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in reply to a message by Abner/Absolom
Since Absalom (probably Absolom is a variant spelling) and Abner are English biblical names, it's possible that Abner was simply a nickname for Absolom and I would guess your ancestor's origin was Irish or Scottish as you first thought, rather than German.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Much appreciated.
Both Abner and Absolom are independant given names, not usually considered variants of each other. Neither Absolom nor Abner seem to be names in common use amongst the Scotch Irish.---but then again, this site doesn't suggest that they were used by the Germans' either.
A possibility that has been suggested is that Abner might have gone by "Abs", and some, not knowing that his given name was Abner, may have simply assumed it was short for "Absolom". That however, is purely guess work.
Both Abner and Absolom are independant given names, not usually considered variants of each other. Neither Absolom nor Abner seem to be names in common use amongst the Scotch Irish.---but then again, this site doesn't suggest that they were used by the Germans' either.
A possibility that has been suggested is that Abner might have gone by "Abs", and some, not knowing that his given name was Abner, may have simply assumed it was short for "Absolom". That however, is purely guess work.
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