This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ham, Chronister, Todd, Lookabill, Vance, Luttrell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lMB.2ACI/1095.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Ham name for my clan was Ham when they first came from England in the 1600s to VA. It wasn't until this generation that some of mine added another m. Many of the Hamm families came from Germany. Many of my Hams came to Butler County in the 1870s, and many still live there. Some moved to Dunklin, or married people there.