Very, very interesting! Does Vick family also include Vicker? Does Vicker mean Bishop? -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Harper Vick <nvick@longwood.lwc.edu> To: VICK-L@rootsweb.com <VICK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 11:14 PM Subject: [VICK-L] FOR SERIOUS VICK RESEARCHERS > >Vick is derived from separate sources (polygenetic, as it is called). >Frederick is an English patronymic name from a Germanic given name composed >of the elements frid = peace + ric = power, which was introduced into >England by the invading Normans. (Actually, they introduced the name after >the invasion, when the fighting settled down.) Vick is a Frisian diminutive >form of the name, as are Freddercke, Fedde, Feck , and Fick. If the >heritage is known to be English, the name is an English nickname, drawn >from the Anglo-Norman-French word l'eveske , which means 'the bishop.' The >phrase was erroneously divided as though 'le vick' and the Vick retained, >although technically, it should have been Evick. Variations of the English >version are Livick, Livock, Leffeck, Veck, and Vick. > > >_____________________________________________________________________ _______ >__________ >Dr. Nancy Harper Vick, Professor Emerita of Education, Longwood >College;1703 Gilliam Drive, Farmville, VA 23901-2359 >Phone: 804-392-8359; Family Histories: Harper, McLean, >Smith(VA-NC),Hollingsworth,Fountain, Snow, Gibson,Vick & Taylor > >