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In reply to the discussion: A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)7. Mine...
there are quite a lot of them. So I'll list by place of immigration/arrival in the colonies or United States, and then subdivide that by place of origin.
Maryland
English: Gardiner, Hatton, Cra(y)croft, Edelen, Boarman, Mudd, Burch, Tennison, Greenwell, Holton, Miles, Gough, Tattershall, Beckwith, Harvey, Wiseman, Nevitt, Buckman, Pottenger, Tyler, Howard, Vowles, Mills, Thompson, Abell, Usher, Spalding, Cooper, Brown, Taylor, Handy, Purnell, King, Burford, Rousby, Smith, Sheldon (or Shelton), Coomes, Harwood, Marsh, Parrish, Norton.
Welsh: Davis, Griffith, Jenkins, Morgan, Jones
Irish: Riley (or Raley), Dennis, Lynch, McGee.
Scots: Dunbar, Henry.
French: Duvall.
Palatine German (probably): Waggoner (or Wagner).
English: Gardiner, Hatton, Cra(y)croft, Edelen, Boarman, Mudd, Burch, Tennison, Greenwell, Holton, Miles, Gough, Tattershall, Beckwith, Harvey, Wiseman, Nevitt, Buckman, Pottenger, Tyler, Howard, Vowles, Mills, Thompson, Abell, Usher, Spalding, Cooper, Brown, Taylor, Handy, Purnell, King, Burford, Rousby, Smith, Sheldon (or Shelton), Coomes, Harwood, Marsh, Parrish, Norton.
Welsh: Davis, Griffith, Jenkins, Morgan, Jones
Irish: Riley (or Raley), Dennis, Lynch, McGee.
Scots: Dunbar, Henry.
French: Duvall.
Palatine German (probably): Waggoner (or Wagner).
Virginia
English: Corbin, Stockley, Bennett, Langston, Adams, Nalle, Aldin, Willis, Perkins, Nelson, Robinson, Bridwell, Coleman, Scarburgh, Wise, Taylor.
Welsh: Edwards, Price, Williams, Jones.
Scots: Stark.
English: Corbin, Stockley, Bennett, Langston, Adams, Nalle, Aldin, Willis, Perkins, Nelson, Robinson, Bridwell, Coleman, Scarburgh, Wise, Taylor.
Welsh: Edwards, Price, Williams, Jones.
Scots: Stark.
Pennsylvania
English: Child(s), Dodd, Carlisle.
English: Child(s), Dodd, Carlisle.
New York (including Long Island)
English: Carman, Dayton, Sheaffe, Diament (or Dimon).
French: Seloivre (Huguenots, by way of the Netherlands).
English: Carman, Dayton, Sheaffe, Diament (or Dimon).
French: Seloivre (Huguenots, by way of the Netherlands).
North Carolina
English: Myatt, Nalle, Utley, Allen.
English: Myatt, Nalle, Utley, Allen.
South Carolina
English: Pennington (from Virginia, first).
Dutch: De Coninck (Anglicised to "King"; originally emigrated to New York, and went from thence to Delaware, then South Carolina).
English: Pennington (from Virginia, first).
Dutch: De Coninck (Anglicised to "King"; originally emigrated to New York, and went from thence to Delaware, then South Carolina).
Georgia
English: Holland, Miller, Ward
Irish (probably): Sims
Welsh: Jones
English: Holland, Miller, Ward
Irish (probably): Sims
Welsh: Jones
Kentucky
English: French, Dodds
Irish: Dillon
Scots: Macdonald (which underwent a spelling change to "McDaniel", somehow, by the time they show up in Tennessee).
English: French, Dodds
Irish: Dillon
Scots: Macdonald (which underwent a spelling change to "McDaniel", somehow, by the time they show up in Tennessee).
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Lemieux? Hmm....you might just be related to the world famous hockey player, methinks.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#15
One of my ancestors built the house that was famously occupied by Bacon's followers, apparently.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#14
I have Harwoods. 19th century - England >> New Jersey >> Illinois >> Nebrasa
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#22
Dunno about J.M. or his father, but his grandfather, Joseph, Sr. may have been from Lancaster Co.;
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#41