Ancestor Surnames – Jim Ward

This is and always will be a work in progress.

(M) = Maternal line.  (P) = Paternal line.

GGm = Great Grandmother. WIP=Work In Progress.

“Link” leads to a description of the surname origin on another website, most often surnamedb.com

“RootsWeb” leads to my RootsWeb genealogy site for that surname.

Given name count: Mary - 62. Elizabeth – 51. Sarah – 26. Hannah – 22. Ann – 4. Anna – 2. Anne – 13, Abigail – 7. Abagail – 4. Rebecca – 7. Ruth – 4.

Definitions:

Patronymic: A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather, or an earlier male ancestor. 

Habitational: Pertaining to habitation of or an inhabited region.

Topographical/Locational: Surname is derived from a land feature or a certain location.

Antecedents: Going before; preceding.

Metonymic: A metonym is a word or phrase used in place of another with which it's closely associated. 

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Surnames & Origins

Some surnames appear twice due to more than one origin.

English, 144 surnames: Allen, Austin, Bailey, Baker, Bangs, Bartlett, Bassett, Bates, Beach, Berry, Bickford, Birdseye, Black, Bowers, Bradstreet, Brand, Bragdon, Brewster, Bullkeley, Bruen, Carey, Carver, Charlton, Church, Churchill, Chute, Cilley, Cobb, Collier, Cornwall, Cox, Daulton, Dawson, Day/Daye, Hendee…Severance, Wakefield, Warren, Welton, West, Whaley.  WIP

Scottish, 28 surnames: Allison, Atkinson, Austin, Bangs, Black, Brown, Cooke, Cuming, Cummins, Darling, Duncan, Grant, Hale, Hickox, Hogg, Hudson, Hutchinson, Jackson, Miller, Patterson, Randall, Rogers, Trumball, Walker, Watts, Wilson and Wood. WIP

Irish, 21 surnames: Barrett, Carey, Doane, Dyer, Getchell, Green, Griffin, Harvey, Keating, Kelly, Madden, Molloy & variants, Mandeville, O’Brien & variants, Phelan, Smith & Smyth, Tracy, Ward and Welby.

Anglo Saxon – Wakefield, Whitbread, others WIP

Anglo Scottish - WIP

French, WIP. Bassett

Dutch, Danish, German, Swedish & Norwegian - WIP.

Norman French - WIP

Wales – Button, Hopkins, Price – WIP

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A Surnames 

Allen. Origin: This distinguished surname is equally widespread in England, Scotland and Ireland. Records indicate Margaret Allen Bruen, 10^th GGm, was English. Surname link. Baldwin/Porter/Royce/Beach line. (M)

Allison. Origin: Scottish. Link. Last ancestor – Anne Allison Brown, 8^th GGm (P). See Brown surname.

Atkinson. Origin: Anglo-Scottish, although with Norman antecedents. Link. Last ancestor – Miriam Atkinson Cross, 5^th GGm. See Cross surname. (P)

Appleton. Origin: English, of Anglo-Saxon origin and is locational from any of the several places thus called, for example Appleton in Cumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, Berkshire and Kent. Last ancestor: Mary Appleton Royce, 11^th GGM on both maternal and paternal lines, primarily Beach (M) and Fenn (P).

Atwater. Origin: Recorded as Water, Wharter, Wauter, the patronymic Waters and the residentials Atwater and Attwater, this is an English surname of great antiquity with two possible origins. Link. Last ancestor: Mercy Atwater Austin, 8^th GGm, Austin/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Austin. Origin: Likely Scottish/English. Link. Last ancestor – Abigail Austin Fenn, 5^th GGm. (P)

B Surnames

Bailey. Origin: English. Link. Last ancestor – Priscilla Bailey Atkinson, 6^th GGm, Cross/Dyer/Miller line.  (P)

Baker. Origin: Olde English pre-8th century origins. Link. Last ancestors:

1.          Rose Baker Chute, 10^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P) 

2.          Sarah Baker Brown, 11^th GGm, Lassell/Miller line. (P)

3.          Sarah Baker Sims, 10^th GGm, Brown/Lassell/Miller line. (P) Sarah #2 & Sarah #3 were cousins.

Baldwin. Origin: This ancient and distinguished name is of Anglo-Saxon and Old German origin. Link. Last ancestors:

1.          Elizabeth Baldwin Porter, 8^th GGm, Fenn line. (P)

2.          Sarah Baldwin Royce, 8^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Elizabeth and Sarah were sisters, daughters of 9^th great grandparents John Baldwin and Mary Bruen.

Bangs. Origin: English, Scottish and Gaelic origin. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Bangs Doane, 9^th GGm, Cleaveland/Stickney/Gardner line. (P)

Barrett. Origin: Anglo-Norman Irish. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Barrett Dyer, the Quaker Martyr. 10^th GGm. (P) HistoryandWomen.com link

Bartholomew. Origin: Medieval English, see Link. Last ancestor: Annice Bartholomew Wilson, 3^rd GGm, Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Bartlett. Origin: Medieval English, a double diminutive form of "Bart, Bert", a pet form of Bartholomew. Link. Last ancestor: Rebecca Bartlett Stanford, 9^th GGm, Mayflower descendant. Sawyer/Randall/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Bassett. Origin: Two possible origins, one English and one French. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Bassett Parker, 9^th GGm, Clark/Royce/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Bates. Origin: English. Link. Last ancestor – Mary Bates Cleaveland, 8^th GGm. Stickney line. (P) RootsWeb

Beach. Origin: Olde English, several possible sources. Last ancestor: Lodema Olive Beach Spencer, great grandmother. (M) RootsWeb

Beardsley. Origin: An Anglo-Saxon locational name from some minor, unrecorded or now "lost" place, believed to have been situated in Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire where the name is most popular. Link. Last ancestor – Abigail Beardsley Patterson, 6^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Berry. Origin: Ancient English. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Jans Berry de Mandeville, 8^th GGm. (M)

Berthoff. Origin: 8 variants. Geneanet Link. Last ancestor – Maria Berthoff Mandeveil, 6^th GGm, Dockham line/Smith/O’Brien. (M)

Bickford. Origin: Ancient English. Variant: Beckford. Last ancestor – Mary Bickford Walker, 7^th GGm. (P)

Birdseye. Origin: Anglo-Saxon English. Link. Last ancestor - Joanna Birdseye Wilcoxen, 9^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

Bishop. Origin: Ancient Greek, pre-Christian origins. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Bishop Scranton, 7^th GGm. See Hall. (M)

Black. Origin: Scottish & English. Link. Last ancestor – Mary Margaret Hogg Black, 5^th GGm, Robson/Hudson line. (P)

Blaisdell. Origin: An unusual name of Old Scandinavian origin, several variants. Link. Last ancestor – Martha Blaisdell Cilley, 8^th GGm. (P)

Bouten. Origin: Might be a variant of Boutin and/or Bouton - French: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Boto, a short form of any of various names composed with the element bod ‘messenger’. Source: American Dictionary of Family Names, 2022, 2^nd edition. Last ancestor: Bridget Bouten Kellogg, 9^th GGm, Patterson/Dibble/Fenn line. (P)

 WIP. Patterson/Dibble Fenn paternal line.

Bowers. Origin: An interesting Olde English patronymic surname has a number of possible origins, all of Anglo-Saxon pre-8th century derivation. Link. Last ancestor: Ruth Bowers Frisbie, 9^th GGm. (P)

Bradford. Origin: This ancient and distinguished surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the places so called, large and small; in particular the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Link. Last Ancestor: Alice Bradford Fitch, mother-in-law of Mayflower descendant Deborah Gorham. (P) Glover/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line.

Bradstreet. Origin: English: topographic name for someone living by a Roman road or other great highway, from Old English brad ‘broad’ + str?t ‘paved highway’, ‘Roman road’ (see Street), or habitational name from some minor place named with these elements. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. See Kimball. Last ancestor: Mary Bradstreet Kimball, 9^th GGm, Dibble/Fenn line. (P)

Brand. Origin: German, English and French, 50 variants like Brando. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Brand Cooke, 12^th GGm. Chute/Stickney paternal line. (P)

Bragdon. Origin: English, most likely a variant of Brogdon. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names.  Last ancestor: Patience Bragdon Came, 7^th GGm, Miller line. (P) Her parents and brother Samuel Jr. are ancestors of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who is also a descendant of Mayflower passengers William & Mary Brewster and son Love, as am I. RootsWeb

Brewster.  Origin: This is an occupational surname for a brewer of beer or ale, and is of Anglo-Saxon origin. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century verb 'breowan', to brew, and was in Middle English 'brewere', a brewer. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Brewster Bartlett, 10^th GGm, Miller line, daughter of Mayflower passenger Love Brewster and his wife, Sarah Collier. Sarah’s husband is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren via his daughter Mary. That’s how I’m related to Mr. Warren. Stanford/Sawyer/Randall/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Brierly/Brearly. Origin: English locational origin from Brierley in Staffordshire or Brierly in West and South Yorkshire. The name, in all cases, derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "broer" meaning "briar" plus "leah", a clearing. Link. Last ancestor: Tabitha Brierly Slack, 6^th GGm, Frost/Griffiths/Spencer line. (M)

Brown. Origin: Pre-7th century Germanic and Anglo-Saxon word "brun" or the Olde Norse personal name "Bruni". Link. Also, it could be Anglicized French. Link. Last ancestor: Phoebe Brown Rhodes, 5^th GGm. See Ellis. (P) Wilson/Fenn line.

Bruen. Origin: 2 possibilities: Irish: variant of Breen. North German (Brün): from Middle Low German brūn ‘brown’ hence probably a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion or for someone who habitually wore brown clothes. Source: American Dictionary of Family Names, 2022, 2^nd Edition. Last ancestor: Mary Bruen Baldwin, 9^th GGm, Royce/Beach/Madden/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien* line. (M) *Mary Ann Madden and Clark Beach were 7^th cousins and 2^nd great grandparents. Their daughter, Lodema Olive Beach Spencer, was Grandma Evelyn Spencer O’Brien’s mother.

Bullevant/Bullivant. Origin: Old French origin deriving from a nickname for a particularly good or (useful) child as a term of endearment, from the Old French elements "bon enfant", good infant. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Bullevant Redgate, 8^th GGm, Griffiths/Griffis & Spencer line. (M)

Bullkely. Origin: Apparently an English locational name from Old English bulluc + leah, "pasture where bullocks graze". From Wikipedia: Bulkeley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village…had a population of 239 in the 2011 census. Link. Last ancestor: Frances Bulkeley Welby, 11^th GGm, Farwell/Bates/Stickney line. Possible Charlemagne connection (WIP). (P)

Bunker. Origin: Norman. Link. Last ancestor – Patience Bunker Gardner, 7^th GGm. (P)

Burr. Origin: This interesting surname is of early medieval origin, Middle English or Anglo-Saxon, and has a number of possible interpretations. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Burr Clark, 6^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

Burrell. Origin: French. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Burrell Dawson, 10^th GGm, Stickney line. (P)

Butler. Origin: Famous aristocratic surname of Norman-French origin. Link. Last ancestor – Sarah Butler Bailey, 7^th GGm. (P)

Button. Origin: Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Earliest known Button ancestor was in Glamorganshire, Wales. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Button Kingsbury, 8^th GGm. (P)

Byrd. Origin: WIP

C Surnames

Cain. Origin: French, Norman or Welsh. Link. Last ancestor: Rebecca Cain Wood, 5^th GGm, Wood, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Came. Origin: Probably English? Nothing definitive on the internet. Last ancestor – Patience Came Kingsbury, 6^th GGm. (P)

Cary/Carey. Origin: Either Welsh/Cornish, French, English or an Anglicized form of Gaelic Irish O'Ciardha. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Carey Foote, 5^th GGm, Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Carter. Origin: This is an old ancient name, thought to be originally derived from the Celtic word "cairt" meaning "cart". It is an occupational surname for a transporter of goods, with an elaborate history and derivation. Link. Last ancestor: Lydia Carter Beach, 11^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (P)

Carver. Origin: Either pre-7^th century Old English or Anglo-Norman French. Link. Last ancestor – Sarah Carver Paine, 7^th GGm. (P)

Chaplin. Origin: Old Norman-French. Link. Last ancestor – Alice Chaplin Parke, 10^th GGm, Madden/Beach/O’Brien line. (M)

Charles. Origin: Pre-5th century Germanic origin. Link. Last ancestor – Abigail Charles Moss, 9^th GGm. (P)

Charlton. Origin: English locational name. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Charlton Dawson, 12^th GGm, Stickney line. (P)

Church. Origin: Old English pre-7th Century. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Church Beach, 4^th GGm. (M) RootsWeb

Churchill. Origin: English pre-Anglo Saxon. Link. Last ancestor – Hannah Churchill Royce, 9^th GGm. (M)

Chute. Origin: English. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Chute Stickney, 7^th GGm. See Epps. (P) RootsWeb

Cilley. Origin: An early medieval English surname with variants recorded in the spellings of Sealey, Seally, Sealy, Seelly, Siley, Silley, Zealey. Link. Last ancestor: Jane Cilley Green, 4^th GGm. (P) RootsWeb

Clark. Origin: Anglo Saxon, from a medieval occupational name for a scribe or secretary. Link. Last ancestors:

1.    Phoebe Clark Royce, 7^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

2.   Agnes Clark Conant, 11^th GGm, mother of Roger Conant, Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

3.   Martha Clark Beach, 6^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Clarke. Origin: Same as Clark above. Last ancestor: Jane Agnes Clarke Collier, 12^th GGm, mother of Mayflower passenger Love Brewster’s wife Sarah Collier. Brewster/Bartlett/Stanford/Sawyer/Randall/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Cleaveland/Cleveland. Origin: Anglo Saxon. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Cleveland Stickney, 5^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb – Cleaveland/Cleveland and Stickney pages.

Cobb. Origin: Early medieval English. Link. Last ancestor: Patience Cobb Parker, 8^th GGm, Dyer line. (P)

Coffin. Origin: Norman French, variant of Coffyn. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Coffin Bunker, 8^th GGm. (P)

Cole. Origin: Complicated. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Northend Cole,

Collier. Origin: This long-established name is of early medieval English origin and is an occupational surname for a burner of charcoal, or a gatherer or seller of coal. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Collier Brewster, 10^th GGm, wife of Mayflower passenger Love Brewster. Bartlett/Stanford/Sawyer/Randall/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Comey. Origin: Welsh. Ancestry Link. Last ancestor: Mary Comey Kibbe/Kibby, 7^th GGm, Madden line. (M)

Cooke. Origin: Scottish. Link, Last ancestor: Elizabeth Cooke Reade, 11^th GGm. Chute-Stickney line. See Epps. (P)

Conant. Origin: Derived from the ancient English Celtic male given name Conan, from the Celtic "kunovals" meaning "high" and "mighty". Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Conant Hendee, 8^th GGm, granddaughter of Roger Conant & Sarah Horton. Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Cornwall. Origin: Old English pre-7th Century. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Cornwall Doolittle, 7^th GGm, 5^th GGm of WWII aviator Col. Jimmy Doolittle. Link. Fenn line. (P)

Cox. Origin: Olde English pre-7th Century. Link. Last ancestor – Anne Cox Morse, 9^th GGm, Stickney line. (P)

Cross. Origin: Derived from the pre 7th century Old Norse word "kross…" Link. Also could be anglicized French. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Cross Dyer, 3^rd GGm. Miller line. See Atkinson. (P)

Cuming. Origin: Scottish, variant of Cummings. Last ancestor – Rebecca Cuming Duncan, 4^th GGm, Robson/Hudson line (P)

Cummins. Origin: Scottish, variant of Cummings. Last ancestor – Margaret Cummins Keating, 4^th GGm, Ward line. (P)

Curtis. Origin: Old French for "Corteis" or "Curteis" meaning "refined" or "accomplished.” Curtis Society and surnamedb.com Link. Last ancestor – Jemima Curtis Beach, 7^th GGm. See Beach surname. (M) RootsWeb

Cutler. Origin: Recorded in various spellings including Cutler and the French Cuttelar, this is a famous and noble surname of Old French origins. Link. Last ancestor: Alice Lane Cutler Cleaveland, 11^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Cutter. Origin: English: occupational name from Middle English cuttere ‘craftsman who cuts things; tailor barber’ possibly also ‘stonecutter woodcutter’ from an agent derivative of Old English cyttan ‘to cut’. Americanized form of German Kotter. Link. Last ancestor: Joanna Cutter Dodge, 9^th GGm, Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P)

D Surnames

Darcy. Origin: French, introduced in England in the wake of the Norman Invasion of 1066. Link. Last ancestor – Lady Penelope Hervey Darcy-Gage, 10^th GGm, Kingsbury/Miller line. (P)

Darling. Origin: Anglo-Saxon & Scottish, 1600s. Link. Might be Anglicized French – link. And a link to George Darling’s forced relocation to the colonies as an indentured servant. Last ancestor – Judith Darling Cilley, 6^th GGm, Green/Miller line. (P)

Daulton. Origin: Olde English, pre-7^th century. Variants include Dalton. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Daulton Fairbanks, 11^th GGm.

Dawson. Origin: English, variant of medieval male given name Daw. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Dawson Stickney, 9^th GGm. (P)

Day or Daye. Origin: English. Link. Last ancestor – Dorothy Day(e) Pike, 10^th GGm. (P)

DeMandeville. Origin: English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French. Variants include Mandeville, Mandeviel. Link. Last ancestor: Maritje (Mary) Mandeviel, 6^th GGm. Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. See Mandeville/Mandeveil. (M)

Dibble. Origin: French derivation. It was introduced by the Normans after the 1066 invasion, but in fact the true origin is much older, and maybe pre-Christian. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Dibble Fenn, 4^th GGm. (P) Fenn/Miller line.

Doane. Origin: Irish: Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubháin ‘descendant of Dubhán. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names. Last ancestor: Rebecca Doane Paine, 8^th GGm. (P) Cleaveland/Stickney/Gardner line.

Dockham. Origin: English: A habitational name from Dockham in Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Hester Anne Dockham Monroe Smith, 2^nd GGm, Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Dodge. Origin: Medieval English & Anglo Saxon. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Dodge Cilley, 5^th GGm. (P) Miller line.

Doolittle. Origin: English, nickname for a lazy man.  Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Martha Doolittle Fenn. (P) Fenn/Miller line.

Dryden.  Origin: This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a Scottish locational name from a place thus called, near Roslin, in Midlothian. Link. Last ancestor: Bridget Dryden Marbury, 12^th GGm, wife of Rev. Francis Marbury and mother of Anne Marbury Hutchinson. Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Duckmanton. Origin: Old English, one who keeps ducks. Link. Last ancestor: Elanor Duckmanton Frost, 6^th GGm. (M) Griffiths/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

DuFour. Origin: French. Last ancestor: Jeanne DuFour LaRoux, 9^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Duncan. Origin: Anglo-Scottish surname derived from the pre 7th century Gaelic male given name "Donnchad." Link. Last Ancestor: Rebecca Duncan Robson, 3^rd GGm, Hudson/Ward line. (P) RootsWeb

Dyer. Origin: Early medieval English origin, occupational name for a dyer of cloth. Link. Or this - English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person. Family Search Link  to Mary Barrett Dyer, the Quaker Martyr. Last ancestor: Miriam Cross Dyer Miller, 2^nd GGm, Miller line. (P) See surname Cross.

E Surnames

Ellis. Origin: This ancient surname of many spellings is a "crusader" import into Europe from the Holy Land. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Ellis Brown, 6^th GGm. (P) See Brown surname.

Epps. Origin: Anglo-Saxon English, dates back to the early 13th Century. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Epps Chute, 9^th GGm, Chute/Stickney/Gardner line. (P)

F Surnames

Fairbanks. Origin: Late 16th Century English topographical or locational surname. Last ancestor: Lydia Fairbanks Bates, 10^th GGm, Cleaveland/Cleveland/Paine/Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Farnsworth. Origin: English locational origin, 16^th century. Last ancestor: Susannah Farnsworth Sawtell, 6^th GGm, Ford/Beach line. (M)

Fenn. Origin: This interesting and unusual surname is of medieval English origin, and one of first recorded. It is a topographic surname for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, or locational and regional for a former resident of the Fen Country of East Anglia in particular. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century "foenn." Link. Last ancestor: Cora Adaline Fenn Miller, great grandmother. (P) RootsWeb – Fenn & Miller

Fitch:  Origin: An old French metonymic occupational name for a work-man who used an "iron pointed implement.” Link. Last ancestor: Lydia Fitch Glover, 6^th GGm, Mayflower descendant of John Tilly, wife Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley, their daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Howland. Glover/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb 

Foote. Origin: English, believed to have pre-7th century Norse-Viking origins. Link. Last ancestor: Anna Foote Bartholomew, 4^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Ford. Origin: Anglo-Saxon, a topographical name for someone who lived near a ford, a shallow place in a river of water where men and animals could wade across. Link. Last ancestor: Lodema Z. Ford Beach, 3^rd GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Foster. Origin: English medieval surname. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Foster Gaines, 7^th GGm, Sawtelle/Ford/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Friend. Origin: This most unusual name is of early medieval English origin. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Friend Packer, 8^th GGm, Parke/Parks/Beach line. (M)

Frost. Origin: ancient name found in the spellings of Forst and Frost, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has the unusual distinction of being recorded as a surname as early as 1086 (in the Domesday Book). Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Frost Griffis, 4^th GGm, Griffiths/Spencer line. (M)

G Surnames

Gage. Origin: This interesting and unusual name has two possible origins, both Norman (French), and introduced into Britain after the Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Susanna Gage Kingsbury, 9^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Gaines. Origin: English, but of Olde French origins…introduced into England by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Gaines Sawtell, 5^th GGm, mother of Hannah Sawtell Ford. (M) See Ford, Beach lines.

Gardner. Origin: French. Recorded widely in England, Ireland, and Scotland, it is both a status and an occupational name, and relates to the head gardener of a noble or even royal house. Link. Last ancestor; Adaline Gardner Fenn, 3^rd GGm, Miller line. RootsWeb

Gates. Origin: English surname. It is topographical from residence by the gates of a medieval town, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century "gatu", plural of "geat", meaning gate. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Gates Lazell/Lasell/Lassell, 9^th GGm. Miller line. (P)

Getchel. Origin: Altered spelling of Irish Gatchell. Altered spelling of South German Götschel, Goetschel, from a short form of Gottfried or Gottschalk. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Eleanor Getchel Cilley, 7^th GGm, Green/Miller line. (P)

Gibbs. Origin: This name is one of the patronymic forms of the popular medieval pet name "Gib", itself a short form of the personal name "Gilbert", which was introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Margery Gibbs Packer, 9^th GGm, Parke & Parks/Madden/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Girling. Origin: Derived from the old French "ceur de lion" meaning "lion heart" and would have originated as a nickname for a brave man. Link. Last ancestor: Johanna Girling Chute, 12^th GGm, Chute/Stickney/Gardner line. (P)

Glover. Origin: Occupational medieval English origin. It described a maker or seller of gloves. Link Last ancestor: Rachel Glover Gardner, 5^th GGm. Miller line. (P)

Godfrey. Origin: Recorded in many spellings including Godfrey, Godfroy, Godfry, Gotfree, Godfree and Godfreed, this is an English surname of Germanic and Anglo-Saxon pre 7th century origins. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Godfrey Cary/Carey, 8^th GGm, Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Gorham. Origin: A very old English locational surname, may have originated from the 'lost' village of Gorehambury near the town of St. Albans in Hertfordshire. Link. Last ancestor: Deborah Gorham Fitch, 8^th GGm, Mayflower passenger descendant and granddaughter of Desire Howland & John Gorham. Glover/Gardner/Stickney/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Grant. Origin: Anglo-Scottish, Belgian and French with two possible origins – early French/Norman Invasion or pre-7th century Old English. Link. Last ancestor: Miriam Frances Grant Dibble, 9^th GGm, Fenn line. (P)

Graves. Origin: This interesting name is a patronymic form of the surname Grave. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Graves Cross, 7^th GGm and grandmother of Essex County (MA) Regiment Commander Colonel Ralph Cross in the Revolutionary War. Link. Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Green. Origin: Green and Greene are one of the most widespread of English, and sometimes Irish, surnames. It is usually of pre 7th century origin. Link. Last ancestor: Jane Warren Green, 3^rd GGm, Miller line. (P) Note: This line doesn’t go past Jane Warren Green due to a problem in Rockingham County, NH, in the early 1700s. 3 boys named Ephriam Green were born to unrelated parents in the same year – 1722. To my knowledge, nobody has solved the problem of who’s related to who.

Greene. Origin: See Green. Last ancestor: Susan Greene Chute, 11^th GGm, Stickney /Gardner line. (P)

Gridley. Origin: English origin with variant spellings Grealey, Greally, Grealy, Greeley, Greely, Graley, Grayley, Greedley, Gridley, Gridly, etc., is a locational name from Greasley in Nottinghamshire or Gresley in Derbyshire, dates to the 11^th century. Link. Last ancestor: Katherine Gridley Darling, 9^th GGm (P)

Griffin. Origin: Variants Griffen, Griffin, and probably others, are a surname of at least three distinct origins. Without a prefix it may be English, Irish or Welsh, and which in their earliest ancient origins, are almost certainly linked. Link. Last ancestor: Martha Griffin Holcomb, 6^th GGm, Ford/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Griffiths and Griffis. Origin: Welsh. Last ancestor – 2^nd GGm Hannah Griffiths Spencer. See Hall & Spencer. (M) RootsWeb

H Surnames

Hale. Origin:  English and sometimes Scottish habitational and the origin is strictly speaking Ancient British (pre-Roman), and a survivor of the very earliest civilizations. Link. Last ancestors:

1.      Martha Hannah Hale Peck, 9^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

2.      Joanna Hale Dodge, 8^th GGm, Cilley/Miller Line

Hall. Origin: Olde English pre 7th Century word "heall", or the Old German and later Anglo-Saxon "halla", or even the Old Norse-Viking "holl".  All have the same meaning - a large house or building.  Link. Last Hall ancestors –

       1.      Mary Hall Griffis/Griffiths, 3^rd GGm, Spencer line (M) RootsWeb

       2.      Elizabeth Hall Parks, 5^th GGm. Madden/Beach line. (M) RootsWeb

Hamby. Origin: A locational surname of Danish-Viking pre 8th century origins. Link. Last ancestor: Catherine Hamby Hutchinson, 10^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Hamlin. Origin: This very interesting surname is English, but of Norman French pre 10th century origins, being introduced at the Conquest of 1066. It is derived from the Norman personal name "Hamon", itself a variant of the early Germanic word "haim", meaning home. Link Last ancestor: Margery Hamlin Royce, 10 GGm, on both maternal and paternal lines, primarily Beach (M) and Fenn (P).

Hansen. Origin: Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Hans. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Annetje Hansen, 8^th GGm, (M) WIP .

Hardy. Origin: It derives from the Old French, Middle English (1200 - 1500) "hardi", meaning bold or courageous. Link. Last ancestor: Joane Hardy Bullivant, 9^th GGm, Griffiths/Spencer line. (M)

Harvey. Origin: This ancient surname, which is one of the earliest on record, is of English and Irish origin. It is also well recorded in Scotland, although the origin is English. Link. This is a WIP.

Hatch. Origin:  Anglo-Saxon, a locational name from any of the places called Hatch in Bedfordshire, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Link. Ancestors:

1.      Joanna Hatch Winn, 10^th GGm, Cleveland line. (P) Rootsweb

2.      Lydia Hatch Taylor, 9^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Hauxworth/Hawksworth. Origin: Hawksworth is an English locational surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Hauxsworth Page, 8^th GGm, Miller line. (M)

Hayward. Origin: English surname. It originates from the pre 7th Century words "hege" meaning hedge or fence, plus "weard", a watch or guardian. Link. Last ancestor: Margaret Hayward Cornwall, 10^th GGm. See Cornwall. (P)

Heale/Healye. Origin: Variant of Hale. Anglo-Saxon origin and is in most cases a topographical surname acquired in the first instance by someone who lived in a nook or hollow. Link. Last ancestor: Alice Heale/Healye Cox, 10^th GGm.

Hendee. Origin: English (Gloucestershire): nickname from Middle English hendy ‘courteous valiant humble’ used also as a personal name (however this may have been a pet form of Henry; see Henson ). The name was later taken to Ireland. Source – Dictionary of American Family Names. Last ancestor: Hannah Hendee Cary/Carey, 7^th GGm, Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Hendricks. Origin:  Pre-7th century German personal name "Heim-ric", meaning "home rule". Link Last ancestor: Else Peters Hendicks de Mandeviel, 9^th GGm. (M)

Hessels. Origin: German or Swedish or Dutch. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Elsje Pieters Hessels  Vreeland, 8^th GGm. (M)

Hester. Origin: German. Link. Last ancestor: Eunice Hester Beach, 5^th GGm. (M) Rootsweb

Hickox. Origin: English or Scottish, variant of Hickcox & Hickock. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Hickox Ingraham, 7^th GGm, Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Hill. Origin: Distinguished Olde English pre 7th century derivation. Link. Last ancestor – Joan Hill Beach, 10^th GGm. (M)

Hills. Origin: See Hill above. Link. Last ancestor – Hannah Hills Spencer, 8^th GGm. (M)

Hilton. Origin: Hilton or Hylton is a locational surname of English and Norwegian origin. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Hilton Woodman, 8^th GGm, Atkinson/Cross/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Hinkson. Origin: English: habitational name from Hingston in Bigbury or Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead (both Devon). Hinxton (Cambridgeshire) is a possible alternative source for the surname in eastern England. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd Edition, 2022. Last ancestor: Honor Hinkson Libby, 7^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Hobart. Origin: A patronymic English surname transferred from the given name derived from a variant of Hubert. Link. Last ancestor: Rebecca Hobart Bangs, 10^th GGm, Doane/Cleaveland/Stickney/Miller line. (P)

Hogeboom. Origin: Dutch and Belgian: variant spelling of Hooge(n)boom/Hoogenboom. Source:  Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Elisabeth Hogeboom Moore, 5^th GGm. (M)

Hogg. Origin: English & Scottish. Link 1. Link 2. Last ancestor: Margaret Logan Hogg Black, 6^th GGm. (P)

Holcomb. Origin:  Originates in a number of English villages with the name Holcombe. Early examples are recorded as de Holcombe, and the final e has been dropped from many family names, particularly in the USA. Link. Last ancestor: Martha Holcomb Ford, 5^th GGm, Beach line.

Hopkins. Origin: Wales, 16^th century. Link. Last ancestor: Constance Hopkins Snow, 10^th GGm. (P) Paine/Cleaveland/Stickney line. Constance and her father, Stephen Hopkins, plus his second wife, Elizabeth Fisher, were passengers on the Mayflower. RootsWeb

Horton/Harton. Origin: The English surname Horton came from a place-name that was found in three places in Yorkshire and in a number of other counties in England. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Horton Conant, 10^th GGm, wife of Salem, MA, founder Roger Conant. Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Howland. Origin: Anglo-Saxon locational surname deriving from any one of the various places in England called Holland or Hoyland, such as those in Essex, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Link. Last ancestor: Desire Howland Gorham, 9^th GGm, daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. Fitch/Glover/Gardner/Stickney/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Hubbard. Origin: This ancient surname derives from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Hugibert or Hubert, itself a compound of the elements "hug" meaning "heart", and "beorht" - bright or famous. Link. Last ancestor: Abigail Hubbard Spinning, 10^th GGm, Royce/Beach/Spencer line.

Hudson. Origin: Anglo-Scottish patronymic surname. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Hudson (Peel) Ward, Great Grandmother. (P) RootsWeb

Hull. Origin: English locational or topographic surname. Link. Last ancestors:

                                      1.      Temperance Hull Bickford, 9^th GGm, Walker/Miller line. (P)

                                      2.      Deborah Hull Beardsley, 7^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Hunt. Origin: Occupational surname of pre-7th century English origin. Link. Last ancestors:

                                       1.      Anne Hunt Wood, 9^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line.  (P)

                                       2.      Elizabeth Hunt Palmer, 8^th GGm, Walker/Miller line. (P)

Hurst. Origin: English locational surname. Link. Last ancestors:

                                      1.      Patience Hurst Cobb, 9^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

                                      2.      Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley, 11^th GGm, Mayflower passenger. Gardner/Stickney/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Hussey. Origin: Scottish from Norman origins. Link. Last ancestor: Priscilla Hussey Gorham, 8^th GGm, Glover/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Hutchins. Origin: English surname although ultimately of Norman-French and even Germanic origins. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Hutchins Curtis, 10^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

Hutchinson. Origin: Patronymic Anglo-Scottish surname. Link. Last ancestor: Anne Hutchinson Dyer (Vernon), 9^th GGm, granddaughter of Anne Marbury Hutchinson. Dyer/Miller line. (P)

I Surnames

Ingraham. Origin: It’s particularly associated with Yorkshire, England, has its origins in a Germanic personal name which although essentially pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon… Link. Last ancestor: Mary Ingraham Foote, 6^th GGm, Bartholomew/Wilson line. (P)

Ivehe or Ivy or Ivey? Origin: Probably misspelled by someone decades ago. Could be Ive, which is of Anglo Saxon origin. Death cert for a son spells it Ivehe. Last ancestor: Mary Ivehe/Ive/Ivy Smith, 3^rd GGm, O’Brien line. (M)

J Surnames

Jackson. Origin: A famous English and occasionally Scottish, surname. It was first introduced by returning Crusaders from the Holy Land in the 12th century, and grew rapidly in popularity. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Jackson Walker, 8^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Jameson/Jamison. Origin: Old Hebrew origin, patronymic from "James." Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Jameson Parke, 6^th GGm, Parke/Madden/Beach line. (M)

Johnson. Origin: A famous Anglo-Scottish patronymic surname of medieval origins. Link.

                                           1.      Mary Porter Johnson Bartholomew, 9^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

                                           2.      Sarah Johnson Larrabee, 6^th GGm, Libby/Fenn line. (P)

                                           3.      Sarah Johnson Cross, 6^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Jones. Origin: With one in ten Welsh people being so-called, it is nevertheless of English medieval origins. Link.

                                           1.      Mary Jones Getchell, 8^th GGm, Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P)

                                           2.      Mary Jones Dibble, 6^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line

K Surnames

Keating. Origin: Although Keating is found as a surname in England, where it derives from the Old English Cyting, from cyt, meaning "kite", in Ireland it is almost always of Norman origin. Link. Also, from Ancestry: English: Possibly from a Middle English personal name Keting Kiting (Old English Cȳting). Irish (Of Norman Origin): Anglicized form of Céitinn and Mac Céitinn,a Gaelicized derivative of De Ketyng (Probably a habitational name). A surname which was taken to Wexford in the 12th Century by Anglo-Norman settlers. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Anne Keating Ward, 2^nd GGm from County Wexford, Ireland. (P) RootsWeb

Kellogg. WIP

Kelly. Origin: Irish, anglicized form of the great Old Gaelic name "O'Ceallaigh". Link. Last ancestor: Mary Kelly Ward, 4^th GGm. The connection is speculative, not enough evidence yet, so it’s a WIP.

Kent. Origin: Long-established English locational surname originating in the county of the same name. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Kent Hopkins, 11^th GGm, Paine/Cleaveland/Stickney line. She was the mother of 10^th GGm Constance Hopkins Snow. Mary died some time before her husband remarried to Elizabeth Fisher and they travelled to the “New World” on the Mayflower. See Hopkins & Snow. (P)

Keyes. Origins: 1. Old English pre 7th Century occupational name, “keeper of the keys.” 2. Middle English topographical name for one living or working on a wharf. More at the Link. Last ancestor: Elisabeth Keyes Sawtelle, 7^th GGm, Ford/Beach line. (M)

Kibbey/Kibbe. Origin: Kibby, Kibbye, Kybbye, Kibbee, Kibbe, etc., is a dialectal variant of the locational name from any of the numerous places in Northern England called Kirby, deriving from the Olde Norse "kirkja" meaning "church" plus "byr" "settlement". The surname dates back to the mid-16th Century.  Link. Last ancestor: Abigail Kibbe Madden, 5^th GGm, Beach line.

Kimball. Origin: This is an Olde English pre 7th century personal name, at least in origin. Recorded in the modern surname spellings of Kemball, Kimball, Kimble, Kimbell, Kemble, Kemple, and Kimmel. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Kimball Severance, 8^th GGm, Dibble/Fenn line.

Kingsbury. Origin: Recorded as Kingsbury, Kingbury, Kingaby and Kingerby, this is an English surname. Link. Last ancestor: Love Kingsbury Miller, 5^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Kirby. Origin: English locational surname with many variants. Link. Last ancestor: Martha Kirby Hale, 10^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

L Surnames

Lamb. Origin: A variant spelling of Lambe, has three possible origins. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Lamb Gardner, 6^th GGm, Fenn line. (P)

Larrabee. Origin: The surname Larrabee, sometimes spelled L'Arabie, D'Arabie, and Arabie, in foreign documents and books, is of undoubted French origin, possibly Huguenot. Link. Last ancestor: Miriam Larrabee Libby, 5^th GGm, Libby/Fenn line. (P)

LaRue/LaRoux. Origin: French: Topographical surname for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue. Source:  Dictionary of American Family Name, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Rachel LaRue Dockham, 4^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Lassell/Lazell. Origin: Locational surname of Norman origin. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Lassell Miller, 6^th GGm. (P)

Lester. Origin: Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational surname deriving from Leicester, the county town of Leicestershire. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Lester Rood, 7^th GGm, Rhodes/Wilson line. (P)

Leverette. Origin: Three possible origins – A diminutive development of the Norman "Levre." 2^nd and 3^rd are Old English pre-9^th century habitational names. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Leverette Bates, 11^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner line line. (P)

Libby. Origin: Early medieval English origin, derives from a pet form of the medieval female given name "Ibb", a shortened form of "Isabel(le)," which is a variant of Elizabeth. Link. Last ancestor: Lydia Libby Dyer, 4^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Longley. Origin: A famous and noble surname of pre-8th century Anglo-Saxon origins, and whilst generally considered locational from one of the English villages called Langley or Longley, may also be Norse-Viking. Link. Last ancestor: Lydia Longley Farnsworth,  7^th GGm, Ford/Beach line. (M)

Lucetta. Origin: Variants include Luchetta (Italian), baby name Lucy. No info available on surname. Last Ancestor: Lydia Lucetta Spencer, 4^th GGm. (M)

M Surnames

Madden. Origin: Recorded as Madain, Madden, Maddin, Madigan and MacAvaddy, this is a famous Irish surname. It derives from the pre 10th century Olde Gaelic name O'Madain, translating as the descendant of the son of the hound. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Ann Madden Beach, 2^nd GGm. (M) RootsWeb

Maiden. Origin: English, nickname for a man of effeminate appearance, from Middle English maiden, the usual word for a young girl (Old English mægden). Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Maiden Leverette, 12^th GGm, Stickney line. (P)

Mallet. Origin: French. Nickname from a diminutive of Mal ‘bad’. Alternatively from a derivative of the related Old French word maleit ‘accursed’ (from Latin maledictus the opposite of benedictus ‘blessed’) applied as a nickname for an unlucky person. Similar surnames: Millet, Vallet, Mollet, Mullet. Source: Ancestry.com via Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022. Last ancestor: Olive Collet Mallet Woodman, 10^th GGm, Atkinson/Cross/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Mandeviel/Mandeville. Origin: English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French: habitational name from any of various places in France called Mann(e)ville (from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2) + Old French ville ‘settlement’) or Magneville (from Old French magne ‘great’ + ville ‘settlement’). Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Maritje (Mary) Mandeviel LaRue, 5^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Marbury. Origin: Norman, introduced to England in 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Anne Marbury Hutchinson, 11^th GGm, Dyer line. (P) History.com link

Mason. Origin: Recorded in a surprising number of different spellings as shown below, this is a medieval surname of French origins. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Mason Fitch, 9^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Metcalf.  Origin: This very interesting surname recorded in the spellings of Medcalf, Metcalf and Metcalfe, is English. It is chiefly recorded in the county of Yorkshire, and there have been claims that it represents the very first hereditary surname. Link. Last ancestor: Friswide or Friswilde Metcalf Bartholomew, 11^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Merriman. Origin: A derivative of the Olde English pre-7th century personal name 'Myrige', meaning merry. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Merriman Curtis, 8^th GGm, Beach line. (M)

Milberry. Origin: Recorded in the spellings of Millberry, Milberry, Millbery and Mulbery or Mullbery, this interesting surname has at least two possible origins. It is probably Norman French, from the village of Montbrai in Normandy or pre-7th century English baptismal name meaning "mild fortress". Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Milberry Kingsbury, 5^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Miller. Origin: Anglo-Scottish occupational surname. It has over twenty-five entries in the British "Dictionary of National Biography." Link. It also could anglicized French. Link. Last ancestor: Ruth Mary Miller Ward, paternal grandmother. RootsWeb

Molloy/Mulloy and variants. Origin: The primary source of this surname is the Old Gaelic Irish "O'Maolmhuidh", descendant of Maolmhuadh. The name "O'Maolmuidh" was initially Anglicized as "Molloy", but is now widely found as Malloy and Mulloy. Link. Last ancestor: Anastasia Molloy Ward, 3^rd GGm. (P) RootsWeb

Moor/Moore. Origin: Olde English topographical name for someone who lived on a moor or in a fen, pre-7th Ce a British Isles surname of great antiquity. Last ancestor: Rhoda Louisa Moore Dockham, 3^rd GGm. (M) Note: There might be some NW Europe links here as some hints state Dutch Reformed Church membership by the Richard Moore, wife Elizabeth Hogeboom and Richard’s parents, Ephriam Moor and Christyntje Van Salsbergen.

Morse. Origin: A British Isles surname of great antiquity. Link. It is dialectal of the popular personal name Morris, widespread in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Ancestors:

1.      Abial Morse Kibbe, 6^th GGm, Madden line. (M)

2.      Sarah Morse Stickney, 8^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn line (P) RootsWeb

Moss. Origin: This long-established surname, widespread both in England and Ireland, has been used in Ireland as a partial translation of the Old Gaelic "O'Maolmona." Link. Last ancestor: Abigail Moss Doolittle, 8^th GGm, Fenn line. (P)

Moulton. Origin: Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from any one of the places called Moulton, for instance, in Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and Yorkshire. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Moulton Bragdon, 8^th GGm, Came/Milberry/Kingsbury/Miller line. (P)

Mousall. Origin: English, of Anglo Saxon origin. Link. Last ancestor: Ruth Mousall Wood, 10^th GGm, Chute/Stickney/Gardner line. )P_

Muckle. Origin: Recorded in many forms including Machel, Matchell, Matsell, Mitchel, Mitchell, Michell, Mickle, Muckle and others, this is a surname of English and Scottish origins. Link. Last ancestor: Isabel Muckle Darling, 10^th GGm, Green/Miller line. (P)

N Surnames

Nichols. Origin: Nine variants recorded, regarded as British, but is ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. Link. Last ancestor: Eunice Nichols Patterson, 7^th GGm, Dibble/Fenn line. (P)

Northend. Origin: From a lost place called Northend in Southowram (WR Yorks) or from one or more of the various places similarly named elsewhere such as North End in Silsden (WR Yorks) Northend in Turville (Bucks) Northend in Ashwater (Devon) and Northend in Burton Dassett (Warwicks). The place-names derives from Middle English north ‘north northern’ + ende ‘end end of an estate outlying part outskirts’ (Old English norð ende). Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016. Last ancestor: Margaret Northend Palmer, 9^th GGm, Walker/Miller line. (P)

O Surnames

O’Brien. Origin: Gaelic Irish, from Brian Boru (941 - 1014), High King of Ireland. Link. Last ancestor; My mother, Marjorie Jean O’Brien Ward. RootsWeb

Oxley. Origin: Anglo-Saxon locational name - Oxley in Staffordshire and Ox Lee, near Hepworth in West Yorkshire. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Oxley Charlton, 13^th GGm, Dawson/Stickney line. (P)

Owsley. Origin: English variant of Ousley, a habitational name from Oversley in Arrow (Warwickshire). Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022. Last ancestor: Jane Owsley Patch, 11^th GGm, Woodbury/Dodge/Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P)

P Surnames

Packer. Origin: Early medieval English origin, an occupational surname for a "packer", specifically a wool-packer in the counties where the production of wool was concentrated during the Middle Ages, such as Yorkshire, Suffolk and Leicestershire. Link. Last ancestor: Tamsen Packer Bromley, 7^th GGm, Parke/Parks, Beach line. (M)

*Page. Origin: Relates back to the origins of chivalry and heraldry, and is from an occupational descriptive name, derived from the Middle English and Old French "page". Link. Last ancestor: Mary Page Darling, 7^th GGm, Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P) * Could be wrong…Problems with the Green line.

Paine. Origin: Old French, derived from the personal name "Pagen", popularly Paine or Payn(e). Link. Last ancestor; Abagail Paine Cleaveland, Mayflower descendant of Stephan Hopkins & daughter Constance. 7^th GGm. Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Palmer. Origin: Ancient Anglo-French surname. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Palmer Walker, 6^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Parke/Parks. Origin:  Interesting medieval surname, either an occupational or topographic name, derivation is from the Old French and Middle English "parc" or "parke." Link. Last ancestor: Olive Parks Madden, 3^rd GGm, Beach line. (M) RootsWeb

Parker. Origin: This great and noble surname is English of French origin. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Royce Parker, 8^th GGm, Clark/Royce/Beach Line. (M)

Patch. Origin: English: variant of Pask . Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Pač (see Pac ). Probably also an Americanized form of German Petsch Pätsch (see Patsch ) or Patsch. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Patch Woodbury, 10^th GGm, Dodge/Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P)

Patterson. Origin: One of the most popular Scottish surnames, and is a patronymic form of the male given name Pat(t) or Pate, itself a short form of Patrick. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Patterson Dibble, 5^th GGm, Fenn line. (P)

Pearce. Origin: Recorded in many spellings forms including: Pearce, Pears, Pearse, Piers, Pierce, Peers, and Peres, this is regarded as a European surname as it is found in almost every country, and largely a 12th century Crusader introduction, but ultimately, of ancient biblical origins. Link. Last ancestor: Joanna Pearce Graves, 8^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Peck. Origin: This famous surname is English. It has at least three possible origins. The first was a metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, either as a civil official responsible for ensuring that goods were sold at the correct weight. More at Link. Last ancestor: Martha Peck Clark, 8^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Peirson or Pierson. Origin: Early medieval English, introduced by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Margaret Pierson Stickney, 10^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Pendleton. Origin: English surname. Link. Last ancestor: Abigail Pendleton Wilcox, 5^th GGm, Stanbro/Perkins/O’Brien line. (M)

Perkins. Origin: This ancient surname is medieval English, but of Old French and ultimately Greek origins, introduced into Britain at the Norman Invasion of 1066 and also by the Crusaders of the 12th century on their return from the Holy Land. Link. Last ancestor: Emogene Perkins O’Brien, 2^nd GGm. (P)

Phelan. Origin: Gaelic Irish, Anglicized or developed form of the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O'Faolain. Link. Last ancestor: Marie Phelan Kelly, 6^th GGm., Kelly/Ward line. The connection is speculative, not enough evidence yet, so it’s a WIP.

Pike. Origin: This picturesque and interesting name if of early medieval English origin, and has three possible derivations, although they are all metonymic occupational names. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Pike Strout, 8^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Platt. Origin: Old French "plat" meaning "a flat surface" or early medieval English "plat" meaning "a plank bridge." Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Platt Beach, 9^th GGm, Beach/Royce/Madden/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Porter. Origin: Old French occupational surname. Link. Last ancestors:

1.      Elizabeth Porter Johnson, 10^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

2.      Mary Porter Royce, 7^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Price. Origin: This ancient surname has two possible origins, from totally different and (literally) opposing sources – Welsh or Norman French. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Price Button, 9^th GGm, Kingsbury/Miller line. (P)

Proctor. Origin: Early medieval English. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Proctor Dodge, 8^th GGM, Dodge/Cilley/Green/Miller line. (P)

R Surnames

Randall. Origin: English and occasionally Scottish. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Randall Dyer, 5^th GGm, Mayflower descendant of the Brewster family and Richard Warren. Miller line. (P)

Rawlins. Origin: English Medieval personal name 'Rawlin', from the Old French “Raulin.’’ Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Rawlins Morse, 11^th GGm, Morse/Stickney/Gardner line. (P)

Reade. Origin: An ancient surname of English origin with variant spellings Reade, Reede, and Reide, has three sources. Link. Last ancestor: Martha Reade Epps, 10^th GGm. See Epps. Chute/Stickney/Gardner/Fenn line. (M)

Redgate. Origin: English (Nottinghamshire): Habitational Name From An Unidentified Place Probably Deriving Its Name From Old English Read ‘Red’ + Old Norse Gata ‘Road’. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press. Last ancestor: Mary Redgate Duckmanton, 7^th GGm, Griffiths/Spencer line. (M)

Rhodes. Origin: Originally found chiefly in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, it is of pre-7th century Anglo-Saxon origin. Link. Last ancestor: Rhoda Rhodes Wilson, 4^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn/Miller line. (M)

Robson. Origin:  Recorded in the spellings of Robson, Robeson and Robison, they were, according to Black's "Surnames of Scotland,” one of the famous four English clans of North Tyneside (Northumberland) in the 16th century. Link. Last ancestor: Frances Robson Hudson, 2^nd GGm. See Hudson. (P) RootsWeb

Rogers. Origin: This is a surname of English and sometimes Scottish, medieval origins, it was introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Barnes Rogers Bartholomew, 7^th GGm, Wilson line. (P)

Romforth. Origin: Unknown. Ancestry Link. Last ancestor – Isabel Romforth Stickney, 12^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn line. (P)

Rood/Rude. Origin: Dutch, denotes someone with red hair. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names. Last ancestor: WIP. (Mary Lester)

Royce. Origin: Middle English and Old French, "rose" or the Germanic female personal name "Rose", "Royse." Link. The surname Rice is also a variant. Ancestors:

1.  Mary Royce Beach, 1658 - 1699, wife of John Beach, 1655 – 1709, 8^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

2.  Mary Lane Royce Beach, 1695 - 1767, wife of John Beach’s son Deacon John Beach, 1690 – 1773, 7^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

3.  Dinah Royce Beach, 1724 - 1771, wife of Deacon John Beach’s son Linus Beach, 1721 - about 1791, 6^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

4.  Prudence Royce Austin, 1680 – 1742, wife of John Austin III, 7^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P)

5.  Mary Royce Austin, 1707 – 1799, wife of John Austin IV, 6^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P)

All 5 Royce women are descendants of Robert Royce, 1605-1676, and Mary Sims, 1609-1697. I have Royce ancestors on both my maternal and paternal lines. What a mess!! Source: The Beach Family Journal, Eugene H. Beach Jr., Ancestry.com and Familysearch.com. No website has been found for Mr. Beach’s Journal but archive.org does have some of Eugene’s quarterly publications from 1993 through 2005. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has 15 microfiches with all of the publications. Link. Check your local library. Archive.org Link to Roys Family Records in many formats including PDF.

Ryerson. Origin: English surname, originating from Dutch meaning "the son of Ryerse(n), Reyer or Reijer. Link. Last ancestor: Annetje Ryerson Berthoff, 7^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

S Surnames

Sale. Origin: Introduced by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066, the surname has two possible origins: early medieval occupational surname from the Olde English pre 7th "sael", hall, in Middle English "sale", reinforced by the Old French form "salle". Link. Last ancestor: Rebeckah Sale Perkins, 5^th GGm, Stanbro/O’Brien line. (M)

Salway. Origin: Recorded as Solway, Salway, Selway, Salloway, Solloway and others, this is an English surname although one with Norse-Viking pre 7th Century origins. It describes a person who lived at a road or way that lead past a sael or large house. Link. Last ancestor: Joanna Salway Woodman, 9^th GGm, Atkinson/Cross/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Sawtell. Origin: English origin, a dialectal variant of Sewell. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Sawtell Ford, 4^th GGm. See Ford/Beach line. (M)

Sawyer. Origin: Old English occupational surname for one who saws wood. Link. Last ancestor: Deborah Sawyer Randall, 6^th GGm, Mayflower descendant of the Brewsters and Richard Warren. Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Scargill. Origin: This ancient surname is of Old Norse origin, and is a locational name from a place called Scargill in Northern Yorkshire, England. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Scargill Stickney, 13^th GGm, Gardner/Fenn line. (M)

Scranton. Origin:  The name Scranton arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor – Elizabeth Scranton Hall, 6^th GGm. See Mary Hall. (M)

Severance. Origin: Originating in the county of Worcester, England, Severance is a topographical surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Severance Dibble, 7^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Sims or Syms. Origin: English medieval surname with many variants. Last ancestor – Mary Sims Royce, Beach line. (M) WIP

Slack. Origin: Two possible origins - Old Norse origin topographical name...or it may be a locational name from one of the places named with this term, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Link. Last ancestor: Tabitha Slack Frost, 5^th GGm, Griffiths/Spencer line. See Frost. (M)

Smalley. Origin: Anglo-Saxon locational surname deriving from the place called Smalley in the parish of Morley, near the city of Derby in Derbyshire, England. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Smalley Dyer, 6^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Smidt. Origin: Dutch, variant of Smet. Altered spelling of the German surname Schmidt. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names. Last ancestor: Marritie Lammerse Smidt LaRue, 7^th GGm, Dockham/Smith line. (M)

Smith. Origin: Anglo-Saxon name, originally given to a metalworker (the blacksmith). It is derived from the Old English word smid. Variants include the Irish Smyth and Smythe. Link. Last ancestors:

1.      Harriet Anne “Hattie” Smith O’Brien, GGm. (M) RootsWeb (O’Brien page)

2.      Elizabeth Smith Brown, 10^th GG, Allison/Lassell/Miller line. (P)

Snow. Origin: Early English origin, denotes someone with fair or white hair. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Snow Paine, 9^th GGm, Mayflower descendant, Cleveland/Stickney/Gardner/Fenn line. (P)

Spear. Origin: This is a surname of both Olde English pre-7th century and later Anglo-Saxon pre-9th Century origins. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Spear Jones, 7^th GGm, Cilley/Green/Miller line. See Jones. (P)

Spencer. Origin: English surname but one of French origins, introduced into England by the Norman French after the Conquest of 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Evelyn Spencer O’Brien, maternal grandmother. RootsWeb

Spinning. WIP. Mary Spinning Royce.

Squire. Origin: Norman-French origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066 as a "status name". Link. Last ancestor: Mary Squire Bartholomew, 6^th GGm, Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

Stanbro. Origin: This long-established name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational surname deriving in most instances from Stanborough in the county of Devonshire, England. Last ancestor: Mary Stanbro Perkins, 3^rd GGm, O’Brien line. (M)

Stanford. Origin: Long-established English locational surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. Link. Last ancestor: Rebeckah Stanford Sawyer, 8^th GGm, Mayflower descendant of the Brewster family & Richard Warren. Miller line. (P)

Staples. Origin: This is an Old English topographical or locational surname, pre-7th Century "stapol" (post or pillar) or Staple in Kent or Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset, England. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Staples Beach, 9^th GGm. (M)

Stevens/Steevens – WIP. Spencer line.

Stickney. Origin: An English locational surname that originates from the village of Stickney, a parish nine miles from the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Link. Rootsweb link. Last ancestors:

           1.  Lydia Stickney Gardner, 4^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

           2.  Mary Stickney Palmer, 7^th GGm, Walker/Miller line.(P)

Lydia and Mary were descendants of 9^th great grandparents William Stickney and Elizabeth Dawson via their sons Amos Stickney (1637-1678) and Lt. John S. Stickney (1640-1714). Great grandparents Cora A. Fenn Miller and Frank A. Miller were related.

Story. Origin: Old Norse English personal byname "Stori", a derivative of "Storr" meaning big or large. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Story Walker, 9^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Stringer. Origin: Olde English and Anglo-Saxon origins, an occupational name for a maker of rope or strings, specifically for the famous long bows used for both hunting and war. Link. Last ancestor: Marie Stringer Walker, 13^th GGm, Walker/Miller line. (P)

Strout. Origin: A locational group of surnames 'of Stroud' a parish in County Gloucestershire, and a parish in County Kent. Link. Last ancestor: Hannah Strout Dyer, 7^th GGm, Miller line.

Stuart – WIP

T Surnames

Taylor. Origin: This is an English surname of French origins. It derives from the word "tailleur" meaning "a cutter-out of cloth", the surname being adopted from the medieval job description after the 12th century. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Taylor Dyer, 8^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Thomas. Origin: Reportedly over 200 variants, this one may be English. That’s a guess. Link. Last ancestor: Jeanette Thomas Wilson, 5^th GGm, Fenn/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Thompson. Origin: One of the patronymic forms of the name Thom or Tom, diminutives of the male personal name Thomas. Link. Last ancestor: Margaret Thompson Dawson, 11^th GGm. (P)

Thorpe. Origin: This is an ancient name of Anglo-Saxon and Old Scandinavian origin, and is a locational surname from any of the places in England named with Old Norse or Old Danish element "thorp", or the rarer Olde English pre-7th Century "throp". Link. Last ancestor: Mary Thorpe Fenn, 7^th GGm, Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

 Tift. Origin: Recorded as Taft, Tift, Toft, and Tuft, this is an English surname. It is however of pre-7th century Old Scandinavian origins, and is a locational surname. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Tift Stanbro, 5^th GGm, Perkins/O’Brien line. (M)

Tilley. Origin: Recorded as Tilly and Tilley, this unusual English medieval surname has four possible and well-documented origins. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Tilley Howland, Mayflower passenger with parents John Tilley & Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley and fellow Mayflower passenger (and ancestor) John Howland. Elizabeth is a 10^th GGm, Fitch/Gorham/Glover/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (M) RootsWeb

Tracy. Origin: Recorded in several spellings including Tracey, Tracy and Treacy, this is an English and sometimes Irish, surname, introduced into England by the followers of William, The Conqueror, in 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Thankful Tracy Rude/Rood, 6^th GGm, Rhodes/Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Trico. Origin: Dutch. Link to Joris Jansen Rapalje, husband of Catalina (Catalyntje) Trico (1605–1689), were among the earliest settlers in New Netherland (New York City). Catalyntje is known as “The Mother of New York,” meaning that she was the first immigrant to New Netherland to give birth. !0^th GGm, Ryerson/Berthoff/LaRue (LeRoux)/Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Trott. Origin: Medieval English. Like Trotter and Trotman, it derives from the Olde French "trotier" a descriptive nickname for a messenger, a form introduced by the Norman Invaders after 1066. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Trott Lassell, 8^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Trumball. Origin: Unknown, maybe Scottish. Clan Trumball and another Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Trumball Carey, 6^th GGm, Carey/Foote/Bartholomew/Wilson/Fenn line. (P)

V Surnames

Van De Raede. Origin: Unknown, probably Dutch, connected with Mandeville/de Mandeviel line. Last ancestor: Marie Van de Raede Mandeville, 11^th GGm. (P)

Van Salsbergen. Origin: Probably Dutch. See Moor/Moore above. Link. Last ancestor: Christyntje Van Salsbergen Moor/Moore, 6^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Veare. WIP. Ann Veare Gates, 10^th GGm.

de Voort - Origin: Dutch, habitational name for a place in Utrecht, Holland. Probably a variant of the Dutch surname Van Der Voort, it’s a "topographic name for someone who lived by a ford or crossing point, Middle Dutch voorde, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example Tervoort in North Brabant." Link. Last ancestor: Angeltje  “Angelica" de Voort Vreeland, 7^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M) Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, 2022, 2^nd Edition.

 

Vreeland.  Origin: Dutch habitational name from a place so named in Utrecht province.  Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, 2022, 2nd Edition. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Vreeland Mandeville, 7^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

W Surnames

Wakefield. Origin:  Anglo-Saxon, locational surname from the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England and perhaps also from a place of the same name in Northamptonshire, near Stony Stratford. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Wakefield Dibble, 8^th GGm. (P)

Walker. Origin: Anglo-Scottish origin. It is either an occupational name for a fuller or a locational name from a place called Walker in Northumberland. Link. Last ancestor:

1.      Mary Walker Miller, 5^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

2.      Elizabeth Walker Warren, 12^th GGm, wife of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren, Bartlett/ Sawyer/Randall/Dyer/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Walsh. Origin: This famous national locational and descriptive surname derives from the pre 7th Century Olde English and Anglo-Saxon word "waelisc", meaning "foreigner" or perhaps "stranger". Link. Last Ancestor: Eleanor Walsh Kelly, 5^th GGm, Kelly/Ward line. (P) The connection is speculative, not enough evidence yet, so it’s a WIP.

Ward. Origin: Gaelic Irish. Where in Ireland – 3^rd and 4^th greats were in County Wexford before immigrating to Canada. Last ancestor – My father, Robert Hudson Ward. RootsWeb

Warren. Origin: English surname of medieval French origin. Link. Last ancestor: Mary Warren Bartlett, 11^th GGm, daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Watts. Origin: Anglo-Scottish surname but of Norman-French and Germanic pre-7th century origins. Link. Last ancestor: Ann Watts Dixon, 10^th GGm, Lassell/Walker/Miller line. (P)

Webb. Origin: Olde English pre-7th Century occupational name. It derives from the word "web", meaning to weave. Link. Last ancestors:

1.          Abagail Webb Cross, 4^th GGm, Dyer/Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

2.          Elizabeth Webb Brearly/Brierly, 7^th GGm, Spencer line. (M)

Welby. Origin: English, could be Irish too. English: Habitational name from either of two places called Welby - one in Leicestershire and one in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire placename derives from old English Wella ‘Well Spring Stream’ + Old Norse by ‘Farmstead Village’. The Leicestershire placename is recorded as Alebi in 1086 and Welby in 1518 and derives from the Old Norse personal name Áli + Old Norse Bý. The name is established in Ireland (Galway). Source: Dictionary of American Names. Last ancestor: Olive Welby Farwell, 10th GGm, Farwell/Bates/Stickney line. (P)  See Bulkeley.

Welles. Origin: English variant of Wells. Source: Dictionary of American Names. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Welles Curtis, 9^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Welton. Origin: This is a genuine Old English locational and habitational surname which derives from one of the villages called Welton found in six English counties or from resident at a farm (tun) by a stream (waella). The name is also found in Ireland but it is of English origins, and normally spelt as Whelton. Link. Last ancestor: Elizabeth Welton Griffin, 8^th GGm, Holcomb/Ford/Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (MP)

West. Origin: Early medieval English origin. It is topographical deriving from the Olde English pre-7th century word "west", and as such it described a person or persons who lived to the west of a main settlement. Link. Last ancestor: Anna West Green, 5^th GGm, Miller line. (P)

Whaley. Origin: Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from Whalley in Lancashire or Whaley in Derbyshire, both in England. Link. Last ancestor: Sarah “Sally” Whaley Perkins, 4^th GGm, O’Brien line. (M)

Whitbread. Origin: Anglo-Saxon metonymic occupational name for a baker of the finer sorts of bread. Link. Last ancestor: Alice Whitbread Spencer, 9^th GGm, mother of the “4 Spencer brothers.” (M) RootsWeb

Wilcox. Origin: Early medieval English. Link: Last ancestor: Hannah Wilcox Stanbro, 4^th GGm, Perkins/O’Brien line. (M)

Wilcoxen. Origin: English, variant of Wilcoxson. This surname is now rare in Britain. Source: Dictionary of American Family names. Last ancestor: Phoebe Wilcoxen Beach, 8^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Wilms. Origin: North German and Dutch. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names. Last ancestor: Trintgen/Trijntjen Wilms De Mandeville, 10^th GGm, Dockham/Smith/O’Brien line. (M)

Wilson. Origin:  This a Scottish and English surname, common in the English-speaking world. The name is derived from a patronymic form of Will, a popular medieval name.  Link. Last ancestor: Salina E. Wilson Fenn, 2^nd GGm, Miller line. (P) RootsWeb

Winn. Origin: Recorded as Win, Winn, Wyn, Wynn and the diminutives Winnett and Wynett, this is an Anglo-Welsh surname. Link. Last ancestor: Ann Winn Cleaveland, 9^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

Wood. Origin:  Famous and popular English and Scottish surname is of pre 7th century Olde English origins. Link. The 2 Mary Wood’s  apparently aren’t related, born in different area of England.

1.      Mary Wood Chute, 8^th GGm, Stickney/Gardner/Fenn/Miller line. (P)

2.      Mary Wood Platt, 10^th GGm, Beach/Spencer/O’Brien line. (M)

Woodbury. Origin: Variant of Woodberry, a locational name from a place so called in Devon, or Woodborough in Nottinghamshire. Link. Last ancestor: Lydia Elizabeth Woodbury Dodge, 7^th GGm, Cilley/Miller line. (P)

Woodman. Origin: Pre-7th century Olde English from words "wudu" meaning wood and "mann" - a friend, foreman, or even a relative of a man called "Wood". Link. Last ancestor: Sarah Woodman Atkinson, 7^th GGm, Cross/Dyer/Miller line. (P)

Q, U, X, Y and Z – None

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