Makes perfect sense to me! So would Johnstone be a guy who cuts stone?? :) Kymm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donkelly" <donkelly@grovenet.net> To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [PRUITT] Nationality > Don't think so......close, but Johnson means John's son like Scandinavian > naming patterns. > > In that respect, Johnson, Jorgenson, Erickson, seem Scandinavian in origin. > > Johnstone and Johnston do not indicate the same naming schema. Not generally > anyway. > > On the other hand, there were a lot of Vikings in Scotland, several wars > were fought there. Certainly expect some Viking names to have survived > there. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kymm Denise" <tagspz@alaweb.com> > To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 11:07 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUITT] Nationality > > > Ok....so is Johnstone/Johnston the same as Johnson?? Or no??? I've heard > so many different things.... > > Kymm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donkelly" <donkelly@grovenet.net> > To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:52 AM > Subject: Re: [PRUITT] Nationality > > > > Interesting because Johnstone was a reiver family too, one of the best > > cattle thieves around that part of the country according to the legends. > > > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry & Virginia Sumner" <virginia@thesumners.com> > > To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [PRUITT] Nationality > > > > > > Donald- > > As I read your analysis of the possibilities of ancestry for the Pruitts, > I > > was reminded that > > a number of years ago I asked a researcher who does family crests to do > the > > Pruitt one for > > my father. Her conclusion - and she did seem to research these as much as > > was possible, > > was that Pruitt came from England and was a form of the "Prue" name... > It's > > a bit cloudy > > and I don't believe I have any thing written from that - my Dad has the > > crest shy did for > > us but I don't think there was any written info - just my less than great > > memory. I've > > wondered about the possible French connection but the research this woman > > did sort of > > settled it for me and with the other side of that family (Johnston) being > > Scots - I was > > fine with that conclusion - Now you all have me wondering again!! > > > > Virginia Pruitt Sumner > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Donkelly <donkelly@grovenet.net> > > To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 1:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [PRUITT] Nationality > > > > > > > My mom was red head blue eyes with somewhat freckled complexion. Doesn't > > > draw a picture of French, but anything is possible. Perhaps others may > > think > > > it is a French Connection too. > > > > > > Secondly, about the Anglo-Scott ( later Scott-Irish in Ulster ) most of > > the > > > people who lived on the Anglo-Scott border 1500s era had neither English > > nor > > > Scott surnames. > > > I have communicated over four years with descendents from families who > > came > > > from that area. Some descend from Norseman (Vikings) and some from > > settlers > > > who came from Normandy (Normans). > > > > > > Now to get technical, if they indeed came from Normandy, they were still > > > (probably) descended from Danes (Vikings again). > > > > > > Red hair was not an uncommon trait in those people, and as for names, > very > > > early on before Anglicization of surnames, some families called > themselves > > > de XXXXXX as in de Routledge, possibly de Pruitt, and certainly many > more. > > > > > > Again, the de preface to the name may have been a Norman adaptation of > > > French names. When names were anglicized, many de, Mac, Mc, O, were > > dropped > > > from the surnames, in Scotland and in Ireland. > > > > > > Food for thought, but if one of my ancestors was a huge guy with red > hairy > > > arms and matted red beard, wore horns on his head, carried a shield on > one > > > arm and a big axe in the other, that's perfectly OK with me.<grin> > > > > > > Peace to all who enter this house > > > Donald O'Collaugh Kelly > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRUITT Mailing List ==== > > > Is the Pruitt list of any help to you? Have you made any connections? > > > This list only works when subscribers share information with everyone on > > the list > > > Share your success stories, too! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRUITT Mailing List ==== > > Is the Pruitt list of any help to you? 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