Ancestry/Genealogy

grasswire

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35. surnames

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 02:30 PM

Aug 2013

Nearly all of my lines landed in the New World in the 1600s. Most of them settled in Connecticut in that century. During the Revolutionary War, some of my father's lines were loyal to the crown and fled to Canada, losing everything they owned. One of them was at risk of execution, and was nailed into a wooden crate and spirited across enemy lines and north. My mother's lines all were patriots, and fought the Brits.

Some paternal surnames

Smith
Read
Van Sickle
Weingarden
Crandall
Lockman
Barlow
Bye
Seeley
Decker
Gumaer
Mace
VanVliet
Landon
Meigs
Tuttle
Pratt
Hand
Hanchett
Hayward
Houser
Derby
Gransden
Stratton
Bancroft
Simmons

Some maternal surnames

Symonds (Simonds)
Augur
Root
Smith
Wetmore
Griswold
Stowe
Merriam
Parker
Page
Baldwin
Hart
Todd
Bartholomew
Lewis
Maltby
Huckins
Hoskins
Spencer
Curtiss
Preston
Hull
Phippen
Slate
Walker
Bogardus
Beebe
Day
Gridley
Porter
Woodford
Winchell
Tuttle

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A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all] AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 OP

One in common... pipi_k Jul 2013 #1

We have some in common csziggy Jul 2013 #2

I've been trying to find more info on the Foushee's for almost a year now. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #4

I think we're distant cousins! csziggy Jul 2013 #5

Thanks, csziggy! =) AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #6

Sent you an invite to my public tree csziggy Jul 2013 #8

Thanks! I just sent you mine in return. n/t AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #10

I'll take a look later csziggy Jul 2013 #11

Cool. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #12

I completly forgot about your tree! csziggy Sep 2014 #51

OK, so... pipi_k Jul 2013 #3

Lemieux? Hmm....you might just be related to the world famous hockey player, methinks. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #15

Mine... Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #7

Dillon is my maiden name.... Little Star Aug 2013 #33

My Dillons are from Cork, as far as I know Spider Jerusalem Aug 2013 #34

I never put up my surname list! csziggy Jul 2013 #9

Are your Langstons and Utleys in North Carolina? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #13

One of my ancestors built the house that was famously occupied by Bacon's followers, apparently. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #14

Here's my contribution shanti Jul 2013 #16

Cherry sounds pretty familiar. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #18

Yes shanti Jul 2013 #19

We might be relatives thru the Mormon connection, too. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #20

Couldn't find any Taylors in his tree shanti Jul 2013 #21

I have Perrins from New England in the 17th and 18th centuries. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #23

Mine were mostly in PA shanti Aug 2013 #32

Hello cousin grasswire Aug 2013 #29

Well hello to you too, cuz! shanti Aug 2013 #31

Quite a list! shanti Jul 2013 #17

I have Harwoods. 19th century - England >> New Jersey >> Illinois >> Nebrasa kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #22

Mine are Yankees, I think. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #24

My great grandmother's name was Elliott PatSeg Jul 2013 #25

Alright. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #26

I'm rather surprised PatSeg Jul 2013 #27

Tuttle frogmarch Jul 2013 #28

I have Tuttle, Palmer, and Smith nt grasswire Aug 2013 #30

surnames grasswire Aug 2013 #35

Got an ancestry.com account? AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #36

yes grasswire Sep 2013 #37

I have Spencers on both sides. dgibby Sep 2013 #39

I have friends who are Pullen(s). dgibby Sep 2013 #38

Dunno about J.M. or his father, but his grandfather, Joseph, Sr. may have been from Lancaster Co.; AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #41

Some of my surnames: dgibby Sep 2013 #40

I have Davis from PA OnionPatch Oct 2013 #42

No pipi_k Oct 2013 #43

Davis, huh? Now *that's* interesting, indeed. nt AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #46

Foushee is French Huguenot... ms liberty Nov 2013 #44

I had a hunch that this might be true..... AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #45

A few recent finds that I'd like to share: AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #47

Surnames historylovr Jun 2014 #48

Hey there. Where your Williamsons from VA by any chance? AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #49

Rowlett and Williamson historylovr Sep 2014 #50

Here's what may surprise you: We're cousins, it seems. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #52

Hello, cousin. historylovr Sep 2014 #54

I'm going to guess your Goughs are probably in Maryland? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #53

Hi there. historylovr Sep 2014 #55