Thanks again, Barbara. Seems Priscilla descended from Alexander Radclyffe. Sometimes our guesses are pretty good. Gary Radcliffe West Covina, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: LaChance Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:12 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] MULLINS According to "New Dictionary of American Family Names" by Elsdon C. Smith, "MULLINS" is Irish and French. One of the meanings is "one who came from Moulins or Moulines (mills), the names of several places in France". It also means "one who ground grain, a miller". Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >MULLINS was sometimes spelled MOLINES in England. Anthing to do with a miller? > >Gary Radcliffe >West Covina, CA > > >============================== >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