http://lorienellen.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] lorienellen.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2011-02-06 04:29 pm
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A Midwife's Tale

I just read A Midwife's Tale which is based on the life of Martha Ballard, who lived in Maine in the late 1700s. I kept a list of the more unusual names as I was reading. All these people lived in Maine between 1785 and 1812.


Men
Beriah
Supply
Chandler (surprised to see this one, I thought of it as a more modern name.)
Ephraim
Theophilus
Cyrus
Shubael
Barnabas
Elihu
Abiezer
Derius
Increase
Eliphalet
Issachar
Hains
Hezekiah
Jabez

Women
Mehettable nn Hitty
Hosea
Parthenia
Nabby
Bathsheba
Beulah
Hepsy
Rhoda
Preuda
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