I know we are all related- - the degree is unknown. ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 23:22 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > MITCHELL - Scottish form of Michael. > > SHEARDOWN - Here is a case mentioned by Gordon of a name being derived from > an ancient personal name or something more modern. It could be a place where > sheep shearing was done but -down means on a hill and it's doubtful that shearing > was done on a hill so Gordon's theory is much more likely. > > You know Roland, that everywhere your ancestors lived, mine lived also. > From New York to Ohio, WV and finally California. I think they were keeping > their eyes on each other. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: LaChance > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:06 PM > To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > > Will give it a try but it will have to be tomorrow night as its WAY past > my bedtime and my eyeballs are drooping. :-) > 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 > > > ============================== > 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 > >