[Facts] Re: Anyone knows what the word "son" in Johnson, Jackson, Richardson, etc. means??
It's dead simple it means son of
ie "that guy over there is John's son"
People in England didn't start using surnames til the 12th century approx. and these were amongst the first to be used.
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Re: Anyone knows what the word "son" in Johnson, Jackson, Richardson, etc. means??  ·  liv  ·  11/3/2000, 2:10 AM