Register of St. Philips Parish 1754-1810: Charles Town or Charleston, SC, D. E. Huger Smith and A.S. Salley, Jr., University of SC Press, 1971. Pg. 97 St. John, Mary G. { Sept. 25th, 1779, Mary Goff (Gough), of James and Elizabeth St. John, was baptized...} Pinckney, Charles C. { Sept. 10th, 1779, Charles Cotesworth, of Charles Cotesworth B... Pinckney was baptized... } Footnote: (subsequently Gen.) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney by his first wife, Sarah Middleton, to whom he had been married, Sept. 28, 1773. Whaley, Joseph { Aug. 9th, 1773, Joseph, of James & Sarah Whaley was baptized...} A Dictionary of Surnames, Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, Oxford, NY, 1988, 1989, 1990. Pg.572 WHALLEY English: habitation name from Whalley in Lancs. or Whaley in Derbys., both so called from OE "hwealf" vault, arch, hill, and "leah" wood, clearing. In some cases it may also be from Waley in Ches. which has as its first element OE "weg" path, road (see way). Vars:Whaley, Wal(l)ey Pg 573 WHELAN Irish: Anglicized form of Gael. O'Faolain' desc. of Faolan, a personal name rep. a dim. of "faol" wolf. Vars: Wheelan, Whelehan, O'Whealane, (O)Whalen, O'F(e)olane, (O')Fylan, O'Phelane, Phelan, Philan, Heelan, Wolf. Pg 220 GOUGH 1. English of Celtic origin: occupation name for a smith, from Gael. "gobha", Corn./Bret. "goff". The surname is common in E Anglia, where it is prob. of Bret. orig., introduced by followers of Wm the Conquerer. 2. Welsh: nickname for a red-haired person, from W Coch red, showing the mutation of the initial consonant that occurs when the adj. is used attributively with a proper name. Vars (of 1): Goff(e); Gow(Sc.); Angove (Corn.); (of 2) Gou(d)ge, Goodge, Gudge, Gutch, Gooch (mainly E Anglia). Cogns. (of 1): Bret.: Le Goff (of 2): Corn.: Couch. Dims: (of 1): Eng.: Goffin, Gowen (chiefly E Anglia), Bret.: Goffic, Govic, Go(u)ic Pej (of 10: Eng: Goward (E Anglia) Pars. (from 1): Sc: McGowe(e), Gael.: Mac Gobha, See also McGowan. Angela Pratt Whaley CHECK OUT The Pratt Family of West Virginia at http://www.globalvision.net/~awhaley/ Researching Barnes, Covalt, Cowell, Davis, Ford, Pratt, Weekley, Whaley Transcribing 1850 Barbour Co, (W)Va census [Salvation] is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8b,9