University of California. 
 
 FROM TIT 
 
 DR. FRANCIS LIEBKR, 
 Proi't tory and Law in Columbia College, New Turk. 
 
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 MICHAEL REES 
 
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SUFFOLK SURNAMES, 
 
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 " A NAME ! IF THE PARTY HAD A VOICE, 
 
 WHAT MORTAL WOULD BE A BUGG BY CHOICE?" 
 
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 BOSTON: 
 
 PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON. 
 1857. 
 
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 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by 
 
 N. I. BOWDITCH, 
 In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 FROM my professional researches, I have now in ray 
 possession strictly alphabetical indices to the extent 
 of three thousand pages of names of persons who 
 have been parties to conveyances from the settlement 
 of the country, and defendants in suits in our courts, 
 or who have taken the benefit of the late bankrupt 
 law of the United States. I also own the original 
 editions of Pope's " Iliad " and " Odyssey," in eleven 
 large quarto volumes (1715-25); Thomson's "Sea- 
 sons," both the original edition of 1730, and a very 
 rare one illustrated by Bartolozzi, published in 1797; 
 the Macklin Bible, in six large quarto volumes, pub- 
 lished in 1800, of which it is believed that only one 
 other copy exists in this country ; &c. These works 
 contain long lists of subscribers in England and 
 Scotland. Many of the names embraced in these 
 volumes and in our early records are now unknown 
 
4 PREFACE. 
 
 among us. From these sources, and from the peru- 
 sal of sundry directories, I derived the materials for 
 this publication. Its preparation solaced the weary 
 hours of a long confinement. It gradually became 
 too voluminous for what I at first designed it, a 
 series of newspaper articles ; and it is printed in its 
 present form, in the hope, that, although it possesses 
 no permanent interest or value, others may derive 
 from its perusal somewhat of the amusement which 
 it has afforded, to myself. 
 
 BOSTON, January, 1857. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OURNAMES are known to have been assumed, in 
 some instances, before the Norman conquest ; 
 but they did not become general in England until 
 two or three centuries later. Every name, no doubt, 
 originally had a meaning, or was at first assumed 
 or imposed from its real or supposed fitness, from 
 some accidental circumstance, or from mere caprice. 
 Each individual is distinguished from his fellows 
 only by his name. But for this system, history and 
 biography could scarcely exist. 
 
 The names of persons, Christian and surname, form 
 a very curious subject. Our records furnish some 
 most remarkable specimens of them both. LIFE died 
 out many years ago, though we yet have Mr. LIVING. 
 COFFINS, GRAVES, and TOMBS are very numerous. 
 We have one BIER. DEATH and SLAUGHTER had 
 formerly some living representatives in our midst. 
 A Mr. DEATH made a mortgage to the Life Insurance 
 
6 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Company. A. DEATH, Esq., a well-known resident at 
 Cincinnati, has just died. TODTLEBEN, the name of 
 the distinguished Russian general, means death-life. 
 An English author, ILIVE, wrote in 1730-3. A domes- 
 tic in the house of my boyhood was named MERCY 
 DEADMAN. There is a living CORSE at Duxbury, Vt. ; 
 and families of CORPSE exist in England. Mr. MORS 
 is a graduate of Harvard ; and the name of LAZA- 
 RUS is found in New York. The spirit of DEVOTION 
 may yet be seen in our city churches, and his house 
 is standing in an adjoining town ; but he is no longer 
 visible, in the flesh, " on 'Change." One SCRIPTURE 
 had a suit in our Supreme Judicial Court, 1855 ; and 
 this name, indeed, is very common in New England, 
 being sometimes spelt SCRIPTER. There are, I hope, 
 still many families of LOVE among us ; but, with a 
 single exception, they now walk about under another 
 nomenclature. Once they even gave names to our 
 streets. Thus, Tileston Street was originally Love 
 Lane. It also became a Christian name, here and 
 elsewhere, among the descendants of these ancestors. 
 LOVE RAWLINGS owned real estate at the North End. 
 I do not find CUPID as a Christian name ; but I do 
 find VENUS. We have Mr. AMOR HOLLINGWORTH ; 
 and AMORY is one of our first families. FEAR, I 
 believe, has never been a surname among us : but we 
 have Mr. FEARING ; and Mrs. FEAR BOURNE was a 
 landholder. We have among us the surname of 
 HOPE, which is a name of great note in England. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. t 
 
 There was an interesting family group, the mem- 
 bers of which respectively rejoiced in the names of 
 CORD CORDIS, CORD WING, FATHERGONE DINELY, and 
 DINELY WING. One of our thoroughfares was Hog 
 Alley ; but perhaps some will be surprised to learn 
 that a Mr. PIGHOG appears in an early volume of 
 our records. We have also FARROW, HOEGG, HOGG, 
 HAM, HAMM, BACON, and BRINE. From a late re- 
 view, we learn that a former pope had a name signi- 
 fying HOGS-MOUTH. The poetic wreath encircles the" 
 brows of a Scotch HOGG. When an action was 
 called into court not long since, a smile was pro- 
 duced by the announcement, that Mr. appeared 
 
 for " GAMMON." Another Mr. FARROW is a barber 
 at Lewiston, Me. 
 
 Some names are very short. Mr. Ai WHEAT made 
 many deeds in an adjoining county. Ai BLOOD is a 
 baker. We had our BILL VOSE. In our Direc- 
 tory is Mr. SHOWE AR, from the Celestial Empire. 
 I have met with Si ER ; and this case always seemed 
 to me the very essence of brevity. Even the French- 
 man, Monsieur D'O, having, probably, a longer Chris- 
 tian name, must yield to this rival. Mr. TUELLS 
 ought to be considered as a name of two letters only ; 
 and Mr. DEE, Mr. KAY, and Mr. WYE, are obviously 
 names of but one letter. We have very many names 
 of three letters only, such as those last mentioned; 
 and ASH, ELM, BLY, FAY, FOY, Fox, FRY, GAY, GAW, 
 Gow, HAY, IDE, HAL, LAY, MAY, NAY, RAY, RAE, 
 
8 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 REA, WAY, WEY, EOT, TAY, COY, TOY, TAK, TEW, 
 GEE, LEE, DOE, Dow, KAH, KOP, KER, Low, MAN, 
 MOE, ORR, Oxx, ECK, NEW, Nix, Rix, REX, TEW, 
 ROE, RUE, NAU, NYE, JOY, ELA, ELY, Dix, LEO, YEO, 
 HOY, and Hox. Messrs "Box and Cox" doubtless 
 often visit the Museum together. Mr. COE figures 
 extensively in various partnerships. Mr. HOE is not 
 an agriculturist. EDGAR A. POE'S song of the 
 " Raven " is familiar to us all. Among 'the sub- 
 scribers to Thomson's " Seasons," I find Mr. JEE 
 and Mr. MEE. JMr. LUM lives at Derby, Conn., and 
 also at Cambridgeport ; Mr. LEW, at Lowell ; and Mr. 
 YAW, at North Adams. 
 
 On the contrary, some names are of excessive 
 length, as HIGGINBOTTOM or HICKINBOTHAM, BRECKEN- 
 
 BURY, COLLINGBOURNE, CROWNINSHIELD, ALLETZHAUS- 
 SEIR, DlFFENDAFFER, HACHEDOORIAN, WHITTINGHAM, 
 
 and WIGGLESWORTH. A married lady of this city 
 (Mrs. F.) was, in 1838, about to sign a deed, releas- 
 ing her dower (L. 434, f. 295). I asked her name. 
 Her husband said that she used the initial A, but 
 that her name was " ALDEBARONTIPHOSCOFORNIA." 
 This name is probably the longest that a parent 
 ever inflicted on a child. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 I HAVE known a lady with a masculine Christian 
 name. Her father, tired of waiting for a son, had 
 made a vow to himself, that his next child, of what- 
 ever sex, should be named JOHN ; and he kept his 
 vow at the expense of a daughter. Parents of a 
 sentimental character often display their taste in the 
 nomenclature of their children. Other names are 
 of a decidedly prosaic and practical character. The 
 excellent John D. Williams laid out a street, and 
 named it Shoe-and-Leather Street. An honest car- 
 penter, named Josselyn, was christened MARQUIS 
 FAYETTE, notwithstanding all titles of honor are 
 illegal among us. 
 
 A late counsellor of this city named two of his sons 
 WILLIAM : they are distinguished from each other by 
 the middle names of NYE and WATSON. Occasion- 
 ally the family name is taken as a Christian name ; 
 as THOMAS K. THOMAS, OWEN OWENS, &c. HEMAN, 
 a familiar Christian name with us, is signally appro- 
 priate to every male child. 
 
10 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Occasionally a permanent joke is aimed at. Thus 
 it is said, that Mr. ROBERT NEW named two of his 
 sons SOMETHING and NOTHING. This story is how- 
 ever, I believe, apocryphal. Quincy is celebrated 
 for its granite; and we have Mr. QUINCY QUART. 
 We have also Mr. COFFIN PITTS (L. 388, f. 164). 
 KING GEORGE also figures in our records. Mr. 
 FISH, a well-known resident of New York, was 
 christened PRESERVED ; and a Mr. CRABTREE, of 
 Connecticut, personally known to a late Professor 
 of Harvard College, was christened A. GREEN. 
 There are enough of that surname in New England 
 to make quite an orchard. Of the same class is 
 the name of SALEM TOWNE, the senior member of 
 our late State Senate. Though nominally represent- 
 ing the " city of peace," he has the military title of 
 general. MARSHAL NET was recently indicted in 
 our court. 
 
 Our Puritan forefathers often used as names 
 long and pious sentences, and such expressions as 
 FREE GRACE, SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, ELECTED, 
 PRAISE GOD, &c. Hume's amusing list of the names 
 of twelve jurymen in Cromwell's time is familiar to 
 us all. With these Puritanical exceptions, even 
 double Christian names were scarcely known in 
 England till within the last century. Lord Coke, 
 indeed, declares more than one illegal. Milton, 
 Shakspeare, Locke, Cromwell, &c., were satisfied 
 with one. At last came CHARLES JAMES Fox, &c. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 11 
 
 Now they are extremely common. We have JOHN 
 QUINCY ADAMS, WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, EGBERT C. 
 WINTHROP, GEORGE S. HILLARD, &c. ; and our 
 poets, Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, Holmes, Sigour- 
 ney, Dana, Fields, &c., all have middle names. 
 Many, indeed, are not contented with two names. 
 A married relative of my own, who chooses to 
 retain also her maiden name, should she spread 
 out her signature to its full proportions, would 
 write five distinct words, amounting in all to thirty- 
 seven letters. 
 
 We had a Mr. RETURNE MUNNINGS ; and a former 
 high-government officer, RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS, 
 got his name from the circumstance, that his mother 
 at first declined the addresses of her Jonathan, and 
 then asked him to return. Mr. CUMBACK is a mem- 
 ber of Congress. Mr. RETURN is found in the Direc- 
 tory. Mr. USUAL KNAPP, the last of Washington's 
 Life Guard, died in Newbury, N.Y., in January, 1856. 
 Among the Massachusetts men who took the benefit 
 of the United-States Insolvent Law, I find ORION 
 BROAD, SALMON ENSIGN, and SOCRATES FRISSELL. 
 
 Many other odd Christian names may be men- 
 tioned as occurring in the records of this county, such 
 as ALOYS, ALPHA, AMITTAI, AMMIAL, ANNAPLE, ARSMUS, 
 ACHSAH, AND, ARI, ARIEL, BANT, BARNEY, BBLITHO, 
 BEIRI, BOZOUN, BRICE, BUNKER, BYBY, CORYDON, 
 SPARROW, CHRANSTON, DAN, DODAVAH, DEMAS, TADE, 
 MANEER, ROOKSBY, VELMA, SARSON, ZIBEON, KIRK, 
 
12 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 MAUDIT, KOSMOS, SARKIS, HIRIELI, TALMUNA, SEPHA- 
 MORE, FERRIS, SCAMMEL, SABIN, CUSSANDER, LUSHER, 
 MERARI, ZATTU, ROOP, NYOTT, GERSHOM, ZEBERTON, 
 HILAND, PARACLETE, ORIENT, OHIO, BOSTON, QUINCY, 
 SALEM, MILTON, LOWELL, PHILADELPHIA, BRITTAIN, 
 MALAGAY, HOLLAND, DOMINGO, VIENNA, FLORENCE, 
 SMYRNA [administration on the estate of AMERICA 
 SPARROW was granted in 1855], EDNAH, FENTON, 
 JOSEHEBETH, ELISHAWAY, RuHUMAH, SuVIAH, THAN- 
 NIE, OBID, OTHNIEL, BETHUEL, CLEM, CEPHORINE, 
 SEBEUS, IVORY, COTTON, EMERALD, RUBY, VIOLET, ELM, 
 REZIN, EGIDIUS, LOA, OEL, ORAL, OMEN, ORRA, OTTO, 
 STANDFAST, LIFE, LEADER, BONUM, PILGRIM, IN- 
 CREASE, SEABORNE, DONATION, TEMPERANCE, FREE- 
 GRACE, ORISON, EXPERIENCE, CONSIDER, PRUDENCE, 
 PATIENCE, MERCY, DEPENDENCE, HOPE, HOPESTILL, 
 DESIRE, AMITY, COMFORT, JOICE, REJOICE, PARDON, 
 REMEMBER, SELAH, STILLMAN, DUMMER, GAUDY, SWEET, 
 SHIPPIE, FREEKE, FRIZZLE, GRIZZLE, WAILEY, LATTER, 
 LATELY, MAMA, BOBB, BILL, CUFF, NABBY, FRINK, 
 PYE, JUSTUS, VISTUS, VIRGIL, VICTOR, WINTER, 
 WEALTHY, EARL, BARON, DEAN, &c. Mr. EMULOUS 
 STACKPOLE was lately sued. Mr. LEMON P. HARDING 
 has made many conveyances. A clergyman in our 
 vicinity has the Christian name of GRINDALL, more 
 appropriate for another profession. JOHN has more 
 namesakes than all the other evangelists together. 
 CRAVEN is found as a Christian name (L. 400, f. 15). 
 The wife of one of our distinguished merchants has 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 13 
 
 the Christian name of SERAPH. Miss EUPHROSYNE 
 TUBES, of West Dedham, was among the best con- 
 tributors at a late fair. 
 
 The estate on Cambridge Street, at the east corner 
 of Staniford Street, was derived to MUNGO MACKAY 
 from GILES DULAKE TIDMARSH. JOHN NOLDUS DE 
 YIN PRONK (L. 435, f. 266) has an outlandish sound. 
 A late satire on Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, whose 
 name combines the glories of both the French dynas- 
 ties, belittles him as Mr. L. N. BONAPARTE. And a 
 well-known writer among ourselves, who has the 
 Christian name of Lucius MANLIUS, lays aside his 
 Roman dignity under the unpretending initials of L. 
 M. Mr. VICESIMUS KNOX is a well-known author. 
 TERTIUS S. CLARKE was a clergyman of Stockbridge. 
 A near neighbor of my father's had his eighth daugh- 
 ter. Appropriate names were rather scarce. I sug- 
 gested OCTAVIA : he selected ZEBIAH, or ZIBBY. A 
 Miss Eliot, one of the owners of a large pasture 
 through which Carver Street was laid out, was 
 christened SILENCE, and grew up deaf and dumb. 
 
14 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 WE have had a Gov. BELCHER, (what a corruption 
 of the French Bel-chere!) and a Lieut.-Gov. DUM- 
 MER. Gov. GORE married Miss PAYNE. Lieut.-Gov. 
 GILL lived at PARKER'S in fine style, and was buried 
 with great pomp ; but died deeply insolvent. Mr. 
 BERTH figures in the Directory of 1835 ; and Mr. 
 DEARTH, of a neighboring county, after enduring 
 his name for many years, was at last induced by his 
 family to change it. A law student at Harvard is 
 named DEARTH. The English families of HOUSE- 
 LESS, HUNGER, NEED, and WANT, have no represen- 
 tatives here ; on the contrary, our records contain 
 various deeds from persons named PLENTY (L. 394, 
 f. 247, &c.> 
 
 I have no reason to doubt that Messrs. MELLOW, 
 SLEWMAN, DRINKER, BIBBER, BRIMMER, SPILLER, MEAD, 
 BEERS, BERE, GOOD ALE, ALES WORTH, WINES, HOCKEY, 
 NEGUS, GINN, PORTER, PUNCH, SIDERS, PHILLPOT, FILL- 
 MORE, TREAT, REVILL, REVELL, and RUMRILL are as 
 strictly temperate as Mr. DRINKWATER, and as regular 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 15 
 
 in their habits as Mr. CLOCK ; or that Messrs. CHEW, 
 CRAM, FULLAM, MESS, GOBLE, and GOBBLE are mode- 
 rate eaters. Mr. FEASTER was wounded in a late riot 
 at Baltimore. Mr. DAINTY lives at Pittsfield. Mr. 
 GOBELS lives at Bridgeport, Conn. The families of 
 DINING and EAT WELL did not emigrate to this coun- 
 try. Mr. SPOONER seems to stand by himself between 
 the eaters and drinkers. Mr. RAP is not a medium, 
 nor is Mr. TIPPIN (L. 365). THOMAS TIPPING lived 
 in England in 1800. Mr. AUGUR has a case now 
 pending, which his opponent doubtless feels to be a 
 bore. Even Mr. SOLDEM has brought a suit. Our 
 Messrs. PARSON, PRIEST, DIVINE, DEACON, CREED, 
 CHURCH, PRAY, and REVERE are probably not more 
 pious than our Mr. PAGAN or Mr. TURK. An Eng- 
 lish clergyman, Rev. ARUNDEL VERITY, falsely and 
 fraudulently converted to his own use funds designed 
 for conversion of the heathen. We have both the 
 BIBLE and the COR AN in our Directory. Mr. PASTOR 
 makes casks instead of converts, and can operate 
 better upon hoops than upon heathens. I find a 
 Mr. TENANT ; and we have WIRTH, the German for 
 landlord. Mr. CHARTER and Mr. CADE, I hope, alike 
 voted for Fremont. Mr. DERRICK and Mr. CARTY 
 are laborers. Our LIND is not musical. Mr. FLUENT 
 is probably an orator only in name. I formerly knew 
 a Mr. DAM. Mr. BENCH, Mr. MODE, and Mr. BODKIN, 
 are tailors. Mr. B. COATES was a tailor in Prince 
 Street. Mr. Boss is a master-workman. Our Mr. 
 
16 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 COVERT puts covers on books. We have Mr. PENN, 
 Mr. INKER, and Mr. STANDISH ; but our BLOTT has 
 been obliterated. Mr. INKPEN, Mr. QUILL, and Mr. 
 SMOUCH, remained in England. 
 
 Mr. SOLACE, of Bridport, Yt, is a lawyer. Mr. 
 GRIND ALL lives at Newburyport. Mr. WORK, and 
 Messrs. SWEAT, SWETT, and SWETTING, represent cause 
 and effect. Mr. SWEATING (correctly spelt) lives 
 at Providence. Mrs. QUICK and Mr. DELAY offset 
 each other, as do Mr. LONG and Mr. SHORT, Mr. 
 TANK and Messrs. VENT and FAWCETT, Mrs. STANDIN 
 and Mr. FALLER, Mr. RICH and Mr. POOR, Messrs. 
 GUMMING, CAME, GOETH, and GOING, and Messrs. 
 BYERS and SELLERS. Messrs. WAKER, WAKEUM, 
 ROUSE, RISING, and RISER have their opposites in 
 Mr. SLEEPER and Mr. NAPPEN.* Among English 
 writers, there are more than one named WAKE. 
 Mr. BIGG and Mr. LARGE, in name at least, out- 
 weigh Mr. SMALL and Mr. LITTLE. England has 
 its WRAGG and RAGG. We have RAGGENS, RAGON, 
 and PATCH. A Mr. WRAGG was a graduate of 
 Harvard ; and a Miss WRAGG, of South Carolina, 
 lately married Dr. TOOMER. England has BAG, and 
 we have BAGG and SATCHWELL. One Mr. BAGG lives 
 at Pittsfield, and another is president of a paper 
 company. Messrs. WOOD and RAFTERS are partners 
 in business, as are also Messrs. MILLET and BEAN. 
 
 * A Mr. Nappen is a clergyman at Ellsworth, Me. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 17 
 
 Messrs. KNOTT, TWIST, and TIGHE, Messrs. LEMON 
 and PEELE, Messrs. HAMMER and TONG, Messrs. 
 SOWER and TILLET, Messrs. BELL and RING, and 
 Messrs. BEETLE and WEDGE (L. 59, f. 239), ought to 
 be so. The firm of SHAVES and CHISELS are tool 
 manufacturers in Warren, Worcester County. In 
 1828, there was a Sir CHARLES LEMON in Dublin; 
 and there were English authors named RINGER 
 (1734) and KNELL (1660). Mr. BENDER is a porter. 
 Mr. ARNOLD, and his victim, Mr. ANDRE, are still 
 in close proximity among us. Mr. FERRILL has 
 a good name for a schoolmaster. The admirable 
 CHRICHTON is a living example to our community. 
 Our PORTEOUS has never been mobbed (L. 626). Our 
 DEFOE will never write a new " Robinson Crusoe." 
 Mr. GULLIVER has ceased from his travels, and is 
 at home with us. Mrs. GRUNDY is a housekeeper 
 in Boston. We had, in old times, a Mr. Biss : we 
 have now Mr. Hiss. 
 
 In England, there exist single names made up of 
 opposites ; as, " GOCUM," " FAIRFOUL," " BINDLOOSE." 
 Rev. Mr. RANSLOW is a clergyman in Georgia, Vt. 
 Mrs. WAITSTILL TROTT, buried in our Granary Bury- 
 ing-ground, is an instance of the like discrepancy 
 between Christian and surname ; and the familiar 
 name of NOTES is a contradiction in terms. 
 
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18 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 THERE is probably more intimacy in name than in 
 fact between Messrs. HOOK and STAPLES, and between 
 Messrs. LOCKE, KEY, and KEYES. In thinking of 
 Mr. WING and Mr. BILL, we are reminded that we 
 have also Messrs. FINN, FINNEY, PHINNEY, and GILL. 
 Messrs. DRANE, DRAIN, SHARES, TRENCH, SUNKS, Foss, 
 PITTS, HOLE, FALL, and FALLS belong to the same 
 family. A Mr. HOLE published a work in London, 
 in 1797. Both Mr. FELL and Mr. DOWN are in the 
 Directory of 1835. A Mr. RICHARD FELL lived in 
 Bolton, England, in 1821. My washerwoman is Mrs. 
 BOWLINWATER, perhaps a corruption of BOILING- 
 WATER. Messrs. BATT and BALL doubtless played 
 together on the Common. The late able editor of 
 the " Boston Courier " (Mr. KETTELL) had as an asso- 
 ciate Mr. FRYE. Mr. KITTLE appears as a grantor 
 in L. 107. Mr. CANER, though his name sounds 
 rather pugilistic, was a clergyman. Mr. CLINCH and 
 Mr. LYNCH were also ministers of the gospel, at 
 South Boston. The late Mr. CRACKBON was an 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 19 
 
 amiable, quiet citizen. One of the hymns in Green- 
 wood's collection is written by BUTCHER, another by 
 TOPLADY. Rev. Dr. GANNETT, though named for 
 a very stupid bird, has vastly more intellect than 
 his predecessor, Rev. JOHN MOREHEAD. Our BOOTT 
 is not yet worn out. We have a JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 
 BOLSTER, a name which happily unites the glorious 
 and the useful. Gen. PILLOW was one of the heroes 
 of the Mexican war. Congress that place for 
 long yarns has a Mr. SPINNER for one of its mem- 
 bers. Just now, there are probably more BOLTERS 
 in fact than in name. Mr. BRANDER and Mr. CRACK- 
 STONE probably descended from an officer and a victim 
 of the criminal law. 
 
 There is a Miss SILVERHEELS in Boston. Among 
 the Harvard graduates are the names of GUSHEE, 
 QUASH, SLUMAN, SHISSLER, FRICK, and BLIGHT. Mr. 
 SWITCHELL lives in Weybridge, Vt. : Dr. TWITCHELL 
 was an eminent surgeon in New Hampshire. Salem 
 has residents named SMOTHERS and SCRIGGINS. Mr. 
 TRIPLETT is probably descended from an ancestor 
 who was one of three at a birth. Mr. WHITEHEAD 
 is, perhaps, a young man: his namesake, the late 
 Mr. HOAR, was venerable alike for age and charac- 
 ter. Mr. HORE, in the Directory of 1841, adopts a 
 new spelling. We have CAIN and KANE. The lat- 
 ter name belongs to the nation. Mr. CANE lives 
 at Hardwick, Mass. PONTIUS PILATE has a represen- 
 tative in Mr. PILATTE ; and even NERO has a name- 
 
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 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 sake among us. In 1781, there was an English 
 writer named RACK ; and, in 1761, another named 
 TOLL. 
 
 , Mr. HALPINE probably came from Switzerland vid 
 London. The ancient family of CLAMPIT is, after 
 two centuries, still extant among us in the wife of 
 a well-known artist. In 1790, there was an English 
 author named SMELLIE. Our ESSENCE is a black 
 man : Mr. SAVORY and Mr. OTTO, however, are white. 
 Among our recent marriages are those of Mr. LA- 
 VENDER and Miss GARLICK. Mrs. PLATO is a black 
 woman. The noble house of NASSAU has its repre- 
 sentative in a hairdresser. Mr. BRUNSWICK dealt in 
 furniture. Mr. HANOVER is a clerk ; and Mr. LOR- 
 RAra, a housewright. TITUS has namesakes among 
 us. JULIUS CAESAR was knighted, and became master 
 of the Rolls, in England, a hundred and twenty-five 
 years ago; but our CJSSAR is only a hairdresser. 
 WILLIAM PITT once lived in North Square. Our 
 HOMER, PINDAR, TASSO, MILTON, DRYDEN, and BYRON 
 have no poetic aspirations. Our TULLY is not an 
 orator, nor our CADMUS a literary man. Our BEEDE 
 will not probably be known to posterity as " the 
 venerable." Our DAVIE, though not a philosopher, 
 was a baronet. Mr. GOTHAM probably never saw 
 New York. Mr. HARLEM is out of his latitude. 
 GEORGE LOYALL, of Norfolk, being a navy agent, 
 is doubtless a good patriot. 
 
 The PADDY family, though specifically extinct, is 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 21 
 
 still the largest in Boston. We have the names of 
 FRAIL and PARRAMORE. Many a HUSSEY may be 
 met with. LEMAN, HARRIDANS, and TRULLS abound ; 
 and WANTONS have disappeared from among us only 
 in name. HARLOTS, however, are not found here,' 
 though they are in London. Mr. LETCHER, of Vir- 
 ginia, is a member of Congress. A libel is pend- 
 ing in our United-States District Court against Mr. 
 RAPES. Well, indeed, may the poet exclaim, 
 
 " Not to mention many a vulgar name, 
 That would make a doorplate blush for shame, 
 If doorplates were not so brazen ! " 
 
 We have Mr. DEVINE and Mr. WONDER. Mr. 
 WUNDERS lives in Hartford, Conn. ; Mr. MARVEL, 
 at Rehoboth. And it is needless to add, that we 
 have families of GUESS. We have also WHYTALL, 
 WHITTLEY, CUTTING, and WHITTLE. 
 
22 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 THE late European belligerents ought to have 
 employed as umpire our fellow-citizen, Mr. ROYAL 
 MAKEPEACE. Our Mr. JOB is a family-man, and 
 probably owns railroad stocks. Messrs. TITTLE, 
 BLANK, and CYFER have insignificant names. Mr. 
 MOST lives at Hartford, Conn. Mr. VERY and 
 Mr. WELCOMBE appear extremely cordial ; while, on 
 the other hand, Messrs. NAY, NOTT, NEVERS, NEREY, 
 NAROMORE, DENIO, and Miss REPELL, seem quite the 
 reverse. Mr. O. VERY lives at Chesterfield, N.H. ; 
 and Mr. LOTH, at Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. PASSAVOW 
 is probably a decided character, as is also Mr. EID 
 (German for " oath "). Dr. PHYSIC was one of the 
 most eminent physicians of Philadelphia. In the list 
 of subscribers to Pope's Homer, I find the name of 
 Dr. PELLET. Rev. Dr. KIRK is one of the most dis- 
 tinguished clergymen of Boston, as was the late Dr. 
 KIRKLAND. Among the late failures in the Man- 
 chester trade is announced the name of JAMES CHEET- 
 HAM. One of the greatest judges of England was 
 
SUFFOLK STRN VMES. 23 
 
 named LAW ; and Mr. DUNNING has been seldom 
 surpassed at the bar. Mr. DELIGHT, of Lawrence, 
 cures baldness; and his name suits his trade to a 
 hair. Mr. NEWBERTH, of New Britain, Conn., Mr. 
 NEWBEGIN, of Ellsworth, Me., and our Mr. NEWMAN, 
 have probably names of a Puritanic origin. 
 
 We have one name without any vowel, Mr. VHGL, 
 as embarrassing to the vocal organs as some which 
 occur in a late poem. Of a very mean and con- 
 temptible person, we say that he is a perfect PETER 
 SMINK. About the year 1800, there was a veritable 
 personage of this name ; of whose character, however, 
 I know nothing. 
 
 There are many fools still to be found, and some- 
 times even in the first society ; but the wealthy 
 family of GOOSE has become extinct. It seems to 
 have been always rather a distasteful name ; hence 
 their conveyances were sometimes made with an 
 alias, " GOOSE, alias VERGOOSE ; " and generally 
 they sank the Goose altogether. Some of the most 
 valuable estates in the city were held by this family 
 for several generations. ISAAC VERGOOSE, in 1768, 
 conveyed to Jonathan Amory a tract of land on 
 Washington Street, at the entrance of Temple Place. 
 The deed was recorded in one of the two missing 
 volumes (L. 114, f. 26), and I got it recorded again 
 in 1832 (L. 360, f. 199). PETER VERGOOSE, the 
 ancestor, owned as early as 1662, and died in 1667. 
 His son ISAAC died in 1711 ; and, in 1734, a division 
 
24 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 was made of his numerous estates (L. 50, f. 220). 
 One of his daughters was Elizabeth, wife of THOMAS 
 FLEET, the printer, and mother of THOMAS and JOHN 
 FLEET, also printers of note. Howe's Pasture, on 
 Bedford Street, through which Howe Street was laid 
 out, and which measured three hundred and one feet 
 on Essex Street, is derived from the devisees of ISAAC 
 VERGOOSE. The Essex-street Church and the Rowe- 
 street Church are thus traced back to a humble 
 origin. A Mr. Goos still lives at New London, 
 Conn. 
 
 The analogous English names of GANDER, GOAT, 
 BLUNDER, FOLLY, TRASH, MOTE, CHAFF, and NILL are 
 not found with us. FLATMAN'S Poems were pub- 
 lished in 1686. NIHELL'S "Treatise on the Pulse" 
 appeared in 1744. NODDELL on "Christ's Crucifix- 
 ion "was published in 1715. ODY wrote in 1817. 
 In England, we find GOOSE, GREENGOOSE, and GOS- 
 LING. Among the subscribers to Thomson's " Seasons " 
 are Mrs. GOSTLING, also Mr. ENSER (perhaps derived 
 from anser, the Latin for " goose ") ; and on the sub- 
 scription list of the " Macklin Bible " is GEORGE 
 GOSTLING, Esq. 
 
25 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Tin: heathen deities, ODIN, BACKUS (said to be "bake- 
 house "), and MARS, dwell with us. Rev. Mr. MARS is 
 a clergyman in Worcester. We have also the name 
 of GOTT (the German for " God") ; and the diminutive, 
 GODDY. In New York is a firm of Spies, CHRIST, 
 and Company. We have with us CHRISTIAN, CHRISTY, 
 CHRISTEN, CHRAISTER, GILCHRIST, GODDARD (" God- 
 ward "), GODBOLD, &c. ; also the Angel GABRIEL. A 
 tutor at Harvard has a Christian name compounded 
 both of the evangelists and the apostles. In England 
 are families of SAINT, APOSTLES, CHRISTMAS, MARTYR, 
 &c. A short time since, a man fell in with three 
 young girls in Boston, who robbed him : he gave his 
 name as THOMAS SAINT. I have some doubts, how- 
 ever, as to this saint among sinners; since, not long 
 ago, some rowdies gave to the court, as their own, the 
 names of our most distinguished Unitarian clergy- 
 men, who were fined accordingly. Mr. SELIG (i. e., 
 German for "blessed") deals in caps. Mr. HEVEN- 
 DEER lives at Woodstock, Vt. We have ANGEL 
 (what a misnomer for a lawyer ! unless derived from 
 the com, when it becomes appropriate), BOGLE (a 
 
26 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 spectre), GEIST (the German for " spirit "), FAY, and 
 MABB ; also WARLOCH. Our Mr. PARADISE did not 
 venture on the Eden of matrimony without making 
 a marriage settlement, duly recorded (L. 653, f. 284). 
 
 y) j. 
 
 We have also SOLL (the German for " snn "), MONO 
 (the German for " moon "), MOONE, STARR, and STAR. 
 Mr. MOON lives at Coventry, E.I. We have also 
 CLOUD. Mr. CLOUDMAN lives at Levant, Me. I find 
 but one SKY. SKY, indeed, has been extensively used 
 up in ending off names in Poland. Elsewhere there 
 are families of HEAVEN, DEVIL, and HELL. Mr. DIB- 
 BLE lives at Brookfield, Conn. ; and Mr. TEUFEL 
 (German for " devil "), at Bridgeport. Indeed, our 
 name of HOLL is, I believe, pronounced as if spelt 
 with an e. EDEN is the name of a distinguished 
 English family. Mr. JUPITER lives at Waterbury, 
 Conn. ; Mr. SOUL, at Lagrange, Me. 
 
 Man is represented by families of MAN, MANN, 
 FREEMAN, FREEBORN, TASKER, FREEDMAN, VASSALL, 
 BOND, LADD, CHILD, PAGE, &c. BOIES is probably a 
 "wood." The family of BABY has remained in the 
 mother country. FREE'S Poems were published in 
 1757. A Mr. FREE lives at Saco, Me.; Mr. THRALL, 
 at Eutfield, Vt. ; Mr. FREED, at Deerfield, N.H. ; and 
 Mr. MASTERMAN, at Weld, Me. 
 
 The parts of a man may be seen in families of 
 HEAD, KNODLE, EAYRES, HAIR, BEARD, BEARDMORE, 
 GUM, BOSSOM or BOSOM, SIDES (L. 674), WHITESIDES, 
 KIDNEY, LIVERMORE, ARMS, ARMSTRONG, HAND, DEX- 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 27 
 
 TER (i. e., " right hand "), KNIES, KNEELAND, LEGG, 
 FOOT, FOOTE, Sen ASK, HEELY, and the name before 
 alluded to, of SILVERHEELS. 
 
 The very peculiar name of WATERHAIR is found 
 L. 98, f. 180. TOZER is probably not derived from 
 TOE. There is, elsewhere, a family of BELLY ; and we 
 have VENTER (the Latin for "belly"). Mr. TUNG 
 lives at Naugatuck, Conn. ; and Mr. TONGUE, at 
 East Cambridge ; Mr. BACK, at Granville, Vt. ; Mr. 
 SHANKS, at Orono, Me. There are, in England, fami- 
 lies of SKULL, BRAINS, PATE, FACE, EYE, CHEEKE, LIPP, 
 TOOTH, TEETH, CHIN, ALLCHIN, NECK, SHOULDER, BACK, 
 BODY, BOWELS, PAUNCH, INWARDS, SKIN, BONE, KNEE- 
 BONE, SIDE, HIP, HEELE, SHIN, and TOE. Mr. FOOT- 
 HEAD was an instructor of youth highly esteemed 
 by Burke. CHARLES EYES, Esq., lived at Liverpool; 
 Miss BONE, at Hackney ; and GEORGE BEARDSWORTH, 
 at Manchester, in 1821. Sir JOHN CHEKE was an 
 author in 1641 ; and Mr. MA WE, in 1797. I find, in 
 1800, the name of CHINNERY. Among the graduates 
 of Harvard is Mr. J^EIB f the German for "body"). 
 In the "Progresses of Queen Elizabeth," I meet 
 the name of BODDYE. Among the subscribers 
 to the " Odyssey" are both Mr. LIPPE and Mr. 
 GUMLEY. A daughter of GIDEON SCULL, Esq., of 
 Philadelphia, was lately married. Mr. HEART is one 
 of the editors of the " Charleston Mercury." Sir 
 Thomas F. Buxton relates, that in Italy he had as 
 fellow-travellers Capt. BACK and Mr. SILVERTOP. 
 
28 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 THE sexes are confused in the names of Mr. 
 PHILLIS, Mr. CORNELIA, Mr. ANNIS, Mr. CATE, Mr. 
 HAGAR, Mr. ISBELL, Mr. PATTEE, Mr. HANNAH, 
 Mr. HANNAHS, Mr. BECKEY, Mr. LUCY, Mr. LUCEY, 
 Mr. NELL, Mr. NANCE, Mr. RACHEL, Mr. RUTH, Mr. 
 ROOTH, Mr. JENNEY, Mr. BESSIE, Mr. SHEA, Mr. 
 LEDDY, Mr. LIDDY, Mr. NUNN, Mr. DAME, Mr. VIR- 
 GIN, Mr. BRIDE (L. 507, f. 144), Mr. WIDDOWS, and 
 Miss MONKS. Mr. HATTIE is a medical student at 
 Harvard. I find, in our Directory, JOHN MOLLY. 
 Mr. LYDEA is in the Directory of 1835. Mr. MAGGY 
 is buried in the Granary Burying-ground. Mr. 
 HENRIETTA lives at Norwalk, Conn. ; Mr. DOLLEY, 
 at Yarmouth, Me. In Lib. 162, 227, L. 188, 
 f. 253, are deeds from MARY POLLEY and JENNY 
 POLLY. "We have also POLLEYS. Hon. Justice HEL- 
 LEN, of Dublin, was a subscriber to the Macklin 
 Bible. There was, in 1676, an English writer 
 named SALL. There have also been publications by 
 Mr. SHEE and by Mr. SHEBBEARE. Mrs. HEMANS is 
 an English classic. 
 

 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 29 
 
 One name unites the masculine and the neuter, 
 Mr. HICKOCK (hic-hoc). A name applicable to the 
 whole human race is borne by Mr. Z. R. PANGBORN, 
 a delegate from Massachusetts to the late Philadel- 
 phia Convention. This name is that of a place on 
 the river Thames, of which an engraved view is given 
 by Boydell. In 1698, there was a London pub- 
 lisher named MANSHIP. One name among us seems 
 to imply a doubt of its own identity : in L. 182, 
 f. 173, is a deed to a Mr. OTHERMAN ; probably, 
 however, a mistake for OTHEMAN. 
 
 Mental qualities or states have given us many 
 names. Messrs. PRIME, GOOD, GOODE, BETTER, BEST, 
 GOODMAN, GOODENOUGH or GOODNOW, BUONCORE 
 (i.e., "good heart"), MERRITT, DUTY, VIRTUE, CAN- 
 DOR, and WORTH probably all had their failings. 
 Mr. DEMERITT bears an excellent reputation. Mr. 
 BONNEMOT (or "good-word ") lives in Dedham. Miss 
 GOODHEART, of Philadelphia, is just married. Our 
 Mr. EHRLICH is the German for " honorable ; " and 
 ADLE is probably " noble." Mr. FRANK lives at 
 Greenfield, Mass. ; and Mr. WORTHY, at Springfield ; 
 Mr. L'HOMEDIEU, at Nantucket ; and Mr. PRIESTLY, 
 at Chicopee. There are English families of TOO- 
 GOOD, PEERLESS, PERFECT. Mr. THOROWGOOD was an 
 English author in 1652; and Mr. VIRTUE is a dis- 
 tinguished London publisher. Our Mr. GOODRICH 
 has a name most happily compounded ; and AYLWIN 
 means "beloved of all." Mr. WELBELOVED was an 
 
30 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 English writer in 1809. Mr. MANAGE lives at New 
 Bedford. Our Messrs. CLEVERLY, SMART, WISE, WISE- 
 MAN, WISDOM, WITT, WHITTY, TALLANT, FORCE, SAGE, 
 and DOER form a group that is balanced by Mr. 
 GREENMAN (L. 608), and Messrs. CILLEY, SILLEY, 
 
 SlLEMAN, DULLEY, STRANGE, QuiER, ODDY, FuDGER, 
 
 GAMMON, SHALLOW, SKIMMER, DOOLITTLE, DOWLETTELL, 
 and WOODHEAD. In the Directory of 1835 are the 
 names of DOLT, LUMEX, MEAN. Mr. WISER lives at 
 Auburn. Mr. WOODEN lives at Salisbury, Conn. 
 Messrs. TRUE, TRUEMAN, TRUMAN, TRUEWORTHY, ALL- 
 MAN, HOLMAN, MANLEY, ERNEST, FRANK, and KUHN 
 (i. e., " bold ") are matched by Messrs. GUILY, WILEY, 
 SLY, GUMMER, CRAVEN, LEYS, ROULSTONE, CRUMBLEY, 
 FUNK, and FUNKE. Mr. PERT lives at Sedgwick, Me. 
 A Mr. PEART lived at Salem, as did also Mr. MEEK. 
 Both Mr. MEEK and Mr. MOSES are in the Directory 
 of 1835. Rev. Mr. MEEKER lives at Burlington, 
 Vt. ; Mr. CROUCH, at Swansey, N.H. ; Mr. SCEERY, at 
 Springfield, Mass. Mr. BOLD, wife, and two children, 
 were passengers in a late Cunard steamer. Mr. 
 BOLDE was an English author in 1696, as was also 
 Mr. CARE. 
 
 ZEAL is a name still found in England. Mr. SAPP 
 is a member of Congress. Mr. GUMP'S store, at Appa- 
 lachicola, was lately inundated. Mr. FLAT lives at 
 New Haven. BARRAT and PRATT both mean " cun- 
 ning." England has families of LYE, LYER, ULIER, 
 and SLYE. LYE'S " Method of Instructing " was pub- 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 31 
 
 lished in 1662; and the late New-Haven murderer 
 was named SLY. MICHAEL S. SHIRK, of Lancaster, Pa., 
 was a candidate for the office of presidential elector 
 on the Union ticket. Mr. COOL lives in Sudbury, 
 Vt. ; and Mr. WEATHERHEAD, at Brattleborough, Vt. 
 Messrs. GAY, MERRY, MERRYMAN, HARTWELL, 
 GRIGG, ELY, BLITHE, GALLANT, GAYLORD, BRIGHT, 
 BRIGHTMAN, HEARTY, LIVELY, LOVE JOY, GLADDEN, 
 GLADDING, SMILEY, BLAND, KIND, GERMAIN, SWEET, 
 SWEETMAN, SWEETSIR, SHUGARMAN, HONEY, HuNNI- 
 
 MAN, HONEYBUN, WlLLING, EASEMAN, PlTTY, and 
 
 PITTEY stand opposed to Messrs. GRAVE, BLUNT, 
 CRABBIE, CROSS, GROSSMAN, BACKUP, SNAPP, FUREY, 
 PRIDE, GRIM, GRIMM, SAVAGE, MOODY, DAUNT, 
 HECTOR, FUESS, GRIEVES, MOAN, FREEKE, FRIZ- 
 ZLE, FRIZZELL, BICKERS, BLAMEY, CROAK, and QUIRK. 
 Mr. SERLEY lives at Bethel, Conn.; Mr. DARES, at 
 Compton, N.H. ; Mr. LOWREY, at Gorham, Me. ; Mr. 
 GRUMMAN, at Norwalk, Conn. ; Mr. GRUNTAL, at 
 Portland, Me, ; Mr. CROSCUP, at Beverly ; and Mr. 
 GAYER, at Ellington, Conn. A Mr. WAILS is party 
 to a deed in L. 109. We have GLUM ; and also 
 CLUM, perhaps a corruption of GLUM. Mr. FULSOM 
 lives at Abington. The estates of JAMES SOFTLY and 
 THOMAS EASY were recently administered upon in 
 Suffolk County. And one is still living, EASY, 
 at least in name, at Kobbinston, Me. Mr. HARD is a 
 member of the Legislature from Lowell. Messrs. 
 HARDMAN and WAILER are subscribers to the Mack- 
 
32 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 lin Bible, as is also Mrs. SMART. In England are 
 found the names of FUSSEY, ANGUISH, SAD, MOPER, 
 and PRIGG. Mr. GRIEVE was one of the chief losers 
 by the fire at Co vent-Garden Theatre. Mr. FUREY 
 made a deed in Norfolk Records (L. 221, f. 12). 
 I have several volumes from the library of a THOMAS 
 JOLLEY, Esq. In our Directory is the name of 
 TEEAR. A Mr. TEARE published a treatise on the 
 use and abuse of tobacco. Mr. TEAR lives at Woburn. 
 Among the English painters of note is Mr. SMIRKE ; 
 and Mr. TICKELL was an author of repute in his day. 
 We have also CANNEY, CANTY, GAYETTY. Rev. Mr. 
 RUE is settled in Lee ; and the same name occurs 
 in the Directory of 1835. Mr. CANTWELL is a gradu- 
 ate of Harvard. 
 
 Messrs. HIDDEN, TRODDEN, MEEK, COY, and MUMM 
 have opponents in Messrs. WILL, BRAGG, PROUDMAN, 
 RANTEM, PEELER, SHINE, SHINES, and DASHE, and in 
 Miss HUSSEY. Mr. BLUSH was a United-States bank- 
 rupt. In England are families of DAFFY, FAINT, 
 GIDDY, FEARS, MEECHING, and SMITTEN ; and Mr. 
 STRUTT published a Dictionary of Engravers. In 
 L. 210 is a deed of WILLIAM MOCK. Messrs. READY, 
 READDY, and CONSTANT are fully matched by Messrs. 
 HENDER, HINDER, SLACK, DODGE, and LARKIN. 
 Mr. GOODWILL is more than a match for Messrs. 
 BICKER, HAIGHT, HAYT, HAYTER, HUFF, BLAMEY, 
 LEAVER, and SEVERANCE. In England, we find 
 HUFFY. Mr. PETT'S works were published in 1693. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 33 
 
 Messrs. EAGER, UNRUH (i. e., " restless "), WAKEMAN, 
 HASTY, BRISK, SPRY, and WILD have rivals in Messrs. 
 HEED, LOHEED, STILL, STILLE, STILLMAN. In Suffolk 
 L. 680, f. 25, is a deed of ELIZA HASTE. Messrs. 
 
 MOSER, WORMALL, WoRMWELL, PlEPER, HARKER, 
 
 HARKEN, HARKIN, and FERRITER can find out what- 
 ever they wish to from Messrs. SAYER, PROSER or 
 PROSSER, SPEAKMAN, SPEAKS, ORALL, CHATER, CHAT- 
 MAN, CHATTON, TELLING, CONVERSE, TATTLER, and 
 GOSSIP. Dr. TATTLE is a physician of Manchester, 
 Vt. Mr. GABB lives at Bloomfield, Conn. ; Mr. 
 MUMBLER, at Stoughton, Mass. ; Mr. SILENCE, at Du- 
 buque, Iowa. 
 
 Hawkins Street was formerly Tattle Street. SAY is 
 a well-known English writer. Mr. CLEAR has his op- 
 posite in Messrs. RE ILLY and RILEY. Dr. DOUBT was 
 a prompt, skilful physician. The English families of 
 BAD, EVIL, BASE, VICE, BADMAN, SCAMP, BLACK- 
 MONSTER, SWELL, RECKLESS, CARELESS, IDLE, TRIGG, 
 and TIDY, I do not find among us ; nor the names 
 of EARWHISPER, HEARSAY, REASON, CONSCIENCE, 
 FAITH, PIETY, PLUCK, and PRUDENCE. Mr. COWARD, 
 however, recently resorted to the law in Suffolk 
 County ; and Hon. DAVID OUTLAW, as a member of 
 Congress in 1850, was a warm supporter of the com- 
 promise measures. 
 
 5 
 
34 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 BODILY peculiarities are shown in various names. 
 SPEED is a well-known English writer. One SPRY 
 wrote in 1650; and another, in 1817. Mr. CAPERS 
 lives at Levant, Me. Dr. LIGHTFOOT was an English 
 divine and author in 1684. Our Messrs. GALLOP, 
 GALLOUPE, SLOPER, SCUDDER, TROTT, TROTTER, SHIN- 
 NER, SHINNERS, SPRINGER, GOODSPEED, RUSH, SWIFT, 
 FLEET, RACE, RANN, HASTE, HASTEN, HASTY, STRIDE, 
 STRACHM, STRETCH, TREADWELL, JUMPER, SPRINGER, 
 SCIPP, WALKER, SPEED, FLEET, LEGGETT, and FARGO 
 distance Messrs. AMBLER, TRIPP, TRIP, HITCH, HITCH- 
 cus, HOPPIN, HOPPING, LIMPIN, LAMING, PACE, PIL- 
 GRIM, WANDER, SLOCUMB, SLOCUM, LAGGON, WAITT, 
 BACKMAN, and HYNDMAN.* Mr. HOPPER was a well- 
 known American philanthropist. Mr. BUDGE lives 
 at Lee, Me. ; Mr. STUBBS, at Wellfleet ; Mr. SHOVE, 
 at Uxbridge ; Mr. TOWARD, at Augusta, Me. ; and 
 Mr. PRESSON, at Lynn. Mr. WILLIAM HURRY lived in 
 Liverpool in 1821. Nichols's " Progresses " mentions 
 
 * This name probably indicates one who had the care of hinds. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 35 
 
 a Mr. STRADLING ; and there was a Sir EDWARD 
 STRADLING in the time of Charles I. Mr. RUSHOUT 
 was a subscriber to the " Odyssey." We have 
 CLIMIE. Mr. CLYMER is a graduate of Harvard; 
 and Mr. DIVER was a witness as to a late fire in 
 North Street. 
 
 Dr. Lardner yielded to the fascinations of Mrs. 
 HEAVISIDE ; but our Mr. HEAVY was lawfully mar- 
 ried a short time ago. We have WADDLE, but no 
 representatives of the English family of WIGGLES: 
 we have, indeed, WIGGLES WORTH. In England, there 
 are also families of GOFIRST, GOLIGHTLY, GOES, 
 TIMESLOW, SUDDEN, SLOW, LATER, LATTER, and LAST ; 
 and the name of TIMEWELL exists among us. 
 
 We have families of STRONG, SNELL (i. e., " agile "), 
 HALE, HARTY, HARDY, DOUBTY, DOUGHTY, BURLEY, 
 LARGE, GREW, BIGG, GROSS, GROWS, GRAS (i. e., 
 " fat "), STOUT, BLOWERS, PUFFER, and BULGER. We 
 have Mr. PENT, in Duke's County ; and Mr. BUS- 
 TIN lives at Watertown. Mr. GROW is a member 
 of Congress. Mr. GROWING lived in Salem, as also 
 Mrs. FULL. Mr. BONEY lives in Manchester, N.H. ; 
 Mr. BLOODGOOD, at Enfield, Conn. Mr. SKINEY lives 
 at Franklin, Vt. ; and there was an English author, 
 named THICKNESSE, in 1784. We have also Messrs. 
 BROAD, BROADHEAD, TALLMAN, HIGH, HOCH (Ger- 
 man for " high "), LONG, LONGFELLOW, LANGMAID, 
 LOOMER, and AERY. Mr. STURDY is a machinist at 
 Augusta, Me. I find a Mr. TALBOYS at Oxford in 
 
36 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 1828 ; and Mr. LITTLEHEAD lives at Newry, Me. 
 Mr. HEIGHT was a late passenger from England. 
 Mr. BRADFUTE (broadfoot) is a well-known Scotch 
 name. Mr. HIGH lives at Northampton. The LONG- 
 MANS are celebrated English publishers. 
 
 We have Messrs. PETTY, PETIT, SMALL, WEEMAN, 
 
 LlTLEYMAN, SPARE, Low ; also LlGHT, BASSETT (l. e., 
 
 " low "), and VAUGHAN (i. e., " little "). Mr. LITTLER 
 lives at Lowell. Mr. LESSER lives at Bridgeport, 
 Conn. ; Mr. SHORTMAN, in Woodbridge, Conn. ; Mr. 
 RAZEE, at Providence. Mr. LOWER is the author of a 
 well-known treatise on English Surnames ; and Mr. 
 SHORTER is a member of Congress. There is also 
 a tomb of a Mr. SHORTER in the Granary Burying- 
 ground. Mr. GAUNTT was one of our master com- 
 mandants in 1839. I had a classmate named STOUT. 
 We have families of GOODHUE, NEWMAN, FAIR- 
 BROTHER, FAIRCHILD, NEAT, GENT, JENT, SMART, 
 TRIM, TRIMM, PRIGGE, DANDY, HANDY, GRACE, BON- 
 NEY, CURL, CURLY, CURLEY, CRISPY, LIPPMAN. There 
 is a Dr. HANDY, of Westport. JOHN LIPTRAP was 
 a subscriber to the Macklin Bible. We have also 
 SHABY, HARY, REDHEAD, STRICKENBACK, RYNEX, 
 BOLEG, STAMMERS, LAHM, BENDER, BENT, STOOPS, 
 CROOK, CROOKS, CROOKSHANKS, CROOKER, WORN, 
 STRAIGHT, STIFF, and SUPPLE. Mr. ROCKEFELLER 
 lives at Orehill, Conn. Mr. RUFFHEAD wrote a Life 
 of Pope. Miss BACKWELL and Mr. LIGHTBODY are 
 subscribers to the Macklin Bible. In 1741, there 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 37 
 
 was an English author named RAW ; and a Mr. 
 ASKEW wrote in 1605. Mr. LAPLASS lives at Lyme, 
 Conn. Our Mr. LOVELY is a laborer at South Bos- 
 ton. Mr. EDWARD STRUTT, of England, has been 
 raised to the peerage. Mr. PRIM lives at Brewer, 
 Me. Mr. CROFOOT'S estate is in a course of settle- 
 ment. 
 
 We have Messrs. HASENFUS (i. e., " harefoot "), 
 STRAIN, STRANE, GAIT, BREEDING, MANNERS, GLANCE, 
 GLANCY, LOOK, LEAR, LEEAR, LEARING, and OGELS. 
 I find OGLE in England in 1800. ELDREDGE means 
 hideous. Mr. WRINKLE lives at Colebrook, Conn. ; 
 Mr. FAIR, at Newark, Vt. Our SHAKESHAFT and 
 TURN BULL indicate feats of strength of infrequent 
 occurrence npw-a-days. Mr. WAXMAN lives at Wor- 
 cester. Mr. WHISTLER was a distinguished engi- 
 neer. Mr. SNIFFEN lives at Greenwich, Conn. A 
 contribution for the relief of Miss HANDLESS 
 would not be amiss. Mr! LEGLESS seems to have 
 remained in England, as have also the families of 
 AWKWARD, UGLY, THICK and THIN, BALD, BALD- 
 HEAD, COCKEYE, HUNCHBACK, KILLINGS ACK, LEATHER- 
 HEAD, HALFHEAD, LOFTY, LUMPY, BUNCH, ALLBONES, 
 SCAREDEVIL, and WULGAR (consistently spelt). Lord 
 Stowell's decisions are admired in HAGGARD'S Re- 
 ports. Mr. SLAYBACK lives at Fairfield, Conn. 
 
 Ages are represented by Messrs. YOUNG, YOUNG- 
 MAN, YOUNGER, YOUNKER, JUNIOR, MINOR, SENIOR, 
 OLDS, WHITEHEAD, ELDER, and ELDERS. We have 
 
38 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Miss EUNICE V. SENEX (i. e., " old man "). Mr. OLD 
 lives in Franklin, Vt. Sir JOHN SUCKLING was an 
 English author of note in 1648 ; and SWADLIN wrote 
 in 1653. In Salem is a family of OLDSON. 
 
 Some have promiscuous names; as CANALE, PEO- 
 PLES, FELLOWS, FOLK, CROWD, GARRISON, TROOP, 
 CHAPP, PERSON, PERSONS, PROVINCE, THING, JURY. 
 The names of STATES, and of COLONEY or COLONY, 
 are common in New England, as is also that of 
 VOTER. Mr. SARGEANTS lives at Pittsfield, Vt. In 
 England are families of OTHER, EVERY, MANY, and 
 NOBIS, but no Omnibus. We have also MECUM ; 
 and Mr. CORAM was an English printseller. One of 
 the chief proprietors of the Covent-Garden Theatre 
 was Mr. SURNAM (i. e., "surname"); and we have 
 Mr. NAMER. 
 
39 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 RELATIONSHIP and affection have given us the names 
 of KINSMAN, FADER (German for " father "), DADD, 
 SONNA, DARLING, DEAR, DEARS, DEARBORN, DEARY, 
 SUCK, TETLEY, BATCHELOR, SWAIN, VALENTINE, BE- 
 NEDICT, TROTH, SPOSE, SUTER, BILLING, BILLINGS, 
 DOTON, HERMAN, HUSBAND, BRIDE, HUGG, HUGGINS, 
 PRESSEY, Buss, BUSSWELL, NEIGHBOUR, COUSENS, 
 
 COZZENS, CUZENS, FRIEND, CHOICE, FAVOR, FANCY, 
 
 &c. Mr. WILLIAM BROTHER died in 1742. Mr. SON 
 sells dry-goods at Bangor. Mr. COSSIT lives at Clare- 
 mont, N.H. Mr. PETTS lives at Wareham ; Mr. LOVE- 
 WELL, at Gardiner, Me. ; Mr. COZZEN, at Leominster ; 
 and a Mr. COUSENS, at Buxton, Me. We have 
 many a WARD, but no GUARDIAN. France has its 
 COUSIN ; and, in Dublin, there lived, in 1828, 
 J. G. CHILDREN, Esq., and Mr. COUSINS. Among 
 the subscribers to the Macklin Bible is Mr. GOODSON. 
 Mr. MARRIMAN lives at Woodbury, Conn. Incredi- 
 ble as it seems, there exist in England the names 
 of CUCKOLD, PYMPE, BAIRNSFATHER, BASTARD, and 
 
40 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 BRATT. Families of GOODHUSBAND, YOUNGHUSBAND, 
 WEDLOCK, AFFECTION, Kiss, STRANGER, and QUAINT- 
 ANCE are also found there. Mr. HUSBAND was an 
 author in 1711; THOMAS J. HUSBAND is a druggist 
 in Philadelphia ; and a Mr. HUSBAND recently lost a 
 limb by an accident in Boston, and subsequently died 
 at the Hospital. A marriage contract is recorded in 
 Lib. 677, f. 261, one of the parties to which has the 
 appropriate name of STANDRING. 
 
 Nations are represented by GREEK, GRETIAN, 
 SABINE, BRITTON, ENGLISH, FRENCH, DUTCH, GER- 
 MAN, HOLLANDER, IRISH, Russ, DANE, FLEMING, 
 NORMAN, LOMBARD, SCOTT, WELSH, PICKARD, FINN, 
 TURK, AMERIGO, &c. There was an English author 
 named WELCHMAN in 1767. Mr. HUNN was a clergy, 
 man in Hadley in 1839. 
 
 Countries are represented by POLAND, GAUL, SPAIN, 
 FLANDERS, HOLLAND, HAGUE, GREENLAND, BRITTAIN, 
 SCOTLAND, WALES, IRELAND, GUERNSEY, LORAIN, 
 LORING (Lorraine), VIRGINIA, MAINE, DOMINGO, 
 RHODES, BARBADOES, &c. Mrs. ENGLAND lately died 
 at Newburyport. In L. 169, Mr. CANADA is party 
 to a deed; and Mr. FINLAND made a conveyance in 
 L. 626. Mr. BRAZIL lately died in Suffolk County. 
 
 Seas, bays, and rivers give us BALTIC, CASCO, JOR- 
 DAN, TWEED, MERSEY, SHANNON, WYE, HUDSON, 
 CHARLES, RHONER, &c. We have also the river of 
 mythology, LEATHE; though I do not find STYX. 
 Mr. CHARON, however, lives in Troy, N.H. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 41 
 
 Mr. NORFOLK lived in Essex County. 
 
 Many towns walk about among us as men and 
 women ; such as TROY, TYRE, P ARRIS, FLORENCE, 
 HAMBURG, AMSTERDAM, STRATFORD, WINDSOR, WIN- 
 SOR, WORCESTER, YORK, OXFORD, GLASGOW, CHESTER, 
 HARTFORD, SHEFFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, LEEDS, MAN- 
 CHESTER, KENT, CANTERBURY, CORK, ESSEX, BINDGE, 
 WINCHESTER, BEVERLY, CAMBRIDGE, BOSTON, MILTON, 
 NEWTON, QUINCY, SALOM, LINN or LYNN (probably " a 
 pool "), LANCASTER, WEYMOUTH, NEEDHAM, WESTON, 
 HADLEY, SHARON, SOMERVILLE, SHERBURNE, NEW- 
 BURY, TEWKSBURY, SPRINGFIELD, STOCKBRIDGE, LE- 
 NOX, &c. In L. 588, f. 73, is a deed of Mr. COPEN- 
 HAGEN. HAVERHILL is found at Medford; GLASKO, 
 at Griswold, Conn. ; FLORENCE, at New London ; 
 LONDON, at Bridgewater, Me. ; LUNNON, at Lowell ; 
 BRISTOL, at Lee ; LIMA, at Lawrence ; WEYMOUTH, at 
 Alna, Me.; and SCARBORO', at New Bedford. 
 
 All these classes of names doubtless originated 
 in ancestors who came from the countries or places 
 thus indicated. On the other hand, several towns 
 among us, as is well known, have received their 
 names from distinguished citizens ; as LOWELL, LAW- 
 RENCE, &c. 
 
42 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 LADIES have their WILLS : they are also devoted to 
 the toilet. Accordingly, we find a Mr. MILLED 1:11 
 and a Miss MARY RIGG ; also Miss BIGGINS and Miss 
 PIRKS. We have likewise Mrs. DRESSER and Mr. 
 TRYON. Miss FOULDES is a dressmaker. Admini- 
 stration has been lately granted to the estate of Miss 
 MARY CAPPS. We have RINGS, LOCKETT, SABLES, 
 CASHMER, GEMS, PRECIOUS, DIAMOND, BERRELL, RUBY, 
 JEWELL, PEARL, PERLEY, JASPER, and GARNETT (L. 
 103). Mr. GEM lives at Bucksport, Me. In Eng- 
 land are families of AGATE, &c. GEORGE BUSK 
 is a distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society. 
 The name of LUDWIG HELLWIG is familiar to us 
 all. The " New-England Business Directory " shows 
 that Mr. SHIRT lives at Stamford, Conn. ; Mr. 
 JACKETT, at New Haven ; and both Dr. SHUE and 
 Mr. STITCH, at Hartford. 
 
 Articles of dress are about equally divided among 
 the sexes. Thus we have a Miss GARMENT (L. 639, 
 f. 265), DICKEY, HATTON, HATTEN, CRAVATH, COLLER 
 (L. 125, and L. 308), TIPPET, COATES, SHEPCOAT, 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 43 
 
 CLOAK, WESCOTT, WAISCOT, VESTY, BLACKSTOCK, BUT- 
 TON, SPENCER, BRACE, WIGLEY, WIGGIN, BROWNRIGG, 
 GlLDERSLEEVE, CLOUTMAN, COMBS, COMB, EDGECOMB, 
 NEWCOMB, BEEDE, COPE, COWLES, RUFFE, HOOD, VAIL, 
 VAILL, LACY, BELT, LOOP, BUSSELL, SACHS, FREEMAN- 
 TLE, MODE, GEAR, GEER, GEIR, CLOAS, MENDE, MEN- 
 DUM, FITTON, MITTS, HOSEUM, STOCKING, LEATHERS, 
 BROGAN, and PATTEN. THOMAS MITTEN was a party 
 to a deed in Norfolk County. Mr. MENDALL lives at 
 Marion, Mass. Mrs. BRACEGIRDLE was a distin- 
 guished English actress. Mr. VEIL lives at Paulet, 
 Vt. ; Mr. WESTCOAT, at Dighton, Mass. ; Mr. COLLAR, 
 at Athol ; Mr. PINNY, at Middlebury, Conn. ; Mr. 
 BEADLEY, at Cheshire, Conn. ; and Mr. BEEDY, at 
 Phillips, Me. 
 
 Among the subscribers to Thomson's " Seasons," 
 I find Miss BAGLESS, Mr. DICKEY, and W. J. LOCKETT, 
 Esq. Among English authors are CAPPE, 1727; and 
 TRIMMER, 1801. ROBERT SHORTHOSE fell under the 
 censures of our forefathers for his shortcomings. 
 In L. 173, f. 246, is a deed from AMIE PINCOMB. 
 SHURTLEFF, probably, does not belong to this class 
 of names. England has families of HAT, HIGHHAT, 
 SLIPPER, SLIPSHOE, LINEN, SHEET, NEEDLE, RUFF, 
 SHIRTFIELD, POCKET, WARDROBE, &c. In 1821, JOHN 
 W. BUCKLE lived in Mark Lane; THOMAS CAPPER, 
 in the Strand; and SAMUEL STOCKS, Esq., at Manches- 
 ter. After death, one's toilet is not very important ; 
 yet our Mr. BRAID was an undertaker in 1839. 
 
44 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Dane, in his "Abridgment," cites the law-cases of 
 LOVELACE and WIGG. 
 
 From animals, we have FLOCK, HEARD, HURD, 
 CATLE, KEINE, BREED, LYON, LEO, WILBOAR, BEAR, 
 BRUIN, BOARMAN, WOLF, DEWOLF, Fox, TOD (i. e., 
 " fox "), Moos, CAMEL, DEER, DOE, GALLOWAY, PAL- 
 FREY, FILLEY, COURSER, HOBBY, HACK, KNAGGS, 
 DOBBIN (a name also borne by the present Secretary 
 of the Navy), COLT, LAMB, LAMKIN, OCHS (i. e., 
 "ox"), Oxx (in Directory of 1835,) MADDOX, OXEN- 
 BRIDGE, OXNARD, BOSSEY, CALEF, CALFE, METCALF, 
 
 COWHIG, BADGER, MINK, BEVERSTOCK, STEER, STEERE, 
 STAGG, STAIGG, BULLOCK, BULLARD, BUCK, VEAL, 
 SHEP (i. e., " sheep "), COON, CONEY (i. e., " a rabbit"), 
 LEVERETT, HARE, HART, HARTT, HINDS, KURR, 
 SETTER, SETTERS, TRAY, BARKER,* TABB, PUSEY, 
 CHATMAN (i. e., " man of cats "), PADDOCK, WARREN, 
 BURROUGHS, &c. We have already enumerated 
 HOGG and its various derivatives. Mr. KOON lives 
 at North Adams ; Mr. MOLE, at Williamstown ; Mr. 
 COULT, at Manchester, N.H. ; Mr. WHELPLEY, at 
 Eastport, Me. 
 
 In Salem, there lives a Mr. BEVER. There is, in 
 Germany, a family of KATZENELLENBOGEN, or Cats' 
 elbows, as it is jocosely translated. We have HAY- 
 WARD (i. e., " keeper of cattle"). Mr. BULL owned the 
 wharf at the foot of Summer Street, so celebrated in 
 recent litigation. The fabulous GRIFFIN has a real 
 
 * BARKER means tanner. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 45 
 
 existence among us. The Ass seems to have been 
 overlooked. 
 
 Families of TIGER, STALLION, STEED, MARE, Cow, 
 KID, MUTTON, POINTER, POODLE, PUPP, RABBIT, RAT, 
 MOUSE, OTTER, HEIFER, RAM, BAA, are found in 
 England. Mr. THOMAS MOLE, of Liverpool, is on 
 one of my subscription lists ; also Rev. Dr. BURROW 
 and Mr. SNARE. There is an English publication by 
 Mr. TRAPP in 1647, and by Mr. MOLE in 1732. 
 HINDE'S Life of BRUIN, 1641, was published by 
 Coddington in 1799, being an odd conjunction of 
 the names of two animals. Mr. CONYBEARE, a 
 modern English writer, unites two animals in one 
 surname. Mr. YOAKUM has published a history of 
 Texas. Mr. PREY lives at Alburg, Vt. ; Mr. BUCK- 
 MASTER, at Mount Holly, Vt. ; and a Mr. HIND, at 
 Letter D, Me. 
 
46 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 BIRDS and fowls are well represented, in the aggre- 
 gate, by BIRD, Avis (Latin for " bird "), VOGEL 
 (German for " bird "), FOWLE, and in the different 
 branches of ROBIN, ROBINS, ROBBINS, GANNETT, 
 QUAIL, QUAYL, FINCH, BULFINCH, CANARY, DAWES, 
 CRAINE, CRANE, GREW (a crane), GROUSE, CHICKEN, 
 CHICKEY, CHICK, SCHWAB, GIESE, (GoosE and GOS- 
 LING, before alluded to), BLACKBIRD, PARTRIDGE, 
 PARROTT, PARROTTS, DUCK, DRAKE, CURLEW, BUNT- 
 ING, COOTE, COOTS, PIGEON, PIDGIN, DOVE, WREN, 
 and TITT ; also PEEP, TEAL, TEEL, TEELE, HAUK, 
 HAWKS, SPARHAWK, SPARROW, HOWLETT, BUZZARD, 
 PECKER, MARTIN, SWALLOW, CROWE, CROW, KROES, 
 ROOK, CORBETT (i. e., " raven "), STARLING ; likewise 
 HERRON, HENSHAW (i. e., a " young heron "), NIGHTIN- 
 GALE, SWAN, CAPRON, COCKS, Cox, COCK, PEACOCK, 
 MOORCOCK, WOODCOCK, and all the various com- 
 pounds of COCK ; as ALL, BAB, BAD, HAN, His, 
 HITCH, SKILL, Po, &c., which compounds, however, 
 are not supposed to be really derived from that bird, 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 47 
 
 but, in some cases, from COQUE (a cook) ; while, in 
 others, it is used as an affectionate diminutive. We 
 have also CALLOW, HENVILLE, HENFIELD, HENNY, 
 HATCHMAN, HATCH, and COOP. MANDRAKE perhaps 
 belongs here rather than among the vegetables. 
 Strange to say, I do not find a single specimen of 
 the most glorious bird of all, our own national 
 emblem, the Eagle. The JAYS prefer New York. 
 The PHCENIX has arisen from its ashes, and moves 
 about among us : it is, indeed, a graduate of Harvard. 
 England has its families of FOWLS, LINNET, CUCKOO, 
 COOTE, GULL, ROOK, STORK, THRUSH, &c. ; and among 
 the subscribers to the Macklin Bible are Col. COCK- 
 ERELL, and JOHN CREWE, Esq. DUCK'S Poems were 
 published in 1764. France has its Mdlle. FALCON. 
 A graduate of Harvard is named HENRY CLAY COCK- 
 ERELL. Mr. PIPPY is an editor at Woburn. Mr. 
 OUELLETT lives at Madawaska, Me. 
 
 Turning to the department of fishes, we find the 
 names of FISH, FISHER, FISHERS, FISHLEY, BODFISH 
 (] badfish), WEIR, WIER, HOOK, BATE, BATEMAN, and 
 BATES, SHOLES, DOLFIN, THRASHER, EELS, EELES, 
 EELLES, CONGER, SALMON, SKIMMER, SCATES, HAKE, 
 BASS, and CODMAN ; also PIKE, ROACH, ROTCH, 
 PLACE, PLAICE, WHITING, HERRING, MULLETT, RAY, 
 LAMPREY, POLLOCK, HADDOCK, TROUT, TROUTBECK, 
 and ROE ; also TURTELL. England has its LAMPREY 
 and SPRAT ; also TURBET, CHUB, CHUBB, CHUBBE, 
 PAR, PARR, GILLY, GILLIES, TURTLE, &c. Dr. EAYLES, 
 
48 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 of England, has lately died. Dr. SPRAT was for- 
 merly Bishop of Rochester. Miss SHAD was the 
 deserving stewardess of the ill-fated " Empire State." 
 Mr. POLLOCK is Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. 
 FINNY lives at Monkton, Vt. Our Mr. GILFEATHER 
 partakes equally of the fish and bird. Mr. BIRDSEYE, 
 of Derby, Conn., perhaps belongs to the depart- 
 ment of woods. Mr. SHELLEY, the well-known writer, 
 seems to embody the genus Crustacea. What lawyer 
 has not heard of the rule in SHELLEY'S case? Mr. 
 SHELHAMMER is party to a deed in L. 689. We 
 have COCKLE, SHELL, SCHELL, KREBS (i. e., a " crab "). 
 CRABBE, the poet, has a namesake, the author 
 of the standard work on English Synonymes. One of 
 the United-States master commandants in 1839 was 
 Mr. CRABB. There has been more than one English 
 writer named ROE; and SALMON'S works were pub- 
 lished in 1748. Mr. GEORGE SEAL made a deed 
 L. 125, f. 234. 
 
 Some of our fellow-citizens are even contented to 
 bear the names of CHEYNE, CHYNE, KOHR, MARROW, 
 KIDNEY, HORN, SIDES, JOINT, HIDE, SCALES, TALON, 
 HASLETT, WITHERS, VANDERHOOF, HOOFMAN, GUT- 
 TING, and GUTMAN. Dr. GALL was the distinguished 
 phrenologist. Mr. GILLS lives at Rockport, Me. 
 Who does not involuntarily pity Messrs. SPITTLE, 
 TAINTER, and PEST 1 We have CREASE, CREASY, and 
 SKIMMINGS. There are English families of TRIPE 
 and ROTTEN. In the Directory of 1841 are the 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 49 
 
 names of TRIPE and STENCHFIELD. Mr. STINCHFIELD 
 is a very common name in New England : it is borne 
 by three clergymen. One of the defendants in a suit 
 now pending is Mr. FOREPAUGH, and another is Mr. 
 WART. We have also Kev. Mr. KUMPFF, and Dr. 
 BRAUN. Gen. WOOL belongs to the United-States 
 army. There are English publications by Mr. BEEK 
 in 1692, and Mr. BEEKE in 1737. Mr. TALON 
 wrote in England in 1653. 
 
 Insects are represented by Messrs. BEASE, BEEMAN, 
 BEBEE, BEEBE, WEATHERBEE, APPLEBEE, LEATHERBEE, 
 BUGGEY, HORNETT, BEETLE, FLY, FLYE, CRICKET, and 
 GRUBB. We find Mr. BEEBEE in Paulet, Vt. Mr. 
 SOMERBEE gathers his honey from the law. Mr. BEE 
 dwells in Stowe, Vt. Mr. BUGBEE goes strongly 
 into this line. We have BUGG'S Tracts against the 
 Quakers in 1698. Our Mrs. SLUGGETT stands alone. 
 We have Mr. COBB and Mr. WEBB, but not the two 
 united. The families of SPIDER, MOTH, NAT, WASP, 
 MAGOT, c., remain in England. In our records, 
 L. 18, f. 261, is a deed from Mr. ROBERT FLEA. Mr. 
 FLEEMAN lives at East Wilton, N.H. Mr. WIRM is 
 found in Middle ton, Vt. ; and Mr. WURM, at Trum- 
 bull, Conn. We have WORMS. New York gave a 
 home to the noble Irish exile, EMMETT. 
 
 Reptiles have never been favorites, from the ser- 
 pent of old to " the ugly and venomous toad ; " and 
 few of our names are derived from this source. We 
 have BLACKLEACH, however, and ADDERLY ; and Mr. 
 
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50 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 ADINO PADDOCK will be remembered among us as 
 long as the trees shall flourish which he planted by 
 the Granary Burying-Ground. We have NUTE and 
 NEWTS ; and in England is found a family of BLACK- 
 ADDER. We have BOTT; and the Hon. J. M. BOTTS 
 is one of the most distinguished statesmen of Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 Dane's " Abridgment " cites law-cases of Messrs. 
 MUTTON, STEED, TABB, MOUSE, CUD, STORKE, CROP, 
 FEATHERS, and MUSSEL, and a suit of ADDERLY versus 
 SPARROW. 
 
 The Bible informs us that man originally gave to 
 the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air their 
 names. The debt has certainly been repaid in these 
 later times : they have given to man all their names 
 back again. 
 
51 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 MANY of our most absurd and strange names, par- 
 ticularly those of animals, are doubtless derived from 
 signs of inns and other like objects. Thus Mr. TURK 
 may have come from Turkey, or he may have been 
 employed at the Turk's Head Inn. Summer Street 
 bore successively the names of Mylne Street and 
 Seven-Star Lane, from its leading to a windmill, 
 and from its tavern standing on the site of Trinity 
 Church. So Prince Street was Black-horse Lane, from 
 the tavern in it ; and Salutation Alley or Street was 
 so named from the inn at its entrance on Ann Street, 
 known by the sign of " The Salutation, or the 
 Two Palaverers." If we suppose a tavern to have 
 existed with the sign of a litter of pigs luxuriating 
 at their mother's breast, which would certainly 
 be a most suggestive emblem of the parental recep- 
 tion which awaited its guests, their satisfactory fare, 
 and entire contentment, what is more natural than 
 that a person identified with this locality, as landlord 
 or otherwise, should acquire the name of PIGHOG 1 
 
 The face of nature has been ransacked for names. 
 We have HIGHLAND, HILAND, HIGIIT, HEITZ, HILL, 
 
52 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 HILLY, HILLS, ROCK, PEAK, PEAKE, PEAKS, CRAIG, 
 CRAIGIE, KNOWLES, CROFT, CRAGG, CLIFF, CLIFT, 
 STONE, MASSE, MASSY, ROCKWOOD, HUBBELL, BIG- 
 WOOD, UNDERHILL, UNDERWOOD, VALE, VAIL, WOOD- 
 SIDE, WOODLAND, DELL, DALE, HAYDEN, DRYDEN, 
 SWEETLAND, SHANKLAND, GLEN, VALLEE, BoWER, 
 BOWERS, LAND, ACRES, DESERT, and AGER (" a field "), 
 (Mr. CLOSE lives at Calais, Me. ; Mr. GLENS lives 
 at Salisbury, Conn.), FIELD, with its compounds 
 
 BUTTERFIELD, LlTTLEFIELD, MERRIFIELD, FAIRFIELD, 
 
 BARNFIELD, &c., FIELDS, GROVES, LEE, WHEATLAND, 
 HEDGELAND (Lib. 381), SHAW, ORCHARD, PARK, 
 PARKS, and its compounds PARKER, PARKMAN, &c., 
 CLOSE, GARDEN, DOWNS, SANDY, HEATH, MOOR, Mum, 
 MEAD, MEADS, ASHMEAD, MEADOW, MORAS, BOGGS, 
 BOGMAN, DYKE, DIKE, DIKES, DYKES, DAM, MARSH, 
 CLAY, PEAT, PEET, PEETS, FENN, REEDY, REIL, MUDD, 
 MYER, and MYERS. Mr. GROVE lives at East Abing- 
 ton. There is, in New Jersey, a Mr. MIDDLEDITCH. 
 Mr. BOGLY lives at Rockland, Me. Dr. GUSHEE was 
 a physician in 1839. CAVE is a name familiar in 
 English literature. Mr. CARTLAND lives at Wind- 
 ham, Me. ; Mr. DOUNEY, at Kirkland, Me. Mr. 
 MOUNTAIN wrote in 1800 ; Mr. SALTMARSHE, in 
 1639. Rev. Dr. LANDEND was a subscriber to Thom- 
 son's " Seasons," as was also JOHN PURLING, Esq. 
 A Mr. SALTMARSH lives at Canton, Mass. ; Mr. 
 HARDAKER, at West Roxbury ; Mr. GREENACRE, at 
 Bangor, Me. Among the Massachusetts physicians 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 53 
 
 are Dr. BOTTOM, and Dr. ROSENTHAL (or " valley of 
 roses"). Mr. SANDRIDGE is a member of Congress. 
 Mr. CRAIGHEAD was a graduate at Harvard. 
 
 We have GLYDE, RIVERS, CURRANT, FLOOD, WATER, 
 WATERS, BROOKS, POND, POOL, LAKE, LAKEMAN, 
 PONS ( 4i a bridge "), BRIDGE, WOODBRIDGE, BRASS- 
 BRIDGE, FERRY, FORD, SEAWARD, WADE, WADY, 
 DROWN, EDDY, CHANNEL, SANDS, WHORF, BEACH, 
 PEBBLES, SHORES, STRAND, CAPEWELL, HAVEN, BANKS, 
 FAIRBANK, FAIRBANKS, MILLBANKS, &c. Mr. MAIN 
 died on shore, and is buried in Granary Burying- 
 Ground. JANE SHORE is an historical personage. 
 We have a Mr. ELM BURNSIDE. Mr. COVE lives in 
 Burke, Vt. ; Mr. SHOALS, at East Hampton, Mass. 
 Sir JAMES MUDDIFORD was active in introducing 
 coffee into general use in London. Dane cites the 
 case of Mr. FRESHWATER. In England are families 
 of GRAVEL, ISLE, ORE, RILL, and RIVER. Mr. GAR- 
 DEN subscribed to the " Odyssey." Mr. FOUNTAIN 
 lives at Marblehead. Mr. PEBBLE lives at Natick. 
 Mr. HARBOUR graduated at Harvard, as did Mr. LEA. 
 A deed in L. 42 is executed by HARBOUR ; and this 
 name is still found at Woodford, Vt. Mr. COLDWELL 
 is a clergyman in Standish, Me. 
 
 We have FOREST, CHASE (" a forest "), WOOD, 
 WOODS, TREE, POLLARD, WOODDY, HEDGE, OAKS, 
 OAKES, HOLYOKE, ELM, ELMS, ELLMS, PYNE, PINE, 
 PINEO, ASH, BIRCH, BIRCHMORE, BEECH, BEECHER, 
 BEECHING, CHESNUT, CHESTNUTWOOD, CRABTREE, 
 
54 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 HAWTHORNE, HAZELL, FURZE, HOLLIE, HOLLY, HOLLEY, 
 MULBERRY, POPALARDO, ASPENWALL, ALDERCHURCH, 
 LIND (" lime "), and LINDENBAUER. Mr. OAK lives 
 at Amesbury; Mr. TREES, at Lawrence. Like the 
 English Reviewer, I find no FIR or LARCH. Nor have 
 we the IVY or MYRTLE. BLACKWOOD is the prince of 
 Reviewers. 
 
 We have WOODWARD (" keeper of the forest "). 
 Dr. BIRCH is the English historian of Louis Philippe. 
 Mr. BURTCH lives at Westford, Vt. ; and Mr. BURCH, 
 at Stonington, Conn. We have BERTSCH ; hardly, 
 however, derived from the tree. Mr. CEDARBLOOM 
 hails from Portland. Among the subscribers to the 
 Macklin Bible are the names of LINDEN and BEACHEY. 
 Mr. ACHORN lives at Lincolnville, Me. ; Mr. ACORN, at 
 Newcastle, Me. ; Mr. WEDGEWOOD, at Litchfield, Me. 
 
 We have families of Moss, MOULD, BRANCH, GREEN- 
 WOOD, GREENLEAF, TOPLEAF, HEMPHILL, SHEAFE, HAY, 
 HAYCOCK, RICK, STRAW, WYETH, BUSH, REED, THIS- 
 SELL, THORN, THORNE, THORNDIKE, BRYER, and TWIGG. 
 Mr. TWIGGS was a captain of marines in 1839. Dr. 
 SNODGRASS was medical attendant of Edgar A. Poe. 
 Mr. PLANT lives at New Bedford. A Mr. BUSHEY 
 lives in Maine ; Mr. BRIER, at Belfast, Me. ; Mr. 
 GRASS, at Brunswick, Me. ; Mr. BUSHWAY, at North 
 Craftsbury, Conn. In L. 105 is a deed to CONSIDER 
 OSYER. Mr. COPPERTHORN goes both into the mineral 
 and vegetable kingdom. This remark applies to Mr. 
 SILVERTHORN, of West Goshen, Conn.. PLUMPTRE'S 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 55 
 
 Songs were published in 1805 ; Moss's Sermons, 
 in 1732; and SEED'S Discourses, in 1745. Among 
 the law-students at Harvard are Moss and HACOCK. 
 Mr. SPRIGGE was an author in 1748, as was Mr. VINE 
 in 1657. Miss PLUMBTREE was a subscriber to Thom- 
 son's " Seasons." Mr. BLOSSOM made a deed, L. 491, 
 f. 127. Mr. SAPP is a member of Congress. He 
 doubtless derives his name from vegetables rather 
 than from mental qualities. 
 
 We have BLOOM, BUDD, BERRY, MAYBERRY, HULL, 
 
 PODD, NUTT, NUTTS, TUFTS, BuRR, CoBB, KoB, HuSK, 
 
 ROOT, STUBBLES, and STUMPF. Mr. SPROUT, of Rut- 
 land, proves not to have been murdered. Mr. 
 BLOOMS lives at Bath, Me. SNAGG, though so ap- 
 propriate for our Western States, is found only in 
 England, where are also families of STICK, POLE, &c. 
 WALPOLE is eminent. BLOSSOM'S, TENDRIL'S, and 
 SHRUB B'S cases are cited by Dane. We have STACK- 
 POLE and STACK. 
 
 We have GAGE, CURRANT, ORANGE, PEELING, LKM- 
 MON, APPELL, APPLETON, PEACHY, PEARS, PERRY, 
 PEAR, PEARMAIN, BACKALL, PIPPIN. I find various 
 deeds from SAMUEL PLUMB (L. 376, &c.). Mr. BEAT- 
 LEY lives at Norwalk, Conn. PEACH is a very com- 
 mon name in Salem, where is also found Mr. 
 CURRANTS. There is a Dr. RYND in Dublin. 
 
 We also possess FLOWER, FLOWERS, GARLAND, 
 ROSE, ROSENGARTEN (i. e., "garden of roses"), TANSEY, 
 LILY, LTLLIE, JESSAMINE, DASEY, PINKS, SORRELL, 
 
56 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 WEED, and NETTLE. Mr. LEEK is a clergyman in 
 Brooklyn, Conn. ; as is the Rev. Mr. GREEN SLIT at 
 Killingly, Conn. There was an English writer 
 named NETTLES in 1625 ; and Mr. PRIMROSE was 
 passenger in a late steamer. We have CHARD. Mr. 
 CRESS is studying at Harvard Scientific School. 
 
 In the vegetable line, we have BEAN, BEEN, BEENS, 
 ONION, BIETZ, MILLET, WHEAT, WHEATLY, PEASE, 
 RICE, OATMAN, and PARSHLEY. Mr. BEANS lives at 
 Westbrook, Me. Prof. WHEATSTONE has been a 
 greater producer than his name would indicate. Mr. 
 BRAN lives at West Gardiner, Me. OAT is found in 
 England, as are also HERBAGE, GRAIN, RYE, BARLEY, 
 BEET, BARBERRY, BRAMBLE, CABBAGE, MELON, QUINCE, 
 OLIVE, PEACH, CHESTNUT, CRANBERRY, GRAPES, HEMP, 
 SEED, SEEDS, PINK, TULIP, VIOLETS, and SPINNAGE. 
 Mr. KROUT was lately killed in Williston, Me. Mr. 
 PARSLEY lives at East Sangerville, Me. ; Mr. LENTELL, 
 at Spencer, Mass. TITUS OATES is an historical per- 
 sonage. Mr. RYE was an English writer in 1719. 
 Mr. PEASE, of New York, is celebrated in connec- 
 tion with the Five-Points Mission. One of our first 
 families is PEABODY. The munificence of the London 
 banker of that name is well known. The pilgrim 
 who lightened his penance by boiling his peas before 
 he put them in his shoes, and who, while saving his 
 soul, thus also saved his body, may perhaps have been 
 the progenitor of this family. JOSEPH PEAS was a 
 subscriber to Thomson's " Seasons." PEA itself is 
 found at Salem, Conn. 
 
57 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 THE elements have been laid under contribution. 
 Thus we have families of AYER, WINDE, BREEZE, 
 GALE, LULL, BLITZ (i. e., " lightning "), STORM, STORMS, 
 RAYNE, RANE, RAYNER, REINHARD, SLEATER, HAIL, 
 FLOOD, HAYES, HAASE, DEW, DEWEY, FOGG, WHET- 
 TER, PHILBROOK, WETMORE, SHOWER, BATH, COLBATH, 
 DOWSE, SWAB, FRIES, FREESE, DEFRIEZ, CHILLEY, 
 FROST, SNOW, BLEAKLEY, and FAIRWEATHER. It is 
 a remarkable coincidence of name and office, that 
 Mr. WETMORE should have been for many years 
 Chairman of our Cochituate Water Board. Mr. 
 HAIL lives at Brandon, Vt. ; Mr. FOGGS, at Read- 
 field, Me. The names of THUNDER, FREEZE, MIST, 
 RAINBOW, SHADE, &c., are found in England. ED- 
 WARD HAILSTONE, Esq., is a collector named in 
 Shaw's work on " Decorative Art." Among the 
 subscribers to Thomson's " Seasons " is JOHN TEM- 
 PEST, Esq. ; and Nichols's " Progresses " mentions 
 two knights named TEMPEST. Mr. STORM, of Boston, 
 was an eminent engraver. Mr. WEATHERSPOON made 
 
58 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 a deed, L. 569, f. 301. Dr. FLUDD wrote in England 
 in 1631; and SHOWER, in 1692. SHOWER'S Eeports 
 are well known in the law. SPIRT'S case is cited by 
 Dane. Rev. J. RAINE lived in Dublin in 1828, and 
 Mr. RENDROP was a subscriber to the Macklin Bible. 
 Col. LEAKE has published a work on Greek coins. 
 
 We have SPARKS, FURNESS, BELLOWS, FRYE, FRY, 
 BURN, BURNS, BURNAP, HETT, HEATON, HETEN, 
 HOTTY (Lib. 131), BOYLE, BIRNER, BIRNSTILL, BLAZO, 
 PARCHER, CRISP, CRISPIN, and CRISPY. T. BRAND, of 
 London, subscribed for the Macklin Bible. A family 
 of BRAND resides at St. Louis, and also at Norwich, 
 Conn. Mr. CRISP was an author in 1704; and Mr. 
 HETT, in 1824. SQUIB'S case is cited by Dane. 
 
 The points of the compass are represented by Mr. 
 VANE, Mr. NORTH, Mr. NORTHEY, Mr. NORTHEND, Mr. 
 NORTHSTREAM ; Messrs. EAST, EASTE, EASTHAM, EAST- 
 MAN ; Messrs. WEST, WESTERN, WESTGATE, &c. Mr. 
 SOUTH has sent but very few representatives so far 
 to the North ; yet I find SOUTHARD, SOUTHER, 
 
 SOUTHWORTH, SoUTHGATE, SOUTHLAND, SoUTHWICK, 
 SOUTHACK, SOUTHALL, SOUTHWARD, and SOUTHERLY. 
 
 Mr! SOUTHMAYD lives at Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The seasons are seen in Mr. SPRING, Mr. SUMMERS, 
 Mr. WINTER, and Mr. WINTERS : Mr. CALLENDER 
 regulates them. We have also Mr. SUMMERFIELD, 
 Mr. WINTERFLOOD, and Mr. GOODYEAR. Mr. SUM- 
 MERBELL is a clergyman in Somerset, Mass. Mr. 
 SUMMERHAYS lives at Nantucket. Mr. YEARLY 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 59 
 
 stands alone, Mr. QUARTERLY having remained in 
 England. We have HERBST (the German for " har- 
 vest "). Mr. VERNAL lives at Vergennes, Vt. ; Mr. 
 SUMMER, at Norton ; and another, at Milford, Mass. 
 HARVEST'S Sermons were published in 1754. We 
 have both Mr. EASTER and Mr. LENT. Mr. PENTE- 
 COST lives at Sudbury. 
 
 The months have given us Messrs. MARCH, MAY, 
 JUNE, and AUGUSTUS. Mr. MILDMAY is a graduate 
 of Harvard. In England, there are families of APRIL 
 and AUGUST, also of MIDWINTER. 
 
 Shorter periods give us Mr. WEEKS, Mr. DAY, 
 Mr. DALEY, Mr. DAILEY, Mr. DOUBLED AY, Mr. HOL- 
 LIDAY, Mr. HALLOWDAY, Mr. KNIGHT, and Mr. 
 MUNDAY. Mr. MONDAY lives at Woburn ; and 
 NIGHT itself may be seen in L. 206, f. 8. SONTAG 
 (i. e., " Sunday ") only paid us a flying visit ; and 
 Crusoe's faithful FRIDAY died without issue. There 
 exists, however, an English family of THURSDAY. 
 Dane cites the case of Mr. WEEKLY. Naturally 
 enough, we have but one Now, while we have a long 
 series of MORROWS. We are truly a go-ahead peo- 
 ple ; and accordingly we have no YESTERDAYS. I do 
 not find the name of HOUR ; but Mrs. HOURS owns 
 land at East Boston. We have Mr. EARLY, and his 
 rival, Mr. TWILIGHT. Miss MARY EARLEY made a 
 deed in L. 667, f. 164. Mr. ROUSE appears in the 
 Directory of 1841. We have also Mr. MORGENSTERN 
 (the " morning star ") and Mr. ABENDBROD (or " even- 
 
60 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 ing meal "). Mr. MORNINGSTAR, of Canada West, 
 lately killed his child. Mr. KNAPPING lives at 
 Brooklyn, Conn. Among the subscribers to the 
 " Odyssey," I find Mr. LOVEDAY and Mr. GAPE. 
 In England are families of DAWN, EVE, VESPER, GOTO- 
 BED, SLEEP, SLUMBER, NOON, and Nox (i. e., "night"). 
 Rev. THOMAS SUNRISE is settled in New Bedford ; 
 and Rev. JOHN NOON, in Savoy, Mass. Mr. NOON- 
 ING is found in the Directory of 1835, and still 
 lives at Fall River. Mr. TWYLIGHT is a clergyman 
 at Browninton, Vt. ; and Mr. NIGHT is a clergy- 
 man at Fort Fairfield, Me. 
 
 Numerals have given us Mr. TEW, Mr. Biss (Latin 
 for " twice "), Mr. TWOHIG, Mr. THREENEEDLE (who 
 was perhaps born in Threadneedle Street, London), 
 Mr. FOWERS, Mr. Dix (i. e., " ten "), Mr. TWELVES, 
 and Mr. DUZZEN. Mr. NINE appears in the Direc- 
 tory of 1841. The families of Six, TEN, EIGH- 
 TEEN, and FORTY, seem to have remained in the 
 mother country, as have also UNIT, ONCE, ONELY, 
 TWICE, SINGLE, DOUBLE, SENDFIRST, SECOND, and 
 THIRD. WILLIAM FORSTEEN, Esq. (perhaps a cor- 
 ruption of fourteen), subscribed for the Macklin 
 Bible. 
 
 In measures, we have Mr. MEASURES, Mr. GILL, 
 Mr. PECK, and Messrs. GROSE, GROCE, and GROSS. 
 England has its BUSHELL and GALLON ; and we 
 have likewise. Thus Mr. BUSHELL made a deed in 
 Lib. 75 ; and Mr. GALLON appears in our Directory 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 61 
 
 of 1835, and also in 1856, where he sells ale, &c. 
 In L. 141, f. 181, is a deed from JOHN PECK to 
 JOSEPH BARRELL. Mr. BARRELL owned Franklin 
 Place ; also the hundred-and-fifty-acre farm in Somer- 
 ville, of which part is now occupied by the McLean 
 Asylum. A Mr. MEASURE lives at Woburn. 
 
 In dimensions, we have GUNTER, INCH, INCHES, 
 ELLS, TUELLS, FOOTE, ROOD, FURLONG, MYLES, MEIL, 
 and MILES. There is an English family of YARD ; 
 and Mr. YARD lives at Crittenden, Vt. We have 
 YARDLEY. There is a Prof. ROOD, of Vermont. Mr. 
 CUBITT lately died in Scotland, very wealthy. 
 
 In space, we have SENTER, CENTER, BOUND, and 
 BOURNE, PLACE, SISE, BRIM, EDGE, VERGE, RIMMER, 
 END, FARR, and GIRDLER. SEARS is said to mean 
 boundary-stone. We have Dr. ROUNDS and Dr. RIM- 
 MER among our Massachusetts physicians. Mr. BRIMS 
 owns a lot at Forest Hills. Mr. ROUND lives at Lan- 
 caster, N.H. Mr. BRINK is found at Manchester, 
 Conn. ; Mr. MIDDLEHOOK, at Wilton, Conn. ; Mr. 
 MIDDLEBROOKS, at Sharon, Conn. ; Mr. COURCE, at 
 Thomaston, Me.; and Mr. CORNER, at Lowell. 
 
62 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 IN music, we have families of TONER, LAY, LUTZ, 
 MELODY, HORGAN, ORGAN, TABER, PHYFE, FIFE, 
 HORN, HORNE, HORNSMAN, PIPER, SING, SINGER, 
 FOGELGFSANG ("bird's song"), CORRESTER, HARPER, 
 TUTE, TUTEN, CHIRPSIR, CARROLL, CLAP, CLAPP, 
 E-INGWELL, CRIER, NOYES, RAPPER, SLATT, SLAMM, 
 CALL, CROAK, Hiss, BRAY, BELLO, YELL, ROERS, 
 DINNIN, BABELL, and BABEL. Mr. NOYSE lives at 
 North Bennington, Vt. HOLLAR was an English 
 engraver. HORNER is a name distinguished in Eng- 
 lish literature. The Chief Justice of New Jersey 
 is Mr. HORN BLOWER. One of the best books in the 
 language " Boswell's Johnson " has been best 
 edited by CROKER ; and one of the hymns in Green- 
 wood's Collection was written by a CROKER. A Dr. 
 MEW was Bishop of Winchester two centuries ago. 
 
 In dancing, we have POLK, in the Directory of 
 1835, and also a President of the United States; 
 STEPTOE, GAVETT or GAVOTT, GERMAN, HOPPS, and 
 Mr. MINUTER, perhaps derived from minuet. Mr. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 63 
 
 FLING lived in Bristol, N.H. One of our territorial 
 governors was named STEPTOE. Families of DANCE, 
 FIDLER, &c., are found in England ; also STEPTOE, 
 TREADAWAY, and TUNE. NATHANIEL DANCER was a 
 well-known English miser. Miss SHILLITOE was 
 lately married. 
 
 Colors have furnished us with an endless proces- 
 sion of BROWN, WHITE, GRAY, GREEN, and GREENE. 
 We have also ROAN and PALER, and several speci- 
 mens of BLACK and SCARLET. This last is a name 
 illustrious in English law. Our SWARTZ and Dow 
 both mean black. There is a curious caprice against 
 particular colors. Thus I find but one PURPLE in 
 New England (at East Haddam, Conn.), and no 
 CRIMSON or YELLOW, though the latter name exists 
 in England, as do also the names of ALABASTER and 
 NUTBROWN ; and there is but one BLUE in the Direc- 
 tory, though many look and feel blue on 'Change. 
 Dane cites the cases of GAWDY and STAIN. 
 
 There are many compounds of colors ; as BLACK- 
 MA x (a disagreeable name, by the way, for a white 
 young lady), BLACKER, BLACKSTOCK, BLACKSTONE, 
 REDDING, REDMAN, BROUNER, BROWNING, GREEN- 
 WOOD, GREENOUGH, GREENLEAF, GREENSLIT. We 
 have HARBLUE (perhaps derived from hair of a blue 
 color, although that is certainly not a common 
 shade), WHITMAN, WHITAKER (i. e., " white acre "), 
 WIIITEHORN, WHITING, WHITECHURCH, &c. We have 
 also a WHITEHOUSE here as well as at Washington. 
 
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 Fuel is extensively represented by WOOD, GASS, 
 COLE, COKELY, TARR, and TARBOX. In L. 268 is 
 a deed of Mr. CORD. Mr. COAL lives at Milford. 
 We have BRICK, STONE, FREESTONE, IRON or JYONS, 
 MARBLE, FLINT, CHALK, PEWTER, STEELE, BRASS, &c. 
 Mr. IRONS lives at Mystic Bridge, Conn. ; Mr. GLASS, 
 at Leominster. A Mr. GLAS made a deed, L. 696, 
 f. 213. We have also RUST, MOULD, and DUST. 
 Mr. SAYLES IRONS was a late plaintiff in our courts. 
 The family name of LUMBER is found in England. 
 An undergraduate of Harvard College is named 
 BRICK. Dane cites the case of Mr. BRICKWOOD. 
 
 Civilized life has given us HEILIGENBERG (i. e., 
 " holy mount "), CAIRNS, HAUTVILLE (i. e., " high 
 city "), VILLAGE, TOWN, TOWNE, PROVINCE, PARISH, 
 COUNTY, SHIRE, BURROUGH, WARD, HOMES, BURGESS, 
 BURGH, TEMPLE, CASTLE, CASTLES, CASTELL, TOWER, 
 CHAPPELL, CHAPPEL (L. 673), CHURCH, KIRK, MONK- 
 HOUSE, HOUSE, NEWHOUSE, WATERHOUSE, WOODHOUSE, 
 STONEHOUSE, BROOKHOUSE, &c., HAMBLET, HOUSEN 
 (Mr. MAILHOUSE lives at New Haven, not a post- 
 master), LODGE, BOOTH, SHED, SHEDD, STOWERS, 
 STOEHER, BLOCK, COT (i. e., " cottage "), BARNES ; 
 also MILLS, KINGMILL, RYMILL, &c. Mr. BLOCK 
 lives at Newburyport ; Mr. HAMLET, at Dracut. 
 Mr. STACKHOUSE is found in the Directory of 
 1841. Mr. BACKHOUSE'S narrative of a visit to 
 South Africa was published in 1839. Eev. Mr. OUT- 
 HOUSE is a clergyman in Hodgdon, Me. HENRY 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 65 
 
 STABLE, Esq., lived at Leicesterfields in 1821 ; and 
 among the subscribers to the Macklin Bible is Mr. 
 STABLES. In England are found the names of CRU- 
 CIFIX, SANCTUARY, and GALLOWS ; also PEW, STEEPLE, 
 and SPIRE. A Mr. CHURCHYARD is mentioned, in 
 1593, in Nichols's " Progresses." Families of PEW 
 are also found in our vicinity. JOHN PEW was a 
 defendant in the United-States Court in 1856 ; and 
 we have already mentioned Mr. MONKHOUSE. Rev. 
 JOHN BAPST, of Thomaston, Me., has a name resem- 
 bling John the Baptist. Mr. BULPIT, though not 
 a clergyman, is settled at Portland, Me. 
 
 The parts of a house have given us families of 
 HALL, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY, CHAMBER, CHAMBERS, 
 GARRITS, GARRETT, GARRATT, WOODROOFE, ROOM, 
 ROOME, STORY, FRAME, GLASS, WHALL, WALL, SE- 
 LING, RAFTER, LATHE, DORE, DOHR, PORCH, BANISTER, 
 STAYERS, FRIESE, BRACKETT, GATES, POST, PICKETT, 
 FENCE, STILES, LATCHET, and BARR. In L. 601 is a 
 deed of Mr. SELLARS. Mr. PLANK lives at Cumber- 
 land, R.I. Mr. VANEAR lives in Monkton, Vt. A 
 Mrs. SHINGLE was recently murdered at the South. 
 We have, however, Mrs. SLATES living among us; 
 also the adjective GARRETTY. Mr. BOLT lives in 
 Kent, Conn. ; Mr. PEGG, at New Haven. Mr. POST 
 is a Harvard graduate. Mr. WILLIAM STAIRS has 
 a suit in our Circuit Court. Families of PORTICO, 
 PARLOUR, CASEMENT, WINDOW, LATH, LATCH, and 
 SELLAR, are found in England. Mr. LATHE lives at 
 
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 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Claremont, N.H. Mr. PARLEIR lives at Charleston, 
 Vt. Mr. CELLAR lives at Windsor, Conn. ; Mr. 
 DOOR, at Jericho, Vt. Perhaps our SELLERS, like 
 our SELLARS, may have had an architectural origin. 
 Among the subscribers to the Macklin Bible, I find 
 the names of GARRETT, GLASSE, WALL, &c. The 
 Messrs. ARCH flourished in 1828. Mr. CREAKE was 
 an author in 1754; and Mr. DORE, in 1786. Mr. 
 OVERLOCKE lives at Thomas ton, Me. Mr. ARCH 
 appears in our Directory of 1856. CAROLINE POST 
 is postmistress at Gilead, Conn. ; and CHARLES 
 POST is postmaster at Hebron, Conn. Mr. STAIR- 
 BIRD, of Carrol, Me., has rather a nautical than 
 an architectural sound. Dane's " Abridgment " cites 
 the cases of EAVES, FRAME, and POSTERN. 
 
 Inside of our houses may be found many a living 
 HAMOCK, COUCH, CUSHING, MATTRASS, CRIBBS, RUGG, 
 CURTAIN, CURTIN, BOLSTER, BUREAU, STOVE, SPITZ, 
 LAMPE, MATT, TRAY, &c. Mr. CLOCK made a deed, 
 L. 384, f. 1. BESOM exists as a name, though 
 obsolete as a word. One BEASOM has charge of 
 the High School at Nashua. Among the public 
 men of Indiana, and also among the graduates 
 of Harvard, is a Mr. SHEETS ; and we have Mr. 
 TUCK. Mr. SOPHER lives at Bristol, Vt. Mr. CADDY 
 lives at Plainfield, Vt. Mr. LAMP lives at Norwich, 
 Conn. ; and Mr. WICK, at Guilford, Conn. Dane 
 cites the suit of Mr. CANDELL. 
 
67 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 As we leave our houses, we meet and converse with 
 Messrs. STREET, RHOADES, ROHDE, LANE, ALLEY, 
 WAY, BRIDGE, and LOWBRIDGE. Our SHIMMIN is 
 probably a corruption of chemin ("a way"). We 
 have also families of RUTTY, RUTZ, and HUBBELL. 
 In L. 636 is a deed of Miss DRAWBRIDGE. Mr. 
 RUTTY was an English writer in 1772. In Salem is 
 a family of LONGEWAY. GUTTERSON is a common 
 name with us. Mr. GUTTERMAN was passenger in 
 a late Cunard steamer. 
 
 The following utensils and articles may be pur- 
 chased of persons bearing the same names ; viz., 
 VIALL, EWER, PITCHER, GRATER, CANN, CAN, BASON, 
 CHALLIS, BRUSH, BROOME, HONE, Box, BOWLES, 
 BOLLES, BOLES, BIGGIN, BUTT, BUTTS, TUBES, TANK, 
 BINNS, HODDE, KETTLE, HAMMER, MALLET, LASH, 
 TWINE, BELL, STAN DISH, POTTS, POTTLE, POTT (L. 
 608), SPADE, BARROWS, SICKELS, and CHIRNES. We 
 have also Mr. BINNS, BINNEY, &c. Mr. CLEAVER, 
 Mr. HATCHETT, and Miss HATCHET, are among the 
 
68 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 subscribers to the Macklin Bible. Mr. HAMOR lives 
 at East Eden, Me. ; Mr. AUGUR and Mrs. TOOLE, at 
 New Haven. Our Mr. BORROWSCALE can, if he 
 chooses, put his name in practice. There was, in 
 1821, a THOMAS BARROW, Esq., of Manchester. 
 BUSHELL'S Works were published in 1660 ; BUTTS'S 
 Poems, in 1795 ; KOOP'S Works, in 1801. MALLET 
 wrote in 1740; KEADLER, in 1665; and WICKES, in 
 1761. Sir CLOUDESLY SHOVEL lived a hundred and 
 fifty years ago ; and Archeacon POTT, in 1821. Mr. 
 BOLE lives at South Ryegate, Vt. 
 
 Mathematics has its living Co AN, CONE, &c. ; and 
 very abstract ideas are represented by men and wo- 
 men. Mr. DEGREE lives at Hinesboro', Vt. ; Mr. 
 RATIO, at Bromfield, Me. ; Mr. FORCE, at Charle- 
 mont. Mr. CHOSE lives at Parsonsfield, Me. ; Mr. 
 VARY, at South Berwick, Me. ; Mr. GIVEN, at Bruns- 
 wick, Me. Mr. POWER holds an official station 
 among us. 
 
 Literature has its SCHOOLCRAFT, LEARNED, RIDDLE, 
 MAXIM, GLOSS, SPELLMAN, QUILLMAN, GRAMMER ; and 
 FLOWRY, READING, READ, SCRIBNER, SCOLLARD, SCRI- 
 VENER, USHER, SCHOULER, TOMES, LINES, RYMES, 
 NIBBS, MARKY, CONN, SLATE, WAFER, &c. In Eng- 
 land are families of STYLE, RYMER, POET, BARDS, 
 SERMON, &c. Mrs. LAYE was a subscriber to the 
 Macklin Bible. Mr. MAXHUM lives at Pomfret, 
 Conn. Rev. Mr. BARD lives at Freeport, Me. ; Mr. 
 PARRADEE, at Vergennes, Vt. There is a Dr. POET 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 69 
 
 in San Francisco. Dr. SYNTAX has probably no 
 representative out of the realms of fiction. Capt. 
 STAMP was lately wrecked. Mr. GRAMMER and Mr. 
 RIDDLE are also both law-students at Harvard. 
 Mr. TEACHEM lately died at Westport, Me. Mr. 
 TEACHOUT lives in Essex, Vt. ; and Mr. STILES, at 
 Middleton, Conn. 
 
 Law has furnished many names of families ; as 
 BRASS, its raw material, WYLES, LAW, LAWS, LAWLESS, 
 COURT, LEET, ROLL, RECORD, DOCKET, CASE, LEVY, 
 CHANCELLOR, JUDGE, JUSTICE, FOREMAN, SHERIFF, 
 SHERIFFS, CONSTABLE, MARSHALL, BEADLE, CRIER, 
 SUMNER (i. e., " summoner "), WARNING, WARNER, 
 WARN, SESSIONS, DUNN, DUNHAM, DUNNING, JEWETT, 
 SEWALL, FEE, FINES, BAIL, SEARCH, FERRITER, NABB, 
 KETCHUM (Mr. FETCHEM appears in the Middlesex 
 Records), and GREAVES. Mr. LEET lives at Brown- 
 ington, Conn. Mr. TESTE lives in Salem; and Mr. 
 RECORDS, at Fall River. JOHN DOE and RICHARD 
 ROE are not fictitious personages. J. G. FEE, of 
 Madison, Ky., is a clergyman, having apparently 
 mistaken his profession. PULLING and PYNCHON was 
 an old law-firm in Salem, colloquially called PULLEM 
 and PINCHEM. Dane cites the law-cases of LEGAL, 
 TITLE, FAIRTITLE, GOODTITLE, FETTER, &c. England 
 has its family of CATCHPOLE ; and among the sub- 
 scribers to the Macklin Bible are Mr. COURT, Mr. 
 FOREMAN, and Mr. LAW. Mr. RULE was an author, 
 who wrote in 1766. Gen. SHERIFFS was a sub- 
 
70 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 scriber to Thomson's "Seasons," uniting in himself 
 both civil and military powers. Sir Walter Scott 
 was involved by the failure of Mr. CONSTABLE. The 
 law is supposed to be expensive; but among the 
 latest English publications is one by Mr. SHILLING- 
 LAW. Mr. SPARROW was a member of the bar in 
 1839. Mr. SPARHAWK (i. e., " sparrow-hawk ") has 
 a more appropriate name, as have also Mr. SHEARS, 
 Mr. SHEARER,* Mr. SKINNER, Mr. KEEN, and Mr. 
 SCALEY. 
 
 We have two names which seem amenable to the 
 law, Mr. SWINDLE, Mr. SWINDELL, and Mr. ROBB ; 
 and, unless Mr. SHARPER and Mr. TRICKEY are care- 
 ful, their names will bring them into trouble. This 
 
 
 last name is very common in Bangor; but it is not 
 
 known whether the family own Eastern lands. Mr. 
 HOOKER has also an equivocal name. 
 
 Money has its representatives in families of MONEY, 
 FORTUNE, MEANS, COYNE, CASHMAN, CASH, CASHDOL- 
 LAR, FLUSH, TILL, HOPPER, BILL, GOLD, GOULD, 
 GOULDEN, GOLDEN, SILVER, SILLER, CROWN, MINTER, 
 &c. RICH is a very common name. The late elec- 
 tion resulted in the loss to Mr. POORE of a barrel 
 of apples. By an exchange of currency, England has 
 a MILL, while we have a PENNY, HAPENNY, HALF- 
 PENNY, PENCE, PENNIMAN, STERLING, &c. We have 
 also SCHELLINX (i. e., " shilling "), MARK, MARKS, and 
 FRANC. Mr. MARKES lives in Fletcher, Vt. The 
 families of TWOPENNY, FARTHING, and GROAT, how- 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 71 
 
 ever, have remained in England ; and Mr. DUCAT is 
 also found there. Dane cites the case of RUBLE. 
 JOHN POUNDS established the ragged-school system. 
 Mr. GROTE is the historian of Greece. 
 
 Thrift is represented by THRIFT, HOARD, HEAP, 
 CLOSE, GLADWIN, GAIN, GANE, GARNER, STOCKWELL, 
 WINN, GETTINGS, PICKENS, PICUP, HOLDING, CRIBBIN, 
 CRIBBY, MORE, MUCHEMORE, MUCHMORE, PAYE, LOVE- 
 LAND, MICKLEFIELD, &c. Mr. MOREHOUSE lives at 
 Highgate, Vt. Mr. MANYPENNY is Agent for Indian 
 Affairs. Mr. BORROWS is found in our late Probate 
 Records. GEORGE BORROW is a well-known English 
 author. Mr. GAINS lives at Willington, Conn. ; Mr. 
 PICK, at Providence, R.I. Dane cites the cases of 
 SHEERS, GRINDSTONE, and TYTE. In England live 
 families of PROFIT, SAVEALL, SHAVEALL, SCRAPESCIN, 
 SELF, TREASURE, and TREASURER: this latter name 
 is that of the most lucrative of all modern employ- 
 ments. I once heard of a person's remarking, " If I 
 am only the executor of a will, I don't care who 
 are the legatees." 
 
72 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 CHARITY has its GRANT (a name borne by one among 
 us truly distinguished for that quality), BOON, DOLE, 
 PENSION, RANSOM, GIVENS, BEGG, BEGGS, and PLEA- 
 SURE. England has a family named CHARITY. Col. 
 Bo ONE is celebrated in the early history of Kentucky. 
 Mr. GIVING became, perhaps from his too great 
 liberality, a United-States bankrupt. A new London 
 edition of the " Pilgrim's Progress " is edited by 
 GEORGE OFFOR. 
 
 Commerce and navigation have furnished us with 
 the names of NAVY, FLEET, SHIPPEN, VESSELL, BARGE, 
 CARRICK, BRIGMAN, BRIGGS, SKIFF, Scow, CUDDY, 
 DOREY, HULL, DECK, DECKE, HATCHES, HELM ; also 
 CABLE, GUY, HOY, SAYLES, and ANCHOR ; CALKINS, 
 WHARFF, WHORF, PIER, PIERS, FERRY, CREW, DER- 
 RICK, BEACON, MARTS, BARTER* SALE, SELLING, LOAN, 
 BYERS, BYUS, DICKERMAN, PRICE, and CHART. There 
 is a deed from JOHN PROW in L. 153. Mr. SHIPPE 
 lives at Brooklyn, Conn. ; Mr. CAULKINS, at East 
 Lyme, Conn. ; Mr. COYLE, at Machias, Me. ; Mr. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 73 
 
 CARRIQUE, at Pawtucket ; Mr. SHIPPER, at Rhode 
 Island. A Mr. HELME lives at Newport, R.I. ; Mr. 
 MARINE, at Richmond, Me. Mr. GOODSELL lives at 
 East Sheldon, Vt. STARBIRD has a nautical rather 
 than an ornithological sound. Mr. STARBOARD him- 
 self lives at Lubec, Me. Dane cites the cases of Mr. 
 LEWARD and Mr. BOATS. Families of BARGE, KEEL, 
 MAST, and SPAR, exist in England ; also of TRADER, 
 CHEAP, and MAPS. Who has not heard of STERNE 
 and of STERN HOLD 1 Mr. Bo ATE was an author in 
 1652, as were also Mr. SALE and Mr. SELLER. 
 Among the subscribers to Thomson's " Seasons " is 
 Rev. Mr. BRIGSTOCK. Mr. LADING, of Baltimore, 
 was recently drowned. 
 
 Dignities, temporal and ecclesiastical, are seen in 
 POWERS, MONARCH, REGAL, REGALLY, ROYAL, ROY, 
 REX (L. 655, f. 282), KING, PRINCE, PRINCESS, 
 GRANDY, PEERS, EARL, EARLE, DUKE, BARRON, BA- 
 RON, VISCOUNT, MARQUIS, NOBLE, LORD, HERR (i. e., 
 " lord "), LAIRD, CHEVALIER, MASTERS, MAYER, GEN- 
 TREY, SQUIRE, SQUIER, FRANKLIN, ^CADY, BRAMAN, 
 POPE, LEGATE, BISHOP, CROSIER, CROZIER, SEE, STALL, 
 MORSE, SHREVE, ABBOT, McVicKER, DEAN, PRIOR, 
 PRIARY, PROCTER, WARDEN, SEXTON, CLARK, VESTER- 
 MAN, MAJOR, CAPT, CORPORAL, SARGENT, and HERALD. 
 Mr. ENSIGN was a member of the bar in 1839. Mr. 
 CORNETT is a member of the Unitarian Association. 
 Mr. LANDGRAVE'S estate is now in process of settle- 
 ment. Mr. PRESIDENT lives at Windsor, Vt. ; Mr. 
 
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74 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 PROVOST, at Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. THAINE lives at 
 New Salem, Mass. Mr. RANKS lives at Bath, Me. 
 We have from subordinate posts the names of 
 STEWART, USHER, VALLETT, BEADLE, BEADLESTON, 
 FOOTMAN, CLERK, COOK, COOKSON, GROOM, PRENTICE, 
 DRIVER, FOREMAN, CHAMBERLAIN, LACKY, LACKEY, 
 HERTHMAN, TUBMAN, HENCHMAN (JOHN CARRIER is 
 postmaster at Middle Haddam, Conn.), PAGE, WORK- 
 MAN, and HOUSEMAN. Rev. Mr. ALDERMAN was 
 settled at Milbury. Among the graduates of Har- 
 vard is the name of HENCK (" Hencker " is the 
 German for " hangman "). 
 
 In England are families of ALDERMAN, COUNCIL- 
 MAN, OFFICER, EMPEROR, &c. BEDLE'S Works were 
 published in 1610. Mrs. MASTERS'S Poems appeared 
 in 1733. MACE'S Sermons were published in 1751 ; 
 and Mr. HELPS has just published a work on 
 " Spanish Conquests in America." Salem furnishes 
 many families of MONARCH, and one IMPERIAL. Mr. 
 GRANDEY lives in Vergennes, Vt. Dane cites the 
 law-case of VAST versus GAWDY. 
 
 Trades and occupations are a most prolific source 
 of names. Thus we have SMITH (a host of them- 
 selves), WRIGHT, MASON, CARPENTER, BOARDMAN, 
 BORDMAN, &c. We have very many BAKERS, one 
 BAKE, one BAKEWELL, and also one BUNN ; and we 
 have BAXTER (which means " baker "), BRAZIER, BRA- 
 ZER, BURNISH, BREWER, BREWSTER (Mr. BREW figures 
 in Lib. 81), BARBER, BUTLER, BANKER, BARKER (i. e., a 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 75 
 
 " tanner "), BINDER, BUTTONMAN, BOOTMAN, COLEMAN, 
 COLMAN, COOPER, COTTER, CHANDLER, CHAPMAN, CHIP- 
 MAN, CLOTHIER, CURRIER, CUTLER, CUTTER, CUTTING, 
 SAWIN, CARTER, CARTWRIGHT, CARVER, COLLIER, 
 COKER ; also CLOUTMAN, CARRIER, and CROCKER 
 (i. e., " a potter "). DITCHER is engaged in the 
 Puseyite controversy. We have DELVER, DRAPER, 
 DYER, DYRE, DIMAN, STAINER, STAINES, FARMER, 
 AKERMAN (i. e., " a farmer "), FISHER, FULLER, FOR- 
 RESTER, FYLER, FURMAN, GLOVER, GROVER, GLAZIER, 
 GARDNER, GOLDSMITH, GAGER (Mr. HOSIER lives at 
 Nantucket ; and Mr. HARROWER, at Newburyport), 
 HOOPER, JENNER (i.e., "joiner"), (Mr. JOYNER lives 
 at Richmond, Vt. ; and Mr. JOINER, at Sheffield, 
 Mass.), LEADBEATER (a Mr. LEADBEATER'S Poems 
 were published in Dublin in 1808 ; Mr. LYME- 
 BURNER lives at Brookville, Me.), MERCHANT, MILLER, 
 MILMAN, MEALEY, MERCER, MONK, MOWE, MOWER, 
 MARINER, MINER, MINING, MILKMAN, NOURSE, NURSE, 
 NAYLOR, NUTTER, PACKER, PILOTT, PLUMMER, PAL- 
 MER, PARKER, PARKMAN, POTTER, PAINTER, PITMAN, 
 RANGER, SLATER, SHEPHERD, SADLER, SOPER, SALTER, 
 SCHUMAN, SHOEMAKER, SUTOR (i. e., " shoemaker "), 
 (Mr. SCHOONMAKER lives at Springfield), SAWYER, 
 SAYER, SOWER, SOWMAN, SPICER, SKINNER, SHEARER 
 (these two names may also indicate a snug disposi- 
 tion in money-matters), SHEARMAN (Lib. 131), SEA- 
 MANS, SPINNEY, SPINDLER, SPINNER, TAYLOR, TAILER, 
 TOLMAN, TURNER, THATCHER, TANNER, TUCKER (i. e., 
 
76 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 " a fuller "), TINKER, and TYLER. Ark, a chest, 
 gives us ARKWRIGHT. We have also, in like man- 
 ner, WHEELWRIGHT, WAINWRIGHT, &c. ; WEBSTER, 
 WEBBER, WEAVER, WATERMAN, WHEELER, WASHER, 
 WOODMAN, WORKMAN, and YEOMAN. A Mr. BUN 
 lives at Sudbury, Vt. ; Mr. WAGONER, at Litchfield, 
 Conn. 
 
 We have also families of GUILD, CRAFT, CRAFTS, 
 LABOR, SERVICE, FAIRSERVICE, and WORK ; and in 
 England are families of SKILL, &c. Mr. WORKS lives 
 at Lowell, Vt. ; and Mr. TOYL, at Gardiner, Me. 
 
77 
 
 CHAPTEE XVII. 
 
 THE products of the various trades and occupations 
 are also most extensively represented in family names. 
 Thus we have families of SAMPLE, BARR, STAPLES, 
 STAPLE, WYRE, WIER, WYER, WINCH, STEEL, HONE, 
 WARE, WEDGE, WELD, SICKELS, BARROWS, MATTOCK, 
 SPADE (Mr. SPADY is a son of Harvard ; Mr. ROBERT 
 RAIKES is identified with one department of philan- 
 thropy in Great Britain), MALLET, TOOL, LATHE, TOY, 
 TWINE, LINES, ROPES, FELT, MACE, COFFEE, WHITING, 
 EMERY, DOUGH, GLASS, GLEW, PIPE, MILK, SUGAR, 
 SAULT, SALTONSTALL, BUTTERS, BUTTER, ROLL, MALDT, 
 PICKELL, PICKLES, PEPPER, PEPPERS, RICK, RICKS, 
 SEGAR, TANN, STAFF, TAK, YOKE, AXEL, LINDSEY, 
 
 LlNZEE, WOOL, WOOLLEY, SHEARS, SflEARIN, DoCK- 
 
 HAM, DOCKUM, &c. Mrs. PICKLES recently created 
 a disturbance in a school because her child had 
 been punished. Mr. SALT is well known in connec- 
 tion with Belzoni's Egyptian researches. Mr. WINE- 
 GAR became a United-States bankrupt. Mr. FILES 
 lives at Gorham, Me. ; and Mr. WIRES, at Burling- 
 ton, Vt. Mr. LOOM lives at Monterey, Mass. We 
 
78 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 have WEY, PASTREE, and JELLY. This last is a very 
 common name in Salem, where is also a family of 
 HONEYCOMB and of CREAMER. Mr. CANDEE lives at 
 New Haven ; and Mr. GATES, at Vassalborough, Me. 
 Mrs. PYE'S Poems were published in England in 
 1767; and Mr. PYE was an author in 1807. The 
 families of CREAM, CUSTARD, SUET, RAISIN, and 
 PUDDING, seem also to have remained in England, as 
 have also ALUM, BALSAM, CANDY, PACKET, BASKET, 
 BOTTLE, BUCKETT, HAMPER, JUGG, PAIL, TUB, and 
 TROWELL. Among the subscribers to the Macklin 
 Bible is Mr. CHEESEMAN ; and among those to the 
 " Odyssey " are Mrs. TWINE, Mr. HEWERS, and Mr. 
 OYLES. At Bowdoinham, Me., are two named MUS- 
 TARD ; and Mr. KENISTER lives in Dukes County. 
 
 From locomotion and horsemanship, we have the 
 names of HUNT, HUNTER, HUNTRESS, HUNTING, 
 CHASE, TRAILL ; also HORSMAN, RIDER, HIDEOUT, 
 RYDE, DRIVER, ROWELL, SPURR, O'CHAISE, SCHAYE, 
 SHAYS, SHAY, SCHLEY, DRAY, WHAINS (L. 659), 
 WAIN, WATGIG (" what a gig ! "), SPAVIN, CURRY, 
 OSLER, STABLER, STALL, and CANTER. A Mr. CURRY 
 is Governor of Oregon. Mr. OSLER, of Salem, is a 
 clergyman. BRIDLE was left behind in England; 
 as were also GIRTH, GOAD, TACKLE, and TRA- 
 VELLER. Perhaps our Mr. BUGGEY ought to be 
 regarded as a substantive rather than an adjective. 
 Mr. HUNTS lives at Canaan, Conn. 
 
 Before railroads were invented, we had CARR, 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 79 
 
 CARS, CARMAN, and TRAIN. We have SCULLEY, 
 SCULLIM, HOWE, LE Row, BAIL, BALEM, DOREY, 
 STEARMAN, SHIPLEY, and SHIPMAN. GEORGE STEERS 
 was the most distinguished naval architect in New 
 York or in the United States. Mr. COCKSON lives 
 at North Bennington, Vt. 
 
 In games we have GAMBLE (L. 397), GAMBELL, 
 GAMBLING, BILLIARD, CHEQUER, BASSETT, HAZARD, 
 RISK, MONTE', LEW, PIQUET, CHESSMAN, PROPST, 
 BETTON, BETTER, BETTS, BIDWELL, DEAL, DEEL, 
 DEALEY, SORTWELL, SORTOR, HAPGOOD, LUCKIS, 
 NICKS, Nix, LOTTS, TA&LY, CUE ; also WAGITT, 
 WYNNE, and WINN. Perhaps Mr. BETTER comes 
 among this company, rather than with GOOD and 
 BEST. Miss CARD made a deed in L. 522, f. 51. 
 In our Directory for 1835 are families of CARD. A 
 Mr. CARD lives at COLUMBIA, Conn. Judge BETTS 
 is a United-States District Judge in New York. Mr. 
 BURLINGAME is our member of Congress. Dr. WA- 
 GER is a physician at Burlington, Vt. Mr. DICY 
 lives at Alton, N.H. ; Mr. BIDWELL, at Langdon, 
 N.H. ; Mr. PACK, at Tolland, Conn. ; Mr. DEALING, 
 at Bangor, Me. In England are also found families 
 of CARDS, WHIST, WAGER, LUCK, GOODLUCK, HAS- 
 LUCK, and Loss. Among the subscribers to the " Odys- 
 sey " is Mr. PACK. PLAYER'S case, and TRUMPER'S, 
 are cited by Dane. LUCK'S Poems were published 
 in 1727. One of the best text-books on the Law 
 of Powers was written by CHANCE. Rev. Mr. UNWIN 
 
80 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 was a subscriber to Thomson's "Seasons." PLAY- 
 FAIR is eminent, and DYCE is well known in English 
 literature. Mr. BIDDER is Superintendent of the 
 Grand Trunk Bailway. Mr. LUCKE lives at Great 
 Barrington. There has been a good deal of gam- 
 bling at Harvard College in old times, but only two 
 graduates bear that name. 
 
 In sports we have also KYTE, TOPP, TOY, SCATES, 
 BOWLES, BOWLER, BALL, and BALLS; also FOWLER, 
 GUNNING, &c. The most celebrated beauties in 
 English society in the last century were the two 
 Irish Miss GUNNINGS. A suit is pending (1856) 
 between AMES and SPARROW. Our Mr. DODAVAH 
 SCATES has, in all respects, a peculiar name. 
 
 From war we derive the names of WARR, WAR- 
 FIELD, GORE, BLOOD, SLAUGHTER, CONQUEST, AM- 
 BUSH, ARCHER, ARMOUR, BOWE, BOWES, BOWMAN, 
 BROADBENT, BILLS, BROUNBILL (an old weapon), 
 BILLMAN, CARRIBINE, FLETCHER (from fleche, " an 
 arrow "), SHIELD, SHIELDS, SWORDS, HILT, TILT, 
 GAUNTLET, TARGET, TENT, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CHAM- 
 PION, HERALD, SENTRY, LANCEY, DART, SPEAR, SPIERS, 
 POIGNARD, PIKE, PIERCE, STABBS, STAAB, HACKETT, 
 
 HEWS, CUTTS, KlLGORE, KlLBRIDE, KlLLER, KlLLY, 
 
 GUNN, CANNON, POWDERLY, PRIME, AMES, SCHOTT, 
 SHOTTER, SHUTE,* BOOMER, BANG, BANGS, PINKHAM, 
 HITT, SALVO, BATTLE, BATTELLE, BATTLES, BATTER, 
 BATTERMAN, SHATTER, TRAIN, TRAINER, SOLGER, 
 
 * SHUTE is probably from clmle (" a fall "). 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 81 
 
 FORWARD, MARCH, NEWMARCH, DRUMMER, FLAGG, 
 BANNER, BUNTIN, GARRISON, TROOP, VALORY, Foss, 
 &c. We have also among us the German names 
 of HELD (" hero "), DEGEN (" sword "), and BOGEN 
 ("bow"), &c. In Stowe, Vt., is Mr. SALLIES; in 
 Fairfax, Vt, Mr. HALBERT. Our Mr. GAUNTLETT 
 died in 1852. Mr. MARCH ALL lives in New Haven. 
 Lieut. DRUM figures in the troubles in Kansas. Mr. 
 COCKING lives at Woodstock, Conn. ; Mr. TRUCE, at 
 Levant, Me. Dane cites the case of Mr. CHAL- 
 LENGER. An ancient weapon and modern means of 
 attack and defence are united in the name of BOW- 
 DITCH. Mr. WARDWELL has a good name for resist- 
 ance. By a singular coincidence, I do not find the 
 name of PEACE anywhere except in Salem. Dane 
 mentions a suit brought by Mr. PEACEABLE. Mr. 
 VICTORY lately died in Marblehead. In England, 
 there are families of PASSE, DAGGER, LANCE, Mus- 
 KETT, PISTOL, ARMORY, BLADES, CHALLENGER, COCK- 
 SHOTT, OFFICER, &c. Mr. ARROWSMITH is a cotton 
 broker in Liverpool. I find also, in 1800, the names 
 of FORT and FURLOW. There was an English author 
 named WADD in 1811. Dane cites the case of Mr. 
 THRU STOUT. Rev. Mr. WARREY was a subscriber to 
 Thomson's " Seasons." Mr. VALLIANT was an Eng- 
 lish engraver. Among our Massachusetts physicians 
 are Drs. CHAMPION, HERO, and CAMP; and our law- 
 yers furnish Mr. MANLEY and Mr. ENSIGN. A recent 
 
 graduate of Harvard College is named RIGGIN BUCK- 
 IT 
 
82 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 LER. We have BICKERS, BRALLEY, HARRAS, TAUNT, 
 MADDEN, CLASH, LASH, LASHER, WHALEN, FAUGHT, 
 POUNDER, PUSHEE, PUNCH, THRESHER, WHIPPEN, 
 WHIPPING, BACKER, BOXALL, KNOCK, KNOX, CUFF, 
 HURLL, LYNCH, CLINCH, MAUL, GOUGE, and BURK. 
 Mr. WHIPPEY lives at Nantucket. Perhaps THRASHER 
 should be introduced into this company rather than 
 among fishes. Mr. WHIPP is found in South Lyme, 
 Conn. Mr. STROKES lives in Manchester, N.H. Mr. 
 STRYKER is a candidate for the mayoralty of Brooklyn. 
 Mr. FLING lives in Gardiner, Me. Mr. HURTER lives 
 at Littleton, Conn. ; Mr. BUMPUS, at Wareham, Mass. 
 Who has not heard of STRYPE'S " Annals and Memo- 
 rials '"? GOUGE'S "Domestic Duties," published in 
 1634, is less generally known; as is the publication 
 of Mr. CUFFE in 1633. The ancestor of our Mr. 
 AMMIDOWN was probably floored. 
 
83 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 FROM diseases we have the names FITTS, FITZ, 
 BYLES, AIKEN, AYLIXG, RICKETTS, BANE, BANES, 
 FATAL, &c. Mr. FEVERYEAR was a graduate at 
 Harvard. Mr. AILMAN lives at Newport, R.I. In 
 England are found families of HEADACHE, CRAMP, 
 FEVER, AGUE, AKENSIDE, BUNYAN, and even GUM- 
 BOIL and PIMPLE. Mr. HEADEACH was a subscri- 
 ber to the Macklin Bible. As an offset to these 
 names, we have TRUSS, SETRIGHT, POTTECARY, LEACH, 
 LEECH, HEALEY, HEAL, HEALD, WELLMAN, MIXER, 
 MESSER, PILLSBURY, SETON, WORMWOOD, GARLICK, 
 HARTSHORN, TANSEY, MARJORAM, MULLEN, CRUSE 
 (L. 229), KRUSE, &c. A Mr. Mix was a Harvard 
 graduate : others of the name now live at New 
 Haven, and at Warren, Vt. A Mr. PILLING is found 
 at Stockbridge, and another at Lynnfield. Mr. 
 STILLWELL lives at Fall River, Mass. MOTHERWELL'S 
 Poems are familiar to us all. CRUISE'S " Digest " is 
 one of the best text-books of English law. In Eng- 
 land are families of PILLEY, PURGE, &c. There was 
 
84 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 a JOHN SODA in Queen Elizabeth's time. Dr. TOOTH- 
 AKER, of Middlesex County, is a general practitioner, 
 not a mere dentist. Dr. BUMP, of Freetown, is not 
 exclusively a surgeon ; nor was Mr. THOMAS BUMP, 
 of Bristol County, a mere criminal lawyer. 
 
 Besides the numerous list of drinking names 
 already alluded to, we have INMAN, TAVERNER, 
 BIBBINS, TIFT, TAPLEY, POTTLE (L. 618, f. 47), COR- 
 DIAL, CORKER, SHERRY, CIDERS, BEERS, BERE, MULL, 
 EUMERY, &c. The name of SIPPLE, perhaps cor- 
 rupted from TIPPLE, occurs in L. 679. Mrs. TIFFTS 
 lived in Salem. We have the names of DREYER and 
 MUGRIDGE. Mr. CATER lives at Barrington, N.H. 
 In England are families of SACK, RUM, ALE, DRAM, 
 DRUNKEN, GIN, CLARET, COIGNAC, PORT, DRINKMILK, 
 DRINKDREGS, PLEDGER, DRYER, SOMEDRY, SOBER, 
 MUDDLE, TIPPLE, and UDRINK. One Mr. LEES lives 
 at Westport, Conn. ; another at Winchendon, Mass. ; 
 and Mr. DRIGGS, at Cheshire, Conn. Another Mr. 
 POTTLE lives at Northport, Me. ; Mr. BEEKER, at 
 Fitchburg, Mass. BEVEREDGE'S Works were pub- 
 lished in 1720; CHEARE'S Works, in 1668; PHILO- 
 POT'S Works, in 1672; and GLASS'S Works, in 1752. 
 Among the subscribers to Thomson's " Seasons " 
 is Mrs. SOBER. A Mr. WINEGAR lives at Hartford, 
 Conn. 
 
 We have families of BUTT, ORR, FROM, THUS, 
 How, WARE, WATT, and WYE. Dane cites the 
 case of Mr. YEA ; and in England there exist 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 85 
 
 families of AND, BY, TRULY, Ho, HUM, Lo, YETT, 
 TRY, HELPUSGOD, BYTHEWAY, and HANGITT. ORR'S 
 Sermons were published in 1739 ; and OVER'S Archi- 
 tecture, in 1758. An ancient English navigator was 
 named WITH. Mr. ABOUT has written about Greece. 
 Dane cites a case of Mr. ALWAYS. Within the pre- 
 sent year, there has been recorded a deed to Mr. 
 ONLY (L. 694). Among the graduates of Harvard 
 College, I find the names of SEE and PUGH. Mr. 
 MALISON was a United-States bankrupt. Miss FUDGE 
 changed her name by matrimony, doubtless for the 
 better, in July, 1856. I do not know whether she 
 was connected with the family whose travels in Paris 
 form one of the most amusing works of fiction in the 
 language. Mr. MYGATT (" my God ! ") lives at New 
 Milford, Conn ; PUDOR (" oh, shame ! "), at Portland. 
 Mr. HUGH PUGH is found in Guilford, Vt. ; and Mr. 
 PISHON lives at Vassalborough, Me. 
 
 The English have the names of BIGOD, OLYFATHER, 
 &c. DICKENS is the most popular writer of the age. 
 We have the word S WARES ; also the ejaculations 
 
 GODSOE, GORHEY, GoRI, SlREE, MYHE, HlST, HAARK, 
 
 SELAH, LIST, LOOK, and FARWELL. Mr. FAREWELL 
 lives in Albany, Vt. ; and Mr. GOODBY is a clergyman 
 in East Poultney, Vt. 
 
86 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 MANY Christian names appear among us as sur- 
 names ; as AARON, ADAM, ALFRED, ALONZO, AN- 
 DREW, ARTHUR, AMBROSE, AUGUSTUS, GUSTUS, Guss, 
 BEN, BENN, CALVIN, CHRISTOPHER, CASPER, CHARLES, 
 DANIELL, DAVID, EDGAR, EDWARD, EDMOND, ELI, ELY, 
 ELISHA, ENOS, ENOCH, FERDINAND, FRANCIS, FREDE- 
 RICK, GILES, GEORGE, GREGORY, HENRY, HOSEA, 
 HUGH, ISAAC, LITTLE JOHN, JOB, JOSEPH, JOSHUA, 
 LAWRENCE, LEVI, LEWIS, LUKE, LUTHER, MOSES, 
 OLIVER, PATRICK, PAUL, RALPH, SAUL, SOLOMON, 
 STEPHEN (L. 630), THOMAS, THOM, WILL, WILLEY. 
 WALTER has been eminent in the editorial line, 
 at the head of the great London " Times " and of 
 the little " Transcript." Mr. TIMS was a subscriber 
 to the " Odyssey." We had two members of the 
 bar named respectively BENJAMIN JAMES and JAMES 
 BENJAMIN. In Salem are families of DAN, NOAH, 
 SAUL, and NICK. 
 
 A vast number of surnames are derived from 
 Christian names by the prefix of AP, MAC, or FITZ; 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 87 
 
 or by the addition of SON at the end, or of COCK, 
 used as a diminutive (as, " my little cock "). Thus 
 ADAM gives us ADAMS, &c. ; ANDREW gives ANDREWS, 
 &c. ; ISAAC gives ISAACKS, HISCOCK, &c. ; JACOB gives 
 JACOBS ; JOHN gives JONES, JACKSON, JOHNSON, JACK, 
 &c., and even HANCOCK ; OLIVER gives NOLL ; PETER 
 gives PETERS, PETERSON, and even PERKINS, PIERCE, 
 PARR, &c. ; RICHARD gives RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, 
 DICK, DICKS, Dix, DICKSON, DIXON, DICKMAN, &c. ; 
 ROBERT gives ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, &c. 
 BABSON is perhaps BOBSON. SAUL gives SAULS ; STE- 
 PHEN gives STEVENS, STEVENSON, STEPHENSON, &c. ; 
 SAMUEL gives SAMUELS, SAMPSON (in 1828, I find 
 a Mr. SAMS, of Darlington) ; THOMAS gives THOMPSON, 
 TIMOTHY, TIMSON, &c. ; WILLIAM gives WILLIAMS, 
 WILLIAMSON, &c. 
 
 BARRY and PARRY are both supposed to be 
 derived fr6m AP HARRY, AUSTIN from ST. AUGUS- 
 TINE, HODGES from ROGER, HALLET from ALLAN, 
 TUDOR from THEODORE, TIMMINS from TIMOTHY, 
 EVERETT from EVERARD, ELLIS from ELIAS; and 
 BRYANT, DURANT, DODD, EDDY, EDES, GOODWIN, 
 HAMMOND, HARDING, HARVEY, SEARLE, SEW ALL, and 
 WARNER are all said to be derived from obsolete 
 Christian names. CRADOCK is from the Welch Chris- 
 tian name CARADOC. 
 
 Many names, derived from the Saxon or other 
 sources, are made up of endings or parts which had 
 an appropriate meaning. Thus COTT is an abbre- 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 viation of " cottage ; " ENDICOTT, " cottage at the 
 end ; " MIDDLECOTT, &c. ; PRESCOTT, or " priest's cot- 
 tage." Perhaps, however, this stands for " prest- 
 coat," derived from a tailor. BRAD means " broad ; " 
 and ING, " a meadow ; " BRADING, " broad meadow." 
 ING also means " progeny," as in BEARING, &c. 
 HAME, or HAM, means " a home," " farm," or " a 
 village;" as, CUNNINGHAM, BRIGHAM. SALL means 
 " a hall ; " as, INGERSALL, " meadow hall." BURY, " a 
 house ; " as, BRADBURY, &c. FORD and BRIDGE ; as, 
 SANDFORD or SANFORD, and the seats of the two 
 great universities, Oxford and Cambridge. PONT 
 means " a bridge ; " as in PIERPONT, WOODBRIDGE. 
 FORTH means " a way ; " as, DANFORTH. THROP, 
 or THROPE, means " a village ; " as, WINTHROP, 
 " wine village." LEDGE or LIDGE ; as, COOLIDGE, 
 &c. DIKE or DITCH; as, THORNDIKE, BABBIDGE or 
 BABBAGE, BOWDITCH. SHAW, " a small, shady wood ; " 
 as, BRADSHAW: it is itself one of our chief names. 
 CROFT, " a little enclosure near a house ; " as, BAN- 
 CROFT, &c. BECK and BURN, " a small stream ; " as, 
 BECKFORD or BICKFORD, WASHBURN, BLACKBURN, 
 TROUTBECK, &c. LEE, LEA, LAY or LEY, LEITH or 
 LETH, " a field " or " pasture ; " as, BRADLEE, BRIN- 
 LEY, WALLEY, EVELETH, &c. KAMPE or KEMP, from 
 "campus" a plain or field. WOOD; as, HARWOOD, 
 UNDERWOOD, ATWOOD, &c. HURST or BOSK, " a small 
 wood ; " as, ASHHURST, PARKHURST. WIE or WICH, 
 "a village" or "a bay;" as, HARDWICK, NORWICH. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 89 
 
 HILL ; as, CHURCHILL, UNDERBILL, &c. LING, " a 
 pool from which a river flows ; " as, HAMLING or 
 HAMLIN. MERE, " a lake ; " as, LECHMERE, &c. 
 STEAD or STED, " a shore " or " place ; " as, BURCH- 
 
 STEAD, BUMSTEAD, &C. STAN, STANE, Or STONE ; as, 
 
 BLACKSTONE. KNAPP, " a protuberance ; " as, BEL- 
 KNAP. NETT, abbreviation of " nettle ; " as, BENNETT. 
 Low means " a flame or fire," " a head," " a small 
 hill," or " gentle rise of ground ; " as, BIGLOW, 
 WIN SLOW, &c. TON means " a hedge " or " wall," 
 but is often probably used as TOWN ; as, APPLETON, 
 MILTON, &c. DEN, " a valley " or "woody place ; " as, 
 HAMPDEN. LAIR or LAER ; as, VAN RENSSELAER. 
 MARSH is very common ; and we have TIDMARSH (i. e., 
 " tide-marsh "), &c. BRAY, " a bank of earth ; " BURY 
 or BURG, and CHAR or CAR, " a city ; " VALE or VALL, 
 DALE or DALL, POOL or POLL, are all parts of our 
 surnames. Also WATER ; as in ATWATER, &c. 
 
 Many names end with STREET, GATE, TREE, WAY, 
 c. ; as, BRADSTREET, SOUTHGATE, SHUMWAY, &c. 
 
 END itself is sometimes the end of a surname ; 
 as in TOWNSEND, &c. 
 
 12 
 
90 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 MANY names are undoubtedly the mere result of mis- 
 take or mis-spelling. Thus, in 1844, one JOSEPH 
 GALLIANO died in Boston ; and, in our Probate 
 Records, he has the alias of JOSEPH GALLON, that 
 having been his popular name. So PLAMBOECK, in 
 some of our conveyances, became PLUMB A CK. These 
 are names in a transition state. So likewise a 
 Spanish boy, having the Christian name of BENITO, 
 pronounced Ben^to, who shipped with Dr. Bowditch 
 in one of his voyages (as mentioned in his Memoir, 
 1839), became BEN EATON. So also a foundling, 
 named PERSONNE (i. e., " nobody "), became Mr. 
 PEARSON. Many foreign names are entirely altered 
 by translation. Thus PIERPONT would be STONE- 
 BRIDGE. And, if not translated, they often wholly 
 lose their original significance. Thus the German 
 GUTMAN should be GOODMAN, &c. It is not only 
 gravely asserted, it is considered to be proved, that 
 the French "jour " is derived from the Latin " dies" 
 through the changes of diurno, journo, jour. Many 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 91 
 
 grotesque names are known to have been given to 
 foundlings. 
 
 Many other names have, from time to time, been 
 silently changed. Thus the BLAGUE family, of this 
 county, became BLAKE ; EVEREDD was altered to 
 WEBB ; FITZPEN became PHIPPEN. It is said that 
 NYE ended in NOTES. Other names are pronounced 
 so differently from the mode in which they are 
 spelt as to be hardly recognized. Thus the English 
 names of CHOLMONDELY and COCKBURN are CHUMLEY 
 and COBURN ; and a fellow-collegian from the South, 
 Mr. TALIAFERRO, was Mr. TOLLIVER, &c. Such 
 names, in the course of time, often become spelt 
 as they are pronounced. Thus PUTNAM is supposed 
 to be PUTTENHAM ; FROTHINGHAM, to be FOTHER- 
 INGHAM, &c. SNOOKS is known to be an abbreviation 
 of SEVENOAKS. 
 
 Very many names were annually changed by au- 
 thority of the General Court, sometimes decidedly 
 for the better, but often with little or no improve- 
 ment. It is a remarkable circumstance, that since 
 the jurisdiction of this matter has been given to the 
 Judges of Probate in the respective counties, so that 
 sufferers in name can no longer claim the sympathy 
 of the whole Commonwealth, the number of those 
 who apply to the law for relief is very small. 
 
 A mere abstract of the names changed by the 
 Legislature would be very amusing. Thus we find 
 BROADBROOKS, 1805; SNUPE, 1806; BUMSIDE, 1807; 
 
92 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 LINKHORNEW, 1808; FRICKEY, 1824; TINK, 1826; 
 SLATE, 1827; CROUCH, 1832; TURN, 1837; FEACHEM, 
 1845; PEDDER, 1847; &c. Mr. PEPPER MIXER, in 
 1810, retained his surname, while he parted with 
 his Christian name. Mr. THODE COATS, in 1814, 
 followed his example. SAMUEL QUINCE WHITEFOOT, 
 on the contrary, in 1833, liked his Christian name, 
 and merely dropped the foot. An entire family of 
 CORPORAL, in 1847, laid aside that dignity ; and a 
 very numerous family of VEST divested themselves in 
 1848. Mr. THOMAS JEST, in 1850, decided that it 
 was no joke to retain such a name any longer. 
 
 The following names still exist among us, the 
 derivation of some of which is not very obvious ; 
 viz., ADWERS, ALCORN, AREY, ASAG, AXTALL, ADES, 
 ALKER, ALVONERE, ANGUERRA, ANNAPLE, ANAZIN, 
 APPOLLONIO, ARRIS ALL, ATROPLICH, ATTA, AULD, 
 AUTY, AZARIAN, ATHEARN, AvERILL, ARBOGAST (Mr. 
 ARSENAULT lives at Swanton, Vt); BABB, BABBS, 
 BABO, BAETGE, BARCAVE, BARRUS, BARSENTER, BARTA, 
 BASTA, BAXTUX, BEDEL, BESENT, BEMENT, BINNSE, 
 BITTLE, BLAIN, BLEASE, BLINN, BLISH, BLOS, BLUTE, 
 BORS, BOTT, BOTUME, BoUVES, BoODY, BRAAN, BREE, 
 BRECK, BRISCOE, BUB, BYUS, BYWATERS (Mr. BRAM 
 lives at Pittston, Me.); CALDER, CADDICK, CALNAN, 
 CAME, CANAN, CANEDAY, CANEGALY, CARDIAL, CART- 
 LEDGE, GARY, CASMAY, CASTY, GATES, CAUP, CAUL- 
 BACK, CHARD, CHISM, CHITHRICK, CHIZEN, CHUTE, 
 CLEGG, CLERKIN, CLENDININ, CLINE, COMBER, COMBOY, 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 93 
 
 COMSETT, COPP, CORP, CRAWSHAW, CREECH, CREGO, 
 CRIMLISK, CRUMP, CUDDY, CULL, CUMBER, CUNTZ, 
 CUDWORTH, CURRY, CURICK, CODWISE, CUTCLIFF (Mr. 
 CYS and Mr. CYR live at Madewaska, Me. ; Mr. 
 CRAW lives at Norwalk, Conn. ; Mr. CRUMP, at New 
 London, Conn., and also at Whately, Mass.) ; DASH A, 
 DARDY, DAPMAR, DARRAH, DARROW, DARTADY, 
 DEACY, DEARBY, DEFRITES, BENCH, DETURBE, DE- 
 
 VAR, DlBBLEE, DlGGLES, DlLL, DlLLENBACK, DlNG- 
 WELL, DlNTER, DoCKHAM, DoUDICAN, DuQUID, DREW, 
 
 DUFF, DUSTIN, DWELLE; EARNRIGO, EASBY, EASON, 
 ELIAERS, ESSON, ESBACK, ESTLE, ERQUIT, ERDIS, 
 ELIOT, EVERETT ; FAGUE, FANNING, FAOUR, FARDLE, 
 FARDY, FARN, FASBEUDE, FAULWASSER (" ditch- 
 water "), FAXE, FEBER, FEILING, FELBEL, FELKER, 
 FETTE, FEUSTLE, FEWOER, FEYHL, FILENE, FLANG, 
 FLATCHLEY, FLINDERS, FLUET, FLUKER, FOIE, FOLTZ, 
 FOGUE, FRED, FRURY, FRUIN, FRIARY, FUESS, FYLER, 
 FRINK, FRICKE, FETTYPLACE [there is an English 
 author named FETTIPLACE (1666) ; Mr. FASSET 
 lives at Gloucester, R.I.] ; GAIR, GABAY, GAKIN, 
 GARSID, GATHUP, GATUP, GAUT, GEORGIUS, GIGAR, 
 GIGER, GILE, GLIN, GLOAN, GLUETER, GOELL, GOB- 
 
 BETT, GoGGIN, GoGET, GoPPER, GoSSEE, GoVE, GfiEER 
 
 or GRIER, GRICE, GRIBBEN, GRANDY, GRINDLE, GRIS- 
 SOM, GROUT, GRUMMUN, G RUPEE, GRUSH, GUPPY, 
 GUPTILL, GUEWEY, GuELL ; HAUTHWAT, HACKETT, 
 HADAWAY, HAGGETT, HAKEY, HANKS, HARNES, 
 HARRUB, HARTNETT, HESZ, HEYER, HIRZEL, HENK, 
 
94 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 HERKIN, HIBRA, HIEWE, HOOGS, HUIL, HURN, HA- 
 ZALL, HAVILAND ; IASIGT ; JANES, JANVARN, JESSAR, 
 JERVAR, JUNIO, JUZEZSTY ; KAHARL, KAKAS, KAPLIN, 
 KAHRCHER, KEELER, KELL, KELLS, KEYOU, KIBBIE, 
 KIELY, KILCUP, KILTY, KIPP, KOLP, KUNTZ, KYLE; 
 LARVAN, LATCHAT, LATZ, LEAVENS, LECKTUS, LE- 
 GROO, LEET, LEMIRE, LISH, LOBB, LOQUEST, LOOTZ, 
 LUTZ, LONGDO, LUBKE, LYSIGHT ; MAGNER (Mr. MlLL- 
 SAPS is a law-student at Harvard), MANIX, MANKS, 
 MARALIOUS, MAIR, MATH, MECUM, MEDDIX, MILO, 
 
 MlNEL, MlNGO, MORO, MuNEIG ; NARROMORE, NuDD, 
 
 NOLL, NYE ; CEDING, OLSEN, OOMEN, ONTHANK, ORTO, 
 ORGILL, ORVICE, OTIS, OVIATT ; PARTHEIMULLER, 
 PARSHLEY, PASSEDU, PARBAN, PASCO, PEMBER, PEN- 
 DER, PEVEAR, PIGGOTT, PIGRIM, PITRAT, PISHON, 
 PINTER, PLANEQUET, PLACEMAN, POGGMAN, POLFARY, 
 POOR, POVAH, POTE, POZNER, PRIETO, PRINGLE, 
 PRINTY, PROUT, PROUTY, PYSER, PAULK, PERO, 
 PRESHO, POTTLE, PYCOT ; QUALEY, QUARY, QUAN, 
 QUILTY; RALL, RAMMIE, RANGE, RAUSCHERT, REBAL, 
 REBOLA, RERRINASON, RELCH, RENNE, REVALLION, 
 
 RlHA, RlST, RlTZ, RlKER, RoYLANCE, ROUTER, RoAF, 
 
 ROAK, ROATH, ROKUE, RoLLO, RONCATI, RoNIMUS, 
 RUCK, RUDDLE, RUPP ; SAHLEIN, SAGENDORPH, SANCRY, 
 SATCHWELL, SANDICKY, SCANLAN, SCHAIER, SCHENK, 
 SCHLIMPER, SCHNUR, SCHUTTEE, ScHRIEVER, SciEPPS, 
 SCRIGGINS, SCOURSE, SEALLY, SENIN, SHARF, SHEIKE- 
 SHAFT, SHEARIN, SHEIR, SHINE, SHICK, SHIRPSIR, 
 SHOLP, SHOPPERIE, SHINITZ, SHENKBURGH, SHANK- 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 95 
 
 LAND, SHUFELT, SHISSLER, SIAS, SIDI, SIVADIE, SISK, 
 SIVRET, SELLEW, SHIMMIN, SLATTERLY, SLINES, SLOAN, 
 SLOAVE, SNAITH, SNIDE, SNODEN, SNUTS (Mr. SACH- 
 RIDER lives in Nashua, N.H.), SOESMAN, SOLLY, SONK, 
 SOULE, SPEIRS, SPLANE, SPOOR, SPROAT, SPROUL, 
 SPROWEL or SPROULE, SPURGIN, STANYAN, STANTIAL, 
 STEEPLETON, STEMLER, STEUGEL, STITT, STROBLE, 
 STUBBS, STOKES, STRALE, STRACK, STRAINE, STROE- 
 LIN, STRUBLE, SUDERGREEN, SUMFLETH, SUMPTER, 
 SPRING ALL and SPRINGOLL, STRAUSS, SWABB, SWAD- 
 
 KINS, SWEETLIN, SwEETLAND, SYLVEIRA (Mr. SHUCK 
 
 lives at Hartford, and Mr. SAWN at Windsor, 
 Conn.); TACY, TAIT, TELTON, TEMEL, TEVEIN, TOT- 
 MAN, THROOP, THUGHNESS, TITUS, TINKHAM, TOBEY, 
 TRAILL, TRAVERS, TRAVIS, TRENCKLE, TRESCOTT, TRIB- 
 BLE, TROW, TRUSSELL, Twiss, and TYZZER ; VANS, 
 VEAGER, VEBER, VIETZ, VIGKLE, VIPEN, VISALL, VIT- 
 TUM, VlTTY, VOLK, VoUGHT ; WALKO, WARSHAW, 
 WASGATT, WASS, WATKER, WEDIN, WEFER, WEL- 
 LOCK, WENTZ, WESBERG, WEINTZ, WEINS, WHAINES, 
 WHEPLES, WHERTY, WHICHER and WHITCHER, WHID- 
 DEN, WHITTEN, WHITTIER, WHOLERS, WIDGER, 
 WIDGERY, WIRTH (" landlord "), WITHERSPOON, 
 WEATHERWAX, WILLWERT, WORTHLEY, WOODSUM 
 (Mr. WATTLES lives at Norwich, Conn.); YANKO- 
 WER, YOULEN ; ZREMM, ZENN. 
 
96 
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 THE following names are probably extinct, or nearly 
 so, among us ; viz., 
 
 ABDY, AERY, AISH, AKELEY, ALLAM, ALLARDICE, 
 ALLCHOROUS, ALLDS, ALLISTRE, ANDEM, ANDON, AN- 
 NAN, AUSLEY, AUTRAM, AVES. 
 
 BARALET, BARGER, BASTAR, BLACKLEACH, BONGAR- 
 TEN, BOWD, BREEOL, BREISING, BRUNNON, BULMER, 
 BLINKO, BILL, BIGGS, BELITHO, BLACKADORE, BLAN- 
 TAINE, BOOS, BOULDS, BETANQUE. 
 
 CAILLOUIL, CARWITHIE or CURWITHIE, CHITTY, CLEW- 
 LEY, CLINKARD, CLUTTERBUCK, CODNER, COPLEY, COESS, 
 CRANMER, CRICK, CRICKE, CROAKHAM or CROCUM, 
 CARIVANO, CLEAZE. 
 
 DEVERILL, DEFFICK, DETTRICK, DEVEN, DOMBLIDE 
 
 Or DOMBLIDER, DoRION. 
 
 ENGS. 
 
 FANE, FERNISIDE, FICK, FLACK, FLICK. 
 GATCOMB, GATLIFFE, GETLIVE, GUILLE, GUMMER, 
 GUSS, GUTTERY, GETTY, GAUDEL. 
 
 HOBUN, HUCKSTABLE, HEDDEBALL, HABBERFIELD. 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 97 
 
 JEFFS, JOPP, JUKES, JUDD, JUDAVINE. 
 
 KARR, KITTO, KAST, KNODLE, KATLAND. 
 
 LYTHERLAND, LOBB, LEAMING, LINGLATER. 
 
 MANSISE, MATTOX, Mico. 
 
 NAPTIN. 
 
 ODLIN, OCHTERLONY (Sir DAVID OCHTERLONY was 
 born in Boston), OANABUS. 
 
 PAIBA, PIMM, PEOPLES or PEBBLES, PEPPILOCO, 
 PEPYS, PERRIGO, PERRUM, PERWORT, PETEL, PRUDEN, 
 PULLIN, PYNCHON, POPKIN. 
 
 QUINER, QUIDDY. 
 
 SATTERLY, SAWEN, SAWDY, SAYWELL, SCHOLES, 
 SCHRIVARNEY, SCHUCHARTEL, ScOBIE, SEPPENS, SHAR- 
 ROW, SEABERRY, SELKRIG, SELLICK, SENDALL, SHER- 
 ROD, SHERRAN, SHERREN, SHILLCOCK, SINET, SMIBERT, 
 SISAN, SKEATH, SOPHUS, SNAWSELL, SOUTER, SPAUL, 
 SPRAKE, SQUAMONG, STEAD, STOKES, STOODLY, STRET- 
 TEN, STROBLE, SUMBRADO, SURRAGE, SURCOMB, SYN- 
 
 DERLAND. 
 
 TARN, TEAD, TOKER, TALBY, TAWLEY, TETHERLY, 
 TEFFT, TREWIN, TRUAN, TRUESDALE, TOMLIN, TONKIN, 
 TOTHELL, TRAIL, TYRE, TOODLE, TATE. 
 . UNDERHAY. 
 
 VENN, VENNER, VIBERT, VIERS, VANBUSHIRK, VAN- 
 DELEER, VANVOORKIS, VOLTZ, VRYLING, VIFVEN, 
 VAUX. 
 
 WALKMAN, WASE (a very common name a hun- 
 dred years ago), WADLAND, WAMPAS, WASSON, WEA- 
 GER, WEARE, WEDBERG, WERDALL, WHITTINGHAM, 
 
 13 
 
98 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 WIMBLE, WINAUS, WINNEBERGER, WORTHYLAKE, 
 WRAY, WISLICENUS, WICKS. 
 
 YEALE, YEAMANS, YOURING. 
 
 ZUMGRUNDE. 
 
 I find, in 1828, in England, the names of WINDUS, 
 GUTCH, WEALE, and of the Rev. SAMUEL Wix ; and, 
 in 1797, the names of BAUYL, ENTWISTLE, HIGGS, 
 and YENN, among the subscribers to Thomson's 
 " Seasons." 
 
99 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 I HAVE now completed my desultory remarks on 
 the subject of surnames. In classifying them, I 
 have sometimes regarded their apparent rather than 
 their actual derivations and original meanings. In 
 some instances, as I well know, my analogies have 
 been more fanciful than real. I was led to prepare 
 these remarks by an article in the " Edinburgh 
 Review " for April, 1855 ; and my attention was 
 subsequently called to a little treatise on surnames, 
 privately printed a few months ago, by B. Homer 
 Dixon, Esq., which I found very interesting and 
 suggestive. After I had completed them, Lower's 
 elaborate essay furnished me with additional illustra- 
 tions. Had I seen these publications at an earlier 
 period, the great extent of the subject would have 
 deterred me altogether. 
 
 Many words in our language are derived from 
 names either of ancient gods or heroes, &c. Thus 
 we have martial, from Mars, the god. of war ; cereal, 
 from Ceres, the goddess of fruits ; bacchanalian, from 
 
100 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Bacchus, the god of the wine-cup. Poetry deals 
 in boreal blasts and in gentle zephyrs. We may 
 speak with propriety of a village Vulcan. Hercules 
 may never have existed ; but herculean is an indis- 
 putable exponent of his labors. So we speak of a 
 modern Brutus, of a Platonic attachment, of a Cice- 
 ronian style, of a Shakspearian or Spenserian stanza, 
 the Byronic school of poetry, of an Augustan age 
 of literature, &c. "We have also the adjective Eliza- 
 bethan. We have Calvinism, Arianism. Patronage 
 will always have its representative in Meccenas, and 
 Croesus will never be displaced by any modern 
 Rothschild. Sometimes the name is preserved, but 
 with a bad sense affixed to it ; thus working positive, 
 and not merely negative, injustice. For instance, 
 Hector, Hectoring, are terms equivalent to bully, 
 blustering. Indeed, the very goddess of grace and 
 beauty herself has but given a name to the most 
 loathsome of diseases. Gibberish is said, by the 
 Reviewer to whom I have referred, to be derived 
 from Geber, the alchemist. 
 
 No men or women have more truly lived than 
 those described in some works of fiction ; and, from 
 some of these, various words have been derived. 
 The hero of La Mancha figures in every Quixotic 
 enterprise ; and lawyers and politicians daily abuse 
 each other in a Pickwickian sense. Shylock stands 
 forth for ever the embodiment of avarice. 
 
 Discoverers and inventors have not always had 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 101 
 
 justice done them in the matter of nomenclature. 
 Thus America* is named for one who did not dis- 
 cover it, a flagrant wrong which poetry in vain 
 attempts to redress in " Hail, Columbia, happy 
 land," c. A short name stands a much better 
 chance of commemoration than a long one ; and 
 yet Daguerre is immortalized in the daguerreotype. 
 Dr. Guillotin, acting from a benevolent purpose of 
 producing insensibility to pain under peculiarly dis- 
 agreeable circumstances, will go down to posterity 
 as a monster of cruelty. Persons rendered insensible 
 by ether, during surgical operations, ought to be 
 spoken of as Mortonized. We speak of Mac- 
 adamized roads ; and, in this latitude, we hear of 
 the Nicolson pavement. Science ^has its voltaic bat- 
 tery ; and the verb to galvanize is very expressive, 
 and entirely legitimate beyond the limits of science : 
 but Fulton's name will never supersede the more 
 significant word, steamer. 
 
 Celebrated events of mythology and history are 
 thus perpetuated. We speak familiarily of " an apple 
 of discord." American editors thought, till the 
 fall of Sebastopol, that the Russian would prove 
 as long as the Trojan war. Marathon and Ther- 
 mopylae belong to the geography of freedom. The 
 
 * This name has been lately vindicated quite ingeniously as derived from the 
 Italianized form of the German " Emmerich," which is regarded as a contraction of 
 the Gothic " Airmanareiks ; " and, as applied to a country, is considered as meaning 
 " Most sublime dominion." 
 
102 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 Colossus may be a myth ; but we have colossal. 
 Such is the origin of many of our proverbial 
 aphorisms. Words are sometimes coined with a 
 general signification from particular striking in- 
 stances of the conduct which they describe ; as, 
 nepotism. Some crimes are of such atrocity, that 
 the perpetrator's name is at once appropriated to 
 them. Thus, to murder for the sake of selling the 
 dead body is to Burke ; so the systematic species of 
 secret murder, extensively practised in India, has 
 enriched the language with Thug. The summary 
 proceedings of Judge Lynch have also given us a 
 new word. Squatter has, with us, its appropriate 
 signification of a possessor or actual occupant of 
 lands without title. The subject of squatter sove- 
 reignty, indeed, just now bids fair to be one of 
 fearful national importance. Pecuniary defaulters 
 are so numerous that no one has yet given his 
 own name to the process. Even the verb to Swart- 
 wout or Schuylerize has not yet forced its way into 
 our language. The public is better pleased with 
 the more general term, "to absquatulate." This 
 expression, by its elegance, reminds one of the 
 popular names of localities. Jeffrey spent his sum- 
 mer months at Stuckgown. In Danvers is, or was, a 
 spot known as " The Devil's Dishful ; " and, among 
 the recent mining nomenclature of California, I 
 find " Rot-Gut," " Hen-Peck City," " Louse Village," 
 " Shirt-tail Bend," " Hell's Delight," &c. If we had 
 
SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 103 
 
 not already the verb " to humbug," Barnum would, 
 I think, stand a very fair chance of verbal immor- 
 tality. 
 
 Politics give a temporary significance to the most 
 absurd and grotesque party designations, " Silver 
 Greys," "Hard Shells," "Softs," "Old Hunkers," 
 " Locos," " Know Nothings," &c. How instantly do 
 the public take any allusion to Gov. Marcy's " panta- 
 loons," or to Scott's "hasty plate of soup"! The 
 simple words, " so much noise and confusion," have 
 a marked significance as applied to political epistles. 
 " The Law-and-Order Party " is but another name 
 for Missouri Border Ruffians. 
 
 Science and art, in all their various branches and 
 departments, are constantly creating new words. 
 Prof. Treadwell, in a recent admirable pamphlet, 
 suggests the reflection how impossible it would now 
 be to write in the language of Cicero the most ele- 
 mentary treatise on mechanics or geology. While, 
 on the one hand, therefore, the names of persons 
 may often possess much value and importance as in- 
 dicating the origin of the various families, and thus 
 of the nation which they together compose ; on the 
 other hand, the words in use in any language throw 
 great light on the national character, indicating, in 
 an unerring manner, its social peculiarities, its degree 
 of advancement in knowledge, virtue, and refine- 
 ment ; besides often indicating its remote origin, and 
 affording a means of approximately estimating the 
 
104 SUFFOLK SURNAMES. 
 
 proportions in which its heterogeneous elements have 
 at last become mingled together and consolidated. 
 
 The seemingly barren field of philology has been 
 traversed by many an enthusiastic inquirer after 
 truth, whose researches have enriched the literature 
 of Europe and America. And the few additional 
 materials now faithfully collected may perhaps, in 
 a slight degree, facilitate future investigations in a 
 corresponding department of knowledge. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Names, origin of; some remarkable 
 ones enumerated, p. 1. 
 
 Names, short and long, 7. 
 
 Names, Christian, specimens of, 9. 
 
 Opposite surnames contrasted, 14. 
 
 Peculiar surnames grouped to- 
 gether, 20. 
 
 Names from Heathen Deities, &c., 
 25. 
 
 Names from man and parts of a 
 man, 26. 
 
 Male-female names, 28. 
 
 Names from mental qualities, &c., 
 29. 
 
 Names from bodily peculiarities, 34. 
 
 Names from age, 37. 
 
 Names of promiscuous or multitu- 
 dinous significations, 38. 
 
 Names from relationship and affec- 
 tion, 39. 
 
 Names from nations, countries, 
 towns, &c., 40. 
 
 Names from articles of dress and 
 ornament, 42. 
 
 Names from animals, 44. 
 
 Names from birds, fishes, insects, 
 &c., 46. 
 
 Names from parts of animals and 
 disagreeable objects, 48. 
 
 Names from signs of inns, 51. 
 
 Names from face of nature, &c., 
 52. 
 
 Names from the elements, 57. 
 
 Names from points of compnss, 
 seasons, time, numerals, dimen- 
 sions, space, &c., 58. 
 
 Names from music, dancing, 62. 
 
 Names from colors, 63. 
 
 Names from fuel, 64. 
 
 Names from edifices and parts of 
 edifices, and furniture, &c., 65. 
 
 Names from streets, &c. ; from 
 utensils, 67. 
 
 Names from mathematics, litera- 
 ture, and law, 68. 
 
 Names from money and thrift, 70. 
 
 Names from charity, from com- 
 merce, &c., 72. 
 
 Names from dignities and offices, 
 73. 
 
 14 
 
106 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Names from trades and occupa- 
 tions, 74. 
 
 Names from products and objects 
 of trade, 77. 
 
 Names from locomotion, horseman- 
 ship, &c., 78. 
 
 Names from games and sports, 79. 
 
 Names from war, &c., 80. 
 
 Names from diseases and medicine, 
 83. 
 
 Names from liquors, &c., 84. 
 
 Names from ejaculations, &c., 85. 
 Surnames from Christian names, 86. 
 Surnames ending in old Saxon 
 
 words, 87. 
 Names originating in mistake, 
 
 translated, changed, &c., 90. 
 Remarkable names still extant, 92. 
 Remarkable names now extinct, 
 
 96. 
 Concluding remarks on words as 
 
 derived from names, &c., 99. 
 
NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 
 
 6. For " RAWLINGS " read " RAWLLNS." 
 
 7. For " brows " read " brow." 
 
 7. To " the names of one letter," add " Mr. Iz ARD is Governor of Nebraska. " 
 9. At the end of the eighth line, add " late." 
 
 11. My list of poets, with double Christian names, might be indefinitely 
 
 extended ; as, " Whittier, Frothingham, Willis, Key, Poe," &c. 
 
 1 2. Mr. VALOROUS TAFT is a Senator of Massachusetts. 
 10. The firm of WOOD and RAFTERS are housewriglits. 
 '1*1 or 21. Mr. MEAR made a deed in December, 1856. 
 28. France has its EUGENE SUE. 
 
 oO. Mr. SHARP is a valuable addition to the list of names on this page. 
 
 34. Dele one of the two SPRINGERS and of the two FLEETS. 
 
 30. The name of " PRETTYMAN " is found in Portland, Me. ; and Dane cites 
 
 the case of a Mr. LEAN. ANNA BULLET died 1825. 
 40. Add " WALLACH and WALLACE." 
 
 44. HAYWARD (or " herdsman ") is a distinguished name among us. 
 46. Gen. STORKS was an English officer in the late war. 
 50. Gen. ii. 20, " And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of 
 
 the air, and to every beast of the field." 
 61. The definition of " SEARS " is from the first edition of Mr. Dixon's 
 
 volume. A different meaning has been since assigned to it. 
 63. Mr. PURPLP;, of Gill, is one of the Representatives of Massachusetts. 
 68. For " Archeacon " read " Archdeacon." 
 
108 NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 
 
 FACIE. 
 
 68. CHARLES SUMNER is indeed a " summoner," whose warning voice in 
 behalf of freedom and humanity will ring through the ages. 
 There is no more pleasing incident recorded in the history of 
 Massachusetts than his recent re-appointment, by an almost 
 unanimous vote of her Legislature, to his high post of duty in 
 the Senate of the nation. 
 
 68. AUGUSTE EUGENE SCRIBE is a celebrated French dramatist. 
 
 71. There was a RUBLE in Massachusetts, who changed his name in 1846. 
 
 74. A suit is now pending at "Washington against the administrators of 
 JOHN BLACKSMITH. 
 
 83. QULNCY I did not add to my list of diseases ; for that name is borne 
 by one among us who unites the fire of youth to the wisdom of 
 age. Like the monarch of the forest, still crowned with verdure, 
 in him is fulfilled the promise of Holy Writ, " His leaf also shall 
 not wither." 
 
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