Traditional New Jerusalem Family Names

New Jerusalem was founded and later enriched by a number of locally famous families. The surnames of these various families live on, although perhaps without much renown, in and around the town. Not infrequently, a native of the area might bear a surname as a given name — Abbot Bicknell, for instance, or Brewster Carrington.   Surnames follow in alphabetical order:  

A

Abbott, Alexander, Allen, Angell, Annesley, Arnold, Arthur, Ashley, Averill.  

B

Barnard, Bellingham, Bennett, Bicknell, Birch, Bishop, Bixby, Boggs, Bosworth, Bowen, Bradbury, Brewster, Briden, Browne, Burroughs.  

C

Cabot, Cahoone, Capwell, Carew, Carrington, Carver, Chaplin, Chase, Checkley, Clark, Coffin, Colwen, Corey, Cotton, Crane, Crawford, Crowninshield, Cushing.  

D

Dalton, Danforth, Davis, Derby, Dexter, Dole, Dudley, Durfee, Dwight.  

E

Eliot, Elton, Endicott.  

F

Farr, Fenner, Fenton, Field, Fowler, Frye, Fuller.  

G

Gammell, Garrison, Gedney, Gerritson, Gifford, Goddard, Graves, Greene.  

H

Hacket, Halsey, Harris, Hart, Hartwell, Hathorne, Hawkins, Hetfield, Hill, Holt, Hopkins, Hoppin, Houghton, Howard, Howland, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Hyde.  

I

Ilsley, Ives.  

J

Jackson, Jenckes, Jenkinne, Jermyn.  

K

Keezar.  

L

Lawson, Leslie, Liddeason, Lillibridge, Low, Lyman.  

M

Manning, Martin, Massey, Mather, Mathewson, Merrill, Monroe, Mowry.  

N

Nichols, Nightingale, Noyes.  

O

Olney, Orne, Osborne, Osgood.  

P

Parker, Parsons, Peck, Peters, Phillips, Pickering, Pierce, Pitman, Potter, Putnam.  

R

Race, Randolph, Reid, Rider, Robbins, Robinson, Ropes, Rowlandson, Russel.  

S

Saltonstall, Sargent, Sawyer, Seaton, Sewall, Shepley, Slocum, Smithe, Snow, Soames, Somerby, Soulwhick, Spaulding, Spencer, Stafford, Stuart, Sullon.  

T

Talbot, Thornton, Throckmorton, Thurber, Thurston, Tilton, Tobey.  

U

Updike.  

W

Wade, Wantage, Wanton, Warner, Washburne, Waters, Wayland, Webb, Weeden, West, Wheatley, Wheeler, Whipple, White, Whitefield, Whitmarsh, Wilcox, Willett, Winthrop.
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