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crossing. Other fords and families would
be differentiated as Rockford, Milford,
Montford, Bedford. SANFORD. Christian
anity, civilization and villages also went
hand In hand, and where "a church or kirk
was erected its founders and near neigh
bors received their distinguishing sur
names: Church. Churchill, Kirk, Kirk
wood. Newkirk, Selkirk, Kirkpatrick,
Kirkland and Kirkham. Trees, ruits and
flowers growing p%rofusely in certain To-
~calitics gave family names. There were
the Bccches, Becchers. and Beechmans,
tn Ashes, Ashons. Plums and Plummers,
Elders and Ildorkins. Cherrys, Birchcs,
Astors. Flowers Bcrrys, Hollys, Willows,
Haws and Roses. The Beaches came from
the scashorc, " Is safe to surmise; also
the families of Fish and Fisher, Sands
and Sanders, Shores and Shipman, as we'll
as F,ells and Bass, Heron and Crane,
Chubbs and Crabbe, Salmon, Pearl and
Finny. OF bucolic ancestors arc Farm
and Farmer. shepherd and Bergman.
Field, Whitfield. Redhcld. Buttcrfeld,
Fielding. Mansfield; while those named
for birds and beasts may have received
their titles from their possessions, or in
some cases on account of some fancied
resemblance. OF such are the clans Of
Horseman. Colt. Lamb. Cock. Bull, Hogg.
Gait, Storkc. Hare. Drake. Swallow, Wren,
Robin. Wing. swan, Goslin. Finch, Night
insale. Parrot. Peacock and Beeman. That
there We're mighty hunters in those days
is borne out by such names as Hunter,
Huntsman. Shotwell. Bowman. Chase.
Stalker. Archer, Trapper and such game
as Beaver, Bcar. Buck Badger, Coon.
Teal. Deer and Doerins, Hawk Jay. Mar
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cock. Fox and Stork. As for the workers
in the towns are not their descendants
still with us? The Carpenters. the Ma
sons. Smiths and Arrowsmiths. Tanners
and Millers, Butchers and Bakers. Bar
hers and Tailors. Viewers, Spinnsrs and
Dryers. Plumbers and Painters. Wcbbs
and Wcbstcrs. Loomises and S~hOcmakers.
Filters and Pipers. Brewers and Tan
ners. Milkmans and Gardeners. to say
nothing Of Priests and Parsons. Popes
Kings, Dukes and IIarls. Lords and
Princes; Royal stock these latter ones.
Other complimentary names betokening
an ancestry to be proud of are Good.
Goodman. Goodrich. Goodenough. Cod
Goddard. Angel, Stockwcll. Heartwell
chat is of good heart. Worth and Wor-
thy. Joy and Noble. Wise. Wiseman and
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tronymics ending in man or fellow de-
scriptive undoubtedly Of the peculiar men,
tai or physical charaeteristics of the for
heal who gave his name to the family
tree. some of these are complimentary;
most OF them. in fact, but there are others
about which one naturally has doubts.
Among these are Tallman, 1.Ongman and
Longfellow. Sherman and Smallman.
Blackman and Whiteman, while as many |
moro have rdgepped ihe last syllable and
held to the characterization only: Long.
Short. Stout. Small. Smart. Quick. Keen.
Sharp, Wait. Strong Armstrong Albright.
Gross, Poor and Slowboy. There are also
Whitehcads and Brcadheads, Lcggs and
Lcgcctts or descendants of the Legs.
Foots and Shanks. Heads and Heels,
Hearts and Hands. Names of color arc
i'll almost every instance OF Scotch origin;
White, Black, Green, Grey. Dunn, Blue.
Other names indicative of locality and
the most primitive conditions are Cate"
and Gross" In the old fortified
towns gates Wcr" needed for entrance
into their walled Enclosures and residents
were named after the gates near which
they rented. such were the Applogatos.
WinCates. ColCatcs and Fosgates. Around
the old castles ran the floss, a ditch that
must be crossed before outsiders could
gain entrance. Hare comes in Foster.
Fosdick, Crossmau, Crosswcl. Crosby. In
without number there are e%llsions
NJ ~consonants, for %euphony or greater ease
in spcaking. the letter "a being most
frequently dropped. Lastly. the weather
or climatic conditions prevailing whore
heads of families came from. seem re-
sponsihle in many instances for the family
name. Such are Snow. Hill. Raines,
Frost. F-ogg, Winies, Breeze and Dewey.