What's in a Name?
My recent posts have been a little depressing with tales of hardship and tragic death. T his week, I would like to take on a lighter subject – the interesting names of some of the people in my family tree. Now, I realize that some of these names weren’t too unusual in the era in which they were bestowed upon my family members, but they sound a little strange now. · ELIHU EMBREE Elihu Embree was the grandson of my fifth great-grandfather Moses Embree and nephew of my fourth great-grandmother Rebekah Embree Hockett (Rebekah – Prudence Hockett Lamb – Nathan Lamb – Mary Lamb Donaldson – Eddie Earl Donaldson – my mom – me). Elihu was born into the Quaker Embree family on November 8, 1782, the son of Thomas and Esther Couls...