Mr Collin's marriage 1761!

[ElizabethHerts]

You might find his Christian names rather odd!

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=878409#

[Phoenix]

Possibly not the name I would choose, but it is a solidly Biblical name:

"And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, 'Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz, ..." Isaiah 8:3

Wikipedia saya it means "hurry to the spoils", or "he has made haste to the plunder" - which isn't a meaning I would chose either!

[kiterunner]

There is an American actor called Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, though he has shortened it to Mahershala now.

[ElizabethHerts]

I didn't recognise it as a Biblical name, Phoenix! I wonder what they called him for short?

[Phoenix]

Baz?

I note that he merely made his mark. A name like that could put you off writing for life.

[Nell]

Lol! And I thought my ex's ancestor Onesiphorous was a mouthful!