this would be quite fascinating if so, as the term 'ap' is Welsh and does mean 'son of.' So why would a Welsh term be used there? Was the person recording it from Wales? Nancy ------- Living is an ongoing imperfection. -Sara Lukinson On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Kimberly Lemons wrote: > I think it means John is the legitimate son of William who is the > son of > Thomas. > Can someone verify that for me. > Kimberly > > Sina28@aol.com wrote: > >> >> Hi everybody, >> I'm trying to decipher a will. Can anybody tell me what >> >> "PARSONS, JOHN. Leg.-son WILLIAM ap THOMAS PARSONS" means? >> >> Any help really appreciated. >> >> Linda >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHENRIC- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHENRIC- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

It actually spread in usage into England; this is after the time that England went into Wales (under either Henry VIII or Edward IV... I should know which since I have a class on that in half an hour) and made Wales follow English Common law. Wales and England, being on the same smallish island, had a lot of overlap into the speech. Like someone just said in another email, it became "a" and "o" such as "O'Neill". It isn't as specific; when I said Wales I was refering to that as the origin of where it came from, not as the *recent* origin. Alice Sunshine49 wrote: > this would be quite fascinating if so, as the term 'ap' is Welsh and > does mean 'son of.' So why would a Welsh term be used there? Was the > person recording it from Wales? > > Nancy > > ------- > Living is an ongoing imperfection. > > -Sara Lukinson > > > > On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Kimberly Lemons wrote: > > >> I think it means John is the legitimate son of William who is the >> son of >> Thomas. >> Can someone verify that for me. >> Kimberly >> >> Sina28@aol.com wrote: >> >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> I'm trying to decipher a will. Can anybody tell me what >>> >>> "PARSONS, JOHN. Leg.-son WILLIAM ap THOMAS PARSONS" means? >>> >>> Any help really appreciated. >>> >>> Linda >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHENRIC- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHENRIC- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHENRIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >