STOKES - Means "the dwelling-place" or "village." From Old English stoc. Connected with Old English stock, trunk or log. Petrus de Stok (Kent) Charter Rolls 1204 A.D. Baldwin de Stoke (Suffolk) Hundred Rolls 1274 A.D. Prepositus de Stoke (Somerset) Inq. ad q. Damn 1421 A.D. Often confused with Stock which meant tree trunk and other closely related meanings. The final "s" on STOKES just signified the family as a plural. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]