first name JONAS anyone have any???

[pixieleigh]

hello all.

have found "Jonas" as a first name in my family.

any one have any clues???

i have a few  benjamins letitia's and lettys and an amoretta, abigail and annette.
they were all born around 1790-1810 ish.

any comments?
are they "normal names" for the time or strange. they just differ to the standard john james mary elizabeth

any comments much appreciated,
sarah Ketley

[Paul E]

Hi Sarah

Well, not a particularly common first name, and one which declines in popularity as the century progresses...

1861 (England) - 4555
1871 (England) - 4320
1881 (England) - 4227
1891 (England) - 3420
1901 (England) - 3054

cheers

Paul

[Darcy]

Hi Sarah,

Bible names such as Jonas and Benjamin were very common. In my tree I have

Lot, Uriah, Emanuel and Elias.

The girls name are fairly common too with the exception of Amoretta " Little Love".

That's a beautiful name.

Regards
Darcy

[pixieleigh]

thanks

was it a "normal" christian name...?
it seems strange, that it should appear in with a farming family called KETLEY thats all.

is it an English name do you think???

sarah ketley

[pixieleigh]

thanks Darcy,

benjamins i have lots of (just rad your post)

i guess they are Christian names. Ammoretta really threw me though!

maybe they reeealy like their bible. 
sarah

[Darcy]

I've got one of those Bible families too. I should have mentioned I also have an Abraham and a Hephzebah - Hebrew for "she is my delight."

I managed to, unknowingly, carry on the tradition as both my sons have Bible names.

Regards
Darcy

[pixieleigh]

cool...

i'm hoping to cary down some of my families names as well, it great doing all this research and finding out where your family names came from. thats one of the most interesting things.

back to bible families. that must be the answer because it is just one family of "strange" names. benjamin goes down several generations though.

any further ideas on the "amoretta though???

sarah

[Valda]

Names like Jonas and other biblical names became popular in the village of my ancestors with the rise in non-conformism in the late C18th early C19th.

Regards
Valda

[pixieleigh]

really...

thats intersting, this family was that time. 1760- 1830"s

sarah