[or-roots] Why the given name squire

[Barbara Wulf]

You might want to check the family tree for a sir name of Squire. Often the strange first names were a maiden name from somewhere in the family.

Barb
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Chapman 
  To: Bonnie B. Combs ; or-roots mail list 
  Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:26 PM
  Subject: [or-roots] Why the given name squire


        I think the "delusions of grandeur"  answer is probably closest; I don't know exactly what got into our ancestors with regards to given name, perhaps in response to the confusion of twenty generations of "John son of John son of John"  they decided to be original in a fairly outrageous way. 


        In today's world Manlove is kind of an unfortunate choice but I have a family in my file where that was one of the better ones, Patience was another one that works for me, but most of the family must have cringed every time they were asked for their given name.


        I was attempting to find the file and seem to have locked up FTM so am going to post this without the listing of names I found offensive, but I am sure most of you who have traced any line back to the 17th century know the types of names I mean.


        Les C


        PS Wiki and other online info sites don't address the issue of Squire used as a given name at all, 20,001 baby names only refers to the age of chivalry meaning and it's metamorphosis into aide-de-campe. My dictionary doesn't even list it. 




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