Jabez Rice of Marlborough, Massachusetts and his wife, Miriam, bore names appropriate for members of the new Israel. When Miriam gave birth to twins on June 27, 1775, she named them John Hancock and Dorothy Quincy Rice, names for the new republic.
source: Boston Gazette, 10 July 1775
2 comments:
Yes, I would say that Molley, Polley, and Mary would be synonyms. Molley is certainly your best bet for a match for Polley-Mary.
What are the circumstances for the different names? It makes sense to have Molley on a birth record (like Nabby instead of Abigail). Maybe Polley on a marriage record (what she was really called) and Mary on a gravestone (trying to be formal)?
I mean that Molley makes sense because a birth record is created for a baby, so babies are sometimes listed by their nicknames. I had a hard time finding my grandfather (Pasquale) in the 1930 census until I realized he would probably be listed as "Patsy" (he was).
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