Williamson has been a Scottish and northern English patronymic surname, from the William that had been brought to England by William the Conqueror. William is derived from the Germanic elements ofwilmeaning “will” or “desire” andhelm“helmet” or“protection.” Williamshas been a more popular...
Travers’ Epitaph. This epitaph, probably fake, sought to demonstrate that their Norman ancestor came over with William the Conqueror and fought at the Battle of Hastings. Travers and his men later took the towers of Tulketh Castle and he proceeded to marry the daughter Alison....
Cossus- Meaning "wood-worm," and referring to a species of larva that lives under the bark of trees that eventually came to be regarded as a delicacy by epicures (as related by Pliny the Elder in Books 11 and 17 of hisNaturalis Historia). Originally a very ancient cognomen, Cossus later...
TheMontague name was brought to England by the Normans, the first name-bearer said to have been a follower of William the Conqueror who was granted lands in England. There was a place-name in Normandy called Montagu, so called from the Old Frenchmontmeaning “hill” andagu, “pointed” –...
England. The forebear of the Darcys was thought to have accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. He appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the Norman de Areci, owner of many manors in Lincolnshire. The name became D’Arci and then Darcy. ...
America.There were three notable Churchills who came to America in the 17th century, two of them Puritans from Dorset. New EnglandThe first was John Churchill, who was possibly related to the Winterbourne Muston Churchills. He arrived at the New England Plymouth colony in 1642 and married Hanna...