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Surname: Jones

This famous surname, widespread throughout the British Isles, and the most popular surname in Wales, one in ten Welsh people being so-called, is nethertheless of English medieval origins. It derives either from the male given name John, or its female equivalent Joan, both Norman French introductions after the 1066 Invasion. Both names are written as Jon(e) in medieval documents, and a clear distinction between them on the grounds of gender was not made until the 15th Century. However, because western society has almost invariably had a male as family head throughout history, bearers of the surname Jones are more likely to derive it from a patronymic form of John, than a matronymic form of Joan. The personal name John, ultimately from the Hebrew "Yochanan" meaning "Jehovah has favoured (me with a son)", has always enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe, and particularly so after the famous Crusades of the 12th century. The name, which is found in some four hundred spellings, is in honour of St. John the Baptist, the precursor of Christ. The surname as "Jones", first appears on record in England in the latter part of the 13th Century, and also features as one of the most numerous settler names in Ireland, having been introduced in the wake of the Anglo- Norman Invasion of 1170. It is now found in every Irish county, especially in the larger towns, and has also been Gaelicized as "MacSeoin". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Matilda Jones, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire", during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", reigned 1272 - 1307.

Surname: Plant

This name, with variant spelling Plante, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "plante", the Middle English "plant", meaning a young tree or herb, and was originally given as a metonymic occupational name to a gardener, or planter of various shrubs and herbs. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. The surname first appears on record in the mid 13th Century (see below). Interesting earlier cognates appear as Ralph Plantebene (Norfolk, 1199), and Alice Planterose (Warwickshire, 1221). One Robert Plante was recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, which was dated 1273, and a William Plauntes appears in the 1275 Hundred Rolls of Norfolk. Ricardo Plant, noted in the Records of Ewelowe, Flintshire (1301), was an early bearer of the name in Wales, and Ranulf Plont, recorded circa 1383, is the earliest known ancestor of the Plant family of Macclesfield, Cheshire. Matthew Plant, who embarked for Virginia in July 1635, was one of the first to bring the name to the New World. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Plante, which was dated 1262, in the "Select Pleas of the Forest", Essex, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surname: Page

This interesting surname relates back to the origins of chivalry and heraldry, and is from an occupational descriptive name, derived from the Middle English and Old French "page", a friend or servant, or a knighthood - many preferred to stay as a page. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. The name is not recorded in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and the surname was first recorded in the mid 13th Century (see below), while William le Page appeared as a witness in the Court of Fines for Essex, dated 1240. Recordings from Leicestershire Church Registers include: the marriage of Margery Page and William Webster on May 21st 1541, at Loughborough; the christening of Barbara, daughter of Thoma Page, on October 29th 1574, at South Kilworth; and the marriage of Dunstone Page and Margery Norton on July 25th 1584, at Thurcaston-cum-Cropston. Thomas Page, with his wife and two children were some of the earliest settlers in the New World Colonies, leaving London on the "Increase", bound for New England in April 1635. Sir Francis Page (1661 - 1741), was a Barrister of the Inner Temple from 1690, and was known by his contemporaries as "the hanging judge". The Coat of Arms most associated with the name is on a black shield a silver fess between three silver doves beaked and armed red. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph Page, which was dated 1230, in the "Pipe Rolls of Devonshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surname: Bonham

Recorded as Bonham, Bonhomme and even Boneham, this interesting surname is French, but is well recorded in England. It originates from the medeval phrase Bon-homme meaning a good man, and as such was given as a nickname to a kindly person, or to an individual worthy of admiration and respect, or perhaps given the robust homour of those times, the complete reverse! Occasionally it may have been of locational from a pass in the Vosges mountains called "Bonhomme". This is between the towns of Saint-Die and Colmar. The surname is first recorded in England in the13th century, and early examples include William Bonham, in the Subsidy Rolls of Essex in 1327, whilst later on October 13th 1629, Susanne, the daughter of Andre Bonhomme, was christened at the French Huguenot church, Threadneedle Street, in the city of London. Two brothers, Henri and Leonard Bonhomme, were artist glassmakers between 1639 and 1682 in Liege, Belgium. A coat of arms granted to Bonhomme family of Liege consists of a shield divided horizontally silver and gold, with a red lion in the upper half and a red saltire in base. Leopold Joseph Ignace de Bonhomme was made Baron of the French Empire on July 4th 1789. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Nigel Bonhume. This was dated 1247, in the Assize Court olls of Bedfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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So plant is of anglo-Saxon origin and bonham not suprisingly is french as the two looked very different no. I myself live within the old danish danelaw ence my name ending in -son like very many others in the north of england.

[Evster2012]

Lest we not forget:

Baldwin

1. English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). As an American surname it has absorbed Dutch spellings such as Boudewijn.

2. Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald’, ‘hairless’ with English bald.

[Arntzen]

^ THANK YOU!

I read that Jones in the original post and thought, does that dude not know...?

[Hotplant]

Nice!

So:

1. A son.

2. A gardener of herbs...

3. A Friend.

4. A good, kind man.

Who could ask for more!

[Footsteps of Dawn]

Interesting! I never made the connection between Bonham and "bonhomme." Interesting that Plant's an Anglo-Saxon name; I guess we call him Viking Bob for a reason!

Nice!

So:

1. A son.

2. A gardener of herbs...

3. A Friend.

4. A good, kind man.

Who could ask for more!

Edited June 21, 2008 by Footsteps of Dawn