Virginia Old Churches, Vol. 2 Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia. No. IV. A very few Scotch and Irish names are found in this list,--still more of Welsh; but the great body of them are English or British, (other than Saxon.) *[* Welsh Names to be found in the United States and many of them in Virginia. Atkins, Adams, Apjohn, Apthorp, Aubrey. Balch, Barlow, Bayly, Benlow, Bevan, Bowen, Boydell, Breese, Broadus, (Broadhurst,) Broughton, Bulkley. Cadwallader, Catesby, Clements, Cloyd, Conway, Coates, Cobbs, Cerwin, Craddock, (Caradoc,) Crute, (Crwt,) Cunliffe. Davis, Davies, Dawkins, Denby, Dickins, Dickinson, Dewey. Edmunds, Edwards, Evans. Fane, Fielding, Floyd, Fluellen. Garland, Gerald, Glyn, Godwin, Griffin, Griffith, Gwathney, Gwillyn Gwynn, Gwinnett, Graves. Hawkins, Hanmer, Harris, Haskins, Hawkins, Havard, Haynes, Hopkins Hoskins, Herbert, Hickes, Holland, Howell, Howland, Hughes, Humphreys, Hurst, Jenyns, Jenkyns, Judkins, Junkin, Jeffreys, Jefferson, Jacobs, James, Jones, Johnes, Isaacs. Langhorn, Leigh, Lewis, Lewellyn, Lister, Lloyd, Ludlow, Lyman. Maddock, (Madoc,) Matthews, Mansel, Meredith, Meyrick or Merrick, Morgan, Miles, Morris, Morse, Mosby, Mostyn, Middleton. Nichols, Norris, Nevin or Nevins. Owen, Owens. Pannill, Par, Parry, Parkins, Perkins, Perkinson, Peacock, Peters, Penn, Pendergast, Pennant, Pickens, Phillips, Poole, Polwhell, Powell, Powys, Price, Pratt, Prichard, Pugh, Pym. Richards, Rees or Reece, Rice, Rivers, Rowland, Roberts, Rogers, Ragland. Stokes, Stanley, Stephens, Shelby, Simonds or Simmons, Snowden, Thomas, Tompkins, Trevelyan, Trevor, Tudor, Tyndale or Tindall. Vane or Fane, Vaughn. Watkins or Gwatkin, Williams, Winn, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Watts, Walters or Waters, Wills, Willis, Wallis, Wall, Warner, Wayles, Wilks, Womack, Wootan, Wayne. 1. The following surnames are taken from those of the ancient princes of the country:--Cadwallader, Griffin, Gwynnett, (Gwynnedd,) Craddock, (Caradoc,) Howell, Lewellyn, Madoc, Owen, Rice, (Rhuys,) Tudor, (Tewdor.) 2. These by adding "s" to Scripture names,--viz.:Adams, Daniels, Davies, (Davids,) Ellis, (Elias,) Johnes or Jones, James, Isaacs, Jacobs, Matthews, Phillips, Stephens, Symonds, Peters, Thomas. 3. And these by adding "s" to common Christian names:--Clements, Edmunds, Edwards, Evans, Hughes, Humphreys, Jeffreys, (Geoffreys,) Richards, Roberts, Rowlands, Wills, Williams, Watts, Walters. 4. "Ap" or "ab" means son, and is often prefixed to other names; and the affix "kins" denotes a collateral relation: thus, Bevan is equivalent to Ap-Evan; Bowen, Ap-Owen; Breese, Ap-Rees; Parry, Ap-Harry; Powell, Ap-Howell; Pugh, Ap-Hugh; Price, Ap-Rice; Prichard, Ap-Richard; Penry, Ap-Henry. Atkins,(Arthurs'-kin,) Dickens-son, Dawkins, Haskins, Hawkins, Hopkins, Jenkins, Judkins, (Judas-kin,) Pickens, Perkins-son, Tomkins, Watkins, Wilkins. 5. Some of the above names may be Cornish, old British, or otherwise Celtic, rather than strictly Welsh; thus, the English have a proverb,-- "By Tre, Pol, and Pen You may know the Cornish men." 6. It is curious to note how many of the original Puritans of New England, of the Quakers of Pennsylvania, of the Baptists of Virginia and elsewhere, of advocates of extreme republican opinions in matters of State, as well as of Revolutionary leaders, bore names to be found in the above list. Of very many of the citizens of the Piedmont district, in Virginia, the same may be said. Their ancestors may have been attracted thither from its resemblance to the Principality in its physical features.] -- Chrystie MYERS List Administrator at [email protected] SWECKER BROOKOVER MOYERS MYRES KRABAL COWGER