try the database. Plester is on there. www.surnamedb.com Penny -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Plester" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 7:17 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WAR] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire ? > > That's a very good point, especially with the 'er' ending - often a > pointer to an occupational name. And I suppose I could live with a plush > weaving background. > > >

Yes, I'm aware of that website. The problem, as I see it, is that there isn't a Plaistow anywhere near Banbury which is where the surname was heavily concentrated. The early London Plesters did, however, live very close to Plaistow and they were Huguenots - which brings me back to looking for a Banbury/Huguenot link. Interestingly, the surname also exists in Germany - where it is rare enough that I know of one husband who took his wife's name at marriage - she being a Plester. So I suppose the next question is; does anyone know if there's a town called Plaistow in Germany ? Best wishes, John Plester. Also researching Joines, Taplin, and Tew, in OXF Website: www.plesterfamilyhistory.org > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:06 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WAR] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire ? > > try the database. Plester is on there. > > www.surnamedb.com > > Penny > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "John Plester" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 7:17 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WAR] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire ? > > > > > That's a very good point, especially with the 'er' ending - often a > > pointer to an occupational name. And I suppose I could live with a plush > > weaving background. > > > > > > > > > > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/