--part1_78.9c35855.26e2eb54_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_78.9c35855.26e2eb54_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <LTerpening@aol.com> From: LTerpening@aol.com Full-name: LTerpening Message-ID: <6f.9fed412.26e28fb4@aol.com> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:15:32 EDT Subject: Re: [HWE] TERPENNING connection to Huguenot Families To: deboekee@wxs.nl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 I thank you for your response and advise! I do know that the "word" terpenning, in Dutch, refers to "money used for travel, food or journey". This was passed on to me from a source in Holland. Although it is considered an archaic word, it is used in reference to evening events in Holland, i.e., special dinner. Ironically the "word" ter penning has been translated (England) to mean "son-of-a-scribe". This came from several travelers from England that I met during my military career. I did attempt to associate the surname with PENNING but found no link. So far the only plausible explanation is the surname TERPENNING was originally just a word, not a name, that was picked up as a nickname and the individual that was in the BRINK family used this nickname as the surname for his family. I believe that if this surname is a derivitive of another surname, then the name would appear in the family with the original surname. For instance, my ancestors spelled the surname TEERPENNING, then it changed to TERPENNING and eventually TERPENING.. All of these changes were evident in each new generation. Again, I thank you for your response. Perhaps another lead will surface that will provide a possible answer to the true origin of the TEERPENNING (and variation) surname. Thank You. Len --part1_78.9c35855.26e2eb54_boundary--