What is your most uncommon name ? #2

[peterfelgate]

Pasifull used as a middle name then a first name in the Branch family, and then the inevitable Olive Branch.

My great grandfather's third marriage was to Swissie N Barker......

[LindaJ1959]

My husband has a boy in his family tree whose first name was Needless! He was the youngest child of the family, and their attitude to his arrival is fairly obvious. 

Linda

[MJB-Toronto]

My 6th great grandparents were Esdras Giddy, (son of Esdras, son of Esdras) and Constance Dionythorne who married 1698 in Liskeard Cornwall.

Margaret

I just found out about my relation to Esdras today, receiving a copy of the family tree my cousin compiled. Below are some more details i can give you.

And the original Esdras was married to a woman named Joan YEVENS. They both died around the year 1646

Esdras Giddy, was born before Jun 21, 1669 in Liskeard Cornwall. He died around 1726, in Liskeard.

Constance died about 1750, in Liskeard. I don't know when she was born.

They were married at St. Martins Church on January 3rd.

Below is a picture of St. Martins.

[margaret1]

My 6th great grandparents were Esdras Giddy, (son of Esdras, son of Esdras) and Constance Dionythorne who married 1698 in Liskeard Cornwall.

Margaret

I just found out about my relation to Esdras today, receiving a copy of the family tree my cousin compiled. Below are some more details i can give you.

And the original Esdras was married to a woman named Joan YEVENS. They both died around the year 1646

Esdras Giddy, was born before Jun 21, 1669 in Liskeard Cornwall. He died around 1726, in Liskeard.

Constance died about 1750, in Liskeard. I don't know when she was born.

They were married at St. Martins Church on January 3rd.

Below is a picture of St. Martins.

Hi MJB-Toronto,

Yes, we are definitely descended from the same line - how wonderful that you found RootsChat! Welcome. Great to meet you 

I am descended from Esdras and Constance's son John Giddy (Bp. 5 Feb 1706 Liskeard) who married Philippa Truscott (Bp. 16 Mar 1714). They married 4 Nov 1734 at St.Cleer Cornwall England.

Their son William Giddy bp. 27 Apr 1743 who married Frances Cawl/Cole (bp. 29 Apr 1759) They married 19 Apr 1795 at St. Neot.

Their son John Giddy/Gedye and Ann Thomas.

Thank you so much for posting the photo of St. Martins Church, this is great because I wasn't aware that Esdras and Constance were married there.


Margaret

[MJB-Toronto]

My 6th great grandparents were Esdras Giddy, (son of Esdras, son of Esdras) and Constance Dionythorne who married 1698 in Liskeard Cornwall.

Margaret

I just found out about my relation to Esdras today, receiving a copy of the family tree my cousin compiled. Below are some more details i can give you.

And the original Esdras was married to a woman named Joan YEVENS. They both died around the year 1646

Esdras Giddy, was born before Jun 21, 1669 in Liskeard Cornwall. He died around 1726, in Liskeard.

Constance died about 1750, in Liskeard. I don't know when she was born.

They were married at St. Martins Church on January 3rd.

Below is a picture of St. Martins.

Hi MJB-Toronto,

Yes, we are definitely descended from the same line - how wonderful that you found RootsChat! Welcome. Great to meet you 

I am descended from Esdras and Constance's son John Giddy (Bp. 5 Feb 1706 Liskeard) who married Philippa Truscott (Bp. 16 Mar 1714). They married 4 Nov 1734 at St.Cleer Cornwall England.

Their son William Giddy bp. 27 Apr 1743 who married Frances Cawl/Cole (bp. 29 Apr 1759) They married 19 Apr 1795 at St. Neot.

Their son John Giddy/Gedye and Ann Thomas.

Thank you so much for posting the photo of St. Martins Church, this is great because I wasn't aware that Esdras and Constance were married there.


Margaret

thanks! The internet is an amazing thing isn't it? This generation of my family is in Canada, but predominantly, it was the UK til my parents came over.

I too, am descended from John Giddy and Phillippa Truscott, their son John Giddy and Elizabeth Stevens were married on October 26, 1762 (at St Cleer as well),  their daughter, Ann Giddy (1772-1825) married my 4x Great Grandfather Henry Body (1775-1836). So essentially, our shared John Giddy is my 6x Great Grandfather, and Esdras was my 7x Great Grandfather.  That would make us.. 6th cousins once removed? lol

and thank you for posting the name Esdras Giddy, as i thought it was the most unique one on my family tree, and would help me complete the map of ancestry!

I have contacted an organization in Cornwall, who apparently have copies of the last wills of Esdras Giddy (1649-1697) and Esdras Giddy (d.1646), and if I receive them, I will surely pass them on to you.

Cheers,
Michael

[ajf25]

I have a girl called Silence  perhaps in hopeful anticipation,  and another called Zoerilda 

Cheers, Alison

[Marmaduke 123]

I've got lots of biblical names, and have got used to  Barzellai, Manessah, Eliazar etc. I recently came across an Er though, which had me stumped for a bit! I thought it must be a mistake for Ernest at first, or a shortened form, but see from Wikipedia that it is also a biblical name.

Er was apparently killed by Yahweh because he was wicked. I don't think I would give one of my sons that name! And imagine the practical difficulies -

Anne

[Just Kia]

By most uncommon do we mean uncommon to our tree or uncommon in general?
If the former then myself, my mother and my neice all rank as the most uncommon being the only occurences of our names.
Then of course there's the French line - their names are particularly unusual to me, but probably not that unusual in their native France. "Hilaire Alexandre Dominique Devos" sounds fantastically exotic to me.

I have a 3xG Grandmother - Lavinia - she's the only one in the tree.
Although there are a few of them I still find "Ambrose" to be an unusual name.
The middle name of "Frizelle" occurs once and I don't yet know from where it came.

Marjorie Lena Emilie (not Emily) and Ellice Victoria (not Alice) - both of these have baptism entries where their name has been misspelled and then crossed through and the correct spelling entered, so I guess mom and dad were paying attention when they had the girls baptised and wanted to make sure the names were spelled as they intended.

Others include (first and middle): Alta Mae; Christiana Evangeline; Harbur Jane; Helena Hannah Wilhelmina; Leoni Nelson; Richard Knyvet; Omega; Oswald Crichton; Thomas Chavasse; Vol; Walter Mereweather

[TropiConsul]

Would you believe Federal Constitution Sprague?

I did not make this up!