I am Bennett and alot of my family settled in Yancey Co.NC before moving on to Wise Co. Va. and that area.(then onto WV.)Is it possible that your Yancey name could be from that? Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:28 AM Subject: [BENNETT] Check out YANCEY/Nancy Ward Society for BENNETT LIST > > > > > RE: Yancey BENNETT, male > > > Is it possible that the name Yancey as a first name was taken as a namesake > from one of the ancestors with that last name as a sort of marker? Just an > idea, no facts to go on. No connection with Bennett found yet. If I see one, I > will let you know. > > > See Nancyward.com > YANCEY is used as a SURNAME here. > > Euro/Cherokee ancestry. Also see "B" for BENNETT. > > _Click here: Seventh Generation_ > (http://www.nancyward.com/b59860.htm#P59862) > > > Victoria > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/474 - Release Date: 10/13/2006 > >