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From: Sandy Seay <>
Subject: Christian Names
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 08:33:43 -0400


To Everyone on the List,

My early immigrant ancestors to Virginia, 1683, from Ulster used a lot of names that don't sound very Irish, such as Mathew, Abraham, Isaac, James, Jacob, William, Thomas, Joseph, et. al. These sound like OT names and Protestant names; however, it seems that the family was originially RC in Ulster. Can anyone comment on this phenomenon?

Sandy Seay

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