6 Three Quaker genealogies, centered on the Watson, Smedley and Sharples/Sharpless familes yielded the following results for children born between 1675 and 1750:

Male Names

Female Names

1. John

1. Mary

2. Thomas

2. Sarah

3. William

3. Ann

4. Joseph

4. Jane

5. George

5. Hannah

6. James

6. Elizabeth

7. Samuel

7. Lydia

8. Jacob

8. Esther

9. Robert

9. Martha

10. Daniel

10. Rebecca

The next ten names for males were Benjamin, Nathan, Joshua, Richard, Caleb, Henry, Amos, Ezra, Edward and Adam; and for females, Rachel, Margaret, Grace, Phebe, Susanna, Abigail, Alice, Edith, Patience, Mercy and Deborah (the last three tied). The sources are Sharp-less, Family Record; Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family (Lancaster, 1901).