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 === Given Names  ===
-When they were christened, children usually received one or two given names. Some were named after parents or other relatives. (see also [[British Naming Conventions]])<br>
+When they were christened, children usually received one or two given names. Some were named after parents or other relatives.
+===Naming Pattern===
+'''Families often used the following pattern for naming children:'''
-For a book describing given names, see:
+{|
+|-
+!Son's Name
+!Daughter's Name
+|-
+|1st	father's father
+|1st	mother's mother
+|-
+|2nd	mother's father
+|2nd	father's mother
+|-
+|3rd	father
+|
+rd	mother
+|-
+|4th	father's father's father
+|4th	father's father's mother
+|-
+|5th	mother's father's father
+|5th	mother's father's mother
+|-
+|6th	father's mother's father
+|6th	father's  mother's mother
+|-
+|style="padding-right:100px"|
+th	mother's mother's father
+|7th	mother's mother's mother
+|}
-*Withycombe, E.G. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names''. Third Revised Edition. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1950. (Family History Library book {{FHL|237248|title-id|disp=942 D4w}} 1950. BYU&nbsp;FHL&nbsp;book CS 2375 .G7 W5 1977.)
 ===Latin Names===
 Many names in pre-1700 records are in Latin. ''The Record Interpreter'' (1892)<ref>Charles Trice Martin, ''The Record Interpreter'' (London: Reeves and Turner, 1892). Digitised by [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln4KAAAAIAAJ Google Books] - free.</ref> identifies: