Actually I have found naming a child for the first wife in my VA. Ambrose
family. I did not realize why it was done. I thought respect for the first
wife, by the second, as they were raised in the same village.
The first son was named George Robert, after the father and Robert after the
grandfather. The other children's names are not common and seem to be named
for military heroes.
Mary Anne
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> How many researchers on this list have found their colonial ancestors
> strickly adhering to these naming patterns?  I found a few naming the
first
> son after the father's father but that was about it.  My favorite was
naming
> "the 2nd wife's oldest daughter after the first wife, using her name in
> full".  Any takers on that one?
> Sure'd be a lot of mad 2nd wives if we did that today...
>
> -Bev Brooks Cavender
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