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TIL about the strangeness of Puritan names. For instance, Kill-sin Pimple did jury service in the 1650s. There was also Fear-not Helly, born in 1589, and Praise-God Barebone, who was the relative of Fear-God Barebone. And there are Humiliation Hynde, NoMerit Vynall, and Sorry-for-sin Coupard.

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