Upon hearing from Gary Radcliffe, something he said rang a bell and I checked HEIMAN. One of the meanings of that is "descendant of HYAM", which IS a Jewish name. A variation of that name, as Gary pointed out, is HYMAN. Could your ancestor's name have mutated over the years from HYMAN to HEYMAN? Barbara [email protected] wrote: > Once again, THANKS to everyone for all the information. > A few months ago, a 'just found' 2nd cousin, told me that my > grandfather, my mom's dad, was Jewish. He said that when my mom > annouced that she was going to marry a Baptist, that he wished her dead, > so I wondered about that. I have found practically NOTHING, on that > name, HEYMAN. I am begining to think they came from Mars! LOL > Thanks again everyone. > Kay Robinson Music > > Also researching... EDNEY, GORE, GRADY, GRAY, HART, HEYMAN, HUGHES, > LAVENDER, ROBINSON, SMITH, WILSON, WRIGHT...(from the south east), and > ofcourse, MUSIC/MUSICK. > > John DeMott wrote: > > > More on the Heyman surname > > > > Also to be considered. > > > > It is also derived from the German "Hagen" meaning > > "hedged place". .. > > > > We should also consider the Jewish "Hyman" meaning > > life. And.. believe it or not, many strange men were > > addressed "Hey! man". > > > > John > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! > > http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp