This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jane_finn Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/15215.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't find the piece about the origins of Ap Adams, but try searching Sir John Lord Beverstone ApAdams, b. 1332 in England. That is the first Ap Adams in my tree. The information is around there somewhere. Maybe someone else knows an easier way to find it. Sorry. Jane Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Would someone please explain the meaning of the "Ap " part of the surname ADAMS? I have not seen the Ap used with a surname. Thank you. Bob rnaan3815@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: ADAMS-L <ADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 2:44 pm Subject: Re: [ADAMS] Progenitor of the Adams' Family? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jane_finn urnames: lassification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/15215.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't find the piece about the origins of Ap Adams, but try searching Sir John ord Beverstone ApAdams, b. 1332 in England. That is the first Ap Adams in my ree. The information is around there somewhere. Maybe someone else knows an asier way to find it. Sorry. Jane Important Note: he author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like o reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond n the board. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ADAMS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

This is part of the Welsh patronymic system. Refer to this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_surnames#History -R. On 2011-07-19 21:13, rnan3815@aol.com wrote: > Would someone please explain the meaning of the "Ap " part of the surname ADAMS? > I have not seen the Ap used with a surname. > Thank you. > Bob > > rnaan3815@aol.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway<gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: ADAMS-L<ADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 2:44 pm > Subject: Re: [ADAMS] Progenitor of the Adams' Family? > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > Author: jane_finn > urnames: > lassification: queries > Message Board URL: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/15215.2.1.1/mb.ashx > Message Board Post: > I can't find the piece about the origins of Ap Adams, but try searching Sir John > ord Beverstone ApAdams, b. 1332 in England. That is the first Ap Adams in my > ree. The information is around there somewhere. Maybe someone else knows an > asier way to find it. Sorry. Jane > Important Note: > he author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like > o reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond > n the board. > > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ADAMS-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > he message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/ 538 ancestral& collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century New England& European roots. Total population: 136,000+ Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM A Democrat, a Republican and a giraffe walk into a bar. The bartender looks up from his want ads and says, "What is this, a joke?" -unknown