Hi, My first post to this list. Hope everyone finds something of use here. My first question is, are there any listers here who are located in Wales? In the likelyhood that there are my second question is: HESTERLY-- can anyone confirm for me that this surname is of Welsh origin? I have been told and several people in the US have posted to various sites that one of my ancestors cam to America in 1815 from Wales. I have discovered the name or variations in the IGI for the British Isles, but nothing in Wales. Thanks!!!! Hal in Florida

Hal, I live in Michigan, but "The Surnames of Wales" does not list HESTERLY as a "Welsh" surname. This is not to say there were no HESTERLY's who lived in Wales. Pembrokeshire was described as the "Little England in Wales" due to the many English who've always populated that county. I just did a search of the 1881 Census Index for Wales & Monmouthshire and there were no entries for anyone with the surname HESTERLY, ESTERLY, or any variations of those. There were 6 people born & living in Monmouthshire with the surname HESTER. Following a hunch, I checked the rest of the UK and again, no entries for HESTERLY, but there were 47 people with the surname EASTERLY or variations, including a smattering of people in the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire in Wales with the surname ASTERL(E)Y. I suspect this is where your HESTERLY came from, or vice-versa, so that by 1881 the name HESTERLY had changed to EASTERLY or ASTERLY. There were none whatsoever in the counties of south or west Wales, so you might want to concentrate your search with the surname ASTERL(E)Y in the northern counties of Wales and/or the bordering English counties like Shropshire, etc. Hope this helps a bit. Someone else with an English surname book might pop up with more on the subject. Regards, Julie Preston juliepreston@ameritech.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <NHHS48@aol.com> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] SURNAME ORIGIN > Hi, > > My first post to this list. Hope everyone finds something of use here. My > first question is, are there any listers here who are located in Wales? In > the likelyhood that there are my second question is: > > HESTERLY-- can anyone confirm for me that this surname is of Welsh origin? I > have been told and several people in the US have posted to various sites that > one of my ancestors cam to America in 1815 from Wales. I have discovered the > name or variations in the IGI for the British Isles, but nothing in Wales. > Thanks!!!! > > Hal in Florida > >

Julie said; <Someone else with an English surname book might pop up with more on the subject. There is at least one such book in the depths of the All Wales Lookup Exchange. Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. Lookup Exchange http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/lookup.html Help Page http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/hicks.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Preston" <juliepreston@ameritech.net> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] SURNAME ORIGIN > Hal, > > I live in Michigan, but "The Surnames of Wales" does not list HESTERLY as a > "Welsh" surname. This is not to say there were no HESTERLY's who lived in > Wales. Pembrokeshire was described as the "Little England in Wales" due to > the many English who've always populated that county. > > I just did a search of the 1881 Census Index for Wales & Monmouthshire and > there were no entries for anyone with the surname HESTERLY, ESTERLY, or any > variations of those. There were 6 people born & living in Monmouthshire > with the surname HESTER. > > Following a hunch, I checked the rest of the UK and again, no entries for > HESTERLY, but there were 47 people with the surname EASTERLY or variations, > including a smattering of people in the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire > and Montgomeryshire in Wales with the surname ASTERL(E)Y. I suspect this is > where your HESTERLY came from, or vice-versa, so that by 1881 the name > HESTERLY had changed to EASTERLY or ASTERLY. There were none whatsoever in > the counties of south or west Wales, so you might want to concentrate your > search with the surname ASTERL(E)Y in the northern counties of Wales and/or > the bordering English counties like Shropshire, etc. > > Hope this helps a bit. Someone else with an English surname book might pop > up with more on the subject. > > Regards, > > Julie Preston > juliepreston@ameritech.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NHHS48@aol.com> > To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:04 PM > Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] SURNAME ORIGIN > > > > Hi, > > > > My first post to this list. Hope everyone finds something of use here. > My > > first question is, are there any listers here who are located in Wales? > In > > the likelyhood that there are my second question is: > > > > HESTERLY-- can anyone confirm for me that this surname is of Welsh origin? > I > > have been told and several people in the US have posted to various sites > that > > one of my ancestors cam to America in 1815 from Wales. I have discovered > the > > name or variations in the IGI for the British Isles, but nothing in Wales. > > Thanks!!!! > > > > Hal in Florida > > > > > > >