Hannah Hanfield-Elizabeth Mickens
Am trying to figure out if the Hannah A. Hanfield I keep finding is the same as the Elizabeth Ann (Mickens) Hanfield I'm seeking! Does anyone know if Hannah and Elizabeth were interchangeable names in the 1800s?
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Re: Hannah Hanfield-Elizabeth Mickens
Did you ever figure this out? Because I just came across a Quaker marriage record in which Hannah and Elizabeth were used interchangeably, and there is no possible mistake about to whom the name is referring. In one line it says Hannah, in the next Elizabeth, and the marriage entry is signed as Hannah. This was in 1761.
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Re: Hannah Hanfield-Elizabeth Mickens
Turns out they were two different women. Elizabeth died after my ancestor was born, and Henry married Hannah when my ancestor was about 2. Thanks for the tip!
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Re: Hannah Hanfield-Elizabeth Mickens
I would really question Hannah and Elizabeth used interchangeably. I would think someone made a mistake and wrote the wrong name in the case where you saw the same woman listed with both names. If it was Hannah and Anna I could buy it...but Hannah and Elizabeth are not even remotely the same name or ever used interchangeably.
Joan
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Re: Hannah Hanfield-Elizabeth Mickens
Yes, I agree with you. It's very strange. This was a Quaker marriage record in the early 1700's, in England, and the given name is mentioned several times, alternating between Hannah and Elizabeth. (I'm looking at marriage records for an Anna Harvey of this time period.) I eventually concluded that the record wasn't relevant to me and let it go.
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