Paul, it is my understanding that yes, the De in a name meant "of". Examples - Count De Monte Cristo. It was mainly used in the French aristocracy. Fred Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Luddington" <pluddington007@tiscali.co.uk> To: "Lud List" <Luddington-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:26 AM Subject: [LUDDINGTON] Early Ludd > Hi all > Just a little bit of interest, I found this in the IGI for the U.K > , > am I right in believing that "De" means of? My be this is were the name > came from? funny though I don't know of any village in Yorkshire called > Luddington, there is one in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and > Warwickshire. > > Thomas De Luddington born 1175 Yorkshire > Grace De Luddington dau of Thomas born 1204. > > Regards > Paul > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 134 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Barb & Fred Funny there are Ludds in Great Gidding, but not in any of the villages called Luddington. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jones" <bugler103@comcast.net> To: <luddington@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] Early Ludd > Paul, it is my understanding that yes, the De in a name meant "of". > Examples - Count De Monte Cristo. It was mainly used in the French > aristocracy. > > Fred Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Luddington" <pluddington007@tiscali.co.uk> > To: "Lud List" <Luddington-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:26 AM > Subject: [LUDDINGTON] Early Ludd > > > > Hi all > > Just a little bit of interest, I found this in the IGI for the U.K > > , > > am I right in believing that "De" means of? My be this is were the name > > came from? funny though I don't know of any village in Yorkshire called > > Luddington, there is one in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and > > Warwickshire. > > > > Thomas De Luddington born 1175 Yorkshire > > Grace De Luddington dau of Thomas born 1204. > > > > Regards > > Paul > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > > It has removed 134 spam emails to date. > > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > > Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 137 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!