Re: the meaning of surname davy
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In reply to:
Re: the meaning of surname davy
11/01/00
Here's what I have - hope it helps:
Walter Dauy in the History of St Bartolomew's Hospital, London 1198
Richard Davi and William Davy Hundred Rolls 1275
Alicia Dauy Poll Tax Yorkshire 1379
John Davyson 1526 London
Bevan Davy sonne of Bevan up Davy St. Peters Cornhill 1579
Thomas Davey Royal Marines moved to Australia 1788
(Almost) all the Davys were from the west country and moved from there.Before the establishment of surnames the spelliing varied considerably.
There are 12 armigerous families of Davy in the UK the big ones are Devon and Suffollk, so it may help if you had some connection to these as the Somerset Herald would have much more data on these families.