The name is "John C._______"   I have no other evidence for the parents of this man; if I knew his full middle name, it might point toward family relationships.<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Carolyn Earle Billingsley <cebillingsley@earthlink.net><br> To: jfonkert@aol.com<br> Cc: apgpubliclist@apgen.org<br> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 12:09 pm<br> Subject: Re: [APG Public List] 19th century middle initials and names<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_fb32338f-1216-44a9-b3f9-8bfef81940bb>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/" target=_blank>www.cebillingsley.net</A><br> <br> <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:jfonkert@aol.com">jfonkert@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE 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 lang=2 face=Arial size=2>Jay Fonkert, CG<br> <A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/" target=_blank></A></FONT></div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div>