"Sur." usually stood for Surety. The persons name following the Sur. was most likely the Surety for the marriage. Some states referred to it as Bondsman. Lowell RickieBlas@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Listers, > I found the abbreviation "Sur." before a name in a marriage record book from > 1807. It reads: Asenath Arthur m. David Sink Aug 22, 1807. Sur. John > Arthur. Does anyone know what the "Sur." means? > Thanks so much and have a great evening!!! > Rickie L. > > Mrs. Rickie Bennett Longfellow > Researching: Arts, Arthur, Banks, Bartlett, Belcher, Bennett, Blankenship, > Blevins, Boyd, Burrell, Clay, Cockrell, Crab, Dillon, Earl/Earles, Frogley, > Greathouse, Green, Hale, Isham, Jefferson, Longfellow, Mason, McLaughlin, > Miller, Mitchell, Monnett, Murphy, Patrick, Perdue, Prior, Read, Rostofer, > Sigman, Slabaugh, Slagle, Smith, Snyder, Vadakin, Wickiser, Wingo, Sink/Zinch > and a boatload of others. (A pun intended!) > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > The Franklin Co VAGenWeb "Surname Register" is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-sur.htm