Family names in a USA book

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Killing time I browsed the History shelves in a small county library in Maryland USA. Looking for anything about Quakers my eye was caught by a book on settlers in Maryland in the 17th century. I looked for my surname PYE and found three names ..........Nicholas Pye......Timothy Pye.....and Walter Pye. Here is the mind stopping coincidence......... MY ONLY GRANDSON IS NICHOLAS PYE. MY ONLY SON IS TIMOTHY PYE AND MY FATHER IS WALTER PYE ! Chances of my looking at that particular book ? Chances of those three names coming up in that order !!! If you will give me your email address I will scan and send you extracts from the book as kindly copied for me by the librarian.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:00:48 +0000Coincidence ID:4256