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Subject: [FEATHERSTONE] Re: FEATHERSTONE-D Digest V00 #129
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 00:25:56 EDT


All;

With regards the Featherstonehaugh surname "extracted" information I posted,
keep in mind I am not the author.....as they say here in the states; "Don't
get your panties in a wad!" I, having been born a FEATHERSTONE, very much
disagree that the pronounciation of my name should be "Fanshawe!" Gee, in my
branch of the family, we take exception to the name being pronounced
"Featherstun." And we won't even get into how strongly some members of my
family feel about it not being spelled; Featherstone. So, I understand the
responder's sentiments when he said, he'd rather change his name to "Smith."

However, I felt it my duty to pass along the information I found, as Paul
stated in the very first "Featherstone Family News" letter; "...We have all
seen the fantasies and assumptions of paid researchers. Our primary aim is
historical accuracy, whether the truth is palatable or not."

Darlene Featherstone Lankford

P.S. to Paul~~~I received my newsletter today, thank-you. However, my son
asked me to be sure and tell you that my last name is spelled
LANKFORD......no "G." <grin> I guess its genetic!



In a message dated 8/25/00 11:35:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

> Surnames of North Eastern England, extracted from
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/north_east_england_history_page/
> SURNA
> MES.htm
>
> FEATHERSTONEHAUGH
>
> This is a very long surname, which fools many, who try to pronounce every
> syllable. It should be pronounced Fanshaw. The surname derives from a
> place called Featherstonehaugh near Haltwhistle in Northumberland. If we
take > > the name to pieces it means "the meadow near the feather shaped
stone." One
> famous owner of this seventeen letter surname was ALBANY
FEATHERSTONEHAUGH, a sixteenth century High Sheriff of Northumberland, who
was murdered by a band of notorious Tynedale thieves, called the Ridleys and
Thirlwalls. The murder is commemorated in a ballad written by the Victorian
historian of County Durham, Robert Surtees, who wrote -
>
> Hoot awa' lads, hoot awa'.
> Ha' ye heard how the Ridleys and Thirlwalls and
> a' had set upon Albany Featherstonehaugh
> And taken his life at the Deadmanshaw.
> There was Williemontswick and Hardriding Dick and Hughie o' Hawden and
> Will o' the wa' I canno tell a' I canno tell a',
> There was many a mair that the Devil may know.
>
> The verse fooled Sir Walter Scott, who thought it was a genuine ancient
> ballad. The Thirlwall family mentioned in the ballad were also of local
> origin. They originated from Thirlwall on Hadrian's Wall, where Picts are
> said to have thirled or destroyed the Roman defences. This surname is
also
> spelt Thirlwell.
>
> Darlene Featherstone Lankford

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