WESTON Worldwide Surname DNA Project- Background

Background

From "A Dictionary of English Surnames", Revised Edition, Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press, 1997:Weston: (i) Godwinus de Westuna 1086 Domesday Book (Huntingdonshire); Adestan de Westuna 1086 Inquisitio Eliensis (Cambridgeshire). From one of the numerous Westons. (ii) Adam de la Weston 1275 Subsidy Rolls Worcestershire; William Weston 1296 Subsidy Rolls Sussex; Alan ate Weston 1327 Subsidy Rolls Sussex. 'Dweller at the west farm.' (iii) Robert Biweston 1200 Pipe Rolls (Essex). Old English (be) westan tune (one who lived) 'to the west of the village'. v. WESTINGTONNote: The following maps may take a couple of minutes to load. See Google Maps for minimum browser requierements to view.'Weston' Place

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Great Britain1:

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WESTON Geographic Distribution1851 England & Wales Census² (Adult males aged 39+ only)
 

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Count by Birth Parish (Selected Counties)
Staffordshire:	Map	Chart	Table
Leicestershire:	Map	Chart	Table
Wiltshire:	Map	Chart	Table
Sussex:	Map	Chart	Table
Middlesex:	Map	Chart	Table

1850 USA Census²
 

Count by State:	Map	Chart	Table 1	Table 2
Count by County (Selected States)
Massachusetts:	Map	Chart	Table
New York:	Map	Chart	Table
Maine:	Map	Chart	Table
Pennsylvania:	Map	Chart	Table
Vermont:	Map	Chart	Table
New Hampshire:	Map	Chart	Table

Sources:
1 - GENUKI Parish Locator (Church Database)
2 - Ancestry.com Census Indices