Walter Weshales - Walter Weshales, Agnes de Dennington, Mary Malyn

Started by David Bruce Salyers on Thursday, April 20, 2017
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4/20/2017 at 3:58 PM

Curious if anyone knows about the disparity of surnames among these three. Father = Weshales, Mother = de Dennington, Daughter = Malyn.

I come off the Manning line, by the way.

Thanks, David Salyers

4/20/2017 at 10:20 PM

There's no real disparity, for them at least. Since women did not take their husbands' names, the wife is retaining hers. Since modern users aren't familiar with that, the daughter has been give her husband's last name.

4/20/2017 at 10:21 PM

Oh, and the Le Chaucer on the husband's last name means "shoemaker."

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