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 is one "divergence" 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.
Surname | Most Distant Ancestor | Most Recent Ancestor | ||||
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Ancestor | Born, Etc. | Died, Etc. | Ancestor | Born, Etc. | Died, Etc. | |
Adams | circa 1801 | 1870's | [same] | - | - | |
Ammons | circa 1781 | by 8 July 1851 | 24 Dec 1833 | l.k.r. 20 Jan 1905 | ||
Baker | - | roughly circa 1380 | - | before 26 May 1412 | ||
Bedgood | circa 1818 | l.k.r. 1880 | circa 1850 | l.k.r. 1880 | ||
Bell | perhaps circa 1755 | - | [same] | - | - | |
Bettenham | - | roughly circa 1355 | roughly circa 1490 | l.k.r. around 29 Sept 1541 | ||
Bird | circa 1780 | 1850's | [same] | - | - | |
Black | circa 1798 | l.k.r. 1870 | 16 Sept 1916 | 29 Nov 2003 | ||
Blount | perhaps circa 1802 | 1840's | circa 1843 | l.k.r. 1890 | ||
Brown (1) | circa 1795 | June 1869 | [my maternal grandmother] | [private] | [private] | |
Brown (2) | 17 Oct 1847 | 7 May 1909 | 25 May 1881 | 24 Jan 1960 | ||
Bullis | circa 1780 | apparently 1840's | [same] | - | - | |
Bushnell | - | - | - | circa 1771 | ||
Butt(s) | - | between 25 Oct 1776 and Feb 1778 | circa 1805 | l.k.r. 1860 | ||
Carr | - | l.k.r. 9 Jan 1827 | circa 1829 | l.k.r. 15 Oct 1884 | ||
Carter | 12 Oct 1780 | 9 Feb 1864 | [same] | - | - | |
Chambers (1) | 1760's | 1 Jan 1837 | circa 1804 | prob. by 15 Feb 1856 | ||
Chambers (2) | circa 1708 | 26 Oct 1782 | - | 26 May 1828 | ||
Cheney | - | 1296 | 262703Joan Cheyne | - | l.k.r. 1427 | |
Chuning/Chewning | between 1795 and 1804 or thereabouts | prob. circa 1830 | [same] | - | - | |
Collins | circa 1808 | 26 Aug 1871 | 20 Oct 1908 | 10 Aug 1960 | ||
Cooper | - | between 20 Aug and 20 Oct 1789 | 5 Aug 1775 | 23 Apr 1857 | ||
Copeland | circa 1830 | l.k.r. 1890 | 18 June 1888 | 8 Oct 1966 | ||
Davis | prob. circa 1797 | 23 Feb 1890 | 1872 | 1925 | ||
Dixon | perhaps circa 1750 | by 27 May 1799 | reportedly 20 Sept 1775 | reportedly 26 Jan 1843 | ||
Doles | - | by 9 Feb 1786 | before 1775 | prob. early 1820's | ||
Douthit | 9 May 1709 | 22 Feb 1784 | 27 Oct 1805 | by 8 Sept 1866 | ||
Duckett | circa 1801 | 1870 | 6 Jan 1839 | 28 May 1903 | ||
Dunkin | circa 1808 | 29 Jan 1871 | 16 Apr 1917 | 13 Mar 1992 | ||
Ellis | 26 May 1803 | July 1851 | [same] | - | - | |
Epps | - | between 5 June and 9 Sept 1471 | maybe circa 1712 | prob. before 7 Feb 1760 | ||
Everitt | - | between 2 Nov and 5 Dec 1749 | 5 Dec 1824 | 18 July 1898 | ||
Evers | circa 1792 | 29 Sept 1873 | [same] | - | - | |
Fagan | unknown, but by 1737 at the latest | between 12 Sept 1777 and Feb 1778 | circa 1750 | on or about 24 May 1851 | ||
Fehr | - | l.k.r. 1710 | [same] | - | - | |
Fenk | circa 1629 | l.k.r. 1652 | [same] | - | - | |
Fisher | - | between 25 May 1515 and May 1516 | bap. 20 Dec 1561 | l.k.r. 10 Aug 1625 | ||
Friar | - | by 20 Oct 1506 | - | between 10 May and 7 Nov 1526 | ||
Garner | circa 1633 | between 22 Jan 1702/3 and 1 Jan 1703/4 | 15 Dec 1845 | 21 or 22 June 1900 | ||
Geiger | - | between 1634 and 1640 | [my paternal grandmother] | [private] | [private] | |
Gillis | 1770's | between 9 July and 7 Sept 1842 | circa 1851 | 7 Dec 1911 | ||
Grant | circa 1803 | l.k.r. 1880 | [same] | - | - | |
Groover | 1762 | prob. early 1840's | circa 1835 | l.k.r. 11 July 1891 | ||
Hanes | 16 Dec 1829 | 23 Jan 1891 | 19 Aug 1866 | 28 May 1956 | ||
Harrison | - | l.k.r. 28 Apr 1722 | circa 1782 | 15 Jan 1853 | ||
Henry | late 1770's or so | between 16 Feb 1846 and Oct 1847 | 1807 | l.k.r. 1884 | ||
Henry | late 1770's or so | between 16 Feb 1846 and Oct 1847 | 1807 | l.k.r. 1884 | ||
Herring | - | - | - | by 8 April 1819 | ||
Hinson | - | by 26 Apr 1802 | late 1770's | between 13 Jan and Mar 1839 | ||
Hoffman/Huffman | circa 1817 | 1 May 1853 | 3 September 1838 | 6 October 1907 | ||
Hood | - | - | - | 30 June 1817 | ||
Horn | perhaps early to mid-1680's | between 10 Sept 1753 and June 1759 | 3 Dec 1804 | 29 May 1880 | ||
Hunter | circa 1797 | l.k.r. 1857 | [same] | - | - | |
Jenkins | circa 1820 | 30 Aug 1876 | [same] | - | - | |
Job | - | by 9 May 1787 | prob. circa 1855 | between 1786 and 1798 | ||
Kallenberger | prob. circa 1660 | - | [same] | - | - | |
Keene | circa 1593 | between 27 Nov 1652 and 20 Jan 1652/3 | - | by 28 Mar 1716 | ||
Knight | - | between 7 Feb 1760 and 18 Feb 1762 | [private] | - | ||
Logue | circa 1786 | circa 1856 | circa 1842 | l.k.r. 1860 | ||
Love | 1780's or 1790's | between 29 July 1867 and 1870 | 8 May 1862 | 5 May 1929 | ||
Maplesden | circa 1430's | between 15 Nov 1507 and 7 Feb 1507/8 | circa 1538 | 1 October 1590 | ||
Martin | circa 1785 | circa 1852 | [same] | - | - | |
Melton | between 1821 and 1825, or thereabouts | before 11 Aug 1846 | [same] | - | - | |
Moore | - | between 15 May and 2 Sept 1816 | 133Morning Moore | circa 1779 | by 27 May 1759 | |
McClellan | - | presumably between 1888 and 1896 or so | [same] | - | - | |
McGraw | 1790's | 1830's | circa 1821 | l.k.r. 1880 | ||
McLendon | 1 May 1818 | 4 Sept 1893 | [same] | - | - | |
Norris | circa 1807 | l.k.r. 1860 | circa 1854 | l.k.r. 1870 | ||
Omond | circa 1796 | l.k.r. 1870 | [same] | - | - | |
Oxley | mid to late 1810's | l.k.r. 1880 | circa Dec 1869 | 21 July 1939 | ||
Parlier | circa 1780 | l.k.r. 1850 | 1887 | 1918 | ||
Poole | prob. circa 1825 | l.k.r. 1880 | [same] | - | - | |
Powell | circa 1817 | l.k.r. 1870 | [same] | - | - | |
Price | - | between 27 Sept 1756 and 26 Apr 1758 | prob. circa 1834 | l.k.r. 1880 | ||
Quinn | circa 1814 | early 1880's | 31 Aug 1862 | 19 Nov 1940 | ||
Rabun | circa 1787 | by 7 May 1866 | prob. circa 1830 | l.k.r. 1880 | ||
Reid | - | between 11 Jan and 5 Nov 1775 | circa 1811 | prob. between 13 July 1860 and 23 Oct 1864 | ||
Ricks (1) | perhaps circa 1640 | 3 Jan 1723/4 | perhaps circa 1750 | after 13 Mar 1792, and prob. before 15 Oct 1795 | ||
Ricks (2) | early 1760's | between 1 Feb and 11 Mar 1844 | 12 Feb 1799 | 7 Nov 1895 | ||
Ross | - | between 8 and 31 Dec 1760 | - | - | ||
Salerne | - | between 14 Nov and 8 Dec 1415 | - | after 31 May 1441 | ||
Sands | roughly circa 1450 | sometime after 13 January 1492/3 | - | - | ||
Schellig | roughly circa 1630's | l.k.r. 1682 | bap. 29 Jan 1688 | - | ||
Skinner | - | between 6 June 1789 and May 1794 | [same] | - | - | |
Smith | circa 1776 | l.k.r. 30 Mar 1869 | [my mother] | [private] | [private] | |
Stokes (1) | - | 6 Feb 1747/8 | 20 Aug 1740 | between 29 Sept 1775 and 23 July 1785 | ||
Stokes (2) | Dec 1834 | 22 July 1911 | [same] | - | - | |
Summerell | - | by 11 Nov 1784 | 1750's | l.k.r. 1832 | ||
Sutton | - | prob. between circa 1844 and 1849 | July 1830 or so | l.k.r. 1900 | ||
Tant | prob. 11 Mar 1825 | l.k.r. 5 Jan 1906 | Oct 1897 or so | 1924 | ||
Thigpen | 1740's | between 14 Mar and 15 May 1849 | 2 Apr 1907 | 23 May 1965 | ||
Thompson | circa 1804-1806 | l.k.r. 1880 | [same] | - | - | |
Tillman | early 1790's | before 22 July 1845 | 19 July 1844 | 21 May 1879 | ||
Turner | circa 1767 | 1850's | circa 1833 | 30 May 1912 | ||
van Bunschoten | circa 1646 | l.k.r. 22 Feb 1719 | 22 Dec 1695 | 10 Apr 1746 | ||
Waldrip | circa 1810 | 1888 | 7 Feb 1850 | 20 Dec 1914 | ||
Watson | between 1801 and 1810 | by 5 Aug 1835 | [same] | - | - | |
Williams | 1790's | between 1860 and 1866 | circa 1880 | 10 Mar 1953 | ||
Züst | circa 1580 | l.k.r. 1643 | [same] | - | - |