lamascus 1700s
was wondering if anybody could tell me just how far back that the lamascus family has been traced. i had heard that we could be traced to virginia in the 1700s. would like some info to support this. i also heard that lamascus was middle eastern? i asked a friend about the name who is from saudi and i was informed that lamascus means "rich land" or "more land". he also proceeded to tell me that the french colonized lebanon and that a bunch of french-lebanese moved to virginia in the 1700s. any info would be helpful.