Hello Charani, You are dead right about Pritchard. Ap and Ab are "son of" in Welsh. So Pritchard is "son of Richard" Bevan is son of Evan, Pugh son of Hugh, etc. Rogers is *merely* son of Roger, so not particularly Welsh. In the same way that Williams and Williamson are son of William. HTH Phil Orpington On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Charani <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> wrote: > I'm trying to track two families, names of ROGERS and PRITCHARD. > There seems to be a preponderance of both in Wales.  I'm fairly sure > PRITCHARD is a Welsh name but what about ROGERS?  Is that a > particularly Welsh name? > > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Phil Warn wrote: > Hello Charani, > > You are dead right about Pritchard. > > Ap and Ab are "son of" in Welsh. > > So Pritchard is "son of Richard" > > Bevan is son of Evan, Pugh son of Hugh, etc. > > Rogers is *merely* son of Roger, so not particularly Welsh. > > In the same way that Williams and Williamson are son of William. > > HTH Yes, it does :)) Thank you :)) I think I'll have a long search for both. Too many options and too little means of identifying either of them positively. Not to worry. They'll turn up in their own sweet time :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk