This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: simpkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2AIBAIB/331.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: i have found a name (athen simpkins) in england dating back to 1199 so i assume it is an english name although i have been told that the name was originally russian, the english didn't have surnames til 1066 after the battle of hastings my maiden name was simpkins