In my Oliver family research I find these given names appearing
repeatedly over several generations in public records such as census,
probate, deeds etc: Josias, Josiah, Josier, Josie, Hosea, Hosiah,
Osiah, Osy, Ocee, Ocie, Osay. Josiah was a king of Judah and I
believe that Josias is/was an accepted variant of Josiah. The problem
is that these men were largely illiterate and clerks/enumerators were
creative spellers so I'm having a lot of trouble separating them. Can
I assume that all of these given names are all derivatives of
Josiah/Josias?

Patrick
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Pat Oliver
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