Thanks,they came from Hull in England in the 18th Century to NY-PA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 8:22 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > MITCHELL (English, Scots., and Irish) from the Middle English/Old French > given name "Michel", the regular vernacular form of MICHAEL. > > SHEARDOWN - couldn't find this one as written. It appears to be English > and may (just a guess) have something to do with someone who lived on a > low hill (down) between two higher hills. Another possibility is a > mutation of the name "SHEDDON" which is Scots. of uncertain origin. One > other possibility I just ran across is "SHERATON" (English), habitation > name from a place in Co. Durham. One last thing - it could have > something to do with being a shepherd. Strange how some names seem as > if they would be really easy to find but are not. > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > (I checked all 7 of my source books for the "Sheardown" name and also > tried variations of the spelling, to no avail). > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Thank you,how about Mitchell,Sheardown,and then a mess of Dutch names? > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:26 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] > >Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > > > > > > > > > >>ELLIOTT > >>1. English: diminutive of ELLIS. > >>2. English & Scot.: from a Middle English given name, " Elyat, Elyt". > >>3. Scot.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname "ELLOCH, ELOTH", meaning > >>someone who lived near a dam, mound, or bank. > >> > >>VARLEY ( English) of uncertain origin, probably a habitation name from > >>"Verly" in Aisne, Picardy, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name > >>"Viriliou" + the local suffix "-acum". The surname is now most common > >>in W. Yorkshire. > >> > >>CHAPMAN (English) a merchant or trader (from an Old English word meaning > >>"barter, bargain, price, property" + "mann" man). > >> > >>STOCKTON (English) someone from any of the places, for example in > >>Cheshire, County Durham, Hertsfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, > >>Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and N. and W. Yorkshire, so > >>called from Old English "stocc" (tree trunk) or "stoc" (dependent > >>settlement) + "tun" (settlement, enclosure). It is not possible to > >>distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms. > >> > >>SHIELDS > >>1. English: an armourer. > >>2. English: someone from places in Northumberland and County Durham (now > >>both in Tyne and Wear) called respectively "N and S Shields", from a > >>Middle English word meaning "shed, hut, shelter". Some examples of the > >>name may be topographic, derived directly from the vocabulary word. > >>3. English: someone who lived near the shallow part of a river. > >>4. Irish: Anglicized form of "O'Siaghail, O'Siadhail" (descendant of > >>"Siadhal"). > >> > >>CHERNAY - couldn't find this one as written. Did find two possibilities: > >>\ CHERNEY, CHARNEY (Czech-Slav.) The dark complected man. > >>\ CHENAY, CHENEY, CHENE (French) someone who lived near a conspicuous > >>oak tree, or in an oak forest. The name may also have sometimes been a > >>nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". > >>---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > >>Barbara > >> > >>roland elliott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I am interested in in the above ,Thank you. > >>>Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur. > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >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 > >