The methven Surname
methven Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from Methven near Perth, recorded in
1150 in the form Matefen, at the end of the same century as
Mafen, and at the beginning of the 13th century as
Methfen. The place name is probably cognate with Welsh
medd ‘mead’ + maen (mutated to faen) ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| alexander methven = margaret forbes (scotland) 1700? |
 tracymethven
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| Paul Methven, Punished for Adultery in 1663 |
BasketLady420
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| OneWorldTree for Jemima Anderson Methven - Born 1833 in Dron, Perth, Scotland |
Cat_Griffin
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| Methven, William married 1735 Scotland | Jackie | 2 |
| A Methven long shot | Helen Cooke | 1 |
| wondering about Brian Methven | Kaye Becker | 2 |
| Ancestry | Laureen Methven Giampa | 6 |
| Methven in Kentucky |
lbrad192
| 6 |
| family ancestry | Brian Methven | 8 |
| METHVEN/METHVINE, Scotland |
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