I remember the Pinna name from somewhere. The pitch instead of pig is also food for thought. This turned out to be a much more mysterious name than I thought. Thank you, John, Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: John DeMott Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:48 AM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON Pennington: Obvious Place name ending in "ington" (clan/family and homestead/village). "the homestead of Pinna's clan". Pickford: Another place name. "Ford (river crossing) where pitch is found". Regards John --- GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> wrote: > PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on > this name, please? > > PICKFORD, too, if possible. > > Gary > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Does anyone have any ideas on the origins of the surname of Moy, Moi, Moye We have the family traced back to the 1600s in Switzerland. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003

Well, I found a few things, but they don't seem to relate to the Swiss. MOY (Chinese) Plum flower. MOYE (Scot.) One who came from Moy or Moye (plain or level field), in Inverness. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith and Encyclopedia of American Family Names by H. Amanda Robb & Andrew Chesler MOYES (Scot.) A form of the name Moses. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara Lana Renfro-Moye wrote: >Does anyone have any ideas on the origins of the surname of Moy, Moi, Moye > >We have the family traced back to the 1600s in Switzerland. > >Ylana >Stoneyfields Ranch > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003 > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Any ideas on the surname of Renfro, Also been spelled Renfre, Renfrow, Renfrew, Renfrey, Rentfro Our oral history is that the family came to the US from Scotland through France. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON | I remember the Pinna name from somewhere. | | The pitch instead of pig is also food for thought. | | This turned out to be a much more mysterious name than I thought. | | Thank you, John, | | Gary Radcliffe | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: John DeMott | Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:48 AM | To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com | Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON | | Pennington: Obvious Place name ending in | "ington" (clan/family and homestead/village). | "the homestead of Pinna's clan". | | Pickford: Another place name. "Ford (river | crossing) where pitch is found". | | Regards | John | | --- GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> wrote: | > PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on | > this name, please? | > | > PICKFORD, too, if possible. | > | > Gary | > | > | > ============================== | > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion | > online genealogy records, go to: | > | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | > | | | __________________________________ | Do you Yahoo!? | The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. | http://search.yahoo.com | | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003