Dear Yvonne, Here is the first paragraph I have written for my own Peregrine..........I am not saying I am correct.....but this is what my own research has revealed. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. Peregrine Devonald was an original.a "one-off". No other Devonald, before or since, appears to have borne the given name of Peregrine. "Peregrine" is a fairly rare, though recognised surname in Wales and is said to have derived from the latinisation of the name Perkins. The "peregrini" were travellers, pilgrims..Celtic Saints who travelled between Britain and Ireland. Peregrine Devonald's ancestry may have foundations, at present unknown, in a family surnamed Peregrine. Perkin de Hoda appears in Pembrokeshire history, as does David Gwilym Perkin descended from the illustrious ruler of Deheubarth, Rhys ap Tewdwr. Peregrine could descend from undiscovered Devonalds, or his unknown mother may have had some connection to a Perkin. As Peregrine named his son William, it is possible, and considered most likely, that he descended from William Devonald, one of the five sons of James Devonald who died in 1584/5 from his second marriage to Angharad, daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Vagwr Goch, Llantood. ....................From Yvonne....... . I have ancestors with French sounding name who have > been in Pembs and South Cards since around 1700. That surname is > Peregrine.I > am still trying to sort it out! > Best wishes > Yvonne Evans