Here is a list of some of the surname settlers, their origin, religion, and dates of settlement in Frederick County. Most, with a couple of exceptions, of these families are subjects in my book, Frederick County, Virginia: Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 Wilmer L. Kerns Surname Origin Date to Frederick Co. Religion Rogers Wales 1744 Quaker Barrett England 1735 Quaker Griffith Wales 1776 Quaker Ruble Switzerland 1740 Reformed McCool Ireland 1740 Quaker Hayworth England 1738 Quaker Pearson England 1732 Quaker Scarborough England 1738 Quaker Smith (Jeremiah) (NJ) 1730 (Not known) Babb New England 1735 Quaker Lupton England 1743 Quaker Wright England 1735 Quaker Pugh Wales 1740 Quaker White Scotland 1735 Presbyterian Julian France 1738 Presbyterian Malin England 1741 Quaker Thomas Wales 1734 Quaker Jenkins Wales 1745 Quaker Lewis Wales 1745 Quaker Bevan Wales 1763 Quaker Fisher England 1763 Quaker Kerns (Jacob) Germany 1774 Reformed Wickersham England 1772 Quaker Waln England 1782 Quaker Cartmell England 1735 Quaker Larrick Germany 1749 Lutheran Secrist Germany 1748 Lutheran Kackley Germany 1740 Lutheran Adams England 1750 Quaker Bageant England 1755 Baptist Marple Wales 1760 Baptist Cather Ireland 1766 Presbyterian McKee Ireland 1765 Presbyterian Brown (Alexander) Ireland 1782 Presbyterian Brown (Daniel) England 1774 Quaker Grove Germany 1770 Reformed Clark England 1765 Quaker Trowbridge England 1768 Baptist Dalby England 1784 Methodists Allemong France/Germany 1768 Reformed Braithwaite England 1768 Baptist Capper Ireland 1760 Presbyterian McDonald Scotland 1776 Presbyterian Whitacre England 1790 Quaker Sine Germany 1823 Presbyterian PurtlebaughGermany 1786 Reformed DeHaven France/Germany 1790 Reformed Good Germany 1792 Reformed Dunlap Ireland 1799 Presbyterian Scrivener Ireland? 1796 (not known) Anderson German 1745 Reformed Shane Ireland 1790s Presbyterian Sirbaugh Germany 1786 Reformed Peacemaker Germany1795 Reformed Streit (Charles) Germany1800 Methodist Parlett Germany? 1788 Brethren Hook England 1775 Anglican Hollingsworth Ireland 1732 Quaker Walker England 1735 Quaker Fries Germany 1789 Reformed Shanholtzer Germany 1789 Reformed Rinker Switzerland 1757 Reformed Ballinger England 1736 Quaker Hoge Scotland 1734 Presbyterian Rosenberger Germany 1768 Reformed Taylor England 1756 Anglican Heironimus Germany 1758 Reformed Snapp Germany 1740 Reformed Mercer (Joshua) France 1787 Methodist Hott France/Germany 1774 Reformed Coe England 1790 Baptist Potts England 1740 (not known) Null/Noel France/Germany 1787 Lutheran For further information contact: Wilmer L. Kerns 4715 N. 38th Place Arlington, VA 22207-2914 wlkerns@intr.net