I have been working on the index for my site and I ran across this spelling variation. Entrekin Entriken Entrikin Are these actually different families or did they make mistakes in spelling? Lew Smedley visit"The George Smedley Homepage" http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net additional photos at http://smedley.george.home.att.net

I can't imagine that these are different names....I would bet money they are different spellings of the SAME name...after all, phonetically, they'd all sound alike, and the records were written by clerks who spelled names the way they 'sounded' as if they should be spelled. I've told this story before, but I have a family will where the same woman's name is spelled 3 different ways.....just a clerk who couldn't decide what the spelling was. S. I have been working on the index for my site and I ran across this spelling variation. Entrekin Entriken Entrikin Are these actually different families or did they make mistakes in spelling? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release Date: 4/26/2006

Same family, though different branches adopted different spellings. The first Entrikin, et al, in Chester Co.who descendants can definitely trace back to was George Entrikin, c 1710-1786, of East Bradford, who became a Quaker and married Mary Woodward. There are some misc early Entrikins in the Chester Co area that can't be definitely traced but were perhaps cousins or siblings of George. My gr-gr grandmother was Hannah Amanda Entrikin of Delaware Co. The surname is thought to be lowland Scot. Debbie George Smedley wrote: >I have been working on the index for my site and I ran across this spelling variation. >Entrekin >Entriken >Entrikin >Are these actually different families or did they make mistakes in spelling? >Lew Smedley > >visit"The George Smedley Homepage" >http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net >additional photos at >http://smedley.george.home.att.net > > >==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing..... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to >PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com >with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > >If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list >contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > >NO VIRUS WARNINGS...contact me personally ferg@ntelos.net if posted you will be unsubscribed > >please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, helpful URLs and lots of county information >http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >