Warren: Then the surname Thorp(e) has to be from Northern England, yes? I have some of those. Could it be they once had another syllable or two before the Thorp(e)? I take it these families didn't move about a great deal; generation upon generation stayed in the same town or general location. Probably? Coralynn

Yep. Names with -thorp(e)[one syllable, both spellings], -thwait(e)[ditto],and -by are all from the Danish invaders of the late 800s, who settled in the north. Many of those names DID and DO have a syllable or two before -thorp(e) and -thwait(e). E.g., Althorp, Goldthwaite. Warren Wetmore ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:10 AM Subject: [CTMID] Re: CTMIDDLE-D Digest V02 #44 | | Warren: | Then the surname Thorp(e) has to be from Northern England, yes? I have some | of those. Could it be they once had another syllable or two before the | Thorp(e)? I take it these families didn't move about a great deal; | generation upon generation stayed in the same town or general location. | Probably? | Coralynn | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site | http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | |