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Post by lipkatatar on Feb 13, 2012 23:54:17 GMT -5
Looking for medieval Cornish ancestors I often come across second names like Jakrobin, Jaknichol, Jakthomas. Sometimes this is written separately as in John Jak Robin. The individuals so named are generally servants or tenants of the gentry. Am I correct in thinking that "Jak" is the Cornish form of the Scots "Mac", meaning "son of"?
Best regards,
Jim.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Feb 14, 2012 1:30:53 GMT -5
I think you will find that it is along the lines of 'son of' which was used as an identifier even in more recent times with the Cornish. I have some memories of it being used when I was a little tacker.  In this case it may have been a way of identifying to whom a person was servant or tenant. CT |
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Post by ellery on Jun 30, 2014 15:52:45 GMT -5
I believe that this is just patronymics. John JakRobin = John son of Jak son of Robin.
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