Middletown transcript., 1868-10-17


Brewer, (Brewstcr), brewer Of malt
liquor.
Bryant, (Brian), dignity, honor.
Brick, (Breek), broken, gap; also
pasture.
Bristol, from a city in England; the
name signifies "the broken chasm."
Bryan, (Brian), the nobly descended.
Budd, thrift, gain, prosperity, victory.
Burr, wall, fortress or castle.
Call. prudent, discerning, cunning
Cameron, crooked nose or hooked nose.
Campbell, weymouth, the man whose
mouth is inclined little to one side.
Cathcart, from parish Cathcart in Scot
land.
Chadwick, the cottage by the harbour.
Chambers, one of the clan Cameron of
Scotland, going to France put his name
in Latin dress as was customary then,
styling himself DE Camerurid which was
called in French De la Chambre and upon
his return to Scotland he was called Cham
bcrs.
Chapman, trader or shopman.
Clark, clerk or scholar,
Conkln, the son of Con. Con means
bold, wise, knowing.
Crawford, from Crawford in Lanark-
shire, Scotland.
Deacon, a church officer.
Davis, son of David.
Evans, the Welsh for John, the same as
Johns.
Foster, probably corruption of forres-
ter.
Gervas, (Jarvis), steadfast, honorable.
Gibson, (Gibeson,) son of Gilbert.
Grover, from graver, one who carves or
engraves.
Haines, (Haynes), one who needs no as
sistance from others one able to help him
self
Harris, Harrison, Herries), son of
Henry.
Hartshorn, the horn of the hart or male
deer an emblem or sign over shop or
inn whence the name "John at the Harts-
horu"-shortened to John Hartshorne.
Havens, harbor, safe refuge.
Holmes, meadow-lands near or surroun-
ded by water; sometimes an island:
Hooper, same as cooper.
Hulseharl, a wood with deer or hart in.
Hutchius, the child of Hugh.
Hutchinson, the child of Hutchinson
(grandson of Hugh)
Jackson, son of Jack or John.
Jameson, (Jamerson), son of james.
Jeffrey, (Jeffreys), from Godfrey OF
Godfrey meaning Gods peace or joyful
peace; this name was borne by the chief al
the royal house of Plantagenet.
jenkins, from jerks or John---little
John or son of John.
jerks, the same as Johns; son of John.
Jennings, same as Jenkins; son of John
johnson, son of John; a number of sur
names it will be observed have this mean.
ing as Jones, Evans, jenkins, Jennings
Johns.
Kelly hazel grove, also CHURCH.
Lawrence, hourishing, spreading, from
Taurus, the laurel tree.
Mills, one who owned or lived at a mill
Moore, from Nor, great, tall, chief
powerful, proud.
Morse, (AIorris), a hero, warrior, !,
brave man.
Mullen's, Miller
Pancost, corruption of Pentecost, ,
name probably given to child born OF
that day.
Parker, the keeper of park.
Randolph, (RandalD, signifies fairhelp
good help.
Reynolds, sincere or pure love: strong
or firm hold.
Rogers, enc who keeps peace and quiet
ness; strong counsellor.
Russell, redhaired.
Spragg, (Spragqe), speech, language
J eloquent--one noted for these qualities.
Stanton, stone hill or stone town.
Stratton, the hill full of fresh springs
Sutphen, from Zutphen city in Ger
many.
5 Teneyck, ten oaks or at the oaks.
TiltQn, from village in England wher
e tents were made in ANCIENT times.
Townsend, one who lives at the town
/ end.
: Truax, the place on the waters or tn
three waters.
e Van Cleft, CYAN Cleef. Van Cleve)
from Chleyes in Germany.
Vandervere, (Venderveer, }, from tn
0 ferry one who lived by the ferry.
C Van Horn, from Horn or Hoorn in Hol
land.
: Van Volkenburgh, (Falkenburgh), frog
}, Valkenburgh Netherlands.
Van Zandt, from the shore or sand.
Vaughan, little, small in stature.
Walton, the name Of several villages i
d England.
Wilkins, son of viii.
}, Wilkinson, son of Wilkins.
Worden, from Woerdon town in Hol
land.
), The foregoing are derived from Can
den, Lower and Arther-chieAy from th
interesting work of the latter.
Of all names the Smiths take the lead
J. ap1 John Smiths are so numerous that
,e almost ceases to be descriptive name
One writer contends that the name job
Smith is not only common in Great Britia