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A    Abbey, Abbott, Abernathy, Abraham, Abrahams, Acker, Adams, Addison, Agar, Agur, Aikins/Eakins, Aikman, Alderson, Aldrich, Alexander, Allen, Allin, Allinson, Almas, Almost, Alyea, Amey, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Andrews, Angell, Angotti, Anstice, Appleton, Armour, Arn, Arnold, Arnott, Arthur, Armstrong, Ash, Ashfield, Askew, Aspden, Atkins, Atkinson, Austin, Averill, Avery, Avey, Axford, Ayers, Ayling
B Back, Bacon, Baert, Bagley, Bailey, Baillie, Baines, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Balkwill. Ball, Balls, Ballantyne, Balsdon, Banbury, Barber, Barim, Barker, Barkholder, Barkley, Barnard, Barnes, Barnett, Barnim, Barr, Barrett, Bartholomew, Bartinheimer, Bartlett, Bartley, Barton, Bass, Bassett, Bastedo, Bates, Batson, Batten, Batty, Baxter, Bayne, Baynton, Beach, Beal, Bean, Bearss, Beaton, Beattie, Beck, Becker, Beckett, Beckstead, Bedford, Beecher, Beecraft, Bell, Bender, Bennett, Bennetto, Bent, Benwell, Berans, Berczy, Berringer, Bertrand, Bickell, Biddis, Biggins, Bigham, Bingham, Birch,  Birdsall,  Birrell, Bish, Bishop, Blackburn, Blackmarr, Blackmore, Blair, Blandford, Blank, Blayney, Bleakley, Bloomfield, Blow, Bloxsidge, Bodwell, Body, Boeder, Bollert, Bolton, Bond, Bone, Bonk, Book, Boomer, Booth, Bougher, Boulton, Bourne, Bowden, Bowen, Bowerman, Bowman, Boxall, Boyce, Boyd, Boyer, Boyle, Brackenberry, Brackenbury, Bradburn, Bradford, Bradley, Bradt, Brady, Bragg, Braithwaite, Branchflower, Brandow,  Bratt, Braun, Bray, Braybrook, Brayley, Brearley, Breen, Briggs, Brill, Britney (Avery), Brink, Broad, Brock, Brodrecht, Brooke, Brooks, Brough, Broughton, Brown, Browne, Brownscombe, Boyd, Bruce, Budd, Brumpton, Buchanan, Buchlotz, Buchner, Buck, Buckborough, Buckrell, Bullay, Bullock, Bunce, Bunting, Burdick, Burgess, Burke, Burkhardt, Burkholder, Burley, Burn, Burnham, Burrill, Bursee, Burtch, Burtis, Burwell, Bury, Bushell, Butcher, Butler, Byers
C Calder, Calderwood, Caller, Callum, Cameron, Camp, Campbell, Canfield, Card, Carder, Carlyle, Carman, Carnaghan, Carolan, Carr, Carroll, Carryer, Carson, Carter, Cartier, Case, Caskenette, Casler, Cassidy, Cattel, Catton, Caulton, Cayley, Chadwick, Chalk,  Chamberlain, Chambers, Chant, Chapman, Chaput, Charles, Charlton, Chase, Chatterson, Chesley, Chesney, Chiswell, Christo, Chrysler, Clare, Clark, Clarke, Clayburn, Clayton, Clemence, Clemens, Clement, Clendenan/Clendenning, Clifford, Cline, Clinton, Close, Clutton, Cock, Cockshutt, Cohoe, Colchester, Colclough, Cole, Coles, Collard, Collen, Collett, Collins, Collver, Coltson, Comfort, Condon, Connell, Connolly, Connor, Conway, Cook, Cooley, Coon, Cooper, Cope, Copeland, Corbet, Corbin, Cordingley, Corless, Corlett, Cormack, Corman, Cornell, Cornish, Cornwall, Cornwell, Cory, Costain, Cotton, Cottle, Coulter, Courtland, Courtnage, Courtney, Couwenberg, Couzens, Coventry, Coverly, Cowan, Coward, Cowing, Cox, Coxall, Crabbe, Craig, Cramer, Crandall, Crane, Cranston, Craven, Crawford, Crocker, Croker, Cromwell, Crook, Crosby, Cross, Crossley, Crosthwaite, Croxford, Crozier, Cudney, Cunningham, Currah, Currey, Curry, Cutris, Curts, Cuthbert, Cuthbertson, Cutler
D Dafoe, Daiken, Daines, Dake, Dale, Dalgleish, Daly, Damm, Dair, Daniels, Darling, Darroch, Davidson, Davis, Davy, Dawson, Day, Daykin, Dayton, Dean, Deane, DeBorghraeve, Decooman,  Deer, Defoe, DeGroat. DeGroote, DeGrow, DeJonge, Dekonick, Delaney, Dell, Deller, Delong, Deming, Demontmorency, Den Tandt, Dennis, Denison, Denny, Denton, Depew, Depper, Derbyshire, Dertinger, Desplenter, Devlin, Dew, DeWaele, Diak, Dickinson, Dickout, Dickson, Dildine, Dillon, Ditmar, Doan, Dockstader, Dodge, Dodgson, Doig, Dolson, Donald, Donaldson, Donoghue, Doolittle, Dorland, Dota, Dougherty, Douglas, Douma, Downey, Downing, Doxsie, Doyle, Drake, Draper, Dredge, Drew, Droogers, Duckworth, Duffy, Dukes, Dumphy, Duncan, Duncombe, Dunn, Dukes, Dunkin, Dunlop, Dunpby, Durkee, Durling, Dwyer, Dygert, Dyke, Dyment
E Eakins, Earle, Easton, Eaton, Eccles, Ede, Eddy, Edgeworth, Edison, Edlington, Edmonds, Edwards, Eggman, Ellery, Elliott, Ellis, Emery, Emigh, Empey, English, Ennest, Entwhistle, Erb, Esmond, Esseltine, Estabrook, Evans, Everett, Evoy, Ewing, Exelby
F Fairchild, Falconer, Falls, Farkas, Farley, Fralick, Farrand, Farrell, Farrington, Fawcett, Fenske, Ferguson, Fergusson, Ferris, Fewster, Ficht, Fidling, Fierlella, File, Findlay, Fish, Fisher, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Fitzstephens, Flanagan, Fleming, Fletcher, Flewelling, Fliss, Fluelling, Flynn, Fonger, Forbes, Ford, Forgie, Forman, Forrest, Forsyth, Foss, Foster, Foulds, Fournier, Fowle, Fox, Foy, Frain, Franklin, Franks, Francis, Freeman, French, Frew, Friselle, Frizelle, Fruin, Fullick, Furlong, Fyle
G Gagnier, Gardiner, Gainer, Gair, Galbraith, Galloway, Gardham, Garfat, Gark, Garner, Garthwaite, Gaynor, Geddie, Gee, Gehring, George, Gerhard, Ghent, Gilbert, Giles, Gill, Gillard, Gillespie, Gillham, Gilmore, Gilmour, Given, Gleeson, Glendenning, Glover, Godlie, Good, Goodale, Goodman, Goodwillie, Goodwin, Gordon, Goring, Gould, Gourlay, Robert F., Gracey, Graham, Grandy, Granger, Graves, Graville, Gray, Green, Greenaway, Greenly, Greenham, Greenwood, Greer, Griffin, Griffiths, Grimes, Griswold, Grove, Groves, Guggisberg, Gullen, Gunn, Gustin, Guthrie
H Hacket, Hagerman, Hagle, Haight, Hainer, Haines, Hainsworth, Hake, Haken, Hakkenberg, Halashewski, Hale, Haley, Hall, Hallman, Hallock, Hamilton, Hamman, Hammond, Hampton, Hamulecki, Hancox, Hand, Haney, Hanmer, Hannon, Hanson, Hardy, Hargreaves, Harkes, Harned, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartley, Hartman, Hartsell, Harvey, Harwood, Haskell, Haskin, Hastings, Hatch, Havelock, Havens, Haviland, Hawkins, Hawley, Hawlings, Haycock, Haylock, Haylow, Hayward, Hazelton, Hazen, Healy, Hearn, Hearne, Heath, Hederick, Heleniak, Hellems, Hemingway, Hemstreet, Hendershot(t), Henderson, Henry, Hern, Herrick, Herron, Hersee, Hewer, Hewitt, Heyland, Hicks, Hider, Hill, Hilliker, Hinks, Hinsley, Hird, Hisley, Hisson, Hodgins, Hogarth, Hogg, Hoggard, Holdsworth, Holmes, Holt, Holtby, Honsberger, Horvath, Hoover, Hopkins, Horinga, Hornor, Hotson, Hougtt, Houlding, House, Housworth, Howard, Howden, Howell, Howes, Howey (Howie), Howick, Howse, Hoyt,  Hubert, Huffman, Huggins, Hughes, Hughson, Hugill, Hulet, Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter, Huntingdon, Huntley, Huntsberger, Huntsmen, Hurd, Hussey, Hutcheson, Hutchinson, Huxley, Hyde, Hyndman
I Imrie, Ingersoll, Inglesby, Ingram, Innis, Ionson, Irvine, Irving, Irwin
J Jackson, Jacobs/Jacob, Jacques, James, Jamieson, Jansen, Jaques, Jarvis, Jauernig, Jay, Jeffers, Jeffery, Jeffrey, Jelly, Jenkins, Jennings, Jenvey, Jerore, Jewel, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone, Joiner, Jones, Jordon, Josselin, Joyes/Joice, Jull, Jubenville, Junker
K Karn, Kay, Kealey, Kellam, Kellum, Kelly, Kelner, Kelso, Kemp, Kennedy, Kennerley, Kenney, Kent, Keough, Ketchabaw, Kern, Kerr, Kibler, Kilgour, Kilman, Kimberley, Kindre, Kingsbury, Kingsford, Kingswell, Kinkead, Kinsey, Kipp, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Kitchen, Kittmer, Kloepfer, Kneale, Kniffen, Knott, Knox, Koetsier, Korvaar, Kramer, Krygsman
L Lachapple, Lackie, Laekeman, Laird, Lake, Lambert, Lamoreaux, Lamour, Lampman, Lancaster, Landon, Langdon, Langford, Langin, Larmon, Lasenby, Lattimer, Laughlin, Lawrason, Lawrence, Lawrie, Lawson, Layton, Lazenby, Leake, Learn, Lebert, Leckie, Lee, Leeper,  Lees, Lefler, Lehi, Leigh, Leighfield, Leis, Leitch, Lemon, Lenhardt, Leonard, Lester, Leuszler, Levingston, Lewis, Lilley, Lines, Link, Lipsit, Little, Littlewood, Livingston, Llewellan, Lobben, Lockwood, Lockyear, Logan, Lomsden, London, Long, Longstreet, Longtin, Longworth, Lonsbary, Loomis, Lord, Loree, Losee, Lossing, Lounsbury, Lount, Lovelace, Lowe, Lowes, Lowrie, Lucas, Luciani, Lumsden, Luno,  Luxton, Lymburner, Lynes
M Mabee, MacGregor, MacInnes, MacKay, MacKender, MacKenzie, MacPherson, MacWhirter, Maedel, Magee, Mahoney, Main, Majernik, Malcolm, Mallinson, Maloney, Manicom, Mann, Mannell, Manson, Mapes, Markham, Markle, Marlatt, Marr, Marriage, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Massecar, Massey, Mather, Matheson, May, Maycock, McAfee, McAllister, McArthur,  McAuley, McBeth, McCabe, McCall, McCann, McCaul, McCay, McCauley, McCelland, McCleish, McClow, McCombs, McConachie, McCormick, McCorquodale, McCrae, McCready, McCrimmon, McCulloch, McCurdy, McDonald, McDonnell, McDowell, McElhone, McFarland,  McFarlane, McGaw, McGhee, McGowan, McHardy, McIlwraith, McInally, McIntosh, McIntyre, McKay, McKee, McKibbon, McKie, McKiernan, McKillop, McKim, McKnight, McLay, McLean, McLees, McLellan, McLeod, McMichael, McMillen, McMullen, McNally, McNamara, McNaughton, McNeil, McPhedran, McPhee, McPherson, McQueen, McRae, McSpadden, McTavish, McVittie, McWebb, McWilliams, Meadows, Meek, Meldrum, Menhenmick, Mercer, Merchant, Merle, Merriam, Merrill, Merritt, Mesurier, Metcalfe, Meurlin, Midgley, Mighton, Milburn, Miles, Millard, Millars, Millburn, Miller, Milliken, Mills, Millyard, Milne, Miners, Mingle, Minshall, Minthorne, Mitchell, Mogg, Moles, Mollins, Montgomery, Moody, Moon, Moore, Moote, Moran, Morehouse, Morgan, Morley, Morphy, Morris, Morrison, Morse, Moses, Moss, Mott, Moulton, Moyer, Mrakava, Mudge, Muir, Mullet, Muma, Munro, Murchie, Murphy, Murray, Murton, Musgrove, Mustard, Muterer, Myers, Myerscoff
N Nancekivell, Nant, Nap, Nase, Near, Neil, Nelson, Nesbitt, Nethercott, Newberry, Newman, Newton, Nichol, Nichols, Nicholson, Nickelo, Nielsen, Nieuwenhuis, Nigh, Nightingale, Noack, Noad, Nobbs, Nold, Norris, Nott, Novak, Noviss, Noxon, Noyce, Nutt
O Oatman, Odell, Ogden, O'Kelly, Oldes, Oliver, Olmstead, O'Morrow, O'Neill, Oppel, O'Reilly, Orr, Orth, Ortner, Orum, Osmond, Ostrander, Otis, Otten, Ottewell, Outhouse, Overholt, Oyer
P Packer, Pallister, Palmer, Palubiski, Paquette, Park, Parker, Parkhill, Parking, Parrullo, Parson, Patchett, Paterson (Patterson), Patience, Patton, Pattullo, Paulding, Payne, Paxton, Pearson, Peasley, Peck, Peddie, Peers, Peffers, Pelton, Pellow, Pelton, Pembleton, Pendleton, Pennington, Penny,  Perkins, Perley, Perrett, Perry, Peter, Peters, Pettigrew, Pettit, Pettman, Phelps, Phillips, Pick, Picknell, Pierson, Pike, Pilkey, Pillen, Pimper, Pinel, Pinkerton, Pinkham, Pinney, Pipe, Piper, Pitcher, Pite, Pitz, Plantz, Platt, Pocrnich, Poldon, Pollard, Pollock, Ponting, Porchak, Porter, Post, Pound, Pounds, Powell, Powers, Pragnell, Prentice, Presnail, Prestage, Preston, Pretty, Price, Pritchard, Proper, Pruss, Pullen, Purdy
Q Quartermass
R Racher, Radford, Rakutt, Ralph, Randall, Rank, Rankin, Ransom, Ransome, Rathbun, Rayment/Raymond, Raymer, Reagh, Reavley, Redmond, Reed, Reeves, Reichard, Reid, Rennie, Restrick, Rettie, Reynolds, Riach, Rice, Richardson, Riddell, Riesberry, Riley, Ritenbury, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Robillard, Robinson, Robson, Rock, Rockefeller, Rockett, Roddy, Rodenburg, Rodgers, Roelofsen, Rogers, Rohrer, Roloson, Romanick, Ronson, Root, Ross, Roswell, Rounds, Rouse/Rouce, Rowe, Rowell, Rowley, Rudy, Rush, Rusk, Russell, Rutledge, Ryan, Ryckman, Ryder, Ryksen, Rylance
S Sabo, Sackrider, Sage, Sales, Sanderson, Sanger, Sauders, Saunders, Scarfe, Scarff, Scarlett, Schell, Scherch, Schermerhorn, Scheurman, Schooley, Schram, Schutlz, Schwartzentruber, Schwier, Scott, Scrimgeour/Scrimger, Scriver, Searles, Sears, Seaton, Seatter, Sebring, Secord, Seebohn, Seely, Sells/Switzer, Service, Sewell, Shannon, Sharp, Shattuck, Shaver, Shaw, Shelby, Shellington, Shelton, Sherk, Sherlock, Sherman, Sherred, Sherwood, Shillington, Shoemaker, Short, Shotwell, Shrubb, Sibbick, Sillers, Silverthorn, Simkin, Simmons, Simms, Sinclair, Sinden, Singer, Siple, Sisson, Sivyer, Skippen, Skillings, Slack, Slaght, Sleght, Slingerland, Sloan, Sly, Smallman, Smarts, Smiley, Smith, Smyth, Snale, Snell, Snyder, Somerville, Sommers/Summers, South, Southwick, Sovereign, Spears, Speice, Spencer, Spinks, Spore, Sprague,  Springstead, Squance, Stacey, Stanton, Start, Steinstra, Stensson, Stephenson, Stevens, Stevenson, Stewart, Stickles, Stienstra, Stitt, Stoakley, Stockton, Stone, Stoner, Storet, Stover, Stowe, Strachan, Streef, Streets, Stringham, Strode, Strong, Stroud, Stubbs, Styles, Sullivan, Sumsion, Sutherland, Sutton, Swadlings, Swailes, Swanton, Swarthout, Swayze, Sweazey, Sweet, Swindle, Switzer, Syrier
T Taber, Tait, Talbert, Talbot, Tane, Tanner, Tansley, Taplay, Tapley, Tattersall, Taylor, Teece, Teeple, Templer, Templeton, Terrel/Tyrell, Terry,  Terryberry, Thain, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thorne, Thornton, Thrall, Throckmorton, Thurston, Thwaites, Tidey, Tighe, Tillson, Tilton, Tincknell, Tinney, Tisdale, Titchbourne, Titus, Todd, Tolman, Tompkins, Tottle, Topham, Topping, Towar, Towle, Town, Townsend, Tracey, Tracy, Travers, Tree, Treffry, Trenaman, Tribe, Trowhill, Tucker, Tufford, Tupper, Turner, Tuttle, Tyrrell
U Udell, Umphrey/Humphrey, Underhill, Underwood, Utley, Utter, Utting
V Vair, VanAlstine, VanBeek, VanBlyderveen, Vanbuskirk, Vandecar, VandeGoor, Vandekerckhove, Vandenbrink, Vanderbarg, Vandermark, VanderWal, Vandoser, VanEvery, Vankerrebroeck, Vanmanen, Vannatter, Vannorman, Vannostrand, Vanravenswaay, Vansanten,  Vansittart, Vantorre, VanVaecke, Vanvalkenburg,  Vanwyk, VanZeggelaar, Vardon, Veltove, Venables,Vermeersch, Vigar, Vince, Vincent, Virtue, Voice, Vrooman
W Wade, Waggoner, Wahlstrom, Wainwright, Waldie, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Waller, Walter, Walther, Wanch, Warboys, Ward, Wardell, Warden, Wardle, Ware, Waring, Warner, Warren, Wasley, Watkins, Watling, Watson, Watt, Watts, Waud, Waugh, Wavell, Weakley, Weaver, Webb, Webber, Webster, Wedgerfield, Weeks, Weicker, Weidrick, Weil, Weir, Weldon, Welsh, Wenn, Wesenger, West, Westbrook, Westen, Westfall, Westlake, Weston, Wetlaufer, Wharfield, Wheatley, Whetstone, Whitcroft, White, Whitelaw, Whitelock, Whitfield/Whitefield, Whiting, Whitney, Whittaker(eker), Wickham, Wiedrick, Wildson, Wilford, Wilkie, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Will, Willcock, Willcox, Willetts, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Willson, Wills, Wilsie, Wilsdon, Wilson, Winegarden, Wingrove, Winterburn, Witts, Wolverton, Wonham, Wood, Woodard, Wooden, Woodhouse, Woodley, Woodrow, Woods, Woodward, Woolcot, Woolley, Woolweaver, Wootton, Workman, Worrall, Wouda, Wrigglesworth, Wright, Wurts, Wycoff, Wylie
Y Yates, Yeigh, Yeo, Yeoman, Yewell, Yohn, Young, Ysselstein
Z Zavitz, Zimmerman, Zinn, Zufelt