Notes for: Orrionehe Bodine
One source lists her her birthdate as 1753, but no source was given.
Her name could be a distortion of Ariadne or Adriantje. I wrote a Dutch friend of mine and got the response below:
"As to your question: I looked in my dictionary of first names and did not find anything under Or(r)io/an(neh)e. They did make an entry for Ariadne from Greek, Ariane in French, and that's a name I have heard here in Holland too. My etymological dictionary does not give any clues either. For Orion my general dictionary gives 1) (myth.) great hunter; 2) constellation. That's all I can find."
One person has suggested her name might be Orrionche based on the way Dutch names sometimes transfer into English.
I was looking on the Internet for what possibly the name Orrionehe might really be. There is a name "Oriana" who was the daughter of an English king (this might just be a fictional story) who married the French knight Amadis. The name is Oriana in English and Orianne in French. I'm not sure what it is in Dutch, but something similar probably. One Dutch ending that they used for girls on their names was "-he." It would mark the name as a diminutive. Something like Janet / Jannette. This was often done to differentiate between that person and someone the person was named after. Maybe Orrionehe was named after some Orriane or Oriana in her family. I still did not find the name Orri(a)nehe on the Internet (instead of Orrionehe), but at least it might be a more possible spelling of the name. Maybe someone can find the name in Dutch. If the English princess was named Orrione in Dutch, then the spelling Orrionehe is probably correct.
And here is another message on this with some interesting and good ideas:
From: Vee3 at aol.com (Vernon Vin Zant)
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Subject: Orrionche/Orrionehe Bodine and others
Dave--
Mike Rightmire sent me an article on "A Pluckemin Store in 1768 and Later" from the Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol II. It has some names of interest, but does not seem to fit with Bodines and Rightmires that are in Loudoun Co., VA, by about 1768-70.
Like you, I have been wrestling with the name Orrionehe. It appears the only reference to this name is Cornelius' will. As Alice Beyke pointed out, the name in the will could be Orrionche. When I vocalize Orrionche, I find it close to the way I would vocalize Ariantje. As you know, her father, Cornelius, had a sister named Ariantje and there is a trend to name children after family members. I wonder how your Dutch friend would evaluate that possibility?
The referenced "A Pluckemin Store in 1768 and Later," has an entry that I believe supports the name Ariantje. Essentially, the article is about two store ledger books maintained by Jacob Vosseller from 1768 to 1775 and 1775 to April 14, 1777 in New Jersey. As I read it, it is people who charged, not people who paid cash. "The customers extend from below the Raritan to the Morris county line, into Hunterdon county, and even as far as Sussex." ...."In observing
the spelling, it must be remembered that the writer was a German, and hence the English names were often badly rendered"
I looked for surnames that I suspect made a move to VA--names like Cornelius Slacht, Charles Pullen, Cornelius Bodine, Nicholas Wyckoff, Cornelius Skinner, and Rightmire --Those I recognize for include:
For 1768-1775: Abraham Bodine, Elizabeth Bodine, Femitge Bodine, John Bodine, Mary Bodine (daughter of Peter), Peter Bodine...Nancy Huff....William Nevyus....George Rightmire, Lewis Rightmire, John Rightmire....Jacob Vanderbilt....Paul Van Vorhes, Aberham Vorhes (son of Abm.), Aberham Vorhes (son of Jacobes), Jacobus Vorhes (admr. of John Bodine), James Vorhes, John Vorhes (son of Abm.), Phebe Vorhes....John Weykhoff.
For 1775-1777: Araanchy Bodine....Jaques Voorhes.
There are a few other names for which I find associations, but these relate to Rightmires known to be in New Jersey. I am sure Dave and Mike would recognize several more.
Nancy Huff might equate to Nancy Hoff, William Nevyus to William Neafus, John Weykhoff to John Wycliff, and Araanchy Bodine to Orrionche/Ariantje Bodine.
While I'd like to say that Araanchy Bodine is "Orrionehe," it doesn't seem to fit if Cornelius and his family moved to VA about 1770. But "Araanchy Bodine" does seem to give added weight to the supposition that Orrionche should be Ariantje.
George Rightmire, Lewis Rightmire, and John Rightmire are not ones who move to VA. They are clearly the children of James Jacobus & Souvia (Speder) Rightmire, Sr.--Mike's lineage Other associated names with these are Auten,
Vanderbilt, Vorhees, Spader, and "John Thone"--probably John Toan, spouse of Phebe Rightmire [will reference: TOAN, Phebe of Scipio (late widow of John Toan Sr.) dated: 9 July 1816 - proved: 5 October 1816]. A review of other Rightmire family members does not reveal any who might have moved to VA.
BOTTOM LINE:
I think Orrionche should be Ariantje!!!!!!
I don't suppose we will be lucky and find her in 1810 Kentucky census nor in a land transaction for Kentucky. I infer that one researcher believes she lived to make the move from Kentucky to Edgar Co., Illinois, which would have been about 1821. Surely would like to know the reference for that.
From Ronny Bodine:
Benjamin Rightmire issued a bill of sale to Isaac Bodine, 14 Sept 1784 (Loudoun Co. Court Order Book, H: 378. ) Mary Evans, in her will of 20 Dec 1787, proved 10 Sept 1789, mentions as a legatee, John Bodine, son of Benjamin Richtmire's wife (Loudoun Co. Wills, D: 10).