[or-roots] Why the given name squire

[Marilyn Schwartz]

I have a "Squire Crume" in my family tree, born 1798 in Kentucky.  I believe
the family was of Scottish heritage, or Scots-Irish.  I missed the first
part of this discussion, so someone may have already mentioned that Daniel
Boone's father was named Squire Boone (and I may be wrong, but I believe
they were Scots-Irish).  I just did a quick search on "WorldConnect"
entering ONLY "Squire" as the given name (no surname entered), and I got
about 50,000 hits.  Looking quickly at them, some are surnames or titles.
But, many have the given name "Squire."

 

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From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Barbara
Wulf
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 6:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Why the given name squire

 

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

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From: Leslie Chapman <mailto:opera_70 at yahoo.com>  

To: Bonnie B. Combs <mailto:Tosca at prodigy.net>  ; or-roots mail list
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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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