The anson Surname
anson Name Meaning and History
English (found mainly in Yorkshire): patronymic from one of several
Middle English personal names. Reaney and Wilson have it as ‘son of
Hann’ or ‘son of Hand’. Bardsley explains it as ‘son of
Anne’, but Anne was not common as a Middle English personal
name, although this is very probably the sense of the Scottish surname
Anisoun. More plausible in a medieval context, perhaps, is ‘son
of Agnes’ (see Annis), or even ‘son of Anselm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Anson in Ontario, late 1800s |
 klarp
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| William Anson family (b. 1740 in Dutchess Co., NY) | Wes | 13 |
| Joan Ellen Anson |
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| 1 |
| Anson Family |
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| Samuel Anson |
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| Roswell Anson |
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| Anson-OH | Kalee Sparklin | 7 |
| Willliam Ashley and Lucretia Anson |
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| 4 |
| John Anson Wichita Kansas 1880 | Brenda | 2 |
| Andrew ANSON of Moriah, Essex, New York |
goodmanamy
| 1 |
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