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Williams is often Welsh. Williamson generally isn't Welsh because Welsh surnames formed differently from names with English/Scandanavian ones. The -son, in Welsh surnames, appears in the B- and P- names, like Price and Bevan, with the B and P being shortened forms of ap and ab, meaning "son of."

That's not really my area of expertise. Formerly enslaved people at that time took on a surname in many different ways. I know some took on the surname of their former enslaver, some of whom would have been Welsh. Others took on common names to hide their identities after escaping enslavement. It's a complex time period. This would probably be a good question for the people at Genealogy Adventures Live also here on UA-cam.

From the slave trade. Many slaves took their owners names and unfortunately many slave traders had welsh names.

I'm not sure. I don't really do Scottish research. Morgan does come from the Welsh language though. Jones is most common in North Wales, so not too too far from Scotland.

@ thank you I’m excited to investigate and see if my Morgan’s and Kobe’s come from Wales!

You're in luck, cause the video I'm working on now is basically all about the name Jones, so stay tuned. Glad you enjoyed the video

Wow. I just looked up what I think you're referring to and it's wild that just the other day they were discussing cousin marriage in the UK parliament. I published this video July 2023, so obviously couldn't have anticipated that. It's so unsurprising that they made the exact same scientifically-baseless arguments and made the same arguments that specifically target racialized minorities as they always do. That they always do, according to Dr. Alison Shaw, whose research I discussed in the video, and whose research the MP in parliament the other day specifically misrepresented! Wild.

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I do! If you want to see what services I offer, you can either watch this video where I explain everything: ua-cam.com/video/LrAypkuCNJQ/v-deo.html or you can check out my website, which has more details: genealcymru.wordpress.com/research-services/ I'm going on holiday very soon, but please send me an email if you're interested (GenealCymru[at]outlook[dot]com), and I'll get back to you in the new year.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

Cool. I have some very very distant Laugharne family. 17th Century Cardiganshire though, but not too far away from Pembrokeshire. I'm not sure what you're referring to by towns having two names though. I haven't found that to be the case, other than when it comes to there sometimes being a Welsh and English version.

Interesting. What a cool detail about him having some accent and being light. I hope you figure out more about them one day, if you're ever interested.

@GenealCymru I hope so too...he seems like a very low profile strict guy

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All the Welsh surnames! Nice!

Interesting.

Funny. Not really what happened, but a good joke nonetheless!

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Cool. One of the few characteristic surnames: Baugh from Bach, meaning little.

My first name is Wesley which means from the west meadow. So I’m a little man from the west meadow. Makes me feel totally wonderful, ya know?!

Love it!

That sounds very likely re. the move to England. Your surname would come from an ancestor, most likely in the late 1700s, with the first name Owen.

Glad you found it useful and thanks for watching!

@@GenealCymru Greetings, it confirmed some things. Also, it gave me some ideas. Again, thank you

My biggest piece of advice is that you *need* to find primary documents/pieces of evidence. I honestly think that most people researching pre-1600 are researching people who they aren't actually descended from. I think peoples' eagerness to get back that far comes at the expense of doing really thorough research. Please don't feel personally targeted by my response, I just know how limited the primary records are when you go that far back, even for nobility.

Check your previous comment. I answered your question 15 minutes before you made this 2nd comment.

Probably not Welsh. It's originally from German and shows up a lot in England according to this website: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Evers

Nice. There were never too many in Swansea. Thanks for your comment :)

@GenealCymru Yea, mam didn't know any.... She's gonna ask her friend, who remembers everyone she ever met..... I'llet you know if I hear of any.... Its an unusual name

Sounds like you're having fun with the research.

There's tons of Jones', but not necessarily all relatives.

And it's one of the most common surnames in Wales.

@@GenealCymruI brought to attention that Smith is an English name because you stated Do you know where your Welsh surname comes from and Smith most certainly is not a Welsh surname.

And it is still one of the most common surnames in Wales

This requires evidence based on historical research. You make a lot of points that sound nice, but may not actually be true, but could be proven if the historical evidence is there. For example, I can name, right now, at least tens of officials from the 19th Century and earlier who were making the records who were bilingual-first/language Welsh & English speakers.

@@GenealCymru OK...

In the patronymic surname section

​@GenealCymru James Watkins, a former member in the Welsh military. He traveled to the New World (USA)to Jamestown, Virginia, with Captain John Smith about 1600. He was listed in the census of 1604. He had a second voyage to the northeast, maybe now Connecticut. He returned to Jamestown, where two male relatives either both brothers of James or one brother George; and one first cousin, Isaiah or Issy. James stayed and there is a working farm in the area Jamestown bearing the Watkins name, and who live there. To date, there are members of the family bearing the same names. A book about this is available online. Knowledge can be exciting but depressing too. That generation started with a death in our country plus the conflicts in every generation afterward. Wars with neighbors, Native Americans, the American Civil war thru WWI, WWII, etc., we were here, served in the military, had businesses, stressed education, and grew up, made families and had babies. We brought education, knowledge of science and building things. They came as Christians and another generation continued. Peace to all. I carry all that always and more in my heart and mind.

The section on patronymic surnames applies to James.

No, that's not possible. Hereditary surnames didn't appear in Wales until after the Norman conquest and there wasn't full acceptance of hereditary surnames in Wales until the end of the 19th Century. According to a registered surname study at the guild of one name studies, the accepted origin of the name is from the Anglo-saxon, "laefer-mere" meaning "lake with flag iris."

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