Description
"British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning" is a 286 page hardcover written by Henry Barber and published in 1903 by Elliot Stock of London. This is the 2nd, enlarged edition. It's in good condition, with no dust jacket. The spine ends are bumped and there's wear at the corners. There's a name written on the interior front cover, another on the FFEP, and a name and note written in pen on the half-title page. I didn't see any other interior markings when flipping through it. The interior has yellowed. The binding is sound. Includes laid-in original 1904 receipt from Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, London.
This auction is for The Lewis Family of Warner Hall, York County, Va. Compiled by Merrow Egerton Sorley and published in 1937, this massive 887 page book is well illustrated and has an extensive index. The Lewis family probably descends from Robert Lewis of Brecon, Wales who came to Virginia in 1635. This book traces his descendants in the male and female lines, and descents from other early Virginia families. The bulk of this work is concerned with Col. John Lewis and Francis Fielding and their descendants, Col. Charles Lewis and Mary Howell and their descendants, and Col. Robert Lewis and Jane Meriwether and their descendants, with much attention given to these related families: Ambler, Ball, Barret, Bowles, Bushrod, Byrd, Carter, Cobbs, Crawford, Eppes, Fauntleroy, Fielding, Griffin, Howell, Isham, Jefferson, Kennon, Marshall, Piersey, Ragland, Randolph, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thompson, Walker, Washington, Willis, Woodson, and Worsham.
