A similar pattern existed for naming the oldest daughters in a family. However it was not as strictly adhered to and frequently, amongst the wealthy at least, we see girl’s names influenced by fashion ...

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Naming patterns can provide powerful clues, but they can also be frustratingly misleading. I have an Abraham Van Vleet family that lived in Somerset County, N.J., at the turn of the nineteenth century ...