Surnames

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GGP   Surname    Earliest Date    Earliest Location

~ A ~

12 Adam 1595 Braunston, Dyford, England

  9 Aiken 1640 Warwick, Warwickshire, England

  7 Allen 1745 Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

13 Anderson         1805 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

17 Arcedekne 1383 Richards Castle, Ludlow, Herefordshire, England

19 Archeacon 1360 Cornwall, England

  7 Atkins 1734 Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England

  6 Austin 1723 Middlesex London England.

  6 Ayers 1726 Catawba Lands, North Carolina, USA

~ B ~

11 Babaut         1550 Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England

  6 Bachman         1670 Ellikon, Switzerland

13 Balgrove         1560 Lambourn, Berkshire, England

  9 Balzli         1568 Lützelflüh, Bern, Switzerland

10 Banks         1572 Ashford, Kent, England

  6 Banzhaf         1745 Kornwesthiem, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Augsburg, Germany

  8 Barber         1720 Tyrone, Anson, North Carolina, Colonial America

  8 Barker         1706 All Hallows, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA

11 Barksdale
    | DeBarksdale 1496 Worcester, Worcestershire, England

16 Bayern
    | Von Bayern     1363 Dijon, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne, France

15 Beaufo         1383 Hereford, Warwickshire, England

16 Bell             1460 Prestwould, Leicester, England

13 Benton         1764 Epping, Essex, England

13 Boscawen 1479 Tregothnan (Cornwall) England

16 Bourgogne 1393 Dijon, Cantal, Auvergne, France

  6 Boyd         1750 Lunenburg, Halifax, Virginia, USA

13 Brabant
    | De Brabant  1460 Louvain, Brabant, Belgium

  8 Bradley         1663 New Kent, New Kent, Virginia

  7 Brett         1668 Hazelbrick, Northamptonshire, England

  6 Bridgefoot 1720 London, London, England

12 Brigham         1574 Holme on Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England

  7 Brooke         1678 St Marys, Calvert, Prince Calvert, Maryland Colony

  7 Brooks         1684 Berkeley, James, Virginia, USA

  3 Brosier         1800 Pennsylvania, USA

  8 Brown         1695 Albemarle, Virginia, United States

16 Browne         1550 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

11 Bryce         1560 Dunnington, Lincolnshire, England

  6 Bueckin
    | Burcken         1702 Sembach, , Bayern, Germany

  8 Bunker         1621 Tingrith, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England

14 Bunne         1515 Lowerstoft, England

  6 Bürcken         1676 Sembach, , Bayern, Germany

16 Burgundy
    | De Burgundy        1371 Dijon, Cantal, Auvergne, France

  6 Burke         1749 Middlesex, Virginia, United States

12 Burton         1564 Little Preston, Northamptonshire, England

11 Bushnell         1587 Thatcham, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, Berkshire, England

  6 Butcher         1738 Stepney, London, England

15 Butler         1565 Spambrook, Bedfordshire, England

  6 Byrd         1740 Virginia, USA

~ C ~ 

10 Canterbury 1638 Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

16 Capet 1435 Moulins, Allier, Auvergne, France

13 Carlton 1581 County, Antrim, , Ireland

14 Carminow
    | Carminowe 1519 Fentogallan (Cornwall) England

11 Carter 1583 Bedford,,Virginia,USA

  8 Catharinae 1660 Germany

  6 Catrow 1745 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

14 Chichester 1450 Sellindge, Kent, England

  9 Childers 1645 Henrico, Virginia, United States

  8 Christinae 1670 Germany

18 Clarke 1392 Greater London, England

11 Clayborne
    | Claiborne 1525 Kings Lynn, Norfolk, , England

16 Clermont 1381 Bourbon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France

13 Coffin 1660 St Mawgen, Cornwall, England

15 Colles 1500 Worcester, Worcestershire, England

  7 Collier 1677 St Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia, United States

13 Coney 1420 Lincolnshire, England

13 Cooke 1500 Bocking, Essex, England

18 Copledike 1423 Harrington, Cumberland, England

18 Crawford 1789 Muir Avonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland

17 Crophull 1366 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

13 Crosher 1586 Gravesend, Kent, England

17 Cunningham 1350 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

~ D ~ 

13 Dalyson 1490 Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

  7 Dalziell 1695 Muir Avonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland

17 Darell 1386 Thirsk, Yorkshire, England

10 Davenport 1696 Caroline County, Virginia

  8 Davis 1786 Granville, North Carolina, United States

17 Day                 1782 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

16 Debruan 1420 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

18 DeSalford 1356 Welby, Leicestershire, England

  9 Desborough 1619 Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, England

  9 Dicken
    | Dickens         1640 Kingston, Gloucester, Virginia, British North America

  6 Dierstein 1675 Lutzelfluch, Berne, Switzerland

  8 Dishong 1670 Dierdorf, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

14 Doel 1428 Crayford, Kent, England

  6 Dollman 1720 Middlesex London England

  9 Douglas 1582 Ballure, Scotland

18 Drakelowe 1350 Welby, Leicestershire, England

~ E ~ 

15 Egerton 1425 Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, England

14 Egmont 1439 Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

10 Elliott 1576 Newlandhall, Essex, England

10 England 1566 Charwelton,,Oxfordshire,England

  9 Eppes 1627 Kent, England

17 Erskine 1357 Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland

  5 Everett 1768 Glynn Co., Georgia, USA

  9 Ewing 1640 Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland

~ F~ 

  6 Finigin 1720 Middlesex, Virginia, United States

11 Fisher 1540 Maidstone, Kent, England

15 Fitzhugh 1455 Ravensworth Castle, Kirby, Yorkshire

18 Fleming 1362 Wales

  8 Folger 1617 Norfolk, England

  7 Fordham 1720 Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

  5 Frantsin 1691 Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland

  6 Frantz 1637 Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland

  7 Friggs 1699 Somerset, Maryland

  7 Futhy 1641 Heptonstall, St Thomas, Yorkshire, England

~ G ~ 

  7 Gampfer 1705 Gerbach, Germany

10 Gardiner 1613 Yorkshire, England

  7 Gardner 1661 Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

  6 Garst
    | Gerst         1665 Schwenckhausen, , Bayern, Germany

17 Gill         1388 Faversham, Kent, England

17 Glen
    | Glenn         1347 Lindisfarne Castle, Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Scotland

  8 Godfrey         1624 Essex, England

  8 Gorham         1619 Benefield, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

13 Graves         1556 Lambourn, Berkshire, England

11 Gray         1574 Trowbridge Wiltshire, England

12 Graygoos        1520 Epping, Epping Forest District, Essex, England

17 Greene        1399         Stafford, Virginia

10 Gurganey       1598         Crixee, Essex, England

  9 Gylian        1618         Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

~ H ~ 

  9 Hackwell         1626 Middlesex, England

  8 Hales         1699 St Dunstans, England

14 Hall                 1415 Swerford, Oxfordshire, England

11 Halloway 1543 Epping, Essex, England

  8 Hammond 1620 North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA

  8 Hannes         1660 VazObervaz, Graubünden, Switzerland

  6 Haralson         1722 Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, United States

18 Harris         1428 Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority, Essex, England

10 Harwood         1640 Virginia, USA

  9 Hazelton         1677 King and Queen, Virginia, United States

  7 Heitzschelts 1640 Borna, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany

10 Higgins         1620 Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

  6 Hill             1730 Henry, Virginia, United States

13 Hitch         1464 Sellings, Kent, England

12 Hobby         1499 Hales, Gloucestershire, England

  9 Hodges         1650 Newport Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

11 Hodgkins 1540 Hailes, Gloucestershire, England

  8 Holder         1730 Bertie County, North Carolina, USA

  8 Hopcott         1612 Chilmark, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England

  7 Hopkehe         1680 Catawba Lands, North Carolina, USA

  3 Hosier         1806 St Bedes, Middlesex, England

  9 Houston         1660 Ayrshire, Scotland

  7 Howell         1660 Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America

10 Howland         1566 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

  9 Hughes         1720 Powhatan, Virginia, United States

12 Hunter         1595 Cottingham, Yorkshire, , England

11 Hurbert         1616 Gravesend, Kent, England

11 Hurst         1530 Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England

  8 Hussey         1643 Hampden, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America

~ I ~ 

15 Isham         1578 Pytchley, Northants, England

~ J ~ 

15 Jackson 1380 North Cerney, Gloucestershire, England

12 Jenet 1535 Holme On Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, , England

  6 Jennings 1736 Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America

16 Jernegan 1410 Hertfordshire, England

  6 Jones 1735 Shenandoah Co, VA

12 Judde 1535 Weston Hanger, Kent, England

~ K ~ 

  4 Kates 1798 Tennessee, United States

  8 Kaulbach 1670 Germany

10 Kember 1584 Brixton, South Hams District, Devon, England

  6 Kenner 1748 Fauquier Co, Va

  7 Kettenring 1698 Bavaria, Germany

  9 Kimbrough 1640 Fife, Scotland

  8 Kincheloe 1694 N Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Viriginia

  8 King 1618 Virginia

  8 Klauw 1613 Lutzelfluch, Berne, Switzerland

~ L ~ 

15 Lamport 1439 Thenford, Oxford, England

  6 Lane 1755 Bedford, Campbell, Virginia, USA

  9 Lawson  1632 Northumberland, England

18 Lea         1412 King Queen, Virginia, USA

  7 Leibengut 1703 Vorderweidenthal, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

  8 Leighton 1645 Dover, Strafford, NH, USA

  7 Lele         1708 Webenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

  8 Leuenberger 1670 Dürrenroth, Bern, Switzerland

  6 Livengood 1734 Affoltern Im Emmenthal, Bern, Switzerland

  7 Long 1680 St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, England

17 Longden
     | Longton         1465 Warmington, Northamptonshire, England

16 Lucy 1409 Northamptonshire, England

~ M ~ 

  8 Macy 1598 Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

11 Maplesden 1553 Lydd, Kent, , England

  8 Margaretha 1661 VazObervaz, Graubünden, Switzerland

  6 Markham 1743 East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England

11 Marshe 1534 Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England

  6 Martin 1734 Big Cove, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA

  7 McDonald 1688 Amelia County, Virginia, United States of America

  6 Meyer
    | Meÿerin 1698 Rappenau, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Bayern, Germany

  8 Mitchell 1640 Accomack, Virginia, USA

  7 Moore 1720 England

  5 Morgan 1760 Langstone, Wales

  8 Morrill 1620 Norfolk, England

  7 Morton 1718 King Williams County, Virginia, United States

  8 Moseley 1675 Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, United States

  7 Moser 1642 Lutzelfluch, Berne, Switzerland

  6 Mosiman 1670 Langnau, Berne, Switzerland

  6 Moye 1738 1738 Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina, United States

13 Muir 1510 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

  6 Müllers 1703 Rappenau, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Bayern, Germany

  8 Mullins 1709 Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America

~ N ~ 

  6 Nafziger 1736 Upper Conestoga Valley, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

10 Neukomm 1531 Lutzelfluch, Bern, Switzerland

13 Neville 1500 Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, England

  6 Nevils
    | Neavils 1730 Marlborough, South Carolina, USA

15 Newenham 1440 Thenford, Oxford, England

  9 Newport 1599 Welton, Oxfordshire, England

  5 Nichols 1750 Mercer County, Kentucky, USA

~ O ~ 

10 Overton 1609 Yorkshire, England

~ P ~ 

  8 Paddock 1636 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

  7 Parker 1675 Calvert County, Maryland, USA

17 Parr         1362 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

  7 Parramore 1700 Stephney Parish, Wicomico, Maryland, United States

13 Parrott 1544 Acton, England

11 Peake 1565 Greater London, England

  7 Peebles 1685 Virginia, United States

12 Peke 1551 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

  6 Penny 1735 Scotland

14 Percy 1460 Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority, Essex, England

  9 Perkins 1647 Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States

  6 Perratt 1695 Martock, Somerset, England

13 Perrin
    | Peryn         1510 Acton, England

  6 Perry 1702 Dowlish Wake, Somerset, England

  5 Pierce 1750 Virginia, United States

11 Pierpoint 1613 Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

  9 Pinkham 1613 Alvington, Devon, England

  4 Pond 1773 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

12 Potter 1586 De La Fouche, Leicestershire, England

  9 Purden 1606 Epping, Essex, England

~ Q ~ 

11 Quenell
    | Quynnell 1560 Horsham, Sussex, England

~ R ~ 

11 Randolph 1560 Biddenden, Kent, England

10 Reiley 1638 Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

  9 Reimers 1570 Zeuchfeld, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

  9 Relf         1641 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

11 Reveley 1525 Bocking, Essex, , England

  6 Reynolds 1683 Devonshire House, London, England

  7 Riblet 1706 Mimbach Webenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

  8 Rivers 1715 Bute Co, North Carolina, United States

  9 Rolfe 1615 Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States

14 Romney 1460 Lulsey, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England, UK

  6 Rucker 1710 Essex, Virginia, USA

  4 Rummel 1782 Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

~ S ~ 

13 Salisbury 1484 Horton, Warkworth, Northamptonshire, England

10 Sampson 1654 England

  9 Saunders 1723 Georgetown Dist., South Carolina

  5 Schuller 1695 St Jacob,Basel,,Switzerland

  9 Scranton 1609 Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England

  7 Seale 1710 Caswell County, North Carolina, USA

  8 Sears 1639 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

13 Sherron   
    | Shearin
    | Shering
    | Sheringe 1534 Wiltshire, England

10 Simpson 1640 Grimston, Leicestershire, England

  6 Smallbrook 1717 Middlesex, England

14 Smith 1509 Biddenden, Kent, England

10 Smyth 1560 St Dunstans, Middlesex, England

10 Soane 1622 James City County, Virginia, USA

  8 Spear
    | Speer         1654 Antrim, Ireland

  6 Speidel 1666 Switzerland

16 Squire
    | Squires
    | Sqyre
    | L'Esquire 1385 Squires, Kent, England

18 St John 1335 Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

  6 Stanfield 1733 Uwchtan, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

  9 Starbuck 1603 Derby, Derby Unitary Authority, Derbyshire, England

  7 Steele 1640 North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia

  9 Steger 1561 Bösleben, Sachsen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany

13 Steinson 1525 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

  9 Stevens 1610 England

17 Stoke 1400 Warmington, Northamptonshire, England

13 Strickland 1554 Sizergh, Hall, Westmoreland, England

  8 Swain 1633 Easthampstead, Bracknell Forest Borough, Berkshire, England

  8 Swann 1672 Swann's Point, Surry Co (VA) USA

  7 Swett 1689 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

~ T ~ 

18 Talbot 1364 Linton Manor, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England

  5 Tart         1764 Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States

  5 Taylor 1672 Scotland

16 Thompson 1394 Prestwould, Leicester, England

14 Throckmorton 1480 Coughton, Warwickshire, England

  7 Thurston 1717 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

17 Tiedkt 1449 Lincolnshire, England

10 Tilley 1571 Bedfordshire, England

  6 Tinsley 1706 Essex County, Virginia

  9 Treat 1628 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

15 Trenwith 1480 Fentogallan (Cornwall) England

12 Trevlinson 1553 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England/Yorkshire, England

  2 Tridle 1789 Black Forest, Germany

  3 Trittipo 1798 Loudoun, Virginia

16 Tunstall 1415 Thurland Castle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

  6 Turnsdoll 1730 Virginia, Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, USA

~ V ~ 

17 Vaux 1370 Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire, or Bedfordshire, England

~ W ~ 

12 Waldegrave 1530 Smallbridge, Suffolk, England

  8 Walther 1610 Zeuchfeld, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

10 Waters 1617 Greater London, England

12 Watson 1530 Holmes-on-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England

15 Wauton 1465 Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, England

  8 Weare 1633 Devon, England

  7 Weber 1708 Melchnau, Bern, Switzerland

  7 Webster 1636 Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America

5 Weller 1755 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

8 White 1702 England

9 Williams 1673 Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

11 Wilson 1542 Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

  8 Winn 1668 Accomac, Accomack, Virginia,USA

15 Wolvedon 1475 Golden Manor, Probus, Cornwall, England

14 Woodhull 1458 Thenford, Northamptonshire, England

  8 Woodson 1681 Cumberland, Virginia, United States

  8 Worth 1642 Devon, England

~ Y ~ 

11 Young 1566 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

~ Z ~ 

10 Zug
    | Zaug | Zaugg 1527 Lutzelfluch, Berne, Switzerland

 

Miscellanea

Total surnames: 301

GGP = My Nth Great grandparent

Earliest: Oliver St. John, 18th GGF, b. 1335 at Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England

(Subject to documentation. This listing is contingent on mostly unverified information gathered from a variety of sources and is being revised constantly as documentation emerges).

Most recently updated:  13 March 2024.