GIRLS
Aloua
Anatla - someone listed in a sampler, so there is some guesswork on gender here.
Arietta - nickname? There is a Harrietta with the same last name in another sampler.
Edeny
Editha
Harrietta-
Hitty - a nickname, I guess, though I'm used to Hetty or Kitty.
Lieze
Maieson -
Melia - perhaps a nickname, though you couldn't know if it was for Amelia, Pamelia, or some other name (there is a Pamelia who was listed as an owner of a sampler).
Mella - another nickname? For something like Camilla, perhaps (or Camella)
Meribah
Morilla
Richea
Sabra
Slomey - wondering if this is Salome?
Wait
BOYS
Bradbury -this is not someone who made a sampler, but owners of samplers are listed and given how old the book is married women are usually identified by their husband's name, so Mrs. Bradbury Bedell owned a sampler made by Catherine Bond in 1797 (among others).
DeWolfe- although a middle name, this was a time when it was common to go by your middle name instead of your first name (the middle initial is listed only so it seems that was the case here).
Oakford
Offin - again this is the owner of a sampler though in this case, the man himself and not his wife is identified.
Piatt
Renwick
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