I have a question? Which of Roberts male children carry down the line with the name of Bruce? Who came to America? Thanks, Debbie

G'day, None that I know of. What is most likely, I understand, is that as surnames developed, (as opposed to titles,) people under the patronage, serfdom , tenent farmers etc. often took as their surname that of the Lord or Laird the were woking for. Hence the names of houses such as Neville, Godfrey, and so on. It didn't seem to strech to dukedoms though. People called York, or Norfolk are more likely to have been from those counties. It's rather like people calle King, or Prince or Pope etc. They are more than likely to have been descended from the regular player of such a part in the medieval mystery plays than from an actual king, pope, priest or saint. Rowland Bruce Rowland BRUCE. Adelaide, Australia. [BRUCE 2000 TO 1700, {Rowland John=NELSON**, Rowland Cyril=BROOK(E), Rowland=KAYE, Thomas = (1)NEWSOME, Samuel=INESON, Thomas =KITSON, John(jnr) =PRESTON, John (snr) =(2)FLETCHER ie eight generations] Surname of ancestors via female lines WHITWELL**, DYSON, HAMMOND*, ATKINSON, SYKES, TAYLOR, GILBERT*, DOWMAN*, BELLWOOD**, WILLANS, IBBERSON, HIRST, WALKER, RAMPOLDI*, ARMSTRONG*, COLLEY**, KITSON, LEE, CROWTHER, RICHARDSON*, ISLE*, WALKER*, BROOK, CHADWICK, THURMAN, AINSLEY, DODSON, ELINGWORTH, WESTERMAN. * = LINCOLNSHIRE, ** = NRY, AND THE REST ARE WRY AROUND HALIFAX. ----- Original Message ----- From: Debra Acevedo <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: Robert the Bruce > I have a question? Which of Roberts male children carry down the line with the name of Bruce? Who came to America? Thanks, Debbie > > > ==== BRUCE Mailing List ==== > Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/ >