Timeline for Why use name Ebzeebra for Ebbot Millman (nee Martin) on 1840 gravestone at Marystow, Devon, England?
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| Apr 20, 2017 at 8:21 | comment | added | AndyW | "Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature" on Project Gutenberg suggests that -et and -ot were diminutives used to shorten names. (Jump to the first search result for Ebbot in that document, or [Pg 22].) The example of Isabella becoming Ibbot is given. It's not much of a stretch to think of Hephzibah becoming (H)Ebbot by a similar process. | |
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| Apr 8, 2016 at 5:57 | answer | added | Paul T | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Dec 29, 2014 at 23:13 | comment | added | PolyGeo♦ | @AdrianB38 I've included an image of the baptism record that removes any doubt about the original spelling. She had an older sister of the same name (and spelling!) baptised 4 Jun 1769 and buried as "Ebbot Martin an infant" on 7 May 1771. Their siblings' names were William, Susanna, Jane, Catherine and John i.e. unremarkable. | |
| Dec 29, 2014 at 22:44 | history | edited | PolyGeo♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 29, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | I'd go with @ColeValleyGirl on Hephzibah. Hephzibah could be pronounced Heph-zi-bah or 'eb-zee-bra. Sort of. On that basis, maybe Hephzibah is the original and it got shortened to eb-zi???? Written as / misheard as..? Can't quite sort it in my head but..... Any sign of her baptism? | |
| Dec 29, 2014 at 11:25 | comment | added | user104 | So often the case in QA in my experience :) | |
| Dec 29, 2014 at 10:57 | comment | added | PolyGeo♦ | @ColeValleyGirl I just checked the 1795 marriage record of John Millman and Ebbot Martin - both made their mark rather than signing. I do not have a marriage record image for William Creber and Susanna Millman but for William's second marriage to Betsey Gale in 1843 the certificate looks like it has all been written in one hand (no signatures or marks). Both John Millman and William Creber were labourers. I think all involved in QA of this gravestone may have been illiterate. | |
| Dec 29, 2014 at 9:49 | comment | added | user104 | Speculation, but were the family literate? Ebzeebra sounds like a mis-hearing of Hephzibah -- if the mason got it wrong, it might not have been spotted or they might not have been able to afford a corrected memorial. Doesn't explain how Ebbot became Hephzibah though.... | |
| Dec 29, 2014 at 5:12 | history | edited | PolyGeo♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 29, 2014 at 3:29 | history | asked | PolyGeo♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |