Hello, I am new here and am looking for anyone working on the Surrency name with various spellings. There is multiple references that the family came from PENN to the Cheraw Dist / St David's Parish, SC. or Chesterfield Co. / Craven Co. SC. I am not sure if I am in the correct county but there is references to all of these. With help from several people in Penn. I found that New Castle Co. is now part of Del. and so here is the surname that I am working on: My husband descends from one Samuel Surrency b. July 1750 - 53. There are several notes as to where he was born being Penn or SC and married Eliz. Stafford in 1789 ( in SC). The parents of Samuel were either Samuel Esq. or Jacob (possibly a brother) being b. abt. 1700 in Wales and emmigrated to the New World to New Castle Co., Penn. - which I now know is Del. If anyone is researching this family name we would love to compare notes. We are going to SC. next month and if time permits we would like to ride up to that area to see what can be found in and around the area. Thank you for any help in advance, Ruth in ILL

What a great, unusual name! I checked through the indices of a lot of my local reference books but didn't see any Surrencys. When I Googled the name I discovered that there is a town in Appling Co., GA by that name (named for an A.P. Surrency in the late 1800's) and that the town is famous for ghostly happenings and a mysterious body of water 9 miles underground! You may have this already, but I did find a PA USGenWeb file that mentions a Samuel Surrency: "John Murray's Will Northumberland County February 20, 1801 In the name of God Amen, I John Murray of Chillique Township, Northumberland County & State of Pennsylvania, yeoman... I further give to my son Thomas one-half of two notes, the one on William Murray and the other Samuel Surrency..." See http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/wills/murr0001.txt for full text. How certain are you of the Welsh heritage? I'm no expert on Welsh names, but usually they are derived from male first names, like Richards, Owens, etc. Fred KelsoOxford, PA -----Original Message----- From: Ruth <nrhundley@sbcglobal.net> To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:51:40 -0600 Subject: [NewCastle] Surrency name of mid 1700's Hello, I am new here and am looking for anyone working on the Surrency name with various spellings. There is multiple references that the family came from PENN to the Cheraw Dist / St David's Parish, SC. or Chesterfield Co. / Craven Co. SC. I am not sure if I am in the correct county but there is references to all of these. With help from several people in Penn. I found that New Castle Co. is now part of Del. and so here is the surname that I am working on: My husband descends from one Samuel Surrency b. July 1750 - 53. There are several notes as to where he was born being Penn or SC and married Eliz. Stafford in 1789 ( in SC). The parents of Samuel were either Samuel Esq. or Jacob (possibly a brother) being b. abt. 1700 in Wales and emmigrated to the New World to New Castle Co., Penn. - which I now know is Del. If anyone is researching this family name we would love to compare notes. We are going to SC. next month and if time permits we would like to ride up to that area to see what can be found in and around the area. Thank you for any help in advance, Ruth in ILL