This message from Eve was intended for the list but didn't appear. Do not reply to me as I'm only forwarding it. Judith Werner Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Administrator, OLD-ENGLISH http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ |> I am very sorry to bother everyone again but ran into a brick wall | > with the surname Nanskelly.... | > | > I have been looking at documents for a Nanskelly family in Cornwall. | > The name is there before 1300. John and Thomas Nanskelly, Nanskylly, | > Nanskilli, etc..... In the 1400's there is John, Henry and Richard. | > One John Nanskelly and his son served in Parliment in the 1400's. | > There is also one document (that I can't read but see a snippet of it | > on google) for a Thomas Acton otherwise Thomas Nanskylly. There is a | > will recorded in 1509 (which I also have not seen) for John Nanskylly. | > After that I don't see this as a surname, just as a place name in | > Cornwall, maybe in 4 locations. The earliest records are for Thomas | > de Nanskelly, then John Nanskelly involved with both of those is John | > Jaan (Jane, Janna) of Nanskelly. | Presumably Nanskelly was his location name and when he/they moved away, they either took another location name. or reverted. in Thomas's case, to Acton. I do know that the name Nan(s)carrow has persisted to the present day (at least in one antique dealer), and Nan/s/c/evill is more frequent.