Evening Don - An interesting thought which may or may not have some substance when one considers what 'kin' means! Reaney's dictionary of surnames lists "Tomkin" with 6 variants. One variant "Tompkyn" is stated to be "Little Tom". It also lists "Tomkinson & Tompki[y]nson" and each case defines it as "Son of Tomkin" Further on it lists "Tomlin" with 7 variants, one of which "Tomelyn" is stated as a double diminutive of 'Tom or Thom' (Thomas). The supposition that the addition of "kin" to indicate "Junior" would there fore seem to be about right, and so we would have Tom the father, Tomkin the son and Tomkinson the grandson. QED? Kind Regards Roy LD Cox WEB: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm Member of the Somerset Archealogical & Natural History Society No. 1066 (And All That!) http://www.sanhs.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Tomkinson Sent: 27 January 2007 19:56 To: OLD ENGLISH MESSAGE Subject: [OEL] KIN NAME SUFFIX The suffix "kin" in a name such as Tomkinson is described as a diminutive, suggesting an affectionate connotation. Is it possible that it might have been used in the present sense of the addition of "Junior" after a name? Tomkinson would then be the "son of the son of Tom", which seems to make sense. I should be glad to hear any opinions. Don Tomkinson ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hello Roy, Many thanks for your comments. I may have got to the first user of the name Tomkinson, and have several names in the area without surnames, who could be possible forebears. It struck me that I could looking for Tom, the son of Tom. Best regards, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] KIN NAME SUFFIX > Evening Don - > > An interesting thought which may or may not have some substance when one > considers what 'kin' means! > > Reaney's dictionary of surnames lists "Tomkin" with 6 variants. One variant > "Tompkyn" is stated to be "Little Tom". > > It also lists "Tomkinson & Tompki[y]nson" and each case defines it as "Son > of Tomkin" > > Further on it lists "Tomlin" with 7 variants, one of which "Tomelyn" is > stated as a double diminutive of 'Tom or Thom' (Thomas). > > The supposition that the addition of "kin" to indicate "Junior" would there > fore seem to be about right, and so we would have Tom the father, Tomkin the > son and Tomkinson the grandson. QED? > > Kind Regards > Roy LD Cox > WEB: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm > Member of the Somerset Archealogical & Natural History Society No. 1066 (And > All That!) http://www.sanhs.org > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Tomkinson > Sent: 27 January 2007 19:56 > To: OLD ENGLISH MESSAGE > Subject: [OEL] KIN NAME SUFFIX > > The suffix "kin" in a name such as Tomkinson is described as a > diminutive, suggesting an affectionate connotation. Is it possible > that it might have been used in the present sense of the addition of > "Junior" after a name? Tomkinson would then be the "son of the son of > Tom", which seems to make sense. > > I should be glad to hear any opinions. > > Don Tomkinson > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >