The yelverton Surname
yelverton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Devon recorded in 1291
as Elleford ‘elder tree (Old English ellen) ford’;
tun ‘village’ is a later addition. Alternatively, the
surname may have be from Yelverton in Norfolk, which is probably from
the personal name Geldfriþ + Old English tun
‘village’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Yelverton early settler of Goshen, NY | Christopher Odegard | 0 |
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