Message: "ASENATH" - Behind the Name

[Facts] ASENATH

by catrenne

12/2/2006, 11:49 AM

i HAVE BEEN DOING SOME FAMILY TREE RESEARCH AND HAVE COME ACROSS AN ANCESTOR CALLED aSENATH. tHIS IS A hEBREW NAME THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN POPULAR IN wORSLEY lANCE DURING THE 19TH cENTURY. cOULD BE A FAMILY NAME. dOES ANYONE KNOW HOW COMMON IT WAS FOR PEOPLE TO USE oLD tESTAMENT NAMES AT THAT TIME. dOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY (fAMILY NAME sTOTT) tHANKS

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

12/2/2006, 2:04 PM

Where on earth is "Worsley Iance"?

In North America, Asenath was regularly used during the 18th century by descendants of the Puritan settlers of New England. I would guess that this name might indicate Puritan or at least Protestant ancestry.

- raindancing

12/4/2006, 1:31 PM

I would guess its a short form of Worsley in Lancaster England, though I could be wrong :)

Paula

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