Mary, Around 410-450 AD four hundred years of occupation ended for Britain as the Romans left to defend their holdings in Europe and their homeland. Saxon adventurers seized the opportunity and start invading. Waves of Saxons descended upon Britain, and referred to the . native Cymreig in the far west as waelsa, or foreigners, as has been noted in the previous posting. So, the surname Welsch could also denote a family from Wales. Here's a link to an Encyclopedia Britannia article. http://www.britannia.com/wales/whist2.html Happy searching, Gary Smith, Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Stewart Kyritsis" <mkyritsi@hol.gr> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:35 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Welch, Welsh or Welsch on early maps > Hi Richard, > > Many thanks for that succinct rundown on the origins of this name. I > have an Ashbel Welch who married Margaret Dorrance 15 Oct 1795 in > Windham, CT, whose son Ashbel died in Lambertville in 1882, but I had > never thought to pursue that surname. (Source: 'A Genealogy of the > Descendants of George and Margery Dorrance Together With Notes on Some > Later Dorrance Emigrants to America', compiled by Mrs I.H. Wynne and > John D. Morrell, 1948.) > > Mary > > Mary Kyritsis > Kifissia, Greece > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >