As we leave the the seventeenth century behind we now move on to see what gems can be found in Norfolk baptisms from the eighteenth century -- a time of the Georgians, the Age of Enlightenment and the beginning of the British Industrial Revolution. This period is covered much more across the records, hence the larger number of names listed below.
It is also toward the end of this century that the use of middle names appear more frequently.
Beyond Mary and John:
| Abel Absalom Aegidius Aesop Ambrose Amis Amos Amyas Ansell Archibald Asher Augustine Augustus Aziza Barnabas Bartholomew Caleb Clement Cleophes Christmas Constantine Cornelius Crispin Cuthbert Cyprian Dennis Dionisius Duncan Ebenezer Elias Elijah Ellis Erasmus Esau Esdras Ezekiel Felix |
Gabriel Gamaliel Gideon Harvey Heth Hezekiah Hodijah Horatio Humphrey Hushai Ireland Isaiah Israel Issachar Jabez Jasper Jehoshaphat Jeremiah Jesse Job Jonah Jonas Josias Justin Kelah Lancelot Lazarus Lionel Magnus Mahershalalhashbaz Marcus Marmaduke Matthias Micaiah Mordecai Moses Noah |
Obadiah Octavius Oliver Onesiphorus Owen Pearl Peregrine Philemon Philomath Phinchas Reuben Russell Sacheverell Sebastian Seth Sewel Shadrach Shiloh Silvester Solomon Swithin Titus Theoderick Theodore Theophilus Tobias Tristram Uriah Valentine Zachariah Zachary Zaphnathpaaneah Zebulon Zephaniah Zurishaddai |
Algerina Almira Amphillis Angelica Aquila Arabella Arabia Arimathae Audrey Aurelia Avis Barbara Bathsheba Benedicta Bethia Bexelinda Biddy Blythe Britannia Caelia Camilla Cassandra Cassia Cecilia Christiana Christmas Clementia Climelche Cloelia Damaris Deborah Delphi Diana Dinah Dorcas Easter Edina |
Edna Elosia Erita Eularia Euna Eunice Gertruda Henrietta Hephzibah Hester Honora Iris Isadora Jemima Josepha Judith Juliet Kerenhappuch Keturah Kezia Leonora Letitia Lucretia Magdalene Marina Marthanna Mary Magdalene Mary Virgin Mirabel Octavia Olivia Pamela Paulina Penelope Philadelphia Philippa Phillis |
Phoebe Priscilla Rhoda Robina Rosamund Rosanna Rosemary Ruenna Sabina Sabra Scarlet Selina Sylvia Tabitha Theodosia Theophila Thomasin Tryphena Ursula Valentine Violet Violetta Wilhelmine Zeferra |
Virtue names:
| Amorous Christian Covenant Fortune Noble Providence Wholesome |
Charity Clemency Comfort Constance Dove Faith Grace |
Honor Joy Love Lovely Mercy Modesty Patience |
Pleasance Providence Prudence Silence Temperance Verity Virtue |
Surname-first names:
| Akers Appleby Atterton Baker Baldwin Barber Barlee Beaupre Bell Benning Bishop Bosom Briggs Bradberry Brereton Brett Britton Brown Brownlow Buckenham Buckworth Butcher Calthorpe Caston Chamberlain Chaplin Chapman Cheney Clarke |
Claxton Claybrook Clopton Cloudsley Colman Cook Corbitt Cory Cotts Coultry Cullham Dalton Dix Doyle Drake Drury Dudes Dunham Dycker Eales Eastberry Eastgate Emery Emmerson Epher Euston Everitt Farwell |
Fordby Fountain Framlingham Frankland Fuller Gaywood Gazely Geybon Goddard Goldsmith Gunton Hall Ham Hammond Hannover Harboard Harmer Helsden Hempestella Hepburn Holland Jackson Jenkinson Jervis Kennedy Kettwood King Kirby |
Lake Law Lemon Lilly Littlewood Major Manning Markham Meadows Myens Nelson Neve Newman Nickison Osborne Overton Palmer Parkins Paston Pitt Poltock Press Ransome Reeve Riseborough Risin Roades Royal |
Rumbold Saddleton Salmon Sandall Saunders Seaman Shakespeare-Bell Shambrooke Sharp Shovell Smithly Snelling Spooner Spurrell Starling Sucklin Taylor Thredisting Tilson Wasey Wayman Waynford Wells Weston Woolmer Wright Yarham Zankey |
Attwood Boyden Curtis Davis Elden Emery Flanders Flowerdy Garlick Kingborough Palgrave Parnell Piercy Raley Ro-Herring Selverton Shelton Simonds Spencer Thirley Trim Whitaker Willoughby Wishers Wright |
Gender-benders:
| Clare Allen Christian Judah Julian* Matthew Uriah |
My own great (x6) grandfather is on this list. His name was Meshach and he had siblings: Mary, John, Seaman, Jemima, Shadrach, Kezia and Peter. I also have one of the Hammonds and Reeves in my tree.
I also came across an Adam Adams who had a twin sister called Eve Adams.
*St Julian of Norwich was a medieval female saint. Her real name is unknown and so was called "Julian" after the church in which she was anchoress.
