Amy Johnson Crow at No Story Too Small has a weekly challenge to write the stories of your ancestors. This is week #12 and the suggested theme is SAME. This week I am highlighting my husbands ancestors.
My husbands first and middle name is Joseph Frank. He is a Jr. so its the same as his father, but he also shares at least one of those names with four other men in his direct paternal line. And if their name wasn't Joseph or Frank then it was Henry. I have 27 Henry's, 11 Joseph's, 9 Stockley's and 15 Oliver's all with the same surname. Almost every son in those large families during the 1700's and 1800's named their sons Joseph, Henry, Oliver and Stockley. My husbands paternal line is:
Henry b. abt 1651
Stockley b. abt. 1690 (Stockley was the maiden name of his mother)
Joseph b. 1727
Henry b.1756
Joseph b. 1777
Henry b. 1815
Joseph S. b. 1836
Henry McCuin b. 1864
Franklin Newton b. 1891
Joseph Franklin b. 1925
Joseph Frank Jr. - my husband
It took me many years of research to untangle the names and dates.
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