A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all]

[AverageJoe90]

Last edited Fri Jul 12, 2013, 08:06 PM - Edit history (2)

Hello folks. I saw a thread like this on the old DU and I've decided to give it a shot.
I'll list my surnames on here, as many as I can find; see if you may have some in common with me!

Here, I'll start with my mother's side first, direct descendancy:

Land-My, my, this is an old family. Came to the U.S. via the good ol' First State of Delaware way back when. I am, btw, a direct descendant of the illustrious Rev. War Colonel Joseph Land, Sr., born in VA in 1726.
Tift-Here's the complete opposite of the Lands: came to the U.S. via Canada; I know virtually nothing about them other than that.

Eddy-Well, whaddaya know? Already, another well-known Old American family has made it to my tree. Great-Granma Eddy lived to be 92.....
Train-Seems to be an export from the Alsace-Lorraine region. Very interesting.

Kelva-The one strain of Norwegian(and possibly Finnish!) ancestry. Can't go too far back, though.
Holderby-Local Illinois historians may recognize this family as one of the first pioneer families in that state. Founded the town of Carmi in White County.
Oliver-Yankees of the Mainer variety.
Craig-Dunno much about these fellas. Could be Irish though.

Bozeman-I'm sure you old West aficionados out there might recognize this one.....
Harvey-This line ended up being very interesting, btw. Stay tuned for more details.
Evaleth-Yet another set of Yankees from Maine. (Lobstah, anyone?)
Bayley-This one seems like a dead end so far, sadly.
Weible-German, from Baden.
Dezotell-This one's had me fascinated for some time. French-Canadian and the original immigrant lived to be damn near 100. =)
Cook-Also Canadian. Probably English tho.
Kidney-May originally have been "Kitanie" or something if some sources are correct. May go all the way back to Barbados.
Cherry-Gotta dig deeper into this one! Canadians thru and thru.
Elliott-This one was a real mystery until recently.

Fike-Now this is a strange one. You'd think they'd be German or PA Dutch or something, right? Nope. They're Yankees, too; their name was originally Fitch but somebody at whatever the Brit equivalent of the Census Bureau screwed up somewhere....or maybe it was voluntary. Who knows? In any old case, the new name stuck.
Cross-Cul-de-sac.

Moore-Real mystery here: Was Sarah Ann adopted?
Foushee-Lovely name. Shame I couldn't dig too much deeper, though: could be French?
Patrick-Classically wealthy planters, but decent folks by all accounts.
Jordon-Don't know much yet.
Felix-German immigrants who originally came to....get this.....Lunenburg, Nova Scotia of all places.
Graham-Anuddah mystery.
White-One of THE first families here.
Stringer-I have traced this one line all the way back to Sweden.
Overholt-Badass name, ordinary folks by the looks of it.
Davis-From PA, so not likely relations to Jeff Davis.

Walker-no comment.
Bonney-May be connected to Mary Bonney?
Malachi-Strongly suspect Irish blood though I can't confirm it.
Richardson-no comment.
Kendrick-Virginians.
Bourke-Scottish, it sounds like.
Estes-Okay, now this one's a real gem: If you go back far enough, I happen to share an ancestor with.....none other than Estes Kefauver, the Tennessee Senator.
Wetherbee-no comment.
DuBois-They were an old family, too. Been in New York for almost 4 centuries now(And in fact, one of them even founded New Paltz!).
Abbott-no comment.
Marsh-Jerusha is actually kind of a lovely name, IMO.
Newberry-Medal. =)
Henn-Ah, who knows?

My dad's side now.

Ladd-This branch of the family believe it or not, was actually living in the exact same town.....for darn near 150 years. No kidding!
If you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield,_Pennsylvania
Powell-Yet another ancient family. May be Welsh, ultimately, though they came from England proper.

Dutcher-Really is Dutch.
Springer-Apparently, a whole bunch of them fled to Canada after the Revolution.

Tuttle-Yet more storied Yankees.
Hill-Ho-hum. Ho-hum.
Wright-Still wondering if they might be related to Orville and Wilbur.
Spitznogle-Funny name. Pennsylvania Dutch, though may or may not be Amish

Guile-Who knows?
Stocum-no comment.
Monroe-No relation to James.
Gage-Couldn't go any further back than the turn of the 19th.
Williams-Run. Of. The. Mill.
Mock-This family had an entire volume of geneological research dedicated to them back in the '80s.
Pullen-Virginians. One of them was named "James Madison".

Weeks-no comment.
Butler-I could try my hand at a joke or two, but I'll refrain.
Seelye-Irish?
Palmer-no comment.
Romer-Originally Romeyn.
Harwood-No comment.
Smith-Can you say, "ubiquitous", anyone?
Bechtoldt-I'd bet my bottom dollar they were Amish.....or something("We went English!", they'll say.).
Brewer-German, maybe?
Watson-Elementary, my dear.
Miller-Standard.

Santer-Dunno. French Huguenot, maybe?
Herrick-Dutch, maybe.
Bassett-No comment.
Todd-My money's on Scotland.
VanTine-Dutch, Dutch, Dutch, Dutch.
Kortright-See above.
Blackmer-Who knows?
Cobb-As in, corn on the ____
Oldham-No comment.
Clinard-French?
Lindsey-English.
Ward-See above.
Moody-From VA.

Vining-Yankees again.
Westervelt-Just found this one.
Hegeman-Also Dutch.
Hughson-Eh.....

And that's just direct descendancy going back 8 generations.

Here's a few other ancestors:

Fox-married into the Williamson line.

Williamson-This ended up being one of the biggest jackpots I'd ever come across. Thru them, I'm connected to the Carters.....the Harrisons.....the Lees....and perhaps a few others I may have missed.

So yeah, it's been a real treat for me. Feel free to comment anytime.

Edit: I'll also be posting some of the extended branches of my family trees as well, so watch for that, too.

Taylor-This is a pretty common surname....you'd probably think, "Nothing special.", right? Well, not really. You see, way back when, one of my great-sometimes removed Patrick aunts married into the family of one William Taylor.....who was one of the very first Mormon pioneers. Ain't that a kick in the head?

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I26890