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nest Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the medieval female personal name Nest, possibly a diminutive form of Agnes.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The nest name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the nest family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of nest Families in the US in 1920
Number of nest families
 18-33
 7-17		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 2 - Messages: 4
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Joseph & Sarah Nest of New London, Ct. in 1687 BasketLady420 0
William Nest, b. ENG c. 1840 lcross 2
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