Hello, The following may be too distant and esoteric to be of much interest to most website members. However, I have become very interested in my Y-halpogroup, which is part of particular project with FamilytreeDNA, including several surnames, all with an early common ancestor. Perhaps 1500 to 2000 years ago.(Bailey is another of the surnames in the project.) The haplogroup is said to be unusual with a possible common ancestor in Somerset Shire area. Although my paternal surname is thought to be Gaelic or Celtic and we know from DNA results that our ancestors are from Cornwall, my Y-haplogroup may be from northern Europe, such as the Vikings. The Norse men seemed to have been everywhere in Europe, including Ireland, Scotland, England, Cornwall, and also western coast of France. Some Cregoe/Cragoe researcher believe that the surname may have been de Creve-coeur, a village in Normandy. The Creve-coeurs arrived in England with Normans accompanying William and his army. Robert de Creve-coeur began construction of the stone Leeds Castle in Kent. The phonetic similarities in Old English and French between Creve-coeur, Crequer, Crugowe, and Crocker has been of special interest to me. Steade In a message dated 11/7/2011 6:26:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Heather My Sarah Jane Crocker's parents were John & Emma who married in 1849 Clutton, John coming from Chew Stoke & Emma (nee Wyatt) from Nempnett Thanks to all of you who have posted a message about the Crocker's Cheers Lynette -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Crocker surname... Hi Lynette and Steade Just thought I'd mention that I have a Sarah Crocker, daughter of James and Mary, baptised Lympsham 1807. She marrried George Sealey Mogg in Lympsham in 1827. One of their daughters, Caroline married Jesse Fields and emigrated to America. I am in contact with some of their descendants there. I am related to the Field(s) and Sealey Mogg families of Lympsham. Regards Heather ------------------------------- 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

Steade, I also have Norse Viking ancestors who came into Falaise, France in the 900s according to a set of History books printed in the 1800s which I inherited. I will have to dig the books out of a box in the closet and see if I can find your names shown. My two Hinton ancestors accompanied Geoffrey de Mandeville from France to England in the Conquest and were given land in Northamptonshire - they not only received their land from Sir Geoffrey, they got their surname from the places they lived, Hinton and Hinton in the Hedges. Seems that only the noblemen had surnames prior to then. One of my cousins had his DNA tested to help us prove our lineage - not Somerset related but since there were nine (yes - 9) different DNA related Cobb families who moved to the Colonies in the 1600s, knowing from which one of these Cobb families we descended narrowed down our research quite a bit. Give me some time since I may not be home much during the holidays this winter. Margie Hinton in California ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:30 AM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Crocker - Cregow -Crugowe - de Crequer - de Crevecoeur. Hello, The following may be too distant and esoteric to be of much interest to most website members. However, I have become very interested in my Y-halpogroup, which is part of particular project with FamilytreeDNA, including several surnames, all with an early common ancestor. Perhaps 1500 to 2000 years ago.(Bailey is another of the surnames in the project.) The haplogroup is said to be unusual with a possible common ancestor in Somerset Shire area. Although my paternal surname is thought to be Gaelic or Celtic and we know from DNA results that our ancestors are from Cornwall, my Y-haplogroup may be from northern Europe, such as the Vikings. The Norse men seemed to have been everywhere in Europe, including Ireland, Scotland, England, Cornwall, and also western coast of France. Some Cregoe/Cragoe researcher believe that the surname may have been de Creve-coeur, a village in Normandy. The Creve-coeurs arrived in England with Normans accompanying William and his army. Robert de Creve-coeur began construction of the stone Leeds Castle in Kent. The phonetic similarities in Old English and French between Creve-coeur, Crequer, Crugowe, and Crocker has been of special interest to me. Steade