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NOSEWORTHY, a Surname if England from the English place na,e Norsworthy (Devon)- North's homestead. (Spiegelhalter, Gover). Guppy traced Noseworthy, Spiegelhalter also Norsworthy in Devon. Thomas, 1796. of Bryant's Cove PARSONS, a surname of England and Ireland - the parson's servant, or one who lived or worked at the parson's (house); Edward (about 1725- ), from Devon, settled at Parsons Cove (Bryants Cove), between 1750 and 1775 (MUN Geog.). Edward, of Bryants Cove, 1801, property "possessed by the Family for 56 years," that is, 1745 (CO 199.18);HAYES, a surname of England, Ireland and Guernsey (Channel Islands), of the same origin as HAY(E), or from Old English *hoes - (dweller by the) brushwood. Elizabeth Hayes (1819-83), born at Bryant's Cove (MUN Geog.). HEARN, a variant of the surname of England, Hern(e) etc., Hearne in Ireland, from the English place names Herne (Kent, Bedfordshire), Hirn (Hampshire), Hearn Farm (Devon), or from Old English hyrne — (dweller in the) nook or corner of land or in a bend; in Ireland also a variant of Ahearne in Co. Waterford (see AHEARN). (Reaney, Spiegelhalter. Timothy Hearn(e), of Bryant’s Cove, 1794 (CO 199.18); KIDNEY, a surname of England and Ireland, in England ? a variant of Gidney or Gedney from the English place name Gedney (Lincolnshire) or ? of Gidley from the place name Gidleigh (Devon); or ? of Kitley form the place name Ketley (Shropshire), or ? Kitley (Devon); in Ireland, "a synonym," by pseudo- translation, of Duane." (Bardsley, MacLysaght). Patrick, of Bryant's Cove, 1847 (MUN GEOG.) |
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