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From: "joan best" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] First name JAIN
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:57:42 -1000


Reseaching BEST, BODINE

I hope someone out there knows something about the given name JAIN. My ancestors Michael and Anna BEST named their first child Jain. Michael was a schoolteacher so was not illiterate. His son, JAMES BEST, purchased a Bible in 1834 and proceeded to write down the family information. By that time he was 45 years old. He wrote the name of his sibling: JAIN BEST [His capital "J" and captal "T" look a lot alike so it could have been TAIN. No sex is given for the child. AT THE SAME TIME he wrote down the name of one of his children: JANE BEST. This is past the time when spelling didn't matter. He knew how to spell Jane. Is JAIN merely a variation of JANE, like Mary and Marie or Jon and John? Is this child probably female? Anyone out there know?
Joan Best

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