Surnames

ADAMS: 

BANTA: Descendants of Epke Jacobse

BOYCE, BOICE, BUYS, BUIJS
http://www.michaelboyce.com/boyceweb/

BREWER: The official Brouwer genealogy database:  
http://tinyurl.com/df66gp

BRINCKERHOFF: http://www.jakehannam.com/web/brinckerhoff_descendants/d1.htm#i46511

BRUNER: 

COMINGORE: Abram, Comingo

COOVERT:  http://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/covertfamily.html

COZART/COSSART/COSART:  

COSINE/COZINE: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cozine/ “Finding our Wooden Shoes: My Cozine Family History & Album with genealogy” by James B. Cozine – book available with a free account at Family Search

DEMAREE/DEMAREST:  http://genforum.genealogy.com/demarest/

DeMOTTE:  http://www.duprel.com/demott.html

DORLAND/DARLING/DARLAND: 

DURIE/DUREE/du RUYZ & other spellings

HOUTS/HOUTZ:

HUFF/HOUGH: 

KYLE: 

LIST:

LUYSTER:  Peter Luyster NYC 1650

MONTFORT: http://bar-b-k.tripod.com

RIKER: Ryker Documents
 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ryker2/ 

SARTORE: 

SHUCK: http://electroencephalogram/shuck/

SMOCK: 

STAGG:  

TEN EYCK, TEN BROECK, VAN RENSSEALER

TERHUNE: 

VANARSDALE: http://genforum.genealogy.com/vanarsdall/

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vanaersdalen/newsltrno11.pdf

VANderVEER/VANDIVIER:

VORIS: http://www.vanvoorhees.org/history.htm

WESTERFIELD: http://genforum.genealogy.com/westerfield/messages/228.html

http://rootsandall.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-westerfield-family.html

 … and now, here’s the list. If you know a variation or a Low Dutch name I have left off, please let me know.

  1. Banta, Bonta, Banter, Bohon 
  2. Bergen, (Berkas?)
  3. Bice, Boice, Boyce, Dice, Buys, Buijs, Boyce
  4. Bodine, Bedine
  5.  Bogert, Bogart
  6. Brewer, Brouwer, Bruner
  7. Brinkerhoff, Brinkerhof, Blinkerhoff, Tickerhoof, Tickerhuff
  8. Brokaw, Broca, Burcaw, Bercaw, Barklow, Degraw
  9. Carnine, Conyn, Conine, Canine, Carmine, Cole 
  10. Cosart, Cozzart, Cossatt, Cassat, Canine, Cazatt, Cersart, Crosser, Kennine, Kinnine, Cozatt, Cozarte, Cozart, Cozad, Cosarte, Cossarte
  11. Comingo, Comingore, Comonger, Commonger
  12. Conover, Cochenauer, Covenover, Covinover, Cownoyen, Cownover, (Cowenhoven?), Coshon, Cleton, Chamberlain
  13.  Covert, Coovert, Kosvert, Kovert, Cover
  14.  Cozine, Cosine, Casine, Crosine, Cousine, Kosijn, Cosijn, Consyn, Consine, Consynze, Cosin, Cosyns, Cosynsen, Cosynsze, Cousyn, Cousny, Couzine, Crozine, Cosyne
  15.  Debaun, Debond, Debound, Deband, Deboun
  16.  Demaree, De Marest, Des Marest, Dumeree, Dimaree, Deamorist, Demarist, DeMaris, Demarest
  17.  Demott, DeMotte, Dedaum
  18.  Dorland, Darland, Dorling, Darling, Durlind, Derlind
  19.  Duree, Durie, Diree, Duryee, (originally du Ryzs) Dates, Durboraw
  20.  Fulkerson, Holgerson, Volkertszen
  21.  Fleuty, Fonteyn, Fontine, Yeury
  22.  Huff, Hough, Huffman, Hite, Hoff, Houghtalins
  23.  Konning, Koning, King, Koenig, Kyle, Conninck
  24.  Latshells, Lashel, Latchel, Lasshels, Lassheles
  25.  Lys, List
  26.  Lyster, Lister, Loyster, Leister, Loister, Louster, Luyster
  27.  Monfort, Monfor, Munfort, Monford, Minefore, Menfore, Montfort, Monfoort
  28.  Riker, Ryker, Rykker
  29. Rinerson, Rynearson, Rynersen, Ripperdan 
  30.  Scomp, Schamp, Deschamps
  31.  Shuck, Schenck 
  32.  Slot, Lock
  33.  Smock, Smok, Smoak, Schrock 
  34.  Snedeker, Snyder, Snider
  35.  Stagg, Stegge, Stage, Stechk
  36.  Terhune, Terheuns 
  37.  Tewmey, Toomey, Tumey
  38.  VanArsdale, Van Arsdalen, Vanosdel, Vanorden, Van Ordon, Vanorsdale, Vann Ausdell, VanArsdall, VanArder, Vanarsdall, Van Norsdell, Van Norsdall, Van Aersdaelen, Van Nosdall, Fenosdal, Fenorsdall, Fanosdol, Van Ausdall, Vananglin, Van Ansdale, Van Orsdel, Van OsdoL  (INCLUDES: Includes many variations of Van Arsdalen thru Van Norsdall)
  39.  VanDiver, Vandiveer, Vandivier, Vandine, Vandyke, VanDevere, Vandervier
  40.  Vanderbilt, Vanderbelt, Van Derbilt
  41.  Vanderipe, Van DerRipe
  42.  Vanderslice, Van Derslys
  43.  Van Dyne, Van Dine, Vandine, Finine, Fintine, Vanande, Vantine
  44.  VanDyke, Findike, Wandike, Vandyke
  45.  VanHarling, Van Herling, Van Harlingen
  46.  VanZant, Vanzent
  47.  Vanmeter, Van Meter
  48.  Van Nuys, Vannice, Van Nis, Vannys, Vannuyse, van Huys, van Hyte
  49.  Vaughn, Vann
  50.  VerBryck, Verbrike, Verbryke
  51.  Voris, Vorhees, Voorhees, Vores, Voress, Van Voorhees, Voorheese, Van Vorous, Voras, Van Voorkiss, Vource, Vorce, Voorus, Voorheez (and MANY more variations. Go to the website vanvoorhees.org)
  52.  Westerfield, Westervelt, Vesterbilt, Winterbill
  53.  Whitenack, Whiteneck, Weytekneght
  54.  Williamson
  55.  Wyckoff, Wikoff, Wickoff
  56.  Yeury – see Fleuty


Why are the names spelled funny?

The names are sometimes a puzzle.

  If you had an ancestor with one of these names listed on the next page, or varied spelling, who lived in Kentucky in the 1780 to 1850 period or later, then you are probably one of us — Dutch Cousins, or descendants of the Kentucky Low Dutch Colony.

    These are not the only names, but the ones found and repeated most often. And … you should not get hung up on spelling. Name spellings weren’t standardized several generations ago, and many people spelled even their own name in a variety of ways. In addition, many people couldn’t write and those who wrote for them when the need arose, sometimes had minimal spelling skills or simply spelled phonetically, writing down what they heard. If you know of a name or spelling variation I missed, please let me know.

    Many of these variations in spelling came from a website about Conewago Colony:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycayuga/church/conewago.htm

and from the book “Taxables of the Low Dutch Settlement of the Conewago” by Arthur Weaner, available online from the Adams County PA Historical Society.

<http://www.achs-pa.org/giftshop/> 

    In his book, “Finding Our Wooden Shoes Vol II,” (partially online, see hot links page) Jim Cozine says this: “Here are Some notes on Dutch spelling ‑‑ The following letters were virtually interchangeable in medieval Dutch ‑ c and k, j and y, and f and v. Some of the changes from Old Dutch (sometimes called Low German) to Modern Dutch that appear so many times in our name are: ‘s’ became ‘z’ ‑ but old ‘z’ becomes ‘s’ ‑ they appear to remain interchangeable even today; ‘ij’ or ‘y’ became’ i’; ‘k’ became ‘c’.”