STRICKETT - couldn't find the name as given but did find: \ STRICK (German) One who made cord or rope. Since "-ett" is often a pet form of the original name, that may be the case here. Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith Barbara Leith Friend wrote: > Why would the baptism have had to be before 1300 if it was English? > > Also could you tell me the origins of the name STRICKETT ? > > Regards > > Leith Friend > Hamilton New Zealand > > Looking for these Families: > COCKS, COLE, FRANKLIN, NEALE, PRITCHARD, SMITH (Glos.) > BUGGY (Middlesex) EARLY (Acton, Kent) PITT (Ombersley Worcs) > CLARK(E) Captain Edwin/Edward? (Scotland) CONNOR Ann (Co. Cork) > OGLE, ROGERS (Co Armagh & Albury NSW) > DONALDSON, METGE, PORTER, WALLACE (Ireland & NSW) > CLEGG, EARLY, FRIEND, GILLING, JONATHAN, SIMMONDS, STEPHENS, STEVENS, > STEWART, THOMAS (NZ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Re: Surname STEVANUS > > > STEVANUS - Priests used to baptize babies with a Latinization of > > their names. So Stevan became Stevanus and that eventually became > > the family surname. If it's English, the baptism must have taken place > > before 1300. > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp