John Gorfen

Abt 1579 -

• Name	John Gorfen
  Born	Abt 1579	Cheriton, England of
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I5817	A01 England 1600 One-Name Study
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family	Maria Hore,   b. Abt 1579, Rushford (aka Risford), Devon (aka Devonshire), England of ,   d. Chagford, Devon (aka Devonshire), England of?
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F2198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Johis http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CORNISH/1998-10/0907606292 "Simple Latin for Family Historians" by Eve McLaughlin ... pub. by Federation of Family History Societies in the UK. "Johes" is the clerk's short form of "Johannes" which is Latin for "John". If we see "Johis" this is short for the possessive form "Johannis" as in: "Johannes filius Johannis Smith", short form "Johes fil Johis Smith", translates as "John son of John Smith". Name: Johannis, genitive form of Johannes. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CORNISH/1998-10/0907606292 The DICTIONARY OF GENEALOGY by Terrick V H Fitzhugh, pub. by UK's Society of Genealogists. "Johannes" = "John" and... http://www.freereg.org.uk/howto/latinnames.htm Note that Latin names were not used in every-day speech. They were only used in the written form.