<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16850" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=421480618-27082009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I don't like to speculate on what an initial might represent, but I'd start with his mother's maiden name, then look at the names of his uncles, too.  </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=421480618-27082009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421480618-27082009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org [mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>jfonkert@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> cebillingsley@earthlink.net<BR><B>Cc:</B> apgpubliclist@apgen.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] 19th century middle initials and names<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>