I need help recognizing this first name for Haynes:
I think it begins with a B perhaps something like Barimanus?
This comes from the Franklin County, Virginia personal tax list for 1786.
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I think it reads Parmenus.
Parmenas is a rare biblical name of Greek origin, referring to one of the seven men appointed to care for the poor of Jerusalem. Specifically, he was mentioned in Acts 6:5:
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
A search of any of the major genealogy websites for this name will bring up hundreds of hits, mostly USA records. So while uncommon, certainly not unique.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 5:04
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My previous reading of this first name was incorrect. The other answer is correct. I note that there are a number of refs. listed to this family of which this appears to the earliest:
Parmenas Haynes United States Census, 1850
birth: 1796 Virginia
residence: 1850 Randolph county, Randolph, Alabama, United States
other: Martha Haynes, Minerva Haynes, Mary E Haynes, Marg H Haynes, Eli** C Haynes, Martha E Haynes...
