The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-02

r,nhol,s. the patron saint Of Russia docs
mi seem 70 have been very popular IN Nj e
Isnd. notwithstanding hfs connection Win
fshsisfuass festivities; for the only gifts, IN
inc way az surnames, which we pave from
MIN are Nichols. Nicholson, and Nickleby.
This last name " the result OF patronym
ard rcs;dcnce combiued--a combination OF
which there are many instances In our sur
ocm:nal records. By means village" ~
Is Danish word originally by', farm
t,eadv: then naturally including the Gus
ter OF houses occupied by the farE.tspor-
crs. which iu early times were placed close
together for protection from hostile iorays.
a lie from this bu that we derive Burr,
H,,sfoos. and Burfprd lunlcss these are from
the saxon 6,wk, ga fortified Hill ~; also,
Burleirh. Byerly. and Burley Il. e., the VII
iacc green. or common) and Burwel, or
RnrreiI. ssthe village WE'LL" We have
Il in Dandy and Danbury--"the village OF
The Danes: Frlsby, ythe village OF the
Frisisnsv; Netherby, "tbe lower village +"
Highly, the upper or high village, Brady,
"fne broad village; Grigsby, "Greses
yiilsge''--Gregg being the Saxon greg
q gray; Baruaby. "Barney's village
Dieby. Derby, Kirby, Ashby, Willoughby.
Selby, shelby, Rugby, Whitby white VII
lage). Maltby iMathus's vlIage). and Grims.
by. Most oil these byes we're named after some
individual, generally, we suppose, the own:
er OF the manor which was the nucleus OF
the settlement. A appointment gentleman
say Dan Nicholas, for instance, has a village
osyilleins on his estate, (notice that viIld and
viilaoe are 80 called because the one Is
worked and the other Inhabited by rafeinS-.
/. e.. persons engaged in the viie lsbors OF
husbandry forefathers not having our
modern notions of s'tbe dignity OF labor" J
and this village would naturally be called
Nichoias's viHaqe, or Nicleieby. When
any OF the churls OF lower degree, who
couldn't sport " Dan" TO his name,
moved to some other settlement where
there were already, perhaps, several
Jacks, the new conner would most likely
soon hear himself called "Jack from
Nickebyv; and il he ever bad occasion
10 have his name registered II would proba-
bly, appear as "Jake de Nickleby," the dc
in most OF the names Of early date marking
The place ,rhsnce the individual came.
Before leaving this part OF our subject we
nav remark that a 6yl0p was originally
LEGAL law passed by the corporation OF
town. and OF course subordinate to the law
Of the realm. Hence 1t has come to mean
fbe1aws or regulations adopted by any So
cjety In accordance with the provisions OF
their constitution. Pbilology thus corrobo.
rates the testimony OF history, that as far as
the memory OF man runDeth back our stur-
DIV Saxon ancestors were determined lovers
OF home-rule."
In connection with ga .ntly names we will
mention some that are angelic. Inc afch-
angel Michael has supplied US with MI
chaels, Mitchell, Niche, Mickens, higgins,
Meeks, and Carmichael. The first syllable
OF the latter is q Celtic word Tor rock; so
here Is another combination OF personal
with local appelIatiou. In Irish we have
odrrdig. and in Welsh garreg or craig. out
OF which The English make crdg. Craig
and Craik are surnames derived fromit. The
Irish geographical name Carrickfergus
means the rock OF Fergus" ferguson
remains TO us from the obsolete Fefgus);
and Carmichael is "tbe person who lives at
xlchael's rock"
There is an obsolete given name which
appears in the Hamo lie Bret" and "Ha-
mo lie Bard" OF the Hundred Rolls, and in
=. Hamo Ill Rcardi Z" in an old Writ of Par
lament, which has furnished US In modern |
times with Hammond, Hamm, Hamlyn, |
Hamelia, Hamil, Hamilton, Hamlet. Ham, |
ner, Hampson, HampdeD, Hambden-the |
last two taking a locative word into combi- |
nation. den, 80 deep wooded valley" The |
I'm (iin) may also he locative, meaning the
deep pool below cataract; or more proba'
bly, il is diminutive, being the same sufiix
we have in costing, duckiing, founding, |
darling. little desr,) princeling, kingIing.
We have IL, too, in Franklin, g. freehold |
err" country gentleman; and probably in |
"tbe little Soutberner." Some |
times the is omitted, rs in farthing, ga |
little fourth" or any minute portion, such |
as Is meant in Chaucer's description OF the |
nice manners Of the Nun at table:
"Her oyer-lippe wiped she so clene
That IN her cup ther was no farthfng seen
or grease"
In proper names we have this form OF the |
0iminutiye in Perrin, little Pierre, or
Peter" Query: Is Berrien corruption Of
Perrin? The sonant Is, we know, readily
takes the place OF the surd P-both labials.
Beyan is for Pevsn, which is the Welsh
i" ap Evan" dp 10 Wales (irom mao or fac.
- son, v.'a cbild,") corresponding to Mac
in Scotland and o. in Ireland: Barry is the
same as Parry Perry, which is zap Har-
~ -; Brice equals Price, which is zap
Rice; hence, toe, the double patronymic |
Bryson. the Is representing ap or ma6) and
- son /" signifying the same relationship.
CHARLES Don.
RICHMOND, VA, September 80, 1880.