Brockman / Paskall / Wilson
Update January 2007:
This update is to add the multitude of BROCKMAN names that I have received from Patrick BROCKMAN, Dave Dixon, Patricia Francis and Mike & Mary Payne in the last few months. All the names seem to connect with my line of BROCKMAN's but I have learned in this genealogy realm that every thing is written on paper and not carved in stone.
It seems that there is a mild consensus that the BROCKMAN family originated from Friesland - Holland - Germany and possibly the Ukraine. There is an article published on the WWW about this possibility at: http://www.i-friesland.com/history.html. Note the migration mentioned in "Frisia in Roman Times" that occurred in 250 AD.
Also added an interactive map of Kent, England drawn in 1610.
On December 19, 2006 I received an email from an Ingo BROCKMANN in Germany. Ingo has been researching the BROCKMANN name in Europe for many years judging by the list of names attached to his Web Site. It is with Ingo's help that I have located and documented the the area that was once known as BROCKMANLAND in Germany.
See the page Brockmanland, Germay on this Web Site.
I hope to stay in contact with Ingo to see if there is a connection between the English branch of BROCKMAN's and the German branch of BROCKMANN's. There is a possibility of a record of a BROCKMANN family leaving Germany to go to England some where between the 10th to 13th century as that is when BROCKMANS started being documented in England.
The spelling of the surname I think comes from our predecessors having a very limited or no use of the written word. Then when a literate person heard the word (name) spoken, he would write it as he perceived it being enunciated. This along with the fact that the name has gone through many different languages and/or dialects over a long period of time should explain the many different spellings to anyone with doubts.
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My research for the PASKAL name in the Ukraine seems to have hit a brick wall. The written word in the form of written documents for the village of Chornivka appear to have been lost or misplaced. The HURMUZACHI family who were the last Barons of the village from the mid 15th century to the early 20th century did in fact keep a very well documented record for the village. Twelve ledgers (and packets of papers) in fact that were deposited into the Romanian archives and were actually recorded as being in a museum in Romania have disappeared.
See the page Paskal Village History - Chornivka, Ukraine on this Web Site for a short history of Chornivka, Ukraine back to the 12th and 13th centuries. .
I am hoping to get some new pictures of the village of Chornivka in early 2007.
I am still looking for contact with cousins that were born in the last quarter of the 20th (1900's) century hoping to arrange for the continuation of this research with someone from the Ukraine.