THE ONLEY'S AND THE WILLIAMS OF ACCOMACK/NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA IS  THE STARTING OFF PLACE. BOTH FAMILIES CAME TO AMERICA FROM THE BRITISH ISLES  i.e.ENGLAND,WALES AND SCOTLAND,LANDING ON THE EASTERN SHORES OF VIRGINIA.

MUCH OF THE DATA WAS PASSED ON TO ME THRU MOODY K. MILES,FOURTH COUSIN ONCE  REMOVED. MOODY HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST FOR MANY YEARS AND  SPECIFICALLY CONCENTRATED ON FAMILIES OF THE EASTERN SHORES OF  VIRGINIA,i.e.,ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.

THERE WILL BE 2 ONLEY LINES---BOTH BRANCHES OF JOHN S.ONLEY.  SMITH K. ONLEY(MY  DIRECT LINE);JOHN REVEL GASKINS ONLEY LINE, SMITH'S HALF BROTHER.

IN HOPES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW, I WILL PLACE AN ASTERISK WITH  ALL NAMES BELONGING TO THE JOHN REVEL GASKINS ONLEY LINE......PLEASE CONTACT ME  IF YOU WISH........E-MAIL ADDRESS: carrieoh1@aol.com.

                        "THE ONLEY FAMILY NAME"

OUR FAMILY NAME POSSIBLY ORIGINATED IN BOURGOINE,FRANCE,BUT THE MOST NOTABLE  PLACE WAS IN OLNEY,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE,OR, OLNEY,WARWICKSHIRE,ENGLAND. THE NAME HAS  BEEN RECORDED IN ENGLAND SINCE THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR IN  1086.

ACCORDING TO FLAVELL EDMUNDS, IN HIS WORK, "TRACES OF HISTORY " IN THE NAMES OF  PLACES, "PAGE 128, THE WORD "OLNEY" IS COMPOUNDED OF THE WORDS "OLN--FROM OLAN  OR HOLEGN,THE HOLLY  ~~~~~~ AND EY, WATER, IN THE ANGLO - SAXON LANGUAGE. THE  MEANING OF THE COMPOUNDED WORD IS ~~~~ "HOLLY - WATER".

THE WRITER OF THE  "THE GENEALOGY OF THOMAS 1889" THEORIZES THAT NAME SUGGESTS  A WET OR SWAMPY SPOT WHERE THE HOLLY GROWS WITH LUXURIANCE.

LOVING HISTORY, THIS SITE WILL HAVE "HISTORY ALBUMS" BASICALLY IN REFERENCE TO  OUR ROOTS,i.e.,VIRGINIA,MARYLAND AND TEXAS. THOSE STATES ENVOLVING THE TREKS OF  OUR ANCESTORS WILL BE ENCLUDED:KENTUCKY, MISSOURI,ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, THE  CAROLINA'S,GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.

INCLUDED, A 12 ALBUM SET ON "ORIGIN AND MEANING OF NAMES." SINCE DELVING INTO  FAMILY HISTORY, MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE ASKED SUCH QUESTIONS, IS OUR NAME  FRENCH? GERMAN? ENGLISH? ETC. SO I FOUND THIS PARTICULAR WORK "ORIGIN AND  MEANING OF NAMES" WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SATISFY THOSE INTERESTED IN THE  STUDY OF NAMES,PROFESSIONALLY KNOWN AS "ONAMASTICS"(STUDY OF NAMES).

THIS SITE, IN FACT, WILL CONSIST AND BE A COMPLIMENTARY WORK FOR OUR ORIGINAL  TRIBALPAGES SITES, "FROM GUAM TO TEXAS WITH LOVE" AND "OUR FAMILY MOSAIC."

THIS WORK IS FOR ALL WHO ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ON THOSE FAMILIES LISTED. MOST  ALL OF THE WORK WAS DONATED TO ME BY MOODY K. MILES,EDWARD ONLEY,DINK FRAZIER  AND BERT BELL. THEREFORE, I, PERSONALLY, HAS NO LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF PROOF,BUT  HAVE ALL TRUST IN THOSE WHO SO GENEROUSLY SHARED FAMILY NAMES, ETC., WITH ME.

IF YOU FIND ANY ERRORS,AND YOU WISH TO HAVE SUCH CORRECTED, WILL WELCOME YOUR  INPUT TOO.

THIS WORK IS FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO COME AND HOPE THEY WILL ENJOY  LEARNING ABOUT THEIR FAMILY ROOTS AND TIDBITS OF HISTORY TO "WHET" THE INTEREST  OF THE TIMES,ERA'S,SURROUNDING THEIR ANCESTORS.

MY E-MAIL: carrieoh1@aol.com

SINCERELY,

CARRIE