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Author: Kathye_Upham
Surnames: NUNNELEE, NUNNELLE
Classification: queries
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The original name was our American emigrant spelling
N-U-N-N-A-L-L-Y first found in Virginia in the mid 1600's.
Do you have a N-U-N-N-E-L-E-E in your family ?????
If you have just one, we would sure like to hear from you!
This exact spelling was "created" about the mid 1700's in Virginia and can
be traced directly to Chesterfield County, VA. The reason for changing the spelling
isn't known and only a handful of Nunnally's began using the new one.....
One of those few was my 4th G-grandpa, born William Womack NUNNALLY in 1738, who changed
his spelling to Nunnelee in the 1780's while still living in Chesterfield Co, VA, but
his father didn't and none of his uncles, aunts, or siblings did either !!! 4th
G-grandpa William Womack NUNNELEE died 1804 Elbert Co GA and the only Nunnelee's who
ever lived in Georgia were his descendants.
So the spelling N-U-N-N-E-L-E-E is extremely unique and anyone in the USA who used it are
unquestionably related to each other.
As of today, there are only 143 Nunnelee published phone listings in the entire USA with
none in VA or GA !!! There are Nunnelee's in Nevada !!!
So, again ... If you have just one N-U-N-N-E-L-E-E in your family or if you know anyone
who uses our spelling, we would sure like to hear from you!
(Privacy of the living respected and protected !!! )
Kathye [Payne] Upham
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