Names From the Mid-to-Late 1800s in a New England Town

General Name Discussion
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Someone recently posted a link on Facebook to some birth records from a small [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_f]England[/name_f] town. I thought some of you might be interested in some of the names. Some we’ve heard before. Others may be new or forgotten. By the way, some names are the parents’ and some are the babies’ names. It is my understanding that the information was taken from family bibles. I’ve thrown in a few that are popular now, too (to show how what’s old is new again). Here goes:

[name_u]Abijah[/name_u] (Incidentally, this name appears in my family history for several generations.)

Carrollista [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_m]Job[/name_m] [name_m]Sampson[/name_m]
[name_u]Alvah[/name_u]
[name_f]Ina[/name_f]
[name_u]Peace[/name_u]
[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m]
[name_f]Bertha[/name_f]
[name_f]Sibyl[/name_f]
Lueinda (I wonder if this should be [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_u]Bell[/name_u]
[name_u]Ivory[/name_u] Q. (I wonder what the Q stands for?)
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m] Rhoades
Prudia (girl)
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]

Sopha (Not [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. [name_f]May[/name_f] be a typo or misread handwriting.)

[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f] and [name_u]Nelly[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
Cathalena
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Tucker[/name_m]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnefred[/name_f] [name_f]Jeannette[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Melvin[/name_m]
[name_f]Mariana[/name_f]
[name_m]Thadeus[/name_m]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
Fordyce
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Faustina[/name_f]
[name_m]Merton[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f] (girl)
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_f]Rhoda[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f]
Rusha
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
Greenlief
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Vesta[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
Marantha
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m] [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lizzie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lelia[/name_f] [name_f]Madella[/name_f]
[name_u]Royal[/name_u]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_m]Prince[/name_m] (I love Purple [name_u]Rain[/name_u]!)
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maryetta[/name_f]
Philena
[name_u]Willie[/name_u] (lots of [name_m]Williams[/name_m], too)
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
Elcazer
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Sumner[/name_m]
[name_m]Eleazer[/name_m]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]

I’m posting this now as I am entering from my phone and don’t want to lose anything. I’ll add more in the comments section.

Are there any names that you are seriously interested in? Any surprises? What do you find utterly unusable?

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I quite like some of these! [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u], [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_u]Bell[/name_u], [name_f]Celia[/name_f]. I love the mix of diminutives and super formal names on the list.

A little surprised by [name_u]Royal[/name_u] and [name_m]Prince[/name_m]. And Greenlief! So very Legolas.

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I love the names [name_m]Job[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] & [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]. I also like [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] & [name_f]Jane[/name_f].

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Here’s more:

[name_f]Ester[/name_f]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_u]Elisha[/name_u]
Herietta
[name_m]Junius[/name_m] (boy)
[name_f]Lena[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] L. - appears to be the twin of [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

[name_m]George[/name_m] Wadsworth
Arabine
[name_f]Effie[/name_f] (girl)
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
Margaiet
[name_f]Phebe[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Anson[/name_m]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Westley[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m] Stackpole

[name_f]Corie[/name_f] (girl) I was surprised to see this for the time period.

Idela (girl) - very usable today.
Desire (1799)
[name_m]Eben[/name_m] Horn
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
Clarra Verginnia
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Florance[/name_f] [name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f] [name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Huldah[/name_f] (mom)
[name_m]Hubbard[/name_m] Goldsmith

[name_m]Robert[/name_m] (The record actually noted that he was the “first white settler of” <name of nearby city>.

[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Annis[/name_f] (father)
McLvin (McIvin?)
[name_f]Carrie[/name_f]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_f]Temperance[/name_f]
[name_m]Adelbert[/name_m] (boy)
Hallise [name_m]Leon[/name_m]

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Continued:

[name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m] Havward ([name_m]Hayward[/name_m]?)
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
Syrene
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
Louena
Mav
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]

[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] ([name_m]Son[/name_m] of Sewall and [name_f]Elvira[/name_f]. He also has a sister named [name_f]Elvira[/name_f]!)

[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
Elberton
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
Everline
[name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] Llewella

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I absolutely love this list, thanks for posting it.

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Arabine & [name_f]Eva[/name_f] Llewella stand out to me.

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Great list - thanks for sharing.

I’m drooling over [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f] and [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f].

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I lost my place on the list, so I hope that I’m not repeating these:

[name_f]Lettie[/name_f]
Tripena
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Oilman
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m] [name_m]Winfield[/name_m] (I’d call that a [name_u]Win[/name_u]/[name_u]Win[/name_u]. Lol.)

[name_m]Gustavus[/name_m]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
Maryenda
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Hanson[/name_m]
[name_u]Merritt[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_f]Rena[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dasie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizebeth[/name_f] (not [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_m]Barzillai[/name_m] [name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliakim[/name_m] (father)
[name_m]Abba[/name_m] [name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_f]Diantha[/name_f] (mom)
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
Rozilla (girl)
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] (son)

I. Zeelette (Really wish I knew what the first name was.)

[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] [name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
Ansyl (dad)
[name_f]Betsey[/name_f]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_f]Almira[/name_f] (mom)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f] ([name_f]Almira[/name_f]'s daughter.)
[name_m]Guy[/name_m]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_f]Addie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
Cedora
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] [name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeptha[/name_m] (dad)
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
Freemont
Zelinda
Geofee
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] [name_m]Sanford[/name_m]
[name_m]Millard[/name_m] [name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_f]Bessie[/name_f]
[name_m]Barzillai[/name_m] (dad)
[name_m]Williston[/name_m]
[name_f]Else[/name_f]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
Etfie (girl)
[name_u]Ray[/name_u] [name_m]Carlton[/name_m] twin to [name_u]Roy[/name_u] [name_m]Burton[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonso[/name_m]
[name_f]Armina[/name_f] [name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eldora[/name_f]
[name_u]Danny[/name_u]
[name_f]Mariah[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
Loving
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
Grorgianna
[name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Linwood[/name_m]
[name_f]Patience[/name_f]

Ok, I think I repeated some. I’ll likely post more later.

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I like these:

[name_u]Alvah[/name_u] (I know a girl with this name except she’s Irish and spelled [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u], still pronounced [name_u]Alva[/name_u] though)
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f] (intriguing)
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f] (more elegant than [name_f]Angelina[/name_f])
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f] (have loved this one for awhile!)
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Hettie[/name_f])
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Estie[/name_f])
[name_f]Maryetta[/name_f] & Maryenda (these remind me of a fav of mine - Marienna)
[name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], & [name_f]Louisa/name_f
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Louena (one I hadn’t thought of that fits in with my “ending in -enna” obsession)
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
Everline & [name_f]Almira[/name_f] (these sound very modern!)
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]

[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m] (I actually have always loved this, but I fear the connection with the chipmunk)
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f] (im guessing this is a nn or derivative of a biblical name like [name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m])
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] (love nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m])
[name_m]Thadeus[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Thad[/name_m])
[name_m]Moses[/name_m] (love this too, suprised its not more used)
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] (don’t really like [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] but love [name_m]Wes[/name_m])
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u])
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_u]Elisha[/name_u] (omg in love with this combo! nn [name_u]Wally[/name_u])
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Sam[/name_u])
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] ( like this combo too)
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m] (loooove!!)
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] (classic!)

This was so fun, thanks for sharing! [name_u]Love[/name_u] this list :slight_smile:

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[name_u]Ray[/name_u] [name_m]Carlton[/name_m] and [name_u]Roy[/name_u] [name_m]Burton[/name_m]? [name_u]Love[/name_u] it! Some of these names sound so modern… [name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Inez[/name_f], [name_f]Hattie[/name_f] [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] [name_m]Baxter[/name_m]. Shows how the trends have come back around!

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Berries, I’ve got more:

Lucelia (I’m not usually a fan of [name_f]Lu[/name_f]/[name_u]Lou[/name_u] names, but I love [name_f]Celia[/name_f]. I’ve never heard Lucelia before!)

[name_u]Emery[/name_u] (son)
[name_m]Milton[/name_m] (my grandfather’s name <3)
Percy Albert
Philossia
Sarah Emeline
Walter Maynard
Eugene Chapin
Lillie Anne
Nahura (dad)
Henry West
Willard
Georgie Etta
Susie Maria
Orren
Fred Prescott
Delia
Jesse
Jessie
R. Angelia also listed as Angelia R.

Jennie Meader
Wendell
Mahalla (mom)
Forrest
Foster
Gracie
Hallowell (dad)
Lena
Leonett (Leonettie listed in brackets)
Oscar
Henry Lyman
Irvin (Irving in brackets)
Ray Leon
Dorothy (mom)
Joel
Isaac
John Merrill
Apphia
Allis (Alice Gertrude)
Bertha Viola
Ernest Hammond
Jennette
Nicholas (dad)
Mabel Louise
Orlando Chester
Lizzie

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That’s it for births, but there’s a marriage list I will peruse it for some hidden gems!!