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Variations Last name: Knox,Wels
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
The surname Wells is of English origin.This name is a topographical name for someone who lived near a stream or spring;derived from the Old English 'well(a)'.The name signifies 'local at the well'.The singular atte,del,de la Welle is very common in medieval sources and survives in Attwell 'dweller by the spring or stream' but the modern Well seems to have been completely absorbed by Wells.The surname Wells,saving in particular cases,has nothing to do with the city of Wells in the west country of England.The final 's' is added in common with other monosyllabic English surnames,such as:Styles,Brooks,Bridges.The name dates back to the eleventh century were a Toke de Welles is recorded in historical archives.The name was brought to America by English immigrants.One of the first forefathers to bring this name to America is that of a Daniel Wells,a gardener,formerly of Suffolk England,who came to America aboard the Union;he settled in Maryland.A famous ...
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BlazonWells
Variations Last name: Knox,Wels
1. Coat of arms of family: Wells
Language of the text: Français
D'azur, au lion d'argent, tenant entre ses pattes un fer-à-cheval d'or, les bouts en bas, et acc. en chef d'une bisse du même. Cimier: la bisse, devant une autruche issante et essorante d'argent, tenant en son bec un fer-à-cheval d'or, les bouts en bas. Devise: IN SCIENTIA VERITAS, IN ARTE HONESTAS.
Blason de la famille Wells en Londres; (Baronet, 11 mai 1883); source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z".
Nobility of family Wells or Wels in Riga; source: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 3 (Blühender Adel deutscher Landschaften unter preußischer Vorherrschaft), 11. Abt., T. 2:
Der Adel der russischen Ostseeprovinzen, Teil 2: Der Nichtimmatrikulierte Adel, Nürnberg 1901, 246.
De gueules, à un faucon essorant d'or, à l'orle ondée d'argent. Cimier: un faucon perché, au naturel. Supports: deux faucons au naturel, becqués et membrés d'or, colletés de couronnes d'or, enchaînées du même. Devise: MOVEO ET PROPITIOR.
Blason de la famille Knox, Comtes De Ranfurly en Irlande (Baron Wells, 16 janv. 1781; vicomtes Northland, 5 juillet 1791; comte de Ranfurly, sept. 1831; titres dans la pairie d'Irlande; baron Ranfurly, dans la pairie du Royaume-Uni, 6 juillet 1826); source
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