_Kuntz BRECHT _________ | (.... - 1612) m 1587 _Christoph(er) BRECHT _|_Catherine of NEUDORF _ | (1591 - 1665) _Hans Balthasar BRECHT ______| | (1636 - 1703) m 1658 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | _Johannes Michael BRECHT _| | (1662 - 1719) m 1684 | | | _______________________ | | | | | _Paul CHRISTMANN ______|_______________________ | | | (.... - 1666) | |_Anna Margaretha CHRISTMANN _| | (1637 - ....) m 1658 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | _Johann Michael BRECHT _| | (1706 - 1794) m 1728 | | | _______________________ | | | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | | | _Hans Jost HOFFMAN __________| | | | (1628 - 1697) m 1651 | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | | | |_Anna Katharina HOFFMAN __| | (1664 - ....) m 1684 | | | _______________________ | | | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | | |_Christina FRANK ____________| | m 1651 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | |--Michael BRIGHT | (1732 - 1814) | _______________________ | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | _____________________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | | __________________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | |_Margareta SIMONE ______| (1708 - 1778) m 1728 | | _______________________ | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | _____________________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | |__________________________| | | _______________________ | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | |_____________________________| | | _______________________ | | |_______________________|_______________________
He is also seen as Johann Brecht. When he became 21 his father bought a lot for him in Reading (NW corner of Callowhill and Thomas Streets, later known as 5th and Washington). He married twice. He was elected county commissioner in 1774 and served 3 years. In 1810 he sold the Reading lot to his son, David. Originally buried at the German Reformed Church, his remains were moved to the Charles Evans Cemetery.
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Excerpted from the Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County 1898-1904.
"Just before the outbreak of the Revolution, viz., in 1774. Michael Bright was elected one of the commissioners of Berks county, which office he held for three years. It was at that time a position of great importance and responsibility. As with the opening of hostilities thn Provincial Assembly had ceased to meet, the committee of safety at Philadelphia had assumed its 'powers and under their authority with representatives from the several counties, the commissioners were empowered not only to levy the quota of troops required for the Continental army, but to provide for their support. The records show that repeated levies of taxes were made by the commissioners during the war in order to raise funds to arm and provision the troops which were furnished by the county. It was while acting as commissioner in December, 1774 that Michael Bright was appointed as one of the "Committee of Observation" for the county. The formation of this committee was recommended by the Congress of Deputies from the several colonies which met in Philadelphia in September, 1774. Pursuant to such recommendation a call was issued for a meeting of the voters of the county. It was held at the court house in the town of Reading on December 5, 1774, when fifteen prominent citizens were chosen to act on said committee. Among the associates of Mr. Bright were Edward Biddle, Esq., Christian Schultze, Balser Geehr, Mark Burd, George Nagle, Sebastian Levan and others. The duties of this committee were to collect funds for the relief of the citizens of Boston, to watch those who were disaffected and require them to give up their arms, and in general to provide for the common defense.
Before the close of the war Mr.Bright had acquired considerable real estate consisting largely of out-lots and small tracts of land near the town. These he farmed up to the time of his death, housing his stock, horses and cattle in the extensive stabling on the rear of his Callowhill street residence. In 1810 he sold to his son David for the consideration of £400, the vacant part of his lot No. 391, lying immediately north of his house. It contained 28 feet in front on Fifth street by 230 feet in depth. Upon the lot David was then erecting a three- story brick dwelling for himself and family. It is still standing and was occupied by him until his death in 1846.
Michael Bright had four children by his second wife, viz., Sarah, David, Peter and John, the last two dying in the lifetime of their parents. He died at Reading August 1, 1814, his widow surviving him but a few months. They were both buried in the Reformed graveyard on the northeast corner of Sixth and Washington streets, and their remains were afterwards removed to the Bright lot in the Charles Evans cemetery where the original tombstones to their memory still stand."
_Aquila CHASE __________ | (1580 - 1670) m 1606 _Aquila CHASE _______|_Martha Sarah JELLIMAN _ | (1618 - 1670) m 1641 (1588 - 1643) _John CHASE _________| | (1655 - 1740) m 1687| | | ________________________ | | | | |_Anne WHEELER _______|________________________ | (1620 - 1687) m 1641 _Charles CHASE ______| | (1690 - 1775) m 1714| | | ________________________ | | | | | _____________________|________________________ | | | | |_Lydia CHALLIS ______| | (1655 - ....) m 1687| | | ________________________ | | | | |_____________________|________________________ | _Jonathan CHASE _____| | (1723 - 1799) m 1745| | | ________________________ | | | | | _____________________|________________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | ________________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|________________________ | | | | |_Hepzibah CARR ______| | (1692 - 1765) m 1714| | | ________________________ | | | | | _____________________|________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | ________________________ | | | | |_____________________|________________________ | | |--Anne CHASE | (1754 - 1814) | ________________________ | | | _____________________|________________________ | | | _Joshua MORSE _______| | | (1653 - 1691) | | | | ________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|________________________ | | | _Anthony MORSE ______| | | (1688 - 1728) m 1710| | | | _Richard KIMBALL _______ | | | | (1595 - 1675) m 1615 | | | _Thomas KIMBALL _____|_Ursula SCOTT __________ | | | | (1633 - 1676) (1596 - 1676) | | |_Joanna KIMBALL _____| | | (1661 - 1691) | | | | ________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|________________________ | | |_Joanna MORSE _______| (1726 - 1807) m 1745| | ________________________ | | | _William MOODY ______|________________________ | | (1611 - 1673) m 1630 | _Caleb MOODY ________| | | (1637 - 1698) m 1665| | | | _William Tanner DOLE ___+ | | | | (1596 - 1670) | | |_Sarah PIERCE _______|_Joan HALE _____________ | | (.... - 1672) m 1630 (1575 - 1624) |_Judith MOODY _______| (1683 - ....) m 1710| | _Wymond BRADBURY _______ | | m 1605 | _Thomas BRADBURY ____|_Elizabeth WHITGIFT ____ | | (.... - 1695) m 1637 (1574 - 1612) |_Judith BRADBURY ____| (1638 - 1700) m 1665| | _John PERKINS __________+ | | (1583 - 1654) m 1608 |_Mary PERKINS _______|_Judith GATOR __________ (.... - 1700) m 1637
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_____________________ | _Thomas CHIPMAN _____|_____________________ | _John CHIPMAN ________| | (1615 - 1708) m 1646 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _John CHIPMAN _______| | (1670 - 1756) m 1716| | | _Henry HOWLAND ______ | | | | | _John HOWLAND _______|_____________________ | | | (.... - 1673) m 1623 | |_Hope HOWLAND ________| | (1629 - 1684) m 1646 | | | _John TILLEY ________+ | | | (1571 - 1621) m 1596 | |_Elizabeth TILLEY ___|_Joan HURST _________ | (1607 - 1687) m 1623 _Handley CHIPMAN ______| | (1717 - 1799) m 1740 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | _Thomas HANDLEY ______| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth HANDLEY __| | (1672 - 1725) m 1716| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Katherine CHIPMAN | (1746 - 1764) | _George ALLEN _______+ | | (1568 - 1648) | _Samuel ALLEN _______|_Katherine STARKES __ | | (.... - 1669) m 1630 (1605 - 1656) | _James ALLEN _________| | | (1636 - 1714) m 1662 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Anne WHITMORE ______|_____________________ | | (1612 - 1641) m 1630 | _John ALLEN _________| | | (1682 - 1767) m 1716| | | | _Ralph PARTRIDGE ____ | | | | (1579 - 1658) | | | _George PARTRIDGE ___|_____________________ | | | | (.... - 1695) m 1638 | | |_Elizabeth PARTRIDGE _| | | (1644 - 1722) m 1662 | | | | _Stephen TRACY ______+ | | | | (1596 - ....) m 1621 | | |_Sarah TRACY ________|_Tryphosa LEE _______ | | (.... - 1708) m 1638 (1600 - 1654) |_Jane (or Jean) ALLEN _| (1722 - 1775) m 1740 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _William HOLMES ______| | | (1663 - 1746) m 1693 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Margaret HOLMES ____| (1695 - 1778) m 1716| | _Thomas CRAIGHEAD ___ | | (1607 - ....) | _Robert CRAIGHEAD ___|_____________________ | | (1633 - 1711) |_Katherine CRAIGHEAD _| (1678 - 1754) m 1693 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
______________________ | ___________________________|______________________ | ________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | __________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | | ___________________________|______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | _Dennis COOPER ______| | | | | ______________________ | | | | | ___________________________|______________________ | | | | | ________________________| | | | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | | ___________________________|______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | | |--Tracy Ann COOPER | | _David K. LENKER _____+ | | (.... - 1922) m 1865 | _Morris Edward LENKER _____|_Hannah EMERICK ______ | | (1866 - 1938) (1842 - 1906) | _Marlin C. LENKER ______| | | (1901 - 1962) m 1922 | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | | | _Ernest Ellsworth LENKER _| | | (1921 - 1998) m 1943 | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | ___________________________|______________________ | | | | | | |_Clara M. SCHLEGEL _____| | | (1904 - 1979) m 1922 | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|______________________ | | |_Carol Lee LENKER ___| | | _Jacob (Jr) SHADE ____+ | | (1831 - 1891) | _Jacob S. (III) SHADE _____|_Catherine SCHMELTZ __ | | (1866 - 1928) m 1892 (1830 - 1906) | _Elmer Jacob SHADE _____| | | (1900 - 1964) m 1922 | | | | _Franklin M. RITZMAN _+ | | | | (1850 - 1929) | | |_Elizabeth Louisa RITZMAN _|_Susannah J. WOLF ____ | | (1873 - 1946) m 1892 (1855 - 1932) |_Edna Irene SHADE ________| (1922 - ....) m 1943 | | _Nathan STIELY _______+ | | (1840 - 1916) m 1893 | _Donald Sylvester STIELY __|_Catharine REBUCK ____ | | (1864 - 1912) m 1885 (1845 - 1901) |_Carrie Blanche STIELY _| (1905 - 1998) m 1922 | | ______________________ | | |_Alice Henrietta SMITH ____|______________________ (1869 - 1937) m 1885
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__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Peter FRANKS _______| | (1781 - 1866) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _John Green FRANKS __| | (1855 - 1942) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Asa Newton FRANKS | (1885 - 1971) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[30265] Asa's information and ancestry is from the unverified OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com in 2011.
_____________________ | _____________________|_____________________ | _Nicholas HANSON ______________| | (1784 - 1853) m 1805 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Charles Ezra HANSON _| | (1810 - 1892) m 1835 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _Paul GOODRIDGE _____|_____________________ | | | (1737 - 1815) m 1767 | |_Elizabeth ("Eliza") GOODRIGE _| | (1782 - 1759) m 1805 | | | _Nathaniel GUPTILL __+ | | | (1713 - 1809) | |_Mary GUBTAIL _______|_Mary BRAWN _________ | (1747 - ....) m 1767 (1713 - 1764) _Charles Edward HANSON __| | (1849 - 1927) m 1875 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | _______________________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Phebe TIBBETS _______| | (1816 - 1866) m 1835 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_______________________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Clarence Edward HANSON | (1886 - 1956) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Medora Florence FARRAR _| (1851 - 1931) m 1875 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |______________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
[42103] Mary Lou is daughter of Burt Juett & Fay Nelson.
[3063] Alice is supposed to daughter of Henry Keeble or Kebbie.
___________________________________________ | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | _________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | _________________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | _David Alan RAMSEY _______________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | |--George Arthur RAMSEY | | ___________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | _Alexander Robert Maule RAMSAY __| | | (1881 - 1972) m 1919 | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | _Alexander Arthur Alfonso Ramsey of MAR _| | | (1919 - ....) | | | | _Albert Augustus, Prince of SAXE-COBURG ___+ | | | | (1819 - 1861) m 1840 | | | _Arthur William Patrick Albert WETTIN ____|_Victoria Hanover, Queen of Great BRITAIN _ | | | | (1850 - 1942) m 1879 (1819 - 1901) | | |_Victoria Patricia Helen WETTIN _| | | (1886 - 1974) m 1919 | | | | _Frederick Charles HOHENZOLLERN ___________+ | | | | (1828 - 1885) m 1854 | | |_Louise Margaret Hohenzollern of PRUSSIA _|_Maria Anne of ANHALT-DESSAU ______________ | | (1860 - 1917) m 1879 (1837 - 1906) |_Alice Elizabeth Margaret RAMSAY _| | | ___________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | |_Flora Marjory FRASER ___________________| | | ___________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________|___________________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | ___________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|___________________________________________
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_William RIDGELY ____________________ | (1645 - 1716) _William RIDGELY _________|_Elizabeth, wife of William RIDGELY _ | (1678 - 1719) m 1702 _Westhall RIDGELY ___| | (1706 - 1772) | | | _George (Jr.) WESTHALL ______________+ | | | (.... - 1701) | |_Jane (Westhall) WESTALL _|_Sarah WADE _________________________ | (1682 - 1748) m 1702 _Jacob RIDGELY ______| | (1740 - ....) m 1773| | | _Joseph ISAAC _______________________+ | | | m 1676 | | _Richard ISAAC ___________|_Jane Margaret BROWN ________________ | | | (1679 - 1757) (1647 - 1696) | |_Sarah ISAAC ________| | (1714 - 1789) | | | _John POTTINGER _____________________+ | | | (.... - 1735) m 1686 | |_Sarah POTTENGER _________|_Mary BEALL _________________________ | (1688 - 1743) (.... - 1720) _Westall RIDGELY ____| | (1778 - 1845) | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _Benjamin THRASHER _______|_____________________________________ | | | (1690 - 1741) m 1706 | | _Thomas THRASHER ____| | | | (1725 - 1804) m 1748| | | | | _John BEALL _________________________+ | | | | | m 1712 | | | |_Mary BEALL ______________|_Verlinda MAGRUDER __________________ | | | (1700 - 1743) m 1706 (.... - 1745) | |_Ruth THRASHER ______| | (1755 - 1850) m 1773| | | _____________________________________ | | | | | _James LEE _______________|_____________________________________ | | | (1690 - 1764) | |_Martha LEE _________| | (1729 - 1806) m 1748| | | _John MITCHELL ______________________+ | | | (.... - 1752) | |_Mary MITCHELL ___________|_Elizabeth BURGESS __________________ | | |--Eli C. RIDGELY | | _____________________________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | | __________________________|_____________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_Susan WINBEGLER ____| (1801 - 1871) | | _____________________________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________________________ | | |__________________________|_____________________________________
_Julianus I _________+ | (.... - 0030) _Julianus II ________|_____________________ | (.... - 0056) _Symetrius I of SALM _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Symetrius II of SALM _| | (.... - 0132) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Symetrius III of SALM _| | (.... - 0158) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | ______________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Symetrius IV of SALM | (.... - 0198) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |________________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |______________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
_Henry SILSBEE ______+ | (1613 - 1700) _Jonathan SILSBY ____|_Dorothy EATON ______ | (1650 - 1714) m 1673 (1622 - 1676) _Jonathan SILSBY ____| | (1676 - 1751) m 1715| | | _John MARSH _________+ | | | (1611 - 1674) m 1635 | |_Bethiah MARSH ______|_Susanna SKELTON ____ | (1650 - 1723) m 1673 (1629 - 1695) _Samuel A. SILSBY ___| | (1726 - 1812) m 1746| | | _Walter ALLEN _______+ | | | (1601 - 1681) m 1640 | | _Daniel ALLEN _______|_Rebecca WYMAN ______ | | | (1630 - 1694) (1605 - 1678) | |_Lydia ALLEN ________| | (1681 - 1758) m 1715| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Samuel SILSBY ______| | (1755 - 1826) m 1777| | | _George WOODWARD ____+ | | | (.... - 1676) | | _John WOODWARD ______|_Mary GIBSON ________ | | | (1649 - 1732) m 1672 (1622 - 1659) | | _Joseph WOODWARD ____| | | | (1688 - 1727) m 1714| | | | | _Richard ROBBINS ____ | | | | | (1610 - 1683) | | | |_Rebecca ROBBINS ____|_____________________ | | | (1652 - 1696) m 1672 | |_Elizabeth WOODWARD _| | (1723 - ....) m 1746| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth SILSBEY __| | m 1714 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Samuel SILSBY | (1785 - 1871) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Hannah GOODALE _____| (1758 - 1838) m 1777| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
[49129] Find A Grave memorial 80533344 offers: "Biographical notes from FAG contributor Glass Sunrise: He was the first settler of Aurora, Maine. In 1805, he came from Acworth, New Hampshire to Amherst, Maine to work with his brother Goodell Silsby. He and Sally had 7 children: Lewis, Mary, Susan, Sewell, Harvey, Joseph and Sylvester. He and Lovicey had 2 children: George and Charles."
[52350] Mary is daughter of Horatio Nelson Spinney (1828-1914) & Mary Bain Corning (1841-1888).
[34068] She is from the unverified Holzhauser Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2012 but may well be Adam's MOTHER instead of wife, and thus duplicated here. Ancestry.com offers: "Stone Name Meaning - English: from Old English stan 'stone', in any of several uses. It is most commonly a topographic name, for someone who lived either on stony ground or by a notable outcrop of rock or a stone boundary-marker or monument, but it is also found as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in stone, a mason or stonecutter. There are various places in southern and western England named with this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these."