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From: Eva <>
Subject: Re: [PA-QUAKERS] Tacy
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:36:28 -0700
In-Reply-To: <c.2e169d1c.2e2a79f0@aol.com>


I've heard that Tacy was sometimes a nickname, but I didn't intend to
imply that it was always that. I should have said it was a "common
name" in those days, instead of saying it was a common nickname. I
agree with Karen. My point was that a girl at that time was more likely
to be called Tacy than Stacy.


On Saturday, July 17, 2004, at 05:47 AM, wrote:

>
> And Tacy was probably just a name, too. I have a collateral ancestor
> named
> Tacy Carter. She was born on April 15, 1766, to Jeremiah Carter and
> Rebecca
> Wiley in or near Wilmington, Delaware. The Wilmington Monthly Meeting
> (Quaker) records show her birth -- with the NAME Tacy. Not a
> nickname in this case.
>
> Karen
>

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