Thank you David - I was surprised how many Gulley families lived in Somerset. Keep running into brick walls but thank you for getting back to me. kind regards Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "dubhda2" <david.dowd@btinternet.com> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Ruth GULLEY > Dear Valerie, > can't answer your immediate question but I was struck by the fact that the > Gulley family (and Gully, Gullyes, Golley) have been in Somerset since > time immemorial. The name is from Middle English golias 'a giant' > (obviously a nickname from the Biblical one), so predates the conquest but > the first known record was John and Thomas Gulias in the Assizes for > Somerset of 1202. > Regars, David > >