Brief Life History of John Evan
John Evan James was born about 1712, in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Jane samuel in 1747, in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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1712– Male
1712– Female
World Events (3)
1815
Age 103
1823
Age 111
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 119
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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