<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#666600"> Jay, in my experience, which is, of course, not all inclusive, my opinion is that he did, indeed, HAVE a middle name, which may even have been a female forebearer's surname. <br> <br> He may also have used the initial to differentiate himself from another person with his first name. <br> <br> But I do not think _all_ he had was an initial for a middle name, although he used it that way.<br> <br> I'd also like to know what his _first_ name was, as some given names are paired together--such as William Asbury, Martin Luther, George Washington, Finish Leech, Oliver Hazard Perry, Marcus Aurelius, etc. Regards, Carolyn<br> <br> Carolyn Earle Billingsley, Ph.D.<br> Member APG, Lone Star Chapter<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cebillingsley.net">www.cebillingsley.net</a><br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jfonkert@aol.com">jfonkert@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:8CBF53D5BABDC44-2018-9855@webmail-d051.sysops.aol.com" type="cite"> <div>Good morning to all.  I am working on a man who lived in Kentucky from about 1795-1825, probably born about 1777.  Throughout this Kentucky period, he was consistently known with the middle initial "C."   A full middle name is never spelled out.  Can anyone tell me, is it likely that "C." stood for a middle given name?  Or might it have just been an initial?</div> <div> </div> <div>  <div><font face="Arial" lang="2" size="2">Jay Fonkert, CG<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></font></div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>