Posted on 10/26/2009 7:20:45 AM PDT by BronzePencil
I agree. There is huge variation of spelling in those days and a lot of changes through time. Think of Canterbury Tales in the original spelling and grammar and how different that is from modern English. Oy, that reminds me of high school lit.
My wife has an ancestor who was from quite a wealthy English family. She literally ran off with one of the servants and they came to America.
Looks like maybe 50 of mine show up.
Try this a family name. Wyllykynys a Freeholder in SW England, guess how it translates out.
Wow, what is that, Cornish?
Middle English before the Great Vowel shift. About the time of Chaucer English has a radical change in pronunciation,
My ancestors fled France when the Edict of Nantes was revoked (they were Huegonots). After several hundred years in Prussia they immigrated to the Republic of Texas in the 1840’s.
Mine, too.
43 from my mom’s side. None from my dad’s. That last surprises me not. Pretty sure his people back then were painting themselves blue and runnin’ nekked thru the forest. Pretty sure his people are STILL painting themselves blue and runnin’ nekked thru the forest.
Thanks for posting this. The late medieval period in England and France is my favorite subject, this is amazing.
Jeez. There were 18 men named Moore. All but one were archers and most of them were named William, John or David. Darn Welsh! Only one named Powers. That side of the family must have been draft dodgers or produced lots of daughters. Probably married all the Moore lads.
I have a possible from that same outfit:
Edward de Clinton Man-at-arms Nottingham, Thomas de Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, Thomas de Mowbray, earl of 1389-1390 Standing force Scotland (East March) TNA E101/41/17 m1
I found hits on three surnames so far. One thing to keep in mind is that spellings often changed over time, for example the surname Strode evolved into Stroud. This spelling change is even more exaggerated when French names became Anglicized.
We will have to have a Scotch together.
Another problem is who knows the surname of your twenty seven times Great Grandmother though the female line only. I don’t have a clue what countries all of my 27th generations back ancestors lived in. On the other hand going back 160 generations I’m probably related to my namesake, if only through my Jewish ancestors (my Finnish ancestors, not so much). My Irish ancestors are a possibility, especially from the Anglo-Norman-Irish side (de Burge - Burke).
Dad’s side has been traced back to the Cruickshank name,,,
Victoria Cross back up the line,,,(WWI),,,
The name goes way back to Scotland,,,
Interesting stuff...;0)
True, but I can trace ancestory on my maternal side back to the 1500s.
Three known ancestors under the Blounts.
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Yes grandmother on father side
Family came 1635 fron Lydd, England to Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA
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