William Amos our immigrant ancestor, was born in England abt 1690 and died in 1759 in Baltimore County, MD, in that portion which later became Harford County in 1773. He and his wife were buried on the family homestead but when the property (later called Mt Soma) went out of the possession of his descendants, their remains were moved to the Fallston cemetery at the Friends Meeting House. He was not a Quaker but his son William was. William Amos, Sr. was laid to rest beside his son's grave and a stone properly acquired at that time was engraved "William Amos of England. Died 1759." Of his wife we know only that her name was Ann, shown by the register of births of their children and by the mention in his Will, showing that she outlived him. An unmarked crude stone supposedly marks her grave at Fallston.This interesting surname, found as Amos and Amoss, is of French or Biblical origin. The Amos surname has two possible sources, each with its own distinct history and derivation. First, it may be derived from the Old French given name or nickname "Amis" (the oblique case being "Ami"), Friend, from the Latin "amicus", itself a derivative of "amare", to love. The word "amicus" was used in the Late Latin as a name for the lower classes, especially slaves. The name was introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror after the Norman Invasion of 1066, and the first recordings of the surname is from this source. The second source is from the given name "Amos", which is derived from the Hebrew "Amos", "Borne (by God)". This was the name of a prophet of the 8th Century B.C., whose oracles are recorded in the Book of Amosfrom the Old Testament. However, Amos is not found among non-Jews before the Reformation in the 16th Century, and so the English surname is unlikely to be derived from it, except in individual cases. Recordings from London Church Registers include: the christening of Charles, son of Thomas Amos, on December 10th 1659, at St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, and thechristening of George, son of George and Mary Amoss, on July 23rd 1721, at St. Olave's, Southwark. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is described thus: Potent counterpoint gules (red) and argent (silver) a chevron or (gold); the Crest being a square collegiate cap sable (black). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Amis, which was dated 1221, in the "Abbey of Ely Records", Suffolk, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.Source: surnamedb.com/Surname/Amoshttp: //www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=amos&GSfn=william+&GSby=1690&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=18958800&df=all&
This collection begins with Dr William Cobb. Not much is known of William Cobb. No one seems to know where he came from or if he had any formal training as a doctor. At age 42, he married Elizabeth Morrison in Greenbrier County Virginia. Was this a second marriage? Dr. Cobb was the first Doctor along the Elk River in Kanawha County, Virginia. No evidence has been found that William Cobb has ANY formal training. It is possible he served as an apprentice under the guidance of another doctor. No information has been found before his marriage to Elizabeth Morrison in 1787. It's as if he fell from th sky and landed in Greenbrier County, Virginia.This interesting name, variations of which are Cobbe, Cobb, Cobson, and Copson, is of early medieval English origin, and is an example of the many early surnames that were gradually created during the Middle Ages from the habitual use of a nickname. In this instance, the nickname, or by name, recorded in Cornwall in 1201 as "Cobba", derives from a term meaning "lump", found in both Olde English and Old Norse, and used to denote a large, well built, impressive man. The equivalent byname in Old Norse is recorded as "Kobbi", and the examples of the surname Cobb or Cobbe found in the eastern counties of England are probably derived from this source. In some cases, the surname may represent a short form of the male personal name "Jacob", from the Hebrew "Yaakov", which is traditionally held to mean "he supplanted", from the biblical story of Esau and Jacob. One Joseph Cobb was an early emigrant to the American colonies; he is recorded as a resident of Elizabeth City in Virginia in 1635, having arrived on the "Treasoror" in 1613. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Leuric Cobbe, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of Essex, during the reign of King William 1, known as "William the Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.Read more: http: //www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Cobb#ixzz3HS7o54ep
UPDATED for 2019. This information begins with Nigel McElwain born about 1400 in Scotland. and continues through the present time. This Mcelwain line did not appear in America until the 1700. They first appear in Massachusetts.
Updated September 201720 generations of the Farley family are included in this book. I have discovered many interesting facts about the family including: Thomas Farley family arriving to the New World in 1623 on the third ship to come to America after the Mayflower. The families connection to the British Parliament, Farleigh Castle, and Farley's Fort.
