[WED] Sabra Chapman
Tim Curtin
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:17:39 +1100
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There's a Sabra Wilcox baptised in Meare in 1771; she married Edward =
Giblett and of course they had a daughter Sabra in 1795; William Giblett =
had a daughter Sabra bap. in 1837. The Gibletts contributed a =
churchwarden in Mark, so probably knew the Chapmans of Blackford! =
Perhaps Sabra is a variant form of Sarah? - it also has connotations in =
Israel.
I didn't mean to suggest that Philip Chapman was consigned to the =
(infrequent) snows of Wedmore in 1779 - but his new landlord might have =
upped the rent, and he maybe decided to move, maybe to Mark, where there =
are many references to the family in the Slocombe book. Sabra Chapman =
might then have been baptised in Mark in 1780 or so.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Richard Hembury-Kellow=20
To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org=20
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [WED]CHAPMAN and LEIGH
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One thing still fascinates me, and that is the unusual name "Sabra" =
(I've seen it spelt "Sebra" and "Sebara" also). Does anyone know the =
name's origins, as I've never seen it used anywhere else? My mother =
used to think that it may have been a mis-spelt version of "Zebra", but =
that doesn't seem right somehow. It has occurred to me, however, that =
it may have been a gross mis-spelling of the name "Zipporah" (especially =
as my husband's GGG Grandmother had the second name "Meatabo", which was =
a gloriously phonetic Devonshire mis-spelling of the name "Mehitabel"!).
=20
Cheers!
=20
Sue
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Meare in 1771;=20
she married Edward Giblett and of course they had a daughter Sabra in =
1795;=20
William Giblett had a daughter Sabra bap. in 1837. The Gibletts =
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Perhaps Sabra=20
is a variant form of Sarah? - it also has connotations in =
Israel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I didn't mean to suggest that Philip =
Chapman was=20
consigned to the (infrequent) snows of Wedmore in 1779 - but his new =
landlord=20
might have upped the rent, and he maybe decided to move, maybe to Mark, =
where=20
there are many references to the family in the Slocombe book. Sabra =
Chapman=20
might then have been baptised in Mark in 1780 or so.</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:sue.avalon@btopenworld.com"=20
title=3Dsue.avalon@btopenworld.com>Richard Hembury-Kellow</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WED]CHAPMAN and =
LEIGH</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One thing still fascinates me, and =
that is the=20
unusual name "Sabra" (I've seen it spelt "Sebra" and "Sebara" =
also). =20
Does anyone know the name's origins, as I've never seen it used =
anywhere=20
else? My mother used to think that it may have been a mis-spelt =
version=20
of "Zebra", but that doesn't seem right somehow. It has occurred =
to me,=20
however, that it may have been a gross mis-spelling of the name=20
"Zipporah" (especially as my husband's GGG Grandmother had the second =
name=20
"Meatabo", which was a gloriously phonetic Devonshire mis-spelling of =
the name=20
"Mehitabel"!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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