Antedating of "John Doe"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/5/2011 12:21 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>John Doe (OED 1768)
>
>1599 in OED, s.v. _Richard Roe_

I think we simply have to wait until the OED marches on to J.  (In
2009, Jesse wrote me that he had both John and Richard from 1599.  I
had found them in 1696 in Essex Country, Mass.)

JSB

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