Help with names to be in my novel

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#1 Post by **Vandal** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:04 pm

Attention BBs,

I would like to enlist your help in compiling some names to be used in my second novel. You are welcome to use your own family name or a relative's name or just make them up.

I need somewhere between four and 24 names (I'm not sure how many will survive editing).

I'll use them thusly: the main character and his friend try to figure out the significance of a list of names found on headstones in several New England cemeteries. That's right, I need dead people!

The surnames need to be historically accurate, circa 17th or early 18th century New England, which means a lot of English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish (sorry, Yokahama won't make the cut).

I'm looking for unique male names (first and last) or anything that will look good in print.

You can submit them in three ways:

- reply in this thread
- PM me
- email me at vandalrmc(at)comcast(dot)net

Please limit your input to five names per reply. I absolutely will use the best ones (the four best will server a significant role).

Will this novel ever make it to print? Hey, you never know.

Thanks for your help,

Vandal

BackInTex · #2 Post by **BackInTex** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:47 pm

Here are some deceased family names:

Georgia Belle Slough
Otto Willingham
Sherman Willingham
Gertrude Cox
Peter Henry Bessire

tanstaafl2 · #3 Post by **tanstaafl2** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:54 pm

Isaiah Chamberlayne
Graham Skelton
Josiah Stanwood
Benjamin Ellsworth
Nathaniel Talcott

VAdame · #4 Post by **VAdame** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:57 pm

Feel free to use some of my McGinnis relatives!

First names could be Mary Margaret, James, Eileen, Thomas, & Michael.

christie1111 · #5 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:17 pm

Son1111 = Evan

I think it is a nice strong name for a guy. If your character doesn't do his homewrk, it would fit.

ne1410s · #6 Post by **ne1410s** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:41 pm

Gregory Thomas
Jeffery David
Cyrus Dale
Irvin Oglesby
Lyman Carleton
Thomas Ustick

mrkelley23 · #7 Post by **mrkelley23** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:36 pm

Malachi Wainwright
Aloysius Keith
Gavin Newlands
Obadiah James Rider
Chalcedony O'Risky

kayrharris · #8 Post by **kayrharris** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:14 pm

There really and truly is a Theopholis Dunning in the family tree that supposedly came over on the Mayflower according to great grandmother Lois Dunning Goodwyn.

My brand new grandson's name is Chapman, which is an old family name both as a surname and a first name as it is being use now.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #9 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:20 pm

My family lived in Swansea Mass and Fall River Mass in the 1600's and 1700's.

Haile Lewin (born 16 Oct 1767 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Obadiah Eddy (born 2 Sep 1683 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Ephraim Lewin (born 22 Aug 1781 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
John Cleveland (born 1684 Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts)
Nathaniel Luther (born 17 Apr 1692)

I have a lot of fun names if you need more.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #10 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:22 pm

kayrharris wrote:There really and truly is a Theopholis Dunning in the family tree that supposedly came over on the Mayflower according to great grandmother Lois Dunning Goodwyn.

My brand new grandson's name is Chapman, which is an old family name both as a surname and a first name as it is being use now.

He isn't on the Mayflower passenger list, but here is a genealogy of him:

http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Dunning.html

kayrharris · #11 Post by **kayrharris** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:55 pm

I'll have to search and find the genealogy that she had typed up herself about 30 years ago. She lived to be 96 years old and was pretty active up until the last five years of her life. I think she died in 1995. I'll have to check on that as well.

It is interesting that you found it on the web. I know these are the same descendants she had in her research.

Bob Juch · #12 Post by **Bob Juch** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:23 pm

Go to my website: www.juch.org and look at the index!

Here are few:

John McNeill
Archelaus Perkins
Alexander Baldwin
Patience Stebbins
Dorcas Greene

hermillion · #13 Post by **hermillion** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:11 am

Andrew Hunter
Ebeneezer Zane
Noah Feagin
Daniel Mantooth
Emanuel Burkhardt

#14 Post by **Vandal** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:16 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:My family lived in Swansea Mass and Fall River Mass in the 1600's and 1700's.

Haile Lewin (born 16 Oct 1767 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Obadiah Eddy (born 2 Sep 1683 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Ephraim Lewin (born 22 Aug 1781 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
John Cleveland (born 1684 Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts)
Nathaniel Luther (born 17 Apr 1692)

I have a lot of fun names if you need more.

Small world. I live in Swansea, Mass. The Eddy family was big here many years ago, they even have their own cemetery.

We also have Luther Elementary.

Thanks for the names.

peacock2121 · #15 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:58 am

August Emil Dering

My great great great (however many) grandfather came here from Germany and landed in Pennsylvania.

themanintheseersuckersuit · #16 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:00 am

John Arthur Kistler

5LD · #17 Post by **5LD** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:19 am

My Great Grandfather was Archibald Gideon Mitchell but everyone called him Cotton.

nitrah55 · #18 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:44 am

Here are a few of my Scot-Irish family names:

McBride
Kirk
Hartin
Robinson
Ferguson

First names:
Dennis
Stuart
William James
Ruby
Olive

Mix and match as you see fit.

I admit, I was tempted to throw in some from the credits from Car Talk, just to see if anyone was paying attention.

Oh, pshaw, here they are:

Podcast Reviewer Kent Stan de Noyes
Petty Cash Auditor Dave Reckoning
Political Consultant Paul C. Wonk
Spiritual Counselors Zeke and Ewell Find
Accounts Payable Administrator Imelda Czechs
Airline Reservation Manager Will Price Randomly
Anger Management Coach Kirsten Hollered
Arbitration Expert Viola Fuss
Assertiveness Training Coach Lois Steem
Assistant Customer Care Representive Kurt Reply
Biblical Scholar Vera Lee Isay
Compassion Coordinator Ophelia Paine
Credit Counselor Max Stout
Defense Attorney Justin Volk V
Grammar Consultant I.M. Shirley Wright
Head of Working Mother Support Group Erasmus B. Dragon
Puzzler Tester Otis S. Hard
Rental Property Manager Ulysses Up
Russian Chauffeur Picov Andropov
Seat Cushion Tester Mike Easter
Self Esteem Coach Mia Culpa
Senior Accountant from the Paris Office Count De Monet
Table Saw Operator Les Digits
Two Year Old Ariel Payne Diaz

minimetoo26 · #19 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:03 am

Both sides of my family are fresh off the boat. You want 20th century, I got. Anything earlier, fuggedaboudit.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #20 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:21 am

Vandal wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:My family lived in Swansea Mass and Fall River Mass in the 1600's and 1700's.

Haile Lewin (born 16 Oct 1767 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Obadiah Eddy (born 2 Sep 1683 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Ephraim Lewin (born 22 Aug 1781 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts)
John Cleveland (born 1684 Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts)
Nathaniel Luther (born 17 Apr 1692)

I have a lot of fun names if you need more.

Small world. I live in Swansea, Mass. The Eddy family was big here many years ago, they even have their own cemetery.

We also have Luther Elementary.

Thanks for the names.

My branch of the Lewins moved to Fall River Mass in the 1700's. I have Brightmans in my family tree from that area as well. My favorite name is Perez Otis Brightman.

NellyLunatic1980 · #21 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:29 am

nitrah55 wrote:I admit, I was tempted to throw in some from the credits from Car Talk, just to see if anyone was paying attention.

Oh, pshaw, here they are:

Podcast Reviewer Kent Stan de Noyes
Petty Cash Auditor Dave Reckoning
Political Consultant Paul C. Wonk
Spiritual Counselors Zeke and Ewell Find
Accounts Payable Administrator Imelda Czechs
Airline Reservation Manager Will Price Randomly
Anger Management Coach Kirsten Hollered
Arbitration Expert Viola Fuss
Assertiveness Training Coach Lois Steem
Assistant Customer Care Representive Kurt Reply
Biblical Scholar Vera Lee Isay
Compassion Coordinator Ophelia Paine
Credit Counselor Max Stout
Defense Attorney Justin Volk V
Grammar Consultant I.M. Shirley Wright
Head of Working Mother Support Group Erasmus B. Dragon
Puzzler Tester Otis S. Hard
Rental Property Manager Ulysses Up
Russian Chauffeur Picov Andropov
Seat Cushion Tester Mike Easter
Self Esteem Coach Mia Culpa
Senior Accountant from the Paris Office Count De Monet
Table Saw Operator Les Digits
Two Year Old Ariel Payne Diaz

Any chance they have a urologist named Dick Hertz or a porno film director named Seymour Butz?

nitrah55 · #22 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:34 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Any chance they have a urologist named Dick Hertz or a porno film director named Seymour Butz?

No.

But the Car Care Representative is named Haywood Jabuzzoff.

#23 Post by **eyégor** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:14 am

let me just give you some male 1st names from the family tree after the Pierres, Pieters and Jans started falling from favor

Hebron
Elia
Soloman
Christian
Deliverance
Silas
Harmanus
Aurant
Syvanus
Joost
Casporus
Alonzo
Levi
Ryer
Adolphus

danielh41 · #24 Post by **danielh41** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:23 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote: Any chance they have a urologist named Dick Hertz or a porno film director named Seymour Butz?

Didn't you ever watch "Family Business" on Showtime? There actually is a porn film director named Seymore Butts, although that obviously isn't his real name.

#25 Post by **Vandal** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:12 pm

Thanks for your input, everyone. These are wonderful names.