Weston Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Weston Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Weston

The ancient history of the name Weston was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The name Weston is usually of English descent and is of locational origin, describing a person who lived near a settlement or who lived at the westerly part of a town or village. This name and its variants are found in many ancient records. An example of such is the reference to Godwinus de Westune in the year 1086 in the 'Domesday Book of Huntingdonshire' in the reign of William the Conqueror. Sir Richard Weston (1465–1541) was the Governor of Guernsey and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer during the reign of King Henry VIII. His Great Great Grandson, Richard Weston (1591-1652), was an English canal builder and agricultural improver. The name Weston in Ireland is usually of Anglo-Norman origin and is found regularly in medieval Irish records. Many of the modern bearers of the name in Ulster and Leinster are more likely to have been brought into the country around the time of the Plantation of Ulster in the early part of the seventeenth century.