Y-DNA: J-Y101509 (YFull i.d: YF09093), mtDNA: J1c1b2a, GedMatch: T378203, ySearch: QRHHN, E.K.A: James Pople, b. 05 Nov 1705 and d. 16 June 1754 of Edington, Somerset, England Pople surname meaning: "(Teutonic-Latin) Dweller by a Popple- or Poplar-Tree [Middle English popyl (-tre), Old English popel-, popul- = Scandinavian poppel; Latin popul-us, the poplar]" — Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison "From the Dutch, Poppel; a personal name." / "Pople, Popple. Dch. Poppel; a p.n. See Pope" — British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber "The Poples who were Viking raiders landed on the shores of Northumbria in 866. They became farm workers and did not need to keep family records like landed gentry. Their name has changed over the years to include Popel, Popley, Popple & Poppell. Their ancestral family church, St. Mary's, lies in Berrow, Somerset. A well named for the family, Pople's Well is located in Crewkerne, Somerset. There are various other landmarks named for this family in Europe. Members of this family immigrated to America in the 1600's, to VA & SC - by that time they had added an "R" to their last name, making it Popler. Some notables were: Sir John Anthony Pople, Nobel Prize British Theoretical Chemist Stephen Pople, British Physicist James Pople, British Producer Victor William Pople, British Councilor & Lord Mayor of Bristol in 1980 Ian Pople, British Neurosurgeon"