scholar, but he was the founder of a famous medical school, and an
author whose productions, in the estimation of competent critics,
have given him and his country a splendid and enduring renown. His
elaborate and systematic treatise upon the Diseases of the Valley
of the Mississippi is a work which lays broad the foundations
of medico-geographical research in the Western Hemisphere, and
foreshadows in masterly fashion the rigorous methods of physical
science that are now universally in vogue. The author was an explorer
by right of birth. He was a true son of his pioneer father, and a
typical scion of an adventurous race. The daring navigator, Sir
Francis Drake, the son of a Devonshire yeoman, was a true kinsman
in spirit, and probably in blood. The same passion for exploration
which drove the one to circle the universal seas in an English keel
inspired the other to toil through the vast spaces of a continental
wilderness and explore the haunts of pestilence upon the shores of the
Mexican Gulf. It is doubtless as the author of that unique work--"The
Diseases of the Great Interior Valley"--that Daniel Drake will chiefly
be remembered, and certainly no one could desire a better title to
remembrance. The motto of his famous "Journal," E SYLVIS NUNCIUS, is
a succinct and happy characterization of the man. He was indeed an
ambassador from nature, and his credentials have passed unchallenged
to this day.
_Drewry._
_Duckworth._
_Dudley._
_Duer._
_Duncan_, or Dunkin.
_Duke._ Le Duc, Normandy, 1180-98. Radulphus Dux (or Duke), of Bucks,
England, 1199. The name keeps its old distinction in Kentucky. It will
long survive in social tradition and always hold a high place in the
history of the State.
AN ANGLO-NORMAN FAMILY. _Dr. Basil Duke_, born in Calvert County,
Maryland, 1766; died in Washington, Ky., 1828; married, 1794,
Charlotte Marshall, born, 1777, in Fauquier County, Virginia;
died in Washington, Kentucky, April 17, 1817. She was a sister of
Chief-Justice Marshall.
1. Thomas Marshall Duke, born 1795, died about 1870; married:
1. Bettie Taylor.
2. Nancy Ashby.
3. ---- McCormick.
2. Mary Wilson Duke, born February 7, 1797; married, May 7, 1818, Dr.
John F. Henry; died September, 1823.
3. James Keith Duke, born, Washington, Ky., 1799; died August 2, 1863;
married, February 5, 1822, Mary Buford.
4. Nathaniel Wilson Duke, born 1806; died at Paris, Ky., July, 1850;
married, October 4, 1833, Mary Currie. Parents of General Basil Duke.
5. John Marshall Duke, born, Washington, Ky., October 29, 1811, died
in Maysville, Ky., 1880; married Hannah Morton.
6. Lucy Ann Duke born Washington, Ky., January 11, 1814; died Rock
Island, Ill.; married, January 20, 1835, Charles Buford.
7. Charlotte Jane Duke, born Washington, Ky., January 20, 1817; died
February, 1886; married, January 14, 1840, Harrison Taylor, "War"
Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Kentucky.)
The Dukes of South Mason are descended from Alexander Duke of
Maryland, a tall, vigorous specimen of the Anglo-Norman breed who
lived to be nearly one hundred years of age. His son, Dr. Basil Duke,
was a brigade surgeon in the Confederate service.
[Illustration: HONORABLE JOHN J. CRITTENDEN.]
_Durrell_, from Durell. Armorially identified with Darrell, Durrant,
Durran, Durrock, and possibly Durrett. (Vide Durrett.) Note how slight
a change converts the Norman name Clarte into Claret. So, Druett into
Durrett.
_Durrett._ A surname traceable beyond the Conquest, and having all
the marks of a Norman surname. If not of literal record in our
various lists, it is evidence of defect in the list itself. It is a
familiar tradition in Colonel Paul Durrett's family that the original
form of the surname was _Duret_, and that the family was of French
extraction. Widely separated branches of the same stock have the same
tradition. Every village in Normandy--says Camden--has "surnamed" a
family in England. It is easy to perceive, therefore, that the number
of surnames thus derived, added to the number derived from other
sources, would oblige the compilers of genealogical dictionaries from
sheer exhaustion to _omit_ many names. There is a simple process of
linguistic mutation which explains the genesis of many words. It is
known as _transposition_. It may be a transposition of _letters_,
as in the simple name _Crisp_, transpose the terminal letters and
we have the familiar name _Crips_; or it may be a transposition
of _syllables_, of which we have a famous example in _Al-macks_,
_decelticized_ for Anglican uses by a simple transposition of the
syllables in the Celtic surname--_Mack-All_. So, Durand, Durant (vide
Battle Abbey Roll and D. B.), DeRuelle, Durelle, Druell, Durell,
Durel, Durell (Huguenot, London, 1697), Durrell; so, too, Drouet
(Nor. Fr.), Druet, Druett, Durrett. _Duré_ is a French surname easily
Normanized by the addition of the diminutive suffix _et_ or _ett_,
giving us Duré, Duret, or Durett; and when consonantally _braced_
(more Anglico) by doubling the "r," we have _Durrett_--a familiar
surname in Kentucky. _Dur_, the adjective, means _hard, durable,
enduring_; the noun _Dur_ is _door_; _ett_ is a Norman suffix;
giving the ancient surname _Durrett_ a characteristic Norman stamp,
structure, and _cachet_.
_Dye_, for Deye.
_Dyer._
_Eames._ Ames.
_Edmonds_, or Edmunds.
_Egerton._
_Eckert._
_Eliot._
_Ellis_, or Alis, from Alis near Pont de l'Arche. The sensational
duel between Major Thomas Marshall and Captain Charles Mitchell was
fought upon the place of Mr. Washington Ellis, near Maysville, Ky.
It has been well described by Dr. Anderson Nelson Ellis, his son, an
accomplished writer and physician.
_Ellison._
_Emet_, or Emmett, from Amiot, Normandy.
_English_, or Inglis; families of this name are all Norman. England is
another form of Anglicus.
_Eve_, or Ives.
_Everett_, from Evreux. (Normandy.)
_Fail_, for Faiel, Fales. William Faiel, Normandy, 1180. Reginald
Fale, England, 1272.
_Faint_ for Fant.
_Falconer_, or Falkner.
_Farish_, or Fariss or Ferris.
_Farley_, or Varley.
_Farrer_, armorially identified with Ferrers of Bere. Ferrers, Farrow,
the same. A large family, well and widely connected in Virginia and
Kentucky. Archdeacon Farrer is of the same gens. The name is variously
spelled Farrer, Farrow, Farra, Farrers.
_Faulconer_, for Falconer; also Faulkner.
_Fell_, _Fayle_, or Fail, Fales.
_Fickling._
_Field._ Richard de la Felda is mentioned in Normandy, temp. John
(Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. V. 126). Burke (Landed Gentry) states under the
head De la Field that this family was originally seated in Alsace near
the Vosges Mountains. The author of "The Norman People" says the name
embraces both English and Norman families. Pierce's great two-volume
"Genealogy" (profusely illustrated) exhibits the prodigious growth in
America, including such names as Cyrus Field, Justice Field, Marshall
Field, and Judge Curtis Field. The Kentucky Fields were connected by
marriage with the Clays of Bourbon. Pierce's genealogy gives very
pleasing views of "Auvergne," the home of the Field-Clays. This
estate was inherited by Hon. Cassius M. Clay, Jr., of Bourbon. Henry
Field (Eng. 1611) came to Virginia in 1635. Lieutenant Henry Field,
Culpeper County, Virginia, married Ann Lightfoot, May, 1771. His will
made November 19, 1777. His daughter, Judith Field, married Francis
Taylor, of Maryland, in Louisville, Ky., February 14, 1774. Francis
Taylor studied law with Judge Sebastian in Louisville. Lucretia,
a daughter of Francis and Judith Taylor, married Captain James B.
Robinson. The Fields family of Tennessee (afterward of Kentucky) are
now in the North, the brothers James and Henry being conspicuous in
the management of important steel and iron trusts. Their sister, Mrs.
Charles D. Lanier, is a resident of New York City. Her husband (a son
of the famous Southern poet) is now at the head of "The Review of
Reviews."
_Fillpot_ or Philpot, from Philipot, diminutive of Philip.
_Finch._
_Finney._
_Fisher._
_Fisk_, or Fyska.
_Fitch_, or Fitz.
_Fitzgerald._
_Flanders_, or Flamders. Common in England after the Conquest.
_Fleet._
_Fleming._ The Flemings of Fleming are derived from the Flemings of
Virginia.
_Fleming._ The Flemings of "Wigton" came from Flanders in the train of
William the Conqueror. Sir Thomas Fleming came to Virginia in 1626.
Colonel John Fleming (another Wigtonshire Fleming) came from Virginia
to Kentucky in 1790. His grandson, John Donaldson Fleming, was also a
pioneer and served with marked efficiency as United States District
Attorney for Colorado.
_Fletcher._
_Flowers._
_Foakes_, or Fowkes.
_Foley._
_Folk._ Governor of Missouri. A political leader of distinction.
_Follett._
_Force_, de Forz.
_Foreman_, or Forman for Fairman. The Forman family of Kentucky (local
pronunciation _Fur_-man) forms one of the largest and most influential
connections in the State. They are Scandinavians of a high type.
_Forrest._
_Forrester._
_Forster_, or Foster. James Lane Allen was a Foster in the maternal
line.
_Fountain_, de Fonte.
_Fowke_, Gerard, a Kentuckian, directed the later Horsford
Excavations at Cambridge. He is a descendant of the "Elizabethan"
Fowke, a Virginian pioneer. His latest paper described his
explorations of the Lower Amur Valley. It was a cold trail, but the
story is one of singular interest.
_Fowkes_, or Fowke. See Foakes.
_Fowler._
_Fox_, or Reinard. The Norman name was translated in England after
the Conquest, being previously Rainer, Renard, etc. The celebrated
Fox family of England was derived from Le Fox, Normandy. Renard de
Douvres is familiarly known in Kentucky as "Fox of Dover." The Fox
family of Dover are descendants of a wealthy Virginian, Arthur Fox,
distinguished among the pioneer citizens of the State. Judge Fountain
Fox of Boyle and the Southern novelist, John Fox, were doubtless
derived from the same Anglo-Norman stock.
_Francis_, Governor of Missouri; Organizer of the World's Fair in
commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase.
_Frazee_, Fraser, Frazier, Fraize, a loc. n. in France. Fr. Fraiseur.
From _fraiser_, to fortify with stakes. Samuel Frazee, a revolutionary
soldier, came to Madison County, Ky., in 1792. Progenitor of a
large and prominent family in the State. Doctor Lewis J. Frazee, of
Louisville, was author of "A Medical Student, Europe," a mid-century
publication.
_Freyer_, or Frier. (Old Norse.) Armorially identified in Normandy
with Frere. Ansgot Frater, of Normandy, 1198. In England, 1326.
_Gaines._
_Gairdner_, or Gardner (C. Jardinier).
_Gambier._
_Gamble._
_Garland._
_Garrard_, for Gerard; Ralph and William Gerard, Normandy, 1180-95.
Twenty-six of the name in England, 1272.
_Garratt._ Roger and William Garrett, of Normandy, 1180.
_Garrett._
_Gaskin._
_Gaskins._
_Gates._
_Gault._
_Gay._ Ralph Gai, Normandy, 1180. Robert de Gay, a benefactor to
Osney, Oxford.
_Geary_, or Gery, Normandy, 1165. William de Gueri. Of this name are
the baronets Geary.
_Gentry_, Chantry. From Chaintre, near Macon.
_Gibbon_, or Gibbons.
_Gibbs._
_Gibson._
_Gilbert._
_Gill_, Gille or Giles.
_Gillman._
_Gilpin_, Galopin.
_Glen_, or Glenn.
_Goble_, for Gobel.
_Goddard._
_Godfrey._
_Goggin_, or Gogin, Normandy, 1195; England, 1272. William L. Goggin
was a mid-century Governor of Virginia. Lucien B. Goggin, his
brother, was a prominent citizen of Kentucky. This ancient surname is
distinctly traceable by record from Normandy to England; from England
to Virginia; from Virginia to Kentucky. And this is but one out of
_many names_, officially recorded in Normandy, that reappear, hundreds
of years afterward, in Kentucky.
_Goode._
_Gooding._
_Goodman._
_Gordon_, or Berwick (Anglo-Norman, also a Celtic clan name).
_Goring._
_Gosling._
_Gossett._
_Gowan._
_Graham_, in all the early records of England, means Grantham in
Lincoln. William de Graham, who settled in Scotland, came from
Grantham. Ralph, hereditary chamberlain of Normandy, had two
grandsons--(1) Rabel, ancestor of the Chamberlains of Normandy. (2)
William de Graham, ancestor of Montrose and Dundee.
_Grand_, Le Grant, Grand; Scottish Grants are Celtic.
_Graves._
_Gray_, Greey or Grey. From Gray, Normandy, near Caen.
_Grenfell._ Recalling the name of the gallant Englishman that rode
with Morgan.
_Gresham._
_Gunn._ William de Gons, Normandy, 1280. William Gun, England, 1272.
Dennis Gunn, Kentucky, 1870.
_Gurney_, from De Gournay.
_Gurdon_, from Gourdon, near Calais.
_Hailie_, for Hailly or D'Aily.
_Haines._ From Haisne, near Arras.
_Haley_, for Hailey.
_Haley_, for Hailey. Percy Haley is notably Anglo-Norman.
_Hall._
_Halliday_, or Holliday. Recalls the famous Overland Route.
_Halliday_, from Halyday, Normandy. A name historically associated in
America with the great Overland Route, as is also Blanchard (q.v.).
Benjamin Holliday, William Blanchard, and Judge Thomas A. Marshall
(President of the Central Pacific) were Kentuckians born within a
few miles of each other, near the northern border of the State. All
pioneers of Scandinavian blood.
_Halsey._
_Ham._ From the Castle of Ham, Normandy. William _du_ Ham, Normandy,
1180. William _de_ Ham, England, 1272.
_Hamer._ Heirmir, the name of a jarl. It was that stout fighter,
General Hamer, who sent Ulysses Grant to West Point.
_Hamilton._ A well-known family in Kentucky.
_Hamilton._ Gilbert de Hamelden had estates in Surrey, holding his
lands from the Honour of Huntingdon, and, therefore, from the Kings
of Scotland (1254). His elder son, Walter, was one of the Barons of
Scotland, and held the barony of Hamilton. The family dates from
Normandy, 1130. The most illustrious descendant of this noble Scottish
family was an American--Alexander Hamilton--who, according to that
very eminent authority, Prince Talleyrand, "was the greatest man
of his epoch," an epoch illustrated by such names as Napoleon and
Washington--his greatness consisting peculiarly in this, that he was
not only variously gifted--soldier, scholar, orator, administrator,
political philosopher and financier, but, like William of Normandy,
he was a creative or constructive statesman, and his mother, like
the Maiden of Falaise, was a daughter of France. In a brilliant
and powerful work descriptive of his life, he is fitly styled the
"Conqueror," and an American Senator, writing upon the same lines,
adopts practically the same views. The discussion in both instances
is conducted with perfect frankness and in perfect taste. In a speech
at the recent Home-Coming in Louisville, an eloquent Kentuckian made
felicitous reference to a similar instance in which (it was alleged)
destiny (or subterranean tradition) had assigned to a daughter of
the people the same illustrious rôle. Whatever the facts, there
is a philosophy that rises above conventions; precisely as if it
should say--"In the higher planes of life, the conceptions of social
evolution are sometimes predestinated and immaculate." Who knows? Thus
much at least may be conceded to the maiden of the wilderness, to the
daughter of the tropics, and to the Maiden of Falaise, that no three
women who have figured in profane history as the mothers of great
men have more profoundly affected the destinies of the English or
Anglo-Norman race.
_Hampden._
_Hampton._ Norman-French. De Hantona.
_Hancock._ Hancoc or Hencot--These names were gradually changed to
Hancock.
_Hanks._ According to Lower, an old Cheshire "nick"-name of Randolph.
The name Randolph has given rise to many "diminutives," as Rankin,
Randolph, Randy, Ranson, Hankin, Hankey, Hanks, resembling in this
respect the prolific "Peter" (q.v.). In the struggle for existence
the monosyllabic "Hanks" has survived to share the distinction of
the original surname. To have been borne by the mother of Lincoln is
quite enough to render it illustrious for all time. A contemporary
said of her that "she was a woman of superior natural endowments of
mind and of great amiability and kindness of heart. She was always
gentle, always kind, but far more energetic than her husband. She
was quick-witted, with a great relish for the humorous and a keen
appreciation of fun." Her husband generously described her occasional
"complaints" as "chirping"--a gracious felicity of speech. Whatever
the wit and charm of the woman, there was certainly humor, with
tenderness and imagination, in the man.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Ky., in February, 1809,
three and a half years after the marriage of his father and mother.
She died in October, 1818. She was buried near the present site
of Lincoln City, and lay for many years in an unmarked grave. A
"sculptured monument" now marks the spot. It is a beautiful shaft of
white marble and bears the impressive legend: "Beneath this shaft
lies in peace all that is mortal of NANCY LINCOLN, mother of Abraham
Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States."
_Hanson_, Hausen (Scand).
_Harben_ (Norman) or Harbin, de Harpin: Harbinson.
_Harcourt._ The Earls of Harcourt were descended from Bernard, "the
Dane," who was chief counselor and second in command to Rollo or
Rolf in his invasion of Neustria, 875, and received for his services
a chateau ("Harcourt") near Brionne in France. Robert de Harcourt
attended William the Conqueror to the Conquest of England. "Harcourt"
is notably a name of "high life."
_Harden_, or Hardin. Walter Hardin, a true Norman name.
_Hardin._ Ben Hardin, the great Kentucky lawyer, on one occasion when
traveling the circuit breakfasted with his kinsman, Major Barbour, a
prominent citizen of a pious community. Mrs. Barbour, who had little
taste for the profane writers, but read her Bible daily, was truly a
mother in Israel; and was as hospitable to sinners as to saints. The
problem before the venerable hostess was to make the conversation
interesting to the great lawyer. Roosevelt and the Kaiser were not
at the front in those days, and the conversation naturally flagged;
but the old lady soon found a satisfactory substitute for the great
modern rulers, and turned suddenly upon her imposing kinsman with the
query, "Benjamin, what do you think of SOLOMON?" Ben had evidently
studied the subject, for he answered instantly, "SOLOMON, madam, was a
magnificent damned scoundrel."
_Hardin_, Hardinge, D. B. Harding, Hardingus, Hardine. In old Norse,
Haddingjar. Harden for Ardern or Hardern. Ralph de Ardern was Lord of
Bracebridge. The family of Arden or Ardern (with aspirate, Harden) was
Norman and went to England in 1066. Bernard "the Dane" was Regent of
Normandy, 940.
_Harden_, for Hardern or Ardern; or _Arden_ with aspirate.
_Hardy._
_Harris_, for Heris, Normandy. Harsee, Normandy, 1198.
_Harris_, for Heriz. Ralph Heriz, Normandy, 1180-'95. Ivo de Heriz,
England, 1130.
_Harrison._ Philip and Gilbert Heriçon, Normandy, 1180. Henry Harsent,
England, 1272. In Virginia, a great name.
[Illustration: HONORABLE HENRY WATTERSON.]
(1) The famous French economist, Michel Chevalier, traveled in the
United States in 1835. He says in one of his _Lettres_ that he
remarked at the table of the hotel a man of about 60 years of age who
had the lively air and alert carriage of a youth. He was impressed
by the amenity of his manners and by a certain air of command which
peered even through his "linsey" habit. This, he learned, was the
distinguished American general, Harrison, victor in the Battle of
the Thames, one of the two very celebrated battles of the war, the
other being the Battle of Tippecanoe. If a "Norman" battle was ever
fought upon this continent, it was the Battle of the Thames. It might
have recalled to the Conqueror his own baptism of fire. On the eve
of battle the American commander changed his plans. Having learned
that Colonel James Johnson's cavalry had been drilled to _charge in
the woods_, he ordered a charge to be made by the mounted Kentuckians
upon the British line, which was drawn up in a wooded strip of ground
between the river and the swamp. Their artillery was planted in the
wagon road which bisected the center of the British line. The column
of Kentuckians flanking the artillery was launched upon the right
of the Saxon line with irresistible force. Reserving their fire and
reversing the movement, they charged the broken and disordered line
from the rear, pouring upon it a destructive fire. The victory was
complete. Colonel R. M. Johnson charged the Indians in their covert
on the left; and it was here, in a close hand-to-hand struggle, that
Tecumseh fell, bequeathing a lifelong controversy to his foes. It was
ultimately settled, however, in the popular mind by the traditional
couplet--
"Humpsy, Dumpsy,
Humpsy, Dumpsy,
Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh."
_Harrison._ Heriçon, Normandy, 1180.
_Harrop._ La Herupe.
_Harrow._
_Hart._
_Hart._ LeCerf, Ralph Cerfus, Normandy, 1180-1198. In England
translated into Herte, also Harte.
_Harvey_, Harvie, Hervey, Herveus, 1198, Normandy. Sire Hervey is
mentioned in Piers Plowman. The early pronunciation of Hervey was
_Harvey_. Now, generally pronounced as spelled.
_Hatcher._
_Haughton._
_Hawes._ Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky.
_Hawkins._ From the Manor of Hawkings, Kent, held by Walter Hawkins,
1326. Colonel Tom Hawkins of Kentucky, who fought with Lopez in Cuba,
was a typical Anglo-Norman.
_Hawley._
_Hay_, or de la Haye.
_Hay_, or de la Hey, Hay. Armorially identified with Hayes, from
Hayes, near Blois. Vide Desha or Deshayes.
_Hayles._
_Hayley._
_Hayne_, or Haynes.
_Hearn_, from Heron, near Rouen.
_Hedge._
_Helm._ Andrew de Helm, England, 1262. (Normandy, 1198.)
_Herd_, for Hert, Hart.
_Hert._
_Hewett_, or Hewitt. From Huest or Huet, near Evreux. Also, Hewettson.
_Hibberd._
_Hickey_, Hequet, Normandy.
_Hicks._
_Higgin_, Hequet, Normandy. Higginson.
_Hill._ The English form of De Morete. For Helle or de Heille, near
Beaurais. The family was spread throughout Kent and Surrey.
_Himes._
_Hitt._
_Hoare._ Aure from Auray, in Bretagne. _Aure_, with aspirate, becomes
_Hoare_.
_Hogg_, or De Hoge. From La Hogue in the Contentin.
_Hoghton_, Hocton.
_Hoide._
_Hoile_, or Hoyle. Norman Hoel, a familiar name in Kentucky.
_Holburd_, Halbert, Alberd, Albert.
_Holiday_, or Holliday. Ben Holliday, forerunner of the Stanfords and
Huntingtons.
_Holland_, de Hoilant, Normandy, 1180.
_Holles_, for Hollis. Robert de Holis, Normandy, 1198.
_Holmes_ (William der Holme).
_Holmes._ From Norse Holmer (an islet in a lake). D. B. de Holme, a
tenant in chief. William du Holme, 1180-95.
_Hood._ Norse Udi. Danish Hude. The popular hero, Robin, seems to
have been of Scandinavian descent. John Hood, of Kentucky, was
pre-eminently a "fighting general." Jesse James was the Robin Hood of
our day.
_Hooker._
_Hooper._
_Hord._ A Swedish name, borne by a general of Charles XII.
_Howel._
_Hudson._ Hudson of Maysville, an intimate friend of General Grant.
_Hughes._
_Hulbard._ For Hubert.
_Humfrey._
_Humphry._
_Humphrey._ Notably a Norman name. As theologians, lawyers, scholars,
the Humphreys of Kentucky have sustained the ancient distinction of
the name.
_Hunt_, Le Huant, Normandy, 1198.
_Hunter_ (Venator or Le Veneur).
_Hunter._ English form of Le Veneur.
_Huntley._
_Hurt._
_Hutchings_, or Hutchins, Houchin.
_Hyatt_ (Haytt).
_Ingall._ For Angall.
_Ingle._ For Angle.
_Inglis_, or Anglicus.
_Ingram._
_Innes_ (the Baronets Innes).
_Ireland_ (DeHibernis, Normandy, 1180).
_Jack._ For Jacques; William Jack, England, 172.
_Jackson._ A name of the family Lascelles.
_James._ St. James, Normandy.
_Janvier._ (January.) At least three branches in this country from a
common ancestor in France. The name is sometimes anglicized--notably
in Missouri and Kentucky.
_Jarvis_ (Gervasius, Normandy, 1180).
_Jeffreys_ (with various forms), Geoffrey, Geoffrey's son, Jefferson.
In the home-coming reception Mason and Jefferson hold the extremes of
the receiving line.
_Jennings_, from Genn or Canon, Chanum, Chanon, Chanoun, Jenun,
Jenning or Jennings, William Jennings Bryan. Vide Bryan.
_Jewell_, from Juel or Judæ de Mayenne.
_Jewett_, or Guet, Normandy, 1180.
_Johnson._ The Johnsons of Ayscough-Fee, County Lincoln, claim from
the house of FitzJohn of Normandy (Guillim's Display of Heraldry). A
distinguished name in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky.
_Johnston_ is Scandinavian. Probably the most conspicuous and
influential Scandinavian in the United States at this time bears that
name. He is a native of Scandinavia. The most notable American of that
race and name was the Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston.
There are two pictures of him that will live in the popular mind: (1)
As he stood, silent and absorbed, beside his camp fire on the night
before Shiloh; (2) As he led that dashing and successful charge on the
following day. A soldier worthy of his race.
_Julian._ From St. Julian, Normandy.
_Karr._
_Kays._
_Kerr._ Appears to be a branch of the Norman house of Espec. The name
is variously given as Kerr, Karr, Carr, Cairo, Carum. Lucien Carr was
author of a History of Missouri.