John LOVERIDGE of Pauntley, born 1742 (General)

by Loveridge , Monday, January 27, 2014, 10:53 (3956 days ago) @ RichardFranklin

Hello Richard. You are probably right; however, when people adopted surnames/family names in the middle ages some families adopted the name of the place where they were living. Hence one cannot always be sure whether the place name or the surname came first. In a small way this still continues, my brother lives in rural central Wales where is neighbours do not use his surname - he is known as Alan of Pencwm! John.