Where does the surname EMERENLIA come from?

Question

My ancestress, Cornelia EMERENLIA, (EMERENLIA-1) MARRIED Jonathan Gilbert Richardson.  They were married in the early 1700s, prob. In Charleston, SC and lived in the Edgefield District, SC.  I cannot fine exact dates.

Does anyone know the origin of her surname EMERENLIA? Thank you for any help.

Dolores Miller Pringle

Answer 1

Might be a hint

"Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL63-LQ77 : 23 August 2017), Cornelia Emmrnes in entry for Adriana Houwerd, Baptism 20 Mar 1707, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland; from database, openarchives(https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Archiefnaam: Dopen NH Pieterskerk, Deel: 226, Periode: 1699-1710, archive 1004, inventory number 226, folio; Archiefnaam: Dopen NH Pieterskerk, Deel: 226, Periode: 1699-1710; Erfgoed Leiden.

Comments

Thank you!

Answer 2

From the documents transcribed here

http://web.archive.org/web/20030407203631/http://www.hillsboro.net/users/conaway/john_richardson_&_cornelia_emerenlia.htm

it seems to have been her middle name.  Maiden names weren't used in those ways in that era.

Comments

It was probably Emerentia and just mistranscribed or misspelled, but unlikely to be a surname.