Kornegay

The Kornegay Family (pronouced cor-nig-gee) of southeastern North Carolina, represented here by Lord Dannon, Seneschal of Kornegay. The Polish surname of KORNEGAY was a baptismal name meaning 'the son of Cornelius'. The name was originally an old Roman family name Cornelius which was borne by a 3rd century Christian Saint and Pope. The cathedral of St. Cornelius at Aachen was a centre of pilgrimage and the given name was especially popular in this area in the Middle Ages. This is not an English surname, and no trace of the name can be found on English soil in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, the period when font names were being turned into permanent surnames. The name was probably brought from Holland in the late 14th century.