The table below lists my ancestors' surnames, along with my most distant and most recent ancestor who bore each surname, plus when they were born and died. If a birth/death date is unknown, a surrogate (e.g., a baptism date, or a the date of the last known record of that ancestor) may be included instead. (The abbreviation "l.k.r." below means "last known record.")

The first column (labeled "Surname") shows the surname as it's frequently spelled in modern times. On the other hand, the particular way that any specific ancestor spelled his surname is irrelevant and was not considered when preparing this table.

A sizable group of ancestors (including 3897Trÿntje Lúÿkas, 15588Andries Luycaszen, 7798Gerrit Thÿszen, and others) used Dutch patronymic naming patterns, not typical surnames as we're accustomed to in modern times. Those ancestors are not reflected in the table below. Likewise for a group of English ancestors whose "surnames" have no clear modern equivalent and/or appear to be older, property-based names without the sort of clear, heritable foundation that surnames have in modern times (including 262702Thomas at Towne and 1050810John de Detlyng).

There are two "divergences" whereby ancestors have a surname that is listed below, yet they are not directly related to one or both of the people listed for that surname: 167Penelope Davis is neither an ancestor nor descendant of 328Arthur Davis or 41Piety Davis. 37Serena Williams is neither an ancestor nor descendant of 19Sallie Williams, and 38George Williams isn't an ancestor or descendant of 74Randall Williams.