Släkthistoria för Rosewell
Rosewell Vad efternamn betyder
in the absence of any evidence for a place named Ro(w)sewell or Ros(e)will this is perhaps a hypercorrect variant of Rowsell (see Rossell) on the analogy of place-names where pronunciation of -well is colloquially reduced to -el. The variation is explicit in Mathewe Rowsell 1561 John Rowswell 1599 in IGI (North Petherton Somerset) and perhaps in Jeffery Rossell 1574 Geffery Rossell 1631 John Rosewell 1654 Thomas Roswell 1655 in IGI (Wilne Derbys). Historically Rossell is well evidenced in Derbys and in SW England including 14th-century Somerset. an occasional late variant of Rosewall.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
