BRUSHETT: a surname of England,from brush - broom,undergrowth, heather and - ett -  head, a nickname.   
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: George and others Brushett, of Burin, 1871 (Lovell). Modern status: Especially in the Placentia West, Burin, Fortune Bay and Hermitage districts.
 
BULL: a surname of England, from Old English bula - bull, "occasionally from a[n] [inn] sign" (Reaney).
Traced by Guppy in the Midlands, Wiltshire and Somerset; by Spiegelhalter in Devon and by Matthews also in Dorset.
Family traditions: Susan (1821-53), wife of an Englishman at Grand Bank (MUN Hist.).
Modern status: Especially at Eastport.
 
CHAPMAN: a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland from Old English ceapmann - merchant, trader.(Reaney).
Chapman was found widespread by Guppy, in Devon by Spiegelhalter, mainly in the Lothians and Perthshire by Black, and in all provinces except Connacht by MacLysaght.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Charles, fisherman of Burin, 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: At St John's and scattered in the south coast districts.
 
HICKMAN: a surname of England and Ireland - servant of Hick, a pet-form of Hick (Richard). (Reany, MacLysaght).
Traced by Guppy in Berkshire and Kent, by Spiegelhalter in Devon, and by MacLysaght in Co. Claire.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: Jonathan (1747-1847), born at sea en route from England to Halifax (nova Scotia), thence to St. Pierre, settled at Grand Bank after 1763 (MUN Hist.).
Early instances: Thomas, of Fortune, son of Jonathan, 1824 (DPHW 109, MUN Hist.).
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Grand Bank.
 
KEATING: a surname of Ireland, in Irish Ceitinn, an Anglo-Norman family name? From a Welsh personal name Cethyn.
(MacLysaght 73).
Traced by MacLysaght in south Leinster.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: William, from Co. Wexford, Ireland, settled at Conception Harbour about 1841; later some of the family moved to Burin, the Codroy Valley, St. George's and Port-aux-Basques area (MUN Folklore).
Early instances: Richard Keating of Grand Bank, 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Mount Arlington Heights and Renews.
 
MOULTON: a surname of England from the English place names north or south Molton (Devon) or Moulton (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Yorkshire NR).(Bardsley, Spiegelhalter).
Traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: George and Thomas of Burin, 1805 (D'Alberti 15); George Moulton of Garnish, 1838 (DPHW 109); Richard Moulton, fisherman of Inkpen's Point (Burin district), 1860 (DPHW 108); John and Henry Moulton, of Flat Island (now Port Elizabeth) 1871, Lovell.
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Epworth and Burin Bay (Burin district).
 
PATTEN: a surname of England and Ireland from Middle English paten - (maker or seller of) patten(s), clogs, or from the English placename Padden (Devon), or a variant of Paton or Patton; also in Ireland, especially in Co. Donegal, with Peyton and Patton, an anglicized form of O Peatain, "probably another diminutive of Patrick" (Reany, Spiegelhalter, MacLysaght).
Traced by Guppy in Hertfordshire, by Spiegelhalter (with Patton) in Devon, and by MacLysaght in Co. Donegal.
In Newfoundland:
Family Tradition: Samuel (1789 - 1829), of Grand Bank (MUN Hist.).
Early instances: Charles, planter of Grand Bank, 1819 (DPHW 109)
Modern status: At Port de Grave, St John's, Grand Bank and Codroy.
 
RIGGS: a surname of England, ? a variant of RICKS, or from Old English hrycg - (dweller on the) ridge.
Traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Family Tradition: ------- Duff, from England, deserted ship, settled at Bulls Cove (Burin district), and changed his surname to Riggs (MUN Folklore).
George (1790-1863) from Lawn, settled at Grand Bank (MUN Hist).
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Bay de Verde and Grand Bank.
 
THORNHILL: a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland from the English place Thornhill ( Derbyshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, etc.) or form the Scots place name Thornhill.
Traced by Guppy in Cheshire and by MacLsaght in Cos. Cork and Limerick since the seventeeth century.
In Newfoundland:
Family Tradition: Ann (Thornhill) Penwill (1805-1903), of Grand Bank (MUN Hist).
Early instances: Nancy, of Fortune, 1817 (DPHW 106); William, planter of Grand Bank, 1819 (DPHW 109); William Thornhill  of Burnett (Island), 1829 (DPHW 106); John of Blue Pinion (Fortune Bay) 1856 (DPHW 104); James and others of East and West Little Bay, 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Grand Bank and Fortune.
 
WELSH: a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland, Welch of Guernsey (Channel Islands) from Old English welisc - foreigner, Welsh, British, Celtic, though, as Cottle comments, "the Welsh called themselves no such thing," or a variant of Walsh, reflecting in Ireland, "the pronunciation of walsh in Munster and Connacht."
(Reany, Cottle, Black, MacLysaght, Turk).
Modern status: scattered especially at Islington  (Trinity Bay).
 
WHITE: a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland, White of the Channel Islands from the Old English personal name Hwita.
Guppy found White widespread in England, White and Whyte south of the Forth and Clyde; MacLysaght found White numerous in every province since the fourteenth century and especially in Cos. Down and Sligo.
In Newfoundland:
Modern Status: widespread in all districts with large concentrations at St Johns, Stevenville, Corner Brook, Kippens, Sandy Cove and Trout River (St Barbe district)
 
WILLIAMS: a surname of England, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands - son of William, a baptismal name from the Old German name Willahelm containing the elements vilja - will and helma - helmet, which became Guihielm and later Guillaume in French and was introduced into English by the Normans.
Found widespread by Guppy in the Midlands and southwest, especially Monmouthshire, and in north and south Wales, and by MacLysaght numerous in all provinces of Ireland.
In Newfoundland:
Family Traditions: Two Williams brothers from England, settled at Woody Island (Placentia B.) about 1845; one of the brothers moved to Pools Cove (Fortune B.)
Early instances John, of Woody Island (Placentia B.), 1835 (DPHW 30); Charles Williams (1830 -98), of Woody Island (Placentia B.), married 1859, of Grand Bank, 1860 (MUN HIST., DPHW 106); widespread in Lovell 1871.
Modern status: Widespread, especially at Woody Island (Placentia B.) St Johns, Bay Bulls, Pools Cove and Corner Brook.
 
WITHERALL:? A varient of the surname of England Wetheral, etc. from the English place name Wetherall  (Cumberland). (Reany, Cottle).
Guppy traced We(a)therill, Wetherell in Yourkshire NR and ER, Weatherall in Nottinghamshire; Spiegelhalter traced Weatherall, Wetherall in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Simeon Wetherall, of Fortune, 1843 (DPHW 109); John Withell, of St Johns, 1854 (Newfoundlander 28 Sep. 1854).
Modern status: at Fortune.

 

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