>From my note piles : Old English were named from various sources; where they lived,their trades,or sometimes named for the seven primary colors(White, Black,Brown,Green, Blue, Red. A meadow was called a Lea back then.Names ending with ' ly' (Bradley,Hensley,Conley, etc, came from this source. The trade names were: Carpenter,Smith,Weaver,Butcher,Mason,etc Where they lived also figured in their names given to them: Crabtree was a person who lived near a crabapple tree. A person who lived near a ' burn ' ( creek) was given the name : Blackburn,Burnside, Ashburn, Osborne,etc Shelby ps: don't ask me where I got this info ; I dont know myself !

Shelby.. that's ok.. just keep it coming! Another trade name "Porter". Laura -----Original Message----- From: wvlogan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvlogan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BurgessWV@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:31 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] Names, Their Sources >From my note piles : Old English were named from various sources; where they lived,their trades,or sometimes named for the seven primary colors(White, Black,Brown,Green, Blue, Red. A meadow was called a Lea back then.Names ending with ' ly' (Bradley,Hensley,Conley, etc, came from this source. The trade names were: Carpenter,Smith,Weaver,Butcher,Mason,etc Where they lived also figured in their names given to them: Crabtree was a person who lived near a crabapple tree. A person who lived near a ' burn ' ( creek) was given the name : Blackburn,Burnside, Ashburn, Osborne,etc Shelby ps: don't ask me where I got this info ; I dont know myself ! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message