Name Variations

[Zelley]

Sue
Re your Wyatt variations from Hyatt, were you able to trace any to London
or Dorset, England.

[Zelley]

Except for the odd Gidney name in Devon, I'm not chasing the detailed history of this name, but a likely variation is GIDNEY and GADNEY.

[corbie]

[quote author=Zelley Hi Zelly,
I'm afraid I haven't  traced any to Dorset. The variations are mostly transcriber errors.
         Sue
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Sue
Re your Wyatt variations from Hyatt, were you able to trace any to London
or Dorset, England.
[/quote]

[AngelaR]

Hi all

To add to the Zealy variations - most of my line were down as Sealy or Sealey, although the early ones in Wiltshire were Zealy. Since they were all illiterate, it was up to the priest or registrar to spell it. One vicar tended to use Seely or Seeley. Because the family straddled 2 registration districts it was noticable that the Pewsey registrar always spelled it Sealey whereas the Devizes chap used Sealy for the same person.

Zelley - on this name, have you found any ancestors who wandered over the Dorset into Wiltshire?

Angela

[Zelley]

Hi all

To add to the Zealy variations - most of my line were down as Sealy or Sealey, although the early ones in Wiltshire were Zealy. Since they were all illiterate, it was up to the priest or registrar to spell it. One vicar tended to use Seely or Seeley. Because the family straddled 2 registration districts it was noticable that the Pewsey registrar always spelled it Sealey whereas the Devizes chap used Sealy for the same person.
Zelley - on this name, have you found any ancestors who wandered over the Dorset into Wiltshire?
Angela

I'm not sure but I believe the first ones in Dorset appeared in the Broadwinsor/ "Little Winsar" area near the Devon & Somerset border area.   I thing some of the Dorset and Wiltshire ones also had the Zellye or Sellye variation.  Also, some of the Devon & Dorset ones
had the Selly & Selley variation.

Also, at least one of the Wiltshire ones and family travelled to Gloucestershire that led to the USA branch that began
in New Jersey (Burlington area near the Pennsylvania border.

Not sure if all of these are connected to one with the ZELY name
in Worcestershire in the 1300's.

The ZEELEY variation doesn't sound like an English variation.
Likely a Dutch version of the name.

[GeoffP]

Hi,
Interesting topic.
I have

Peirce,Pierce, Pierse,Perce,Pearce,Pearse,Pevice,Perice,Price and Reace.

I am still trying to trace some Peirce's!! on various census years
but with such variations I find that it is looking for a needle in a haystack.
                   Regards
                                Geoff

[Nick Carver]

In my own tree, the worst example is Hesilrig, Hesilrigg, Hesilrigge to Hazelrigg and probably other variants as yet unfound.

Locally, the name Sangster used to be spelled Sanxter and the early 17th Century vicar Roger Peachey's 16 children includes people who now go by the names of Petch, Petchey, Peach and one or two who are still caled Peachey. In the 16th and 17th centuries, there was a family Skot, who presumably became Scotts over time. Wonder if there was a link to north of the border?

[Grothenwell]

Sue, you can cut out words in most search engines by inserting a 'minus' for example

Hyatt -hotel

Or look for an Advanced Search as it usually gives you an option to specify words you don't want.

Might narrow if down a little 

Hope this helps - always frightened I may be sucking eggs with this kind of thing 




Steph.

Any Idea how to search for the Surname "Still" without getting all the still as in remaining the same

[Jean McGurn]

I get the same type of problem when searching for 'Stables' get all sorts of riding stables.

As for name variations I have found Stables as Stubbs and Stabbs so far. 

Jean