will
john callis said “child my said wife may be with.” SIR. not you shaming your own wife.
JOSHUA CAMPBELL GAVE HIS WIFE THEIR BED AND SAID “that is enough more that all i ever got from her” SIR.
solomon campbell said “child my wife is big with” im offended on her behalf wtf
THERES A GUY WITH THE LAST NAME WORMINGTON
william brabble mentions “my beloved wife and my beloved evan miller” bro.
they spelled cousin as “couzen” send help.
you mean that bitch on my computer that never shuts up when i press the windows key by accident? [about cortena ballance]
thats like fuckin naming my kid….dinghy memo [about schooner resolution]
ok letisha isnt a bad name but why r there extra letters [about lettissha white]
OH MY GOD ITS SOLO ALCOCK
im not going to say anything…i respect the dead i respect the dead i respect the dead [about irrenoia ballance]
yk the saying ‘built like a brick shithouse’? thats this guy. ‘built like a brickhouse shit’ doesn’t have the same ring but MAN is it even funnier
WHO EVEN NAMES THEIR KID THIS SHIT [about lycurgus bell]
thats a fucking sloagan wtf [about millborough capps]
oh my god i found dyke again
this isnt rlly bad but i found someone named “morning” and thats kinda cute
what even [about earthdy burt]
YO THERES AN EBENEZER IN HERE
someone smashed mitchell and michael together for their son. mitchael. pronounced “mitch-i-AEL”
they hated this boy omg [about southwood denby]
thats the full name. green berry dowdy. [about you guessed it, green berry dowdy]
THERES A MOURNING IN HERE. MOURNING FARROW.
i cant with old white people istg— [about pharaoh farrow]
oh my god theres a family in here named gaylard
were just hating our children now arent we. [about toleyse grieves]
again wtf are they feeding the joneses [about more joneses]
theres some fucking mccoys in here
mcdougles is misspelled “mcdongles”
i just—no. [about sinderelly melson]
god really has left us [about thamer thaney and thermy parr]
IM TAKING AWAY THE LETTER S NO MORE [about the sanderson girls]
wineford count: 7 [that was a game i played while reading to find all the winefords]
THIS IS A FUCKING MEDICINE [about trimegan taylor]
again, ask me questions about these people, my home, or just straight random stuff.