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Old 03-29-2012, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by salpal View Post
Recently I read a book called "The Paris Wife" about Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Hemingway. I wondered if that was the origin of those two villages names. I googled around and found:

Pennecamp - John Pennekamp (correct spelling) was a Miami newspaper editor who was largely responsible for saving the Everglades.

Obviously, I have too much time on my hands. LOL
Hadley represents surnames, first names and locations. I don't know what or who the village was named after. Probably only those that named it would know unless they did record it someplace.

I know that there was a Town of Hadley in the county where I came from, Saratoga Co. NY. Checking there it I found out that it was named after Hadley MA which was founded on 1659. Could that be the origin? Don't know, but I do know that the surname of Hadley can be traced back to England to at least 1086.

Maybe someone might know and let us know... maybe!
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