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The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation.
An example of the use of "Praise-God" as a name is Praise-God Barebone, whose son Nicholas may have been given the name If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned. [3] In Britain, such Puritan virtue names were particularly common in Kent, Sussex and Northamptonshire. [3] They are sometimes referred to as hortatory names. [4]
In the 17th century, the word Puritan was a term applied not to just one group but to many. Historians still debate a precise definition of Puritanism. [6] Originally, Puritan was a pejorative term characterizing certain Protestant groups as extremist. Thomas Fuller, in his Church History, dates the first use of
Faith has been a consistently popular name for girls in the United States, ranking among the top 1,000 names since 1880 and the top 500 names since 1921. It reached peak popularity in the United States in 2002, when it was the 48th most popular name for American girls. It ranked among the top 100 names in the United States between 1999 and 2016 ...
D'arcy (or variant forms Darcy, Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), French for "From Arcy" is a surname from the village of Bois d'Arcy in Yvelines, near Paris.Becoming very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England, while more popular as a surname, it does have some popularity as a given name.
Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from the given name Adam. [1] [2] ... (1677–1753), American Puritan minister;
The Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below. John Putnam was born about 1285 and came from Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. He was married ...
Sherman is a surname that originated in the Anglo-Saxon language. It means a "shearer of woolen garments", being derived from the words scearra, or "shears", and mann, or "man". The name is cognate with Sharman, Shearman and Shurman. Sherman has also been regularly used as a given name in the United States.