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 SURNAMES. 
 
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 B. H O M E R DIXON. 
 
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 PJtUrmD BY JOHN WILSON k BON. 
 
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 B. II. DIXON, 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction t 
 
 Abbbetutions . . . ; . . . . xv 
 
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 ALL Surnames originally conveyed a meaning; but, from 
 the corruption in spelling, and number of words that in the 
 coarse of time have become obsolete or wholly lost, it is often 
 almost impossible to discover their true signification. 
 
 Until within about the last two centuries, the orthography of 
 but few had become fixed ; they being generally written according 
 to the fancy of the writer, and, when spelt as pronounced, often 
 lost all trace of their original. 
 
 To show how easily transformations can be made, we have only 
 to look for the names of the Ale-house, the Andrew Maokay, 
 Billy Ruffian, and Corrant Juice, in a Royal Navy List ; for so 
 were generally styled the .Solus, Androiaache, Bellerophon, and 
 Courageuz. These, to be sure, were misnomers of the illiterate ; 
 but it is not many years ago that all England was talking of 
 "Abraham Parker," in whom I must confess I did not at first 
 recognize one whom I had learnt to like in the East some ten 
 years since, after seeing the deeds he had performed. It is very 
 true that Ibrahim Pacha was so called in jest ; but undoubtedly 
 many of the lower classes believed it to be his real designation. 
 
 Even in the names of the nobility, what stranger would for 
 Chulmley write Cholmondeley ; Marchbanks, Maijoribanks ; Bee- 
 cham, Beauchamp ? 
 
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 IKTRODCOTIOH. 
 
 Another source of confusion in the middle ages was the trans- 
 lating and ^translating of names. One family in Cornwall are 
 called, in various records, de Albo Monasterio, Blancbminster, 
 Whitminster, and Whitchurch. 
 
 B(*eides, they did not always understand what they translated ; 
 aa, for instance, the name Freemantle was turned into Frigidum- 
 mantellum, when I am confident that my definition is the correct 
 one ; viz., Frieze-mantle, or cloak made of Friesland cloth ; as 
 we now say, " a Flushing coat," '< a Petersham." ( Vide " Free- 
 mantle.") 
 
 In the following pages, I have collected a few surnames, prin- 
 cipally English, Dutch, Grerman, and French ; including, also, 
 sundry Ck>rnish and Briton names, sufficient, at least, to show that 
 the old proverb, 
 
 *' By Tra, Bm, Pol, Lu, Omt, itad Pm, 
 You nuy know Um OoroUhmaD," 
 
 will apply as well tc Briton-men. 
 
 Etymologies are at all times deceptive ; wid I feel assured that 
 many errors will be discovered in my deductions, but trust they 
 will be pardoned, as it is only sia weeks since I first thought of 
 writing this work, and then determined to finish it before leaving 
 the city for the summer. I had, therefore, no time to send to 
 Europe for several works that might have been of service to me ; 
 aad, being unfortunately only the possessor of Directories in Dutch 
 and English, was obliged to trust principally to my Heraldrical 
 works for the surnames in other languages, which will account for 
 the greater proportion of common Dutch names. 
 
 It is difficult, however, to say what are common, when we find 
 a German Count styling himself Barefoot (von Barfbss), a noble 
 Spanish family named Frying-pan (Padilla), and an Italian called 
 Little pots (Pignatelli). In Belgium, a family bore the name 
 Tea-shop (Yermoelen de Theewinkel) ; and, in England, Arms 
 ^lave been granted to the name Beanshi^. 
 
INTBODUCTION. 
 
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 was the trans- 
 I Cornwall are 
 Blancbminster, 
 
 hey translated ; 
 into Frigidum* 
 
 is the correct 
 land cloth ; as 
 
 ( Vide " Free- 
 
 snmames, prin- 
 including, also, 
 ist, to show that 
 
 Bel assured that 
 but tmst thej 
 first thought of 
 : before leaving 
 ime to send to 
 ' service to me ; 
 stories in Dntch 
 mj Heraldrical 
 rill acooant for 
 
 1, when we find 
 arfoss), a noble 
 n Italian called 
 bore the name 
 England, Arms 
 
 Surnames majr be divided into aeveral claMea ; oiits of the 
 largest being those derived from the father's (Jhristian, Ij«pti8mal, 
 or given name, and sometimes even from the mother's ; as in early 
 Dutch records are found such names as Dame Helen's son, Dame 
 Rosa's son, Dame Lieven's son (Ver — i.e., Vrouwe — Belens- 
 zoon, Ver Rosenzoou, Ver Lievenzoon). Belen and Lieve.k are 
 both apparently baptismal names now obsolete. The one is proba- 
 bly Belle, for Arabella ; the other, Darling, or an abbreviation of 
 Leopoldina. 
 
 They were formed from the father's name, by prefixing Ap, or 
 Ab, in Wales ; Mac, and C, in Ireland ; Mac, in Scotland ; and 
 Fitz, in England; and by adding "son" to the termination in 
 England and Scotland, and "zoon" in Holland, where also the 
 surname was sometimes formed, as in England, by simply adopting 
 as such the genitive case of the father's name ; as, Willem, Wil- 
 Icms ; William, Williams for William's. 
 
 The genitive of John, when used as a aamame, is generally 
 written Johnes or Jones i and this probably accounts for the change 
 of name of a hero of the Revolution, — John Paul, son of John 
 Paul, who entered the American navy as John Paul Jones } i. e., 
 John Paul, JoLa's or ton oi John. 
 
 The pref.x Fiti was introduced into England by the Normans. 
 A striking instance of the notability of surnames at that period is 
 given in " Stothard's Monumental Effigies." 
 
 William de Norwich lived about the time of the Conquest, and 
 possessed the manor of Thorpe. His son, Roger, was succeeded 
 by his son Robert Fiti Roger, whose boo was styled Hugh de 
 Messingham. His son viu called John Fitz Robert, in allusion to 
 his grandfather. His son, who lived in the reign of Henry IIL 
 (1216-72), WM named Robert Fitz John de Thorpe; and in his 
 son and heir, Edmund de Thorpe, the surname became fixed. 
 
 In Holland, about the middle of the fourteenth century, it 
 appears to have been cnstonvT to add two and mere " sons " to 
 
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 vit 
 
 INTRODCOTIOK. 
 
 vffi 
 
 the name. Many appear among the municipal authorities of 
 Amsterdam ; the first of whom, an alderman of the year 1367, 
 is C'laa$ Dirk William's .Son'* Son (Claes Dirck Willems Soons 
 Soon); another, in 1422, is GiOert Ptter AlUnTs boh'm Son's Son 
 (Gijsbert Pieter Allerdaa. Zoens Zoen) : the " z" after AUerds 
 stands foi- " toon." But they are all surpassed by one of the year 
 1445, styled Mauthew Peter ReyncW* ton's Son's Son's Son's Son 
 (Meeus Pieter Reyniersr. Soons Soons Soons Soon) 1 The laat 
 of this fashion is a burgomaster of 1489, named Fighter or 
 Champion Bernard WiUiam'i son's Son's Son (Vechter Barend 
 Willemsz. Zoons Zoen). 
 
 It seems that the father's title sometimes formed a part of thj 
 son's designation. An alderman of 1446 is called Big Simon Mr. 
 John's son Traveller (Groole Symon Mr. Jansz. Reyser). Mr., or 
 Meester, is a title generally given to lawyers. 
 
 In the foregoing, the father's Christian name of John precedes 
 the surname of Traveller: such prevailed for a few centuries, 
 and examples will be met with herein. {Vide "de Ruyter," 
 "Tromp," &;c) 
 
 Women were distinguished in like manner ; as, Adriana Si- 
 mon's daughter Hcuselaer (Adriana Siiaonsd. Hasselaer) ; the " d." 
 efler Simons standing for " dochter." 
 
 The next change was to place the father's Christian name after 
 the surname ; as, John Broum Jacob's son (Jan Bruyn Jacobsz.) : 
 and, even at the present day, the father's initials are often borne 
 after the surname ; as, H. Calkoen Hz., M. Jansz Az., A. Luden 
 J. Hz. ; i. e., B. Calkoen H's son, M, Jantz A's son, A. Luden 
 J. H's son. 
 
 A second class are those derived from Nicknames; and our 
 ancestors appear to have willingly borne such as few would dare 
 to acknowledge now. 
 
 Fulke, Earl of Anjou, in the tenth century, the first Flanta- 
 
authorities of 
 ho year 1367, 
 Villems Soons 
 m'« Son'i Son 
 ' aAer AUerds 
 >ne of the year 
 '<m'$ Son'i Son 
 u)\ The last 
 ed Fighter or 
 echter Barend 
 
 d a part of th'j 
 Big Simon Mr. 
 yser). Mr., or 
 
 ' John precedes 
 few centuries, 
 «de Ruyter," 
 
 B, Adriana Si- 
 laer); the"d." 
 
 itian name after 
 
 ruyn Jacobsz.) : 
 
 ire often borne 
 
 Az^ A. Laden 
 
 «<m, A. iMdem 
 
 ames; and oar 
 few would dare 
 
 he first Planta- 
 
 INTROOUCTION. ||| 
 
 genet, was so called from the twitch with which he wtis scourged/ 
 In atonement for the murder of his nephew, the Earl of Brii:rtny, 
 he was sent by his confessor to Jerusalem, attended only by two 
 servants, one of whom was to lead him by a halter to the holy 
 sepulchre, the other to strip and whip him there. The plnnta- 
 genitta, or broom-plant, being the only tough, pliant shrub ia 
 Palestine, was the instrument chosen for his chastisement. 
 
 The Conqueror not only knew himself by his sobr' ^et, but 
 even us«d it in his public edicts : " Ego Willielmus cognomento 
 Bastardus." 
 
 William, Princb of Orange, a contemporary of Charlemagne, 
 was called Guillaume au Court-nez ( William Shortnote) ; and, 
 satisfied with the appellation, he bore a ccmet upon his seal in 
 allusion to it. 
 
 A Count of Holland was sumamed Florence the Fat ; a Count 
 of Lorraine, Godfrey the Hunchback. 
 
 Among the kings of France were a Bald, a Stutterer, a Simple, 
 a Lazy, and a Headstrong. 
 
 A Count of Maurienne, afterwards Savoy, was called Humbert 
 with the Whito-hands ; his successor. Amadous Longtail ; and he 
 was succeeded, in 1072, by Humbert IL, the Very-strong (Ben- 
 force). Another Amadeus, in 1843, was styled the Green Count ; 
 and his successor, the Bed Count 
 
 Stephen, King of Hungary in 1114, was sumamed Thunder! 
 
 Ladislas, King of Poland in 1081, was called the Cureless ; and 
 
 his successor was Boleslas UL, sumamed Wry-mouth, or, as he 
 
 wonld have been called in Gael:c, Cambeoil (vide " Campbell "). 
 
 Baldwin, Count of Hainault in 1120, was sumamed the 
 
 Builder. 
 
 When sovereigns received such surnames, their inferiors conld 
 hardly expect to be spared. Hence we find the names Hare- 
 lip (de Bec-de-Lievre), White-head (Blanchteste), Craickshank 
 (Crombeen), Short-neck (Korthals), Long-neck (Langhals), Squint- 
 
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 eye (Leepoog), Short and stout (Grootekoort), &c, with all the 
 colors of the rainbow given or taken, in allusion to the complexion, 
 hair, and somet'raes dress. 
 
 Another class are Local names, — those derived from places, 
 or names of places, -as, Aikenhead, Atwood, Bydale, Cornfoot; 
 d'Anvers, Boston, van den Haag. 
 
 Although landM>wners sometimes assumed, as a surname, the 
 name of their manors, still, in general, this class originated from 
 persons having dwelt "at the head of the oak-wood," "at the 
 wood," "by the dale," "at the foot of the cornfield;" or having 
 been bom in Antwerp, in Boston, in the Hague. In many cases, 
 however, loca'. names may bo derived from signs. Among the best 
 shops in Paris, at this day, are the ViUe de France, the ViUe de 
 Paris, and the Ville de Lyon ; and it is evident that this naming of 
 shops after pla.508 is not a modem fashion ; for, as eariy as 1483, 
 there was living, in Amsterdam, Pieter Jacobsz. Sael m Hatn- 
 hurg; and later, Arent Henricksz. Loef in Weetp. In a list of 
 t3wn-offlcers of Middelburg, in the sixteenth century, are the 
 names Simon Ja«)b8c in GaUinm (Galicia), Simon Jansz. van 
 Soomen (of Roaie), and others. 
 
 A fourth dass are those derived from Office or Occupation ; as 
 Abbot (I'Abb*), Farmer (Ackermann), Master of the guild (Over- 
 raf n), Carpenter (Zimmermann) ; Arkwright, MiUer, Stewart. 
 
 The last class to which I shaU here aUude is that derived firom 
 
 Signs and Arms. 
 
 It was custoLxiary with the nobles to have their Coats of Anns 
 cut in stone over the entrances of their castles, and upon the fronts 
 of their town-residences ; and the commoners imitated them as far 
 as in their power, — often the only diflerence consisting in the 
 emblem of the noble being borne on an escutcheon, wliich the 
 
with all the 
 complexion, 
 
 from places, 
 le, Cornfoot; 
 
 surname, the 
 iginated from 
 od," "at the 
 ;" or having 
 1 many cases, 
 mong the best 
 8, the Ville de 
 this naming of 
 earl/ as 1483, 
 Sael in Ham- 
 la a list of 
 itury, are the 
 on Jansz. van 
 
 )ccapation ; as 
 le guild (Over- 
 r, Stewart 
 
 t derived firom 
 
 Gloats of Arms 
 upon the fronts 
 ited them as far 
 msisting in the 
 eon, wliich the 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. j| 
 
 plebeians could not use, Arms not being allowed them. Many of 
 these marks remain, and give names to the buildings which, in 
 Holland at least, are still often called by such names, and I think 
 always described by them in bills of sale. 
 
 In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and earlier, are found 
 the names, Peter Nick's son van Neck in the Emperor (Pieter 
 Claesz. van Neck in de Keyser), Nick Heyn in the Arm (Claes 
 Heyn in den Arm), Peter Lawrence's son in the Cock (Pieter 
 Lourenz. in den Haan), Nick Jacob's son Kroonenbnrg in the 
 Paradiie (Klaas Jacobsz. Kroonenburg in 't Paradijs). Another 
 is described as in the Key, another in the Claw, &c. 
 
 In the case of Simon Drake, a city officer of Middelburg in 
 157f, the formation of the name is clearly shown; for, in one 
 place, he is called Simon John's son Apothecary in the drake or 
 dragon (Simon Jansz. Apothekar in den draek) ; and, in another, 
 simply Simon Draek. 
 
 It is possible that such names as Society (Geselschap), Life 
 (Leven), Pleasant life (Sachtleven), No one's affliction (Niemands- 
 verdriet), may not unfrequently be derived from the names of 
 country-seats, or perhaps from summer-houses or gardens of the 
 middling classes of society, such as are outside the walls of Dutch 
 towns, and which are generally distinguished by some motto ; as, 
 Well contented. My pleasure and life. Friendship and Society (Wei 
 te vreden, Mijn lust en leven, Yriendschap en Oeik^elschap) ; but 
 there are others, for which it is more difficult to account 
 
 Pouring rain and Fine rain (Slagregen, Stofregen) are Dutch 
 names. Among the German exhibitors at the London Exhibition 
 in IHal, were the surnames, Sour beer and Sour broth (Sauerbier, 
 Sauerbrey). 
 
 I think it is Marryatt who mentions a naval officer nicknamed 
 " Shave the wind," from his hatchet-shaped face. In the following 
 list will be found the surname Cut the wind (Snijdewindt). 
 
 It will be observed in the table of prefixes thai " de " means the 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 in Dutch, but of in French. The is a common prefix in those 
 languages ; as, de Wit (the White), le Brun (the Brown). 
 
 In Scotland and Ireland, the is a distinctive title, borne by the 
 heads of some old families; as. The Chisholm, The O'Grady, The 
 O'Donogue ; and the wife of the latter is styled The Madame. 
 
 The surnames in this work have invariably been given as they 
 have been found written. Often, however, names having the same 
 signification are variously spelled, sometimes even by descendants 
 of the same branch. 
 
 One calls himself Brown; another, Browne; and a third, 
 Broun. In Holland, the Whites are « de Wit, de Witt, de Witte," 
 and " de With." In France, the name derived from a dwelling 
 near a well (puits) is " du Puy, du Puys," and sometimes " Du- 
 puis;" in England, "Atwell, Atwill, Well, Welle, WeUes," and 
 "Wells." This English name may, however, sometimes have 
 another origin, as " welle " is an obsolete word for a graity plain, 
 or noard. There are now living in Germany three brothers, — 
 Counts, — who, for the sake of distinction, write their names 
 respectively, Reventlow, Reventlou, and Beventlau. 
 
 The same name sometimes bears different prefixes; as, "ten 
 Broek " and « van den Broek." These are distinct surnames. 
 
 Such Dutch family names as " Schimmelpenninck " and " van 
 Maarschalkerwaard " may be considered ridiculously long; bat 
 they are only on a par with the English " Featherstonhangh " 
 (once written « de Featherstonehaugh "), « Cholmondeley " (for- 
 merly " de Cholmondeley "), and " Marjoribanks ; " and shorter, by 
 two syllables, than the Spanish " Zumalacarregui." 
 
 " Thistlethwayte " is more difficult of pronunciation than any 
 of them. 
 
-efix in those 
 Brown), 
 borne by the 
 >'Grady, The 
 Bladame. 
 
 given as they 
 ring the same 
 y descendants 
 
 and a third, 
 itt, de Witte ," 
 m a dwelling 
 netimes " Du- 
 
 Welles," and 
 netimes have 
 ; grasty plain, 
 « brothers, — 
 
 their . names 
 
 xes; as, '*ten 
 urnames. 
 uk " and " van 
 sly long; bat 
 lerstonhangh " 
 mdeley" (for- 
 knd shorter, by 
 
 ttion than any 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 This Tract was nearly finished, when the very able article on 
 English Surnames appeared in the Edinburgh Review for April 
 last. 
 
 The writer derives the uames Homerton and Hamerton from 
 Thor, one of whose German names was Ilarmer. 
 
 This never struck me before, but appears likely ; for the ham- 
 mer, or thunderbolt, was Thor's weapon. 
 
 There are later cases of persons surnamed Hammer. Charles, 
 Duke of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace, grandfather of Charle- 
 magne, was called Charles Martel, probably from the weapon he 
 generally used. Geoffrey II., Count of Anjou in 1040, was like- 
 wise styled Martel. ( Vide " Hamer," " Homer," " Martel.") In 
 " Meyrick's Antient Armour " is a representation of a knight 
 armed with a martel, or horseman's hammer. 
 
 The different languages and significations of each name have 
 not always been specified in the following pages ; as, for example, 
 the surname Brander is to be found in Scotland, and Overman 
 may be an English name ; but they are also both Dutch suiiiames, 
 and their meaning in that language only is given. 
 
 B. H. D. 
 
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 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 !]i. N. • Anglo-Norman. 
 
 (X. Anglo-Saxon. 
 
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 (E Cornish. 
 
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 <E English. 
 
 £. French. 
 
 ®. Grorman. 
 
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 prov. proTinoial. 
 
 IH. UteraUy. 
 
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 b bom. 
 
 d. died. 
 
 dau daughter. 
 
 
 «6iWMilitoa,iMfci»UBJMa»»»ifchtOT#<if?iM«^otoMaiW^^ 
 
 i 
 

 ZTl 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 m married. 
 
 unm unmarried. 
 
 8. p sine prole. 
 
 (sine prole mas- 
 (. cula. 
 ob. V. p obiit vit& patrift. 
 
 int. a1 inter alios. 
 
 temp tempore. 
 
 CO. county. 
 
 
 
 AUIHO. 
 D', da, < 
 
 
 
 D', de, < 
 
 
 
 De,de 
 
 
 
 De, del, 
 
 
 • 
 
 De (». 
 
 
 • 
 
 En (9. 
 
 
 • 
 
 Het, or 
 Im(«. 
 In(«,] 
 In der ( 
 In't(l 
 LMe(j 
 Mac,M 
 0' (1st 
 Op(» 
 '» (».) 
 
 
 . 
 
 he 
 
■■'^: 
 
 rried. 
 narried. 
 e prole. 
 
 e prole mas- 
 
 :ula. 
 
 it Tit& patrift. 
 
 er alios. 
 
 ipore. 
 
 inty. 
 
 PREFIXES, ETC. 
 
 Aan de, aan den, aan het (S.), Jit tKe. , 
 
 An («.), .«. ( Vide " Anschutz.") 
 
 An der {«), ^ Me. 
 
 Ap (CVeUll), Son of. 
 
 Au, aux (Jf.), .% of, or w'dk the. 
 
 Auf (C), In, at, of. ( Vide " von Bulow auf Cummerow.") 
 
 D', da, dal, dall', de, degli, dei, del, deU', della, di («.), Of and of the. 
 
 D', de, de 1', de la, des, du (#.)• Of and of the. 
 
 De, de la («. ti.). Of and qf the. 
 
 De, del, de la, de las, de lo8 (Apantoll), Of and of the. 
 
 De (■), The ; den, the or to the. 
 
 En (B.), Jlnd. {Vide " van en tot Hocusbroek.") 
 
 Het, or 't (*.), The (neuter gender). 
 
 Im («f.), In dem. In the. ( Vide " Imhoff.") 
 
 In («.). In. (Vide " Inbuach.") 
 
 In der (CE .)f In the. ( Vide " Indermaur.") 
 
 In 't (».), In het, /n Me. (FWe "in 't Velt") 
 
 L', le (#.), The. 
 
 Mac, Mc, or M' (». & «cii|»), Son of 
 
 0' (XtrteH), Son of 
 
 Op (9.), /n or upon ; op de, op den, op der, op het, op ter, in or upon the. 
 
 '% (■.), Des, Of the. Prefixed to a few surnames derived from iilwvs. 
 
 (Vide " van 'b Oravenaweert } " « van 's Heerenberg ; " i. c. •• Iktj; di-* 
 
 heeren," hill of the lordi, or no6{e«.) 
 
 
 MBUMnwwiailiWil n-ftniWi- 
 
■xj- 
 
 l> 
 
 XVIII 
 
 X'BKKIXES, ETC. 
 
 •t (».), Hct, Tht. (Vide " 't Hooft.'O 
 
 Tc, ten, ter, toe, tot (■.). -^j »'«. or to. 
 
 fit den (B.), Out qf, or from the. 
 
 Uni (€B.), ^"a. ( Vide " Umbgrove.") 
 
 Uiid («}.). -^nd. ( Vide « von und zu Hunolutein.") 
 
 Van (S.)i Q/"> ^'*"» ^c» ^1 'lc> **" '^™» ^^^ ''®*» ^''"' 'U<ifthe. 
 
 Ver (■.)! Van der, (y«A«. Always joined to the name. (Vide "Verbeek.") 
 
 Von («■.), Of; von der, von dtm,<ifthe, 
 
 /u (G.)i /n, a/, on ; zu der, a< the. 
 
 Zum C«). Zu dem, ^ «ft«. (Fufc " Zumbrod.") 
 
 Zur (€B . ), Zu der, ^the. (Vide" Zurkant.") 
 
 Examples of all of tht above will be found herein. There are un- 
 doubtedly more that I have not met mih. In the names Atcomb, Bydale, 
 &c., obsolete English prefixes will be observed. 
 
 In the surcamcs of continental Europe, prefixes generally commence 
 with a small letter, except vhen joined to the name. 
 
 The prefixes to the Briton names are French. 
 
 Y is not a Dutch letter, but has been used for y in the succeeding 
 (lages^ and next preceding the letter z, as is commonly done in directories 
 and gazetteers ; and, as btters with the German points are not contained 
 in our founts of type, those marks have been omitted. 
 
 
qffhe. 
 
 (Vidt "Verbeek.") 
 
 in. There are un- 
 98 Atcomb, Bydale, 
 
 enenilly commence 
 
 I in the succeeding 
 done in directories 
 ) are not contained 
 
 SURNAMES. 
 
 I 
 
 i: 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
31. ■ 
 
 k 
 
 ■& 
 
 SitiB 
 
 iMilnawwA>.>« 
 
SURNAMES. 
 
 'I 
 
 AA, van der (ID.), «/ <*« Aa. There are several rivers called An, 
 in Holland. In the Anglo-Saxon, " Ea " or « le " Bignifle;, » .is- 
 nxfig waUr, a river, a tireatn, voter. ( Vide " van der fiie.") 
 
 AARTSEN (m.), Aartoxoon, Aarft $oh, 
 
 ABB£, r (£.), the Abbot. 
 
 ABEELE, van den (HI.), of the Aepme. 
 
 ABERCROMBIE (9.), Abar crom bolnne (?), Mtreh of the 
 crooked stream. It was anciently written « Abercrumbhi." 
 
 ABKOUDE, van (ID.), of Abooude, of the Oakwood, or foreet. 
 In a record of the year 1085, the name is written « Abeken- 
 walde," from which it has been gradually changed to " Apeke- 
 walde," "Ibekewoode," « Abbecoode," "Abooude," and, in 
 conversation, even to "Abooo." 
 
 AB UTRECHT (ID.), Of UtreehL The prefix is Latin. Pos- 
 sibly some scholar, named van Utrecht, transkted the " van." 
 Utrecht, after it was walled in — circa A.D. 980— was called 
 « Nieuw-trecht," -New-croedng," — that is, of the river,— 
 which was easily oorrupted to its present name. 
 
 ACHTHOVEN (ID.), Eight forme. I presume that the «hoven,» 
 in this and the following surname, is a corruption of •• hoeven," 
 forme. If ncrt, however, the name is BUghlL ctmrt*. 
 
 ACUTIENHOVEN (ID.), EighUm forme. 
 
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 ruBrVf !■ ' Jrr'i- i i vrn'-iV'fliliir-i r" 
 
ACKEIIMANN (®.). Akkermon (ID.). Farmer. 
 
 ACQUAVIVA (J.), Spring-wattr. 
 
 ACQUILA, deir (J.), of tht Eagh. 
 
 AGUES d« r Aigle, de« (1.), of tlm Acres of the Eayl Arnw : 
 Ar., three e«gleU, la. 
 
 ACTON («.), Ac-tun (01. 0.), Oak-tovm. 
 
 ADELMANN von Adelmanafelden (0.). NobUmoH of Noble- 
 man'e fields. 
 
 ADLER (®.), EagU. 
 
 AGLI. degli (J.), of the GarHe. 
 
 AGNEAUX, d* (/.)» "/ i^a^^- Aran: Ai., three lambf>, nr. 
 
 AGNEW (0.). Agneau (/.). •^»*' Thia Scotch famUj arc of 
 French extraction. 
 
 AGNOLO, d' (J.), of the AngeL 
 
 AGUILAB, de (0ponifll)). of the Eagh. Arms : Or, an eagle, sa. 
 
 AIIOUT (DJ.), Aan't hout, At the vood. 
 
 AIKENHEAD (0.), Head of the oaks. (Compare " B«rken- 
 head.") 
 
 AINSWOETH (« .). Ain worth (Tl. 0.), One farm or haU. 
 
 AKEN, van (E).), of Aix-la-Chapelle. 
 
 AKKEBUUIS (HI.), Farm-house. 
 
 ALDAG (10.)* Alia dag, AU dag ; or perhaps "Alfdag," an an- 
 cient Grerman name. 
 
 ALDEKAMP (ID.> Oldf^ld. 
 
 ALDENHOVEN vfci. „•. '^' arms or courts. 
 
 ALLGOOD («.) .-r'-.i. 
 
 ALLEMAN, d' (Jr.), oj Germang. 
 
 ALLEN, Allan, Alleyne, Sec («.), Alwyn (X 0.), AB-beloved. 
 
 ALI'ENA, van (ID.), ofAItena. There are several places of be 
 name in the Netherlands, one of which was formerly called 
 " Outoena." " Hena " may be the root ol" " helning," a hedge ; 
 "Alt hena," OU hedge, or place sorroanded by a hedge or fence. 
 
 ALTMAN (®.), Old man. 
 
 ALTMULLER {(&.), Old miBer. 
 
 ALTBUE («.), AU true. 
 
 AMBAGTSHEEB (ID.), Lord of the manor. 
 
 \ 
 
h^plr. Arms : 
 M of Noble- 
 
 lambo, nr. 
 familjr UK of 
 
 , an angle, sa. 
 ire " Burken- 
 or haO. 
 
 fdag," an an- 
 
 AU-betoved. 
 places of bo 
 rmerly called 
 ing," a hedge ; 
 ledge or fence. 
 
 AMft de St Didier (/.). 7!*« wett-behntd of St. Didier ; I.e., of 
 the place or seigniory St. Didier. 
 
 AMEttSFOOHT, van (CI.), of Amers/oort, a town called in earljr 
 recordi "Homeafurt" and "Emeafurt;" J.c.. Enies furt, the 
 ford of the river Eiia. The word "fort" oir "furt" ia obso- 
 lete in the Dutch. 
 
 ANDELLE (0.), An d^r eUer (?), At the alder$. 
 
 AN-DER-ALLMEND {(&.), At or On the Common. 
 
 ANGE, r {£.), the AngeL 
 
 ANGLE, de 1* (i.), of the Comer. 
 
 AN GOVE or Angowe (C), The enuth, 
 
 ANKERSMIT (D.), Jnchor^smiih. 
 
 AN8CHUTZ ((ft.), An Bchuta, At the guard, bank, dike, or fence. 
 
 ANSTBUTHEB (0.), An gtroth. The stream. The two parishes 
 of AnBtruther, from which the surname is probably derived, are ' 
 divided by i rivulet 
 
 ANVER8, d* (S.), of Antwerp. 
 
 AP EVAN, and, by contraction, Bbvan (tOeblj), Son of Evan. 
 
 AP HABBT, and, by contraction, Barbt and Pakby (tPelsl)), 
 Son of Harry. 
 
 AP HOWELL, and, by contraction, Powell (tD«l8l)), Son of 
 
 APLETBESEND («.), End of the appk4ree». IHowell. 
 
 APPELDOOBN (©.), ThornHtppU, 
 
 APPELMAN (JD.), Apple-dealer. 
 
 APPLEBY (Xe.), Apple-dwelling. 
 
 APPLETON («.), Appeltun or Apulton (Ql. 0.), Apple-orchard. 
 JOHM Apulton, gent, of Great Waldingfleld, Co. Suffolk, 
 Eng., died in 1414. From him sprang Thomas Applbtoh, 
 Esq., of Little Waldingfleld, whose son, Sauukl, emigrated to 
 New England in 1685. He was Deputy to the General Court, 
 and d. in 1870. Eis son, Hon. M^jor Sauukl, was father of 
 M^jor Isaac ; whose son, Isaac, had int. al two sons, viz., 
 Deacon Isaac, b. 1781, father of the Hon. Nathan Apple- 
 ton, member of Congress, and Rov. Joseph, b. 1751, father of 
 the Hon. William Applkton, M. C. ( Vid^ « Appleton Mc- 
 moriaL" Privately printed: Boston, 1850.) 
 
 
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 AP RICE, and, by contraction, Pbick (toel«l)), Son of Riet, 
 
 wLioh see. 
 ARCHIER, r {£.), the Archer. 
 
 ARCULARIUS (£otin), Cabinet-maier. A New York name. 
 AtLENDS (m.), JUagh. 
 ARENSPOOT (ID.), Ea^le'i foot. 
 ARKEL, van (nJ.)f <>/ ArkeL One of the most iUaatrioos 
 
 families of Holland, now extinct There is an old proverb, 
 
 quoted by the historian van Leeuwen, in 1685, as a common 
 
 saying: — 
 
 " Bndsiod* 4* •deltto, WuMiiaw da ooMt, 
 Igmont d« rtjkite, en Afiti de itoutits." 
 
 That is, Brederode the noblest, Wansenaar the oldest, Egmont 
 
 the richest, and Arkel the boldest, of the nobles of Holland. 
 
 The lands, it is said, derived their name from the remains of a 
 
 Roman temple, dedicated to Hercules. (<' Erool," 21. 0.) 
 ARKWRIGHT ((8.), Ohett^maker. In the north of England, 
 
 the large chests used for keeping meal or floor are called arks. 
 ASHBUBNHAM (€.), Atk^ver-himw. 
 ASHHUBST (<^.), Athvood or pwe. 
 ATCOMB (01. flL), At:e comb, Al the vattey. 
 ATFOBD (a. 0.), Atte ford, At the ford. 
 ATHORPE (a.. 0.), Atte thorpe, At the viOage. 
 ATHOWE (a. 0.), Atte howe. At the hiO. 
 ATTE CHURCH («.), At thi Ohwreh. 
 ATTEVELD (SII.). The prefix appears to be Sax<m : Atte veld 
 
 for A»n hat veld. At th» fidd. 
 ATTYE (a. 0.), Atten ait, eyet, or eye, i« lAa uUmd. ( VOa 
 
 «Nye.") 
 ATWATER (d.). At the water. 
 ATWOOD («.), At the wood. 
 AUBEPIN, de 1* {I.), of the ffawthom. 
 AUBIEB, d' {£.), of the White haxeHree. 
 AUBBEBIS ^e St Maro (£.), Ai or Of the eheep of Sl Mark, 
 AUEBSBEkG, von (®.), of the Biton'e MnmL They carry in 
 
 their Arms an **aaerocks" or aras. 
 
 mJ&k 
 
 JL 
 
m of Jtice, 
 
 rk name. 
 
 t iUoBtrioas 
 »ld proverb, 
 s a comuxon 
 
 lest, £gmon& 
 of Holland, 
 remuns of a 
 31.0.) 
 of England, 
 called arks. 
 
 a: Atteveld 
 md. (Vide 
 
 SLMari, 
 hey carry in 
 
 AUMAISTRE dcR Femeanx (f.), At or 0/ the meuter of Fet- 
 neavx. The name first appears in 1660 ; »^d it may have 
 come from Germany, and be a corruption of " Ammeister," title 
 of the chief magistrate of Strasbourg. 
 
 AURIOL, d' (#.), of the Oriole. Arms : Ar. on a fig-tree, vert^ 
 an " aoriol," ar. 
 
 AUXCOUTEAUX {£.), At, Of or With the knivee ; and they 
 carry tluse kniros in their Amu. 
 
 AVRIL or Auvril (/.), April 
 
 AWATEB (ID.), Aan't water, At the watw. 
 
 B. 
 
 BAAK (O.), B^tM. 
 
 BAAS, de (W.)J^ Muter, 
 
 BACH (®.), Brook; pUiral, Bache. 
 
 BACKER (9.), Baier. 
 
 BACEHUTZEN (®.i. Baie-houees. 
 
 BADGER (C), Pedlar; Oomfaetor. The surname may be also 
 derived from the animal, called likewise a Bbook and a Quay. 
 
 BARENESS, van (OL), of Baieneie. Bnken ness. Beacon pro- 
 mtmtory (?). « Nea " is, I presume, obsolete Dotofa for promon- 
 tory. "Naes," "nesse," or «no«»" (3U0.), signifies anoteof 
 land,apromoiUor]f, *< nosn," a mom. The latter is still retained 
 hotb in Datch and German, —« aeas," " nase." 
 
 BALDWIN («.), Baldewin (%. 6.), BoU in battle. 
 
 BABF^SS, von (».), of Barefoot, or of Bear'efoot ; bat Comit 
 VOB BaHbss of Pnu>sia explains it, for he carries three bare 
 feet in his Arms. 
 
 BARKER (C), Taimer. 
 
 BARVOED (ID.), jJare foot 
 
 BAUMGARTNER {&.), ArboritL * 
 
 BAUMHAUER ((ft.), lVee4tewer, Wood^ivtter. 
 
 BAUER (0.), JW. y ^ 
 
 BAXTER (C), Alto-. 
 
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 BEANSHOP («.)• ( ^* " Vennoelen de Theewinkel") 
 BEARCR0Il;4e), Bere croft (XQ.). -'*»'"% >'^ «Bere" 
 
 Bignifies both barley and iear. When connected with " croft," 
 
 "ham," « worth," &,c, it would seem to be intended for barhy; 
 
 as a corn-farm was called " bereton " and " berewic," whence 
 
 Baeton, Berwick ; but with " ford," « washo," " wood," bean 
 
 are probably meant. 
 BEAUCHATEAU, de (Jl), of the Bdndtome cattle. 
 BEAUCORPS, de {£.), of the Handtome body. 
 BEAUHARNAIS, de (£.), of the Fine hamett; i.e., armor. 
 BEAUPERE (a.N.), Friar, or PrieH. Such is the probable 
 
 signification of the name " Beaupere " of CornwalL In France 
 
 it would now signify Father-4nrlaw, 
 BEAWPELL (a.. N.), JVn« «b"i», or /«r rfr««. 
 BEAWSHIN (a.N.), ^n* «*»»• (Compare "Brownshin," or 
 
 Fair tkin f) ^ 
 
 BEC-DE-Lll;VRE, de (^.)» of tiu Hare4ip. ' 
 BECK ((E. & m.), BreoL 
 BEEK, op ter (iO.)* at the Brook. 
 BEl&K,y«aieT(B.), of the. Brook. 
 BEEXMAN (&).)> Beckmann (®.)> Brookman. 
 BEELDSNYDER (III.)> Cbrtw, Sculptor. 
 BEEB, de (Bl.), Oe Bear. 
 BEEBEKAMP (Ql.), Bear fdd. 
 BEE^tENBUBG (&).)> ^5^<n^'ff(u<&. 
 BBEBESTEYN (m.), Beam etfitle. 
 BEGEEB. (B.), Betire. 
 BELCA8TEL, de {£.), of Fine cattle. 
 BELINFANTE (#,), jFWrcAiW. 
 BELKNAP (!3l.N.)> Bel knape, Fair page. 
 BEREBFORD id.), Beof't ford. ( Fiie « Bearcroft.") 
 BEREUAM {%. a.), Barley home. 
 BEREWASHE ((ff.), Bwr track. « Wash " (proii.), a narrow 
 
 track through a wood ; also a lane through which water runs, — 
 
 a martk, hog. ^ 
 
 BEREVfO01>\(i.), B«ar vood. > 
 
 SMBM 
 
kel.") 
 
 M. «Bere" 
 with « croft," 
 A for barley ; 
 wic," whence 
 wood," bean 
 
 ,, armor, 
 the probable 
 L la France 
 
 rownshin," or 
 
 ft.") 
 
 (V.), a narrow 
 water runs, — 
 
 BERG (ID. & ®.,, JWfl, Mount. 
 
 BERGEN, van (JD.), o/ the ffiOs. 
 
 BERGENDAHL (Hi.), ffiO and dale. * 
 
 BERGER (£.), Shepherd. 
 
 BEREIELET (Qi. B.)» -Birch ptuture, or meadow. 
 
 BERKENHEAD (X B.), ffead of the birdies. 
 
 BERKENKAMP (BB.), Birch field. 
 
 BERKENRODE, van (H).), of Berkenrode-, i.e., birch rode, or 
 place where roots of trees have been grubbed up. " Rode " is 
 German, and undoubtedly obsolete Dutch, as it forms part of 
 so many names. " Rodeland " is a provincial term in England, 
 for woodland turned into arable. 
 
 BEEKELODT (m.), Birch wood. 
 
 SEVERE, van (ID.)» of the Beaver. • 
 
 BEVERLEY (^0.), Bemm meadow. 
 
 BEVERVOORDEN, van (HI.), of the Beaver fords. 
 
 BEVERWYK (01.), Bemer quarter. 
 
 BETER, de (ID.), the Bavarian. 
 
 BIANCHI (J.), White. 
 
 BIE de (SD.), the Bee; and they carry bees in their Arms. 
 
 BIENFAIT {i.), Oomelg, ffandsome. 
 
 BIERHAUS (($.), Beer-house. 
 
 BIHAN, le (B.), the LitOe. 
 
 BELLARDERIE, de la (/.), cf the BiUiard^room. 
 
 BLAAUBOER (ID.), Blue boor. 
 
 BLAAUW (m.), Blue. 
 
 BLAAUWVOET (ID.), Lamier-hawk ; lit. blue fooL 
 
 BLAAWBEEN (ID.), Blue leg. [more, moor or hilL 
 
 BLACKBURN («.), Black nW, — den, «a%; lock, of hair; 
 
 BLANCHTESTE (S.), White head. 
 
 BLANCEE (ID. Sc Q^), White. 
 
 BLANKENBYL (ID.), Bright axe. ' 
 
 BLANEENSEE, voii (®.)> of the While Sea. 
 
 BLAUPOT (ID.), Blue pot. 
 
 BLEECKER (ID.), Meacher. 
 
 BLEEKRODE (ID.), Pale red. 
 
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 BLEIBTREU (O), Remain true or faithful. 
 
 BLOEM (m.), Flower. 
 
 BLOEMBERGEN (EJ.), Flower hitt$. 
 
 BLUMENTHAL (®.). Fhwer dale. 
 
 BLY, de (ID.)> ^ Bappy^ cheerful 
 
 BOEKHOBST (JB.), Beach wood. — « Beuk fiorst." Tlic latter 
 word is German, and obsolete Dutch for a bush, — clump of 
 trees. (« Hurst," 31. 0.) 
 
 BOER, de {W.), ^ Boor. • 
 
 BOERLAGE (d.), Boor's hollow, or low place. 
 
 BOGAERTS (d.), Orchard. 
 
 B0NEBAKE3SR {W.), Bean baker. 
 
 BONEFELOW (01. N.), Good fellow. 
 
 BONTEKOE (B.), Brindled eow. An aldennan of Amsterdam 
 in 1578, and a celebA«(ed navigator, bom in Hoorn, about 
 A. D. 1600, and of whom it is stated that he derived his name 
 from his father's sign. TheBO were the only two of the sur- 
 name that I could discover ; but the ink was hardly dry when 
 the newspapers published the death (on Uie 30th April, 1855) 
 of a daughter of D. Bontecoo, of SpringfieM, Mass.,.--- the 
 same name. (. 
 
 BONTEKONING (Q).), Part^-eohred, pM^i^^tpotted king (?), 
 or Fur king {?). / 
 
 BONTEUASTEL (m.). Fur cloak. 
 
 BONYOULOIR, de (#.), of Good wiU, good intent. 
 
 BONYFANT (#.), Good child. 
 
 BOON (ID.), Bean. 
 
 HOSCli, tea {m.), at the Wood, at forett. 
 
 BOSCO, del (J.), of the Wood. 
 
 BOSTON ((E.) is generally said to be a oormpdon ot Botolph't 
 town, from the Saxon saint who founded a monastery there in 
 the seventh century. As a surname it is not very oommoo 
 in England, but it gives a title to the family of Irby, Barons 
 Boston. In the Boston (Mass.) Directory for 1855, there are 
 four of the name, and three " Bossoos," which may be the 
 . same, or else " BoM>n," Boatswain. 
 
 HMmM 
 
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Tlic latter 
 — clump of 
 
 f Amsterdam 
 Hoorn, about 
 ved his name 
 of the sur- 
 'dly dry when 
 April, 1855) 
 Maas^.--' the 
 
 4ted king (?), 
 
 1 ot BvteJph't 
 alerj there in 
 yerj oommoo 
 ' Irbj, Barons 
 855, there are 
 may be the 
 
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 BOTERHOVEN (B.), Butter farnu. 
 
 BOUCHER, le (#.), the Butcher. 
 
 BOULTON («.), Bold, bolt, or hotel tun (<3l. 0.). ^ouie or ffatt 
 town. There are several places of the name in England, one 
 of which in CO. Cumberland was anciently oalled " Botbilton." 
 The rebus to the name is a crossbow bolt ia a tun. It is borne 
 by the Boultons of Moultcn as their crest. 
 
 Henbt Boulton, Esq., of Moulton, co. Lincoln, England 
 (vide " Burke's Landed Gentry "), had issue, Henry, ancestor 
 of the present Boulton of Moulton, D'Arcy, and George. — 
 The second son, 
 
 Hon. D'Abot Boulton, Judge of the King's Bench, m. 
 Elizabeth, Jan. and coheir of Mr. Serjeant James Forster 
 (Serjeant-at-Law), by Susannah, his wife, dau. of Sir John 
 Strange, Master of the Rolls, and settled in Toronto, C. W. 
 He had issue: (1.) D'Arcy, of whom next ; (*2.) Hon. Henry 
 Johr Boulton, Chief Justice of Newfoundland; (8.) Hon. 
 George Strange Boulton, member of the Legislative Council 
 of Canada; and (4.) James Boulton, Esq., M.P.P. — The 
 eldest son, 
 
 D'Abot Boulton, Esq., of Toronto, Master in Chancery, 
 m. Sarah, dau. of Christopher Bobi^ison, Esq., and sister of 
 Sir John B Robinson, Bart., Chief Justice of Canada West, 
 and d., leaving issue: (L) William H., of whom next; (2.) 
 D'Arcy E. Boulton, Esq., Mayor of Coboni^ C. W.} and 
 (8.) John Boulton, Esq. — The eldest son, 
 
 William Henbt Boulton, Esq., Mtyor of Toronto, and 
 Member Provincial Parliament, m. Harriette Elisabeth if^nn, 
 only dau. of Thomas Dixon, KN.L., KL., of Borton, Mass. 
 
 BOVELANDEB (Bl.), Upbauhr, 
 
 BOVEN, van (ID.), Jiwn Jhave. 
 
 BRADBURY («.), Larye /toute. 
 
 BRADFORD (<|.), Broad ford. 
 
 William Bbadfokd, secmid Governor of Plymouth 
 Colony, b. in 00. York, Eng., oame to New En^and in 1620, 
 and d. in 1657. His son, William Bbadvobd, was Deputy 
 
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 Governor of the Colony, and d. 1704. His son, Major John 
 Bradford, who d. 1736, was grandfather of William Brad- 
 ford, Lieut.-Govemor of Rhode Island, b. 1728, d. 1808. 
 BRADLEE ((5.), Broad meadow. 
 BRANCALEONE (J.), Lion'$ claw. 
 BRANDER (01.), Gin-dittiOer. A fireship is also called a 
 
 « Brander." 
 RRAS8EUR {£.), Brewer. 
 BRAUN (®.), Brown. 
 BRAUTIGAM (®.)> Bridegroom. 
 BRAY (€.), Hill, Mount. 
 
 BREDERODE, van (HI.), of Brederode ; i. e., broad rodeland 
 (vide « Berkenrode," "Merode"), or "breedo reode," — broad 
 verge or jurisdiction. The name is generally said to be derived 
 from their broad rods (« roede") of land ; but I prefer my own 
 definition of rodeland, for the surname was probably taken 
 from the broad manor, before they possessed extended territo- 
 ries, or wide jurisdiction. The Brederodes were descended of 
 the old counts of Holland, and were called the noblest family 
 in the country : now extinct 
 BREEVORT (New York). "Bredevoort,"— a town in Gelder- 
 
 haif— Broad ford. ( FtA « Amersfoort") 
 BBEITHAUPT (®.), Big head, Broadhead. 
 BBEITKOPF (®.), Broadhead. 
 BREMEN, van (ID.), of Bremen. 
 BBEMEB (Q).), Biremener. 
 BBET8CHNEIDEB (®.), Sawger. 
 BBINE, ten (ID.), at the Brink. "Brink" (®. prov.), Sward, 
 
 Oraug-hitt. 
 BROEK, ten (OJ.), at the Monk, Pool, or Fen. 
 BROEK, van den (ID.), of the Marsh. "Broek" abo signifies 
 smallclothes ; and the family of Abbenbroek (i. e., Abben 
 marsh) carry a pair in their Arms 1-^a meet absurd spedmen 
 of canting Arms. 
 BRONKHORST (ID.), FounOain tcood, WeU wood. 
 BEOUWER (SB.), ift-wer. 
 
 i-* -f 
 
 mirt'W 
 
Major John 
 ,LiAM Brad- 
 d. 1808. 
 
 also called a 
 
 'oad rodeland 
 ode," — hroad 
 
 to be derived 
 )refor my own 
 robably taken 
 tended territo- 
 
 descended of 
 noblest family 
 
 wa in Gelder- 
 
 proTi), Sward, 
 
 ' abo signifies 
 : (i. e., Ahben 
 )8urd spedmen 
 
 11 
 
 BROWNESHAUGH («.). Browne's hiUock. 
 
 BROWNS HIN (C) . Compare " Beawshin." 
 
 BRUCK (®.). Bridge. 
 
 BRUGGEN, van (O.), of the Bridges. 
 
 BRUGGENKATE, ten (ffi).), at the Bridge-post. 
 
 BRUGMAN (©.), Bridgeman, ToUtnan. 
 
 BRUIN, Brune, Bruyn (El.), Brown. 
 
 BRUIN, de (ID.), the Brown. 
 
 BRUN, le (#.), the Brown. 
 
 BRUNET, de (I.), of the Brmon man. 
 
 BRUYNOOG^ (E).), Brown eyes. 
 
 BUIK (m.), BeUy. 
 
 BULOW auf Cummerow, von (®.), of Bulow of (or at) Cumme- 
 row. " Bulow " is a provincial term for the yellow thrush, and 
 they bear one in their Arms. 
 
 BUONkGUIDI, deiiJ.), of the Good guides. 
 
 BUONAMICI (J.), Good friends. 
 
 BUONCOMPAGNI (J.), Good companions. 
 
 BUREN, van (El.), of Buren ; a town in Gelderiand, which has 
 given a name to a President of the United States of America, 
 whose ancestors were probably bom there. As early as the 
 twelfth century, mention is made of the Lords of Buren ; but 
 in 1435 they were deprived of their seignory by the Duke of 
 Gelderiand, who gave it to his brother, William van Egmond. 
 In 1492, the Emperor raised the Lords of Buren to the rank 
 of Counts ; and in 1551, by the marriage of Anna van Egmond, 
 dau. and sole heir of Maximilian van Egmond, Count of Buren, 
 with William, Prince of Orange, the county came into the poe- 
 session of the House of Orange and Nassau. • 
 
 BURG, van den (01.), of the Oastle, Burg, or Borough. 
 
 BURGHER (E).), OiHzen. 
 
 BUTEFISCH (®.), Flounder. 
 
 BY (Qt 0.;, Dwelling. A family gf the somame were seated in 
 
 CO. Sussex. 
 BTDAL» («.), By the dale. 
 BYDGOOBE (it.), Abide good. 
 
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r-rr 
 
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 •r 
 
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 BYFLEET ((!.)• By the JUnt or Onam. 
 BTLSMIT (O.), ^law-«mtVA. 
 BTTHESEA, — an old WilUhire family. 
 
 K|: 
 
 
 c. 
 
 (I'UtalioOK.") 
 
 CAMEI, dei (J.), of the Cameo$. 
 
 CAMPBET.L (0.), Cam beil, or beoil, Benl or Arched notOh. 
 This is Logan'a derivation, and is to be preferred to that usaally 
 given bj genealogists, of " De Campo Bello," of the Field of 
 Battle, or of the Fair Field. In " Ragman Roll," the name 
 appears as " Cambel." 
 
 CAMPOS, de los (0|ianieh)» of the FieMe. 
 
 CAMUS, le (^.)» *^ Flat-note. , 
 
 CANABER, le (B.)> <^ Goldfinch ; and they carry three gold- 
 finches in their Amu. 
 
 CANCOET, de (JB.), of White wood, or forcH (?). « Cann," 
 white, hrilUant ; " can," eanal, current of wtUer, also a iong ; 
 " cana," to ting. 
 
 CANTALAMESSA (J.), Sing the nuui. 
 
 CAPELLE (ID.), C^apeL Arms : Ar., a chapel gn., roofed az., 
 - in base of the second the Roman nnmerals XIIII. or. 
 
 CAPELLEN, Tan der (D.), of the Ohapeh. 
 
 CAPELLI (J.), Ifatt. The Capelli family of Venice carry a hat 
 in their Arms. 
 
 CABEW (<E.), Caer ew, Hit or Ber eatUe. « Caer," a eattb, a 
 
 CARGOET, de (B.), Carreo or Carreg eooed (?), of Bo^ of the 
 
 wood (?), or of Cattle of the wood (?). 
 CARPONT, de (0.), of the Arcade, or Bridge-aeeh ; L e., arah of 
 
 a stone bridge. % 
 
 CARREAUX, Massif des {£.), Matonry^work of Squaret (?). 
 
 Arms : A wall embattled ar., masoned sa. * 
 
 PABTHEW (€.), Caer dew (?), Black eatUe. 
 
 II 
 
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 Irehed motM. 
 
 that usaallj 
 
 the Field of 
 
 11," the name 
 
 7 three gold- 
 
 ?). « Cann," 
 also a Mng ; 
 
 n., roofed az^ 
 . or. 
 
 !e carry a hat 
 
 r," a eeulU, a 
 
 f So^oftke 
 
 ; L«^ arch of 
 
 CARVEBTH (C). Green cattU. 
 
 CAS AS, de loa (Spaniel)), of the H6ute$. 
 
 CASTELLETTO, del (J.), of the Little caetle. 
 
 CASTELLO, di (J.), of the CattU. 
 
 CASTELNAU (/.). NeweaHU. 
 
 CASTELNOVO (J.), NewcattU. 
 
 GATE, ten {W.), at the Pott ; i. e., post on a bridge to fasten a 
 vessel to. 
 
 CATS, van (HI.), of Oatt, — the anitaal. Probably a local sor- 
 name, however, derived from lands named after their early 
 inhabitants, the « Catti," mentioned by Tacitus. ( Vide *< KaU 
 zenellebogen.") 
 
 CATS met de Zwarte Katte (HI.), CaU with the Black Cat. 
 Amu: A black cat on a gold shield. This Zeelan^ family be- 
 came extinct about a century since. 
 
 CAYLEY ((J.), Cailli (/.), Waiercrettet, — a place in Normandy. 
 The Hon. Williah Catlet, of Toronto, C. W., traces his 
 descent, in an uninterrupted line, from the lords of Caillie, who 
 accompanied the Conqueror. Mr. Cayley is Inspector-Gleneral 
 (Secretary of the Treasury) of Canada. He m. Emma, dau. 
 of D'Arcy Boulton, Esq., of Toronto. 
 
 CAZENOVE (J.), Casa nova, iVsv houte. It may also be Spanish. 
 
 CHADWICE ((E.), Chad wic (01. 0.), Chad's dwetting. There 
 was a Sax(m saint called ** Chad," who was Bishop of Lichfield 
 in 6C7. A family named Chadwick were settled at Chadwick, 
 in Lancashire, temp. Edw. IIL 
 
 CHASffS, des (£.), of the Fieldt. 
 
 CHARBON (£.), OoaL 
 
 CHASTEIGNEB de U Chasteigneraye (/.), Chettnut-tre$ of the 
 JHot of eheelimt-ireei. Arms : Gu., three chestnut-trees vert. 
 
 CHASTEL, du {£.), of the CattU. 
 
 CHASTELLET, da (£.), of the Little eattU. 
 
 CHAT, le (£.), the CaL 
 
 CHATEAUBRIAND, de (£.), of CattU Briand. Briand, son of 
 Thiern, built, in 1010, in the Bishopric of Nantes, the castle 
 which took his name and gave a surname to his descendants. 
 
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 CHATEAUNEUF, de (£.), of NmteatlU. 
 
 CHAUFEPIE, de (f .), of the FooUtove. 
 
 CIIAUX, de la (/.)• «/ the Hood (i. e., the hood of a member of 
 a univerfltty) ; or, of the Ho$e, or Small-elothet ; or, of tht 
 Lime, — in which last caM it is spelt proper! j. 
 
 CHEMINS, des (/.). <>/ '^ ^o<vU. 
 
 CHEW ((C.) ( a river in co. Somerset that gives its name to 
 " Chew-Magna," and other places. As a surname, I have found 
 none earlier than 1383, when a "John Chew" was Chaplain of 
 the Diocese of Salisbury. 
 
 The Hon. Samckl Chrw was Chief Justice of Newcastle, 
 in Pennsylvania, and d. 1744. His son, the Hon. Benjahin 
 Chew, was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania before the Revolu- 
 tion, and in 1790 was appointed President of the High Court 
 of Errors and Appeals of the same State. He d. 1810. 
 
 CHIESA (J.), Chtwfh ; and they bear one in their Arms. 
 
 CHOLMONDELEY ((ff.) : anciently, " Calmundelei 5 " i. e., Cal 
 munt lei (01.0.), Cal mount patture. «Cal" mMns wild 
 eoUwort ; but it may here be a corruption of " cald," ciM, or 
 " Carles," Charlei. Chttrlet' mount patture (?). The surname 
 is pronounced " Chulmley." 
 
 CHRISTIAANSCHE (HI.), ChrieHanlji. 
 
 CLERC, de (ID.), the Clerk. 
 
 CLERC, le (#.), the Clerk. 
 
 COAD, Couad, Coat, Coed (B.), Woody Forett. 
 
 COEHOORN, van (El.), of Cow'e kom. 
 
 COETBIHAN, de (JB.), 0/ iSmofl irood * 
 
 COETDOUN, de (fl.), of Deep wood, or forett. " Doun," deep, 
 profound. 
 
 COETMEN, de (8.), of Kid'i wood; or «Coet maen" (?), 0/ 
 Stony wood. 
 
 COETQUEN, de (B.), of the Ooun^e wood. ** Quens,"— Rom/uice 
 or old French, — Count, 
 
 COIN, du {£.), of the Comer. 
 
 COIT, Coid, or Cooth (ۥ), Wood, Forett. 
 
 COLENBRANDER (flD.), CharcoaUumer. 
 
 ■ ttttmuimt'ii wrtftmiii 
 
16 
 
 1 member of 
 or, of tht 
 
 ta n«me to 
 have found 
 Chaplain of 
 
 Newcastle, 
 , Bknjaiiin 
 the Revolu- 
 High Coart 
 810. 
 nns> 
 
 ;" i-e^Cal 
 means wild 
 Id," cold, or 
 lie surname 
 
 )oun," deep, 
 »en»(?), 0/ 
 — Bom/tnce 
 
 COLONNA (J.), ColfUHH. 
 
 COMBE (01. S.). J^aZ/'y. 
 
 CORNFOOT («.), /'ool o/ /A« cornfield. (Comp. " Haselfoot.") 
 
 COSTER (EJ.), Stxton, Sacrintan. 
 
 COUSSMAKER (D.). Stocking-maker. 
 
 COYTMORE (C), Great wood (?). 
 
 CRAMER (El. Sc ®.), ilfmrer, Retaihr. 
 
 CROIXf de la (£.), of the Crou. Arms : Ar., a cross az. 
 
 CROMBEEN (©.), Crooked Ug. 
 
 CROMHOUT (ID.), Crooked timber. 
 
 CROMMELIN (EJ.), Crooked line, Curve. 
 
 CROWE («.), Craw (X 0.), Crow. "Croh," ««/r»wi/ or 
 " Croan " (C), Oom, and the name of one who dwelt near the 
 cross (?). 
 
 John Cbowx came to New England in 1635, and settled 
 in Yarmouth. He was Representative to the Colony Court, 
 and a Magistrate. His descendants changed the name to 
 « CrowelL" 
 
 CUCINIERE (J.), Cook. 
 
 CUISINE, de la (f.), of the Kitchen. 
 
 CUMMINGS (B.), Chuimein, Cumin (?). There was an Abbot 
 of Icolumkil, in 697, named Cumin, and another in 657. The 
 badge of the clan Cumjn, or Comyns, or Cummings, is the 
 cumin pUnt ; and, according to Nisbet, they carry, relative to 
 their name, Az., three garbs of cumin or. 
 
 CUNNINGHAM (8.), Cyning hnm (QU B.), King-e home; a dis- 
 trict in oa Ayr. 
 
 CURTIS (fi.), Curteis (-31. N.), Courteous. Some families still 
 spell it after the Anglo-Norman manner. There is a some- 
 
 . what similar name in Holland, — '< Donker Cnrtius," Ihrk 
 Ourtitui but, in their case, it may be Latin. 
 
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 DALEN, van (O.). "/ <*« -0«^ o' ^''^•« 
 
 DALL, ten (10.), at tht Dak. 
 
 DALLAS (8.). C*' «»«t ifto^fcw 0/ vatar. Water jUld. " Dail " 
 means a fitldy meadow, plain, and also a valiey ; **iiit," «r 
 " uisge," water. The pariah of Dallaa is in co. Elgin. 
 
 WiLLiELMUS DK DALLAS was witness to an indentur* 
 made in or before the year 1298, among the archives of the 
 family of Innes, of that ilk, ca Elgin. He waa probably the 
 then Lord of the Barony of Dallas. 
 
 RoBKRT C11ARLK8 Dallas, of Dallas Castle, Jamaica, 
 Esq., native of Scotland, had, among other issue, Robert 
 Charles Dallas, of Kensington (father of Sir George Dallas, 
 Bart., and of Sir Robert Dallas, Lord Chief Justice of the 
 Court of Common Pleas, of England) ; Alexander James 
 Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S. A.; and a dau, 
 Charlotte, wife of the Hon. Capt Byron, R.N., and mother of 
 the present George Anson Byron, Lord Byron. 
 
 The Secretary, who d. 1817, had three sons, vis.: (1.) 
 Commodore Alexander James Dallas, U. S. N., ob. 1844 ; 
 (2.) George Mifflin Dallas, Vice-President of the U. S. A., of 
 whom below ; (8.) Judge Trevanion Barlow Dallas, of Pitts- 
 burgh, Pa., ob. 1841. 
 
 The Hon. Geosob M. Dallas was bom in Philadelphia, 
 in 1792. In 1881, he was elected a Senator of the U. S. ; 
 in 1837, appointed E^voy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 
 potentiary to the court of St Petersburg; and from 1845 to 
 1849, he filled the high office of Vice-President of the United 
 States of America, and ex officio President of the Senate. He 
 m. Sophia, dau. of Philip Nicklin, Esq., by his wife Juliana, 
 dau. of the Hon. Chief Justice B. Chew, and has (with daus.) 
 one son, 
 
 Philip Nioklim Dallas, of Philadelphia, Esq., Coun- 
 sellor-at-Law. 
 
 MHMiMMHIsaiWW 
 
Id. "Dail" 
 ; "»b," m 
 (fa. 
 
 a indenture 
 ihives of the 
 probablj the 
 
 ;le, Jamaica, 
 lauc, Robert 
 orge Dallaa, 
 istice of the 
 (UEB James 
 ; and a dau, 
 id mother of 
 
 B, viz.: (1.) 
 , ob. 1844; 
 I U.S. A., of 
 las, of Pitta- 
 Philadelphia, 
 if the U. S. J 
 nister Pleni- 
 from 1845 to 
 >f the United 
 S^iate. He 
 wife Juliana, 
 I (with daut.) 
 
 Esq., Coun- 
 
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 DALRYMPLE (9.), Dal a' chruim puill, DaU of tht crooked 
 pool Dalrymple in co. Ayr lies in a bend or turn of the 
 rirer Doon. 
 
 DALZELL (0.), Ual geal, Whiu meadmo. The old heralds, to 
 malie good their story of the origin of the family, interpret 
 this, " I daro ;" but it is undoubtedly a local name. In early 
 charters it \h written " Dallyell." 
 
 DAM, van (El,), of the Dam. 
 
 DANFORTH («.), Di^ne'e ford, 
 
 DA8VELDT (©.), Badger'i field. 
 
 DAVENPORT («.), Daren port. A Cheshire family, of whoa, 
 the old prorerb sayj there are, in that county, "as manj 
 Leighs as Atu, Massies as asses, and Davefports as dogs' 
 tails."- * 
 
 DECKER, den (EJ.), the ThaUher. 
 
 DEQEN (JD. Sc ®.), Sword; and perhaps even from "Degan," 
 " Thegan," - the old German title, « Thegen " (X 0.), Thane. 
 
 DELAFIELD (X N.), Of the fUld. 
 
 DELAMERE (X N.), Of the lake. 
 
 DELAMORE (01. N.), Of the hiO, or moor. 
 
 DELAPOND (XN.), Of the pond. 
 
 DELAPOOLE (X IS.), Of the pooL 
 
 DELARIVER (21. N.), Of the river. 
 
 DELAWARE (31. N.), Of th» weir or dam. 
 
 DELPHINI (J.), Dolphini ; and they carry three in their Arms. 
 
 DEMARE8T {$.), de Marais (?), Of the mareh. 
 
 DEPAU (New York). If of Dutch extraction, «De paaaw," The 
 peacoei; if French, <* De Pau," Of Pau. 
 
 DERNIER, de les (^.), of the Laet, or BindmatL 
 
 DESENFFAN8 (#.), Of the children. (Comp. "der Kfaderen.'') 
 
 DESFOUBS (^.), Of the ovme. 
 
 DESM0N8 (#.), 0/ «*« *,&. 
 
 DIEPENBROEK (ffl).), Deep mareh. 
 
 DIEULEVEULT (/.), God v^ it. A fiunUy in Normandy, 
 whose motto is, -Diex le Tolt," — the war-cry of the Cru- 
 saders. 
 
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 DIXON, DicKi ton. A common name, both in England and Scot- 
 land. In the former country it is generally written " Dixon," 
 and there are several distinct families so called. 
 
 In Scotland the family is of considerable antiquity, and the 
 name has been variously written, at different periods, according 
 to the fancy of the writer, or the rude orthography of the 
 times; as, " Dicson, Dykson, Dikson, Diksone, Diksoun, Dik- 
 soune, Dixson," and " Dickson," — which latter is the form now 
 
 generally used. 
 
 They are descended from one Richard Keith, said to be a 
 son of the family of Keith, Earls Marshall of Scotland, and, in 
 proof thereof, carry in their Arms the chief of Keith Marischal. 
 
 This Richard was commonly called "Dick;" and his sons, 
 with the carelessness of the age, were styled " Dicksons." It 
 is very probable that he was the son of the great MarshaU 
 Hervey de Keth (who d. 1249), by his wife Margaret, dau. of 
 William, third Lord Douglas ; because it was customary m 
 those days, in Scotland, for cadets to compose their Arms by 
 adding to their paternal bearing a part or the whole of their 
 mother's Arms, to show their maternal descent, and to differ- 
 ence themselves from other descendants of the family; and the 
 oldest Arms of the Dicksons are ''Axwt, three tnulleis argent, 
 on a chief or three pallets gules,— the chief of Keith" 
 
 «Az., three mullets ar.» was the Arms of Douglas before 
 the death of Bruce in 1829. 
 
 The first Dickson who is supposed to be on record was 
 also a retainer of the Douglas, and a man of wealth and 
 
 influence. — This 
 
 Thomas Diobok, of Heysleside, county Lanark, was born 
 A. D. 1247, and if, as presumed, the grandson of the aforesaid 
 Hervey, was second cousin to William, seventh Lord Douglas, 
 father of the good Sir James, eighth Lord, styled by the Eng- 
 lish the " Black Douglas."* 
 
 The fief of Heysleside, or Haidlside, was granted to him 
 by William, seventh Lord Douglas. Archdeacon Barbour, 
 who wrote in 1375, and who spells his name "Dicson" and 
 
 t r" 
 
 '^. ■ ^. 
 
19 
 
 id and Scot- 
 m " Dixon," 
 
 lity, and the 
 |8, according 
 >phy of the 
 iksoun, Dik- 
 he form now 
 
 said to be a 
 land, and, in 
 h Marischal. 
 and his sons, 
 icksons." It 
 eat Marshall 
 garet, dau. of 
 customary in 
 eir Arms by 
 hole of their 
 md to differ- 
 lily; and the 
 iuUeit argent, 
 jith" 
 Duglas before 
 
 n record was 
 [ wealth and 
 
 ark, was bom 
 
 the aforesaid 
 
 Lord Donglas, 
 
 i by the Eng- 
 
 rantsd to him 
 icon Barbour, 
 'Dicson" and 
 
 [DIXON, eoHtinutd.] 
 
 " Dikson," calls him a good man, and says that he had many 
 powerful friends, and was rich in personal property and cattle 
 ("off freyndis weill raychty, and ryclie of mohia and off 
 cateill "). He died March, 1307, ae. 60, and was succeeded by 
 his son, Thomas Dicson, of Heyeleside. 
 
 In the following century, one of the family was a com- 
 panion of Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Loni, who 
 married Jane, Queen Dowager of Scotland; for, in 1445, a 
 safe-conduct was granted by Henry VI., King of England, to 
 "James Stewert, lately husband of the late Queen of Scotland, 
 John Stewert his son, and William Dicson, ScoU, with twenty 
 persons, Scotchmen, in their company." William Dicson here 
 mentioned was undoubtedly a person of note, being the only 
 one named in company with the step-father and step-brother 
 (Sir John Stewart, afterwards Earl of Athole) of the reigning 
 King, James II. 
 
 The family increased rapidly, and became one of the prin- 
 cipal Border Clans of the East Marches. These Foraying 
 or Riding Clans, as they were otherwise styled, were broken 
 up about the time of the union of the Crowns ; and, although 
 most of the Dicksons remained in the Border counties, some 
 went farther north. One branch removed to the highlands of 
 Perth ; and of this line was — ^ 
 
 Hbnby Dickson, of Dunblane, ca Perth, whose son, 
 Thohas Dickson, or Dixon, bom in Dunblane 1739, m., 
 in 17fi2, Elizabeth, dau. of Alexander Mann, of Renny House, 
 CO. Ross, and his wife Katharine, dau. of the Hon. John 
 Eraser, of Lovat, son of Thomas, Lord Lovat Soon after his 
 marriage, he left; Scotland, and settled in the city of Westmin- 
 ster, where he adopted the English mode of spelling his namb. 
 Having lost much money through bad investments, and by a 
 false friend for whom he had become security, he found re- 
 trenchment necessary, and in 1788 removed to the Austrian 
 Netherlands. There he unfortunately invested in real estate, 
 which he could not dispose of when the Revolution broke out, a 
 
f'f 
 
 < ', 
 
 90 
 
 ^W 
 
 (DIXON, eoHtinutd.] 
 
 few years after; nor could he return home, for fear that it would 
 he confiscated aa the property of an emigrant. He was several 
 times imprisoned, often threatened with the guillotine, and con- 
 tinually obliged to pay the " Emprunts Forces," or forced loans. 
 Being considered an Englishman, and therefore rich, they 
 showed him little mercy. 
 
 He was twice burnt out in Westminster, and once in Bel- 
 gium ; and his house was frequently sacked during the French 
 Revolution. le had twelve children, nine of whom died young. 
 The eldest son, Henry, b. 1768, an officer in the army, m. and 
 d. 1802, leaving an only eon, Henry, who d. unm. in 1823. A 
 dau., Elizabeth, b, 1776, m. C. Eaton, and d. a widow in 1791, 
 leaving an only dau., who d. 1799, bb. 12. 
 
 Mr. Dixon d. in Amsterdam in 1824, ». 84, and was suc- 
 ceeded by his only son, 
 
 Thomas Dixon, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands 
 Lion, and of the Order of the Lily, who was born in West- 
 minster, CO. Middlesex, England, in 1781. 
 
 Durino; the French Revolution, he was twice imprisoned, 
 and once actually condemned to the guillotine. The first case 
 in 1796 was caused by a letter written to him by Sir Henry 
 Dundaas, Secretary of State (afterwards Viscount Melville), 
 offering a 'commission in the army, and requesting him to return 
 home. This letter was intercepted by the French police. He 
 was arrested, examined, and sentence of death passed upon 
 him ; but a sudden change of Ministers of Police at Paris, at 
 two different periods in the course cf four weeks, caused a 
 delay in the executions; and then Mons. Ricour, member of the 
 Council of Five Hundred, obtained from the new Minister 
 of Police his release, under bail that he should not leave the 
 continent He was confined in prison three months and eight 
 days, being at the time about sixteen years of age. 
 
 The second, a few years later, was from a somewhat similar 
 cause. A friend whom he had aided in escaping, upon his safe 
 arrival in England, incautiously wrote a letter of thanks, which 
 
that it would 
 e was several 
 tine, and con- 
 ■ forced loans, 
 re rich, they 
 
 once in Bel- 
 ig the French 
 tn died young. 
 
 army, m. and 
 ,. in 1823. A 
 ridow in 1791, 
 
 and was buc- 
 
 e Netherlands 
 born in West- 
 
 ce imprisoned. 
 The first case 
 by Sir Henry 
 lunt Melville), 
 ; him to return 
 ch police. He 
 1 passed upon 
 ce at Fans, at 
 eeks, caused 8 
 member of the 
 new Minister 
 . not leave the 
 >nths and eight 
 
 mewhat similar 
 g, upon his safe 
 f thanks, which 
 
 81 
 
 (DIXOK. eontintud.] 
 
 he gave to the captain of the sloop he had crossed over in. 
 The skipper, a double traitor, was a secret agent of the French 
 police, and, upon his return, delivered the letter to them. Mr. 
 Dixon was immediately arrested, but easily disposed of this 
 case, by bribing the " Chef de Police " of Flushing \. Ith a purse 
 of fifty louis (one thousand francs) ; and the proces-verbal was 
 made in such a manner that he was liberated. 
 
 Early in 1810, when a D.:tch magistrate, he was again 
 arrested as " Otage HoUandais," by special order of the Em- 
 peror Napoleon, and detained in the prison La Force, Paris, 
 more than fifteen months; the first two in a dungeon. In 
 September, 1811, he was discharged, and sent to Macon in 
 Burgundy, being exiled there for life, and ordered to have all 
 his property sold, and the proceeds reinvested in France. In 
 January, 1814, he escaped from Macon, and, in the latter part 
 of that year, went to England, remained tliere until after the 
 battle of Waterioo, and then returned to Holland. In 1816 he 
 visited the U. S. A., where, two years after, ne ir. Mary B., 
 dau. of Benjamin Parrott Homer, Esq., of Boston. 
 
 He was made Chevalier of the Order of the Lily hf 
 H. R. H., the Count d'Artois, afterwards King Charies X., 
 by patent, dated Paris, Aug. 25, 1814; and was created Che- 
 valier of the Order of the Netheriands Lion by H. SL, the 
 King of the Netherlands. 
 
 He d. in Boston, in 1849, le. 68, leaving — with one dan. 
 Harriette E. M., who m. William H. Boulton, of Toronto (vidt 
 page 9) — three sons ; one of whom, Thomas Henry, d. Unm. 
 in Paris, in 1858. The survivors are — 
 
 (1.) B. HoMEB Dixon, of Boston, Mass. 
 
 (2.) F;tz Euobkb Dixon, who m. Catherine Chew, dao. 
 of the Hon. George M. Dallas, Vice-President of the United 
 States, and resides in PhUadelphia. 
 DOLLEMAN (HI.), Madman. 
 
 DONKER (©.), Dari. In Ireland, the head of the O'Conors ia 
 caUed "The O'Conor Don," The Dark & Conor. 
 
■^ ^ 
 
 39 
 
 
 ■I 
 
 ■-~^- 
 
 DONODEI, de (Catin), of Gift-of-God. The prefix is French, 
 and the surname sometimes appears in the same language, — 
 " de Donadieu," of Provence. 
 
 DORPEB (m.), ViUager. 
 
 DOORNHAGE (CJ.). Thorn hedge. 
 
 DOORNIK, van (EI.), of Boomik, or Toummf. "Doom 
 hegge" {?>, Thorn hedge. 
 
 DOOTSHOOFT (ED.), Death't head. The name of an Amster- 
 dam churchwarden, of 1 61 5. 
 
 DOUGLAS (0.). I>"^*' g^**"' '^'■* ^*if> °^ ««""«' — if» ^ '8 ™**** 
 probable, it originated with the river, which may have been so 
 called from the color of its waters. " Dubh glac," Blaek ioUow, 
 or narrow vaUey, if Douglasdale was first named. Though no 
 longer gloomy, both river and dale were undoubtedly so w^en 
 the country was covered with wood. The appellation is a local 
 one. Nennius, no wrote about A.D. 858, spells it « Dubglas." 
 The first of the mighty Scotch family of Douglas was Theo- 
 bald the Fleming, who, between the years 1147 and 1160, 
 received a grant of lands on Douglas Water, in Lanark. He 
 was called " Theobaldus Flamaticus " in the charter, and his 
 
 * immediate successor assumed for the first the name «de 
 Duglas." 
 
 DOW (3.), Dubh, Bach 
 
 DROUIN (B.), Bag, Sack, Havertack. 
 
 DRYFHOUT (E).), Drift wood. 
 
 DUBOCAGE (^.), Of the grotw. Arms : Az., three trees ar. 
 
 DUCHESNE (£.), Of the oak. 
 
 DUCOMMUN (J.), Of the common, corporation, or parish. 
 
 DUNBAR (S.), (^^attle height. " Dun," a cattle, or tower. 
 
 DUPUIS (#.), Of the well . In Bostcj, corrupted to « Dupee." 
 
 DUSHEDEN (21.)? Das heden» Thut to-day. An alderman of 
 Amsterdam in 1881. 
 
 DUTILH {£.), du tilleul (?), Of the linden-tree. 
 
 DUVAL {£.), Of the valley. 
 
 DUVEBG6 {$.), Of the orchard ("verger"), or Of the rood 
 
 ("vergfee"). 
 
 
 '•^-1lllMiWfiilifffi«ni'mrill%1T''flHlf1fit"ffftHW'ff**^ 
 
 nwaiiiiitwwiiii 
 
 tm" 
 
33 
 
 . ia French, 
 language,— 
 
 >. " Doorn 
 
 an Amster- 
 
 f, aa is most 
 liave been so 
 BlaekioUow, 
 Though no 
 }dly so wiien 
 ion is a local 
 t « Dubglas." 
 B was Theo- 
 7 and 1160, 
 Lianark. He 
 rt«r, and bis 
 I name " de 
 
 trees ar. 
 
 pariah, 
 noer. 
 
 » « Dupee." 
 alderman of 
 
 Of the rood 
 
 DUVIVIER (£.), Of the pond, or JUh-pond. 
 
 DUTN, van der (JU.). of the Jhvmt. 
 
 DUYVEL (m.), Devil Jacob Boel, called Devil («J. B. ge- 
 seyd Duyvel "), was Burgermaster of Amsterdam in 1421 ; 
 Jacob Boel Claas'son Devil ("J. B. Claesa. Duyvel"), Alder- 
 man in 1470 ; and in ]|^90 was living, Court Jacob's son Devil 
 Boel ("C. Jacobsz. Duyvel B."), possibly son of the first- 
 named. In 1578, there were two military leaders, named 
 "Jan" and "Dirk Duyvel," — /oAn and Dirk Devil Le 
 Diable, The Devil, was thfe surname or sobriquet of Robert, 
 Duke of Normandy, in 1028. The Arms of the name "Dia- 
 ble" are blazoned in " Burke's Armory." 
 
 E. 
 
 EBERSTEIN, von (®.), of the Wild boai>$ cattle. 
 
 ECEER von Eckhofen ((ft.), J om of Acorn courlt. 
 
 EE, van der (El.), of the Ee. A river in Friesland. 
 
 i^GMOND, van (ID.), of Egmond. One of the most eminent 
 families of Holland, who derived their name from their resi- 
 dence at the mouth ("mond") of the river Hegge, in North 
 Holland. 
 
 Genealogists trace their origin to Radboud, King of the 
 Frisians, who, when on the point of being baptized by St. 
 Willebrord, inquired where were his ancestors who had never 
 been christened; and, being told that they were among the 
 damned, replied, « Then I will go to hell with my fathers, the 
 sovereigns of Friesland, rather than with a few new men to 
 your heaven ;" and died a heathen in 719. 
 
 An illustricas head of this House in the sixteenth cen- 
 tury, — ■ « Lamora&l, Count of l^ond. Prince of Gavres and 
 Steenhuyzcn, Lord of Purmerend, Hoochtwoude, Aavstwoude, 
 Beyeriand, Fiennes, Hamaide, Sotteghem, Dondes, Armentiers, 
 Auxy, Gaasbeck, and Baar, Knight of the Order of the Golden 
 Fleece, Chamberlain of the Emperor Charles V., Counsellor 
 
24 
 
 i:|- 
 
 ll 
 
 t;,' ■>:«-;.-', Stadholder of Flanders aiid Artois," &&, — was be- 
 
 ' ' J the infamous Duke of Alva in 15C8. 
 
 EGIa.j. f'STEIN, zw (®.)« <"' Egloff-cattle. Charles Augustus, 
 
 Count zu* Eglofistein, is the present head of this family. 
 EICHWALD (®.)» Oak irood. 
 EIKENDUIN (m.), Oak down. • 
 
 EINSIEDEL ((8.), Hermit, Anchorite; and they carry one in 
 
 their Arms. 
 EISENBEIL (®.), Iron axe. 
 ELLERY (Mass.), BiUary ((5.). William Ellery, Freeman in 
 
 1672, settled in Gloucester, Mass.; and, in the early records, 
 
 his name is often spelt "Illery." He was a Selectman and 
 
 Deputy, and ancestor of the Hon. William Ellery, one of the 
 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
 ELZEVIER (ID.), Elzen veer (?), Alder ferry. 
 EINMAHL (®.), Once. 
 ENDE, op den (H).), at the End. 
 ENDE, von (®.), of the End. 
 ENDICOTT ((8.), End, border, or comer cottage. (Compare 
 
 « Haverkotte," « Heathcote," « Middlecot," "Oldenkot," « Pres- 
 
 cau,' "Upcott.") 
 
 John Endecott, one of our early Governors, was bom in 
 
 CO. Dorset, England. He emigrated to New England in 1628, 
 
 and d. H6d. 
 ENGELEN (ID.), Jn^ei. 
 ENGELENBURG (©.), AngeU burg. 
 ENGL von und zu Wagrair. (®.), Angel of and at Wagrain. The 
 
 present head of the family is Francis Sigismund, Count Engl. 
 EON (©.), UncU. 
 EULENBERG, zu (®.), ai OwVi moutU. Barons in 1218. 
 
 Counte of the Empire, 1786. Now represented by Botho 
 
 William, Count zu Eulentalrg. 
 EVELETH (Mass.), Eveleigh («.), Euwa leah {%.%.), Sheep 
 
 paiture. 
 EVENBLY (m.), JmUy happy. 
 EYROND (D.), Oval; literally. Bound a* on egg 
 
 wpn^ 
 
25 
 
 — w«3 be- 
 
 i Augustus, 
 ily. 
 
 irry one in 
 
 *reeman in 
 
 rly records, 
 
 sctman and 
 
 one of the 
 
 ■child, «AiW; fax (Qi.S.). 
 
 (Compare 
 ot," « Ere«- 
 
 was bom in 
 nd in 1628, 
 
 'rain. The 
 lunt Engl. 
 
 10 in 1218. 
 i by Botho 
 
 .0.), Sheep 
 
 F. 
 
 FAIRBBOTHER (O./biV brothtr,. 
 
 hair; {ord, ford; Ue, meadoio. 
 FARNSWORTH («.), Fearna worth (%. 0.), Fern, farm. 
 FA-SOL. The musical name of an alderman of Amsterdam in 
 1541. I find it mentioned twice ; and the first time connected 
 by a hyphen, making the surname two notes of the gamut ! It 
 may, however, be of French extraction, and a corruption of 
 "faseole," kidney-bean. 
 FAULWASSER (®.), Foul water. 
 
 FEATHEBSTONHAUGH («.), Frith stan haugh (?) (%.Q.), 
 Peace-ttone hiUocL Camden says there were two stones on the 
 lands, called "fether stones," which were the origin of the name. 
 "Fether" is, however, the Anglo-Saxon for feather, wing, 
 and what are feather-stonea ? They were probably erected to 
 commemorate a truce made upon the spot, and called « Frithe- 
 stanes," MonumenU of Peace. 
 FERRtfcRES Sauveboeuf, de (;f.), of Farrier's pouches Save 
 
 o~ (1). Such, at least, is the literal translation. 
 FEDERSTEIN von Feuersteinberg (®.), Firettone or FUnt of 
 
 Flinthitt. 
 FEVRE, le (#.), tht Smith. 
 
 FINCK von Finckenstein (®.), ^^neh of Fineh«e catth. 
 FISK(«.),Fi8c(3U0.),J\#A. 
 FITZGERALD (Qt. N.), FiU Gerald, Son of OerakL 
 FITZ-JAMES (X N.), Pils James, Son of James. 
 FLEISCHAUER (®.), Butcher. 
 FLlKKEN8CBILD(m.), Shining shield. 
 FLOBISSEN (HI.), Fiona zoon, Florence's son. The name of 
 Pope Adrian VI., who was the son of a ahip^sarpenter <rf 
 Utredit 
 FORTIGUERRA (J.), Strong in battle. 
 
 FOTHERBY (01. 0.), Fodrerea by, Fodderer's or Feeder's dwell, 
 ing. "^ Foda," fodder ; " (othm," food. 
 
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 -i 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 ■ " ■ 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 FOTHERGILL (Qi. 6.). Fodderer'$ rivuUt, ravtne, dell, or rfi/eA. 
 
 [FBASEK 
 
 
 
 FOTHERINGHAM (%. 0.). ^<w»« <>/ Fodderef'$ tons, or <fe- 
 
 heirt 
 
 
 
 icmdanU. "Ing," at the end of a noun, signifies $on of, 
 
 land. 
 
 
 
 dBicmdaiU of, ptcple of, rae« of. 
 
 Sir 
 
 
 
 FOURNEAU (/.). Fumact. 
 
 Mar 
 
 
 
 FRASER, Fresar, Frisel, Freshele, Frisele, and Frisle, are the 
 
 in a 
 
 
 
 six different ways the name is written in « Ragman Roll " 
 
 S 
 
 
 . 
 
 (A.D. 1292—1297). This Scotch surname is generally said to 
 
 of 
 
 
 
 be of Norman origin, but is more probably Celtic, and a cor- 
 
 Gral 
 
 
 
 ruption of " Frith-siol," Farut^fon. 
 
 He% 
 
 
 
 Those who believe in their Norman descent say that the 
 
 as w 
 
 
 
 name was derived from the «fraises," or strawberry leaves, in 
 
 Shin 
 
 
 
 their Arms ; but it is now pretty well settled that family Arms 
 
 Fra 
 
 
 
 were not borne at the time of the Conquest, nor did the use of 
 
 High 
 
 
 i 
 
 them become general until neariy a century later. I believe 
 
 a Lc 
 
 
 
 the name is far older than the Arm* } and that, when the latter 
 
 co-h« 
 
 
 
 were adopted, or perhaps granted, canting Arms were taken, 
 
 Fent 
 
 
 
 and the pun made in French or Anglo-Norman. 
 
 Sir ^ 
 
 
 
 GuBEBT DE Fbabeb, living temp. Alex. I. (1107-T.1124), 
 
 Fba 
 
 
 < 
 
 is the first who is to be found in charters. He possessed large 
 
 King 
 
 
 ^*^ 
 
 estates in Tweeddale and Lothian. He had three sons: Oli- 
 
 son,] 
 
 
 -^ 
 
 ver, who d. 8. p.; Udard, who m., but his line soon foiled ; 
 
 inli 
 
 
 
 and Fbaseb, whose Christian name is unknown, but 
 
 On 
 
 
 
 who was father of Bebkard Fbaseb, Lord of Oliver, Need- 
 
 six t 
 
 
 
 path, Drummelaier, and Fruid CasUei, High Sheriff ("Vice 
 
 Alb: 
 
 
 
 Comes") of Peebles and Stirling, &c. He d. circa 1258, and 
 
 socoe 
 
 
 
 was succeeded by his sod, Sir Gilbbbt Fbabeb, High Sheriff 
 
 diate 
 
 
 
 of Traquair, who had three sons, via.: (1.) Sir Simon, styled 
 
 Fra8< 
 
 
 
 « pater," and who was one of the most eminent characten of 
 
 the t 
 
 
 
 his day. He d. 1291, leaving an only son, Sir Simon, styled 
 
 seven 
 
 
 ^ " > 
 
 « Alius," the friend of Wallace and Bruce, who d. 1806, s. p. m. 
 
 Earl 
 
 
 i 
 
 (2.) Sir Andrew, of whom presently ; and (3.) William, Bishop 
 
 ing 
 
 
 
 <rf St Andrew's and Chancellor of the Kingdom, oh. 1297. 
 
 creat 
 
 
 The second son, Sir Akdbbw Fbaseb, Sheriff of StTrling, 
 
 death 
 
 
 i^ ■'■' 
 
 became the representative of the family at the death s. p. m. 
 
 when 
 
 4 
 
 
 of his nephew, Sir Simon, « filius." He m. Beatrice, a wealthy 
 
 of El 
 
 
 

 27 
 
 Z, or ditch, 
 oni, or de- 
 let $on of, 
 
 Ble, are the 
 man Roll" 
 rally said to 
 , and a cor- 
 
 «j that the 
 rj leaves, in 
 amily Anns 
 d the use of 
 , I believe 
 sn the latter 
 were taken, 
 
 107-T.1124), 
 Bessed large 
 3 sons: Oli- 
 soon fiuled; 
 aknown, but 
 ►liver, Need- 
 eriff ("Vice 
 ca 1258, and 
 High Sheriff 
 Jimon, styled 
 jharactera of 
 }imon, styled 
 L806, s. p. m. 
 [liam, Bishop 
 m, oh. 1297. 
 ' of Sti'rling, 
 leath 8. p. m. 
 ice, a weiUthy 
 
 [FBASEK, eaiUmuid.] 
 
 heiress, and acquired by her a large estate in the north of Scot- 
 land. He had four sons, viz. : Simon, who succeeded him ; 
 Sir Alexander, Chamberlain of Scotland, who m. the Princens 
 Mary, sister of King Robert Bruce, and whose line terminated 
 in a female ; Andrew and James. — The eldest son, 
 
 Simon Fbasrb, m., in 1316, Margaret, dau. of John, Earl 
 of Orkney and Caithness, by his wife, the dau. and heiress of 
 Graham of Lovat, and by her acquired the lands of Lovat. 
 He was the immediate ancestor of the family of Lovat, which, 
 as well as the Clan Fraser, are styled, in the HighUnds, " Mac 
 Shimi," from him, their first chief. His grandson, Huoh 
 Frasbr, was the first Lord Lovat; having been constituted 
 High Sheriff of Inverness in 1481, and the same year created 
 a Lord of Parliament. He m., circa 1416, Janet, sister and 
 co-heir of William Fenton of that ilk, and dau. of Sir William 
 Fenton of Beaufort, by his wife Cecilia, dan. and oo-heir of 
 Sir William Bisset of Lovat His great-grandson, Thomas 
 Frabbb, fourth Lord, was Justiciar North of the Forth, cr the 
 King's Chief Judge throughout that district of Scotland. His 
 son, HcoH Fbaseb, fifth Lord, Justiciar in the North, was bom 
 in 1489. His retinue, on public occasions, were very numerous. 
 On one, he is said to have had in his train three lords and 
 six barons, with all their followers in full armor. His son, 
 Albxamdeb Fbasbb, sixth Lord, was fother of Hugh, who 
 socoeeded him, and Thcunas, of Knockie and Strichen, imme- 
 diate ancestor of the present Right Hon. Thomas Alexander 
 Fraser, created, in 1887, a Peer of the United Kingdom, with 
 the title of Lord Lovat. The eldest son, Huoh Fbasbb, 
 seventh Lord, m. Lady Elisabeth Stewart, dan. of John, fourth 
 Earl of Athol, High Chancellor of the Kingdom, and d., leav- 
 ing one son, Simon Fbasbb, eighth Lord, b. 1572, who was 
 created by James VL Lord of the Privy Council ; and, upon the 
 death of his uncle John, fifth Earl of Athol, s. p. m., in 1594, 
 when that dignity became extinct, he had the offer of the title 
 of Earl of Athol, but declined accepting of the honor, ** as a 
 

 28 
 
 •4 -rfi 
 135 
 
 ■inking of his own title of Lord Lovat" About this time (vii., 
 in 1606) the whole nobility of Scotland consisted only of one 
 Duke, two Marquesses, twenty-four Earls, and thirty-seven 
 Lords; in all, sixty-four. Lord Lovat d. 1688, and was suc- 
 ceeded by his son, 
 
 H0OH Fbaseb, ninth Lord, who had, int. al, Hugh, of 
 whom below, and Thomas of Beaufort, who succeeded as 
 twelfth Lord. The eldest son, Hugh, m. in 1642, when eight- 
 een, and d. v. p. in 1648, leaving one son, Hugh Fbaseb, tenth 
 Lord, b. 1648, who succeeded his grandfather in 1646. He m. 
 in 1659, when sixteen, and d. at the age of twenty-nine, leaving 
 an only son, Hugh Fbaseb, eleventh Lord, b. 1666 ; m. in 
 1685, when nineteen. Lady Amelia Murray, dau. of John, 
 Marquess of Athol, by whom he had four daughters ; and, 
 dying in 1696, s. p. m., the tiUe and estotes reverted to his 
 
 great uncle, 
 
 Thoma% FbasSb, of Beaufort, twelfth Lord Lovat, as only 
 surviving son of Hugh, ninth Lord. He was bom in Castle 
 Downie (or Beaufort Castle, as it was sometimes called), the 
 family seat, co. Inverness, A.D. 1681, and m. Sibella, dau. of 
 John Macleod, fourteenth Chief of McLeod,by his wife Sibella, 
 dau. of Kenneth McEenxie, twelfth Chief and first lord of 
 KintaiL He had a house in Tanich, Urray, co. Ross, where he 
 generally resided, fcud d. nt Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Sky, the 
 seat of his brother-in-law McLeod, in 1699, se. 68, leaving two 
 sons: Simon, who succeeded bJm as Lord Lovat and Chief of 
 the Clan Fraser; and John, Master of Lovat, of whom here- 
 after. " Master" is a Gaelic title, borne in some noble families 
 by the eldest son, or by the eldest brother, when the Chief has 
 no male issue. — The eldest son, 
 
 SmON Fbaseb, Lord Lovat, b. 1667, was Lord Lieutenant 
 of the CO. lavemesfl. Governor of Inyemass, and Ct^tain of 
 one of the Independent Companies, or "Black Watch." He 
 m., in 1717, Margaret, dau. of Grant of Grant; and again in 
 1788, when sixty-six, Primrose, sister of John Campbell, fourth 
 
 ^ -! '• 
 
time (vii., 
 anly of one 
 ,hirty-»even 
 id w«8 auc- 
 
 :, Hugh, of 
 icceeded as 
 when eight- 
 ASER, tenth 
 46. He m. 
 line, leaving 
 666; m. in 
 a. of John, 
 hters; and, 
 erted to his 
 
 >Tat, as only 
 
 m in Castle 
 
 called), the 
 
 >ella, dau. of 
 
 wife Sibella, 
 
 Irst Lord of 
 
 »8fl, where he 
 
 of Sky, the 
 
 leaving two 
 
 and Chief of 
 
 whom here- 
 
 loble families 
 
 he Chief has 
 
 d Lieutenant 
 1 Capttia of 
 cratch." He 
 and again in 
 apbell, fourth 
 
 [FRa^SR, eontmuttl.] 
 
 Duke of Argyll. Having been engaged in the rebellion of 
 1745, he was beheaded for high treason in 1747, at the age 
 of eighty years, — George IL not having the grace to pardon 
 an old, infirm man, so weak that he could not even rise from 
 his chair, nor seat himself again, without assistance. Hogarth's 
 portrait was taken when his Lordship was nearly fourscore. A 
 better one is engraved in Mrs. Thomson's "Memoirs of the 
 Jacobites" (London, 1845), from a portrait painted when he 
 was in the meridian of life. He had three sons ; but his line 
 became extinct by the death, in 1815, of the youngest, the 
 Hon. Archibald Campbell Fraser (b. 1786), who outlived all 
 his children. 
 
 John Fraser, second surviving son of Thomas, twelfth 
 Lord Lovat, was b. at Tanich, Urray, co. Ross, circa A.D. 1674. 
 He was styled in France the Chevalier Fraser de Lovat, was 
 an active Jssobite, and therefore generally lived under an 
 assumed name in Great Britain, being sometimes known as 
 "MacOmas," — such being his patronymic, — and sometimes 
 as "John Dubh," or "Dhu." He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Alex- 
 ander Fraser, of Balnain, co. Inverness (and sister of General 
 Simon Fraser, B.A., killed at Saratoga), and had issue, a son 
 Thomas Fraser, M.D. (who d. in Antigua in 1758, leaving a 
 son William, father of the present Captain Thomas Fraser, of 
 Balnain, formerly of the Eighty-first Foot) ; and a dau. Katha- 
 rine, who m. Alexander Mann, of Benny, co. Ross, and left 
 issue, a dau. Elizabeth, wif« of Thomas Dickson, or Dixon. 
 
 The badge of the Qlan Fraser is the yew-tree. Their war- 
 cry was, andiently, « Morfhaich," the great Jiild of meeting ; 
 ani afterwardsj "Casteal Downie." 
 
 In 1704, their force consisted of one thousand men ; in 
 1716, one 'thousand to eleven huudred. In 1757, General 
 Simon Fraser, of Lovat, raised a regiment of eighteen hundred 
 men, nearly all of whom were Erasers. 
 FBEEMANTLE ((f .), Frieze mantle, or cloak made of the cloth 
 for which Frieeland was formerly celebrated. 
 
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 30 
 
 FRIES, de (D.). *^« Frifian. 
 
 FRODIIAM (%. S.). *»?•'* ^»^ " ^ro^'" f^^vmeed in ytan, 
 old, prudent, win. (Comp. " .le Vroe," which ia a corruption 
 of " de Vroede.") 
 
 FRODINOHAM, or Frotbiogham (3i. 0.)* ^o^^ "f Saga's tons, 
 or dt$emdant$, 
 
 FkOHEN, de (France). Arms: Thr«« female batta. The oldest 
 known ancestor of this family died in Boulogne sur Mer, in 
 1368. lie probably came from Germanj, and waa called, from 
 his Arms, *♦ von Frauen ; " or from Holland, with the name 
 "van Vrouwen,"^ — of the Wotnen, or Jxuliti. The name then 
 became corrupted, and the prefix was translated. 
 
 FUNFKIRCIIEN (®.), Five churehet. 
 
 FDRSTE^'HAilFT (©.), iVince's k*ad. 
 
 o. 
 
 GAERTNER (0.), Gardattr. 
 
 OANS (ID.), 6;oo««. 
 
 GANSNEB (ID.), (Took MA • 
 
 GEELE (Q).), r«Bow. 
 
 GEELHAND (DL), TeOote hcmd. 
 
 GEELHOED (ID.), TeOow haL 
 
 OEELHUTZEN (ID.), TeOov houus. 
 
 GEELKERKEN, van (EJ.), of the TtOow ehwrehtt. 
 
 GELTSAK (d.), Money hag. 
 
 GELUK (P.), Fortune. 
 
 GESELSCHAP (ID.), Company, Society. 
 
 GIESENHAUSEN (®.), Foundriee. 
 
 GILDEMEESTER (El.), Deacon of a guilds Foretnan of a cor- 
 poration. 
 
 GNADEN zu Thur (®.), Cfraco at Thur. There is a river Thur 
 in Switzerland. " Thur," o dloor. Grace at the Door. 
 
 GOEDBLOED (HI.), Good ImmhL 
 
 GOEDHARDT (d.), Good heart. 
 
d in y«ar$, 
 corruption 
 
 The oldest 
 ur Mer, in 
 »lled, from 
 I the name 
 name then 
 
 m of a tor- 
 i river Thur 
 
 GOEDKOOP (O.). ^««P- Lit. Good hargaiti. 
 
 GOETHALS (ID.), Een goede ha^ A good-matund f»9aw. A 
 Dutch expretiiion, but literally good neck ; and the Armt of 
 the familj of Ooethak, in Flanders, have been made to agree 
 with the latter signification, viz., " Gu. three female busts ppr. 
 crined or, vested az. ; " and, to crown the whole, the origin of 
 the Arms is stated to be, that an ancestor of the familj saved 
 three Christian virgins from being massacred by the infidels ! 
 — • very pretty tale, but evidently an invention of later times. 
 
 GOFF, le (B.), gof or gov, Ms Smith. 
 
 GOODCIIEPE («.). (Comp. « Goedkoop.") 
 
 GOODFELLOW («.), synonymous with "Goethals." 
 
 GOODMADAM ((J.). Burke blazons the Arms of this name. 
 
 GORDON (0.), Goirtean, LittU cornfield. The parish of Gordon 
 ia io the co. Berwick ; and the founder of the family so called, 
 who came from England, temp. Dav. I., obtained from him the 
 land in Berwickshire from which the name was taken. His 
 son, Richard de Gordon, is distinctly mentioned in writs, as 
 granting lands to the monks of Kelso. He d. circa 1200. His 
 grandson. Sir Thomas, styled "dominus Thomas de Gordon, 
 miles," d. circa 1258, leaving an only dau. Alicia, who m. her 
 cousin, Adam de Grordon; and their grandson, Adam de 
 Gordon, obtained a grant of the lands of Strathbogie, in 
 Aberdeenshire, the nucleus of the immense northern estates 
 of his posterity. He d. A.D. 1383. 
 
 In the course of time, the Gordons became one of the most 
 distinguished Scottish clans, and were generally called the 
 " Cocks of the North." They were created Earls of Hundy in 
 1449-50; Marquess, in 1599; and in 1684 the chief of the 
 Gordons was raised to the dignity of Duke of Gordon. 
 
 The second Earl m. the Princess Jane, dau. of James I. ; 
 and from this alliance, and through the Athols and Frasers, 
 I am fourteenth in descent from King James I., and eighteenth 
 from the Bruce. 
 GOUDOEVER (ffl.), Cfold shore. 
 GOUDSWAARD (©.), A* good cu gold. Lit. GoWm worth. 
 
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 4*r 
 
 
 GRAAF, de (iSI.)> <A« ^o""'* 
 
 GRAINDORGE {£.), Barley com. 
 
 GRANT. A local name, both in England and Scotland. 
 
 The Scottish clan are believed to have received their appel- 
 lation from " Griantach," or " sliabh Grianus," the plain of the 
 Sun, a remarkable place ia Strathspey, where there are many 
 Druidical remains. Few names have occasioned more discus- 
 sion than this, — some deriving it from a I^orman founder, 
 called " le Grand ; " others, from a Norwegian ; others, again, 
 from a Dane; and still others, from an ugly Gael, called 
 " Granda," Me ill-favored (!). 
 
 It would seem, however, as if the Grants themselves for- 
 merly believed in the local origin of the surname ; as their crest, 
 probably borne for centuries, is a burning mount, which appa- 
 rently has reference to the worship of the sun. — A wag, it is 
 said, contrived to alter, in a family bible of a former Laird of 
 Grant, the words in Genesis, "There were giants in those 
 days," into " There were grante in those days ; " and the good 
 old chief believed it. 
 
 The Grants of England are a different family. The river 
 Cam was originally called " Grant ;" and the city of Cambridge, 
 « Grantebrycg." There is a village, two miles from Cam- 
 bridge, still called " Granchester," which, by the ancient 
 Britons, was called «Caer GrMt," and "Granta ceastre" by 
 the Anglo-Saxons. ^^ 
 
 GRAS, le {£.), the FaL 
 
 GRASHOF (BJ.), Grass court. 
 
 'b GRAVENSWEEET, van (ID.), van des Gravens woard, of the 
 CbufU'i polder. 
 
 '8 GRAVESANDE, van (HJ.), of the Chunfs sands. 
 
 GREENFIELD ((K.), Greenfield, — ham, home; how, hill; 
 haugh, flat ground by river-side, also a hillock ; shields, skids, 
 or shielings. 
 
 QRENZEBACH (®.), Boundary brooL 
 
 GROEN (©.), Green. 
 
 GROENENBERG (ID.), GreenhilL 
 
33 
 
 heir appel- 
 lain of the 
 i are many 
 ore discus- 
 m founder, 
 lers, again, 
 lael, called 
 
 iselves for- 
 their crest, 
 hich appa- 
 \. wag, it is 
 sr Laird of 
 U in those 
 d the good 
 
 GROENEWOUD (CJ.), Greenwood. 
 
 GROENVELD (El.). Gremfield. 
 
 GROOTEKOORT (B.), Great and short, • or, as we say in Eng- 
 
 lish, Short and itoitt. 
 GROOTENHUIS, ten (HJ.), at the Great house. 
 GRUND ((&.), Ground, Land, VaUey. 
 
 GRUNSTEIN (®.), Green cattle, or the stone called Greenttone. 
 GRYS, de (HJ.). <^ Gra}/- 
 GVt, du {£.), of the Ford. 
 6UESCLIN. du (JB.), of mow of the stream. The castle of 
 
 Guesclin is situated upon a rock in the sea, at the mouth of a 
 
 river, which forms a bend or angle there by winding round the 
 
 rock. 
 GULDE KRUYS (ID.), Golden Gross. 
 GTJTBIER (®.), Good beer. 
 GUTKNEGT (®,), Good servant. 
 GUTSCHMIDT (®.), Good smith. 
 GYZELAAR, de (EJ.), ihe Hostage. 
 
 The river 
 Cambridge, 
 from Cam- 
 he ancient 
 leastre" by 
 
 oard, of the 
 
 how, hill; 
 ields, shiehf 
 
 H. 
 
 HAAG, van den (JU.), of the Hague; i. e., the Hedge, or place 
 
 enclosed by a iiedge. The proper name of the city of the 
 
 Hague is « 's Gravenhage," the Counts-hedge. 
 HAAN, de (W), the Oock. ( Vide also « Hoen," and « Kip.") 
 HACKFORT (JH.), Hdged ford, Barred ford (?). 
 HAGEDOORN (HI,), Hawthorn. 
 HAIG (S.), Haga (31. 0.), Hedge, or Place hedged in. In ancient 
 
 records the name was written «de Haga." This is th« fiumly 
 
 of whom it is said, — 
 
 "IMtwhato'OTbattd*, 
 Then's ay b* Haigi of Bcmania*." 
 
 Rymer, to whom this prophecy is attributed, died, it is sup- 
 posed, before the year 1299 — The name of James Haig, Be- 
 mersyde, H in the « Scotdi Postofflce Directoiy" fw 1852. 
 
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 Jk: 
 
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 HAM, ten (El. prov.), at the Enehtun. 
 
 HAMBY (Ql. 0.)» '^<"«« dwelling. 
 
 HAMDEN (li. 0.), £^ome valley. " Den " also signifies a pasture. 
 
 HAMER (E).), Hammer. Arms : Gu., three hammers ar. 
 
 HAMERSTER (H).)> Hcmmer ttar. Arms : Az., a hammer an, 
 
 between three stars or. 
 HAMME, von (©• obs.), of the Foretts or Groves. 
 HARIG (m.), Hairy. 
 
 HARINGKARSPEL (CI.). Herring parish. 
 HARTOGVELT, van (H.), of the Duke's field. 
 HASELFOOT ((S.), Foot of the hazel-trees. 
 HASELRIG («.), Hazel ridge. 
 
 HASSELAER (E).), HazeUree. Surname of a lady of an ho- 
 norable family, — Kenan Simonsd. Hasselaer (i. e., " Kenau 
 Simonsdochter Hasselaer," K. H. Simon's daughter), who, in 
 1573, when Haarlem was besieged by the Spaniards, formed 
 a battalion of three hundred women, — herself the head, — 
 armed with muskets, swords, and spears, who bore a conspicu- 
 ous part in all the labors and perils of the siege, — " not less," 
 says Strada, the Jesuit, " to the encouragement of her fellow- 
 citizens than to the astonishment of the Spaniards." 
 
 She was then forty-six years old, and the widow of Nan- 
 ning Gerbrandcz. Borst, of Haarlem, also of a good family. 
 She d. circa 1589. Her weapons are said to be still preserved 
 by her descendants. 
 HATEBUHR (ill.), Hate neighbor. (Comp. " Mauvoisin.") 
 HAVERKAMP (CI.), OaU field. 
 HAVERKOTTE (ID.), Oats cottage. 
 HEATHCOTE («.), Heath coitage. 
 HEEMSTEDE (ID.), Heamstede {%. 0.), Homestead. 
 HEERE (d.). Lord, Sir, Master. 
 HEEREN (JD.), Lords, Gentlemen, Sirs. 
 'b HEERENBERG, van (W.), of the Lords' hiU. 
 HEIDE, ter (HI.), a< the Heath. 
 HEIDEBLOM (m.), Wild thyme. 
 HEILIGENMANN ((&.), Holy man. 
 
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35 
 
 HELT (HJ.), Hero. 
 
 HELLEGANGER (?!.), HeU-walker. Two of the name (a shoe- 
 maker and a cake-baker) in Amsterdam Directory for 1851. 
 
 HELLMANN (®.), Bright or char man. Probably a surname 
 of a clear-headed man. 
 
 HEMELOP (JD.), Heaven up ; As high as heaven (?). 
 
 HENGST, den (El.), the Stallion. A name still extant, and cer- 
 tainly an ancient one ; for it was borne by Hengst, or Hengist, 
 who, with hia brother Horaa, landed in England in the fifth 
 century. 
 
 HEUREUX, 1' (#.), the Happ^. 
 
 HEYLIGERS (d.), SainU. 
 
 HIMMEL ((S.), Heaven. 
 
 HOCHBERG, von {&.), of Hightnount. 
 
 HOCHE (£.), Notch, Dent, Hollow. 
 
 HOCHEPIED (£.), Haggard falcon. 
 
 HOCHSCHLUS, Ton {(&.), of High castle. 
 
 HOEFYZER (m.), Horseshoe. 
 
 HOEK, Tan den (SD.), of the Comer. 
 
 HOEN (©.), Hen, FoieL 
 
 HOENDERVOOGD (01.), Poultry master. 
 
 HOENSBROEK, Tan en tot (ID.), of and at Hen's mafsh. 
 
 HOEVEN, ter (ID.), at the Farms. 
 
 HOF, Tan 't (ID.), of the Courts or Chrden. 
 
 HOFFMANN Ton Hoffmannsegg {(&.), Courtier of Courtier's 
 comer. 
 
 HOFZUMAHAUS (®.), Hof zu mahde haus (?), GouH or Tard 
 iy Meadow house; or « Hof zn Matthaus," Matthew's court (?). 
 
 HOGENDORP (ID.), High village. 
 
 HOHENFELD, too (®.), of High Jield. 
 
 HOHENLOH, von (®.), of High forest. ( Vide « Tan Loa") 
 
 HOLLANDER, de (ID.), the HoUander. The name "Holland" 
 first appears in the year 1054 ; and, in 1088, Count Dirk V. ia 
 styled « Comes HoUandensiam." The latest authorities consi- 
 der that the names were glTen to Holland and Zeeland by the 
 - Danes, after the places so called in their own fatherland. 
 
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 36 
 
 HOLTHUYZEN (d.). Wooden houses. 
 
 HOLZBRUCK, von (®.), of Wooden bridge. 
 
 HOMAN (2).), Hooi man (?), Bdtf man. 
 
 HOMER (li. S.). hammer. In 12 Edw. III., A.D. 1338, lands 
 in CO. Dorset were granted to Thomas db Hohere, believed 
 to be the earliest of the name on record. He may have been 
 so called, either from a manor, named " Homere," or from the 
 " martel de fer," or hammer, being his favorite weapon. 
 
 The name does not occur in any French work ; but there 
 were Monthomers in Picardy, one of whom, Michel de Mont- 
 homer, proved his nobility (fit ses preuves de noblesse) in 
 1518. 
 
 A family sumamed Homer have been settled in Stafford- 
 shire for several centuries. According to tradition, their an- 
 cestor, an officer, removed there in the fourteenth century, in 
 consequence of having fought a duel. One of his descendants 
 built a house at Ettingshall, near Bilston, parish of Sedgley, 
 CO. Stafford ; and from him sprang Edward Homer, whose son, 
 Captftin John Homer, went to America, and also the present 
 Benjfunin Homer, Esq., of Bilston, from whom the tradition 
 was received. The Homers of Solihull, co. Warwick, are also 
 desceifdants of the Staffordshire family. 
 
 Edward Homes, of Euingshall, co. Stafford, was father 
 
 of— 
 
 Captain John Homer, b. 1647. He immigrated to Boston, 
 Mass., circa 1672; m., in 1693, Margery Stephens; and d. 
 1717, ae. 70, leaving, inL al, a son, Benjamin Homer, b. 1698, 
 who removed to Yarmouth, Mass., and m., in 1721, Elizabeth, 
 dau. of John Crowe and Bethia Sears, his wife, and d. 1776, 
 se. 78. His son, Benjamin Homer, b. 1731, removed to 
 Boston, and m., in 1759, Mary, dau. of Bryant Farrott, and 
 Ruth Wadsworth, his wife, and d. 1776, is. 44, leaving one son, 
 . of whom presently, and four daughters, viz. : Ruth, m. Mons. 
 F. R. Arsonneau, a French gentleman, and d. a widow, s. p. ; 
 Elizabeth, m. Judge A. Paine, Recorder of the city of Troy, 
 N. Y. ; Mary, ra. Judge L. Hall, of the Supreme Court of Ver- 
 
 L_ 
 
138, lands 
 , believed 
 have been 
 from the 
 1. 
 
 but there 
 
 de Mont- 
 
 blesse) in 
 
 1 Stafford- 
 , their an- 
 lentury, in 
 escendants 
 f Sedgley, 
 whose son, 
 lie present 
 8 tradition 
 k, are also 
 
 was father 
 
 to Boston, 
 is; and d. 
 B, b. 1698, 
 Elizabeth, 
 id d. 1776, 
 emoved to 
 arrott, and 
 Dg one son, 
 I, m. Mons. 
 idow, 8. p. ; 
 y of Troy, 
 art of Ver- 
 
 [HOMER, conHnutd,] 
 
 mont ; and Bethia C, m. Colonel 0. Gallup, of Hartlnnd, Vt. 
 The only son, 
 
 Benjamin Pabhott Homeb, b. 1761, m., in 1790, Abignil, 
 dau. of David Pearce, of Gloucester, Jlnss., and Bethia Inger- 
 soll, his wife, and had issue nine children, six of whom pre- 
 deceased him unm. He d. 1838, m. 76, leaving one son, of 
 whom next, and two daus., viz.: Mary B., m. Thomas Dixon, 
 of Boston, K.N.L., K.L.; and Georgiana A., m. Philo S. 
 
 Shelton, Esq., of Boston, native of Derby, Conn The only 
 
 son, 
 
 FiTZHENBT Homes, b. 1799, m. Nancy B., dau. of the 
 Hon. J. D'Wolf of Rhode Island, a Senator of the U. S., by 
 his wife, Nancy, dau. of Lieutenant-Governor W. Bradford of 
 Rhode Island, U. S. Senator, and has issue two daughters. 
 ( Vide Bridgman's « King's Chapel Epitaphs," Appendix. Bos- 
 ton, 1858.) 
 
 HOMEYER (D.), HaymawtT. 
 
 HOND, de (CJ.), the Dog. 
 
 HONDERTMARK (O.), One hundred mark,; money or weight. 
 
 HOOFDMAN and Hopman (0.), Captain, Headman, Deacon. 
 
 HOOFF, Op den (HI.), At the Court. ( Vide « Ilof.") 
 
 HOOFT, 't (ID.), het Hoofd, the Head. 
 
 HOGG (m.), TaU. 
 
 HOOGENBOOM (©.), High tree. 
 
 HOOGKAMER (ID.), High chamber. 
 
 HOGPEN, ten (©.), at the Heaps. 
 
 HOUSTON (0.), Uisdean, or Hutcheon, Hugh. 
 
 HOUT, ten (©.), at the Wood. 
 
 HOVY (©.), Hoeve, Farm; or Hove, Court. 
 
 HUL, van 't (ID.), of the Woman's cap, or hood. 
 
 HDND, von (®.), of the Dog. 
 
 fiUNOLTSTEIN, Vogt von und zu (®.), Vogt of and ai HunoVs 
 
 castle. « Vogt," a title changed to Baron in 1471. 
 HUYDECOPER (ID.), Hide-dealer. 
 
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 lERLAND, van (d.). of Ireland. 
 
 IGELSTROM (©.). Hedgehog river. 
 
 IHM ((©.). To him I (Comp. " Zynen.") 
 
 IHNE (New York), Ihnen (?). 
 
 IHNEN (®.)» ^0 yo^, To them. 
 
 IMHOFF (®.)i I™ hof, /or In dem hof, In the yard, farm, manor, 
 or court. 
 
 INBUSCH ((fl>.). ^< or /n <A« huh, 
 
 INCHES (0.), hlandi. 
 
 INDERMAUB {(&.), At or In the wall: or, At or /» (he Moor; 
 i. e., sign of the Moor. 
 
 INFANT ((ff.)- Arms : Three boys' heads. 
 
 INGERSOLL ((f .), Ingan sal (<3l. 0.), Entrance haO, or jBo/ace ; 
 or, Ing sail, Meadow haU (?). " Ing " is a provincial term for a 
 meadow ; and " sobI " or " sail," a haU, palace. The first of the 
 name who emigrated to New England was Richard Inkersall, 
 who came from Bedfordshire, and settled in Salem, Mass., 
 A.D. 1629. 
 
 IN TVELD (m.), In het veld, /« the field. 
 
 IPENBUUR (W.), Mar the elms. 
 
 ISSELSTEIN, van (Ql.), of Ts$ebtein ; i. e., castle of the river 
 YssqL 
 
 ITZIGSOHN (®.), Itzig $on. 
 
 IVES (C.), Iwes (01. 0.), Tevhtreet, There was a Saxon saint 
 Ives ; and many places are so called in England, 
 
 J. 
 
 I* 
 
 JANSEN (ID.), Jaqsaoon, JqAiMotti. 
 JANSZ (HI.), Janszoon, Johnson, 
 JEUNI^ le {£.), the Toung. 
 JODE, de (d.), the Jew. 
 
JONG (E).). Jung (®.), Tovnff. 
 JONGEBLOED (HI.), Foung blood. 
 JONGEBOER (M.), Young boor. 
 JONGE FLAMING, de (©.), the Young Fleming. 
 JONGKIND (m.), Young child. 
 
 K. 
 
 {FU4 tlMO '* 0.") 
 
 KAAL (O.), Bald. 
 
 KAKEBEEN (HI.), Jaw-bone. 
 
 KALF (ffl.), Cb(r. 
 
 KAMPEN, van (HI.), 0/ <A« Fields. * 
 
 KARSEBOOM (©.), Cherry-tree. 
 
 KARTHAUS (0.). CbrtAtman ^ar (?). 
 
 KASTEELE, van de (fD.), 0/ the Cattle. 
 
 KATZEipLLEBOGEN ((&.), CaU' elbow,, as Gazetteers and 
 Guide-books translate it ; but they do not appear to understand 
 the true signification; which is, undoubtedly, Flbow or comer of 
 the country of Ae Catti / ( Vide « Keith " and *♦ Cats.") As 
 early as 1292, there was a Count von Katzenellebogen ; and, 
 in a document of the year 1366, another of the house is called 
 " Wilhehn, Greven zu Kazenellebogen." 
 
 KEITH (0.). This family derive their origin and descent from 
 the "Chatti, Catti" (Katzen, ®.; Katten, m.), or "Hesse," a 
 tribe of the Germans, who dwelt in what is now called •* Hesse- 
 Cassel," and whose name is preserved in Katzenellebogen 
 (vide), Katzenfart, Katzhausen, Katzenbuohel, Katzenberg, 
 dec., in Germany. 
 
 About B.C. 100, a part of this tribe descended the, Rhine, 
 and settled in Batavia or Holland, where the name is also 
 maintained in Katwijk aan Zee, Katwyk aan den Rhyn, 
 Kattendrecht, Kattenbroek, Katswoude, &c 
 
 Daring the reign of Corbred IL, King of Scotland (sup- 
 posed to be the same called "Galgacus" by Tacitus), circa 
 
 f 
 
 mm^^msm^mmmmm-^' 
 
40 
 
 (KBITU, conlinutd] 
 
 A.D. 76, a part of these Catti emigrated to Britain ; some of 
 whom, called by Camden « Catti Euchlani," settled near the 
 Thames; and the rest, called by Fordun "Catti Meliboci," 
 were driven to the northern parts of Scotland, and landed in 
 that part called " Kateness," or « Caithness ;" i.e^ " Katti nes," 
 or "naes" (Qi.8.)» ^<»'^''» promontory. The Celtic name for 
 that district is " Catt thaobh," Catti't tide, or district ; and the 
 inhabitants are styled " Cattich," or « Cattegh." Caithness, in 
 Gaelic, is called " Gall taobh," Strangers' district. 
 
 The first of ♦' .s tribe named by the Senachies is Gilli 
 Chattan Moir, chief of the Catti, temp. King Alpine (A.D. 
 831-834^, from whom descended the Kethi, Keychts, Keths, 
 or Keiths; and also the MacPhersons, Macintoshes, Suther- 
 lands, &c, known under the general name of the Clan ChatUn. 
 The ancient Celtic title of the Earls of Sutherland is " Morf- 
 hear chat," The great eat ; literally. The great man cat 
 
 Robert, chief of the tribe, was, it is said, createcMHereditary 
 Grand Marshal of Scotland by King Malcohn II., A.D. 1010, 
 and had lands granted to him in the soath, which he called after 
 his own name. From him descended Herreus de Keth, Great 
 Marischal, temp. Dav. L, and who, in authentic documents, 
 made between the years 1164 and 1178, is styled •♦ Mf-escallus 
 Regis Scotiae," and also " Great Marischal." His dfc.icendant, 
 Sir William Keith, Great Marischal, was created Earl Mari- 
 schal in 1458. 
 
 The family was one of the most illustrious the Scotch 
 nation has ever produced ; but it is said that Buchanan, the 
 historian, having been deeply offended by one of them, avenged 
 himself by omitting, as far as was in his power, all mentioo of 
 
 the name. 
 
 It is stated, thirt, aboat the y«ar 1640, they weie possessed 
 of the greatest landed estat«t in Scotland, the rental of it 
 amounting to 270,000 merks (aboat seventy thousand ddlars) ; 
 and it was ao situated that the Earl Mariachal could travel 
 from Berwick to John o' Groat's, and breakfest and dine every 
 
it 
 
 in; some of 
 ed near the 
 i Meliboci," 
 id landed in 
 " Katti nes," 
 ;ic name for 
 ct ; and the 
 Caithness, in 
 
 [lies is Gilli 
 ilpine (A.D. 
 rchts, Keths, 
 ihes, Suther- 
 Han Chattan. 
 id is "Morf- 
 I cat 
 
 dlfiereditary 
 ., A.D. 1010, 
 e called after 
 Keth, Great 
 c docaments, 
 >* Mr'escallus 
 8 dfc^acendant, 
 1 Earl Man* 
 
 s the Scotch 
 iuchanan, the 
 hem, avenged 
 nil mentioD of 
 
 rere possessed 
 ) rental of it 
 sand ddlars) ; 
 i could travel 
 nd dine every 
 
 (KBITII, eoMiniMrf.] 
 
 day, and sup and sleep every night, on his own property.— 
 In connection with the amount of the rent-roll, it must be 
 remembered, that, at thf period in question, lands were gene- 
 rally held by feudal service, and but a small proportion of the 
 rent paid in money or kind. 
 KEIZER (©.), Kaiser (®.), Emperor. 
 KERAMPUIL, de (tf.), of Pool town (?). « Kaer," or « ker," 
 
 a village, toum. 
 KERBIHAN, de (JB.), of LittU toum. 
 
 KERBY ((f.). Wood, manh, or rock dwelling. "Car," a teood, 
 or grove, on a moist soil, generally of alders ; a hollow place, 
 or marMh ; a rock. " Ker " and « Car " also signify ttoiU. 
 KERCABIN, de (j0.), of Summit tovm. " Caben," summit of a 
 
 mountain. 
 KERGOET, de (j0.), Ker coet (?), of Forett toum. One family 
 
 of the name carry a pine-tree in their Arms. 
 KERGOFF, de (JB.), of Smith't town. 
 KERGOZ, de (&.), of Mole town. « Goz," a tnole. 
 KERKHOFF (ID.), Churchyard. 
 KERMAREC, de (B.), Kermarc, or Kermerc (?), of Frontier 
 
 town, March town. 
 KERSAINTGILLY, de (©.), of St. GiUe's town. 
 KEUX (fiomaiue), Cook. Isambert was grand "Keux" of 
 France, under St Louis, in 1250. Burke simply blazons the 
 Arms of this surname, without stating where the family be- 
 longed. 
 KINDEREN, der (EI.), of the Children. ( Vide « Desenffans.") 
 KIP (ID.), micken. Surname of the Rt Rev. Dr. Kip, P. E. 
 
 Bishop of California. It also signifies Jlen, Fowl 
 
 KITCHINGMAN («.). A grant of Arms to this name in 1612. 
 
 KLAASSEN (B).), Klaaszoon, Klaae't eon ; i. e.. Son of Nicholas. 
 
 In 1606, Vice-Admiral Ren'ir Klaassen, of Amsterdam, 
 
 being attacked by the Spanish admiral, Fiascardo, with eight 
 
 heavy ships, who completely surrounded him, defended himself 
 
 for two entire days, and until his ship was such a complete 
 
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 fmr^^ 
 
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 42 
 
 (KLAASSKN, coMtnutd.} 
 
 wreck that the pumps could no longer ke«p her nfloat lie 
 then called together the nixty •urvivors, nearly all of whom 
 were wounded, and, telling them of hi« intention to blow up 
 the ship, gave permission to all who desired to swim to the 
 enemy. Not a man would leave him. They fell on their 
 knees, and, after a short prayer, fired the magazine. Two 
 were picked up alive, but expired in a few hours. 
 
 KLAVERVVEIDE (EJ.), Clover-Jield. 
 
 KLEERSNYDER (HI.), Tailor. 
 
 KLEIDYK (ID.), Clay-dike. 
 
 KLEIN (D.), Little. 
 
 KLEINPENNING (D.), LinU penny. 
 
 KLEINSCHMIDT (®.), Little "«ith. 
 
 KLINKHAMER (B).), Riveting hammer. 
 
 KOCH, de (©.), the Cook. 
 
 KOE (D.), Cow. 
 
 KOLK, van der (EJ.), of the Pit, or Ahy»$. 
 
 KONING (0.), Konig (®.), King. 
 
 KONYNENBERG (D.), Rabbit warren. 
 
 KOOPMAN (m.), Kaufmann (©.), Merchant. 
 
 KOPERSMIT (m.), Coppersmith. 
 
 KOPS (ID.), Head. 
 
 KORTHALS (ID.), ShoH necL 
 
 KORTMAN (El.), Short man. 
 
 KOSTER (ID.), Sexton. Laurens Janss. Koster — 2.airr«ic« 
 Koster, John's ton — was the inventor of printing, circa U40. 
 
 KRUMBHOLZ {(&.), Crook tinker, Crooked oak. 
 
 KRUYS (ID.), Orou. 
 
 KRYGSMAN (ID.), Warrior, Soldier. 
 
 KUCHMEISTER (®.), Bead cook. 
 
 KUHN (®.), Bold, Daring. 
 
 KUYPER (ID.j, Cooper. 
 
L. 
 
 LAMAGDELEINE (/.). The MagdnUnt. 
 
 LAMAISON (/.), The houte. 
 
 LAMARTINE, de (/.). of The martin, or wallow. 
 
 LAMEERE (/.), U mdre (?). The mother. It may, however, he 
 a corruption of " Lamier," Tiruel-maker, or of " Lemaire." 
 " Mother " is a surname in Dutch and German. ( Vide " Moe- 
 der" and "Mutter.") 
 
 LAMORT (/.), The death. 
 
 LAMOUR (/.), Love. Arms : Az., three true lo\ .r's knots (lacs 
 d'amour) ar. 
 
 LAMOUREUX {£.), The amorous. 
 
 LAN, le (j0.), the Land, or the Buth. " Lann," or " Ian," territory, 
 country, region: e. g., Languedoc; i.e., « Lan Gothoc," Land 
 of the Goths. « Lann," thrub, huth. X,^, o^^wt*^ . 
 
 LANDEW (€.), Black church, or enclosure. 
 
 LANG (:X.0., 0., D., ic ©.), Long, TaU. In the bwt language, 
 oft«n written " Lange." 
 
 LAN6ENH0VEN (CJ.), Long farms. 
 
 LANGENHUYZEN (D.), Long homes. 
 
 LANGHALS (0.), Long txeck. 
 
 LAN6H0RNE (C), Lan y home (?), Church of iron (?). 
 
 LANGLOIS (£.), the Englishman. 
 
 LANGOURLA, de («.), of Shore manor (?). " Gourlen," sea- 
 side, sea-shore. 
 
 LANROS, de (JB.), of HiUock land (?), or of Bush hiU (?). ( Vide 
 "de Roscerf.") 
 
 LANSANT (C). Holy church. 
 
 LAREINS (« .), Son of littU iMrry, or Lawrence. '« Kin" is « 
 diminutive, denoting smalL 
 
 LASTDRAGER (EJ.), Porter. 
 
 LECRAW (Mass.), de la Croix (#.), of the Cross. 
 
 LEDIGE (HJ.), /rffe 
 
 LEDODX {£.), The amiable. 
 
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 LEE (<{.)• Meadow, Pcuture. AIm a Dutch aunuuiM, derived 
 from the river I^e, Leede, or Leide. 
 
 LEEl'OOG (BJ.). Squint-ty«. 
 
 LEEUW, de (D.). the Lion. 
 
 LEEUWEN, van (D.). of the Lion$. 
 
 LEEUWENKUIL (0.). ^oiu' den. 
 
 LEFROY (/.). ^*« rtMtned, teriou$. 
 
 LEGENDRE {£.), The $0H^H-lav. 
 
 LEMAIRE (I.), The mayor. 
 
 LEMPEBEUR {£.), The emperor. 
 
 LENFANT-DIEU (£.), The %r\fant Saviour. Arms : An., the 
 holy child with his hands joined ar., coming out of a crescent, 
 and surmounted of a eun and two stars or. 
 
 LEPEL (JD.). Spoon. 
 
 LETEMPS {!.), The time. 
 
 LEVEN, van '* (ID.), of the Life. 
 
 LEVIEUX (f.), The old. 
 
 LEVYSSOHN (®.), LevCi eon. 
 
 LIBRI, da (J.), of the Bookt. 
 
 LICHTENHAIN, von ((&.), of the Light [or chared (?)} forest. 
 
 LICHTENVOORT (ID.), Light or Clear ford. A town in Gelder- 
 land, named, perhaps, firom a ford where the water was char. 
 The name sounds like " Licht hun voort ; " i. e.. Light them 
 forth ; and it is for that reason, I presume, that the family of 
 Lichtenvoort give for Arms, " Az., three candlesticks or, with 
 candles lighted ppr. ( Vide " Amersfoort.") 
 
 LIEFDE, de (0.), the Beloved. 
 
 LIEVENDAG (EJ.), BeauHftd day. 
 
 LIGTVOET (ID.), Ught-foot. 
 
 LiLLIENTHAL (®.), Lily vale. 
 
 LIONS, des (f .), of the Liont. 
 
 LLOYD, or Llwyd ; from " Lludd," or " Leod," a King of Wales, 
 said to have reigned about B.C. 60. 
 
 LONG, le {£.), the TalL 
 
 LOO, van (EJ.), of Loo. "Loh" (<3l. 0.), Place, Seat, &ead. 
 " Loh " (®. prov.), Morose, Bog ; also Wood, Forest. (Com- 
 pare « Low.") 
 
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 m 
 
 fgggggggggggt 
 
45 
 
 I, derived 
 
 As., the 
 crescent, 
 
 LORING (d.), Loliereng (7i. 0.), Lorra>ne. Many Lorrainer* 
 probablj accompanied or followed after the Conquen-r. and 
 t0(ik their surname from the country of their origin. Sir Nele 
 Lorjrng, a portrait of whom is to be found in " Strult's English 
 Drea»e»," waa one of the original Knigbu of the Garter. He 
 died, in 1885, without male iuue. 
 
 LOW (C.). Hlaw (li. 0.), Tumulus, Grave, Heap, or Barrow; 
 a small hill; also a tract of ground, gently risitiQ. Lows 
 ((f . prov.), /xw level land. ( Vide «« van Loo.") 
 
 LOWE (®.), Lion. 
 
 LOWENSTEIN, von ((^.), of the Urns' cattle. 
 
 LUGl'HAHT (O.), Ught heart. 
 
 LUPO, di (J.), of the Wolf 
 
 )] forest 
 n Oelder- 
 nras char. 
 light them 
 family of 
 :s or, with 
 
 of Wales, 
 
 lof. Stead. 
 <t. (Com- 
 
 M. 
 
 MAANDAG (HJ.), Mondag. 
 
 MAARSCHALKERWAARD, van (O.), of Marshaffs polder. 
 
 MACCARTHY (Irial)), Son of Carthy ; from « Carthan," or 
 "Carrthach," King of Cork. 
 
 MACKENZIE (0.), Son of Kenneth. This clan derived their 
 name from Kenneth, second feudal Barou of Kintail (ob. 1804) ; 
 whose son, also Kenneth, was styled " Kenneth McKenneth ;" 
 from which time the latter became the name of the clan, being 
 gradually corrupted to " M'Kenny " and " M'Keazie." 
 
 They derived their descent, according to Skene, from the 
 ancient Maormors, or Jarls of Roes (an office next in power to 
 that of the king) ; the first named of whom, Beolan, a powerful 
 chief in the north of Scotland, is said to have married a daugh- 
 ter of Gangerolf, or Rollo, who became afterwards (circa A.D. 
 905> the first Earl of Normandy. 
 
 The first mentioned in charters is "Murdach dubh Mac- 
 Choinneach Chinntail," to whom — styled " Murdo, Alius Ken- 
 neth! de Kintail" — a charter was granted by King David IL 
 in 1362. Acoording to Douglas, this Murdoch the Black was 
 
 
46 
 
 !| 1 
 
 [MACKENZIE. c<iii}i.>iMi<.] 
 
 the fif\h chief. The twelfth chiet^ Kenneth, was raised to the 
 peerage of Scotland in 1609, as Baron McKenzie of Kintail; 
 and his son, Colin McKenzie, second Lord, was created, in 
 1G23, Earl of Seaforth. 
 
 MACLEOD (0.), Son of Lead; but who h« was is not quite 
 clear. This clan is believed to be descended from the old 
 Jarls of Garmoran, whose Earldom was situated between north 
 and south Argyll ; the first of whom on record, Cellach^Maor- 
 mor of Moran, or Meame, was slain by Malcolm, King of 
 Scotland, A.D. 950. 
 
 In 1859, Malcolm MacLeod ("Malcolmc filio Tormodi 
 Madeod") obtained a charter of two-thirds of Glenelg from 
 King David II. 
 
 MAC MAHON (Jrial)), Fitz Urse {!<. N.), Son of the Bear. 
 They derive their descent from Walter Fitz Urse, who slew 
 Becket in 1171. 
 
 MAISONS, des (£.), of the Bbtues. They bear two in their Arms. 
 
 MAISTRE, de (£.), of the Matter, or Lord of the manor (?). 
 (Comp. "de Meester," and "Aumaistre.") 
 
 MAISTRE, le {£.), the Matter. 
 
 MALATESTA (J.), Sore, 3nl, Wrong, or Ugly lusad. It may 
 mean wrong-headed, or obttinaie ; at, as " male di testn " means 
 a headache, the surname may be Aching-head (!). The Mala- 
 testas were Counts of Rimini. Two of the family, in the four- 
 teenth century, bore each the name repeated, — " Malateeta 
 Malatesta." 
 
 MALTESTE, de {£.), of ih» Wrong head. (Comp. « Malatesta.") 
 
 MAN, Mann (<£., 0., Ql., ir ®.), Servant, Vattal. In English and 
 Scotch, the name may be also derived from "Maine" (the 
 proviaoe), ** Man" (the island), and from " Manas," or "Mains," 
 farm, or Jlddi. " Men," or " Main," is Cornish for itone. In 
 the Romance, " Man " signifies Norman. 
 
 Sir Walteb Maion, Knight, lived temp. King David 
 Bruce (1881-1870), froia whom he got a charter: "domino 
 Waltero Maign, Militi, terrarum de Auchluchry in Vice Comi- 
 
 
47 
 
 used to the 
 of Kintail; 
 created, in 
 
 ; not quite 
 om the old 
 ween north 
 llach^Maor- 
 D, King of 
 
 Tormodi 
 lenelg from 
 
 '' the Bear. 
 , who slew 
 
 their Arms. 
 manor (?). 
 
 i It may 
 St a" means 
 The Mala- 
 ic the four- 
 *' Malateeta 
 
 falatesta.**) 
 Snglish and 
 !aine" (the 
 )r "Mains," 
 r ttone. In 
 
 ling David 
 : "domino 
 Vice Comi- 
 
 [MAN, cominutd.} 
 
 tatu de Aberdeen." His name was probably derived from the 
 province, as there were many Man9eaux who accompanied 
 the Conqueror, some of whom may have gone to Scotland. 
 Junior branches of his family, who wrote tLj name " Mayne," 
 "Main," and "Mann," settled in Forfarshire, Clydesdale, &c.; 
 and from one who settled in co. Nairn (?), sprang Alexander 
 K. Main, of Renny, co. Rosa, who d. 1735, and was succeeded 
 by his son, 
 
 AtEXANDEB Mann, oi Renny House, Ross-shire, b. 1706. 
 He joined the « Black Watch," as the Independent Companies 
 of Highlarders were called, about the time of their first forma- 
 tion in 1730, and when that service was considered honorable, 
 — the privates being generaily all men of good families, who 
 gladly ent^/ed the ranks, that they might retain their arms, 
 which the Highlanders were all accustomed to wear prior to 
 the disarming-act; and, by joining the "Watch," they felt re- 
 lieved from the sense of degradation attached to the idea of 
 being disarmed. The service had in it more of pleasure than 
 of toil ; and the privates were many of them in the habit of 
 riding to the exercising-ground, followed by their servants car- 
 rying their firelocks and uniforms. Even in the performance 
 of military duties, their servants attended them to their quar- 
 ters, and followed them on their march, carrying their provi- 
 sions, baggage, and arms. 
 
 Mr. Mann was an officer at the battle of Fontenoy, in 1745, 
 and soon after left the service. He m. Katharine, dau. of John 
 Fraser of Lovat (son of Thomas, Lord Lovat), and d., leaving 
 a dau. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dickson, or Dixom 
 
 Mrs. Dixon — bom Mann ~ had also an uncle, who joined 
 the Blact Watch, above mentioned, in 1781,— -Brigadier-Gene- 
 ral Thomas Fraser, Lieatenant-Colonel of the First Foot, and 
 Lieutenant-Governor of Chester. Her youngest son, Thomas 
 Dixon, KN.L., K.L., was named after his great-uncle, who 
 also, at one time, held the office of Governor of St. Christo- 
 pher's, and who d. in London, in 1786, a bachelor, a*. 75. 
 
 m^ 
 
 ;|»-il^ 
 
-^ 
 
 *« 
 
 48 
 
 MAN, de (d.), the Man. 
 
 MANDEMAKER (HI.), Bcuht-maker. 
 
 MANS, du (£.), of Mam. 
 
 MABCY ((ff.)- Probably the same as " Massie " {vide " Daven- 
 port ") ; and, if bo, derived from " Matthew." 
 
 MARit, le {i.), the Bridegroom. Robert le Marie, of Arras, 
 ennobled 1596. 
 
 MARJORIBANKS (0.), Margcnf$ bank$. A local name, said to 
 have been given to the lands from their eariy owner, Mai^ery, 
 dau. of Robert Bruce. The original surname of this family 
 was Johnston, and they still bear the Johnston Arms ; but have 
 been known for centuries by the first-mentioned name, pro- 
 nounced, Marchbanke. 
 
 MARE, van der (U.), of the March, or Frontier county. 
 
 MARET, van der (Q).), of the Market. 
 
 MARTEL (if.), Hammer; and they have three in iheir Arms. 
 
 MAUPEAU (/.), Airf «/bn. 
 
 MAURENBRECHER (SD.), Battering-ram. 
 
 MAUVOISIN {£.), Bad neighbor. 
 
 MECHELEN, te (iO.), at Malinee. 
 
 MEER, van der (ill.), of the Lake. 
 
 MEERMAN (iH.), Merman ; and they oancy him in their Arms. 
 
 MEESTER, de (ill.), the Matter. 
 
 Ml^RODE, de {£.), of Mirode. Mir rode (®.), My rodeUmd (?), 
 {vide "Berkenrode"). The Counts of Merode, of Belgium, 
 trace their descent from Pierre Berenger, son of the Eing of 
 Arragon, who, in 1179, married the heiress of Rode, or Merode, 
 in the Duchy of Julich. One of this family was A Greneral in 
 the Catholic army during the Thirty Tears' War, and fiwm 
 him was derived the word marauder. His troops were noted, 
 even in that day, for their plundering propensities, and were 
 called, after their leader, <*M4rodeurs." There is still a Dutch 
 expression, <* op m6rode gMo," — to go a-maraudingt 
 MEULEN, ter (01.), a« ^ Mfil 
 MEULENAAR, de (ID.), the MiUer. 
 UEYBOOii {m.), Maif-pole* 
 
',de " Daven- 
 
 3, of Arras, 
 
 lame, said to 
 Br, Margery, 
 ' this family 
 IB ; but have 
 name, pro- 
 
 lir Arms. 
 
 their Arms. 
 
 rodeUmd (?), 
 of Belgium, 
 ' the King of 
 i, or Merode, 
 A Greneral in 
 ir, and from 
 I were noted, 
 es, and were 
 still a Dutch 
 ng. 
 
 40 
 
 MEYER (©.), Meier (®.), Farmer, Bailiff, Smescu Mayor. 
 MICKLETHWAITE («.), Great pasture. 
 MIDDELBEEK (ID.), kiddie brook. 
 MIDDELKOOP (El.). ToleraHy cheap (?). 
 MIDDENDORP (El.), Middle viUaje, Middleton. 
 MIDDLECOT («.), Middle cottage. 
 
 MILLEDOLLAR (New York), One thousand dollars, if the name 
 18 of French extraction. Lower mentions a somewhat similar 
 surname in England ; viz., «« Thousandpound." The word Dol- 
 lar is derived from the German "Thaler." Dollars were first 
 coined in the Joachimsthal in Bohemia, and called "Thalers;" 
 i. e., VaBeyers (to coin a word), or VaUey-pieces. 
 MILLESIMO (J.), The one-thousandth. 
 MITCHELL («.), Micel (i3t.0.). Great. 
 MOEDER (El.), Mother. «Jaep Moeder" (i.e., Jake Mother) 
 
 was a churchwarden of Amsterdam in 1578. 
 MOLEN, van der (El.), of the Mill. 
 MONDE, van der (©.), of the Mouth. 
 MONEYPENNY (3.), Mony, or Many pennies (?). 
 MONNICKENDAM (El.), MmVs dam. 
 MONTAG (®.\ Monday. 
 MONTBRUN (g.), Brown hxU. 
 MONTELUPO, da (Jf.), of Wolf, mount. 
 MONTEROSSI (J.), Red mount. 
 
 MONTFAUCON, de (J.), of Mount Fdlcon. Arms : Gu., above 
 a mount a falcon ar. 
 
 TA.OmF00B.T m.). Mouth of tU ford. (WA "Amersfoort.") 
 
 MONTFORT {£.), Strong mowO. 
 
 MORGENLAND {(&.), Levemt, Orient. 
 
 MORGENROTH (®.), Aurora, Morning twilight 
 
 MORO, dal (J.), of the Moor, or of the Mulberry4ree. 
 
 MOULIN, dn (£.), of the MO. 
 
 MUHLEN, von der ((9.), of the Mitt: 
 
 MUIRHEAD (0.), Head of the moor. 
 
 MULLER (®.), MUer. 
 
 MURA, de' (X), of the Walls. 
 
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 60 
 
 MUTTER (®.)» J^other. From a Dutch Directory, where it 
 occurs twice, in company with many undoubted German names. 
 It may, however, be Dutch, and a corruption of " Muiter," 
 Bebel. 
 
 MYNLIEF (ID.). •% ^«- 
 
 n 
 
 ri: 
 
 N. 
 
 NABER (ID.), Nabunr (?), Neighbor. 
 
 NACHTGLAS (HI.), ffour-glas$. 
 
 NAESMITH, or Nasmyth (0.), No mith ; and, therefore, they 
 
 bear two broken hammers in their Arms : but the name is pro- 
 bably a corruption of na%l-$mith. 
 NAGEL (JU.), NaiL 
 NASH (C), Atten ash, At the ash. 
 
 NEDERHORST, van (ID.), of the Low wood, or Nether wood. 
 NEEF (m.). Nephew, Cotm'ti, or Grandson. 
 NEEGER (ID.), Negro. 
 NES, van (HI.), of Net, ~ a village. 
 NETTELBLADT, von (®.), c/ the NetUe4eaf 
 NEVILLE {£.), New toum. 
 NIEMANDSVERDRIET (ID.), Nobody's affliction, grief, or 
 
 vexation. From the Directory of Netherlands India for 1847. 
 
 The name is also to be found in Schiedam. 
 NIEMANTSVRIENT (ID.), Nobody's friend. 
 
 HoUand, A.D. 1277. 
 NIEUWENHUIZEN (ID.), New houses. 
 NIEUWENTYT (ID.). Pnsent Hme. 
 NIEUWVELT, van (ID.), of New field. 
 NOAKES ((g.), Atten oaks. At the oaks. 
 NONE ((5.). A person so called was buried at Windham ; and, 
 
 as he gave nothing to the Abbey, the following epitaph was 
 
 made to his memory : — 
 
 " Hio aitOB Mt NoUni, quia nnllo nnUior Ute ; 
 
 Bt quia Nullos «nt da nollo nil tibi OlirliU." 
 " Hera lyetli None,— on* worw than none for eanr Uiooght; 
 
 And beuauM None, of none to tiiee, Ohriit, giuee nought." 
 
 (rw«WuTMm'tV(iii: lloinnimi) 
 
 A nobleman of 
 
51 
 
 , where it 
 nan names. 
 " Muiter," 
 
 ■efore, they 
 Etme is pro- 
 
 tr 
 
 wood. 
 
 t, grief, or 
 ia for 1847. 
 
 lobleman of 
 
 idh&m; and, 
 epitaph was 
 
 t.» 
 
 «: Momnani) 
 
 NONUS (Calin), The ninth. A Dutch surname. 
 
 NOORDBERG (ID.), ITorth hitt. 
 
 NOORDENDORP (O.), Nmh village, Norton. 
 
 NOOTEBOOM (HI.), Walnut-tree. 
 
 NORMAN, de (HI.), the Norman. 
 
 NYE (d .), Atten eye, eyet, or ait, At the ieland. 
 
 NYE (HI.), Nseuw (?), New. 
 
 NYHUIS (©.), New houte. 
 
 NYKERK (iU.), New church. 
 
 NYPELS (OJ.), New furred c»at. 
 
 0. 
 
 O, d' (f.), of 0. Nobles of Normandy. 
 
 OBERMULLER ((&.), Chief miller. 
 
 O'BRIEN (Jrial)), Son of Brien; i.e., Brien Boiroimhe, King of 
 Ireland, A.D. 1002. 
 
 O'CONNELL (Jriel)), Son of ConaL 
 
 O'CONNOR (Jrislj), Son of Omnor, King of Connaught. 
 
 OEM (HJ.), Oom, Vhcle. 
 
 OEVER, ten (W.), at the Shore. 
 
 OLDENBOOM (d.), Old tree. 
 
 OLDENKOT (HI.), Old cottage. 
 
 OLIE (BB.), Oil 
 
 OLTEV AT (m.), Oil ea$k. 
 
 OLMEN, van (ID.), of the Ebnt. 
 
 ONDERBERG (BB.), Under the hill, Vhderhitt. 
 
 O'NEILL (Jriel)), Son of NeiU, or ««Nial the Great," monarch 
 
 of Irfiland in the fourth century. 
 ONTYD (m.), UneeatonaiU tinu. 
 OOSTDYK (BH.), Matt dike. 
 OOSTEN, van (HI.), of the jBatt. 
 OOSTERZEE, van (ffl.), of the BaUio Sea. 
 OOSTHOEK (m.), Ikut comer. 
 OFDENHEYDE (m.), On the heath. 
 
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 OPDYKE (HI.), ^t or On the dike. 
 
 OPHOF (El.), At court; similar to "A'Court," surname of Lord 
 Heytesbury. 
 
 OPHOVEN (III.)> At the courts, or gardens ; or possibly a cor- 
 ruption of " Op haven," At the harbor. 
 
 OPMEER (m.), At the lake. 
 
 OFFERMAN [m.), IMman. 
 
 OPSTAL (CJ.), At the stable. 
 
 OROLOGIO, dair (J.), of the Watch, or Clock. 
 
 OET (®.)> -P^«» Begxon, Comer. 
 
 OS (ID.). Ox. 
 
 OSTRANDER (®.)» Ostlander, Easterling; one living near the 
 Baltic. 
 
 OTTERBEEK (ni.)i OUer brook. 
 
 OUDE, den (HI.). <*« Old. 
 
 OUDERMEULEN, van der (n).)i of the Old mill 
 
 0UDER066E (i!!l.)i Old rye. In 1548, there was living a « Jan 
 Oom Jansz. in de Roghe ;" L e., John Vhele John's son in the 
 Bye (I). 
 
 OUSEFOOT ((S.)i ^oot of the oom. 
 
 OUTHUIS (JU.). Old house. [dike. 
 
 OYERDEIK (|D.)» Over 't dilV, Across, Over, or Opposite to the 
 
 OVERFELD (CB.), Over 't veld, Acrou the field. 
 
 OVERMAN (©.), Jlfofter of a guild. 
 
 OVERWATER (HI.)* Across or Opposite the water or stream. 
 
 OZY {£,), 086 (?), Bold, Daring. 
 
 P. 
 
 PAAUW, van der (P), of the Peacock. 
 
 PADILLA (Siianieh's Fi-ying-pan ; and they carry one in their 
 Arms ! I give thu Coat as blazoned ; but, never having seen 
 a drawing of 'i, m-& not certain that the "padilla" in the Anns, 
 and the meaiune; of the surname, is not a l^ind of smaU oven, 
 which the vow n^iV.) nignifles. 
 
 Pi 
 Pj 
 P. 
 Pi 
 Pi 
 Pi 
 VI 
 
 Pi 
 
 Pi 
 
 ^r%._ 
 
68 
 
 me of Lord 
 sibly a cor« 
 
 Dg near the 
 
 ring a " Jan 
 t $on in the 
 
 posite to the 
 
 stream. 
 
 one in their 
 having seen 
 
 in the Arms, 
 small oven, 
 
 PALLAVICINI (J.), Near the peUet ; and they carry a palisade 
 in their Arms. 
 
 PALOMBAR (Sponiel)), Dove. Arms : Az., a dove ar. 
 
 PANNEKOEK (ID.), Pancake. 
 
 PAPEGAAI (HJ.), Parrot. 
 
 PAPILLON {£.), Butterfly. 
 
 PABADYS (m.), Paradise. 
 
 PARAMOUR («.), Parruc mor (?) (Ql. 3.), Park moor or pool. 
 
 PARKER and Parkman (d.), Park-keeper. Perhaps the same 
 as " verderor." 
 
 PARKINSON, or Perkinson ((J.), Little Peter's son; e.g., Peter- 
 kin, Perkin, Perkinson. 
 
 PARROTT, or Perrott (d.). « Perret," " Perrot," and " Per- 
 rault," is a common name in Brittany, and is probably the 
 same as "Pierrot" (f.), little Peter. A Seigneur de Perrot, 
 of Brittany, accompanied the Conqueror, and settled in county 
 Pembroke ; and his direct and Imeal descendant. Sir Richard 
 Perrott, who lived temp. Eliz., became one of the most power- 
 ful men of his day, being Lord-Deputy, Lieutenant-General, 
 and (Seneral-Govemor of Lreland, Admiral of England, Lord 
 of the Privy Council, &c. But his line is now extinct. 
 
 There is an English Baronet of the name, whose pedigree 
 is published ; and those interested in the history of the family 
 should turn to « Fenton's Pembrokeshire," London, 1811, where 
 the late Sir Richard Perrott is called a " charlatan baronet," 
 who successfully imposed upon the king (Geo. IIL), and made 
 use of the real pedigree of the Perrott family of Pembroke- 
 shire as a fulcrum to support his fabulous addition. The false 
 pedigree is styled a curious travesty of the genuine one belong- 
 ing to the family. The author, who made these bold charges 
 in the lifetime of Sir Richard's son, was Richard Fenton, Esq., 
 F.A.S. 
 
 Bbtant Pabkott, son of Bryant Perrott, or Parrott, was 
 bom in Boston in 1690. He m. first, Eliza, dau. of Rev. Tho- 
 mas Bridge ; secondly, Abigail Clark; and, thirdly, Ruth, dau. 
 of Deacon John Wadsworth, Selectman of Milton, Mass., and 
 
 mmm 
 
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54 
 
 [PARBOTT, eonHntud.] 
 
 Representative to the General Court (and niece cf Hon. J. 
 Waddworth, one of H. M.'8 Judges, and of Rev. B. Wadsworth, 
 President of Harvard University) : by whom he had, inL al^ 
 a dau., Mary, m. Benjamin Homer^ of Boston; and an only 
 surviving son, Benjamin Parbott, who m., and left one son, 
 Bryant Parrott, at whose death, unm., in 1784, the family 
 became extinct 
 
 PASDELOUP (/.), Wolf$ ttep. 
 
 PATER (£atin). Father. In 1648, there was an alderman of 
 Amsterdam named *'A. Dirksz. Pater;" and another official, 
 styled « C. Dirksz. Abba,"— the Syriac for Father. It would 
 seem as if they were brothers, being both a<m$ of Dirk ; and 
 that, while adopting the surname of FathtTy they had translated 
 it into different languages. 
 
 PATERNOSTER (£atin), Our Father. It also signifies the 
 Lord's prayer, and the btadt wed hy Bomau CathoUct. A sur- 
 name in England and Belgium. In the latter country, borne 
 by the Chevaliers de Paternoster of Hainault. 
 
 PEARCE, Pierce, Peeres, && ((f .), Pierre (J".), Piers (X N.), 
 Peter. 
 
 Abraham Pikboe was the first of the name who settled 
 in New England. He was in Plymouth as early as 1627. 
 A branch of his family, who afterwards wrote their name 
 "Pearce," settled in Gloucester, Mass. For an account of 
 them, vide " New England Historical and Genealogical Regis- 
 ter," vol. Ti. Boston, 1852. 
 
 PEK (©.), Pitch. 
 
 PEN (9.), Bead; also, Chief, End, JExtremitj/. Jean Pen, Esquire, 
 was living in Brittany in 1378. 
 
 FENAMPONT, de (JB.), of Mad or End of the bridge. 
 
 PENANCOET, de («.), of Bead or End of the forest. Arms : 
 Ar., three stumps of trees eradicated gu. 
 
 PENANROS, de (8.). of Bead cf hiOoek, or End of pknn (?). 
 (r»(fc"Roscerf.") 
 
 PENCOIT (€.), Bead of the wood., 
 
55 
 
 cf Hon. J. 
 Vadsworth, 
 ad, int, al^ 
 id an only 
 ft one son, 
 the family 
 
 [derman of 
 lier official, 
 It would 
 JDirh; and 
 i translated 
 
 ignifies the 
 e». A sur- 
 ntry, borae 
 
 ■8 (XN.), 
 
 irho settled 
 f as 1627. 
 ;hur name 
 account of 
 ical Begis- 
 
 in, Esquire, 
 
 8. 
 
 It. Arms: 
 f plain Q). 
 
 PENDENNIS (C), Pen dunes (?), Head fort, or fortified place. 
 
 PENDRE (C), Pen tre (?), Head town. 
 
 PENFOWNE (€.), Head veil, or spring. 
 
 PENLAN, de (».), of Headland, or Bnd of the land or bueh. 
 
 PENNANT (e), Pen nans (?), Head of the valley. 
 
 PENNEFATHER («.), Pennyfather. An obsolete word, de- 
 noting a penurious person. 
 
 PENNYMORE («.), Penning monger 031.9.), Money-changer; 
 or perhaps "Pen more" (C), Head great, for great headland, 
 or eminence (?). 
 
 PENRICE (C), Pen ric (?), Head jurisdiction (?). 
 
 PENROSE (C), Head of the heath. 
 
 PETITSPAS (#.). Short steps. 
 
 PFLUGHAUPT {(&.), Head of the mob (?). « Pflug," plough, is 
 a provincial word, signifying a troop of people. 
 
 PFORTEN, von der (<&.), of the Gates. 
 
 PIEDEFER (£.), Feet of iron. 
 
 PIEDELOU (£.), Wolves' feet. Arms : Or, three wolves' feet sa. 
 
 PIEDEVACHE (£.), Chws'feet. Arms : Ar., a horn or, between 
 three cows' feet gu. 
 
 PIGNATELLI (J.), Litthpois(\)i being the diminutive of 
 «pigna," a poL Arms: Or, three pots with ears sa. Pope 
 Innocent XU. ("Anthony Pignatelli," a Neapolitan) was of 
 this family. He d. in 1700. 
 
 PINS, des {£.), of the Pines. Arms : Gu., three pine^wnes or. 
 
 PLATVOET (ID.), Broad foot. 
 
 POINTDEXTER («.), Poigndestre {<X.TSi.), Pricked, Spur- 
 steed. « Destrier," a war-horse. 
 
 POLAE (JD.), Poh; native of Poland. 
 
 POLGREEN («.), Pol Goran (?), Pool of St, Cforan. 
 
 POLK, or PoUok (0.), PoUag (?), Little pool, pit, or pond. The 
 Pollocks of that ilk, co. Renfrew, were a famUy of good stand- 
 ing there, said to be descended from Peter, the son of Falbert, 
 who lived temp. Malcohn IV. (1163-1165). Sir Robert Pol- 
 lock, of Pollock, M.P., was created a Baronet in 1708. 
 
 Robert Polk, or Pollock, bom in Ireland, emigrated to 
 
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 56 
 
 nRII 
 
 Bii 
 
 America in tiiu early piu-t of (' n eighteenth century. Hn wm 
 ,(roa»l)i^ (k«cend*><i from th« Scotch (arnWy. Ilia flAh won, 
 UoBRRT I'oLK, WM grcat-gran«itiit>i«r of Jambs Knox Polk, 
 l>re«dent of t)i« United 8t«tC8 of America, b. 179S t ob. •. p., 
 1849, m. fi4. 
 
 I»OLL, T»n de (El.), of tha Pool, f.i'hy or Jfarih. 
 
 rOLWHEELK («.), Pool mint (?). 
 
 PONT, du (/.), of the ikidgt. 
 
 POOK (DJ.), Daggtr. 
 
 POORT, van der (DD.), of ttu Oatt. 
 
 PORTA, delia (J.), of th« Gitie. 
 
 rOUTE, dp la (/.), of the Gatt. 
 
 POSTHUMUS (Catin), /WAum >fi«. A Dutch RumanM. 
 
 POT (P.). Pot. Nobles of Flaodert, knighted 1421. Amu: 
 Or, a pot with two ears and three legs sa. 
 
 POULDOURAN, de (B.), of Jieavn't or Otttr's pool (?). « PouU," 
 or " puill," moai, tUteh, hole. 
 
 POULPRT, du (JB.), PouU pri, of t'lag^. A Seigneur da 
 Poulpry was a Cruiwider in 1248. 
 
 POWEl. (tD(lei)), Ap HowU (vide). Sometimes also derived 
 from the Christian name, ** Paul." 
 
 POZZO, dal (J.), of the WiM. 
 
 POZZO di Borgo (J.)» Well of the Suiwrb, or Tovm. 
 
 PRATO, dal (J.), of the Meadow. 
 
 PRESCOTT («.), Preoet cote (!3l-0.), Prieef* cottage. The name 
 was formerly written, ** de Prusteoote," " de Prestecote," &(;- 
 
 The Hon. William H. Pbbsoott, of Bosto. , the historian, 
 is son of the Hon. Jat^ William Pbk ott, grandson of 
 CoUmmI William Pbescott, an officer of tn<; Revdntion, and 
 great-g -andsoB of the Hon. Benjamin F cott, of Mass^ 
 member of tlie Governor's CtMuicil, who d. m 1788. 
 
 FREUX, le (#.), the Brave. 
 
 PBIDEAUX (X N.)> -ft JT <A« waten. 
 
 PUTNAM ((S.)> Pattenham, or P 'tmham (01. 0.), Tvwn or 
 Jfome of the piti or weOe. 
 
pjr. Hfl WM 
 [is flAh Non, 
 [nox I'OLK, 
 95 ; ob. •. p., 
 
 121. Amu: 
 ;?). ••PouU," 
 Seigneur da 
 also derived 
 
 e. The nama 
 Bcote,** &c 
 the hirtorian, 
 grandaon of 
 ivdotion, and 
 fx, of 
 
 .), TIncm or 
 
 &7 
 
 PUTTEN, van dar (©.), of th* W,IU. 
 PYJ. (ffl.), Amnc. 
 
 Q. 
 
 QUAATGELAAT (10.). Jiad foe., Jhit eomUnanee. 
 QUAKENB08CH, »«, (O.), c/ tA, Q„o<Mng wood. « Kwakea - 
 
 •Ign (let to eroo*, « /J-o^, • <e yua«4, « rfi«;*,. la New YoA, 
 
 thf name i« written " Qua( enboci." 
 QIABLE8 («.), Quarel, Quarll (11.0.), Ston4 qyumm, 
 QUARR6 (/.), ,»,««.«, ^^ 
 
 QUAST (®.), TliweA AJwt 
 QUATBEBABBKS, da (/.), ^ JW W* (I). He may have 
 
 bom*- them on hU shield. The Barbarigo famUy earriad six 
 
 b-anis in their Amu : Or, of Four harht or honet. 
 QUA TEEMAEES (£.), Four pooU,^, marsMu. 
 QUATEEMAYNES (£.), Faxtr hand,. Amu : A fcaae httmmm 
 
 four haQ<i . 
 
 QUELLHOKST (©.), r«»we u 
 
 QUEBELLE. From a Dntefa 'Mwetory. If Freneh, Qmmnt, 
 
 Strife. V Qwaan, >* qftet ^Ai^an," Aerouth^eUtn (7). 
 QUEBFUBT («.), Atr^t, tks ford. 
 QUIEN, le (I.),tAs Dogf and thej baw • dog ("^mb") fa tkcir 
 
 Amu. eh is somrtinwa pmnnniwiad lik* k. 
 CrTNTUS(ttftiii), TAijt^ ADmAi 
 
 E. 
 
 BADEMAKEB (D.), WhrnkmigkL 
 BAKSBOTTOM (C), WUdgmlit vaMof, or iw 
 
 (piOT.), «mU fonifr 
 EAMSDEN (C), r«l^ TaWUe MOy. 
 
 8 
 
 I 
 
f 
 
 58 
 
 t 
 
 j 
 
 ( 
 
 RAPPARD (EI.), Rij paard. Riding or SaddU hor$e. Arms: 
 Or, a horse iiMutant sa. 
 
 RAVEN (D.)» Ravtru ; and they carry three in their Ariiii. 
 
 RAVENSWAAI, van (D.), "/ <A« Jiavm'i lake. 
 
 READ, Reed, Reid (<{.)• '^«<'- "Rekl" (prov.), A very maU 
 wood. 
 
 HEAMENSCHNEIDER (0.). ffameu-maier. (feonton Direc- 
 tory for 1850.) 
 
 REDHAM (d.)' ■'^*<' home, or Aoim« ; or JR$td houtt. 
 
 REDMERE (1l.0.)> ^'t' 'ab, or i?««<fy ^oufce. 
 
 REDMOND (<S.)« Red mund (Ql.0.)> ^'^^ A""''' or> R«d mont, 
 i?«(2 mount. 
 
 REEHORST (EJ.). -0«er'« wood: 
 
 REGT, de (d.), /Ae i?t^A/, the True. 
 
 RE6TD00RZEE (III.). Hight through tea! 
 
 RENESSE, van (ID.), of Reneue, " Ree nes," Deei't cape, pro- 
 montory, or peninsula. 
 
 Pierre du Terrail de Bayard is world-renowned ; but, two 
 centuries before ** le bon Chevalier, sans peur et aans reproche," 
 there lived a noble Zeelander, John van Renesae, who was 
 called, " De vroome en onversaagde Rid(i«r ; " i. e.. The pious 
 and fearless Knight. 
 
 RENSSELAER, Van (New York), Of Rensselaer. " Rennes 
 lager," Deer's couch, Bart's harbor. " Renn " (®.)> <* *^'»* 
 deer / but probably an old Dutch provincial word for common 
 deer. '< Lager" (fSi.), den, hole, lair, Sec The Van Rensse- 
 laers came from Gelderland. 
 
 RICE, Rhys, Rees. An old Welsh name, and borne nearly eight 
 centuries ago by one of their most famous kings, ** Rhys ab 
 Tewdwr ab Eineon ab wen ab Howell Dda ; " or, as some- 
 times styled, " Rhys ab Tewdwr Mawr ; " i. e.. Rice, son of 
 Tudor, son of Eineon, son of Owen, son of Bowel the Good, — 
 or Rice, son of Ti*dor the Oreat. 
 
 RIDDER (Q).), Ritter {(&.), Knight. 
 
 RIO, del (Spanisi)), of the River. 
 
 BIOS, de los (Spaniel)), of the Rivers. 
 
 Iginsimm^mm 
 
tf. Armi : 
 Arms, 
 very mudl 
 iBton Direc- 
 
 , Red mont, 
 
 < cape, pro- 
 
 id ; but, two 
 8 reproche," 
 «, who was 
 ., Tkt pious 
 
 ** Rennes 
 
 3')f a rein' 
 
 for common 
 
 ^an Reosse- 
 
 nearly eight 
 , « Rhys ab 
 or, as some- 
 Rice, ton of 
 the Good,— 
 
 ROBINSON («.), Roherf, or Robin', ,on. Surname of the Chief 
 Justice of Canada West, Sir John Beverlbt Robivsow, 
 Bart., formerly Deputy-Governor of Upper Ciinada, President 
 of the Council, ice. He id the son of Christoi'Hkr Robin- 
 SON, Esq., an American loyalist, and an officer of the C^ueen's 
 Rangei-s, who removed to Canada, where he d. in 1798. 
 
 ROCHE, de la (/.), of the Rock. 
 
 RODDAM (e.). Camden, quoting Leland, spells it " Rodham ; " 
 i. e., Rod ham {'X. 0.), Rood, or Crou home. A similar name 
 is that of the ancient Royal Palace of Scotland, Holyrood 
 House. The Ro^d-ms are an old Northumberland family, the 
 ancient grant of whose manor is noted for iu brevity: — 
 
 " I, Kin* AUieUten, 
 OUU hdr to PauUoe, 
 Odam, and Rodam, 
 Ab gad and aU hir, 
 Al» tin Uia mjn wan, 
 aod balr to WItaw Hald m; mjll." 
 
 (Mouu's Ins. Ootmrni.) 
 RODENBEEK (ffl.). Red brook. 
 RODENBERG (U).), Red mount. 
 RODENBURGH (d.). Red cattU, or borough. 
 RODENWALD (10.), Red wood. 
 ROODE, de (©.), the Red. 
 ROODHUYZEN (©.), Red houie,. 
 ROOSEBOOM (HI.), Roee-tree. 
 ttOS (m.), fforte. 
 
 ROSCERP, de (B.\ of Stag's hiUock (?). Arms : Ax., a stag's 
 head or. « Ross," a hiUock, ground gently rinng, a plain. 
 "Rot," a rote. ^ 
 
 ROSCOET, du (JB.), of Roee wood, or forest (?). Anns: Ar., 
 three roses gu. 
 
 ROSCROW (e), Heath'orou (?). Lower says "roe" signiaea a 
 heath: Gilbert, quoUng Tonkin, vaUey, or rather heath; and, 
 quoting Scawen, a vale, or valley. In Gaelic, « ros " signifies a 
 promontory, an isthmus, a peninsula; ahio a rose, rose-color, 
 a seed. ( Vide « de Roscerf.") 
 
 ROSCEUGE (€.), Heath^prommtory (?). 
 
 a 
 
60 
 
 V... 
 
 ft: 
 
 4t, 
 
 ROSECRANS (ID.). Rote^wreath. 
 
 ROSKAM (©.)> Jforte-eothb, Ourry-eomh. At»JUM^^*^*Y . 
 
 ROSMADEC, de (B.), of Plain of richnen. The lands were bo 
 called probablf on account of their fertility. 
 
 ROUSSEAU and Roussel (£.), Red-haired. 
 
 ROUX, le (ff.), the Red or Sandy complexioned. 
 
 RUGENSOHN (®.), Rugen's ton. 
 
 RUIGROK, Rough, WooUg, or Shaggy coaL 
 
 RUMPFF (®.), Trunk, Body, Torso, 
 
 RUYTER, de (E).), the Rider. Michel Adriaansz. de Ruyter,— 
 i. e., Michael de Ruyter, Adrian** ton, — the greatest Admiral 
 of the Netherlands, was bom in Flushing in 1607. When 
 eleven years old, ho weni to sea as ship-boy, and gradually 
 advanced to the rank of Admirai-in-Chief ; being appointed, in 
 1665, Lieutenant-Admiral-Generai of Holland. His greatest 
 battle was probably that of the Four Days, in 1666, when, 
 with a fleet of eighty-five ships, he attacked the English fleet 
 of eighty sail under Monk and Prince Rupert The combat 
 lasted four days, when the English retreated, having lost five 
 thousand in killed, and three thousand wounded, besides twenty- 
 three vessels, six of which were carried prizes into the ports of 
 Holland ; while the loss of the Dutch ccnsisted only of three 
 admirals, six captains, and eight hundred men killed and 
 twelve hundred wounded, and four vessels, all of which were 
 destroyed, not one having been captured. He d. 1676, ee. 69. 
 
 RYCKEVORSEL, van (HJ.), of RyckevorieL "Ryk vorsch," 
 Rich frog i and the Barons van Ryckevorsel cat. 7 golden frogs 
 in their Arms ; which are, " Vert, three frogs or " (I). 
 
 RYK (ID.), Rich, 
 
 S. 
 
 (FUe klM"Z.") 
 
 8ACHTLEVEN (ID), Saiy Uf*. 
 SANT, van 't (IB.), of the Sand. 
 SAUER {(&.), Sour, Oraibed, Ptevith. 
 
Gl 
 
 SAUERBIER ((&.), Sour beer. 
 
 SAUEBBREY (®.), Sour broth. 
 
 SAUERESSICH (@.), Sour vinegar; i.e., sour as vinegar. Re- 
 corder of Taxes ut Gaesbeek in 1823. 
 
 SCALA, della (J.), of the Ladder. 
 
 SCHAAP (E).), Sheep. 
 
 SCHAARWACHTER (®.), Watchman. 
 
 SCHABRACQ (®.), HouHng$, Caparison. 
 
 SCHALEKAMP (H).), SheU-Jw^. 
 
 SCHELLACH (JH.), Shelly low place. They carry seven shells 
 in their Arms. 
 
 SCHERMER (O.), Fencer. The surname may be a comiption 
 of « Beschermer," Defender, Protector, Patron. 
 
 SCHERMERHORN (HI.), Schermer horn. « Schermer," a 
 drained hie in North Holland. " Horn," land curved like a 
 horn, projecting into a tea or river; an acute angle, or cimer. 
 A village in Holland, and a surname in New York. 
 
 SCHIMMEL (m.), White or 6rag horse. 
 
 SCHIMMELPENNINCK (JJJ.), White horse penny. An old 
 femily, whose origin is uncertain, but who have for centuries 
 ranked among the nobles of Gelderland and Zutphen. One of 
 the name was ako a burgomaster of Cologne in 1409 ; and, 
 the same year, another held the office of alderman of Brussels. 
 Perhaps they came wriginally from Cologne, the Electors 
 of which bore the white horse of Witikind in their Anns ; and 
 they may have been mint-masters, and coiners of a penny 
 stamped with a "schimmel," th-^t emblem of our Snxon ances- 
 tors sHU preserved in the Arms of Hanover. Or they may 
 have been Treasurers, — « Pfennig-meistere " ((&. obs.), — 
 and receivers of a tax paid in « Schimmel pennies." I pre- 
 sume there have been pennies so styled, either properly or 
 vulgarly, for horses are to be found on many of the old Ger- 
 man coins ; and am, therefore, rather inclined to think this the 
 most probable derivation of the name. Besides which, their 
 Arms are, « Ar., two keys in saltire sa., in the bows or rings a 
 cross of the first." I do not know how the office of Treasurer 
 
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 urn 
 
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 [SOHIMMELPEKNINCE, continued.} 
 
 was conferred in Germany ; but, in England, it was formerly 
 done by the delivery of the golden keys of the Treasury. The 
 first quarter of the Arms of Cologne is, "Ar., a cross sa.;" 
 hence, perhaps, the cross in the bows of the keys. 
 
 SCHLEYSS, zu der (®.), eU the Sluice. 
 
 SCHMETTERLING (O.), Butterfly. 
 
 SCHMIDT (®.), Smith. 
 
 SCHNEIDER (®.), Tailor. 
 
 SCHOENMAKER (JU.), Shoemaker. 
 
 SCHOONHEID (ID.), Beaviy. 
 
 SCHOONHOVEN, van (BD.), of Schoonhoven. « Hoven " means 
 courts ; " hoeven," farms ; but the latter part of this name is 
 probably a corruption of " haven," as the town has a good har- 
 bor for small craft, and might safely be styled " Schoonhaven," 
 Fairhaven, 
 
 SCHRYVER (ID.), Scrivener, Clerk, Purser. 
 
 SCHDITEMAKER (JD.), Boat-builder. 
 
 SCHULZ (®.), Magistrate, Justice, Mayor. 
 
 SCHUMACHER ((©.), Shoemaker. 
 
 SCHUSTER (®.), Co'Mer. 
 
 SCHWAGER ((!$.), Brother4n4avJ ; also a nickname given to 
 Postilions. 
 
 SCHWARTZ (®.), Black. 
 
 SCHWARTZENBERG (®.), Black mount. 
 
 SCHWEIGER {(&.), Silent, Taciturn. 
 
 SEARS ((£.), Scearstan (!31.0.), Division or Boundary stone. A 
 village in the Isle of Alney, co. Gloucester. "Stone" may 
 also have been used by the Saxons, as it was by the Germans 
 and Dutch (•* steen," " stein "), to signify a castle, as built of 
 stone. " Scear stan," Boundary casUe, Scear castle (?). 
 
 The name — which has been written " Sare, Sayer, Sayers, 
 Seeres," &c. — first occurs in the reign of Edmund Ironside, 
 A.D. 1016; and, a few centuries alter, the family are found 
 possessed of landed estates in the county of Essex, some of 
 which remained in the nntne until as late as the year 1770. 
 
 "iwn*»:4i*aii 
 
63 
 
 i fonnerly 
 iry. The 
 ross sa.;" 
 
 in ' means 
 8 name ia 
 good har- 
 K>nhaven," 
 
 ) given to 
 
 stone. A 
 one" may 
 i Germans 
 as built of 
 
 er, Sayers, 
 1 Ironside, 
 
 are found 
 E, some of 
 
 1770. 
 
 [BKAHS, eoMiniMd.] 
 
 Adak Sabe, of Sarres, died possessed of the manor of 
 Hougham, co. Kent, in 1346. From him descended the Sears 
 of Colchester, co. Essex, where, for a long succession of years, 
 they held the highest offices in the corporation ; one of whom, 
 
 Richard Satbes, Esq., b. 1508, removed to Holland in 
 1537. His only son, John Bocrchier, had four sons ; of 
 whom the eldest, John B., had two sons, Richard and John. 
 The eldest, 
 
 Richard Sears, emigi-ated to New England in 1630. 
 Representative to the Colony Court. He had three sons, 
 Knyvet, Paul, and Sylas. The eldest, Knyvet, had two sons : 
 Richard, whose issue is extinct ; and Daniel, who had three 
 sons, two of whom d. s. p. The eldest, Daniel (II.), had 
 also three sons : Richard, whose line has failed ; Daniel, who 
 d. unm. 5 and David, who removed to Boston, and left an only 
 son, the Hon. David Sears, of Boston, a Senator of Massa- 
 chusetts, b. 1787, now the representative of the family. ( Vide 
 "Notices of the Sears Family," privately printed; also 
 • " Burke's Visitations," vols. i. and iii.) 
 
 SEROOSKERKEN, van (m.), of Serooskerken. « 's Heer Joos 
 kerk," Lord or *S!rV Joe's church. The church, probably called 
 after its founder, named the lands ; and they again the lords, 
 now Barons van Tuyll van Serooskerken. 
 
 SERRURIER (£.), Locksmith. 
 
 SESMAISONS, de (i^.), of His houses; or, "Six maisons" (?), 
 of Six houses. Arms : Gu., three towers or. 
 
 JSEVENBURGEN, van (il.), of Zevenbergen ; i.e., Seven hiUs, 
 or Savin hiUs, 
 
 SEYMOUR ((ff.), St. Maur, in Normandy; or, "Seamere" 
 {%. 0.), Seanufr, Tailor. 
 
 SHAW («.), Scua (%. 0.), Thicket, Grove, Wood. 
 
 SHELTON (C.), Seel tun (21.0.), Shett town, enclosure, or 
 dwelling. The rebus to the name is a shell upon a tun. 
 
 Daniel Shelton was bom in the co. Derby, Eng. He 
 emigrated to New England in the latter part of the seven> 
 
 ■juLuuiMmnnaMH 
 
 II mm I iiiMli 
 
64 
 
 [SHKLTON, eofXmiMrf.] 
 
 teenth century, and settled in Stratford, Conn., where, in 1680, 
 be purchased lands, still held by bis descendants. He d. circa 
 1727, leaving seven sons ; of whom the eldest, Joseph Shel- 
 TON, m. Elizabeth Welles, a descendant of Governor Welles, 
 of Connecticut, and u. circa 1769, leaving, with four daus., one 
 son, William Shelton, who m., in 176i, Susannah Strong, 
 of Brookhaven, L.I., and d. 1812, leaving, with two daus., five 
 sons ; the eldest of whom, 
 
 Joseph Shelton, m., in 1791, Charity, dau. of Stephen 
 Lewis, of Stratford, Conn. ; and bad, with other issue, who d. 
 unm., three sons and one dau., viz. : (1.) Hens/, m. Helen, dau. 
 of Hon. E. W. King, a Senator of New York, and d. 1843 ; 
 (2.) Philo Strong, of wnom neit ; (3.) Edward Nelson, Presi- 
 dent of the Mechanics' Bank, of Birmingham, Connecticut; 
 (1.) Nancy B., m. Hon. N. E. Sanford, a Senator of Connecti- 
 cut, who a., leaving an only son, Henry Shelton Sanford, LL.D., 
 Charge d'Afiaires of the U.S. A. at Paris. — Mr. Shelton d. 
 in 1848. His second son, 
 
 Philo Strong Shelton, removed to Boston, m. Georgi- 
 ana Albertina, dau. of Benjamin Parrott Homer, Esq., and has 
 issue. 
 
 SHURTLEFF («.), Scir olif (Xg.), Shire cliff; or, "Sdr 
 cleafa," White or Bright cave or dwdUng. A place, now 
 « Shiercliff," in co. York. It- has been written " Chiercliffe," 
 « Sbiercliffe," « Shirtleflf;" &c 
 
 William Shubtleff, as he wrote the name, came Vt 
 New England in 1634, and settled at Marshfield, wbers be d. 
 in 1666, leaving issue, from whom, tVt^. a^ descended Di. 
 Nathaniel B. Shubtlbff, of Boston, M.D., Merab. Macs. 
 Hist. Soc, Hon. Memb. R.S.A., London, &c. 
 
 SLAGSEGEN (ID.), Pouring rotw. 
 
 SLOOT, van der (©.), of the Ditch. 
 
 SLOTEMAKER (83.), LoclmitL 
 
 SMTD, Smit, &c (m.), kmith. 
 
 SNELLEBRAND (EJ.), Quick Jire (?). 
 
SNYDEWINDT (HJ.), Out the wintL ( Vide " van der Wind.") 
 
 SOMERBY (if .), Summer dweUing. 
 
 SOMMERFELD (®.), Field town with spring-corn. Literally, 
 Summerfield. 
 
 SONDERDANK (m.), Without thanks. A nobleman of Holland, 
 A.D. 1346. 
 
 SONDERLANT (ffl.), Without land, Lackland. WilUam Sonder- 
 lant was a nobleman of Holland, living in 1374. 
 
 SONNESCHEIN (HJ.), Sunshine. 
 
 SPEYARD (H.), SorrowjV or Sad disposition. "Spijt" means 
 also spite, malice. 
 
 When the Archduke Maximilian visited the city of Ghent, in 
 1485, he sent for the chief magistrate, Matthew Speyard, and 
 said that he would create him knight, intending to perform the 
 ceremony in public the next day. Speyard, however, instantly 
 fell upon his knees, thus taking the Duke by surprise, who was 
 in the act of being disrobed, and therefore disarmed. Neither 
 did Speyard wen a sword ; but, seeing him kneeling, Maxi* 
 milian snatched a boot, still covered with irud, from the hands 
 of his valet, and gave the accolade therewith. Then, taking 
 the chain from his awn neck, he placed it upon that of his new 
 knight. 
 
 SPRAGUE («.), Sprag or Sprack (prov.), Quick, Lively, Active. 
 
 STAAL (JH.), Steel. 
 
 STAD, van de (13.), of the Town or Cfitjf. 
 
 STAMKART (El.), Genealogical chart. Lit, J^em, stocky race, 
 on famify chart. Two of the surname are in the Amsterdam 
 Directory for 1851. 
 
 STARCKS ((&.), Strong. 
 
 SriEFENBORGH, van (01.), of Strong easOe. 
 
 ?'I'^EGH, van der (SB.), of the Imm. 
 
 SIEENBERGEN (iH.), Stone hiOt. 
 
 STEENDYK (ID.), Stone dike. 
 
 STBENSTRAND (©.), Stong strand. 
 
 STEINBACH ((&.), Stone brook. 
 
 8TEBE (SH.), .S^. 
 
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 STERREN (m.), Stan. 
 
 STEWARD or Stewart (0.), Stiwart C^.g.)- One of the most 
 common names in Scotland. Queen Mary spelt her name 
 " Stuart," there being no w either in the French or Gaelic 
 languages. 
 
 STOFREGEN (HI.), Fine rain, Miit. 
 
 STOKVIS (m.), Stockfish. 
 
 STORER (S.), Storare, Storour, Overseer; one who has the 
 charge of flocks. 
 
 STOUTKIND (©.), ^Taughty child. 
 
 STRADA (J.), Street. 
 
 STRADELLA (1.), LiuU street, Lane. 
 
 STRATEN, van der (JD.), of the Streets. I think that I have 
 met with the name Strassb ((§.), Street, in Germany, but 
 cannot now find it in any book in my possession. De la Rue 
 (S.), of the Street, is often seen on English letter-paper. 
 
 STRAUSS ((&.), Bush. 
 
 STUIVEB (U.), Pmny. 
 
 STUYVESANT (New York), Stuiftand (H).), Quicksand. 
 
 SUSS (@.), Sweet. 
 
 SUSSMILCH, von (®.), of Sweet or Fresh milk. 
 
 SUfDAM. A New York name, and probably a corruption of 
 " Zaandam " (called improperly, in English, " Saardam "), a 
 town in North Holland; on the river Zaan. 
 
 SWANENBURG, van (©.), of the Swans' casth. 
 
 I- 
 
 1. 
 
 T. 
 
 TAILLEFER, de (S.), of Out iron. Arms : A hand holding a 
 
 sword cutting a bar of iron^ 
 TAK (SD.), Branch. 
 TALCARNE (C), High cairn. 
 TAMBOER (HJ.), Drummer. 
 TAUBMANN (®.), Deaf man. 
 TENGELER (BD.), Ten hengeUar (?), At the JngUr. 
 
I of the most 
 It her name 
 ch or Gaelic 
 
 vho has the 
 
 that I have 
 rermanj, but 
 
 De la Rue 
 laper. 
 
 tand. 
 
 omiption of 
 lardatn"), a 
 
 d holding a 
 
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 TENGELHOFJ' (lU.), Ten engelhof (?), At the AngeTi Court. 
 
 TENTYE (ID.). Ten tyd (?), At the Time. 
 
 TERBRDGGEN (HI.), ^t the bridges. 
 
 TERSTEEG (E).), At the lane or a%. 
 
 TERVEEN (ID.). ^< <*« /«»• 
 
 TERVEER (CD.), At the ferry. 
 
 TERWAL (EH.), At the walL 
 
 TERWINDT (El.), At the wind (?) (vide « van der Wind ") ; or, 
 
 " Ter wending " (?), At the turning. 
 THISTLETHWAYTE (C), ThittU4and, "Thwaite" means 
 
 woodland turned into arable. 
 THORPE (a.0.). Village. 
 THURN und Taxis, von (®.), of Tower and Badger. The 
 
 " Prince de Tour et Taxis," as styled in French, carries in his 
 
 Arms a tower, and a " dachs," or badger. 
 TIMMERMAN (El.), Carpenter. 
 
 TIZZONI (J.), Firebrands ; and three are burning in their Arms. 
 TOEKAMP (El.), At the field. 
 TOEWATER (El.), At the water. 
 TOREN, van der (El.), of the Tower. 
 TORRE, deUa (J ), of the Tower. 
 TORRICELLI {$.), I4ak towers. 
 TOUCHEBOEUF, de (£.), of the Drove of ox«n. They carry 
 
 two oxen in their Arms. 
 TOUR du Pin, de la ( #.), of the Tower of the Pine. They bear 
 
 a tower in their Arms. 
 TOUTBLANC {£.), Att white. 
 TRANCHEMER, de {£.), of Cfut sea. Arms : A sword plunged 
 
 in a sea. 
 TRAON {&.), VaOey. 
 TRAONDOUN, de (j0.), of Deep vaUeg. 
 TREANNA, de (JB.), Tre annean or anneu (?), of Anvil town. 
 
 " Tref," " treo," « trew," hamlet, town, or ci^. 
 TREBY ((E.), Tre bighe (?), Little town. " Tre," a town, dwell- 
 ing, house. 
 TREFRY (€.), Tre vre (?), House on the hiU. 
 
TREGASTEL, d« (JB.), of Catlh town. 
 
 TREGOUET, de (0.), of Wood toum. 
 
 TRELAWNEY (C), Oak grove town. 
 
 TREMAYNE (C), Stone house or town. 
 
 TREMEN, de (fi.). of the Paisage, Road, Way. From « tremen," 
 to pats. 
 
 TREMENEC, de (J3.), Tre manac'h (?), of MmV, town; or, 
 "tre manec" (?), of Ghve town (?). 
 
 TREMERE (C), Tre more (?), Great town. 
 
 TRENGOVE (C), Strong tmith. 
 
 TRENHAYLE («[.), Strong or Bapid river. 
 
 TRESLONG, van (HJ.), of TresUmg. Tres long {£.), Very long 
 or large. A lordship in Hainault 
 
 TREVANION (C). Tttwn or Home in a hollow. One of the 
 mo6t eminent families in Cornwall. 
 
 TREVELEC, de (©.), Tre belec, or belhec 0), ofPriett'e town. 
 
 TREVELECK (C), Tre beleck (D, Priest'e town. 
 
 TRIP (HJ.), A woman's wooden shoe (1). Arms : Gu., three " trip- 
 pen " (plural of « trip ") or. 
 
 TROMP (m.), Ifunfer's horn. One of the most famous of Dutch 
 admirals was M^pten Harpertszoon Tromp (i.e., Martin 
 Tromp. son of Herbert), who, in 1639, with only twelve ships, 
 attacked a Spanish fleet of sixty-seven sail, many of them car- 
 rying from sixty to one hundred guns ; and, having been re- 
 enforced by Vice-Admiral deWitt, with four ships, succeeded 
 in driving them into the Downs. Thirteen more having joined 
 him the nexi day, he kept up the blockade for nearly a month, 
 and until his fleet had been increased to ninety-sit sail and 
 twelve fire-ships ; when, having detached de Witt, with thirty 
 ships and four fire-ships, to watch the English fleet Jinder Pen- 
 nington", who were opposed to the vioUrtion of the neutrality of 
 their shores. lis attacked the Spaniards, and completely defeatwi 
 them, only fourteen ships escaping I 
 
 In 1652, having defeated the English Admiral Blake, he 
 hoisted a broom at the mast-head, to show that he had swept 
 the seas. The next year, with seventy-six sail, — of which, 
 
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 tovm ; or, 
 
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 One of the 
 
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 Blake, he 
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 however, many were only armed merchantmen, — he was met 
 by Blake, with a fleet of about the same numb»;r of sail, but of 
 much larger size and heavier metal. The battle lasted three 
 days, and both sides claimed the victory ; but the Dutch saved 
 their convoy of two hundred vessels, only a few of which were 
 taken. In a battle, the following year, Tromp was killed. 
 
 His son, ComeMus Tromp, became almost as distingr '.she>^ 
 as his father, and was also raised to the high post of Admiral 
 of Holland. Charles II. created him a Baronet of England. 
 He d. 1691. 
 
 TROPLONG (S.), Too long. 
 
 TULP (m.), Tulip. Dirk Tulp, Baronet, was, in 1681, one of 
 the " Weesmeesters " (or Directors for the Administering of 
 Orphans'' estates) of Amsterdam. He was created Baronet in 
 1675. In " Burke's Ext. Baronetage," he is called " Richard." 
 But "Dirk" is Donu, — both abbreviations of "Theodore:" 
 in Dutch, "Theodoor;" and also " Diederic," "Derrick," 
 "Dirk." 
 
 TUONGOFF, de (©.), of Smith's valley. 
 
 TUSCHEN (BD.), Between I Possibly a corruption of " Tijssen." 
 
 TYSSEN (JID.), Son of Tijt, McUthiat, or Matthew. 
 
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 JJBFA. (B.), Bad, Sick. 
 
 UHLEFELD ((©.), Owf* Jield. 
 
 UHLENBROEE (QI.), Owb' marth. 
 
 UIBEBACEER (CSI^.), Across or Above the field. 
 
 UIT DEN B006AARD (JD.), Out of the Orchard, 
 
 UITENHAGEN (H.), Out of the Hague or hedge. 
 
 UITERNESSE (ID.), OiU of the cape, promontory, or peninsula. 
 
 The first of this surname, who was living in 1204, may have 
 
 derived it from his castle of Matenesse. 
 ULMENSTEIN (®.), Elms' oastU. 
 
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 UMBGROVE (1&.J, Urn grube, At the pit, mine, or 
 
 UMBREI'I (0.). At the plain. 
 
 UMLAUFF {<&.), At th« ro rte, op emrent. 
 
 UNDKRHILL («.). Under the hill. 
 
 UNDERSHOTT («.). Under comer, or bay ( ). Se««t (X 0.). 
 part, pariioti comer, bay. 
 
 UNDERWOOD ^QC), Under the wood. 
 
 UNRUH (®.). Uneasy, Turbulent. [rior court. 
 
 UNTERRICIITEE (®.), rnferior judge .- i. e., Judge of . in/e- 
 
 UPCOTT CA. 0.). ffi:^ cottage. 
 
 UPHAM (^.0.). ffiffh h'>me, or town. 
 
 UPHILL («.), /%A «»/ or, Uppe hill (01.0.), Upon the MIL 
 
 UPJON («.), Ap John (tD«l0l)), &» o//oAn. 
 
 UPSALE (e.), Ifigh haU. 
 
 UP THOMAS (tDel0l)), Ap Ti.omau, Son of Thomat. 
 
 UPTON («.), ^'^A tow.. 
 
 URQUHART (0.), Uir cam (?), Earth cairn, or heap. In a 
 charter of the year 1338, it is written, « de Urchard." Several 
 places are so called in the Highlands; and the name is evi- 
 dently a local one, although Sir Thomas Urqahart (who d. 1659) 
 derives it from his ancestor "Ourohartos" (i. e., fortunate and 
 well-beloved), who was fifth in descent from Noah, and who 
 married the Queen of the Amazons ! Sir Thomas wrote a 
 history of his family, commencing their pedigree with Adam, 
 from whom he made himself the one hundred and forty-third in 
 descent. One of his ancestors, whom he names, was " a most 
 intimate friend of Nimrod, the mighty hunter ; " another mar- 
 ried that daughter of Pharaoh who found Moses in the bul- 
 rushes ; another, a daughter of Bacchus, &c I 
 
 The Urquharts of Cromarty were a good old olan ; but they 
 would have baen considered upstarts by that Welsh family, 
 whose pedigree, covering six sheets of parchment, contained, 
 near the middle, the note, "About this time the worid was 
 created." — Even they, however, were men of yesterday, when 
 compared with the old Oastilian house of Bellascos, whose 
 Taunting motto is too blasphemous to be repeated. 
 
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 UTENGOYE (©.), Out of the Goojf, or Gooikmd. 
 
 UTENHAM (HI.), Out of the encloture. 
 
 UTENHOVE (d), Out of the farm ("hoere"), or covrt 
 
 ("hove"). 
 UYTENCAMPE (©.), Jut of the fieid. 
 UYTENEN6E (D.)> Out of the narrow place, or defh. 
 UYTKEP KE (©.), Out of the church. 
 UYTWY.. ^3.). Out of 1/ ward, parish, or quarter. 
 
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 VADT^R (©.). J^ather. W. Vader was burgomaster of Oterleek, 
 
 North Holland, in 1847. 
 VAL, du (£.), of the Valley. 
 VALCKENIER (m.), /'afcwwr. 
 VALK (D.), Falcon. 
 
 VALKENBURG, van (HI.), of the Faleon'i castle. 
 VALLE, dplla (J.), of the Valley. 
 VANDERL.uT (BJ.). Of the Bildt. There are places called 
 
 « the Bild. " in Utrecht and West Friesland. 
 VANDERPOEL (fflj.). Of the pool, or marsh. 
 VANDERVOORT (ID.), Of the ford. ( Vide « Amersfoort.") 
 TANDEWATER (HI.), Of the water. 
 YAS, de (ID.), vaas (?), the Vase. 
 VAUBLANC, de {£.), of the White vaUeg. 
 VAUDEMONT, de {£.), of the Mountain valley. 
 VEELWAARD (CD.), Much toorth. Valuable. 
 VEENEMAN (ID.), Fen man. 
 VEER, de (HI.), the Ferry, or the Feather. 
 VEGA, de la (Spaniel)), of the Plain. 
 VELDE, van de (Ql.), of the Field. 
 VELT, in 't (ill.), in the Field. 
 
 VERBEEE (m.), Yer beek for Yan der beek, Of the brook. 
 YERBRUGGEN (ID.), Of the bridges. 
 
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 VERCIIERE, de U (/.). ▼ierge ch^re (?), of th$ Beloved Virgin 
 Mary. In the Romance tongue, " verchere " signifies the por- 
 tion of a bride. The surname m»y therefore be, of the Dowry. 
 
 VERHEYEN (©.). ▼«"» der heide (?), Of the heaths. 
 
 VERKERK (U.), Of the church. 
 
 VERME, dal (J.), of the Worm, 
 
 VERMOELEN de Theewinkel (d.). Of the miU thi Tea-$hop. 
 
 VERSCHUUR (O.), Of the bam. 
 
 VER8LUIJS (©.), Of the sluice. 
 
 VETTER von der Lelie (®.), UneU or Cousin of the Lily. 
 
 VIELCASTEL, de {£.), of Old castU; and they have a castle in 
 their ArmH. 
 
 VIEUX-PONT, de {£.), of Old Bridge. 
 
 VILAIN XIIII. {£.). " Vilain " was the feudal terui for a pea- 
 sant holding land by servile tenure, but was afterwards applied 
 to a peasant, plebeian, or miser. 
 
 The Viscounts Vilain XIIII. (the "quatorze" being, I 
 believe, always expressed in Roman numerals) are descended 
 from Henry Vilain, burgomaster of Alost, who died 1614. 
 Some years since, I was informed, in Holland, that an heir to 
 this family was born while Louis XIV. was passing a night in 
 their chateau ; and, in remembrance of the royal visit, the sur- 
 name was altered. / give the tale as it was told me, but do not 
 know when the alteration was made. It is not mentioned in 
 Visiano's "Nobiliaire des PayS-Baa, 1769." 
 
 VILLENEUVE, de (if.), of Newtown. 
 
 VINGERHOED (©.), Thimble. 
 
 VINTON («.). ( Ficfo « Winton.") 
 
 YIS im.), Fish. 
 
 VISSCHER (m.), Fisher. 
 
 VLIET, van der (UJ.), of the Brook. 
 
 VLUG (ID.), Nimble, Quiet, or Fleet. 
 
 VOISIN (£.), Neighbor. 
 
 VONDEL, van den (UK.), of the Small wooden bridge. Joost 
 ▼an den Vondel (died 1679) is called the first of Netherlands' 
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 VOOGT, de (B.), the Guardian. 
 
 VOORDEWIND (HI.), Before the wind. ( Vide « van der Wind.") 
 
 VOORZANGER (©.), Chanter. 
 
 VRIEND (m.). Friend. 
 
 VRIES, de (m.), the Frisian. 
 
 VROE, de (m.), the Wite, Prudent^ Sage. 
 
 VROOM (©.), Piow. 
 
 VROUW, de (El.), the Woman/ I have met with but a solitary 
 insUince of this name, — Jan de Vrouw, John the Woman. He 
 was living before, or about the time of, the Reformation. ( Vide 
 " Rademaker, Ned. Oudheden, D. 4, biz. 88.") 
 
 VRYDAG (m.), Friday. 
 
 "V RYHEIL, vfi 'er (©.), of the Freedom, or Liherln. 
 
 VULLER, de {\k>.), the Fuller, Tucker. 
 
 VUURPYL (m.), Stj^vcket. 
 
 VYF EEKEN (©.), Five Oah. 
 
 VYVER, van der (©.), of the Fish-pond. 
 
 WAAL, de (d.), the Walloon. 
 
 WAARD, de (W.), the Innkeeper. 
 
 WADSWORTH («.),W«d worth (01.0.), Ford farm, or manor. 
 In 1277, there was living a Peter de Waddeworth, in the 
 wapentake of Strafford, ca Yoric. 
 
 The first who came to this country was Chbistopheb 
 Waddehworth, whose name appears in the records cf Dux- 
 bury, Mass., as early as 1686. He was a Selectman of the 
 town, and Deputy to the General Court , - 
 
 WAERELD, van d« (©.), of the World. 
 
 WAGENAAR (HI.), Wagoner. 
 
 WALDHEIM (®.), Wood or forest home, Waltham. 
 
 WALVISCH, van (©.), of the Whale. 
 
 WARREN (d.), Varenne (S.), C^ate, or Rogai hunting-ground. 
 The name was introduced into England by *< William de Ga- 
 
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 [WAKUKN, eontmueJ.] 
 
 renes," as Wace styles him ; or " de Warenne," according to 
 Benoit de Sainte-More, another early French writer. He 
 derived his name from his fief in Normandy. The Conqueror 
 created him Earl of Surrey. 
 WASSENAAR, van (C3.), of Wcutmaar. Near the river is pro- 
 bably the meaning ot this name of a village in South Holland. 
 The lords of Wassenaar were called the oldest family in Hol- 
 land. The name first appears in history in 838 ; and their 
 authentic pedigree commences with Halewijn van Wassenaar, 
 Burggraaf (vice-comes) or Castellan of Leyden, and Lord of 
 Rhineland, who was living in 1083. 
 WASSERVAS (®.), Water-vaee ; and they carry three pitchers 
 
 m their Arms. 
 WATER, Toe (HI.), At the Water. * 
 
 WATKINS («.), Son of litth Wat, or WaUsr. 
 WEBER (®.), Weaver, Wehtter. 
 WEEGH, op de (EI.), on the Road, 
 WEGSWYS (©.), Guide, or Guide-fott. 
 WEILER zu Weiler (®.), HamUt at Hamlet. 
 WEISSENWOLF (®.), White toolf 
 WEISSHAUPT (®.), White head. 
 WEISSMANN (®.), Wite man. 
 WELVAART (©.), Welfare, Prosperity. 
 
 WEMYSS (6.), Uaimhs, Cavei. A surname derived from the 
 lands of Wemyss (pronounced Weemt), which were so called on 
 account of the great number of ca^es that are on them along 
 the sea-shore. 
 WESTBROEK, van (ID.), of Weit manh. 
 
 WESTCAR (9lv0O. ^«' »■<'«*» «^''» ^«^*» *>' """■**• 
 WESTENDORP (ID.), We$t village. 
 WESTENEND (HI.), West end. 
 WESTERHOLT (ID.), West wood. 
 WESTERLAGE (©.), WesA hollow. 
 WESTERWOUDT (ID.), West wood. 
 WE8TKIRCH (ID.), West ehureh> 
 
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 838 ; and their 
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 len, and Lord of 
 
 py three pitchers 
 
 derived from the 
 
 were so called on 
 
 re on them along 
 
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 WEYDEN, van der (JD.), of the Pa$turei. 
 
 WEYER (®.)» Fith-pond. 
 
 WHITEBEAN ((f.), White iean, — bread, b/-ead; church, cAurcA / 
 
 field, ^U; ford, /orc{; hall, Aotf or Aou<e ; hand, hand ; head, 
 
 hecui ; horn, horn or comer ; horse, horae ; house, hou$e , bull, 
 
 hiU or hovel ; hurst, wood or grove ; law, leah, land or patture ; 
 
 ling, heath ; lock, hair, or loch, laie ; man, man ; stones, atones ; 
 
 way, way or road. 
 WHITGRAVE ((f.). White grove, or cave, — more, hiU, or moor ; 
 
 aker, acre or ^/{«/(f ' well, weU ; wick, dwelling ; wong, marsh, 
 
 meadow, or jrrwe worth, /ann. 
 WIGGLESWORTH («.), Wigleres worth (^.0.), Soothsayer's, 
 
 Diviner's, or Wizard's, farm or manor. 
 WILDE, de (E).), <A« 5a««y.', 
 TULDEBOER (ill.). Wild boor. 
 WILDEMAN (D.), Wild man. 
 WILDSCHUT (U.), Poacher. 
 WILKINS (€.), Z»tt& FiW* son. 
 
 WILLARD (S.), Villard, Guillard, and Guillaume (/.), WiUiam. 
 WILLEMS, WiUemse, Willemsen, Willemsz. (P.), Willems zoon, 
 
 William's son. 
 "WIND, van der (HI.), of the Wind. From a sign of Boreas (?). 
 
 (Compare « Snydewind," "Terwindt," " Voordewind," and 
 
 "Zuijdwinde.") 
 WINKELAAR (P.), Shopkeeper. 
 
 WINSLOW (<f .), Winneshlaw (%. 0.), Battle tumulus, Grave- 
 mound of strife, or contention. 
 
 Edward Wikslow, Governor of Plymouth Colony, was 
 
 b. in CO. Worcester, Eng., in 1594. He d. 1655. His aoa, 
 
 JosiAH, was Governor of Plymouth Colony in 1673, and d. 
 
 1680. 
 WINTHROP (<f .), Wyn thorpe {%. S.), Pleasant village ; or, 
 
 Win thorpe. Wine village. 
 
 John Winthrof, Governor of Massachusetts in 1 630, was 
 
 the son of Adum Winthrop, E^q., of Groton, co. Suffolk, Eng. 
 
 He was b. 1587, and d. 1649. His eldest son, John Win- 
 
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 [WINTHKOP, conHntud.] 
 
 THROP, Governor of Connecticut (J. 1676), was father of Fitz 
 John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut, and of Major-General 
 Wait Still Winthrop, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, and 
 President of H. M. Council, who d. 1717, and whose eldest 
 son, John Winthrop, F.R.S., d. 1747, leaving a son, John 
 Still Winthrop, who d. 1776. He wa- father of Thomas 
 LiNDALL Winthrop, Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts 
 (d. 1341), father of the Hoti. Robert Charlk'^ Winthrop, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. 
 
 WINTON («.), Wintun (H. B ), Wim-houte, Tavern. 
 
 WISSELAAR (O.), Exchanger, Batiker. 
 
 WIT, de (W.), the White. 
 
 WITLAGE (El.), WhiU hollow, valley, or low place. 
 
 WITLANDT (m.), White land. 
 
 WITMONDT (m.). White mouth. 
 
 WITTEKOP (ID.), White head. 
 
 WITTENBERG (E!.), White hilL 
 
 WOESTYNE, van de (©.), of the Detert. 
 
 WOLFFENSPERGEP (&.), Wolvei barrier (?). 
 
 WOLKENSBERG (C , Cloudi-mount. 
 
 WOUT, van 't (CJ.), of the Wood. 
 
 WULFFEN (®.), Wdvet. 
 
 WYCK, van (EJ.), of the Quarter, Pariih. 
 
 WYDOOGEN (E>0, Large eyes.- 
 
 WYMANS (El.), ffuntert. 
 
 WYNGAARDEN, van (El.), of the Vineyardt. . 
 
 WYNPERSE (El.), Winepreu. 
 
 WYNSTOK (El.), Vine. 
 
 WYS (El.), Wi$e. 
 
 WYSMAN (El.), Wite man. 
 
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 XAINTRAILLES, de (/.). Probably a saints name, de Saint 
 ; but I have no R C. Calendar. Still, however, they 
 
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 [XAINTRAILLES. de. conhniMrf.] 
 
 say in French that one has " des entrailles," entraih ; as we 
 say, " bowels of compassion." The firit of this name may have 
 been called " des Entrailles," the Tender-hearted. 
 
 XANTEN, van (EI.), of Xanten, in Prussia. 
 
 XAVIER (Belgium), Xaver (^Xrabic), The briUiant. 
 
 XIMENES ((&reek), of Ximene, a district along the Euxine. 
 There are two towns in Spain called Ximena. The first king 
 of Navarre (A.D. 905) was Garcias Ximenes; and there have 
 been two archbishops of Toledo of the name, the second of 
 whom, Cttrdinal Francis Ximenes of Cisneros, Regent of Spain, 
 is generally called " Cardinal de Cisueros " by Spanish writers, 
 from the place in Leon where his family were seated. 
 
 XYLANDER (®reek). Woodman; from "xulon," wood. The 
 name of a German scholar, originally " Holzmann," which he 
 translated into Greek. 
 
 Y. 
 
 T, d~ (S.), of T. The family «d'Y de Scraucourt" rank among 
 the knobles of Champagne and Picardy. 
 
 YATES (C.). Yetts (0.), Gatet. 
 
 YSSELSTFI^^, van (11.), of ^atektein,— Ijtttel easik. 
 
 YVE, d' {£.), d'lve (?), of the Iva, or Grourtd-pine. 
 
 YVER (Bomance), Winter. Surname of a noble family in Nor- 
 mandy. 
 
 YZENDOORN (m.), /ron <Aom (?), 
 
 YZENDYK, van (flj.), of JJzend^'kp, in Zeeland, 
 
 YZER (lU.), Iron. 
 
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 11, however, they 
 
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 ZAAL (m.), ffalL 
 ZAALIGHER (01.), Bletied. 
 
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 ZAIX, (le, or des Aix {£.), of the WeUeri. They carry three sheila 
 in their Arms. General Oesaix was of this Auvergne family. 
 
 ZALM (O.), Salmon. 
 
 ZANDT, van (FX), of the Sand. 
 
 ZEE, van der (HD.). of the Sea. 
 
 ZEEM/.N (13.), Seaman, Sailor. 
 
 ZEEUW, de (JD.), the Zeelander. 
 
 ZEII .^R (D.), Sailer (not sailor). 
 
 ZELLWEGER (®.), ZeUe-roader (?). One living on the road 
 to Zelle. 
 
 ZEVENBOOM (13.), Savin-tree. 
 
 ZEVENHUIZEN (©.), Seven hornet. 
 
 ZILVER (JD.), Silver. 
 
 ZIMMER (®.), Chamber; Timber, 
 
 ZIMMERMANN {(&.), Carpenter. 
 
 ZOBEL, von (®.), of Sable. Arms : Sa., on a bend or a sable ppr. 
 
 ZOELEVENSOEN (HI.), Zoet leven zoon (?), Sweet life'i ton. 
 A name of the year 1348. 
 
 ZOLLMANN (®.), ToUman. 
 
 ZOON (m.), Son. The name of J. Zoon is in Amsterdam Direc- 
 tory for 1851 ; and in another, is that of Tenuis Zoon. 
 
 ZOUCHE if.), Stump of a tree. The Zouches are descended 
 from the Earls of Brittany. The first of the name in England 
 was William le Zusche, ob. circa 1200, son of Roger la Zusche, 
 and grandson of Alan la Zusche, Earl of Brittany, In modem 
 French, "Souche" means also blockhead; but, whether it bad 
 that signification, or not, in the twelfth century, I am unable to 
 
 say. 
 ZOUTMAN (EJ.), Saltman. 
 ZUBER (©.), Tub. 
 
 ZUIL, van der (IDD.), of the FiUar, or Column. 
 ZULAUF {(&./, By the eourie, or current. 
 ZUMALACARREGUI : — 
 
 " And lu( of all a Oeneral cams, — 
 A terrible man with a terrible name ; 
 A name which you all know b; sight rery well ; 
 But which no one can ipeaK, and no one can tpeU." 
 
iry tlir6e sheila 
 rergne family. 
 
 ig on the road 
 
 1 or a sable ppr. 
 3u>eet li/e'B ton. 
 
 ksterdam Diroc- 
 
 Zoon. 
 
 are descended 
 Eune in England 
 toger la Zusche, 
 ay. In modem 
 
 whether it had 
 I am unable to 
 
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 IZUMALACARREUUI. amImHtd.] 
 
 Don Carlos' General, Thomas Zumalacarregui, a Biscayan, 
 
 was unfortunately slain at Bilboa. Had he lived, the cause of 
 
 legitimacy would have triumphed in Spain. 
 ZUMBROD (©.), Zum brod,/or Zu dem brod, At the brtad. 
 ZUMBUSCH (®.), At the huh. 
 ZUMGRUNDE (®.), At the ground, land, or vaUey. 
 ZUMLOH ((&.), At the wood. ( Vide " van Loo.") 
 ZURKANN (®.), Zur kanne, /or Zu der kanne, At the can, or 
 
 taniard. 
 ZURMUHLEN ((&.), At the miUt. 
 ZUURMOND (EJ.), Grumbler; lit Sour mouth. 
 ZUYDHOEK (©.), South comer. 
 ZUYDWINDE (JD.), SoxUh wind. 
 ZUYLEN, van (El.), of Columns. Arms : Ar., three columns gu. 
 
 Some authors say that the Zuylens are descended from a branch 
 
 of the Roman Colonnas. 
 ZWAAN (E).), Swan. 
 ZWART (E).), Black. 
 ZWEIBRUCKEN, von {(&.), of Two hridget. The name of this 
 
 family, who were formerly Counts Palatine, often appears in 
 
 French,— «de Deux Fonts." 
 ZYNEN (ID.), HU ! (Comp. « Ihm.") 
 ZYP, van (EI.), o/* the Zijpe ; a polder in North Holland. In the 
 
 Anglo-Saxon, " Sype " means a wetting, from the verb " sipan," 
 
 to weL 
 
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 liEREWOOD. This surname may be aynonymoua with the Anglo-Saxon 
 " Wealdbcro," Bearing wood, a luune applied to a wood, supplying mast 
 for fattening pigs. •• Bearo," bearing, from •■ beran," to bear, to produce 
 fruit. 
 
 BRED ERODE. Line two, for " reode " read " roede." 
 
 CAROUET' read CAUOOUFr. A more correct definition of the name 
 "Cargouct" i» "Kaer" or "kcr," "coad" or "koad," Foretl town. 
 
 FERRIEKES Saurebocuf. " Seuvebccuf " is probably a provincial word. 
 Pcrlinji* it means Keeper of oxen (?). 
 
 HELLMANN. This may be a corruption of "Ileldmann," Heroic man, 
 " Ueldi" a hero, champion. 
 
 HUN0LT8TEIN, Vogt von und «u. The word "Vogt' aigniflea BaUif, 
 Guardian, Gorernor, In the time of the Emperor Frederick III., A.D. 
 1471, the Hunoltsteins were one of seven £.. <Iies whose title of Vogt was 
 changed to Baron : "Advocati Tulgo Vogt, qui Twonibua equiparantur." 
 The prefix "ca" is, I beUeve, more ancient than "Ton;" and, 
 although it haa been rendered qt in this and other cases (vide " su Eg- 
 loibtcin," " zu Euknbcrg," &&), in appears to be often a better transla- 
 tion. The Hunoltsteins are lords of and in llunoltitein. 
 
 KERGOZ. The true signification of this name is, 1 presume, " Ker kos," 
 Old town. 
 
 /OLK. For «• Pollok " read " PoUock." 
 
 BUIOROE:. Insert (9.). 
 
 SU YDAM. If not derived from Zaandam, this may be Zuiderdam, Southern 
 dam, or Dam on the Zuiderzee, 
 
 TBEANNA. Anne'* toton appears to be a better interpretation of this sur- 
 name. 
 
 ^ 
 
 *^* In the Genealogical Notices, it is not intended to imply that the 
 individuals, in all cases, still hold, the offices mentioned in connection with 
 their names, but only that such are the prin ipol places now or lately held 
 by them. 
 
 
le Anglo-Saxon 
 supplying mast 
 bear, to produce 
 
 
 
 n of the name 
 
 
 
 Foreit town. 
 
 
 
 irovincial word. 
 
 
 
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 ligniflea Bailiff, 
 crick m., A.D. 
 
 
 
 itle of Vogt wa» 
 
 
 
 equiparantur." 
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 aon of thia aor- 
 
 
 
 imply that the 
 connection with 
 
 
 
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