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The Jeals

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 5:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi there,

Not sure of the origin of the Jeal name but I have a page dedicated to the Jeals (originating in Orpington) and the off shoots, that may be of interest.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mugridge/jeals.html

If anybody can give me any additional information, or correct any inaccuracies, I would most greatful.

Jacqui

Re: The Jeals

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 5:01PM GMT
Classification: Query

Sorry, forgot to add the beginning to the web address.

Jacqui

http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mugrid...

Re: The Jeals

Posted: 5 Jan 2009 2:44AM GMT
Classification: Query
Jacqui

The link to your freepages JEAL does not work.

Send is again, I'd love to chat

Sue

Re: The Jeals

Posted: 5 Jan 2009 7:17AM GMT
Classification: Query
The address wasn't quite right - it shouldn't have "www" in it.

Try http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mugridge/j...

Kind Regards,
Wendy Howard

Re: The Jeals

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 4:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Sue,

Sorry about that and thanks to Wendy for sorting that out. I have just discoverd that I have a family on there twice so I need to sort that out. I am hoping to be able to do that over the next few days, so will update it to the site when I have sorted it.

Regards
Jacqui

Re: The Jeals

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 1:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jeal
Surname: Jeal
This unusual and interesting name is a dialectual variant of the pre 10th century biblical given name Julian or Julius, which was borne by a number of early saints. The derivation is from the Latin "Iulianus", meaning hairy or downy, and was originally a Roman Clan name for a tribal family renowed for their long, flowing, locks, of which Julius Caesar was a member. The name was probably introduced into England by the French after the 1066 Norman Invasion, or perhaps by the later Crusaders on their return from the Holy Land. In medieval times the name was borne in the same form by women, hence the modern girls' name Gillian. In the modern surnames the spellings include Jell, Geal, Gell, and Gelle. In England the name attained such favour that Jack and Jill took the place of Godric and Godivu as the representatives of the sexes. Early examples of the surname recordings include at St. Annes church, Blackfriars, London, John Jeal was christened in 1682 and later Anne Geal was christened in 1699. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of John Jelle, which was dated 1296, in the "Subsidy Rolls of the county of Sussex". This was during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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