My very large surname list

Like anyone who has done genealogy for awhile, I have a crazy surname list. I’ve identified all of my 2nd great grandparents, although there are 3 women that I haven’t found their surname.

I’m working on building posts with more details for all of these, but I thought it would be helpful to list them all out. There are many that I have identified past the 6th great grandfather, but I wanted to set a limit for this post.

Surnames with more details:

 

Adar

Elizabeth Adar (3rd Great Grandmother)

Adam Ader (4th Great Grandfather)

Jonathan Kasper Eader (5th Great Grandfather)

Peter Eader (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Allyer

Ann Allyer (3rd Great Grandmother)

 

Argall

Elizabeth Argall (9th Great Grandmother)

 

Ball

Mary A Ball (3rd Great Grandmother)

 

Barham

Fanny Barham (4th Great Grandmother)

Benjamin Barham (5th Great Grandfather)

Robert Barham (6th Great Grandfather)

Charles Barham (7th Great Grandfather)

Robert Barham (8th Great Grandfather)

Robert Barham (9th Great Grandfather)

 

Basch

Anna Maria Basch (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Betts

Sarah Jacacks Betts (3rd Great Grandmother)

Daniel Betts (4th Great Grandfather)

Aaron Betts (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Bowerman

Emma Clark Bowerman (2nd Great Grandmother)

Jacob C Bowerman (3rd Great Grandfather)

Joseph Bowerman (4th Great Grandfather)

Thomas Bowerman (5th Great Grandfather)

Ichabod Bowerman (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Bull

Muturah Bull (5th Great Grandmother)

Josiah Bull (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Brayton

Huldah Brayton (4th Great Grandmother)

Matthew Brayton (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Clark

Lydia Ann Clark (2nd Great Grandfather)

Henry Clark (3rd Great Grandfather)

Augustus Clark (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Clarke

Elizabeth Clarke (6th Great Grandmother)

John Clarke (7th Great Grandfather)

 

Coles

Letty Coles (3rd Great Grandfather)

 

Collier

Nancy Collier (4th Great Grandmother)

Frederick Collier (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Cronkhite

Phoebe Cronkhite (4th Great Grandmother)

Jacob Cronkhite (5th Great Grandfather)

Johannes Cronkhite (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Durrett

Elizabeth Durrett (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Ernst

Vandelenah Ernst (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Filmer

Katherine Filmer (8th Great Grandmother)

Edward Filmer (9th Great Grandfather)

 

Flake

Mary Flake (7th Great Grandmother)

 

Fuller

Hannah Fuller (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Gibson

Emma Mae Gibson (Grandmother)

William M Gibson (Great Grandfather)

Daniel Peter Gibson (2nd Great Grandfather)

William H Gibson (3rd Great Grandfather)

Thomas Gibson (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Gill

Mary Gill (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Gosnell (2nd line)

Emenah Gosnell (3rd Great Grandfather)

Morris Gosnell (4th Great Grandfather)

Charles Gosnell (5th Great Grandfather)

Peter Gosnell (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Gray

Lydia Gray (8th Great Grandmother)

 

Hall

Martha Ann Hall (3rd Great Grandmother)

Adam Hall (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Hammond

Ann Hammond (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Helms

Anna Elizabeth Helms (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Hoag

Hannah Mosher Hoag (4th Great Grandmother)

Nehemiah Hoag (5th Great Grandfather)

John Hoag (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Hogue

Sally Hogue (3rd Great Grandmother)

Archelaus Hogue (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Holl

Emma Holl (Great Grandmother)

Fredrick Holl (2nd Great Grandfather)

Henry Holl (3rd Great Grandmother)

 

Holt

Martha Holt (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Hopper

Elizabeth Hopper (2nd Great Grandmother)

Benjamin Hopper (3rd Great Grandfather)

Thomas Hopper (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Hulsemann

Catharina M Hulsemann (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Hulsey

Zylphia Hulsey (3rd Great Grandmother)

Charles Hulsey (4th Great Grandfather)

Charles Hulsey (5th Great Grandfather)

Charles Hulsey (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Jacocks

Sarah Jacocks (5th Great Grandmother)

Benjamin Jacocks (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Jarrett

Mary Jane Jarrett (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Johnson

Frances E Johnson (4th Great Grandmother)

 

Judkins

Mary Judkins (5th Great Grandmother)

John Judkins (6th Great Grandfather)

Samuel Judkins (7th Great Grandfather)

Samuel Judkins (8th Great Grandfather)

 

Jund

Sara Jund (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Kitterman

Elizabeth Kitterman (4th Great Grandmother)

Christopher Kitterman (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Lindov

Carolina Lindov (2nd Great Grandmother)

 

Mason

Anne Mason (7th Great Grandfather)

 

Matteson

Anna Matteson (5th Great Grandmother)

 

McGregor

Jane McGregor (3rd Great Grandmother)

Peter McGregor (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Meachum

Frances Meachum (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Meyer

Mary Maria Meyer (4th Great Grandmother)

Gerichtsvogt H A Meyer (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Miller

Elizabeth Miller (4th Great Grandmother)

 

Mosher

Rebecca Mosher (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Ordway

Jemima Ordway (5th Great Grandmother)

Jacob Ordway (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Parkinson

Catherine Parkinson (5th Great Grandmother)

 

Parrish

Elizabeth Parrish (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Perrel

Mary Elizabeth Perrel (2nd Great Grandfather)

Jospeh Perrell (3rd Great Grandfather)

John Lazarus Berril (4th Great Grandfather)

Samuel Berrel (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Petway

Elizabeth Petway (7th Great Grandmother)

Edward Petway (8th Great Grandfather)

Robert Pittway (9th Great Grandfather)

 

Plant

Elizabeth Plant (3rd Great Grandmother)

William Plan (4th Great Grandfather)

Williamson Plant (5th Great Grandfather)

John Plant (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Richmond

Jane Richmond (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Ridley

Elizabeth Ridley (7th Great Grandfather)

 

Sare

Susanna Sare (9th Great Grandmother)

 

Scott

Sarah Ann Scott (3rd Great Grandmother)

Thomas Scott (4th Great Grandfather)

 

Shelley

Hannah Shelley (5th Great Grandfather)

Thomas Shelley (6th Great Grandfather)

Phillip Shelley (7th Great Grandfather)

John Shelley (8th Great Grandfather)

 

Smalley

Zilpah Smalley (4th Great Grandmother)

Joseph Smalley (5th Great Grandfather)

 

Stearns

Catherine Stearns (3rd Great Grandmother)

 

Thomas

Mehitable Thomas (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Titus

Philadephia Titus (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Watts

Frances Watts (5th Great Grandmother)

Jacob Watts (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Watts (2nd line)

Elizabeth Watts (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Weatherley

Maude Weatherly (Great Grandfather)

John Alfred Weatherley (2nd Great Grandfather)

William Weatherley (3rd Great Grandfather)

Thomas Weatherley (4th Great Grandfather)

Thomas Weatherley (5th Great Grandfather)

Edward Weatherley (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Wilkerson

Sally Wilkerson (4th Great Grandmother)

 

Williams

Susannah Williams (4th Great Grandmother)

Isaiah Williams (5th Great Grandfather)

Joseph Williams (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Wisdom

Drucilla Wisdom (4th Great Grandmother)

 

Witt

Hannah Witt (5th Great Grandmother)

John Witt (6th Great Grandfather)

 

Wright

Rebecca Wright (6th Great Grandmother)

 

Ziegler

Johanna E Ziegler (4th Great Grandmother)

George Jacob Ziegler (5th Great Grandfather)

The Gosnell Family

Florence Alabama Warren Gosnell was my great grandmother. She married Amos William Phillips. They had 13 children.

The direct ancestors I know:

  • Florence Alabama Warren Gosnell (Great Grandmother)
  • Archelaus M Gosnell (2nd Great Grandfather)
  • Peter Gosnell (3rd Great Grandfather)
  • Joseph Gosnell (4th Great Grandfather)

 

The Faulkner Family

Susie Marie Faulkner was my patneral grandmother. She married Vernon Benton Phillips and they had 5 children – 4 girls and 1 boy.

The direct ancestors I know:

  • Susie Marie Faulkner (Grandmother)
  • George Albert Faulkner (Great Grandfather)
  • Jefferson Faulkner (2nd Great Grandfather)
  • Alexander Faulkner (3rd Great Grandfather)

Alexander Faulkner was born in Tennessee. The family lived in Tennessee and Kentucky for a few generations before moving west. They lived in Oklahoma in the early 1900s and then moved to California.

The Pucket Family

Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the Pucket (or Puckett) family.

My 2nd great grandmother — Lizzie or Eliza — was born in Pembrokshire, Wales in September, 1852. She shows up on a census in 1871 as a cook. Shortly after that she immigrated to the United States and married my 2nd great grandmother Richard Berryman.

They lived in Illinois for a bit before moving to California. She died sometime between 1930 – 1940.

The direct ancestors I know:

  • Lizzie or Eliza Pucket (2nd Great Grandmother)

The Thierman Family

The Thierman Family has always been very interesting to me, because it’s one of the few families so far that I’ve traced back that originates from somewhere other than the United Kingdom.

George Henry Albert Thierman, my 3rd Great Grandfather, was born in Hannover in Germany and then immigrated over to the United States.

George spent some time in Wisconsin before moving to California. Some of the Thierman family also spent some time in Iowa.

Military service: 

George Henry Albert Thierman – Civil War from 1861-1862

The direct ancestors I know: 

Kathleen H Thierman (Great Grandmother)

Thomas Hall Thierman (2nd Great Grandfather)

George Henry Albert Thierman (3rd Great Grandfather)

Jacob Thierman (4th Great Grandfather)

Johann H Thierman (5th Great Grandfather)

The Berryman Family

My first connection to the Berryman family is via my mother. Berryman is her maiden name.

I’ve traced the family back to 1836 when my 3rd great-grandfather was born in Guildford, England.

My 2nd great-grandfather emigrated to the United States and lived in Illinois. My great grandfather moved to California, and my grandfather was born here. Aside from the time he served in World War II, my grandfather lived in California for his entire life.

There are several members of the Berryman family that are veterans. They include:

Richard Berryman – World War II

The direct ancestors I know:

JoAnne Berryman (Mother)

Richard Elwyn Berryman (Grandfather)

Bevan P Berryman (Great Grandfather)

Richard Berryman (2nd Great Grandfather)

John Berryman (3rd Great Grandfather)

The Phillips Family

I was born a Phillips, so my connection to the Phillips surname is pretty strong.

I’ve currently traced the family back to the 1740s in Surry, Virginia.

The family lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California.

My father lived in California for the first half of his life and then moved to Utah.

There are several members of the Phillips family that are veterans. They include:

  • Vernon Lee Benton Phillips – Korean War
  • Thomas Phillips – Revolutionary War

The direct ancestors I know:

  • Vernon Lee Benton Phillips (Father)
  • Vernon Benton Phillips (Grandfather)
  • Amos William Phillips (Great Grandfather)
  • Franklin Barron Phillips (2nd Great Grandfather)
  • Barham Phillips (3rd Great Grandfather)
  • Francis Holt Phillips (4th Great Grandfather)
  • Thomas Phillips (5th Great Grandfather)

Other members of the Phillips family: