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By way of iliustration the following forms of the same name are herewith 
given: . 
Casady, Casaday, Casedy, Casety, Casity, Cassaday, Cassadey, Cassady, Cas- 
siday, ete. 
Donahue, Donahew, Donehue, Donnahu, Donnohew, Donogho, Donohew, 
Dunahew, Dunehu, Dunnahew. 
Farrall, Farrel, Farril, Farrill, Ferrall, Ferrill, etc. 
Ryant, Rion, Rine, Ryne, Royn, Ruyan, Ryon, ete. 
Sulaven, Sulevan, Suleven, Sulivan, Sulliven, Sullavan, Sallaven, Sullervan, 
Sullevan, Sulleven, Sulliven, Sullovan, Sulloven, Sulliven, Sullovan, Sulloven, 
Sullovin, ete. 
There are countless ways of spelling Murphy, Mahoney, Malone, and Maloney. 
Jo it iz with name after name, 
It should be noted, therefore, that a decision to accept or reject one or more 
of the variations of even a few names could alone make a difference of thousands 
one way or the other in computing the number of times certain names occur in 
the Revolutionary War muster rolls. 
Another chief cause of duplication of the same name lay in frequent short- 
term enlistments, which in many cases were a few days only. 
Among other tabulations in A Hidden Phase of American History Mr. O'Brien 
lists. pages 380-381, certain Irish names, and compares the number of such 
aames found in the muster rolls with a number in the 1790 census. Of 28 
Massachusetts names so listed a careful investigation of the muster-roll records 
show, in the case of 20 names, 147 duplications. as follows: 
Number 
1 revolu- 
Lionary | 
muster 
rolls 
according | 
a O’Brien 
Number 
if duplica- 
ion of 
armnes in 
revolu- 
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nuster 
rolls 
Number 
n revolu- 
tionary 
muster 
rolls 
according 
0 O’Brien 
Number 
of duplica- 
tions of 
names in 
revolu- 
tionary 
muster 
rolls 
surname 
Surname 
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29 
78 
31 
22 
147 
The above calculations are very conservative. An estimate of 200 duplica- 
‘ions or more is a far more likely figure. 
The checking up of the other eight names in this particular group cited by 
Mr. O'Brien, is impossible, due to the large number of variations in spelling of 
such names, since Mr. O'Brien does not give any clue as to what forms of the 
same name he adopted in hig tabulations. 
A few examples of the duplications of the 20 names above cited as shown in 
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. follow. 
VoruMme IIL 186 
Casey, James: Boston. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from 
Capt. Samuel Ward's and Capt. Thomas Nash's Companies, dated Weymouth, 
January 2, 1778, enlisted for town of ‘Weymouth; joined Capt. John Langdon’s 
Company, Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment; enlistment, 3 years (also given dur- 
{ng war) ; reported a foreigner; also, list of men mustered in Suffolk County 
by Nathaniel Barber, muster master, dated Boston, August 17, 1777; also pri- 
vate, Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment: enlisted August 12. 1777: reported 
‘ deserted and never joined.” 
Casey, James: Petersham. Return of men mustered by Thomas Newhal, mus- 
ter master for Worcester County, indorsed July —, 1777; Captain Blanchard’s 
Company, Colonel Wesson's Regiment: mustered June 27, 1777: enlistment. 8 
months.