Families of Essex
Colchester to Southend — the oldest recorded town in Britain, the Thames estuary, and the surname pool that fed London for centuries.
Families seated in Essex
- GreenThe green — the common before it was a party colour.
- MasonThe operative mason.
- WebbThe weaver.
- WestThe west.
- LongThe long one.
- MartinThe saint's name — English and Norman registers alike.
- BakerThe baker — oven smoke in every market town.
- MillsBy the mill — wheels on every river.
- StoneThe stone — boundary-mark name.
- ReedThe marsh edge — or ruddy jest.
- ColemanColumban saint-name or Nicholas' man.
- MarshallThe stable office — court rank — surname for thousands.
- HarveyBreton battle-name — English orchard now.
- PalmerThe palm-bearer — pilgrimage turned patronymic.
- DayDavid, dairy, or daylight jest.
- CurtisThe courteous one — Norman manners joke.
Historic ties to Essex
Families with historic but not core ground here.