I AM FROM THE GEORGE AND JANE (HALL) MATLACK /MATLOCK LINE. THROUGH THEIR SON, JOHN MATLACK/MATLOCK, WHO MARRIED ANNE MOORE AND MOVED FROM ENGLAND TO NEW JERSEY TO VA.... THROUGH FAMILY HISTORY, FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, MYRTLE ALLURA (MATLOCK) FLINT, I WAS TOLD THE FAMILIES ORIGINAL NAME WAS MATLACK, BUT, SOME LINES, WHEN THEY CAME TO AMERICA CHANGED THE NAME TO MATLOCK. WHICH JOHN AND ANNE (MOORE) MATLOCK DID BY CHOICE. I AM SURE IN MY MIND THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE ALSO CHANGED MATLACK TO OTHER SPELLINGS. SUCH AS : MATLOTT, MATLOX, ETC. THERE WAS ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE PEOPLE WRITING THE NAMES AS THEY CAME INTO AMERICAN PORTS TO AMERICA.. AS SPELLING IN THOSE DAYS USED A LOT OF WHAT WE NOW CALL PHONICS. OR BY SOUND. AS THEY WERE NOT AS LITERATE AS WE ARE TODAY. ON THIS LINE I HAVE ONLY FOUND MATLACK IN ENGLAND AND MATLOCK, WHEN THEY CAME TO AMERICA. WOULD LOVE TO COMPARE NOTES ON THIS LINE. AND EM I AGREE WITH YOUR 2 CENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LYNDA LYNDA